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r “mm is l f - f r 1,. 8* p L . . o iron-n. mama-xver to have lately run fourteen miles in scream min- ntn on 3 English ruling]. :l'lll: Japanese (i Amman haunt a war Illusion random to inquire into the advan- tages of being crumbs! on the Italian plan. , f 4-..... Ll:- . i nos-am m . -lmWâ€"w. i Short Scraps a! News About Thanâ€"hot: dents and Fania About Them. : Tut: l'rtm n hinge Itu‘dolphof Austria has its-uni up ilaffuvs for a gland bear hunt in t'upa'ua. $ .-\'r Hm iux-nt u l‘lllllllg in the 5135)“ family a new fasbiul was introduced. all a fix,“ a leaving the chapel before thvbridc and ‘dc- ' Tn: sum‘LlIuty in (I'm: Britain of three ! peace on esc k of playing cards amount ‘ - 3M” ed in the last 1a! year to the not sum ‘ 'l‘ui: pnocnt Lord Mayor of London is the ‘ cml fire. of £14,852. 14k. 9d. . A1 a cattle show in Milan. which was openedby tching of Italy, the manage- to exhibit camels aswclhbut g their so alarmed the horses that 1 they 13 to be sent away. Ilcallrulax now go to Mews by‘ VOL. I.\'. FENELUN FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1881. - Hint Irishman that ever held that 0%. - His name is .\lc¢\rthur. and he began busi- ; ncss as a diaper in Iondouderry. NO. g Tm: Duke of Wellington has opened ,Apslev House on Sundays, to select pan tIl‘S of twenty or thirt ' at is than, at tho so quest of the cv. Mr. I. R. Hawaii. Mediterranean steam instead of making’ my 17.70,“. am .' mm who were no - i . 7 7 . . . . 3 ' I , Judges of art or of the he always was, but now there was an almost The lights were burnin dfml 'and castm MOI-DRY- l 1‘ us \uLVANI in: f Bu com I u :2: M8.°”.‘"“ mg; “a; the final“ we President. Gallic-M's favorite poet, says a technical perfection of the work were nttmct- ’ deathly hue on cheek and brow, and his lips strange shadows in the8 vast) a E ' - ‘â€"" i ing fife wish of thSEm [gamfi‘bf Russia,“3 lane 'mnafllt' w e d "'9 the "’0": 1 Cleveland paper, was Tennyson, and the l ed and fnscmoted by its singular and vivid , Crouching over a fire that, this summer M m m‘ m m M“! on mm Wm mm‘. the heiress. fiie‘ Junupofl; pleasin lathe devotee in the sight of (.iod and Mo med. A Blur lightlwusc, in which the electric light is to be used, has lately beencoillplcfc-l at Marseilles. The cost of the light is sevcu times less than the cost of that which it will replace. The new lighthouse will be one of the finest on the French coasts. The 1i rht, which will be equal to 3,500 gas jets, wil be the western end of the Isthmus. Gen. Turr is of opinion that by following this line the company will save a million dollars. The opening of the canal will be a great boon to travellers. A? Lille a whole family have been injured, several seriously, by the explosicu of a bomb, Weigbin thirty pounds, scat in a box so or- ran led f. lift the opening of the lid made it. cxp ode. Five similar boxes, mldrcsscd to other inhabitants. were fortunately defected. Suspicion rests on a. bankrupt frndenmau who had to leave the town some time ago, and who threatened his creditors with \‘cn~ geance. | A! English contractor lately tated that some fmuta e ground in the city of London bud bum so if at the rate of a million‘ sterling the acrc. Some ground has just. been sold for the erection of a new Post. Office at. 3,- ZIISI. the square metre (about. 10 square feel), the highest. price which has yet been paid [01' ; ground ill Paris. The land which has Just reached this price is at the cornerof the flue ‘ d‘Argout, formerly the line dcs \ lcux Ali-g gustilm, part of the back slums of Paris. ’l‘mz balance in the hands of the Account. nut-General of the English Court of Clluu-' ccry amounts to more than $375,000JXXI- 'l'hese funds are invested in first-class securi- fics, and are derived from moncyll paid Into ‘ court pending litigatious never dccidcd, and various other sources, the accumulations of centuries, The new law courts have been ‘ part1 ' built out of these funds on the null?!“ I lltamfiug that in the very improbable contm- gcncy of all the money being 'cluimcd the Government will make the dcliclt good. As electrician at. the l’ulais dc l’Iudusfric, l’uris, thus explains the friendly relations that. often crusts between outs and dogs. (.icncmlly, the dog who makes friends with a cat is an old dog. who has lived a good deal, and who sull'crs more or less from rheu- matile “'0”, every time he licks the cut, or muses his paw all‘ectiouully along her back, he is simply doctoring his rheumatism by the aid of the electricity in the cat‘s skin and hair. The dog does not regard the cut so much as a friend as n magneto-electrical machine. LI-zrlulsv exists among the Chinese to a color extent than is generally an posed. It ‘ ill one of the most dreaded of l ISUMCH in China. 'l‘hcrc ill a current belief there that if a person afflicted with it can kill u young girl and cut her heart the evidences of the Tm: engineers employed by Gen. Turr tel m be loved best was “In Memoriam." be following familiar storms from this poem, which be quoted in an address on the death of Lincoln, and which were more than once applied to himself after his accession to the presidency, have a new and melancholy interest and significance now. He was in- deedâ€" Assome divincIyJ-nlffcd man Who makes by force his merit known And lives to clufcb the golden keys, To mold a full;th state's decrees. And shape the whlsper of the throne. And, moving u from high to higher, Becomes on ortune's crowning slope The pillar of a people‘s hope, The centre of n world‘s desire. 0 “OF THORIESL GRAPES?” By (far Author 0] “Ills Vlcrouu Cuoss,” 131' "CLARE STASHOPE'S Dmnoxns," “A S'rluxul: \Vl-zomxo- ' EVE," ll'c. ' CHAPTER VII.â€"Co.