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r . visit the Italian lakes and return through .‘ chokingly, the sweat » reasons. 0-" _ rum 8mm: Boxuam is in ,, or k. , sis Earning Aroma of Germany has a for Vurin black silk hold- yond middle age should , Ouvs Lana says that Prince Albert, as share-r hixtlxin bat girlhood,waathe inept act an: exquisite specimen of my also that she ever beheld. Quart lulnu of Spain is very anxious that her eldest daughter, the Infants Pu, should at once find a husband. The Prior can is no- seven-and-twmty. ‘ A om was fought in South Carolina I 11 Monday between (.o’ouel Cash and Color el Shannon. in thick the latter was killed. (.‘olonel ‘lhannon was sixty years of age and highly rupectrd- Sm livan Worm, while attending the ex Erupnu Eugenie to South Africa, where she has lien the place where her her son was killed, receives no pay as an oflicer. The queen sent him. 'I‘uxrmx and his son Ifallam have left the Isle of \Vight for Vrnice. They will Switzerland. “'hen Tennyson reaches Eng- land he will go to surrey hills. fin-mums was at his country (state in 1868 talking with his garderer about the best sort of union to lant, when a telegram was brought in. " e moment,"said he, “I must give instructions in that Spanish business.” The "instructions" thus given brought on the I-‘rarzcochrnmn oar. Tm: ex-thdivc of E'rypt has lost several members of his hart m by elopement during his sojourn in Naples, and has resolved to put the rut, if pmuible, in a place of s.-f~ ty. I'bey have embarked for Stamboul, Turkey, accompanied by Rr-dif I'asha. If they are not rd owed to land they will be taken to I'Igypt,:unl if repulsed tho-re, they will n.- turu to Naples. KING Louis of Bavaria is an Ill-Chloftrt' able sort of a ruler. He has an unphasant habit of rising very late in the morning. and not going to lml until the following mv-ru- ing, which involves sending for his secretary in the middle of the night to transact sla.e business. The unfortunate ofh'cial alv. ayx finds his Majesty on the alert, :241 vigourous as a bird at cock-crow. Pulsar. WrmJAir of Prussia had his left arm wrenched at the time of his birth, and it has hung powerless ever since. He thrrc- fore does not about or fence well. He is llnckact and heavy, with loose-setting lips, and is rather sentimental of countenance. "in chin is weak, while his nose is of tho Hohenzollt-rn type. 110 lays a fine game of whist, and is 11 good wa tzer. flunsnr Ilanonzn, the distinguished British artist, is a Bavarian by birth. and has gained his fame within the short space of thirty yrars. His father was‘a wood- carvor of great talent, and when Humbert was tWo years old they came to America, and livud hero for six years, until the older Ilcrkomcr was obliged to seek in Englaan a better market for his Worli. At thirteen llubcrt began his studies in an art. school, and gained a. medal in his first year. l'mscn llorrrcuaxorr, who lay for so many weeks at the point of death, still takes a lively interest in the affairs of the day,but ho is unable to bear the least )byaical oxâ€" ortiuu. “’hen he visited the ‘lshcry Ex- hibition at Berlin, 3 short time ago, he had to be lifted from his carriage, and on at- tempting to move, witli.the assistance of a single servant, be literally rank to the ground, and was obliged to have recourse to an invalid's chair, in which he was wheeled round the building. _ M n. (lmosrosu’s oldest brother, Sir Thomas Gladstone, though in his seventy- sixth year, is very hale and vigourous. lie is Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire, re- siding at tho family seat of Fasque, and is a strong Tory, having never followed his brother in any of his changes of opinion. He was a member of the House of Commons as early as 1827, for the borough of Queen- borough, in Kent, which was swrpt away by . the Reform bill, having lc.s than 1,000 in- habitants, yet returning two members. 116 substquuntl represented l’ortarliugton, in Ireland, an Leicester and Ipswich, in Eng- land, wrth but a brief break, down to 1851, when he retired from Parliament on suc- ceeding to the Baronetcy. Gnu/l Tusxrsn’s winter life has been for one or two seasons very picturesque and extraordinary. (.‘nnfined to the island of Applcdoor by the mother's health, the whole family movul into the great dining-hall, which is capable of seating many hundred people. More four huge stoves were erected, and the many windows on one side of the room Were liuul with plan‘s. The lower 1nd of the place was ass: mod to kitchen and dairy uses, in the com o three or four yel- low-ch-scd Norwegian maids : another side had tllr desks and book-cases of tho bro- thers ; the upper corner had the casul, table, davouport, student-lamp, and work-basket of Mrs. Thuxtur. And here, with sunset and moourisv, at ritllcr hand, through the win- dows and glam doors, and the great. wintry soa swmgirg in storm ur calm against the icy idzu ».~r all around 11- r, the )octcss sat painting china, as tho l..dy of mm iwval days sat on lu-r dais at her embroidery-frame, with In r maids at the other end of the castle hall. Mm. 'l‘uM Town is described by a cor- n-spundcnt lL'l she appeared recently in tho surf. She is uowa perfect matron lu minia- turv, Her face, though still pretty, shows her age, and has a quaint, mothorl expres- sion. She is a realization, in a tuna lway, of fair, fat. and forty. She ware a suit of bluo‘ gray flannel, which was jaunty and cm uet- tiah ln fun) it got wot. i or arms wcru are to tho tops of her shoulders, in each of which was a prvtty littlc dimple, and thorn was a shapely lapcrdnwn to her \n isle. llcr small fut-l. wu’u uncovered. She had :\ comi~ cally dignified air, and stepped into the surf witb tho air of a knelt-high queen. She waded boldl - until she met the first wavc, which suusrrl her, do upcd her down, rolled her over and over, am finally threw llt‘l‘ up on tho sand. All tlu‘ style had been instin- tauwusly drenched out of her clolhvs, but " take her altogether, sho looked better after the ordeal than did most 1f the bigger wo- nicu." flrr husband is enormously fat, wars whiskers, and shows all of his fifty years. His bruthcr~in-law, Major Ncwoll, who Illa a dwarf of \'t ry small proportions nhun be married hlinnic Warren, has sinco grown to a stature of five feet. 8110 Visited :1 Printing Office. She came into the office smiling and redo gutly brautiful. George, a handsome 'nung typo, and her were rug 1 ; and rwrgo had a case. He had a 5:33; of solid nou- rgmL-m llll frame, which he was about to j, up and prove. liwrgo. blushing like a rl, shook her band and called her his love- . darlmg. She aycd the galley and smiled "a wearer than our. U l's-ddy, dear," she said, still eyeing the galley of uonparoil. “are those things you print uith 2" “ Yes, darling l" said Bodily, feelingly. She swept llt'l' taper. 