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k - Tim 1... C&u câ- rl)^ " Thw i.Kiji It The Turk »- 5 The Toii|£iu*, , aij'l kiii; a.xlar.ia ilif tucuk fic^troyM a (^rofitiir in»r<ii','" •tl^, " Ihdu flora ihM gwur 1.' Till* I't^rtlaii pro*>lLMii visi-lv t-ii " A liiu^lUy l>Jii(;uu aO utiilv ilui Or Bonint liiir>s t&kn thin fnrtii iuntr'il, •• Uuti't l«t yuur tuugue cut uil >inir In " Th»» toiigia- can Bpt-ak a, wor«l whosi- Ba)8 tho v^tiiir^e, liiitstrips tht* sUi Whilu - Till- ed Affib t-Mji's this ini|Hirt. t, .umio'h ({trat Hluri'lj jU8i* is the lu'urt. Friitii iliibritw wit tliu tit&xiiii fprun^;. " TlluU^ll r.-»*l KlMiild hlip. Ilu'tT It-L till- tollKU'-.' Tljn HaiTi-'l writer crowiiK tliu wti-^li-. ** Who h*M-pH l)ia toli^^no dulli kf<ji Iji- -^nul. ' BELlNMiAMAUTY '• U-&iiy ? " ff pints KoKir Temp ei gravil). WonderluUy haa hio blood ouo;ud, ama/.ui^ly hia ro«Hon reaHanrtud horHutf, â-  ici>'r tbu dhock o{ the girl's aii.likt:i>y. " Vo 1 uro »8kii)t; tne yuu know not wh»t, Beliiiilit, bill the fiult ii iniDu, wholly miiie. W« »ill, ftu you Siy, Bioop l> no tr«»cluTy of Hoft woriid. I will t'pittk openly to Hinti iO'ni;<ht, and " " And wh»t«vfr U<na nnnwerc, whslcvar you fi:Ay work npo'i Koiih t<i tinHA'iT. nun 1, I haVM clonic with you ! " un-a Il-tllnds, in ft voice of coiRU'nt: tttt-d piiasion. " Vou thi'ik \nii knov iii« bt-o«us" yoa li»v« •muBel vour»«lf by llirimy with me for a half du/.ua d«y<, 8ir , b.-causj you Imve played a f<!W a'^eu^'H of nl'ionaliino lovo on a balcuny, and won me to asy >v'hat 1 eaid to yciii ttiiH Hl'i'Tiiocri. liiii )nu know inu no more than tliffirit atr»n^;>-r who meela im; in ilif nlii- t. Wnai! V m llunk 1 would â- ink K) lo* aa lo marry you â€" Uoti-JB lover '.' " â- â-  Yoti stooped so I'lV, I Ihouijht, sn to apartment, and in anothfrinonu-ni app'ara likrt me a h'lii'," is U mer'a reply. " ISut Kpeiuur, in a failed yrey silk dreo«. wiib you ar^' nuli^ined alrfaily. amall wonder. ] iMO':k j-t i:roBa and ear inK^i, will duwncaat Ood kuovi of your tolly ' " ' o.;l« ol ino>:k inodeBty. a cheap iiuitatuu of Kur II t.M 'inii or two llilinda n dumb, hor iniBtreaa to the Ui-t. "If I ^ived lifty inorH years," hli3breaka| " The nentleinan who called thia morn- forth lli.'ii. "if 1 lived to be an old, old in(,ni«'ttin, would h.i kI*'! '"J knowifyou woman, 1 ^hiiul I never be aohamed of what jro authcienily well to r.ceiv»i him ' " you call • piy lolly.' Never. If if such a | Sponoer's faie tehtirapba the inlelliijence feelin»! were ahameful, how could it have that the viJitor, in point ot fart, id at her ' , heela ; and Hide, eiikiut; a little further vanity which so f^lU aud satiatica the ureatiire'b own B'Hi..h life. " rip'iicer n ru;tit, Koxe. It ia pinned to perfection An inch, half au inch, either way. imtjbt opoil the i-ffrct," " I iliouijht It looked raihar will," says Hone, io<pi. ttiahly i-orvi yiny herself in an opi'inito mirror. " Hut, of courne, in tryinij a ne.v at) le oue i^ apt to be rcrvuua. And then I hiive a horror of aiiylhi'ii; thoitrical. Nothini;, I kno*', would occasion (Colonel Drewe such a nhock as to find mu lo.ikiiu; theatriinl. Ilu had always the moat faa- tidioiiii taate." "flolonel Drewe?" repoata R linda, a I little abaeiitly. •' Ah, to be aiire, I had for- gotten. You and Colonel Urowe have not seen each other yet, then? "No; poor, dear fellowâ€" Stanley does not yet know the worst! Ho wanted to call on mo, not ten minutea after you had Btarlel, but Kpenuer made so much of my headacheâ€" she irf really a fool, Belinda, when you put her to the teatâ€" Spencer made so much of my headache, and my euff rinsjfl, that, at Kat, he took her at her word, and went to liiarriiz for the after- noon, sayin).; he would cull a^aiu at nine, for certain. Kpencer declares the paasion- ate expr> asion of hia t yes when he said ihoae words â-  for certain,' was enough to make your blood run cold." â-  Then I am not wanted, Hoi»," Bays I! -linda, riainjJ. " If Colonel Drewe is to leheraw.ih pa-sionate eyea at nine, the BU'iner i take nnaelf off tb- better." But the widow will, for no consideration, be i< ft alone ; la coy as a nirl of seventeen at the thou:<tit of receivinij Colonel Urewe, any i^entlenian, at nine o'clock in t liti even- ing, nnrlnperoiied. At leaat Iteliiida must Biiip until the lirat shock of the meetiiiii the lirot aeoM/.