\1-l.vczn. “I am very patient with you, but beware ! how you play with me. I have tried to f soothe you as a. child and reason with you ' us a woman. You will neither be soothed- nor listen to reason. \Vben you can comc| with a. real cause for complaint, I will listen; but remember that I am master of my own actions, and I will tolerate no interference with themâ€"and I cannot regard an unrea- soning jealousy us a serious grievance." llc rcmovcd his hand, and, turning from her, I uictly, and without another word, \vcnl: luck, to his easel; though fora mo- ment the blind that hold the brush fremchd and his 1i 3 were white. It had coal: lllm mole than she could understand to speak sternly to her, and be was the perhaps un- fortunate posscllsor f n temperament so sensitive that he could not pass unmoved through scenes which would not cost other men more than n passing thought. Ellie stood still where he bud left her, frightened at what she had done ; and, now that she had overstep ‘d the bounds of his offence and drawn on lcrsclf o. rebuke she did never sufl'cred before, and so had grown to think she enjoyed immunity from any such thing, she could see how petty and small she must seem in his eyes, and how unjust were her usscveratious. \Vbut did she luck '.‘ Was he not ever striving to gratify hcr wishesâ€"even ullcn unspoken, which was not. often '3 Did be full in kiud~ messâ€"in thought?‘ Had she truly any grievance ‘3 And now she bud dis )lcascd him, and she was wrctcllcdâ€"for allc oved llilll, and could not be happy if he did not smile on her. 'l‘hcrc was a brief struggle between pride and penitence; and than her pride gave way and she sprung to his side, stretc dug out her hands, reality and weird beauty. ! But the ' and the cncomiums wearied ' and even grated on I‘Zrnscliffe. If he could have drawn back when the painting was finished, he would not have sent it in ; but it had been too late : the picture had grown to be what it was almost without his will. He had said truly that he could not help paintin it any more than he could cast off CHAPTERâ€"VIII. In all these summer weeks Ellie grew restless and dissatisfied and full of doubt and fear, and was proportionately exacting and fanciful. One day she came to Vnuc, and, clasping her hands round his arm. said in her most coaxing wayâ€" “ Vane, won't you take me to Richmond this afternoon 1 The wco‘tber is so love- Ile half smiled as he answeredâ€" “You know how gladly I would give you that pleasure, Gip~y: but. this afternoon I am engaged." She flushed and hit her lip. “I should think you might put Mnrgbcl‘ita off for once; only I suppose you \vouldrutber be with her than with me. 1 shall never ask you anything again." "A wise resolution, (iipsy," he said quiet- ly, “since nothing I can do sot-ms to please you.” “You never try to please me," returned Ellie, turning away. "Whenever I want you to do anything there is always some on- gagement, always those pictures. I hate them. \Vhy don’t you give up painting 1' You have money witllout-â€"-" “The money is the lust thing i think about, Gipsy. lluf: you mistake; I am not rich without. my profession. You wouldn’t like to put down a carriage and wear fewer_ new dresses in the your ?" ‘ lie was smiling, nol: a little amused at her; but she was not inclined to be put into a good humour. “Of course not; but, if you don’t think about the money, what do you paint for '2" He was sketching idly at the time an ideal scene, and finished a child’s face before he answered. “I don't know that you will understand’ if I (Explain, my dear child; you dontcarc for urt.’ “You treat me like acllildl’fishe cried, with a sudden passionate anger that took him by surprise, capricious us she was. “You think I don’t understand anything, and try to shut me out from any companion- sbi . Illavo seen your eyes grow bright sulfa smile on your 1i 8 when Murgheritn comes in. You think Iain stupid, and, be- cause I am not your equal, despise me as a silly child ! But I am a woman ; and I can see and understand that you are sorry you married me, sorry you ever saw me or met me again. And, oh, I wishâ€"I wish I had were comprused with a strange sternum He spoke of little, several times suffering the conversation to drop, and then inking up the thread with an effort. She who knew him so well, and knew almost every mood of his, could guess scmething of the truth, though not a . He worked in a listless manner ; his hand seemed to have lostifs cunning;and he knew all the time that everything would have to that destroy in one brief second the painful self-control a lifetime has built up ; one mo- ment of fierce stru do, and then the artist dropped lette nullglirusb, and sank down, covering is face, bowing to the impetuous rush of the torrent that swept over him. A half-smothered cry was wrung from his quivering lips. “Margherito. ! no more!” The girl half recoilcd, then stood still, the blood rushing to her brow, her hands locked over her breast, striving so to quiet the wild heart-throbsâ€"bewildered, almost stunned ill that first moment, facing the truth now no lon er veiled. The revelation had passed his fpsâ€"only those half-wild words fraught with agony. And yet she knew those words were forced from him by an overmnstering impulse, not of deliberate intention. She could, she might, kneel at his feet and clasp his hand in all honour, in all purity, in 111 loyalty to her noble womanhood. She came and knell: beside him, and laid her hand lightly on his, not shrink- ing even then from thotconvulsive clasptbat kept it there. “Vane,” she said softly, and something in that clear steadfast voice held its wanted sway over himâ€"“Vane, remember!" p Had be for often or not heeded in that fierce mu ness of a. moment ? Ills breast heaved. He turned from her, bowing down his forehead on his hand. , " Margheritu, forgive ; if: was madness, not my will," be muttered brokenly. Oh, child, have patience with me yet a lit- tle while!" “You have done me no wrong,” she nu- swcred. “Valle, there is no thought in your heartâ€"I know ifsâ€"that can bring a stain on your» honour or mine. Ob, believe me that l speak from my heart l I could not doubt you. See how I trustyou. Do I shrink from you or fear you?" He was silent, striving fiercely to regain his lost control ; his lips were livid, and his eyes beamed with a. strange brilliance, telling perhaps but a. tenth port of all the agony of that struggle. Raising his face, which was ghastly in its puller, be saidâ€" “You do not know how your noble faith pierces me, Murgbcritn! X on inflour pure soul nrcâ€"” He broke off abruptly, and his hands closed round hers like a. vise. His next words were whispered. Heaven help me! Icau night. was still burnin sat, her hands clas over her face, her hair all unbound and streaming about her. She did not. move when he came into the . room. she did not seem to have heard him ; but she started and sprang to her feet when, . bending down, he laid his band on her' shoulder and said softlyâ€" . 