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A NOBLE REVENGE, BY JK.HHIK "M I. nil.. I'ACT III. A rKlKMIl IN NEII). The entrance to Providence Court, Buck- lersbury, is so narrow, being an arched pas- sage, that it can easily l paused unnoticed. This passage running through a bouse to the rear opens on a small paved yard, (lloomy even in summer, over-shadowed by tall buildings on all sides, it is chiefly oi-cupied by the offices of various agents. At the farther end, in the darkest corner, a small house of two stories was occupied by Mr. Iwachar. the usuter and money-lender. He resided there all the \c.irrotind,nevertaking a holiday, havinit given up all recreation years ago, when he buried his Christian wife, for whose sake he had liven cast out from his people. His only diversion was moiiry-iiiaking, nol on account of the luxury it purchases, but as an amusing game of peculation. He hid no children to inlicul it. His affections had withered up, for he was alone in the world. In leading a meditative life, his intellect had become clearer than ever. His advice wa sought in many a pecuniary speculation. Those who took it generally prospered. One fine morning Mr. luachar sat at a desk close to the wire-blind a< the window of his dark office, upon which the suti never shone. Though a hot day on the outer Side of th- passage. It was chilly in the court, and Mr. Isnachar hail a tire. He was engag- ed in Inking extracts from financial papers. A small spare man, with hair and beard white as snow, gold spectacles. and ntill follow, noting their lives. 1 piece the fragments together as a child does a pu/./.le. 1 think 1 know the hand that worked your ruin, ai,d say, Wait." " I must and trill clear my name," cried C.ipt-iin Cravenor with energy. "Can you help me to do so ?" " You must remain in London. How do you propose living!" " The very subject on which I came to many persons whose actions I have followed, tectod : the opal had been stolen. This was a valueless counterfeit. Poor Mr. Desborongh was much agitated. )nce made Public, this affair would dam ic, lis credit, and ruin him. " \Vo ir.ust go to Scotland Yard," gisped he faintly. " You are not lit, uncle ; I will go," cried speak. Can you will you, recommend me as siiiti-counlaitt!" " Yes ; I believe I can do that -How do your finances stand!" asked Issachar confi- dent! illy. "Can I lend you money!" "Thank you for a kind oiler, Mr. 1s- sichar. With my frugal h.ibit.s I hivo suf- ficient for the present. Should it fail, I will come to you." " Agreed," said the Jew. "Wait. When affairs arc ripe, you shall act. 1 was about to advertise for you, that you might be at . When lie sa<. down in hii study to think, after recovering from the first shook of the discovery, his energy returned to him in a remarkable inauner ; always a clear -headed hand when a certain event will iircdly come to pass, or I am much mistaken. It will clear your name from all blemish. " "Do that, Mr. Issachar, and I will kneel to you," replied the Ciptain in a subdual voice, much overcome. " No," said the old man. "I am only a poor human being, a descendant of a despis- ed race. 1'i-ihaps in your case I may be an instrument in the hands of Providence." Yery soon after this interview, Cap- tain l!ravenor, under an assumed name, set up as an accountant in a room near liraad Street, where he found employment, thanks to the recommend- ations of Issachar. He remained unknown and unrecognised, walking the London streets like a ghost returned lo his former haiinU, with a strange fechng that I it-urge (iravenor wan another person from himself altogether. On Saturdays, his one great bin melancholy pleasure was to take a return ticket to the seaside place where Felix was al school and watch the boy at play. Some- limes he had a sij;ht of Lena, but this wai seldom, as she was her father's companion during bis convalescence, reading and writ- ing for him untiringly. Neither she nor her boy knew whose eyes were upon them. Felix pra -lice had enabled the Jew to judge of a i imagined his father