-.-d slmku of the hand is over. Just as -ihe ia apeakmy comes a diacreet lady's inaiil'a tap at the ouier door of the •oiiiH into my heart? 1 never tried, I Devur wantnl to like you. I knew nothini> at all about it till I wnke up to-day, aud Ihefi It was ton late to i^o back " Too late, indee.l," npeata I'.otjer. away from the lamp i^lii, adjuais her hand, kere'iief aii'l eyelaslieH to perleciiou point. " 1 Will make an etl iri to see tlil-i u-mtlo- rnan, Kpencer "â€" how Colonel Drewe's " Well, I can't help what I feel any more heart must lliiill at that v.-iled cooiii;4 than I can help hrealliinii, hut iny acliona voice 1 " I am far, very far, from 8troiii< those are my own. And to think that 1 would take you by stealth, di-ihoneatly take you from Kose, , who wouldn't do a sneak- lux thint; to save my life ! " •• Bdiiida, I " I don't pretend to be (jood or virtuous, you see, for I've been BO kicked about here aud there, and have seen 80 much ami heard yet, still, if 11 bo a matter of buoineaa ' Another two seconds aud the visitor ia midway acroas the room. He IS tall, juat Colonel Drewe'a heiKht, and haa the unmistakeable military air dear to lloaio'a heart. Ho much, without upliftinn her eyes, the widow can dMCerii. But what â€" what ailu Belinda .' The ^irl •o much, that I don't rightly know what , has ({rowu while aa anli-s , she sl»ri», virtue i«. IJut whatever Kame I play, 1 treinbliiiK, to her feet ; a cry of doubt, tear, hope, all blended, comes from her lipa play It fair. You have prouiit-el to marry Korte, and you must marry her, by heaven 1 Whether > ou love her or not, you should love your own honor too well to think of •hantfe now." " Yon read me a sharp leaaon," saya RoKer rem pie. own conduct in " You make me aee my a fearfully clear li^jht. Belinda, my dear, let me introduce beKina Kose, risiuK with a lantiuld i;raoe from the aota. " I dou't tbiuk you aud Colonel â€" (Colonel " The |K)or aoul turns tjreeii un.ler all her pearl powder, feels her limbs jjive way be nealh her : shrieks a i>ood natural ahriek, for once, j'lat as she would t;ive at the a|> p<rition (d a fnn; or a ajii ler. Then, the Belinda. " " Yours! Voii have not been to hiamo at all, " cries tlie â-º;irl, womanlike in thia, ' ^,.„ii,H uf lolly iiiH(.irui>; her, moves a atep or that "he would eooiier â-ºJiiih rested with tivo forward, and sliiks into the strant;er's than blame with the man ahe lovea. " You arma. meant only lo be kind lo me at first for Uisie'sHake. How ciinld you ifueHS I was >{oin^ lo iiiako su^di a iniaerahle fool of my- aolf ?" Her voice i|iiivera, broaka down ; â-ºho "I knew it all aleiii; !" she K"apa nut. " My heart told me you were never really, really dead!" U .Shea fur it is needed f'orneliiH hclda Ilia wife in a aort of rapture to hii waiat- oovers her f ic« betwe.n her hands, and onco coat. He bendH his head down over In ra more K njer'a arm, unresiated, holda her I •• Tin re are feelini^s ton aicred for utler- olciae. The embrace lasis for a ininiite'a ' mi,;!.," be exi Uima. " The years, the cruel â-  pa<:e or more and lloger ia the lirat to yeara of our separation fale away, and it â-  peak. I aeems but yesterday 1 held my only darling Ueforo we i;o on our way i»i;ain, before | to my li-art." Hut I am chanijed ! " murmij murmi^a Id the 1 li'iili. al remark she niurmurtm on thai wn t;o back to our pttb and liity, I