1161' y!" in the grate, Effie voice. “ It is late, my child," be said gently. “ You should have been at rest lon ago.” “I can’t rest," she answered, stil looking at him without recognition in her eyes. “He went away angry with me. I said cruel words to him. 0b,.wlmf: shall I do?" “Hush, my poor child l” said Vane soothineg, and passing his arm round her. “You must not think of that now ; if; is all past. (iipsy, don’t you know me?" “No,” she replied in the some way. “He bus left me ; be will never come back; and, oh, he will hate me uow!”â€"â€"-hiding her face on his shoulder. “What shall I tell him to make him believe I am sorry?" lie saw it was of no use to combat her idea, and that the only thing at present was to humour her. He was pained and deeply touched by her penitence. “He has not left you, my child,” he said, with a tenderness that made her look up with a transient gleam of consciousness. “ He will come again. Only come now and try to sleep ; ypu are ill,and weary." “\Vould he forgive me," she whispered pitcously, “if you told him how sorry 1 am, and that 1 would not pain him any more 1' \ded be '3" “l kfiow he would, Gipsy.’ For a mo- ment be held: his head, and his lips quiver- ed ; tbbn he recovered himself, and s kc with a slight touch of authority. “ 1 nd, if you would please him, Gipsy, you must try to sleep and not dwell on what is past.” “Am I illâ€"very ill ‘2" she asked, putting her hand to her head. She seemed, even now, to be sinking into a. dull stupor ; and, without xgivin an un- swer, for which she scarcely 300mm to wait, Ernsclifl'o half led, half carried her from the room up to her own apartments, where he left her in charge of J canine, and then roused Lippo to go and fetch Dr. Lawrence, the physician who had attended Ellie before. He would have gone himself, but feared to leave her, and, as soon as possible, be returned to his wife’s chamber. She lay quiet enough, her eyes closed. but every now and then she moved her head restlessly and moaned us though in pain, though she opened her eyes when Ernscliffe come in and, bending over her, laid his cool soft llnlld on her brow. Silo (lid not seem to know him, but only murmured over and over again that now he would hate her, and had left her. ‘ Doctor Lawrence came in a very short 1 time Immcmortnl. When embroidery first became known, or when it won first practised by women. it is hard to determine. The origin of the lace- work is also envelo same may be said of silk. am all of t antiquity we have the Bible as well as much for authority. In \Vlb kinson‘s “Ancient Egy tians," which is pad in obscurity, and the But that they leaving the country, took advantage of the knowledge they had there acquired to make a rich banging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twin- cd linen, wrought with needle-work." The gold thread used for these purposes is supposed to have been beaten out with the hammer and afterward rounded, and even , the delicate not made by Vulciul, which was 1 so fine that the gods themselves were unable to see it, is represented to have been forged on the anvil with the hammer. Pliny men- tions cloth woven with gold threads, some- times entirely of those materials, without. any woollen or linen grounde were the gur- . ment of Agl’ippina, the tunic of Heliogubulus l and that worn by Tunpliuius l’riscns, men- tioned by \‘errius. _ l’liny says: “ Colored dresses were known in the time of Homer, from which the robes of triumph were borrowed, and from the I’byrgiulla having been the first to devise the method of giving the same effect with the needle they have been culled I’hrygiones. But to weave cloth with gold thread was the invention of an Asiatic king, Atfnlus, from whom the 11111110 Attalie was derived;' and the Babyloniaus were most noted for I their skill in weaving cloths of various col- . ors.” f In all Oriental countries and among sav- ngc nations the art of embroider ’ has been practised from time immcmoriu . On the lankct wrapper of the red Indian, and on : the reindeer robe of file Luplundcr lluvebccn wrought with exquisite design the figures and charms best known to these people, and in the most civilized countries of Europe, as well as in this country, this art has attained to such perfection that it has been considcr- . ed only equalled by painting and drawing. I The people towhom we are indebted for the fun, the pnrnsol, gunpowder, the kite. pigments, and muny other useful things, , also claims the invention of embroidery. John Cbinnmnn is supposed to have been ' the first 0 work designs on cloth or any other ma. crial, and his silk productions I with the'figures, either in colored silk I alone or in silk combined with gold nud- silver thread, are the finest: III the world,’ not excepting the grand embroidcrics of the ' Persians, Turks, and I'Iindoos. f The illafcriuls principally used by these' Orientals for the purpose of embroidery m‘c ' beads, spauglcs, pearls and precious stones, feathers, skins of insects, the claws and teeth of various animals, nuts, pieces of fur, skins of serpents, coins, etc. ' l i just died. who has allowry of 80,000,000 roubles. Tm»: Princess Imperial of Germany has concluded her long visit to the Isle of \\ ight. The Queen could not find room for her at Osborne, but the Duke of Redford lent her his fine villa. ~ Ilsuzx Gunsmxs, the Eu lish Premier's sister, who lately died at t o convent at “lime Btfidi‘t‘nce 0‘ W'WW'WW“ mnm' sillilb‘ifenusfi'fdnlnvw the do! ness of spirit of which it‘wss the bedoue overs ' on the marrow ; be was She 00ka at him vacanfly, pushin her full of anti ue lure, the ollowing remarks Coblcntz, was at. one time ami liu hello o ' offspring. And, when bade Illlll read working meclnnically. without wer, hair back ; her eyes were dull and 8 my one fouuds ut cmbrmdery as practised by and woman of fashion among t to luglisb ' make . mxjm‘ .un-cy of the mhmugof Who breaks his binfl's illvidious bar, in the papers what was said of him, he read without concentration, and the strain e was and her cheeks flushed. Vane was that wonderful people, “Emma: Corinth ve decided in favor of the ancient )rmgfs‘gfcsgmuffg'fil‘rga to pleasa her; bunt was With anmfinlte pom laying on himself was giving way. I startled by_ the change ; but he suffered “The art of embroidery was commonly T , E ,.f f i , . cutting commenced by the Em :- Nero at And grapples win, his (3,.