'cwolcd tin ‘rs over the matter, squabbling t e entire grey. “ Bliss you, my darling 1" ud George, ring down his law. “ Why, Duldy, dear." said also. " it's all is little pieces. ain't it!“ v " Ya, lore,” said George. gently taking btr little band and leading her towards the their “bard-by, ' " he said. ‘ “ ~ B).by ; be come ‘0‘!"th " Dell“ me," she solilujuiml, " how (image loves no! lie nearly sobbed when I leached tho-o funny little thingurniea." (irhrgc. mooddyL: min lit-«veal WM You can‘t have on ‘ you wantiu on. won. on ‘n ....."“:‘”§...... that a. ton abortâ€"if you pull it up over _ ahoukl-n you uncover your feet, and if you. com you fest your shoulders mm to bare. flower", more W19 manage to draw their lost Ipahttlsaad as pa-apleaaaateight. Do you t l @ln simian sun flotilla VOL. VllI. WOMAN. GOSSIP Caught. Softly falls the summer moonlight 0n the tranquil ocean tides, Where a boat with youth and maiden O'er the water lightly rides. flushed by nature’s solemn silence, Whis rs he in accents low : Let us oat through life together, Though the tide b0 ebb or flow." And she answers, breathing music Like a low breeze through the pines, “ Yes, dear, if you'll only let me Hold, as now, the rudder lines. RED AS A ROSE. Is She Who Follows the Prevail- ing Fashsons in Colour. Some of the Gandy and Lurid Produc- tions of the Fashionable Milliner. Red and Old Gold Worn In a Way Shocking to the Artistic Eye, Handkerchiefs, Stockings. and Novelties in Every Line of Fushlon. An univcrrsl, persistent, autocratic and op ressive rule of savan and lgrnnmcal re s and yellows is upon us. These raw and even brutal hues worn upon hats, l on- nets, and umbrellas, add new and almost intolerable terrors to our blazing hot wea- ther. Now matter how cool and even tender the rrmainder ofa lady’s toilette may be, rho roothiug of its tints and texture Is last by reason of the terrors of cola-u tint she furr- l'lt'B upon her topmost rrgions. This locality 0' her person is, at present, bcdcckcd, if not entirely ovorsprrad, by tints that are very far from tranquilizing, even in the moat stoic of nerves. To be sure, thrre is sometimes a vague sentiment of repose attempted to be ex- pressed by the indicative rfl‘ect that bears the awful hues of the season ; but few there bu of our sufluvcrs who poss.ss thow percep- tive and reflective qualities of m‘ud that will enable them to find consolation inassuag- ing poppirs which are fiery red or barbarous- 1y yellow. Even if there were such who is there who desires to have his analytical properties of brain stirred to vigour when the mercu'ry is at 100 dcgrcos? Perhaps the woman who expresses her most gorgeous tints through the medium of stupendoualy large poppies, really supposes that she is soothing her spectators. Artificial specimens of flora seldom pos- ses potent soporic influences or allay the awful rigours that are produced by their torrid cull urs. The formal a-raugcmcut of those silken, wide-open blossoms is ONE LURID RED, ono brilliant red. one furious yellow, and a tawny saffron flower, all of them crushed together and attached to the bonnet or but somewhere near its back, to prevent any especial injury to the complexion of its cruel possessor. They remind ono of a danger signal on a slow train. Those blossoms are about six inches in (1i- amctcr, and consequently they must be ar- ranged somewhat in a huddle, or they could not find room for themselves upon a modern hat or bonnet without concealing the main structure altogether. This arrangement harmonizcs with. tho intention of the man- ufacturin florist. He calls them fatiguea, so crusher and weary is their appearance, but then they are handsome in thcirguilery, sensitive delicacy of petal, calyx, stern, and outliers, and if the thermometer were less up isb than it is in its demeanor, we could on ure their universality and perhaps be cheerful. As it is, we are made wretched by them. Another of our summer crazes expresses itself in tasscls. The real devutco to tassels arrays herself as nearly like Folly us possi- ble, and doubtless this is her intention. She even cuts her own skirts into dcvp per- ;cndicular lashes, gathers such and thus lormcd into a bunch, and fastens a tassel to each tip. She fastens tnssols at little dis- tances from each other upon her belt. She Wearsn sailor collar made of her costume fa- bric, and she arranges A now or mamas along its lower edge behind, and one tassel is set upon each point in front. Then she ties the neck of her dresses with cords and Muscle. She scwa them along the centre scams of her sleeves as far up as her elbows, and perhaps to her shoulders. She also edges her umbrella with tassels. Should she become possessed by a whirling fiend. be carried up in a sand or water spout, imagine how furiously these tasssla would radiate from her. She would look like sparks from a lighted pin-wheel. This resemblance would be, emphasized if her tassels were red or yellow, which they are almost sure to be at this moment. Next to tare-leis the favourite excesses run into cords, cords info loops, knots, (nds, tracorics, and they are placed upon tho edges of garments everywhere. Fifty yards of fancy cords is a small allowance upon a single groun of a real enthusiast. Notes. 