want you to aay j lat uiiu word, child -that you forxive ni-i." '• I have nothii'n to for(iivB. If I could ohoo-'e, I wo'ilil live the time ovi'r ai^tin, aiiioo I have k.iowu you yes, up to this Tory iiiuiiite." "And are woKoiniJ to be friends or enemies in the days to com** ?" •' I d III t know about ' frioiida.' I ahall care for you till the day I die, aa 1 do now " " And I may have one more kiss -a last [ The newapaper annoiii •no .' " I he declares, waa, in Hhe throws lier arnia around his nock without a word. Hut Ho^iT does not miaunderatand hi r Ihia tune. In the iiiteiiaity, the abandon mont of that careaa he reads ariKht, that Belinda is iakini{ leave ot hiiii lor ever. CHAl'TKU XIV. Kose, 1 IIK I IllTAIS m.i.s. And now the oloBin({ aot remains to he Mrat iiiifbt of K osier's return from India. " 1 am an old, old woman now!" Kliii lifia her face; traces of rice powder real on .>!â- <] ir D'Shea'a waistcoat, aa lliey realed eraiwhile on Uo^er'a, an.t then, took iiie into each other'a eyes, and holdii eeacli ollier's hands, husband and wife, in broken oft interrupted acconls, make mutual con fesnl IIIH. I uriieliiis llirowa inliiiite pathos iiil I hia. -emeiit of his death, the I'trat inatai.ce, a hoax, one of those cruel practical jokes to wliiidi the most innocent men may fall victims, .\fterward trettint', as was hia habit, about hia poor devoted wife, away III I-lii^laiid the idea eroaaed his brain of wiirkiii|4 out the miatake to her heiietU. " My lite, up to that tune," and tears are in the ^o id old fellow's I'N'ea as he speaks, "my lite up to that time, had brought little else hut harm to those I loved. I reaohed played. Hcene, Koai-'s Drawini" room at to see if the siippnaition ot my di'alh miuht the laabella; a lamp or two artiatically not prove to th> ir advaiitiii^e. My Uoaie's diHpo'ed round the central lli{iire of the mental siilTei in^s I" Koae, at this point tableau . Venelian shutters, halt nloaed ; a Toliipiiioiis frattranco from the ma^fnolias and oranite flowers in the court yard below. Ontral h)<iire, llosie, dressed in the palest lavender »ilk that ever milliner called niDUrniiix, with white Hpanish veil, with )<it nomb and earriiiKs, with the bloom of unHyiiiK youth (warranted) on her ohiHik. To her, just BH nine o'clock atrikoa, enters Uolinda, tired l<K)kiiiK, dual stained, her oheeka paler than her dress, her eyes showint( nil too plainly the re â- larka ot recent tears " Why, Belinda, I thought yon were never coini'i« back, any ot you 1 And what •n object! I am more thankful than ever I did not |{o. Tlioae Burk of daya are mia. tokos." •• (liter inistakoa," repeats Pelinda, alnk- intf into the ttret chair Bho oomea across. '• Y'ou have had by far the b<ial of it at home, Kosie." haviii){ managed to falter out soniethiii); deeoroua ah <iit the suddenneas of the blow and her own snKuiah of berpaven4ut. " Ah, my love, the years of train) nil domes. tic happineas before lis now miiat atone tor that. The end, my lluaie 'Uh false moral- ity hut let iia hn|ia that in thia case at least the end will jiiatity the means." " I'm sure I hope it will make no dilTor- enue abont Uncle Uobert's will." This ia Kosie'a tlrat really earnest and oohrrent utterance. " I know my uncle would never have left mo a ahillin^ if ho had thoutiht " "That that worthless scoundrel and ependthrift, CornelinsO'Hhea, hIiII haunted tlie earth," inlefrupts (Cornelius, with ad mirahle frankiieaa. " Hot your mind at rtst, my dear ^irl. I conaiilted my law yera alioiit all the troubleaome husiiieas technicalities ot the matter, immediately uiKin my return to lOiiKland. The money It certainly is nioe to say nnn haa been io aa legally and truly yuura aa yuu are in Hpain, but one nan say it just aa well legally aud truly miiiu, and ouly mine, without U"\"H xxl "" ^° nhuruhra and B ise." thinKSi »t>''y "'â- e all alike, and