“ at”; ’ that she never guessed. Then came one of those sudden unpulscs no sign of his anxiety to appear in face or practised in Egypt, and the Hebrews, on all" 0" -" “' e 0 “ ‘° I’m“ hhuhve 0‘ Egypt received a European education, and is u cultivated and largeminded woman, who has her children brought up in tho Eng- lish style by English governesses. Dimxron l‘iemla, of Peru, has travelled over five hundred and fill ' leagues on the bucks of mules, and on )0 rou b Andean roads, within live months, of lough for about one-half the time be was stationed at Jaujn recruiting an army. Amumrou the Queen has bad the royal apartments of Holyrood rehabilitated for her reception, the chapel remains roofless. It is n beautiful structure, and its vaults arc still the burial place of mluly historic Scotch families. In thesednys of restoration. it is somewhat. renmrkuble that it should be por- ' mittcd to remain thus dilapidated. Fulfill-21:10 S.u:\'.u;l~:, the discoverer of the principle on which the graft. screw-propeller is built, is to have a monument erected to his mcmor ', in this monumeat-building period. at lloulogne-sur-mer, the celebration of the occasion to continue three days, and to cousth of concerts, aquatic sports, a public dinner, bulls, and free 1mformuncc of. the theatre. ’l‘nl: young Bavarian Kin v‘s nickname of “ Louis the Solitary" is Will earned. llis avoidance of publicity amounts almost to u mania. He usually selects the night for railway travelling, because he thereby es- cupcs icing observed and unuscufed with lOIlllIL'e. 11c recently found it Necessary to travel by day from Su'itzcrlluld, \vhcrc ho had been breathing Alpine nir incognito, in order to meet the German Emperor ill Mull- iscb; and, to escape becufaccn by his loyal subjects, lle alighth of. a station beyond the one nearest his palace and drove back in a carriage, together with his suite. Ilia ruse \vus successful, but. caused much disap- pointment uud vcxution. PRINCE FREDERICK of the Netherlands, whose death was lately announced, was one of the soldiers of “utcrloo. During the battle he was stationed with 18,000 men to cover the Duke of \Vcllingfon and protect. Brussels in case n. sudden turn that way should be made by Nupolcon.- There uro not many survivors of those days now. The Emperor William of Germany is one. llc took part in the com nigns against Franco even earlier than the hitch I’rinco who has The Emperor was in the field in 1313, and entered Paris in 1814 with tho conquering allies. lie is a month or so younger than Prince Frederick of tho disease will not. appear in the face, and that “Oh Vnnc, Vane, forgive me! I was never seen your! -, “Heaven be m .-t __I k t t] . . . . F 1, ~ ‘ 1: ' . 1 1 v 1 1 1 . N . l ..1 1 . . . ' - O i _ I . .’ . ’ I. V _ . ‘ . y \u ncss _ spcn ru 1 n , t l , l E, 1 n as I c _.m lou cry is prcpurm 3y mm um um . Lt 1L1 am 8 “us . and was born in 1197. he can thus escape being known as 11 MM. wrong! ' she CI‘ICII, thloulng herself upon “(,lpsyzx now__I havestnven_ny, smven hard_only 3&1“; (Tlfiesl‘ég; ethpsi) glingm‘p‘o lalifimilia efingér chmc- Hand cmbrmdcry m worked “ on u This notion bus probably been the cause of' many murders. ’l‘hc lcpcr‘s demand for alinsis seldom refused, most Chinumcn dread- ing the victim of this loathsome affection, nudfcuriug that, if llcllielliisslsfnflco, bcmny in some way infect. them With lml leprosy, us, for instance, by fainting their food. ’l‘llt: correspondent of the London Time» at Hanover, writing of the crest mlbtury mumcuvrcn in progress there, says nothing ls more rcumrkablc, somehow. thuu the. total invisibility of German infantrybcforo 3t op- You know you are m the mime- diutc neighborhood of nearly $0,000 mun, but: perceive no sign of their cxultcllce save a few scattered stationary and moving objects which the glass enables you to re- cognise as ublanzl with lunces damn-couched, peering round the corner of a farm house, .or human and dragooml (both light home) With snhrcs drawn. picking their careful way across a potato field, or dashing inqulsltlvcly up to a mysterious clump. V A51 and llcsfnlctive grasshopper swarms have becnrnvuging rt of Turkey und the Russian Caucasus. u the latter region 100,- 000 roubles \vcrc appropriated for distribu- tion in tho shape of rewards for tho destruc- tion of the larvae. Ill the region about Smyr- na the entire population had to turn out for the destruction of the pests. In tho dlsfrlet about Angora all shops were closed by pro~ clnmulioil of the Governor for three_ days, and the pulatiou was set to work In the fields. Egalle this, prayers were offered in all the unrequcs, and every inhabitant was rc- quirod to turn in to the Government accrfum quantity of the lnrvu‘, to be burned in pits dug fol' the pu '1 besc grasshoppers, or locusts, arc can to come from Persia. As ubomiuablc sacrifice in Abomcy ill our of the coming sensations for the west coast of Africa. The King of Dahomey, having mid- od the towns of lgnano and ()kc )0, bus suc- cccdul in making a tremendous laul of cap- tives. 