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of autumn. Bendable Notes term Mrszlcmgtry as. begun to understand something of American alliertising. She llnknspecisl train from Blitburgb to limp-,ng ofi'eresl the Duke of million sterling for the u'and of Arno. on which Hamilton Palace is; utuatedgbut Duke declines tosell. i _\\.'benan‘7.ndisli Visitor to Rome akedi Garibaldiwhat religion he professed. the! l i f : zt’llhe religion of Hum-i uni -â€" Igloo ‘ rist tau htb rece t’ . w and example." 8 yp p ‘1 VI.) I). 'W London restaurant. the Lionl l fl ":58de with s apital of SJMJXX), by a company of which the Earl - of‘Donourhmore is Chairman. The late I’be Shrewsbury was Chairman of the ofigflnfilbfigfiam, and resided in it some-l times, but the hotel came to grief, coronets ' notwithstanding. -' fl; stumps ofBulrsmpore, who died recently at Allahabad, was well known toi sportsmen in India, and is said. to have! assisted atglphkilling of MK) tigers. He was - Qniost nspccted native! pnn Sfdlstiu‘guishcd services during j the mutiny he was granted a large reward by the British Government. i ' Victoria isloathtosurrcnder prop- l erty n‘h ch has once come into her - ion. Claremont, bought by her from the , nation, and now the residence of the youngi Duke of Albany, has only been lent‘ to I bun. _’ "Menswear-stains her own suite of' “some~ Wimbleh bro: kept locked up. The hodsekecper snd‘“felnale servilnts are. also in heremploy, and are paid by her. :- Wbcn QUQCIlvblltt'ghel’IMpI Italy visitcdi the Academy this summer the, 3'1qu uteri to her were all in evening' dresi, uni wore their declorations. Mn; Randolph Rogers, the American sculptor: wast‘oc only exception. He had neither ribbon uormcdai, but wore a couple of luargue'ritcs in his buttouhole, with which “ silent homage her Majesty was muclli pleased. . i The statement that Minn. Nilsson intends E to take up barre-sideline in I‘uris is incorrect, i according to the London Truth, as, after her American tour, shu propoaes to live lermanently in England, somewhere near .ondon. Mme. Nibsons fortune has beeni considerany diminished by unfortunate purchascs'ofllousesaud lands in America and by the disastrous Bourse speculations of hcrlhusbaud, but she is still in possession of a comfortable competence. Mr. Lambert of Beau I'arke, Ireland, one of wh‘cseilai'l hters'is maid of honor to Queen Victoria, has had nine daughters, of whom eight survive. I..0rd Alfred Puget, Clerkfllars pl to, (the Queen, has eight daughte’ri’, all lunmarricd. There is a revalcnt feeling in England to-day that ’rotcstantnnnuerics must soon come into vogue. The Queen, meanwhile, shows ller sympathy as best she can toward these quiversful, but maids of honor rarely marry. Tho Marquis of Conyngham, who died lately, was grandson of the old Marchioness, whose career was one of the scandals of the regency, and who is so often alluded to in Grevllle’s memoirs. He married a. daughter of a former lord Harrington by Miss Foote, a beautiful actress. 'I‘hc Hegent'z‘u'hcre umi lllarchioncss was daughter of a. self-made millionaire. She had n. grout fortune, and her only brother left about a million sterling to her second son, who was made Lord Loudesborough. )vcry year tl 0 Queen deputcs a High Commissioner, always a Scotch nobleman, to preside at the (‘lcncral Assembly of‘ the Church of Scotland. This your the Com- missioner was the young I'lnrl of Aberdeen, rundson of the Prime Minister Earl, and brother of the y0ung curl who was drowncd while under the name of Osborne. acting as mate of an American luerchuutmon. The lligh Cbnllnlssiolu-r lakes up his quarters at Ifolyrood House, and this your his hospitality has been on an unusually spicndid and pro- fuse scale. The Ilishop of l'ctcrl-orough, England, met at dinner the other day a ricll, benc- volout, but somewhat brainless millionaire who boasted that he gave away £2,000 to tllo pour regularly l-vcrv your. Ilc said, “ I think it's right. you know ; a sort of duty Ill my position. I can't say what bo- comcs of it, but it‘s givuu away ill charity, that's all I know , and that's all I care about £2,000 cvcry your 3" " What 2" said the Bishop‘; " do you mean to say you pay £2,000 to the poor every year as a religious duty?" “ assure you. my lord, that is so," replied the wealthy man, with careless complacency. " Well," said the witty Bishop, " that's the largest insurauco against fire I ever heard of!" Accordingto Inboucllcrc uf Trill/l, the late Under Secretary lloulkl: did lmlch to court his fate. He was in constant dispute with histcuuntrynmdm carrying out his viewa of the relations which ought to exist between Ilim and them. he, with more pluck than wisdom, scrva notices and ejectments on them himself. Ill addition tothis, he insisted upon attending service in the Catholic church with n \\ incllcstcr repeating rifle under his arm. Moreover, his mind was so wraped that he wrote on the day brfurc death. “ It appears that the Sub-colllmissioners are instructed to reduce rents, audit may he concluded that the Radicals, with their leader, arc in tth l'aruoll interest secretly "-~â€"“ words," us his brother, “ written in his blood." Thirty-three years ago, the Prussian King, William IV” «niacin-d the idea of printing amagnificent royal edition of the works of Frederick the fin-at. This was not intended for public circulation, but was who ke tas agift for princes, ambassa- dors, an others whom the King delighted to honor. Adolf Menml received the com- lnissiou for its illustration. and it was brought out in sumptuous form in thirty folio volumes. Little has been known of this work during all these yours. Lately, however, the Emperor has given permission to Ilen- R. Wagner, tho Well-known art publisher 0f Berlin. to issue a limited edition of the work in reduced form, but with all the original illustrations printed from the blacks preserved ill the royal collections. Telephonewnee. In loudou and in all great towns, where wires cross crowded streets, the substitution of underground for overhead wires ought only to be a question of time, and of a very short time. In this respect New York has . set an example which London will do well to i follow. ACommittee of the State Senate has unanimously reports-d in favor of a hilll making overhesd‘te egrapb win-s ille ,snd i providan for‘the renmvsl of all puts sud' overhead wires from the streets of New York within the next two years and six maths. The Chromium declare that the evidence tendered by the mat wruputent authorities In the United States places far I o~â€"â€"_‘ d all controversy the‘rlltin‘ feasibilitvol k nimmng mm, ; “,1 my mug,“- w” jun mists subterranean \nm for all elm-Eu,“ op ' tried purposes. and reduces the whole ques- tion to one of expensc.