you never Ho mnch for Maj ir O'Hhea. Hosio (jets know what horrid diaeaso you may catoh. through the difllcult part she has to play llow do you like i"" 'u a veil? Hpeiioer | not wilhoui credit. After lookinn forward Insiats that aho hi I pin ed it rinhi, hnt I | to b«dnx the wife of a man, yoiinK, hand- am not sure that i. ..n .iild be fastened ao aoine, dlslinnuished, aa linger 'I'emplo â€" hii<h. Now, ju«t aee- oh, yon must stand | nay, after heailatin^, one short quarter of ap to tiel the full erfeutâ€" do you think one ^n hour ai(o, aa to whether Uo^or Teinplo looh lower would be mors bucuminx 7 Look or that eleKant ureainre, Htanley Drewe, kt me allenilvely, fnll faoe and profile." | should be the ohjeot of one's choice, now Ro<ie tarns karaalf slowly round, as the ruddenly lo llud one's self folded in a bus. wax ladies with kig ayelaHhei tnrn In the band's legitimate embraoe I A husband barbers' shops, and Belinda watohes her with his nose rodder, his head balder, his with a pauK of wearied envy ; envy, not o( whole person, alas, a vast deal older, Imt oharm*, bat ot Uxi* »U-«n«ro«iii>g , •lortntlsr, xigU*t than when ous parlad from him. Would not the sitaation be traeic to many a wiair aud better woman til 111 po ir Koae ? Bhe ai^jba more sincerely than she ever si^jhed in her life b. fore ; sbe weepi some furtive acaldiukj tears on O Shea's well- worn waiatooat. She ia sorry exoeeJioKly ; Horry in the very doptha of her aoul over hia resurrection. But althouiih a huaband, f, iriielius ia atill a man. and it la not iu H isie's nature to act oth^r //ise than with ant;elic outward sweetueaa toward any member ot the other sex. " Y'ou seem to fortjet that we are not the only people in the world," she whispers to hi u, after a time " You ipiite for^-et the cause that brought me to Bl. Jean du Luz-IJelinda." And now Belinda, who has with difli :uUy restrained herself duriii;^ the acene ot ten- der coneiibial reunion, ruahea forward and llmua herself upon her tather'a breast. She never eeea that hisooat lack-- fashion and hiH waiati oat freshueaa. Cheap cigars, brandy, absinthe, none of theai Ibinijs are perceived by Belinda. " Papa! My own darlii i; napa ! " Aa aiieclinj's to him, she feels hia lipa op jii her head, the blind, adoring love of old childish days thrills throutih her heart. 8lie kiaaes hia face, hia bauds, iha sleeve of Ins threadbare coat. She aen ia up a paa- ainiiaie, mute thanksgiving to Ueaveu in her yreat joy. • And BO Belinda has u'rown np a beauty after all," savs O' hea, hol.iinii hia (grace- ful hro^n t^irl at arm's lefit<tli that lie may ihe better adnii'e her. " But I have seen yuu already to-day, Belinda. I watched you this morninn â€"little you all sni-p cted it â€" when \oii were startiiit; from the hotel. .^ t; oodliokiiii; yomu; fellow toat who waa wiih her, Koae, eb ? It would be indifcreet, I liare aay, to ark his name ? ' " iliauame is Temple, Kou'er Temple," answt-ra Belinda, ii'T fseo bu'iiini^ with bliishts, more for Hoae's s-iko than her O* 11 " An old friend of mine â€" and Mr. Shel ma^ieaii'a," adds Koae. l*oor Koae ! Hhe niiiat be really more than morial could .ahe make this renunciatory speech in a cheer till lone. " 1 had run down here with my maid to see onr dear Helinda, antiâ€" and we mot (,'aplaiu Temple â€" acij leutally " " As you have now met me, Kose," saya ('orneliiia, coirinij. with admirable tact, to her rescue. '* C^uite a chapter ot accidents, IS it not ? Bui never tniml, my love ! All's well that end'a well, and I shall be only too delighted to make Mr. Hoj^er Temple's aipiaiiitance. This moment," adds I) Shea, lookini{ much aa gentlemen lo'ik when they (;et on their legs lo return thanks after dinner " this nionieut la the happieatâ€" the crown, the fli iih, so to speak of my whole ch.iiuered life. But lit me set myself ri^lii in the opinion ot those