to l>e dead. Young at - position by the Head. " Military, he was, it seemed strange, bo thought, that I think," said he. n n one ever spoke of him ; from an early age he had been s>hecked when he ventured a question. " I should like to have a photograph of my 1'n a. he saiil one day lo his mother. wearing a velvet cap and His complexion was of the clearest olive ; his forehead high, crossed and recrossed by countless ines, delicate as cobwebs ; a fine brow, under which his Oriental, long, and even Uautiful bro.vn es ntill ret. lined their lustre. Presently footsteps broke upon the silence of the court. .Mr Issachar raised his he id, listening. They advanced towards his house. The trained walk of a gentleman." Long ry Tlic regular tramp, tramp of the footfalls top|>cd ut hii door, and there was a rap from thr highly polished brass knn< *cr, whi'h had Ivi-n screwed on when the home Mr. Thorel. " We will sift it to the bot- tom. " Let me take you home, "said Lord Har ury kindly. " I am very sorry lo cause r'on anxiety, and you only just recovering Tom an illness." ' I do not value my life, my lord, but I 1<> my In. nour. llo was much U'h< can have done Una?" man, he took a i Men resolution. He wired for a celebrated detective to come at once. The result of their conference was a strong suspicion of one person. You must come with me to the bank immediately, "said the old gentleman. " I cannot rest until the contents of the strong- room are thoroughly examined." (TO 01 CUNTIXUKO) The other boys at school have whether they an- alive or dead." them A look nf positive frigiit passe 1 over burst again, into tears. Felix," she was rebuilt immediately after the l-'ire of Lofdoll. The door wis opened by a young clerk, a lirrin.in .lew, (or Issachar cluni; to his an- drill race. " A gentleman wit-hcs to see you, i-ir ; he will notaend in his name." " I will receive I . " MyiU-ry surround- . y ot his clients, th.it this was no- (In: -j unusual. The visitor was a tall well made n-an, with a sunburnt face, ai.d hair prematurely 1 1 iv. l!> moving his hat as he e.itrred lee 'orvd f.-r a momcDl regarding the nnd father as w. -11, IVlix. i w it lion t shaking, w ho on Ins him a^ lit." i I I >"l. I up at him with a i|U'-stioi.h._; Youth is thoughtless. The boy hid a 'in hii face. v -^-.ie inipre-,-i. f mystery- -that was all. \\ . n,. Ml et U-fore, Mr. Is^achsr. Am " - ! I ll-ll ' Tin- .lew fasten, n Ins intelligent eyes upon li'iu, - nun.' rvety feit lire: then hesud v: "You lire 111. ic. d llteled; yet I knnw ymi by your figure, vour i yes, your v are the. i.tne- .is i f old. To Lena's face, and she " Never ask me that sol .bid. Once he vn. lured, also saying to Mr. IT.III.-II: " l>id iny I 'a pa go to Kllou v. in n lie wus a boy !" " I do not know." "I wish he hadn't dud Yon must lo-'k upon me as a grandfather 1 1 i -)t speak of neve: renewed (he subject. It was H'veii m.iiilhs since Mr. I' boioii-^h In I v ulled Xicli'-!.i- . . uld walk pretty well now, ami wan anx i-. us to resume bit old habits. Mr. Thorel had taken In* place rlti. i.ntly in the in;, inn. , lie reporU'd ailaKS at the lank to Iw |>--i ' T IK i u I i> -i I I - i -, . HAWAII. Blalne JH> III! llll\il>l I 011 -. The rare or tatare fhaaxr.1 i. Ik: Threat- rsilBI liltaarr f Ihc Rlorui. Ihr 1 1 . ,i . Proposed by Jlr. >V.. U"|. . i. il A writer in the K'ritn of Rn-itim gives some new information as to why the Let me try to give a pen picture f the Hawaiian! rejected the treaty recently [TO- en( j o ( an J n ,|, summer and the beginning posed by Mr. lihune. It seems the mis- O j , ne j Krlw i when the monsoon rains carriage of that project was owing to t" 8 descend. Day after day the sun pours down influence of the Dominion (jovornment j w i l |, cr i n g heat, the air is sick with it, the astutely brought to bear in the rizhl iiuar- ; g roull j hard as iron, and -jipei HI great ters by the late Sir John A. Macdonald. It cra(; ks, as though open-mouthed, pleiding will be recalled that the supplementary , ^ tae pi.ii e>i ,jjy for a drop of water ; the provisions to the reciprocity treaty of IS74, w j,j e gxp^n^ ( ,.