'l‘r'RuANs are worn for travelling. Buns are the fashionable craze of the day. Run, yellow, and heliotrope take the lead among colours. Tris prettiest of the dotted fabrics are Indian and French cashmercs, muslin-dc- lsines and foulards. Scorvn ginghams are great favourites this season, and come not only in plaids and checks, but with solid grounds, quite pale, crossed by lines of darker colour. Tun elastic bands which confine the long wristed doves are a positive injury to the arm, as ey press directly upon the largo veins and cause weakness of the wrist. llrrarrrs all assertions to the contrary, bustle: on: not fashionable, nor are hoops, of even the smallest dimensions: worn. All the basics: apparance is given by the drapery of the. costume. Tux fashion of wearing a large veil thrown quito over the bonnet, made of ei- therdplain or dotted black lace or other Ina- tori . i‘ gradually talking the place of the unbecoming and injurious mask veil. TL: 080?! says that in landnn only one kind of necklace is worn by your ladies, via, a double row of maria, with a iamond clasp tightl ' wound ut the throat or worn over a lace ppot. Tux every-day stocking for summer wear "I Irish all women is liale thread, has and thin, unbleached or in solid odours. Plaid. checkol and striped. lids throad stocking! are supplied for young girls and children. But. 90“!!! an mach worn in the hair ‘0,“- and on lhebodica ofdrrsus they an M. tifnlly umatsd on wire like artificial been. Pannie- with maiden-hair frrnm particularly fashionable DOI‘. V Au. underelothing is more fashionable ltrinmod with laceand fine-tucking this FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1880. summer than with embroidery. White un- derskirts are made very short, red and trimmed round the bottom with t rows of fluting edged with narrow lace. Wm'rs muslin fichus are made to use in- stead of laces or dressy toilets. New black ones are made of transparent square meshes, like those of grenadine, and are brightened by being elaboratel wrought with irrides- cent beads and gol thread. Tun straight plain dresses in which our grandmothers arrayed themselves will not be likely to find favour during the present season at least. Nothing uglier was ever devised, for young ladies particularly, than the long, plain skirts, shirred backs, and plain capes. S'rvusn new bodices are fastened at the back, either by a sin is or double row of buttons, having long senses, and sleeves with puffs at the shoulders, while the fronts have a V of very closely gathered silk let in- to them, reaching to the extreme (11d of the bat quc. Furnsns are more used than flowers for round hat, but flowers are not altogether abandoned. Poppies, roses, clusters of foli- age and fruit and sometimes daisies are seen on gypsies and other straw hats worn in the morning, and designed for seaside and coun~ try wear. ' BEADS of all colours are more than ever fashionable. For large wraps they are used as borders, sewed on the edge and down the seams, while small mantles are entirely cov- . rcd \rith them. They are also used for cuffs, and for large pockets, set on the out- aido of the dress. LISLE thread gloves come in as varied de- signs as it is possible to imagine. Some have three elastius across the wrists, with puffs between; others have the long wrists but- toned, or else held in place by three elastic bands. Their colours are grey, drab, white, corn and black. LAST year’s black silk dresses which have been done over cannot be better or more tastefully trimmed than with red surah, which brightens them up effectually. Sarah is fast replacing satin for a summer trim- ming on some silks, just as foulsrds are re- placing heavy brocades on others. A TAaTEFUL mode of remodelling a long plain overskirt is to shirt the centre point in two perpendicular rows, ornameuling it with looped ribbons placed in time groups, The sides are taken up a. little more shortly than in front, forming upward curves, and tho back is draped under a large bow of ribbon. Tm: very haudsomest handkerchisfs in the market are of linen cambric, almost fine enough to past through a needlo's eye, and embroidend in white or delicate Wattcau tints. Pretty styles are those which have a deep, hemstllchrd lorder, inside of which appear small blocks, that are also hem- stitched. Wnr'rs is now so fashionable as to have stimulated the production of some of the costliest and most artistic white and cream- colourcd muslin dresses that have ever been made. These are made of nun's vailing, a new Sea Island cotton muslin of peculiar weft and beauty. It comes in corn and pure white shades. ' IT is a strange thing in art that an actress must learn to paint before she can draw. \Ver is Hyman always represented as hearing a torch '2” That's easy erougb. It’s a hint as to who shall build the fires. “ OCH,” said a love-sick Hibernian, “ what a recreation it is to be dying of love! It sets the heart aching so delicately there’s no taking a wink of slapo for the pleasure of the pain." AN Illinois girl with a breach of promise suit testified that it was the usual thing for girls to show their love letters to fifteen or twenty other girls, in order to make them jealous. Now can doctors decide whether the dif- ference of two degrees between the normal temperatures of men and women enables wo- men to look cool at each other's dresses in the hottest weather. Tun number of one-armed young men been driving out. with young ladies these summer evenings is truly appalling. An old soldier rays tint one arm is invariably lost during an engagement. ' AN Indiana woman weighs five hundred and ten pounds, and she never looks under the 11.11 to see if there's a man concealed there. She knows no man would take the chance of the led's giving way and letting her {all on him. ’l‘um’ uc.c 8w n to be married. He had v..guc ul- a. ofhouns furnishing, and he ask- cd her what kind of carpets he should get for the parlour. She said, " Axminster." And he warmly protcatcd it was none of the minister's business. \VHEN inviting guests to dinner the num- ber should ho limited in accordance with the quantity of dinner that can be served. Thir- teen at table is unlucky if there is dinner enough for only ten. Tux ladies of Italy have adopted a fashion 8 _ ' pomt from the sun, on the 6th. second of the three most favourable times during the year for a. view of Mercury. is visible now, and will continue to be so until the middle of the month. about 9, nearly sun, and must be looked for a few degrees south of the close observation to pick him if , and it is useless to try unless the sky is c endless and the atmosphere serene and clear. sight of our bright-c ed brother is worth a great deal of trash 9, and is a memorable experience in astronomical observation. the 31st, at midnight, Mercury and Venus are in Conjunction, when it is safe to say there will be no terrestrial witnesses of the celestial interview. this summer of dressing only in white robes adorned with natural flowers, jewellery be- ing put strictly under ban. To do up a white dress at the laundry $2 is charged, and the flowers cost $4 a day. Economy is observed in linen underwear. WHEN a woman is so very firm that she “can hardly hold her head up ” shc oss out shopping and walks six or eight mi es ; and when a man is very, very tired, he plays eight or ten games of billiards and walks twelve or fifteen miles. Such is life. g...