â€"-I'.lll Pull Is‘utl‘fll. l .«g...~.â€"--- said Mr. Emerson. in his mild way : -' we kill them as we do politiciansmnith prin- ter‘s ink.“ “ Charley is a bright little ed brown: "his wit u always set. and he always says a” right times A witty n Y“ my-. lb! historian, received SIS.“ {u he (onth to the utenfsbmtaoultaliu. A‘fewyean later than Send new for. midg- lauriin-_ partnersme by Mannyfirutsclsslu QOflM’. Iaml progress. Months had elapsed, but I had received i in truth she was but a weak woman, _ {did not infiuruco my mind for any good. " llovr do you keep off the canker; 3:52“ “me time, though "Wham. w“: worm- ‘1" said the \isitor : " they destroy; me everything that grows." "Uh. very easily," % I I‘ fello'diflfr own stupidity and folly. bnlh- i the right thing at} “no” 3'05“!ch l he wanted use to write and tell him, and beg We“? . "Charley bu inmihisforgivem vermin. nu. was at thelslow olmy situation. July. When the WI?! cardinal tells llcr dream to the dragon-fly. _ And the lazy breeze makes a nest in the trees And. murmurs a lullaby, It Is July. “’b :n the tangled cobweb pulls Tue corn-flowers blue cap awry. And the lilies tall lean over the wall 'l'u bow to the buttcrfij‘. ,, , It is lily. - \Vben the heat like u mist-veil float-s. And poppies flalno ii: the rvc. And the silver note ill the slrvamlot's throat llas softened almo- t to a sigh. It is July. \l'llcn the hours are 3‘) siill thzit’l‘imc Forgets them, and let's them in: _ 'Neut petulspink till the night slurs Wink At the sunset in the sky. It isJuly. . When (mob flngerpost bythc way Says that F‘lutnbt‘l'town is nigh: “'hcn the grass ls tall, and the roses full, And nobody wonders why, It Is July. ,_ __â€"”<-.-> oepâ€"â€"â€"v-â€"- THEuM‘ORTLAKE PEERAGE. CHAPTER [ILâ€"Coxcu'slox. In this narrative, as in real life, there must be times when nothing of importance cccurs. It was so for some time after the events which I have narrated. In the mean- time, my young protege was making rapid advance in his education. I never came across a more amiable or intelligent lad. Assoon as I had rubbed off what I may call his nautical rust, and had coached him a little in mathematics and the classics, I scnt him to reside with a clergyman who took private pupils; and I was lratified with the reports I received of his c aracter no answer from Lord Mortluke. At length thcrc calnc a communication from. the bank- ers. It stated that the last that was heard of the missing Earl was that he succeeded in crossing the Rocky M contains, and had entered Culifoxniu ; but after this there was no trace of him, and it was supposed that he had been murdered by the Anahuac In- diaus. My letters had therefore never reached him; and after a time, believing him to be dead, Lord Mortluke’s agents for- warded them, with the rest of his effects, to this country. It was generally believedâ€"~and I must confess that I shared the beliefâ€"that Lord Mortlake was dead. There was no reason, if he was alive, for his keeping out of the way. assumed the title, and was about to take possession of the estates, when I at once in- structed nlv solicitors to put in a claim on the part of my prom/e. The case caused a great deal of excite- ment in the fashionable world; for the boy’s identity, as well as his legitimacy, was hot- ly contested by Mr. Stanhope. The fact that the register at Kuutsfield had been tampered with, and that uchild huddled and bccll buried as the offspring of Mrs. Stan- hopc, together with runny other incidents which I thought were only known to myself, had somehow got to the know- ledge of his solicitorsâ€"how, I could not im- ginc. » A case like this soon got into the news- papers, and the rincipul facts were freely commented on. an editor, more bold than the rest, said that doubts were entertained if the ceremony said to have boon performed at Knutsficld had any existence except in the excited brain of a. rather susceptible clergyman, and in the hallucinations of a .woman predisposed to melancholic (lepros- sions, and a pronounced somnambulist ! I must confess that all this caused me a great deal of anxiety. I was quite con- vinccd that the lad was the legitimate son of the Earl of Mortlnkc; I was quite satis- fied with the evidence of Mrs. Minter and Mrs. Moody ; but I could not help seeing that there were so many elements of rom- ance and apparent improbability in the case, that I could not expect a judge and jury to look at it in the some light as I did. I knew that there were enormous difllcultics in the way of the prosecution of this suit ; but nevertheless there was to me a. certain amount of fascination about it that led me on ; alld I felt that whatever might be the obstacles in the way, or whatever might be the costs of the suit, I should eventually prove my protege to be the rightful inhcritor of the I’lurldom of Mortlukc. It was at this epoch that one morning a lady was announced. I say a lady, because she gave no name; the servant was in- structed to say that a lady wished to see lne. I badc the man usher her into my study. The lady who entered was tall and finely formed ; but she was too closely veiled for me to distinguish her features. As soon as the servant had closed the door, she raised her red. It was the Countess of Mort- lake. “ You are surprised to see me here,” she said. “. I am equally surprised to find my- self in your prcscncc. I have been taught, and I believed, that you were lny enemyâ€"â€" that you had destroyed the evidence of my marriage, and denied that it had been pcr- fmned. I now know that all this is false, and I come to ask you to be my friend. I believe that you are an honest mail and a gcntlcuuul, and I place myself entirely in your funds." I replied. that she mi ht do so with per- fect safetyâ€"that I grcatIy sylnpathizml with her, and that my only wish was toscrvc