-,untrv that a few months which were added in l">7 under the Uleve- p ut waB gre^o and flower- bespnn!, led is laud Administration, gave the United |, rowD| the grass crisped with a tinrce heat States the exclusive right lo establish and a|)( j f % m n g lc , powder if rubbed : the trees) fortify a naval station ir. the Hawaiian moat iy evergreens, are pan-lied and dusty ; Islands I'earl Harbor being designated for . no i, rea thof air rustles through.no lei f stirs, the purpose. But the continuance of this j n ey resemble great toy trees, with leaves exclusive right was to be limited by the o j pouted wood. There ii no sound of life duration of the treaty. Mr. Blame desired | an yhere ; the noisy, green pairots are to make the cession of I'earl Harbor per ji enti au d hide from the sun in the heart of manent ; and such a privilege, together j tne J ense8 t and leanest top. with an agreement thai Hawaii should enler I You may, perhaps, see a crow or myaah into no treaty engagements with other pow- I it on a bough, with drooping rrs without the previous knowledge of the w j n g an ,l gaping beak, heir less in this great United States, were embodied in the i,ew p llr gn lor y o f fire. " The mx>nsoon, the convei.liou recommended to the Hawaiian , n0 nooii will it never come?" you ask as Covarumcnt by M.-. Carter, ils Minister at you ^^^ nll f na |t e( i on y our be<l, worried Washington. \Vhat was known as the by prickly heat and insects which shall be Reform party was then in power at Hono- nam( .[ eMi no t ihe worst of which is the lulu, and its Cabinet earnestly endeavored [, blood-sucking mosquito. Heat to secure the signa ture of Kalakaui to the been successful but for the interposition of Canadian influences through the agency of the Hawaiian Altorney-Ucr.eral. The New _ r . r f has, pirhapi, prostrated one or two of your friends, ana a second in the amended treaty. According to the writer in the R.-rior of open ,"j r un helnieted would be sudden death. theseertbrts would undoubtedly have ,. ^i j tne mon soon ,, ev er come ?" Kvrrv evening the sun drops down in the west like a great ball of fire, but leaves the heat behind him. One evening you notice Y or* .S'lin is sorely vexed over the matter w j t j, g reat j y two or three black clouds, an d proceeds to give some reasons why c ii ul i, U p tfaj east to take a peep at his Canada has had the temerity to interfere Descending mijejty. They are the advance . with the negotiations inaugurated by the i;uar j ( you think, of the monsoon and it United States. It says that Yankee ascend- 5Ure l ra i n before n-orning. Morning daw will ns, ancy in Hawaii is obnoxious to the Canadians ami tne tun , eU ^ blowing hij heat furnace as shutting them out from tho Australian gtroa g M ever . t he sky is once more a great trade, and twing in general detrimental to Jome o{ burnished brass. The monsooo at the commercial m^rcstsof British Columbia, j Mt blows the warning trumpet, and the and especially of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It happened that while the negotiation of the new treaty w o f hh wind to the far-away horizon e ^^ y ou ou> f rom j. our bed to the veranda. as x ature holds her breath ; a great calm, Drrllnr In lur M..I na x . Rale. This is the season of the year when the list of marriage announcements increases greatly. The betrothals of tlie summer are nillilled ill the weddings of '.be autumn, and in all the circle! of suciuty wo have abund- ant ami practical proof that the cry about the failure of marriage, which has l.ecn raised by a few pessimistic philosophers, both men and women, is not beetled by healthy minds, and does not chuck the growth of ihe sentiment which results in m iiiiinouy. It may be true that there has l-en a decline in the marriage rate of highly civilized countries during recent years. That is a matter of statistics, which are indisput- able. Hut because there has been such a de- crease we have no good reason for concluding that the desire for