'l‘hc towns mufuiucd thousands of m- hnbitnnts. but the King's army, which con- taiu about six thousand foulqu fighters, burned tho towns and secured enough of the pulpit: to make merry the heart of the mon- arcll, when he ovum fopcrfnrm bis pious an- nual mrcmuny of spriukllllg the graves of bls nuwstola with human blood. ‘ 'l'lllls blood- shed isns favoriti- an own \rou. of despots in Africa as in t'llllglllk‘lnfl- Christian coun- trinl. What Dahomey cudenlly lll‘t‘llll ls s ruler who has no ancvstufs, and no gravcs that need sprinkling. As‘ csu'anlinary suicide is reported from the city of “mun, Germany. l-‘rnux \\ aldck, a young man who served us sccrptary to a physician, agreed to ligbtp duel with a nobh} mam in What they druoumlstell " the Amen- mustylu of dueling." according to which they mm: to draw lots lusco wblch the two should blow llilf lrmuu out. \\ sl-lck drew thalith ball. flu had until the lath of .\l v to about himself, but his onto moist exteul cd'thc time two months toenail c hun to auto 3 hisaffaint When this tune ball clap-sell R'lltlhk rvquestcd a further calcu- siou. but this listing refused by the nobleman, who branded him as a coward, tho youn; nun; on the 19th of August, deliberately drove a bullet throu -h his boa-l. He left a letter commending 0 girl ‘to whom he lwl been betrothed to the albumin of a friend, and his nesting his mlnsmtanccs to make a credits «5 showing at his funeral. his breast; “I didn't mean what I said! Oh, don't be angry with me ! Tell me you forgive me!" Agniu be put his arms around her and sony kisscl her forehead in sign of pardon, soothing her sorrow with tender words. 1 Perhaps, he thought, he had been too harsh s to her. W hell she had smiled and had been made happy again and went away singing blithely up-atairll, he sat down and lcaucd his forehead on his hands, a. deadly \vcuriuess creeping over him which he could not. shake off for several minutes. 9 O D I C It. had not been Murghcriln‘s wish follave her rtrnit [minted ; she had sluunk from that ordeal, but had found it impossible to make any objection as it was Count delln. Rocco’s dearest wish as wcll as her aunt’s. flow could she refuse without exciting that , very suspicion it was her one effort to avert? Left to herself, she would hmc quiffcd Lon- don : but'llcr uncle's lu-ulth was uncertain and failing: and he was so disturbed and unhappy when she referred to the subject, and begged her so earnestly to stay with him, that. she felt it would have been cruel to leave him. And in London society it was im ssiblc to avoid meeting Vane Ems; I clii o ; it was a bitter task to do so, knowing what she did. Could sllc dare hope that, in the subtle s 'mpofby that boum them, he had no know edge of her love? She came on studio Sunday with her mint to see the picture which was to gather its crowds in the Academyâ€"crowds who would gaze in wonder, almost in awe, at that strain to weird picture and marvel at the artist a genius ; and she who had the key to that conception of “Darkness” was sad and silent, and stond before the cascl with clasp- ed hands and buff-ported lips. She felt a light touchâ€"n touch that thrilled her every ller\'câ€"â€"on hcr locked hands. She came back with the shock of one startled from a dream to the present world, and looking up half-dazed, met the dark brilliant l-yml of the artist. “\be did you paint that 7‘ How could you '3" she sail , almost. in uwhlspcr; and he understood but. “1 could not help it.“ and n shiver went through him us he glanced at the pictlm: and then looked away. "I hate the thing ! They all say it is wonderful. I may say it to you without fear of being Illisuudcrsuxxlg but do you like it?" "It is marvellous ;" and she went back again uleo canvas as though she could not bear to ~Ibuve it. "There is a fearful fascination about if. ; it is so rvalâ€" too real." lle glanced towards tho group standing at a distant tablc, discussing the picture up- utly, and of. Ellie, ulm was talking to dv Laura ham: and for friends : and'bis lips clout-d with a sudden com- provision. There werc fears in hlargllcrim‘s eyes as she turned away and mm cd logo. "I am glad I ham soon it here." she said ball to herself. “I could not look on it with a crowd about me." It was an effort to join in the conversation about her. to take her part in the criticism and calmly discuss that which had been Mill she ball to Hall-II ll) Ellie's chatter. She said she could not understand born of a nun”: strong agony and desolation; He had risen, and stood, resting one band heavily on the buck of a. chair near. His face, his very lips, had grown ushcn white ; and there was a. troubled look in the dark eyes that gazed at her, the wife who could so torture without barely comprehending what she was (lOin . . She was excite now, and had worked herself up to that mood in which an uncon. .trollul mind suggests the words tbzyt the lips speak almost in the some moment, “You think, because you give me every- thing I usk for,” she said, in the same passxonate way, “that I am blind and can’t see that your heart left me long ago. She come between us ; she is an artist and 0. 1nd and beautiful. I was beautiful once, but trouble took that away.” “Gipsy, in Heaven's name forbear!" said Vane boat'scly. “Is it in truth my wife who speaks?" ' She shrank back, affri htcd, she knewnot why. \Vas it the mum of his voice, from which all softness, all music had fled? What had she done ‘3 \tht had she said ‘2 She knew in some vague way that she had sud- denly sun pod the last link of that frail chain whic t bound together the semblance of love. She took a step forward, her lips moved : but she did not. speak ; for with averted face be stretched out. his band and put her aside g'l-ntly ; and the words he said were the that and the only reproach be ever gave her, and they were wrung from him by an intolcmblc pain. “ If I had needed a remembrance of the gulf Ilenven had placed between us, your own lips had given it me now;" and then he )asbchut. Ellie t row herself upon the sofa and gave way to 0. ion of tears ; and at length cried llerscl to sleep. She had the faculty of so consoling herself and forgetting her sor rowsâ€"at least for the time. But what of the man who had been forced to the heart by her wordsâ€"the flittcrcst sting of which lay not even in their partial truth, but in the bare fact that if. was his wife who had uttered them? For him there was no relief. no consolation, no for ctfulncss, even for an