who are dearest to me. I come back, after loukj abaeiice, after years of reputed death ; I find my Uosie fairer, younUT than when I left her, and with her affec- tions ttill mine, and I atn the happiest fellow this aide of the (a|nator. Bui," ex ( laims Cornelias ({faudly, " had a cruel fate ordained otherwise, had I found my beloved »ife in a position where duty de- manded such a sacrifice, I would, whatever the cost, have kept the fact of my existrDce a secret, and in a distant land have prayed lo my last hour for the happineas of her from Mil nn honor, the strongest feeling of which inau'a breast is capable, held nio apart " Major O'Sheaseoma to have i;rown an inch tallir during thecouraeot thia perora tion. He proiiouiict a the word " honor " with the marked enipliaaia you will fre. ijuently nla-rve men ot Bimiewhat ahifly cliara ter attaeh to it. Ilia dau»{hter kia/ea at him vMth fond, wet i*yeH and tr>nibliiifc; lips, uliile his wife Will, I don't want to be hard on K isie any more, to wo will aay that Ilia wife, too, weeps. .Iiiataa the family i^rotip has asanined an interesting^ position, in walks Ko^jer Temple. " 'Ihis- thia is Captain Temple" stain niera poor Kosie, " Ccrneliiia, my dear •' Captain Tt iiiple. let me introduce my Self," aa\a O Shea, airilv, and moving; towards Ills wife's friend with outstretched, cordial hand. " A dead man may dispense with formalities \ fry happy and proud lo make Captain Temple'a ai- luaintaiict' !" I'lve minutes later the reHtored husband and Hiipplaiiteii lover tire chattini^ tot^elher with a friendlirieaa that miistdiapri Ko^ie's last liiit^eriiie dread as to the probability of a duel. In halt all hour's tune O'.Shea is whiaperin>; alTectionately in his wife's ear -I'arby and Joan toijether on the iiota (1 have been harsh, too harsh, upon Kosie, more than once : it ^jives me a pleasiirr lo part from her in peace, happily restored to a hiishaml's ahelteriii^ arme) , and Belinda tiods herself at an open wiiuiow, in the farthest corner of the room, with Ko^;tT Temple by her side. They talk comnionplacea for a lon>; time, talk afioiit the cleariieHS ot the nik;ht, the beauty ot the atars, the awuetneaa of the orange fUiwers ill the courtyard. They keep at a distance ; they dare not look into each other'a eyea. And all the while they know that they are lovers . that the ({nod bye spoken between them a couple ot hours a^o ia cancelled ; that they are free , and Und willini;, mean to pass the real ot their Uvea tOf{other, hand in hand. 'â-  Time for me to be thinking of the Maiaon liOhobia^uo and Miaa Hnrke," saya Belinda at laat. " There ia Coata wail iii^ patiently at the ptte, aa usual, to take uie homo." " Home I Don't let me hear yon say the word any more in connection with the Maison Lohobiaxue," pxalaitns Itoi;er. " You have tiniahed with the Maiaon Ijoho- bia^ue and Miaa Burke forever." " Yes ; I auppoae papa will like me to live in lOiiKland now. I'oor papaâ€" if you know how Kood it ia to bo able to say that woril ai^ain I" " I hope another word may seem as jjood to you some day !" No reply in apeeoh. She only turns to him her dark eyes shining thronijh a mist of joyful tears, aud Kotier lemple is oon- touted. TlIK KSll. I 8L4VKIty IV AFUICA. Horrors TImt Are Iteliitf Perpetrated Tlie»e Very liays, | " I paid a visit to Sivol'a camp. A scaf- foldinsi ot bearna at its entrmce wae orna- mented with fifty hewn-o£f rinht hands. Mcaket eh Ota later on prodaimed that the leader ol thia gang waa practicinj; mua- kotry at his prisoners BoTioof my men toll me that the victinn of thia cruelty had been cut up irn'n-diately to fur.iioh a cannibal feast, for Tippoo Tib'a auxiliaries from the Lomami, the Bene K»lebweand the BiteteU are cannibals." Keadini{ these words one woul i think th*t th-«y were part of some romance, due to the vivil imaiiination and geuiua of Mr. Hider