marmgc has lessened pro- portionately or that the institution of matri- mony has fallen into any disfavor. It means simply that more people are una!4e to gratify the desire for mating than under the older social conditions. The great and pervasive emigration movement in Kurope must have tended to reduce the marriage rale m the countries most affected by it, and, as a matter of fact, they are tlie coun- tries where the decline is most noticeable. Naturally, emigralion makes a heavy drift on the young and enterprising unmarried III--H, and carries them away to different awociat ions. The enormous draft which the armies of Kurope make on t!u- young and vigorous men of the great Slates alsuaisi-ito it marked degree inlowering the rate- in them , ._. _ , all Modern civilu.it loreover, retiiiircs j , he added, peculiarly inexpedient as pro- (|l , iv . k d^ing l, s htning ceases, and an inky lliermi.lovment of rail number* of young ] eluding some advantageous commercial ar- ; blackness, the blackness of Krebus, succeeds, mM in profusions and occupations which rangemems with Canada, which he would ftm | ihe thunder WUows as an Englishman shut Iheni oul fri-ni matrimony hardly less presently communicate. in hi , .,. a . s i rt little iile never heard it bei- thsn the military H.-H ica itself. Kail ways | " - v " undertakes to tell the low It u no .listaut rumble, gradually and telegraphs, engiiivc-ring and mining , Hawaiian* what they have lost by cotiuott- . r^ng nearer and culminating ma rewound- enterprises ocean trai.sporUtion, the new >g with Canada, and says lhat, " It i ing crai . k over bead. No: around, about methods of selling merchandise by the manifest. th.M both the I lilted Slate*) and anil j u , t ovo rhcid the infernal urn never pending the Hawaiian Attorney-lieneral, tran( . e hash the hush of expectancy Mr Ashford, who is a Canadian. got leave of alnence to v LSI t home. While in ('inada he was in close conference with Sir dohn l're<id -nt Railway. he astonished tills earth and air. Ha ! here comes the monsoon. Away on the western horizon a great black cloud Macdonald and became r guest of . wmye surges U p toward the /enith, blotting Stephen of the Canadian Pacific O ut the burnished sky in its progiess, just L'|K>n his return to Honolulu as though you poured ink slowly into* brass ed I> is colleagues by throwing ! bow]. Behind this black wave, and moving In-, utmost influence against them, with the W - 11 ^ I j tj j s a dense ebon ma-w, cut every in- result that the King u'timately refused to I sUnt by f ort( ,j lightning and bellowing, sign the proposed treaty. The reason sub- j ea f en i n g thunder. The quick darting smjuently given in the legislature by Mr. i a ,i,j er tongues ot flame flash everywhere. Ashford for Ins course was that tx> surrender t j, e bellowing heavens throughout the riglit t i make treaties ith other powers f ron1 top to liottom, throughout the whole ii supervision by the Tinted States (.-loud-packed dome. was a surrender of independon.-e. It was \,>w for a tccoa.l, only fora second, t'ne means of a multitude of travelling agents, IP- Hawaiian Islands have been damaged 1 land the slow preparation for strictly pro- j ''X fensional carsers act a-s obntai-lcs to marriage . ^ -Ilk.- this in so short a tune denotes ; |,,.,|y salisfaotoi y, and Mr. iK-sl.or, null's os are The Tinted guarantee of nent intluence, for the cession of IVarl r is terminable with the treaty making '" interposition. left without any I siiffeniit;. you have been through a lury furnace, C.iplnin (IrMVenor " So short f. t ' Why it is eleven long yritis." cried bis visitor with n bitter laugh. "To mr it .Apponrs short because my life M m, n t'.-ion- M u, y events, change of , laii-M- time to et-ml..nc.r As you Irfl mr, so yon lind me. I have otl.-n thoujhi of you felt for your blighted life." " You believed in me--tl.at is why 1 come t.: day. ' "I inner doubted your IHIIIM-. ncr. How I'HiK lia- you Ireen liack? Tell m your tor\ " " I'.nt .* f.