hour ; but a life. winch his own band had wrecked in its first bright prelilisc. stretching away in endless gloom. It was his own hand that. bad planted the tree whereof be was eating the bitter fruit, and he must be patient and gentle to the girl whom, after all, be had wronged b ' raising her from her lowly sta- tion. Am be bad to trample down his love for Marghcrito. Iluf. could be always guard I look on tone 3 It was only the mechanical habit of memory that brought him back to the pres- ent life and all its necessities. blur beritn would be there in a few minutes. t was nearly four o'clock. and she was always punctual. Vane rose and gnfllrrcd together all his implements of work. and regulated the light as be thought he should want it. Iluf. he could scarcely have fold a moment after whether he had laid blue or red on his palette. “but was ever present with him was that every war of wi 1 must be put in force to meet borifu as usual. The artist. Vane I-lrnac 'tl'c, bad to paint the portrait of Mademoiselle dolls llocca ; and yet the hand that mixed in the colours was not quite steady, and he knew his heart was throbbiig with the strain on every to lose at lustâ€"at last!" “ No, no,” said the ill, with strong earnestness; “ the butts is not lost â€"â€" it can never be lost. Honour is more than love or life." , “Honour,” be echoed, with a bitter pus- sion that made the girl tremble from head to footâ€"“and mine is goneâ€"in my own eyes. ».-Am I stainless because you are pure? Is there no dishonour in a daily repentance of that with which I cursed my lifeâ€"none in the deadly shrinking from the years that shall be barren of lové ? For I am notn. thing of stone ; and the heart I cannot crush will fight unto death for loveâ€" y will yearn for love; and it comes to me at times that honour is duly bought with the loss of love» This is my confession, Marâ€" ghcnfgl; It {8 bitter to make, more bitter ten thousandfalmes to know that if; is true. I have 119 right to apenk so to you, but I must â€"-:no right '10 Wok of you as I do, nor to give up the secret that stuins my soul ; yet if: is true.” “VII-110." cried the tirl, putting out her hands almost wildly, “owe pity, be just, to yourself; those were tonpmtions; your will never faltered ; you have not lost that." “Perhaps so,” be returned, no lookiug at her, and speaking more softly; “but I think you hold my life and more rm, my life ill your hands, hlurgherita, am. will cvcrbold it so. I am lnude of frailcrqfly than you in your spotless purity.” “IIusb!”â€"und she locked hcrhands to laid her hand on bill. "for my sake." ed to his brow. averting his face-â€" gherita. For your sake I have strivcn, for your sake I will strive. All, bear with me, hlarghcrifn ! \ and shadows to me. sake." farewell to all that 3°)“ . . So she read it: and with stops given and din almost with the anguish him alone. a CHAPTER 1X. was about to pass little 6 across posed, in some so rise. “You. Jeanne 3 ed 1" Then, noting honourâ€"in calmer moments you Wm know l, getber convulsively, turning from him a lilo- lncntâ€"only a moment ; then once more she “But the life must be lived," she said firmly ; “ and you will live if. and live it nony and in all honour, for"â€" sbe falfcrcd, and added a little hurriedlyâ€"â€" He drew a long breufzh and the blood leap- Thcn be answered her, “You have given me n. talisman, Mur- You look wistful. read the appeal your eyes mutcly give. but to your eyes is so clear and bright is all mist ’No word shall pass my lips that will give you pain ; nnd soâ€"and so 1 will live the life that. is left incâ€"for your , Ills hand closed round llcr's once more; in that clasp lay the earnest of a promise that. would never failâ€"in if. lay a long last such perilous such transient brightness to bislifc. that falter- cd ‘1: little she turned froln him, blind weight of id on his life and hers, and loft It. was late that night wnen l-Imsclilfc rc- tumed from a. conrrruiziour from which he had been unable to excuse himself, though little in the mood for going into society. Ho straight upstairs when a re came out of the dining-room e dimly-lighted boll ; and the artist So one need havemmib the expression on her with an inhant on the girl’s pulse. -. “Has she had anything on her mind,” was the first question he askedâ€"“any anxietyâ€" excitement?” There was a brief pause ; then Erusclilfe answered quietlyâ€"- “I believe she has had something on her mind of lute, and this afternoon was very much excited.” The hysicinn glanced keenly at the artist ; lie had known him a. long time, and had attended Effie, and was aware that she was not llcrhusbund’s equal in birth or posi- tion ; and, knowing Ernsclill‘o, he diviucd readin enough that such an ill-assorted marriage was not likely to be u. very happy one. He saw enough of the matter to guide him in the case, and pressed the point no further. “There is high fever," he said, after u few moments. “I. cannot any yet whether there will be danger ; but, in these cases, if: is well to prepare ourselves to think of danger. I cannot say more. I will come the first thing in the looming." But when he came again Ellie was deliri- ous ; and Doctor Lawrence looked very wave as time went on. Before the day was over, every one knew that Mrs. Ernscliffo was dangerously ill with brain fever, and there was u. string of carriages in the straw-lined roadway and a constant succession of muffled knocks at the door and a hundred inquiries after Mrs. Ernscliffe ; for there was u real, if transient sorrow felt for the girl ibus luid low. In the evcniuga note was put into Vane's :und as he sat, with shaded eyes, listening “‘ silence to the incoherent wanderings “'h‘h often sent a sharp in to his heartâ€" "OI'fi-arpcr perhaps thnnlfiis owubittcr self- reprom _ H? SLlccd at the writing. A flush cross- ed 1"“ Chhk and his lip quivcrcd convulsive- 13' i bub “til it wcrful effort, be control- led HI" CmOiou that thrilled with more pain "‘3" 1°)" a"fhuictly broke the soul. It. was “"ll' 3‘ {CW Illicifrom Murghcrita. (1'0 1h CONTINUED.) W Worrylna People. Infclicitics at home. these “.0”. .ing People “'0 “hm” more thin flesh and blood ca" be” “5 tmv‘uiug Conounions abroad Always sure tbnt‘he train iggoing to am 9nd loge thcml‘rhnd, that their landlord in am I )er, mu m ‘0 ,uc wi ~ that they will be dnslu down gin which tens of thousanh, have A in safety before; worrying gout the hggnge' where is that. trunk? and be you w", you saw the portmanteau safe? .