â€" A Mighty Horse. The king of English studs is still undoubt- edly, the mighty Blair Athol. Althnuuh twenty years have over his head he looks like a four-year-old and his legs are as clean as foal's; in fact he looks worthy of the high sition he has held since he won the Derby of 1864, beating a field of twenty- nine horses. Some of his pro any are as fa- ‘mous as himself, and his stu successes are nnmborless. Silvio, who in 1877 lauded both the Derby and the St Leger, was one of them. Craig hlillar who accomplished the same frat two years before was another. Earlier than this another sli ,Prince Charlie, had won the Two Thouaan , and these alone would be sufficient to stamp the reputation of the mighty sire. Ax attractive service was recently held at Berkeley Chapel, London, when all the chil- dren attending the usual children's services were invited to bring an offering of either fruit or flower: From early in the after- noon the streets were thronged with bright rups of parents and children. At the al- g rails the incumbent received the baskets of fruit or bouquets from the childrw as they entered, and the whole chancel was filled with'tho fragment ofl’eringa. The Princess of \Valea and her five children, with the King of tho Bellanca and the Duke and Duchess of Coanaught, arrived at 3.30. and young Princesses and Princes entail beautiful offeringaol both fruitan flowers. The ma! children's service followed. The fruits and flowers can afterward taken to various cblédnu'lliofi‘plhéll and distribute-1 personally y the 'es 0 the congregation the Princuof Walashcadingthclist. ’ destruction of life and property. cold, as well as the heat, has been intense, and a. frost is recorded that made the grass white in the south-eastern York, and snow fell in the hilly regions on the banks of the Hudson. ward conjunction with the sun. in the constellation Leo, and about the middle of the month bright star Regulus. later than 9:30 : at the end of the month at 8:30. The flaunts in July. An Eloquent Description of the Beauties of the Evening Sky. (From the Providence Journal.) Jupiter is ranked on the astronomical calendar as morning star, though he will soon be visible in the evening. He still remains the most interesting member of the shining brotherhood, and the kind of see-saw play going on between the sun and the most famous of his sons continues to be an ‘ject of intense interest to terrestrial obsgrvers. If Jupiter is pulling upon the sun with his mighty strength and stirring up black spots on his photosphcre. the sun is pulling upon J upiter with vastly more effectual power, and the huge rift in his cloud-atmosphere may be due to the solar attraction, increas- ed by proximity. The sun is thronged with spots, and the great red spot on Jupiter still affords material for wondering observation. Those whd have observed the times and the seasons during the last month will not fail to perceive evidences of solar disturbance reflectrd in the elemental warfare recorded on its annals. The forces of electricity and magnetism have escaped from confinement like the winds of old Eolus, and the earth gives signs of the disturbed equipoise as surely as the mercury rises in the thermo- meter when tho dog-star rages. Asecond wave of heat, more intense than the first, though not so marked, because more season- able, has rolled over this portion of the earth's territory. Alongcontinucd drought has thrown its pitiless grasp over vegetation, and desolation far and Wide marks its track. The aurora has hung out its banners in the northern sky, and faint displays of auroral light on two or three nights are the advance- guard of the coming army gorgeous with banners and glittering arms. I‘ornadoos, whirlwinds, thunder storms, and floods have been reported from all quarters, and, though not equaling the devastation of the previous month, have swelled beyond the average the Even the part of New Butnaturehas herliglit aswellas horshade, and there is a bright side to the picture even when the sun shows his angry face at the maximum of a. spot-cycle. Nothing can be imagined more serenely beautiful than many of the June days, with their comfortable temperature, sunny drought, but storm and tempest have thus far passed as by. to borrow trouble, though we are far from being out of the woods. J upitcr is still roll- ing on toward his perihelion at thé‘rate of eight miles a second, for the planets move slower the further they are from the sun. It will still be nearly three months before he reaches the dreaded goal on the 25th of Sep- tember. influence of the other giant planets in corn- hinntion with their chief, and us the peculiar conditions do not end till 1885, there is no need of hurry in the calculations. Observers must remember that never in their lives will such an epoch as the present recur, and that hetwacn 11 and 12 years must pass before another perihelion of Jupiter and a new sun- spot cycle will afford a renewed study of the interesting problem. parently serene and golden-tinted star, fitly named for the father of the gods and men, is coming toward us, and at the end of the month will be the brightest of the starry host in the late evening hours. rises about midnight; at the end of the month, soon after 10. exhilarating breezes, and skies. \Vo have had heat: and It is unwrso philosophy It will then be time to study the Meantime, this up- He now Saturn is morning star, follows closely in the truck of Jupiter, and must be looked for a short distance to the north-west. two planets