-w weeks. As for mv utory there is nol much to t-ll. 1 wus I, nl bully United on '.lie whole otll I tried to be. ., me i. i nnd found comfoit by ginii'^ bid; to the early I- ss ins t.f a pious ino'li i Had she IIM --!. I nin;hl have lire i a lest t ln,iii;htlea mm ' He ..lulled. "Well, I -(of a !,.,! name m reveral respr. -i \\ln-n lli -t lime >: 'lee.ioiii, 1 uent lo Mtlliout ne, and ,n months by my own i xei I < i n|i .. . .,ii ... - .iiitiuit and pros- (,. .- Hi. M.i tli.in I i->,., .-I, I Itut a ties- .rlllllj.' fur ': 'I. - -,.,--! I I rrtiiiied lo lenui that 1 had a sun." He I ! Ins face 1U his hands. There was a sil - * 1 , I;. id .1 oh In- died You are brlirr o|T than I am. Yomalivcs." lie i i i|>iioi-:ii'l tliat. In- Ii in a father. I h i i ided my n-inir. I have rnliiii'. A no Me hoy, w r. h Ins mothei's Itranty. Then 1 frit i\ wnU'd tlin-t lor v- .-- 'ii). w lien me againil tin- vilUiu who has deliurreil me (mm tlie Imp f)ine-n 0! Ins int niev of wilnt- -iirg him lldillii lot" I o-. I ,.01!. " N,, .r tbiiibt l-ul tin rr is a Inn.' that will ir|iiv. Tin tie '. I CIDII.S onl\ pn>s|>ei ' in \"ii lix upon yii! cm io\ ' ' S in. Hiil I h.ivr no piooi." "i I i -an- utiunce mysterious ay. n. ieaat wot k around us hidden inlliii-iu es, ulncli we bun. an IMMII^** .-inn. I tu'liom. HOM is . w .%lk int i t Ins lOom M hen I vi as just |1 e"l e lor Noll '" I .- -. n ? * " ^ rr -. f'>r I kin-w the time had expired l.i vo.ii iel.-i.i-. Lift thai inurlile l.-ttei -,.1-le U-fore \im ; lead the xti , '"-., i il I .; 1*111 (.III- . 1101 ol eyed " C.l|ltaill ' I i .1 I '.. Ill- 1 1', III till III it i. on. nun -r. ml, II, Soli. -Mom. lledfold II..W. ( t. li'.raie ' op>. lie let the piper fall from his hand II II. < wondeilul how evti loiitnuiry !" he " l.nfrll '" said Usli-h.ir >nl iloWll i|Ulte ovei II i . was s 1 1 1- ml 1 1 last, at last ..i,. n lo. i-. I. ved n. 1,110. " l.lllil,' lien- a]ilt fiom the Wnrld," . nun 'ii- '-I Iho .'f*. "it ini'ii'-l- me I" folli.H 1 In- i .in-' l of iiiai.y p.- 1 son-, *).- | h nit i'i n^,,l i i i- lo-s hi, -age. A II ell to lie MIOII I'.i Kilt'l'. Monutrhs have livrtl and died; I -I nH.iy ; m i DIIII 1 1 n-s -I . ,-,-.. now i o-ni'is haa flanht'tl bkea m> '. m firn'i'itt. 1*1. d "'i 'I". I 'I line (,'tiira- .11- contained in t ho i sul. s, " ami lit- niiln-atril the IOMS ol Iht-m iiround . r - . " All n. - I b . HI (able, in ' In . H Hit the an.. .. . i , mil ji-t woin nut. 'I hue ulc presence tobe ijinte unnecessary. One moriniii: M r. 'I horel drove across the 1'ark from Inn house in Kensington liore to !' -i-lland Place. Dressed in the height of in youth, and the.-cfon- lowen the probibil- : I'''" 1 - ' ity of its occurrei-ce at any period in life. "*' More men, proportionau-'y, are nomads and, " 1 1" Hawanans on the other hand, adventurer, than in times past, and the im- thnniMi Hie tremendous drop in ihe pnc seltleinrnt of their lives of course keep them from marrying, for tend* tot ' sugar in the American matkets, ,, thcn-.selves thrust down from the niirria;;' i;oes with tin- tixe'nos and permanency of homes. Kven in this new couu'iy. Ii I with an exotic in Ins buttonhole, .i,,|,, n o the farming population, whoso in- __l\i_,k._l ...I* .!.!.__ ...1.... V ... ... In ent :ed Mr. l> -"liieiei^li's Hilary, where Lna *at reail'ng (hi- 'l'iiin to her lather. " 1 h -ive. come for the key of the strong room," said he. " Lord llaibniy find im- this inoi iii. ni to Si- -hnl ui Lane for bit jewels, In fon n -jo n^ t" Ix- married." I uill H" wilhyou," said llio bdnk.