‘d have ym the keys? and the custom-house ulcer, will find that. bottle of cau-de-colognc, and chm.“ both fine and duty for it; and have you clmngcd the money 2 and are you?urc you have enough? and what are the fa.‘ 3 Md you have been cheated? and what. ugu {or only one breakfast and one nightlâ€"ed so on. The persons who undertake a. jOany with a constitutional worrier ought to L“, nerves of iron and a head of ice. They it! leave nothing to the care of ordinary ‘rul arc certain to happen . _ day, and the beds are invsmbly damp 'l'beir mosquito bites are worse than on let. nothing v0 by faith ; the luggage is al- ways being osuaccordin totllenizuccidcnfs f a dozen timu a frame or a. tumbour, and the desi 'u is l rnwn upon it. If the fabric is very 1: do, then a colored drawing or engraving is placed be- hind the frame, and the embroid- erer imitates it with her needle. Sometimes . a. thin sheet of paper is pasted on the draw- ' ing, so that the patterns are very easily copied through it. Then again there is what is called Berlin work, in which the lines cor- responding with the thread are printed, and 3 the meshes filled up with the required col< ’ ors painted in by women and children. But; all this is meremecbnuicul work, and can be performed by a little girl after ufew lessons. But when the embroideress draws her own lines, and makns her own patterns, and works in the colors with her own necdlc no- cording to her own taste, embroidery be- comes an art, which is the highest that can be accomplished with the needle. During the last fourteen years embroidery has been done for the most part by machinery, llllll this invention has not only made the work lighter, but it has the effect of reducing the . wages of those engaged in cmbroidcring. It was M. Hellman", of Mulllhnuseu, Prussia, who invented this machine, by which one person can guide from of My to one hun- ‘ dred and forty needles, n 1 working of. the some time. To-dny the French and the Swiss are the chief exporters of the embroid- ' cries that come to this country for the pm'. poses of clothing, upholstery, and other or- ticlcs. \Vhiw embroidery for clothing and u holstcry comes from the departments of \ osgcs, Mourthe, Mouse, llnutc, Suonc, l Rhone, Culvndoll and Paris. : Gold and silver embroidery, artistic undl fancy embroidery for military uniforms, church ornaments and vcstmcnfs, u hol: l story, and other gnnncnts, are made in 'arisl and Lyons. The principal seat of pr ductiou for that embroidery in silk and wool culled tn )csfry work, is Paris, and thedc nrtmcumo Euro, and expect it, belong; to them. ‘ Younc, Lot and Doulls. More is especial- ly celebrated for its articles of upholstery embroidered on net and muslin. V The number l f women and girls cm doyml in France ill cstinmtcd at onchundrcd thou- sand, all of whom work at their own homes, and their wages vary with the kind of work they pcrfonn. Those who do the artistic part get from three to live francs a day, and those who do the plain work from one to two francs. The wages of the workwoml'n amount yearly to a sum more than 250,000,le francs. l’nrill ill, of course, the centre of trqu for embroidery; for nearly every illqmrtauf manufacture In the world has a depot. there. Frencbcmbroidcry is lrizcd for the beauty of its monufggurc full the novelty of its de- sign, and is cxportcd to all the principal countries in the world. Switzerland ill not far behind France, and in fact in her muslin and linen embroider-lea she has burdlyn com- pctitor. â€"â€"â€"â€"-~<-.->uâ€"-â€"â€"_ nonfiction. The leading features of a good rmt-ccllnr arc, roof against frost. “witness, dryness, vcuti tion, and cbalpncsll. If a bill-side is conveniently near. it helps much to secure tbescdealred ends. All 1;: auction should first made, in nine deepening upon the re- uircd lapacity of the cellar, and in thin e'fit a stout frame of timber:â€" postal with P k. or a long pen, and on which place a lqu’OOI. The earth that has bccn excavat- 1’luxcc Kmrorklxs, the great Nihilist of all the Russian, is now on his way to Lon- don, whcrc he will take up his quarters for n time. The Swiss Government, conscious perhaps, of tho somewhatperemptory decree of expulsion from the territory issued nguinst the Prince, has cemented to allow him to protruct his stay in tho couutr a few days in order to urlungc his affairs. ' he l’rince has been in constant visitor to London during the lust two years, and formerly rc- sided among the Nihilists ill Camden Town. Only 0. month since he was lodging at Brook (lrccn, Ilnmmcrsmitll, now become the headquarters of the sect, since the multitude of Russian spies of: Camden Town rendered a change of rendezvous desirable. Krapofkinc is no longer a young mun, but tho revolu- tionary ardor is not a whit diminished by the advance of yours. â€"â€"â€"â€"' â€""â€"“l’»â€"‘â€"-‘â€" TICKLERS. A thief char ed with stealing n lliblc pleaded he had )cuu led away by his pious propensities. ’l‘lllzlu: Ill fluid to be u. jolly old dogâ€"n sub lcrâ€"-in London, who is nearly 80 yours old. 11c If! u type-setter. A}; Irishman wrofc thus to the wifo of n sick brother: “If Jnmie isn’t dead yet, re- moind him of the twenty uhillin ll he owes me on the pig, and if he is, tell lim not. to give himself lmy consurrin about it." EVEN unfo copicly: “What a splendid speaker Elder Longpbiz is," rcmnrkcd Mrs. l‘ringlc. "Don’t you think he is ovary pioull mun, Mr. Fogg 1‘ “You,” replied I‘ugg: “vcry piouswcopiouu, ill foot." “Ill this my train?" naked 11 traveller at the Union depot, of n loungcr. “ I don't know," was he reply; “1 sec it'll got tho lmmc of some milroud company on the side, lluvc you lost :1 train nuywhcrc 1'" “N-no," ho lurid, "I didn't. mind having that Newfoundland dog run between my legs. But. when flint confcm tiblc son of a swamp mlgnl whintlcd to the l og us be was half way through, and made him turn round sudden- ly and go back, I grew mad." A curtain billhop look mansion to rebuke (ml: of his clergy for fox-hunting. “My lord," answered the clorgymlul,“u man must have some relaxation, but I more you I “over go to ballll." "0h 1" mid the binho . “I acc- you allude to my presence at life ducbcsn' part ' ; but I ncvcr cnlcr, tho some room all the dancers." “My lord," rcspond~ ed the clcrgymnn, “my horse and l are gel- ting on in years; We are never ill the sum: field as tho bounds." lll'nlxo lust autumn'll shootin r season, an English gentleman, familiar will gun and rod, happened to ben guest of the South Side club, 11mg Inland near New York. Um: lim: morning, while pacing tbc piano. he saw :lppmnching an old negro having in om.