will be in fine position for ob- servation during August and September, though Saturn is not an interesting object to the naked eye observer. can should see this superb planet with a telescope, for he is coming toward us, and his rings are opening to their widest extent. Saturn rises now at 12:30; at the end of the south about 10:30. The Every one who Venus will be evening star after the 13th. She is then in superior conjunction with the sun ; the planet, the sun, and the earth being in'a straight line, with tho sun in the centre. of the sun an ing star for the succeeding 292 days. will not be visible during the mouth on account of her nearness to the sun, but some time in August the Queen of Stars will emer e from her temporary eclipse and. be foun the glowing gold of early twilight. No one of her phases is more fascinating than when, after her long absence in fulfillment of her role as Lucifer, the Light-bearer, she shines again as Hesperus, the most radiant gem in the starry crown of night. the month Venus rises a few minutes before the sun 3 on the 13th she rises and sets with the sun ; on the last of the month she sets about a quarter of an hour after the sun. She asses then to the eastern side commences her role of even- She shining with pccrlcss lustre amid On the let of Mercury is evening star, reaching his reatest eastern elongation, or most distant This is the Ho 110 sets an hour and a half after the point of sunset. It will take But a On Mars in evening star, travalling rapidly to. He is now on very near the ~o sets now a little Uranus is evening star, too far away to be visible, and only of importance to those who wish to follow the track of the planets from mouth to month. He is still moving slowly among the small stars of Leo, setting now about 10; at the close of the month about 8:30. The July moon falls on the 218i. On the lat the old moon, the second day after her last quarter, is near Saturn just after mld~ night. On the 7th, a few hours before her chan e, the moon passes ve near Venus. On t e 9th the moon is near Ilie-rcury. On the 10th the moon passes near Mara, and on the 11th near Uranus. On the 27th the waning moon will be near Jupiter, and on the 28th near Saturn. The influence of sun spots, as manifrstcd in elemental disturbances of the earth's at- mosphere; the influence of Jupiter's sp- proachiug rihelion on those manifestations, and the ' turbauces in Jupiter's cloud- atmrophm indicated by the famous rod t, are problems to be carefully observed uring the coming month. The most charm. ingunicture on the celestial canvas will be on ex ’bition on theeveuf of the 9th, when the dander amount of c 241aymld moon and the ah ' planet Mercury will make up a scene ' evening is clear, any careful observant: ea- NO. 20. joy the view. Mercury bring a few-degrees south of the sunset point and the moon nearly three degrees south of Mercury, 1ind serving as a guide to point to his posi- ion. :By and by theologians will begin to per- cerve that Darwinism is not so abhorrent on closer acquaintance as at first si ht it ap- peared to be. No doubt Darwin as made senons errors ; but they are of such a nature that they will correct themselves, and what of truth be has been able to reveal will stand. Astronomy, geography, and, within very recent years and in a very marked way, geology likewise had to run the gauntlet of apologetic critics who thought they found in the Bible what it from first to last most rigourously refrains from teaching. The Bible wrll hold its own amid all the muta- tion of science, and to the utter confusion of unbelievers in religion, as time goes on. The ex erience of humanity in every age has requn ed toosurely to its "rand. truths to adm'llfiof anything else ; but‘it is worse than useless to seek to discover in the Book of Books what was never put there. One of the common objections against Darwinism is that its tendency is rlcbasing; that it fur- hishes no impetus toward nobler manners and morals. Now, the researches of Prof. Lankester leads to quite the opposite con- clusion, as he clearly sets forth in his admi- rable treatise on "Degeneration." “’hen food and safety are easily attained, an ani- mal degenerates, just as men sometimes do when they become rich suddenly, eras an emprredoes when it ceases to be spurred to aggression. \thnever a man or a nation lives like a parasite, the uobler functions are lost. Speaking of the lower animals, the student of nature is compelled thus to con- clude: “Let the parasetic life once be secured, and away go live, jaws, eyes, and ears; the active an highly gifted crab, or insect, or annclid, may become a. more sac, absorbing nourishment and laying eggs.” “And,” continues Prof. Lankester, in ano- ther place, “it is possible for usâ€"just as tho Accidmn throws away its tail and its eye, and sinks into a quiescent condition of inferiorityâ€"to reject the good gift of reason With which every child is born, and to de- generate into a contented life of material enjoyment, accompanied by ignorance and snpcrstition.” In a highly appreciative no- tice of the essay from which the above quo- tations have been made, Mr. Alfred R. “'nl- lace makes the following remarks, which are best given in his own words. He says that we seem to learn from the facts of degene- ration “ the absolute necessity of labour and effort, of struggle and difficulty, of discom- fort and pain, as the condition of all pro- gress, whether physical or mental, and that the lower the organism the more med there is of these ever-present stimuli, not only to effect progress, but to avoid retro ressiou. And, if so, does this not afford, us t re near- cst attainable solution of the great problem of the origin of evil? \Vhat we call evil is the essential condition of progress in the lower stages of the development of conscious organisms, and will only cease when the mind has become so thoroughly healthy, so well balanced, and so highly organized, that the happiness derived from mental activity, moral harmony, and the social affections will itself be a sufficient stimulus to higher pro- gress and to the attainment of a more per- fect life." These are inferences which do- serve carcful study, as they plunge deeply into hitherto profound abyssts of natural