her and hereon. “ My son 2" she exclaimed with great emotionâ€""my dear boy, from whom I have been so long separated. Tull me, where is he I" " He is with a clergy man who lives near to \Vhitehavcn. He is well and happy and you shall shortly see him." She thanked inc warmly ; and after I had stated to her some of the circumstances un- dcr which I found the boy, as these have been already made known to the read- er, I naturally expressed a wish to know something of her own fortunes since the day on which Imarn‘cd her to George Stan- bope in th-e church at Knutsfield. "Mine," she replied “iss sad story; but I will make it asshort as possible." “My father," she said, "was a stern, un- ite. and it is hard to speak ill of the dead ; but and proud man, he was very indulgent to l was an only child, and consequently "Ital one. In a moment of weakness, 1 material. as you know, a marrim with out my parents' knowledge or consent. It “snot my husband's fault: it was all my lIe entreatad me mascot; and even when we were married After my mother's death, I was mom than ever afraid of my father, I felt that I dare not miuaiut him with In due time I informal the Misses 0n- They refused to be and s: it. lieu my story. I had no certificate of my marriage. and they severity: so cruelly indeed, that I was about to risk all and run away. when they m -.___. At this juncture the next of kin. During thattime, IbelieveIwas insane. I one of the Stanhopcs of Lelcestcrshlre. was never told so; but I am convinced She Wu very kind to me;, to let him write to my father, and ask his; FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SA discovered my plan, and frustrated it. After that, they treated me better. At this point, I wantedtosend for my husband; and Intended that be and I should go over to klorence to my father and ask his for- giveness, But this the Misses Onalow would not listen to ; it would ruin the repu- tation of their school, they said; and they soacted on my fears, that I consented to keep the mum's ea secret until I returned to my father. p to this time, I had been corresponding with my husband, through the agency 0 one of the servants, and had been receiving letters from him by the same means. By-and-by, however, his letters became less frequent. and at length ceased.” The lady was here much affected; she buried her face in her handkerchief and subbed audibly. After a little while, she nmstered her emotion. and want on with her narrative. “ I then wrote a long and pathetic letter tomy husband : but he never answered it, and at last went to India, and deserted me." “ Were you really made to believe that he had deserted you 2" I asked. “ I was," she replied. “But why do you ask such a question 3" ‘ V -" Because you were umde to believes lie; because you were both tricked and deceived â€"â€"Read that l" and taking from my desk the handle of old letters which Miss Onslow had placed in my hands, I handed one of them to her. It. was the last one Mr. Stan- hopc had written to his wife before his de- parture to India. As she read it, she became dreadfully ex- cited ; her bosom heaved, her eyes filled with tears, and broken sobs burst from her. \thn she had finished, she kissed thelcttcr passionately. exclaiming : “Thank God ! thank God I" - She paced the room to idl , broken exclamations of than fuIii she turned upon me suddenly, and cried : “And this letter was kept from me ! Oh'! this is the very perfection of cruelty I That letter would have saved me years of agony. I know that those women were base and cruel ; but that exceeds my worst opinion of them I" For a time she was too dee ly affected to go on with her narrative. \ hen she had succeeded somewhat in subduing her emotion, she continued : “After the birth of my child, which, spite of the threats and entreaties of those two horrid women, I had properly christened and named after his father, I was takenvery ill, and did not recover for many months. uttering css. Then that such was the fact ; and during this period the youngest Miss Onslow consti- tuted he elf my nurse. \Vheu I recovered, I found but my child was dead, or rather, as I now know, I was by a fraud tricked into believing so. Doubts also were thrown upon the validity of my marriage. It was said that the register at Knutsfield had been examined, and that there was no entry of a marriage been solemnized. I could get no tidings of my husband, nor would they speak with me about him. At length Iwas considered well enough to return to my father, and accompanied by Miss Onslow, I went to Florence. My father was a. proud man, and very anxious that I would make a good marriage ; and Miss Onslow knowing this, was always telling me that if my mar- riage with Stanbopo was discovered, he would disown and disinherit me. Miss On- slow still resided with me, nominally as a companion, but in reality as mistress of the establishment. By her arts she gained a great ascendancy over my father, and I be- lieve if he had lived, he would actually have married her. “The Marquis of Swindon was a constant guest at my father‘s table, and he was very kind to me. You may imagine, situated as I was, how grateful I was for any scrap of kindness and sympathy. He did not in the ordinary sense make love to me; but he saw that I was unhappy, and he tried to soothe I experienced the greatest I liked him, but and comfort me. consolation in his society. could not of course love him. He asked me, nay, urged me to marr him; but I told him it was impossibleâ€"t at my affec- tions were engaged. When my father came to know that I had refused him, he gave way to such passion that it brought on a fit of apoplexy, of which he died. He had threatened that he would disinberit me in his will; but he had no time tocarry out his threat; and thus I found myself as I supposed, free, and possessed of great wealth. As soon as my father was buried and my business affairs arranged, I proposed to start for India in search of my husband, and I told Miss Onslow of my project ; but she laughed at it. I tried to get rid of her; but she refused to go. She used all sorts of threats ; and as I knew her to be capable of anything that was diabolical and wicked, I let her remain. Shortly after this, she one day brought me an old Times newspaperâ€" she said that her