Uag:<ard ; but no, they are, alatil an actual narration of facta witueBsed by the famous- African traveller, Lieut. Wiasmann, and related by him in a paper read before the Royal Geographical Society on the 'Joih ot June, liiHH. It may be art<ed by some that surely tbia horrible and diabolical conduct of Sayol, the lieu- tenant ot Tippoo Tib, is a aolitary and iso- lated iiiBtauce, and that other slave dealers do not behave so atrooicualy. It may, per- haps, be the worst case which has up to the jiresent been witnessed aud described by a European, but it ia unfortunately only a fair sample of what ia daily ociurrint; in tropical Africa, «liere murder aud rapine are destroying whole tribes of uetjroes, the few and Bcaiity survivors Oirini; driiijJed away as slaves. Accordin{» to Cardinal I. aviiieri-, Africa ia every year drained of â- Jt OliO.llOO human bi-ii t!a by the alave trade. Not a lithe of these ever come to be domestic slaves " who after all are i.ot ao badly off," as is so comn.ouly said by people who wi,h 10 planter over the prick tlu-ir conscience eives them wLeu they say tbiv are not the neighbor of the oppreaaed iie^jro, and, liko the priest and the Levile, p-iaa by on the oth..r aide. l"or every alave they carry off the alave raiders 'â-  order about twtfniy, and of those they do drive away not a tifih come into the hands ot iho humane ('I slave owners of Morocco, Kez, Tuat, Tripoli and Arabia. The ivory trade haa been blamed wiili cauaiii>{ moat of the slave hunts in Central Alrica. This ia no longer the case. In several re^jioua the stock of ivory ia nearly or iiuite ex- hausted, iind still villages are hoarly burned and their inhabitants murdered or put into (.lave chains, clo^s and forks. The only ditTerence is that now, the able bodied men beiuii no lon^;er reijuired tor the pain- ful and labi>rioQ8 work of ivory porttra, they, alon){ with the a^ed of both a lea. are slaughtered in cold blood, while their wivra, aistera. daui;htera aud yoan^ chil- dren are draitited away to become the ser- vants, concubines and worse of depraved and debauched mongrela. â€" Z-oruli^n Satioiuit Hnuu-. I A Coiachluan's A wful Ulacnvrrr. A curioas case is now entiaKin); the at- t ntiou of the police aathoritiea here, tele- Ijraphs a Montreal correspondent. About six months a^o a Mrs. McKean left h«r husband at LakeSt. John and came to Mon- treal, alletiinii before she left C,)uebec that she waa afraid of her life, and would alay no longer with the man whom ahe had promised to love, honor and obey. Comint; to thia city Mra. McKean arrayed hereelf ill man'a attire, and enteriiie the aervico id a well known Kt^ntleman, waa K'ven a bed in the aame room with the coachman. The latter remained in blia-ful itjnoraiice of the real Condition of atTtira until last niuht. when the terrilied Jehu diacovertd that tor a half year hia apartment bad been Bhare.l. not by a handaome youth, aa he Bupiiosed, but by Mra. McKean, from l.ake St John. The itniiijnant coac'ntnan had the woman arresteii this niornin)^, bul there doea not appear to be any law appli. cable iu the case- Si 4THEMATICAL CtRIOSITIES. .Singular Thlnn That Can ba Accomplished bjr KlKUrea. The Detroit Frft Frtu says : A Tt.-y curiuua number n 142 8o7, which multi- plied by 1, 'i. :i, 4, 5 or t3 ^ivea the aame tijiures in the same order, beiiinniny at a drfferent point, but if multiplied by teven tjivea all nines. Multiplied by one itpqaaU 11 -i 857, multiplied by two ec)>iala 285 714, multiplied by three eijuala 4'J-i 571, multi- plied by four e juals 571,428, multiplied by live erpials 7U.2fi5, multiplied by six equals H,")7 112, muli-plied by seven Hiuala (CJ'J iWI*. Muliipiv Hi.^hl by ei^ht slO ycu have 1,142 m5i; Then add the first tiJure to the last and you have 142 ».J7, the origiaal I number, the fieares exactly the same as at the start. Another mathematical wonder ' is the following! : I It is diacovered that the mnltiplioatiom of 9 8 8 t) 5 4 3 2 1 by 45t!iveB 44, 44, 44,44, 44. 