theology. o«.D-â€"a+â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" The French Grown Jewels. M. Turquot, the oflicial selected by the French Minister of Finance and Budget Committee to arrange the sale of the French crown jewels, has, a. foreign correspondent writes, submitted his scheme for the sale of the whole treasure. His plan embraces three parts. The first will comprise the historic jewels and stones, and will be laced in the Louvre. The second part wil contain the scarce minerals, and will be placed in the Museum of the Ecole des Mines; while the third portion, composed of royal and im- perisljewclry, will 0 ut up to auction and sold to the highest blf der, the proceeds to go to form a State fine art fund. M. Tur- quet has had an inventory made of this princely treasure. One of the most famous of the diamonds is the one called Regent. It weighs 1365 carats and is one of extreme whiteness and brilliancy. This stone has a very curious history attaching to it. It was bought by the Duke of Orleans, then Regent of France, of I’itt, the Governor of Fort St. George, in the year 1717, for ' £135,000. \thn rough the stone weighed 411 carats, and the cutting cost £2,000. Pitt had pur- chased this stone in Golconda, of Jamel- chund, a Hindoo merchant, as he states in a pamphlet published to clear himself from the reports about his having stolen it. This diamond, however, was actually stolen from the Gardc Mcublc in 1792, but was Irestorcd in a mysterious manner. After this it was rccut at a cost of £3,500, an o ration which took two years to perform. I‘lfpolcou I. was so cnamoured of this gem that he had it set on the pummel of his sword. Somc idea of the size of the Regent may be given when it is stated that it is thirty carats larger than the Koh-i-noor, the latter weighing 106 1-16 carats. Another remarkable obit-ct in the sale is a round pearl weighing over twenty-seven carats and valued at 200,000f., and still ano- ther is a necklace of pearls. styled callier dc Ia nine, composed of twenly-fivo pearls and worth 996,700. cht comes a long, clcar ruby, weighing fifty-six carats and valm-d at 50,000f. There is also an amethyst of more than thirteen carats, valued at the large sum of 600,000f, and a sapphire of I32 carats, worth 100,000f, By selling the jewels of the third class M. Turquct expects to realize ample funds for the purchase of works of art wherewith to enrich the national mu- sourns. -..... - ._____.._.. A Guitar deal of talent, says Sidney Smith, is lost to the would for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves numbers of obscure men who have only re. mained in obslurity because their tiruidit has prevented them from making a first c - fort, and who, if they had only been in- duced to begin, would in all probability have gone rcat lcngthr in the career of fame. The act is that in doing anything 2n the world worth doing we must not stand shivering on the bank thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. It will not do to be perpetually calculating risks and ad- 'usting nice chances. This did very well before the flood, when a man could consult his friends u u an intended publication for 150 yearsan live to see its success six or seven centuries afterward. But at present a man waits and doubts and consults his brothers and uncles and particular friends till one day he finds that he is sixty-five years of age, and has lost so much time in consultation he has none left for action. ln hll onr-aqur-amlehneu he has allowed his opportunity to slip away. ° Tn! report that then are more good look- ing widows than usual at Sarang is being circulated, husbands to take them there for the summer, raging every beholder. If tho so much as they were, while the husbands arernorsinelinedtodoso. . ,2; Hold. ally and wives are not urging their The Daughters of Mary. How They are Inltlsted-Inwrestlnrr cere- mony in Rome. Although the monastic orders have been Lupprrssed by law in Italy the Italian wo- men who are so disposed do not cease to embrace the religious life, especially in the couvenlual houses, where the superiors have 'ned their lawsuits against the commission 0 the liquidation of Church property by proving either that they were not corpora~ tions in a civil or political sense, or that they spend their time in works of usefulness to society, such as teaching. nursing the sick or reclaiming poor and neglected children. A correspondent of the Churchman writes that since “’hitsunday he has heard of sove- ral instances of taking the veil, and on one occasion no fewer than ten young women of the working classes joined the Daughters of Mary-â€"a sisterhood dedicated to tho ro- claiming of deserted littlo girlsâ€"and he recently witnessed the ceremony in the Tor (1e 'Spccchi (lower of the Mirrors), founded two centuries ago by Santa Francesca Ro- mano, a pious Roman lady, as a place of religious retreat for the widows and spinsters of noble families who desired to give up the world, without, however, taking any ascetic vows of poverty or perpetual seclusion. The correspondent describes the place and the ceremony which Was performed. The place was the convent church and the time be- twcen eight and nine o’clock in the morning. Visizors were admitted into a spacious hall wrth rooms and a chapel opening oil. to right and left ; thou, ascending a broad staircase, \vefound ourselves in u long, wide corridor, which led to largo reception rooms and the prrnrupal chapel, or, indeed, church. Ano- ther wide and extensive corridor led off, before entering the church, into a cloister, and is bordered by the comfortable rooms of the nuns, for they cannot be called cells. The Cardinal who was~to preside at the vas- tr'zfone of the novice arrived punctually at half-past eight o’clock. It was the venerable and staler Chigi, attended by his trainbcar- er and gentlemen in black. The procession of clergy, nuns, the novice, her godmother (a Roman princess) and her an relâ€"a tiny child, dressed in white, with litt e veil and little wings, and holding a wreathâ€"entered the chancel chantin . two dozen, were in b rich, with white wim- ples and veils. bridal arrayâ€"rich white silk, with deep lace llounccs and train, a wreath of orun c blos- soms and long tulle Veil. wore