sister had accidentally dis- covered ltâ€"nnd she pointed to the (loath column, and showed me the death of my husband. As near as I can remember, the announcement run thus : ‘ Sumner}:â€" March 16th, at Bombay, after a short illness, Gnome Srzxcun S'rsxllors, aged 3l.' “ After thisI had another long illness. not aware that he was in any way related to me." We had some further conversation ; and then she said suddenly : " You have not told me how you became pomsscd of that letter." “I got it from the elder Miss Onslow. Previous to her death she sent for aleâ€"she, I am sure, repented of the part she had played in this nutter-and after placing this packet in my hands, was about to make some disclosure; but she died before she could make it." “Poor thing!" said the Countess, with some feeling. " I am glad to hear this; for, bodes she was, she was not so bad as that other horrid creature ;i.ndoed, 1 don’t think she would have been bad at all’, if it hadnot been for henâ€"Arc those the letters 3" she asked, pointing to the pocket I still held in my band. , “Yes,".I replied. “ “'ould you like to take them home and read them 2" She accepted the offer eagerly ; and I gave her the packet of letters, but cautiouing hcr, whatever she did, not to let them go out of her possession, and stipulating that when she had. read them, she would return them to me. This promise she gave me, and I dismissed her. The case had assumed an entirely new aspect, and I wanted time for consideration. The great Mortlake Peerage Case, us the newspapers had it, was set down for hear- ing. All the leading members of the bar were engaged on one side or the other. 'I‘hc witnesses from Knutsfield and Ramsgute were waiting to be summoned, and it was expected that within a few days the trial would be commenced. The public was ex- cited with regard to its probable terrains- tion, and popular feeling run very high. There were partisans of both sides, and each argued vigorously for his own point of view. At first, public opinion was against rather than in favor of my protege; but the appearance of the Countess, with her son, ill deep mourning, excited great sympathy. In short, no sooner did the lady appear upon the scene, than the current of public opinion, which at one time was strongly in favor of the new claimant Mr. Stanbope, turned, and was now running as vigorously in the opposite direction. The extreme beauty of the Countess, her great wealth, and the romantic story of her marriage, had great influence with the British public. It was very satisfactory to have the public with me; but‘ those poor eople, who were very much inclined to ma 6 a hero of the young Earl, were not the people who had to decide the case; their opiui0u would have no influence with either judge or jury. Still, though things looked in a very satis- factory state, and while it was gratifying to me that the truth was beginning to make itself felt, I must confess that it was an anxious time for me. The opposition story was not without paint and cogcncy. They did not char 8 me or the Countess with any attempt at rand; they merely said that we had been imposed upon by people more clover than ourselves, who had made us their dupes. They further said that the plot was not of recent origin, but had been conceived many years since ; that my protege was not the son of the Earl and Countess of Mortlakc, but the offspring of a Sandgato fisherman. It will be easily seen that there was room for these suggestions, and that: in the hands of clever counsel much might be made of them. Matters were in this state, when sudden- ly, without any warning, the whole case collapsedâ€"burst like a bubble. There was no trial, no verdict. The woman Onslow and her husband suddenly disappeared from the scene. What brought about this extraor- dinary state of things was a letter froln the Earl of Mortlake, dated from New York, to say that he was alive and well. From his letter, it appeared that, after crossing the Rocky Mountains, he made his why to the valley of the Rio I’uerco, n splen- did country, lying between two ridges of the Sierra de los Comanchcs. It was a. spot which was rarely visited by Europeans, and was inhabited by a savage tribe of Indians called the Ccmunches. For some time he eluded their vigilance ; but ultimately he was taken prisoner, and r( mained in captivi- ty more than a. year. Evidently he es- caped, reached New York, and finally land- ed in Liverpool, where I met him and ex- plained everything. “'e proceeded to Lon- don. Lody Mort a 0 eat in the drawing- room with her son, anxiously awaiting our arrival. As soon as she saw her husband she uttered a cry of joy, and sprang for- ward to meet him, the whole pure unre- strained joy of her heart beaming upon her faceâ€"a face always lovely, but now, in the maturity of her beauty, more lover than ever. ” My wife!” said the Earl, as he returned her embrace, “my own dearest wifeâ€"long divided, but ever loved ! I thank God we meet again, not er to separate till death us do part." “ Amen l" I responded reverentlv. “And this is our boy ?" he continued. as 4 at Lmlukh, in Lower 'l‘hibct. TURDAY, JULY 15, 1882. T . . -,,..- The Electric Axe. This is the dawn of the electric age. The similes drawn: from the electric shock will soon become too familiar to among the refinements of phraseology. New light and new power are within the p of human~ ity, and mechanical genius is striving in the ngonies of labor in elaborating the appli- ances by which they may bring the force of the wondrous element within the control of their will. “'hile the electric railway of Berlin, with its noiseless cars each contain- ing its own motive power, are being run successfully, while all London is mad with speculation in electric companies stocksas lighting and railway schemes are being pro- jected, and while the piercing eye of an Edison lamp on a British mun-of-war is striking the warlike natives of Alexandria with awe. we may opportuner cast a glance forward into the probabilities of electric science in America in the near future. “'0 have not yet reached the furore in electric companies’ stock, but we may soon picpare to encounter a boom in this direction. The pagcs of the Scientific American are more largely devoted to that than any other sub- ject. But