-r. "I shall Ii- g! id of an incentive to renew my d'l'it-t. " 11 I 1 .. a are jou equal to it! Do you think i/" -- Oii-tc, and I shall go." said Mr. Den- \i Itising, he i>i>enrd his desk, olln u ,11 to early marnap-s hnsalway. been the Ha espeiially strong, <h migratory pi-it is *i '" mense special advantages which, since had const i lilted Ihcir main source of wealth. Had ihe trovty been concluded, the Hawaiians would have I ceases. The bellied clouds are pregnant with thun- der, and the dame forks Hashing hither and thither pierce their wouibs and loose the thunder from its prison. It reminds one of Michael and his celestial host warring with Lucifer and hit legions. It is terrible. Inside your bungalow the tirst advancing wind that heralded ihe monsoon carried with it clouds of blinding dust, which is now piled up an inch high on table and chair and shelf. Aud still the war of the elements Roes on. nothing by You cannot hear your neighbor's voice, y strong, 'n t migratory spi-u is tne '"'" "''low of su^ar from Cuba and lira though he shouts his utmost : the birds, exhibited to a striking degree. The lor,-- I "I into the Tnited States. They would ,r r ighted, shriek in the thickets, and the Imessof fvm life and ihe severity of the have occupied precisely ihe same position as nal ive servants huddle themselves together that held by the su/ar growers of Louisiana, in dark corners tor safely. 'Ihrsky opens KOI it will be rememlficd that, in return j ts floodgates, and rain in torrents pours for the desired concessions, the Tnited ,J o wn without intermission for eighty or States promised to givu Hawaii full partici ninety hours on the parched earth. Splash ! manual labjr of tho farm aro sending tin- young men to the towns. whoso a-.-gtegate population U increasing al a ratio no much greater than that of the iMiintrv. Of course, these must add to the ranks of tho bach" are sttiving and hustling I under n**w conditions. The muri-ife rate, accordingly, M ensily e\ taking in t iln- tussle: hey of ihe iion """>, . >; . A , ',!,], . QQ other grounds than tiiepessi -., i I... I ..L it-l>..,-.< t.l it.- i.>w' A, nl -.,- nri . , ., .1 t althel .nk. where pl.ilc, jewe's, and s,- un ties wcie depoMtr.l i kry never out o; Ins -ion until Ins illnes.s oldiurd him ti li,liu-l It to Mr. Tl.i.tcl III the con: it; I ut it was 1 1--. nn.-d lo him nn im -dialely. II iii.e.p.-cieil ariivalat tho lank w.is ed with ii.u-.y eongraliiUti ms fio'n Ins numerous stall ; and the old e;enll< -in in IiMllned Ills eliair III ll.e |n ivatr loolliwilh imallio, fl pit -' ne, awXiting the visit of | l.otd Harimiy, who arrived at twelve ll'cloi U. pit n.n in the Ixtuntics granted t-. American sugar. 'Those bounties the , e lost, and they have ^ lined thing in exchange for ihem from I'anvla." H.it from later intelligence from the Islands il is evident the people are. ,'f sin" actual i llot urieving vory greatly over the failure of - -lors while they Producers ,,f i o make their way Hawanans hav he de.bne ill the absolute.)' not splash '. on the loot" not in showers, but in Tins i.s tlie ni,'ii'K>n. At.il when it Ii >> pissed what a transfor- mation it has effected The arid plain i one great lake, throui;h which rise innumerable trees of g'-ossy urevn, and crowding their itheilrals flocksof parrots and tin - their lot prevent tin-in from ^ratifyim; t'neir decire to IK- mated. I'll it n a far more do- theory, 'o f,ir as i onci-rns the great of the nnwrdilt"). ll app'u-s to ail I unmarried women and to niosi nn ninth,- , same condition. The bncheliirs from .-hoice are an insiginti.-:int inimber. The voluntary .. , ,,,,. art* nil in*.iu"iie -.111- n.i.,"'?. . > Mr. Do.b.rim^l, unlock.,.! the. Mron-..,om ^ mMt . ||(|( t . v; ,, IMI , ( ., H , door, Hun Ins) iron sale containing l-ora H irburj'" Mm 'y )' -welt, winch wtr" man. ,l,,.l V . l I. el I'll, 1 llob't III1II pl'.llrd "lit II I : di .WITH to examine tl,. ... lie held ii - 1 a I > nil 1 1 id ill. in Olid lie. LI. i, . H .1 Ii a l-iii;- ejill puntUl't. " I Ins ,.|i il Is i oi.sidel-- ill.e I., irloom of my !amil\ : il Isonc i I t !-< tun it in l-'i-io|ie. My future lUughtrr-in law \vill it. u it mi her I'lidalday." At tins moment ........ : the Ninall diamomU sin lou .lnu' it " Now, In the circle of society wiieru the great e ' wealth exists, and wli. :e .- >us.-,|ii-ntl v the nmtrrial obstsdfs to m ittimony .-n.-l--.-. . mar: int'es. a:ul e;vr!v marrimirrs, i\re mo-t frei|in-nt. as Ihe autumn weldings p-ove, year after \ n the Hawaiian n.arkcta. nnstic theory of the growth ... _ ....... _, - _ . , , di.imlination to matrimony beomse of 'i' } .'" l<1 ' 1 Mite, to secure a monopoly of ] c hatlcr their thanks .to lio>i for the wclco ne K|,I-|>'I -."in as to the advantages of Ihe in- stil ut ion. If f.'w.