a handsome coloured silk dress and white veil ; and with the rich crimson and gold hangings of the church, the illuminated altar and the gorgeous robes of the Cardinal, the whole scene formed a BI lendid and most impressive picture. ' All the nuns, some The novice was dressed in Her go mother The novlco, or Spam di Crista, as she is called, knelt on beautifully embroidered white satin cushions, just as if at her marriage, and the mass was was cule- brated and communion administered to her by the Cardinal. After this the hymn “ chi Creator Spiritus” was intoncd; than the abess and. another nun took off the novicc's veil and crown, placed a large white cloth on her shoulders, and the Cardinal cut off a. lock of her hair, the rest being cut by tho abess and then placed on a silver salvcr. All this time the choir of nuns chanted. the Cardinal blessed the black dress, the rosary and monastic head-glar, and the ab- bess and her assistant removed the bridal dress and put on the convontual attire and veil, and her little angel attendant placed the wreath she had been holding on her head. Next came a very awful part of the proceedings. cushions were removed and two plaincr ones were placed on the ground, on which the newly-made nun prostratcd herself as if laid out for burial. iug uun covered her with a black pull and the nuns proceeded to chant the Do Profus- dis in token of her death to the world. ter this she rose with the new name (Maria Immacolata) she had taken during tho ccrc- mony and the Te Deum was sung. Tho nuns then all kissed and welcomed her; her lay friends who had been looking on, rcxlflmm- plimcntcd her. She seemed calm and happy. The whole party thenâ€"~Cardinnl, clergy and visitorsâ€"repaired to a grand re- frcslnneut room, where chocolate, coffee, cakes, ices and sweet-meats were liberally served at a long table, everybody being sent- ed, the Cardinal at the head, with the ub- bcss on one hand and the now min on the other. the sposa's room, which was a miracle of ucalncss and freshness, looking out on the pretty convent garden ; and all her presents on the occasion of her profession were spread out on a white cove-rod table. «d of costly rcliquaries, rosarics, handsomely bound prayer book, crystal plate and cup, sacrcdpicturcs, benift'er, &c., all things suited to the life she had embraced. of Tor dc ’Specchi an: of noble or gentle blood; they can see their friends, and ac- casionally drive out into the country for health’s sake; and tho scrvilo work of the house is done by lay sistersâ€"~\vrunerl of the people, who are not even obliged to wear the oonvcntual habit. Then The beautiful white satin The nbbcss and bur attend- Af- nuns, After this rcfcctiou every one visited They consist- All the nuns W-.>â€"â€"â€"- A Brilliant Ball. Lord Fifc's dinner and ball to the prince and princess of Wales, says the London World, are admitted to have been an unusu- brilliant success. The princess of W..lcs was charming in white tulle, spotted with silver, and carried an enormous bou- quct of white exotics. guests at the dinner was trcatcd with like Each of the lady attention, and was presented with a smaller bouquet of corresponding flowers bytho gal- lantry of the noble host. The staircase and ball-room offered ample scope for the most brilliant floral decorations. All the youth and beauty of London were gathered tugr - thcr, and sporting tluir beat frocks and all the jewels they rseesarrl, made a most bril- liant coup-d'wui . The honours of the ball were done by the countess of Dudley. At- tired in black and blazing with diamonds, she was indisputably the most beautiful woman there. Lady Dudley is always pro- eminent for her beauty wherever shu'ap- poare, but L-nly Dudley has another charm very uncommon to the fair sex, and that in her apiarcnt unconsciousness of her on. doubtc supremacy. The most perfch cv-up-d'ail was in the supper room. A spu- clout! tent had been erected at the back of the mansion ; tho Eldon were of old tapcltr ’ hangings, and the bright blue canopy ocifv ing was at once a tasteful and a novc idea. At the further and was a stand-up buffet, and at two sides of the tent, in front of it, Were fountains of water throwing their spra ' into basins of water, which was edged wit 1 exotics and ferns, in which red and white liliul were blooming in abundance. Tho body of the tent was occupied by many round tables, groaning with fruit and flowers, at which a hot supper was served. But perhaps the most beautiful feature in the whole display were the six enormous rose bushesâ€"two while, two pink, and two crimson, which filled the corners and bean- tifully adch the sides of the tent. These row trees, in point of size and for mass of bloom, could have vial successfully with those splendid specimens of the queen of flowers with which every one is familiar who attends the flower shows in the lie- gent's park orat South Remington. Alto. 'ke fairylmd. ether the coup-d'util of this supper room was. ALI: soars. Boomers is notToâ€"bo run by the rule of I " 'l‘us beginning and and of a ohioksn’s is. â€"Hatchet. Puma hath two seasons : A forward! ' and an early fall. pm I? brevity be the sole of wit, what is the heel 2 Why, silence, to be ahoo‘rl A rant! heart never won a fair lady, but a faint whuper' often catches her. Tnmanwhofellout of his bunkontho steamboat explain‘ ed that his blackened e '0 was a berth-mark. 3 Pirorssson : " What are the constituents of carts t" Students : " Pints." A bland sm‘ e creeps over the class. ‘ A Paa'ssnvaxra man last week won four oil wells in a lottery, and immediately burst into a fit of his den-ickal laughter. Mn. O‘Fuxsrosx, looking at a tailor‘a window-Pants for foive dollars 2 Bo gum that's jist what of pants for modlf 1 Ir is earnestly hoped that no one will lie about the length of torchligpetnprooemona gals year. Grvo ’cm the slit of any oubt. * Do not defer to another time what should be done today. You will find greater difficulties in your way to-mprrow than you do now." Youxu man, adiamond pin looks real nice, and glistsns brightl , but when $4 awesk supports a man an pin both, one or the of or is not genuine. “ Gsxrnsuus," said an amateur farmer just from the cit ', writing to the chairman of an agricultura society, “ put me down