45. Ueversinn the orcer of the dig.ta ! and multiplying i 2 a 4 5 6 7 89 by 45. we Ket a result eijuallv curinuaâ€" 5. 555, 165, 505 If we take 1 2 :i 4 5 t! 7 8 y aa ihn mulupiicand, and luterchanfcinu the fitiures ot 45, take 54 aa the multiplier, 4, tit'.ti. 0>'>ii Out). Ketorning to the muliipli- ; caud, y 8 7 5 4 S 2 1, and takine 54 as tha miiltiplier ajJaiu.we jjet 53. 333, 333, 34â€" all . 3 a except the first aud loat tiinres, wbioh tot;ether read 54â€" the multiplier. Takiog the aame multip ijand. and '.'7, the halt of 54, as ibe muliiplier, we gel a produol af 2i), tjiji'i. I'.ii'J. li'Wâ€" all ij a except the first and Uat ri^ures, which together read S7, the multiplier. Now, it.tercbaDs;ing the order of the li.<ur> s 'jT. at; i uainn 72 as the muliij'lier, and '.i 8 7 f. 5 4 3 2 1 as the multiplicand, we get a product of 71, 111, IU. 112, all I'a except the lirat aud last tiJiires, whith read together 72â€" the malti- plier. I m Very Good for a Deteeilve Vara. A laiy and gentleman were travelling I togeilirr on ao English railway. Tbey Were perfect straunera to each other. I Suddenly the gentleman said ; " Madam, I will trouble you to look out of the [ window for a few minutes. I am going to make some changes in my wearing apparel !" " Certainly, fir," she replied, with pnliteiieas, risiog and luruing her baek upon bim. In a suort time he said : "Now, madaiB, my change is completed, aud you may resume your seat. When the lady lamed Bhe beheld her male companioc transformed into a dasbiug lady, witb a heavy veil orer her faoe. " Now, sir, or madam, whichever yo« like,'' eaid the lady, " I must trouble yon to look out of the window, for I also have some changes to make in my apparel." •• Certainly," madam," and the gentle- man in lady's attire immediately som- plied. " Now, eir, yon may resame your leat." To bia great surprise on resumimi his rest, the geutleman iu female attire found hia lady companion transformed into a maa. Qe then laughed aud said : " II appears that we both are anxiooa to avoid recognition. Wbal hive yoa doae f I have robbed a bank." " And I," said the whilom lady, as he dexteroDsly fettered his couipaniou'a wrist with a pair of handcuffa, " am Detective J , of Scotland Yard, and in feaiale attire have ahadowed you ; now," draw ing a revolver, " keep otiU." â€" San ^VaK- otci) Wiitj'. rieutr i>r Wratlirr. Maine Man â€" " I tell youdo.vii Kast beata llio world tor ipiick changes of weather. line day laat spring 1 cut ice all one mom iiig and had to run out and plant aun uinbrellaa over my tomato vnua iu the afleriiooii." Western Man " Shouldn't wonder. I remember one day in Kansas when 1 went out lAith a moving macbi'iti at aunriae and traded It for a Biiowplow b tore night, but thai waan't a i-irciiinat ance to the day I went swimniiiig iu the Miaaoiiri Kiver, and got carrie.l ao far out by the current that I was like to drown. I just tell you, I never expected to see shore again." " Kh .' How did ye get back '" " The river fro/.ii over and I skate. 1 back ' Cau't <irl lleail nor Tall i>f II. A fellow who was not uaed to propound- ing coiiiimlruuis got mixed thiialy ; 'â-  Whv is a hen no, I mean a rooster, liko a cent? No, that isn't it. Why ia a colli like a fence on a rooster? I'shaw! I mean why is a fence like a rooster on a [HMiny. No, like a cent on a rooatir. Hold on a minute, that's not right either. Why is a rooster like a fence on a cent? I mean like a penny on a no, 1 don't either. I mean, why ia a rooster like a penny - a fence a â€" now, why ia a penny like a fence on aâ€" like a rnoater on a fence? Well, anyhow, the answer ia, because ita head ia on one side and tail on the other." />un>- ii//<- Ihieie. Curious Odda and Knds. The TerBian name for Amaricaaa ia Yange Dconyu, which means a dweller ol the new world. I'eople in Oregon have jasaed a very pleasant summer. They raised four crops of strawberries this year. It waa an old woman in Indiana who ia- venled the whiak broom, and milliona of them are whisking from daylight to dark without her having made a ceut out ot her iiivtniion. I .