turning our eyes upon Niagara Falls we can realize what a change will shortly come over the mechanical and scien- tific world. Nightly the new suspension‘ bridge is illuminated with two powerful lights supplicd‘frce by the never-failing elec- tric power generated in tho plungingwatcrs of the great river, and one large hotel on each side of the river already displays a light, which throws back its searching rays upon the scene whence its mysterious power is drawn, turning its midnight graudcurs into the grandeurs of noon, and outdoing the sun in its lcgcrdcmaiu tricks with rain- bow hues. The suggestion of Sir William Tlmmpsell,that the electric power of Niagara Falls should be turned touccouut ill slip- plying light aud mdtlvo force to distant cities, is receiving the serious thought of many eminent visitors to the Falls. The few lights now nightly used are evidence of the perfect feasibility of the scheme, so much so, that it is almost certain a few months will see these possibilities put to a. practical test in the case of Buffalo, some of whose leading men are now laying out plans for the work. Once the case of Buf- falo is established it will be but a short time before the other cities from New York to Toronto have their hands in the work. From railway and lighting a parutus the scientific man will turn to eectric flying machiucS,-â€"-for electricity is now the only hope of the human bigh-flyerâ€"nud then from Niagara the people will look to the North Pole for their power. The silent at- mosphere of the polar regions lies loaded with electricity, and awaits only the invent- ive genius of man to draw it down. The explorers who once sought here an opcn arctic sea, but who have lately been chiefly seeking the remains of their predecessors, may be all unknowingly preparing for the establishment of electric depots for the work of the great dawning a e. g .â€"â€"â€"â€"â€":eo<o-r>u.â€"â€"â€"â€"- Flying Machines for War Uses. Germany and Russia. are both pushing forward experiments in flying machines for use in war or otherwise. It appears that the direction in which these are working is the only one likely to be successful. It ignores the ridiculous inflated gas-bug, which is enormous in size, difficult and costly to fill in war, and floatsâ€"u gigantic derelict-at the mercy of every current of air, a huge mark for the first gunucr who can hit it and bring it to the ground. Bailin- gurten, in Germany, and Baranovski, in Russia, adopt the principle of the inclined plane pressed against the air, and thus capable of making some attempt at least to regulate its own course. In the kite the force that presses the inclined plane is the hand of the boy acting through the string. In the sale of the boat the resistance of too water to sidclong motion keeps the the sail pressed against the wind. In fly- ing machines the pressure is given by an engine carried by the machine and noting by means of fans of one sort or the other. The difficulty at present is the weight of engine and fucl ; but with the development of electrical practical knowledge we may fairly expect to see accumulators which will supply the maximum of power with the minimum of weight. Then the problem of flying in still air will be solved, Whether we shall ever be able to ride the storm is another muttonâ€"Pall Jll all Gazelle. aw<O>OO'â€"â€"~ A Sapphire Mine. That beautiful stone, the sapphire, seems inclined to make agreat stir‘. in the world. A short time ago we commented upon the excitement caused in Burmuh and the Ma- layan Peninsula by some remarkable dis- covorics of this gem in Siam, and now there comes a story that it has been found in the Himalayan region. “"hcn some Thibctan traders brought the first stones to Simla, they gave out that they had obtained them This account, Hotel Life In stony. ' Charles Dudley \Varncr u rites as follows : , We found. at Syracuse, another Sicilian i hotel worthy of mention. This is the Locall- ; da do] Sole. It is only about half as dcari asthe Victoria. which we tried first: but it , is a little worse. “'0 did not understand, ; at first, why there was no bells in any part of the dirty house, but we soon discovered 3 that there was nothing to be had if we could have rung for it. It is a very old and not uninteresting sort of barracks, and its rambling terraces give good views of the harbor and of .‘Etna. The rooms, too, am 7 adorned with quaint old prints which give i it an old time air. its management that the attendance is as good asthe food. 2 I do not know how long it would take to i starve a person to death there, or so dis-a gust him with victuals to that extent that! death would seem preferable to dining, but endurance in live days. It was a lengthy campaign of a morning to get a simple curly f breakfast. It was a work of time, ill the; first place, to find anybody to serve it. 1 “'hcn the one waiter was discovered and; It can be fairly said Olicountrruwuts, 'o be ready in four . _ I is ready to receive t we touched cluse upon the probable bout of l remain in Egym at EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS. 1The Egyptian War Cloudâ€"England to Protect the Sucx canalâ€"Tho Constan- tinople Comer neeâ€"Increase of Fan- ntlelsm on we ‘ile. . ii: any icudcrs, “'L‘l‘t‘ mur- dclcd ill Cairo Illl‘ tli‘nL'I' day. Events in Egypt :d'c rc-uwukcuiug the agitation among the Arabs of Tunis and lrlpoli. The Khalivc I.cll a grand lcccptiourc~ \‘l‘llily in cclrhmfiou of the anniversary of his accession In poucr. It is rumored in Lulnltta that the authori- ties contemplati- the organization of an i‘Xlk‘lllllUll to lgypt composed of Indian troops. The pl‘occm‘:i::;s of the Constantinople oonfcrrucc an; undilctrd in secret. Count Corti. the Italian .\lultl:\~'.'\dor, pR‘silles. A long session was lu-l l the other day. Various rumors are pllldisllcd in London that thcuutllorilics have arranged for thc cullxlrkation of lumps of Gibraltar and Mal- ta for the protection of the Suez Cm ial In case of Ilt‘\‘tԤlt_\'. Three hundred in: riucs and thrcc‘huudnsl men of the Marine hrtillcry have been or_-_ dcrcd to cmka on tho tnmilsliiii“ilmlltf‘s. which sailed from I‘ irisluouth for thr.\lcdit- crmncan recently. It is reported in London the \\'ar Ullicu has issued onlch Ill‘ 20.000 arms and ac- days, with the view. it is believed. of calling out army reserves within thrcc days. 