-r people many, proportion- :i'i ly, it is not IM-C insn the rest do not want tomirry. but I e.-.i-ise Ihe circumstaneet of iHtlrallan There is no country in which so condition of k'cnerat -onit'ort, so lofty s: in l.nd of proved Intel! ;en,-e, and such lai^c and varied means of in.ellectual ex- eel eiu-e rxi^l side by side with so uru-li t -n t-i. I -ii e. so lax i commercial morality, and sii.-h overcharged statistics of drunkrn ness a'ld crimes of violence as in Aiistmlrx Why should a people which is aiiion, best '-ducaled in the world be also r.mong he least commercially sound, the rowdieal, i-id (lie i.i .-l drunken T Lei there bo no irst..ke -i-'out the <|iiestioii or nbout the charges which are involved in it. Australian nsi.ivenc.es are lo liritish as four to o"e 'onvielioiit m Australia are to convuti-ni ra-n. The great lake soon disappears, ab- sorbed by the thirsty earth, and reveals a far and fair expanse of verdure beauuful beyond words in its dvrlmg greenery, and Tr ilueru tbhurs Unr. take* a keener interest in the pro- fill f-omth< setting mi lo the lalde I, .. vi di-i.si lit i i. n :il>-.ut'"siiil be. in-.; Ins gin-, e-. In- el.'M-ly ir"|M-cte.l Ihe el. " Tns settiag is dasBSf|S)d. Why no yes nn| blankly it the I. ml.. "\\.iit is wioiig* What is wrong*" I" 1 . in d Mi I",- '. -ii.ii^li anxiously. "Are Vi HI .1 | II -Ice ol pierlollsslonrS'' 1 f O, It'll mi ii \ou call ti.is an ii-i-le i-"iil t.'nl* Tin i- - and I-d III It, but II" real hie Mr. Driljonuiiili, myopil has been chanfted I" " My lonl, that is im|Hiis>ilile " "T.ikeciu- whai v"i i eii, I. ..i ! liar- bury," said Mr Thorel IM i ii.enai-ing tone, a j dark down rpt.n Ins f ... e. behind her. How d,c you diet.ite to me what (' grandchild to look on lifter,, ,,n:cs of ,,on No on i cedlnijs "f p-.i- t- lonvenllons tli.in dcej i i, n en Vl.-liuli With all the lell.U-i Ili-ss of .ii.i'.-.-.i . i < . ., -.i...i,u.- * it, ,,,s,l,le'" Hel.Kikednp "">'"'- """ ' true woman she abhors war. I She has known well what it is. Ihe ex- rieceo of the I'r.u.ea was lo her most .infill, as she felt intensely ibr widow h ,,,,1 ..; her |- .pie ut that lime. i.i.nckly .iller the I 'rime came theS.-j oy leioll, and a^nu her heart wa.s iiinle to bleed for the v. .esol hi-rsiibjecls. No iindei - he sin inks tiom I he contempl.it ion of war. As a (^in-en ,t only prtnide.s over the Iliitisli, but she And if "he is all othri |ie, p;.-. snodnsssi i When idle muted ber at i nng in b'T gotnlne-s, it is U-.-.nise what is wilful now onic > on lilt line 10 im. u,i, , r. i ii i ihouldsaTT-Criidlbs n.-blema,, in -u-llin - >>". '""' > '"Y ""^ ''" " f '""'.V 'I'-''' ung-r. " I aw ear that tins ,s m t an opal under he, -oid.-is ,h,-g.ve an object lesson i,t all r even a first iale im.t it * Ul "'^^ ^.'j, 'V 1 ; '",, *,"], U , ,.,''*" ,'1',',',"" Tbe"o|lal 'iT.s yoT'bron'ih* I*' ifain : "t TiUbm'y. but noti-mi! that ^i-.t " .-. -. iuteii iipl'-d Mr Thori-l. " I am I't-wildei'-d, " e\. 1 HI I the Lank . i " It is not as I brought it ; this is a falsu ^"Tben il was i-liiingeil In-fore >oii d.-pos- led it within Such tilings do h.ip|"li>ll ... Mile liinnlie--,' li-llllli ked Mr. iliolel insolently. " Not in mine. ir," replird Ihe nol.leinati haiirbtily. Bssldi I look th- ine.-.iulion .,| h- Ml, Ihe |. Wi'l- ei.lllinirtl by Hltll-'iK-K mi my wiy b.-r- .v.i. \enrs i.g.., \ili.-n ll.u luiiy 'bed. \^' 1 ' will K" 'o him I .. , il V"H p'e l e 'i'Li- M-siili waiasLuid Hml'inj hild,- i \er did more powerfully impressed the na lions than i.lin en \':-t>nn'it renew ol tli llet-l ovei the wuleis coininan.ieil by Forl M..I, inn I el KiiH-ia pin me ber policy l.ei r'lance dmlir b I ii"|.e, as she has al ways. Hul Iliilnin >its ntill on ber llnum ot |.-- ice mi. I sa_*s, Nu' There itbiill ! m \vi.r if nhc i an pn<\ cut it.l.e ,iuse uarisbai IK, lu -y to I., xi ith, and, anyway, she says whi'-ln-vt-i ol you, kings, emperors, ,,| u- (i-ililics, dales to break tin p.