on your list of cattle for a calf." A New Your: Chinaman was asked his age for the census. lie thought it was the draft, and, wishing exemption, he replied : “ Ninety years olden, alloo times." annnnr (to witness with bandaged eye) â€"“ Did he have any provocation when he struck you 2" Witnessâ€"" lie ma have had something of the kind conceals on his person, but it was a brick he struck me \vr ." A urru: boy, weeping most pitcously, was interrupted by some unusual occurrence. Ho hushed his cries for a moment; the thought was broken. “Ma,” said he, re- suming hls suifile, “what was I crying about just now 2" HUMAN happiness has no perfect security but freedom, freedom none but virtue, virtue none but knowledge, and neither freedom nor vii-tun has any vi ror or immortal life except in tho princip es of the Christian faith and in the sanctions of the Christian religion. “ WHY is it," writes " Lilian Maud," pouliugly, to an exchange, "wh is it that all the nice man are engaged l” '1‘ iey‘ro not, Lilian, they’re not. Several of us are still in maiden meditation fans free. \Vas there anything in particular tint you wantor to know for? A SCOTCH Free Kirk older rcpariug a piper for a tract which he was aliout to road to him asked :â€"" My friend, do you know the chief and of man l" The piper innocent- ly unswerodâ€"“ Na, 1 dinna mind tho ohune ; can yo no whustlo it i" and defeated the good man's aim. A MAN told his friean the other day that be had joined thu arm . “ \Vhat rogi- nlcut 2" his friend asked]. " Oh, I don't mean that. I mean the army of tho Lord." “ Ah ! what church ‘hcn 2" " The Baptist." “ Why," was the reply, “ that's not the army ; it's the navy. ” " I’n'rsn, what are you doin r to that boy ‘1" asked a schoolmaster. “ I a wanted to know if on take 10 from 17 how many will remain ; took 10 of his apples to show him, and now he wants me to give ’orn back." “ Well, why don't you do it i" “ Cor. sir he would forget how many are left." Two doctors meeting, one of them said to the other, ” I gave ten gains of so-and-so to a baby with gastritis and it did not die until four hours after I thought it might. The medicine is much less dangerous than I feared it was.” The othcr’physicinn replied, “ Then there is no need for my trying It." Tinser is a great deal of interesting cou- vcrsation going on ovcr the toll phone wires, if you have the machine open and listen. The message of a fond mother whose cherub has eaten a watermelon or so to much, and a gentleman who had sent homo a largo wlntclisb for dinner, got mixed the other day. First V niceâ€"\tht shall I do about the baby? Second Voiceâ€"Scrape all the scales off him, cut him open, and have him dressed nicely for dinner with capor sauce. Aint ho a Whopper? 'l‘uruu: is one thing to be said to the credit of the employees of the New York Elevated Railroads. They are very obligin . Two or three days ago Mr. Jacob Aucrracli in gcttiu' aboard a train with some friends misscr his ticket. When he found it, the gate was closed and he nttcm :tod to jump over. Failing in this he was dragged to the end of the station platform and precipitated to instant death on the street bolow. 'l‘bo train moved on when Mr. Aucrbach’s friends, among whom was his betrothed, bo- onmo anxious about him. and asked the brakoman what had become of him. The brakornan might have b: on surly as officials sometimes are. But instead he answurcd very promptly, frankly, and obligin 1y, “ lic fcll of a couple of blocks back and kill- cd himself." Courtesy of this kind rucritfl notice from the managers of the road. _‘ ‘D’ An Egyptian Murder Trial. The Alexandria correspondent of The Lon. don Standard writes : “ M. erun was you- torday sentenced to death for the murder of Dalian l’mdm, in this town, nearly a roar ago. The trial has ocou .iod several rays, and the conuucrclal chain wr of the court of the first instance here, which was lent for the occasion, was far to small to contain the crowds of ponplo who were desirous to be present at it. The murder took place in the open day, at the very moment the deed was committed Alexandria was in gala costume to welcome the arrivalof tho present Kbodivo. llotli the houses of the accused and his vic- tim were decorated and shared in the general rejoicing. Dalian l’asha, who was a Syrian by birth, occulpicd the position of legal ad- vmer to the 'lgyptian minister of finance, under the ex'khedive, Ismail Pubs, and held a similar waition to several of the vice regal dairas. [e was to have left Alexan- dria for Naples two days after the murder took place, having been telegraphed for b Ismail l'avha. Us the day in question My. Miman was in the boom playing backgam‘ mon, when perceiving Dalian Pasha passing by, he went out to speak to him. An alter- cation toolt dam, Io lowed by blows, and M. Mir/.au used his stick with terrible effect. Dalian l'uha managed to scramble into the Englinb library at the end of ,the line do la Ilrurse, followed by hi. Miran, who, taking a revolver from his wckct, fired at Dahan l’asba, who fell upon the pavemrmt mortally wounded. M Miran proceeded at once to the American conwlnhu and delivered himself up. ’1 in: American consulate [museum no mum of its own, hf. hlinan has been con n since the murder at the Arab prison situated on the outskirts of the town ; but the real cause of the unusual delay in bringing the accused to justice it is difficult to explain. Mr. ll. Maynard. the United States minister at Constantino lo, mine here expressly to try the cue. h r. Bachelor, the American judge of the international tribunals, acted as pub c rosecutor. The accused was defended by Sir. Kirby, barrister. The latterendeavorod at the outlet to obtain the trial of his client by the comm! general, assisted by lauraaaw on, who should form a jury to matinee up- on the degree of culpability the accused. This, hm. ever was objected to by the public prosecutor, and Mr. Maynard decided against the int of right raised by the accused. the actofarnanbaln triedbyasin luv rlividnal on a charge murder, is mac cri- ticised here. As, however, it appears to be American law in the there is nothing to be raid against it, although, since the prisoner has been convicted, more may ’ ‘bly be heard of the subject from Airing.“ /. my” ‘