'I‘hcvnptain of flu United States steamer " Galena,” now ill lexu‘ulria, has notified rem. and that they now llt‘ll‘ own risk. aIlAulcricnu rcsidcpts that the "Galena" It is understood in l‘wrlin that England is resolved to assume the responsibility of protection to tho Su 7. Canal, not only in the name of British interests but ill the. interest coaxed into the dining [0mm I ordered of llll t‘l\'ill‘;t‘«l culnll l‘l‘t'llll nations. coffee and the usual acconlpimlmcllts. In} The Sultan has or nfcrrrd llll‘ llrdcr Mod- ubout fifteen minutes he brought inn pot :j,.li .,x‘ the firs! cllss upon Aran I'llsha, of muddy liquid and a cup. I suggested imnl 1m... prqunmp then, in reason, a spoon ought to go with it. , A spoon was found after some searchâ€"â€"sugar, also, I got by importunity. The procuring ‘ of milk was longer process. Evidently the ‘ gout had to be hunted up. By the time the goat came to terms tho 1 coffee was cold. I then brought up tho subject of bread. That was sent out for and . delivered. Butter, also, was called for, not that I wanted it, or could eat it when itl came, but because butter is a conventional thing to have for breakfast. This butter was a sort of poor cheese gonc astray. The last article to be got was a knife. The knives were generally very good, or would have been if they had been clean. By patience, after this, you could have a red mullet and an egg, and some sour oranges. All the oranges in Sicily are sour. The reason given for this, however, is that all the good ones are shipped to America. The reason given in America Why all the Sicily oranges urc sour is that all the good ones are kept at home. When the traveller reaches Malta and Tangier ho will learn what an orange really is. I do not know that I can say any thing inure in favor of the Hotel Sole, except that the propri ors were as indifferent to our departure to our comfort while we staid We left at 10 o’clock at night, to take the train fc‘u' Malta. “’0 procured a facchino outside to "161's our luggage, and not a soul connected with the hoth was visible. The landlord had exhausted himself in making out our bills. There was some difficulty in separating our several accounts, and when the landlord of: last brought a sheet of paper on which the various items were set in order, and the figures were properly or- rangeddle regarded his work with justifiable pride, and exclaimed. “It is on ronfo milling/fro.” “'c agreed with him that, in some respects, the account was nmgniliccnt. â€"-â€" [furl/om] (looming “u’ A Happy Home. A pretty story about a German family discloses the secret ofa. happy home, where- in joy aboundeth, though there arc many to fced and clothe. A teacher once lived in Strasburg who had hard work to support his family. Ilis chief joy ill life, however, was in his nine children. though it was no light task to feed them all. His brain would have rcclod and his heart sunk had he not trusted in his heavenly" Futhcr when he thought of the number of jackets, shoes, stockings and dresses they would need in tllo course of a your, and of the quantity of bread and potatoes they would cut. His house, too, was very close quarters for the many buds and cribs, to say nothing of the room required for the noise and fun which the merry nire made. But father and mother managed vcry \chI and the house wnsa pattcrn of ncnfness and order. One day there came a guest to thc house. As they sat at dinner the stranger, looking at the hungry children about the table, said compassionath : “ I’oor man, what a cross you have to bear !" “I? I a cross to bear ‘1” asked the father, wonderingly; “what do you mean ‘3" “ Nine children, and seven boysnf. that!” replied the stranger, adding bitterly, “ I have but two, and each one of thclu is a nail ill my coflin.” “ Mine are not," said the teacher with do- cision. “ flow does that happen ‘t" nskI-d the guest. “Ilccauscl have taught them the noble art of obedience. Isn‘t that so child- he kissed the youth. and folded him in his ‘3 however-l “~33 evidently intended to throw rm .,n armsâ€""And now,” he said, “ let us thank ; our good and generous friend to whom we: owe all this happiness.“ 3 " No, no !" I cried; “I want no thanks. i ' Upper Chcnab. have only done my duty." “True I and if we all did that the world tclligcncc, l denly revealed the Liberty I had none; and the thruldom in would beammdiae... which I lived was more gelling than ever. The only real friend I had was the Marquis of Swindon : his kindness affected me deep- ly, and I longed to tell him the story of my wrongs; int Miss Onslow had ac- quired such an influence over me, that I dared not. "To show you the object state into which they had brought me, I may state that though I knew that during my illness a large part of my income had disappeared, yet I had not the courage to com lain, or to ask what had become of it. been facts, all of which are substantially true, will, I think, show you that I have been more sinned against than sinning." “ What about Miss Onslow ? she now 2" " About two years since, she married a cousin of hers, a lawyer. When this took place I thought that I should get my liberty, I and for some months I was left in e ; but I soon found that I had only exchan ed masters. This man came to me one and threatened me. He said that I was . livin before the world as a single woman, :that hadhad a child, and. that unleasl ggave him one thousand pounds. he would jexposc me. Money was no object to me, and I weakly consented ; and since that, I ihuve been subject ton series of exactions I. and annoyances wh eh I feared would bring on my old disorder. IlatI thank God I have been enabled tobear up against it. Still, it i has been a sore trial to me." I “'here is “ But when your husband returned from r India," I said, “why did you not commune 5 cute with him 3" E "I knew nothingof it. I was in Florence. j I an pose." . " 'd you not read of his coming into the l title!" I asked. I, “ .