- hnnd u rickctty IIIIIIV'IOCI‘ uhot- on, and in the olbcr some fwcnfy odd wool cock. Ac- cooling the African, tho gcnflcmsn said : "My good fellow-.tllal'll a fine string of birds you have." “You, ssh, dcm's good birds and no mistake." “Pray, in "fan, did you shoot flu-m bcroabout 3' " 'ca, sail: shot 'cnl all around here." “Ah, 'pon ln wow-d, tllst'u v»c-r-y extnwrdilmry! A did you" “pointing to the old gun ~â€"“sboot them with that singular instalment 3" "You, “1‘ " thrown over the structure, until the ssh, every one of 'cm." “And may I ask if you - v ’1 4 Who!“ ' covered to the dc ltll of two feet. A ‘3‘" 'ould be made in t w expand end 3: “3"‘1', through which the roots may d WM",a taken one. Thu manner the "f" :1 be convenient, the better. all if a“ 9",“ exposure to the frost. Every W’ m m‘ roots to lnstmul. should h“? E "’0‘ 0", “flow: by itself, or in do 10‘“ I“ a barn. If. is not well to 1m | large qm‘v of roots in' the cellar face, he added quickly, cban in look and tone, “ But what is it 3 S quickly!" “Pardon, monsicnr," said Ellie's little French maid ; “ I waited up for you to tell you madameâ€"I fearâ€"she is ill. She sits in the salon and will not retire, thongb I pray- ed her; and she looks very strange and talks. Ah, monsicur, I fear she is not at all well!" ‘ “Since when is this 2'" nerve. almost as the clock struck the door of the studio was opened, and hippo announced hlulcms'uella della Roma. The Italian came in and vs her band to the artist with a brig t sunny smile. “Aunt aniahas gone on to make some calls.” she said. “She will call for me atsix if she can." He barely touched the hand shegave him, g‘u‘n‘ Im‘mmmvfl been mum} a“. that the picture meant, or indeed the r . - - . m. gler smlfl'm‘m’fggflfiio}flfifffifi "In: ufmmu, 1 lbiult."sbc smell: " it 3% M “mm: a“, [w d. 1- makes me nervous to conu- berc after dark "n, - m" and know those dreadful ghastlv-looking “waltz!” owlmh‘i‘clflni‘heuigldwu .2 forum are bubind the curtain. Wouldn’t u ‘ u it you. lady Laura!" ‘ _ so new; --l .gugwgsgkmungmagesm- hkh‘hen‘mgfid new no ly,I_.ll apo tc lune. ‘ r «I ml. throngs W . f g: mun], a gentle waterspom running ' much ; and, for min: fhclvr'mvc'pluon vc‘r’ m . ‘ mvnrt. 'lou never-es etotearm- Mahatma-llamas l ' Hades“ other n’s, and no one is plagued wi 1 small least: as they are. They worry all through the journey, till you wish yourself dead twenty time at least before the moat is out : and when they come home, they tcll their friends they would have cujo 'ed them- selves iulmcnsely had they bcenal owed.but they were so much annoyed and warned the lost half the plenum: of the trip. So it wil be to the end of time. As children. fretful, as boys and girls, impatient and ill. shot them on the win 2" “In: what 3” “0n the wing." "Yes. : shoot '01:: on the wing, idiom 'em on do bead. shoot 'cm on do tail . shoot ’ein anywhere." ..â€". .HM-V”â€"-â€"â€"r~ A mic-Ema Woman. "My wife," said a hardafoaturod old Ilene- , dick, talking in the tobacco warehouse you » dumps-IMO b - sell away. As for Mulemoise M. “d, me, “ mm). "1 we,“ to be, u dam moon-cur. to . . . of the house, as the” thin mun“ m tcnlsy, when this subject of conversation W0! “ml” “M or" Rm I thought she had Income a fixture malted, turned to the easel to arrange know if I should attend her, and found her J; during the winter ma ,um sic [m that was "womanfl “lsouc of the mambo-rad his dictum!“ “N” '9'“ “'- ‘ “Mm inmates. woman I have ever known. She thinks first before it-" smoothing there, while the girl throw of! bat have walking about and talking to herself wildly. will die ” we - ‘ his ville ly' . . -- Mendingâ€"they . - 'J" WWW m m" . . Marshall: left u soon 11 the 00-1“. Bid and mantle and stood read , her uni-vellum 1 did not like to mm for the hyuclan, . , ’ ' MONO". ___ 0‘ MM”: mud 0‘ “10 thimm» “ma 0‘ . WWW h" furl: mturncd booze grave and sad. if" aunt bani, mm by the will; graceful robes monsieur, till you returned." P lnded. and disgorhl n13}:ng A correspondent-0bth mm“ ML her rcfazlycs. fourth of her friends. filth 0! Slang-aria" 'D W, said. with a smile. that thcpictum must of m “:1ch Sb. '0“ . pact". u 1 will to ha: min rm)“, ‘ "P hm“ hm. . I m gar says tbsl”l.lsnlurpm ,u" on“ ‘1‘“ her wlualntooanws, sixth of her husband. . , J, _ mfmlafin‘uflc oi have madcs timpremianm her; and «gun drua, with diamonds gleaming call," aid .rnaclifl'e; .and for an murals lcbllandyssiliogogo,“ thcnan (I? : .‘c'bh Mighty-few wolncnean aver so much I001 ! "5h: shit 'm. up“ . p... the “was” WM on_ her neck, and filmy lace round her band tolu- brow. “as this ” gulch mli‘ghm {ortheiflw' : gmund as that, I can to ya. I ‘ pd“! V , I innit“. *‘k. _ mm - ' " ' i It . .I ‘â€" psf y . 25M.'9i?:§;5, d The picture that to the Academy. and Thogirl‘s keen eyushsdnotbeenalor to Ila sprang up the stain and 0 ed O n _ 0. but the malonll' 0!.“11 Virgin 17;, rumored that, My. chmmigufi. “' 'T “darlazthu fimgsmljsckspum” mull- “ '” “fir-Md. E W‘“ diaccuthatthere wasaome sin Erns- thednaingqoom door, entering will soft “Let's strip the light fantastic toe. said 1 pngbt along pronouncing a. it h far me how M aw kn! um] m L". Volt? )1st W1. hm" mm“ 5‘ M0“ “ i “‘1 cliffs, and she felt very sorry for 'm. Pale flap. 3 the chiropodut to In: plumb 'Pdlul' Alexander Mcmillau. the pa fiber.