-a.-e of the na lions hit I.. n--l"i. \\ilh Tin' r.di- eiu.in .. tin- Seas l.ii.-liud Alter n while tin n wash bucklin.' nations will ln-gin to under nt and the liuth and govern lluilnselv ei nc the United Kingdom as two The tiiiircs given by Mr. to H. H. sprinkled with flowers that h\e shot up in a night, t-irth's en-Unlied hymn of praise to for the blessing of the in.':: t i lo ('i HIM rm*uin TI. 1! llt-M a Ui. Hi- .-itl in a ai of Vllrle I Mill (I I ' wrrr '.u-n- .1 > i. A brutal crime w.is (wrpetriited by Kn- gineer -lames A. Ura-lsbaw of the Karle Loik Company ut IVrryvilli?, C.i:in., re- cently. As he w*s going through tho sh ip ho approached W. A. Ho. n-h, age 1 17 years, who was at work cleumtig locksat bis bec.-h, and ordered him to go to another part of the shop on an t-irand. llradshaw ha* no luihorily over the men in the factory, and res given by M. t. , lloverillin tbo-ii{li apparently clouded with a j the room, refiVsesl to obey. I -. prove the laat charge bvyond the I pealed the command, and on of refutation. The hightst prrcvn- t,n|, picked the liv \ : .\< i" his arms, and cirrying him lo i* vat of vitrol in the i-oin. dippsdhlal m, hoid downward, several times In-fore the otliei employees oi'the room, tvo horrified to stir at rirsl. could intertei.- The IK.V'S creams wen- agonuiug. His !li, i.-:-, r M. ii., Government St uni ,,f ,| l K iy.'a.-liiif; on thr s .Ivicc of the men T. tho -i^'.i appai-rntly clouded wilh a| the room, refused to oin-y. Uradshaw re- anrt on a second re rlianit- 1 ' of deaths from the abuse of alcohol is recorded in Australia It is 113 as against MI oven m Swit 'crUnd, and as against 46 in I'.nglaiid and Wales. In the figures _;i\,-n the. issue is confused by the introituclion of ihe utatiatic* of towns" ami " prinripal i hair was "all burned off, his scalp wa riw. towns" of some few countries, though even I ),is face and neck was horribly I. irne-l, and t in ie Paris reaches no higher than !!."> and London falls to 74. In Ireland the deaths from alcoholism arn only a little over a H larler of those registered for the Austra- lia*,. The towns of Denmark rise to the awful average- of 'J74, but it is evident that , full statement of tho fai-ts Would reduce- ll Mr Staiily suggested several \i us i^.i ihat when Kurope ben in lotaku a livelier interi-st m A'l l. .* it telegraph Inn- could bo put up clear lo the lug l.ikos, and n.itive chiefs Hi'iil.l for a consideration sew that ihi -11 people did n->t meddle with it. This idea, wild us it appear*, is likely to be real- i.-ed. One of the most noteworthy of lereiit eulei (irises is Ihr lel.-gr.iiili line which :s iu>w strung along through Mashonaland. A vast territory, unknown t.> the world t.-n yen s ,ic,o, is now within five hours' reu-li ,'.| l.oml.n, and it c-.sl S;im>,(H10 lo bung i al>oiil Matters me nol moving som.>o(h ly, howevei, in Mom, -o, wln-ie the .Vn^oi.i tiilt- is stiiblmrnly op;ving the en-ction of tel.-ni.ipli poles ll i chiefs have evulenlly ui-t U-t-n snl.sidi-ed. Kith oyes were burn\l out. His recovery isdotllilt'lll liradshaw retn-ned ta the engine ro >:n and war, ,*t ..n,-- ,hi,-iian;>-.l. II walked out i>: tha shop unniolested and disappeared. He has nol yel bt-eu arrested. The employ ,-es ,-t the shop, among wh >m Hough was a <enei ,*l favorite, threaten to lynch the brute if they lind him. Hradsh.\w is MtM and i* :; i \ u * old. M, ,"., In ih Oman left. Mine. Melba has been distinguishing herself in ("aria. Thegrrat Amtralian priiua domii, tin- " K.cho de Paris" says, was en- gaged a tow days since to sing at a grand Hi'ddiiig. but tb" Archbishop of 1'ans, like I ai.inil Miiimng. ielud to allow a lady to sing ni a Honian Catholic church. This .1. t sid I. low. but the gre.i! lady wh.im it annoyed was equal lo ihe . nn-rifency. Mhe nrevaili- I up.ui Mine Me'.Ui to hide herself 1 lln> organ , ami th.-n put a lad. vtilli a iints.il in h s baiidlo sti nd up m the i hoir and prelend to sing wlnlc the prima donna l forth her enchant mj; notes. Theruse was an immense success.