\'o. I was never in those days allowed ;to see a newspaper. Braid“. I was almost ieutirely ignorant of in husband's falnily laud connections. and d not know that he I ("and m. flu, myithme-ied to snarldorn: so ninchso, thatan when I heard of these}:- poseddesth of the Earl of Mortkke. [was “a searchers off the true scent. It is now known that the real Tom ,Tlddlcr's ground , is at l'udna, nu outlying district on tho of Cashmere. . a great sapphire mine was and- My story is ended. The trials and suffer- carried away the side of a mountain, and logs through which these two had [HtsSl'nl were not without their effect, but happil it was a benefich one. The Countess, whose heart had hitherto known only on. I durauce, was now filled with an exuberance ‘ of joy. She found in her son and husband a vent for all the deep and passionate long- ings of her soul. As for the Earl, sorrow, anxiety, and privatioa had not altered bis generous na- ture or dauntod his fine spirit, though it made him more grave and thoughtful than ofyore: but that did not render him less amiable in the eyes of her who, through all the vicissitudes of her eventful life, had ever been faithful and true. ’ Let us now leave them m '..---.y sat, with hand clasped m hand, happy once more in each other's love. In a railroad car on the l'iltsburg and Lake Erie Railroad the seats were all full except one, which man occu icd by a pleas- ant-looking Irishman from Vampum. and at Beaver aconple of evidently well~bred and intelligent young lad ice came to procure seats. Seeing none vacant they were about cilia into the next car, whoa Patric arose hastily and offered his seat with evident pleasure. " But you will have no seat for yourself," respo one of the young ladies with a smile, heu- tsting, with one politeness, to accept it. “Niver mini} thatt" said the gallant lIi« bernian. "I'd ride upon New York for a smile from such jintleman- ly ladies." I â€"â€"â€"-â€"-‘«¢-.-~oâ€"â€"â€"â€" They wake speaking about cranial deforo mities down at the corner last even- ing. “ I hiold," said a y young man. " that a new with a big head mbesdurhed fools-l nun with a small head." “' True," don't 'v buml. he . s maul! bottle of spruce beer. y ‘ (Tl odes] P a cowatcher ,to is just as apt ‘ replied an elderly man who was holding down the cover to a sugar own" 3 tom. it and himself away." The young one i iEX : hiaharajuh sent a strong the spot. prising prospectors had done a little rough I work, and their prizes have duly reached India. The stones are pronounced to genuine sapphires, but of poor quality ; it is considered probable, howuvcr, that better ones will be found when the mine comes to be systematically worked. ~..â€"â€"4u<o.v;»eeâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"~ - Mngples in a Madhouse. I have received an account of a singular incident, furnished me by the chaplain of a west county lunatic asylum, in which five of these birds were keptss pets for the amuse. meats of the patients. They had been in the establishment before the chaplain re- ceived his appointment to it ; and one day, shortly after entering on his duties, he was out in the grounds along with several others when a ma ie flew towards him, alighted on his shoull er, and commenced nibbling at his ear. Astonishcd, and somewhat annoy. ed, he bmshed the bird off, only to have it return again and recommenco the pecking procms, which gave him no pain as the thing was done gently and seemingly in “hing him all the more after repea in off and backocomings of the bird. Not til then became heawsre of the cause ofits persistencyâ€"this a strange one. It ap- ed, as told him, that be born a striking ikeness to a former patient in the asylum, lately deemed, who had been a Laval-ire of this mgpie, the bird being his ' pet, and that the man had taught it the maximum which. misled by the personal resemblance, it was now can: log to prac- tise on himself. that it wasn't a diamond. are chap this year. belonging to “"3 Mlllmmlfih but the seven youngsters shouted : According to the latest or do," father, truly." lay. Still it tickled, while further aston- - toil driv- ~ A Cincinnati girl wore a solitaire brilliant ‘ in a ring for seven years before discovering ' Young man, seven years is a long time, and brilliant: “ ch,”cricd the children. ” And you obey mc willingly? The two little girls laughed rllguisllly, " You, '- 'I‘hen tho futhcr turned to the guest and "3 LY “ Inndfllip- “mull said: “ Sir, if Death were to come ill at that door. waiting to take one of my ninc _ ed file long'hiddc’fi trf’m‘lrc' N0 “00"” children, I would say," and here ho pullld 1'11 the "9W5 mac“ bermPBll” than the off his vclvct cap and hurled it at the door, - Scpoy guard to “Rascal, who cheated you into thinking Mr. (,‘lwlntlumnm m, “if” ,mvinum “yd” I'rcvlously, however, some cutcr- than had one mo many 3n rs 'I'hc stranger laughed ; he saw that it was only disobedicut children thac make a father unhappy. One of the nine children of the poor lill. ...._~â€"â€"-‘oe <-.->N.-â€"â€"â€"-â€"~â€" Gathering Pmeapples. i The average life of the "scarlet" pine is i three years ; that of the sugar-loaf is about five. Bahamas is from three to three and-a-hulf pounds. A field is generally gone over three times during the season. affording throt- [grades of fruit, called first, second and third cuttings. The scarlet variety ripcns a month or two earlier than the sugarrlonf. Owing to the soft ecrratzsd loaves of the hint, the gathering of the fruit is a tedious and difficult matter, the men, women and . children engaged in tho work being obliged to wear heavy canvas leggings and gloves with gauntlcts to protect them~ ,selvcs against the sharp spines of the l plant. The pine-apple plants furnish but one regular crop during the year. although the llocal markets are seldom without a few {pineap let on sale. About the middle of , April t e first cuttingssrc made of the scar- ; Icthinu, and the last is made about the lat :of uly. The sugardoaf pine is at maturity :dun'ng_JuIy and August. The shipping I season is one of signal activity in the colony The average weight of the fruit in the i tho lilicdivo with a souvenir Ill diamond . llughcb l‘ashzl L‘Oll- trudicts the report flint the 81ch Canal is in danger. ’l‘hc “Cimstcr.” a fulllt' vessel, has been ordered to the )Irlliicrraurnn. The Ad- miralty now deem it desirable to guard the Sui-7, Cluml by l uuqu-rcf swift gull- boufs, lush-ml of tw i \vurshij'w, as originally iutcudvd. The London llt‘\\~llil“k'l‘rl ihc olllcr day undrr bonding “English War Preparations,” gave grout promim‘m-c to orders from tho Admiralty for tho il, lmcdinfc undertaking of thc ironclad "Ilotsl‘ur," pl‘cjuiratiolls for tho imlllcdintc cml-urkuiiou of marines and got- tillg rclldy some trolpsllips. In the Ilmlsc of Commons Sir Charles Dilkc stuth that .