\ newapaper man in Livfjpool aecnred Ithenamtsof l-^2 sailors, and only two ' amont! them Were named Jack. In all hiii talk with thim he never beard them use a I nautical expression. .\ BrtK>klyn man intends to start a goat farm, which he ihinkB will bring him $10 (it) per day. He will stock it with seveuty. Uve toats, and aa the ordinary goal will give three pints of nnik a day, he calculates upon ninety quarts per day at 12 lo 15 r< nts » quart. The I'lince of Wales baa 17 brothers-in- law, III uncles, 57 cousins and 5"^ uepbews and nlrcea. .\ Clairaville (Cia ) drutgiat recently cap- tured a young snake, to which he has beea giving a certain amount ot whiskey every (lay. At tlrat hia Buak'sbip did not lake I kindly to the beverage, but of late haa I ehowii a decided hankering after it. When i tiiven all it can drink it rolls around ou the I tUKir and performs a number of odd antics. clearly proving that the glorious privile(!« I of getting druuk la not lenied even to snakes. A Urge panther followed by three cnbs ran along a much travelled road near Mid- dlelown, N. Y., last week. Nobody was harmed and thequartette escapod. â€" An eagle sailing half a mile above the earth oan boh a field mouse ; but while that ia pretty good it ia beaten by a ohap in this town who oan aee his tailor a mile aw»7 on • oloodjr day. A Tunle N«e<leil. " Come here, Johnnie," said the old man, bringing out the strap, " it is time you bad a taste of this." " I didn't do nothing, pa," pleaded the youngster. " In that case," aaid the old man, " I'll liok you for being idle." Au I'urortiinalA AdiuUalou. Youngest daughter (of father of seven of them)â€" I'apa, I can't I positively can't Bland the strain! 1 ni m must t.t-tell you I had planned to elope to night. Tapaâ€" Just my luck I What did yoa want 10 peach for? Now I suppose I've./ef %o atop you. Borry H« iround It. Oftlce Boyâ€"" Uero ia a pocket-book, air, which yon droppad." Muscular Merchant (grasping boy's land and wriugiug il vigor, oualy)â€" " Honeal lad I What ahall I do lo show my gratitude?" Boy (wincing ander his torlare grasps)- "Let ^o my , hand, sir, and we'll call it t<)uare." I â€" A man of strong oharaoksr always makes enemies, bat beoanse a man has many enemies doe* not mean that he has a ilrong ohAraoler. Nut the rint Tlaie. " Was it Ihe girl's father who broke off the engagemeul ? " iuquired Jenkins. "No," replied the jilted lover, " it waa her little brother." An Ktlltur'a Supply of Tongue. Our thanks are tendered to Kev. Ken- neth McLennan for a dried tongue ot the norlhwesleru reiudeer, which ia conaidered a rare treat by many. Whitht/ Chronicle. TitR Tablea of Ihe Law have not been heard of since Nebuchadne//.»r plundered the Temple at Jeruaalem in the vear 5M B.C. The Rov. Dr. Boardman, of Phila- delphia, auggeats that the archieilogiakl expedition sent out by the University o{ Bennsylvania may discover the oiigloal Decalogue amid the rains of Babylon. Uevivalist Bam W, Small ia trying t« start an tipstir in New Yook oily, where there are more good people than there are words in the big dictionary. On Saturday \. and H. Cartwright, seoa ot Sir Richard, went to Wolf Islaud on • shooting expedition. .As Harry did not reach the bank yesterday anxiety was felt in regard to his safety, and Sir Kiohai^ went out in the afternoon in search ot hia. Hia brother is in Kingston from Toronto. Il is thoaght Ihe yonng men are all right. Mr. Franklin MoLeay, modem lanna^ master ot the Vfoodslook Iiutitat*,U from o?«rwoik. #1