- dlllil'nl Seymour report- ed that neither he 1 or tho Illlllell (‘ousul at Alexandria had lzca ‘d that Arabia l'dslm ill- tcllds to seize hostages. Sir t‘hurhs Illiko said the protocol 0 (UNI/Illi‘l‘.<sl'l:l"llf signed by the Powers contained nothing preclud- illg England’s opposing the nclltrali'la- tiou of thc Sucz Usual, lf such project was mootcd. The position of fl c lihcdivc is considers in Alexandria vcry dangerous. It is 120- licvcd Inc will be Arrested at the first sign of i'ocrigu occupzl‘. on. Arubi says that as soon as a foreign roomy actually lauds troops ill Egypt, it will be his duty to fight until the lust. Nul ibcrs of Arabs ul'c starv- ing. A crowd “cut to Amid I'nslm's houso rcccutlyuull llhiif'll for bread. Aralll told them to go sully. Count Cori cxprclscd to thc I'ol'to regret that Turkey took up part in tho colll'cl'cucc. Ilc said the lltélllll'l‘fltllulls should bcnttclldcd with results to '.l.urkcy. Lfoustantilloplo had been chosen an Illc place of meeting in order to easily ollj‘uill tho I’ol‘tc's vicws. This communicatil I produced agood inl- pl'cssion on the I‘oric. 'l'llc confcrclicc sat on Sunday tho lusthuvcl'cign rights of the Sultan ovcr Egypt lull! lllle'llSsml and con- firmed. Tho lihcdivc lmspvrittr-ll flue President of the Council rcrnpitidnting recent events ill Egypt, which tllc (ht-rive «ll-scribes as do- plorublc. Notwitll landing his assurances foreigners continl c to abandon Egypt. Colllmcl'ciul ufluirs m: at a standstill, spccic being hastily withdrawn, 'I'Ilcrcisacom- plctcnbscucc of credit, and enormous loss is thus caused .tp llui country. 'Ilc declares that a strict and scorching inquiry llllist In: ‘IlCIll, and comnmnds ltughcb I'llsha to learn- cstly CUIIHIIII‘I' fiu- Iii-st lm-mm of finding out the causes that hair: II‘lI to the catastrophe Ill Alexandria, which might have been ovoid- cd by timcly lllltilslll‘v‘l. llc urgcs Ilugilcb to discover the million ol tho promoters of the riot and their iicl'ulnpliccs with It view of severe punishmcilt. 'I'llc lihodivcsuys it is absolutely lll‘t‘f'h‘fdlll‘)’ that lllclisurcs In: taken for tho rc-mtlddisllml-nt ol friclnily relations between I’llthf‘B and I‘llll'olluflllfi for the umiutcnlllu'c of order and thc ro. sumptioll of IJllhlllIJIS on Which llu' pl‘ospul‘i' ty oi thc country depends. {cccnlly the thief (-llgin- l’l’ \I'IIU llim charge of the jumps supplying tho canal carrying the wafer; to Alcxumlliu, arrived in Alexandria, having III'CIIlII'I\'(1II by throats of the natives and {llcdonilm to abandon tho works. llc l‘cpor s only IIVf' days coal for engim-s. 'l'llcro is‘ other illz-upmzltyon the part of the untile who continue to work, consequently Alexandria may be deprived of water. The I’cpul‘l‘l from 1hr.- infcrlor con- firm tllc illtclligul cc that thr- illcrruso of fanaticism on tho [art of tlw lllltivl-s is pl'ill~ cipnlly directed against tho I'Iuglisll. 'I'llv insulting (Iclllulllhd' of the population is allglllclliillg hourly, llllll than: one fours of "H immediate- l‘rncival of flu. tumult. It is likely IIH' Cairo witrr works will also 510]) on account of flic‘ I'Illropcull l-ugilu:(:rs Ill-c- ing. The new milliliters (“'4‘ at their \riis' end and know lllll. what to dL, and an: scorching all would for euppolt. The no ligions Sheik \\ lm lifts Ilf'l'll l-vl’ving as infor- mcllinry in [lll'lll‘giltlflllhll Izctwu-u thc Sul- tall and Ailibi, Imil bccll fillIIIUlIlltll to III- fol'm Andi that full immunity will lw grunt» ctl him for his pus (‘Ull‘llll'l, _._ .. â€". v . V‘-’ u.. . A- A Sorr wful Premier. A London l-urrqpolulvnt who rv-txrntly saw l'urk, boys: “ 11 I'W'l' tun [Hmplu looked the clubmlilm-nto woo, it was thosclwo. Both sclzlllcll to his clad ill tlll: gall: of tile- spnir; tho vrry rs ‘riagc and horses appear- I'll as if "milled ii crupv. 'I'llv fluxes of the Bellool teacher lll‘chfif‘I “calm” “’“Icly I'rcmicrnnvl his t'ifc \vorc rl-zilly llgollizl-d known 3 IIG WM “‘0 saintly I'm-9“”. UM“ l in expression. 'Iil-j.‘ burl: not lln- placid, stricken lord; wh I ll rmwnt burrow gins; cvcrt' llll(‘1llllf zit lcnpolu- native nuguinll, all excith terror. 'I'Ilvy ttl'l‘!’ talking calm-sh ’Iy and rapidly, :iul paid not the hliglllo-sl. lutumtiun to the pinning throng. Ilwrycâ€"yo 'wrm on them, but. tin y look: :l at no Olllf. 'I'hc strong. illlpnnsiu- feature of this grant old man's {mm W re a right I shall luzvrr forget. A [IIAIIIU’I‘ looking for a pbyslog- nomy upon whicl tn depict horror would have EIJI'IAWLUII his. and if hominid han- lllll;l.‘('l.fl¢"l in portrayin' (iladstuhc's low.- as I saw it yesterday wolild Imvc made. an llll- mortal picture. it must not be forgotten that by till: ll'luhlful lllurllcr of land Fred- tril'k Cavendish Mr. and Mrs. “hull-Mm,- luv: the husband II their niece, and n luring adherent, who Io ‘kml up to the l'rcluivr um. ale-m- as a secretary dam to his clue], but as in you docs to an I onoml father.” j m-..~«-â€".oâ€"--‘»~~evâ€"- ! "\Vakillg the dead" has for rcllturéu been and still is practlsml in one of tin,- northern Scotch :ountilm. A house with it icorpw in it. becomes, for the two or thrm; |days between (loath and burial, the remix]. 'vous of the neighbors, who sit and w“ gillnl stories 4130:". sloth-e ~~ qmrlimlluly tilt: grief of the Isl-regret] gsildy to «ll-sipnu l for when the fruit is ready for thr- ltnifc lt Such gatherings, whir: I are largely attended 1 must be cut and hurried with i market or it will be lost. I -â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"n4-.-m’â€"â€"â€"»- I Joke for wands}: Mistressâ€"“WI: ringing-machine Y" didn t. o um h,“ 7 n 5' » abounds. (In-,1 . Y u some . Mary ','. ary wtallcr nuhtimtln "ilk. g, ,1 .t . , _..o Yuth. mum. didnv: ya tell me ya had ‘ m“ we": Wm I S l I i I. own“ an .pgtd 11,.by young: loer, differ from Irish wakes : ill that the Sun :h bring their own wince!) laud piper. The pen ll: of this district are an inn: church lull rce drinkers. Whisky ioffcrce was given by h (be! - few mourners at the next funeral I“ that louse.