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I_ J- - Vein? u\‘ «y the rage. Hosiery is veryuheap this fall. Toe favorite bilateral skirt ts black.‘ Wool cos ame- are ibecusreet street wear. , Paris affects English fashions at the mo ment. 4 ' Blouse listen on tight waists remain favour. steel soutsche‘ appears smmg meuiilc braid-l. The "Star" kid glove is the latest lane) of fashion. . .. w-.~_. ‘4- -m..." There is areturn of favour to clinging} drips draperies. Smite-italic on gray velvet is considered very die. 5‘ fit costumes are relegated to house and carriage wear. Harlan green combines with black, gray, or deep red. Silk fl nieces are vandyked, scalloped, and sometimes picked. liuques. as a rule. are short, and are point- ed bola back and front. Brides on the Continent no lancer wear gloves at the ceremony. The name l-‘t-dors is given to a very band- sorae new long pel‘ue. Black stockings remain the first favoritles of fashionable womeu.~ Dalmoral skirts are wider, but the yoke about the hips is invariable. The silk, sstias, and brocades of this sea- sou are dszz uply beautiful. It is again f sshiouable to weir a fancy pin in the bonnet bow under the chin. A Parisian costume of pigeon gray is trimmed with the plumage of the blue jay. Uf all the forms of the feminine waistcoat that of fur bids fsir to be most popular. The sabot sleeve, full its whole length. and so popular in England, is gaining favor here. Colored flannel skirts edged with woollen lice are preferred to white ones or balmor- sis. Parisian dreasmakers (heard all shoves except the close coat fictive for street cos- turner. Waiscoats of all kinds, superimposed on the bodice or corssge, grow more and more popular. Silk cardigan jsckels will be worn under dressy cloaks for extra warmth as the sea- 20“ advances. Fedora waistcoats are sometim it made of black and white Spanish lace or lilacurial lacc scsils. l’arisisns are combining velvtt with Vic- toricnne, Siciliunne, sud lisugsiiuo for car- riage costumes. The jersey is condemned by the Primess of Wales, but it enjoys high favor in Paris and in New York. (Ialiqnani's Messenger very pertiueutly asks, if English taste in dress is bad, why do the French copy it? Tucks are used to success by some dress- makers, oven velvet flouuces being trimmed with two or three tucks. All, or nearly all, basques have waistcoats. These are of soft silk or satin on heavy cloth and velvet costumes. Some of the now greens combine beauti- . fully With other colors, and are becoming] alike to the dark and the fair. Velvet flouuces have deep home, which are so heavily stitched a: to be plainly visible even when the finances are thickly pleated. Velvet dresses are full, but in the more elecant costumes they are made so by extra breadths of the material and not by the flounces. Imported cloth suits are elaborately made of several contrasting materials, such as cloth and velvet, cloth and satin or Sici- lienne. Ii‘iat gold braid, put on in embroidery or in rows, forms the deouative effect on many handsnne tailor-male cloth and velvet dresses. Thu B‘cton waisciat, profusely cmbroid- , cred, and frequently ornamented with coins ' and medals, is worn in Paris by women of all " taste. Moss green in the cloth combines willing-mph in the flesh.” oldcn brown velvet, in the velvet with ice, and all_of the gruysuccpt Russian and l slate. Astrekliau is very much in vogue ; even large As rakhsn collars lined with red plush are being made to be worn up against the ears in the Russian fashion. 1 The majority of imported Paris dresses are I \ fl. -.-... .. . VU 1.. XL; lventns. When evenlnz’s quiet .hsdcs Around my head are thrown, Adown the silent gisde. I wander forthaiouc. 'lhca everythinz is calm And soothing to my breast ; A sweet and holy balm Diepels the vague unrest. Then. gently o'er the stealing. Conic man an in irczl thought. Embued wiv unto] feeiing. With manly virtue fraught. Away with toil and cure, Day clslms these as its own, But evening's blessei sir Should breathe but pence alone. It is the hour of love. And b't'riiled starry beams Shine from the vaults above Upon the poet's dreams. It is the hour of pray or. And orisons on high . Float through the rosy air To centre in the sky. Cool zephyre [an my cheek. And o‘er my temples rove. While voices seem to s From every shelters grove. Bleet hourl ihy mantle throws A balm o'er every wound. When gentle evening glows. And stillness reigns around. Remote from all the noise Of civic revelry, And all the false alloys Of man's society. "i‘ls sweet to be alouc.â€"' How sweet. and how sincere. When Nature‘s every tone l-‘ulls softly on the ear ! liu QUicxsnmv. .â€"â€"â€"â€"‘ee <0->Npâ€"â€"â€"â€" BLACK SPlRlTS AND WHITE. nv scrim: swrt'i'r. The way in which Austicc says "Charley’ is a. volume of revelation. " What do you think of that, .\I iry 2" she says. as I am silent. “ It sounds to me like great nonsense," say I, bluntly. . Austice re urds me with an expression of honor. A tcr a moment of silence, she says gently. “You don’t seem to realize, deer, that it isâ€"thnt it must beâ€"a communi- cation from cur mother's spirit." ”No. I don't realize it."say I, “I should n't be able to do that if I believed it. Idon't think I believe it.” I‘I wish I could help believiugit," says Anstico. “I have racked my brain over Dr. Felix's theories. and they seem so far-fetched and unreasonable. I have tried so hard to think I really wrotcmystlf. I bevethought that after holdings pencil in one position for any length of time the muscles become weary and the pencil wavers. and almost any movement forms something likes letter. I add aloud one day, 'I believe I do it my- sclf,'â€"â€"I didn’t, Mary, but I wanted to, to very much,â€"and instantly the pencil wrote, jerking my hand along, ‘You take pains to you ‘2" great prove yourself a humbng, don't “ I suppose it is only the some thing that those people whom they call writing medi- ums do,” say I. “ But I always thought they made it. I never dreamed there was anything it." says Ansticc. “Agrcnt many people have written with Planchette without taking it so seriously as you do," say I. I am aware that my argu- ments are not. weighty, but they are the best that I have at band. “Yes: Sarah Sibley was talking to me about it last week.â€"said her sister Alice could u rite with Plancbette or with apeucil alone, and thy had great fun overit. She didn't seem to consider the mystery of it at “Some people don’t like mysteries,” say ‘ [have a pnfcreiicc for the adVIce of Austice looks deeply pained at my frivol- ity f‘I don't for a. moment believe that our motlur‘s s irit comes back to write such nonsense,” of all my ancestors should command me to to man y siy hotly. “And if the shades Dr. Felix I would not do it." With that I leave her. It seems cruel. wry much trimmc d. but_ the plain, youth- 3 but we are not in sympathy; she will never ful coeiumcs of the I‘lu‘fllsll sud Ainei 10-30 ‘ convince my practical mind ”fining from so artists are much more a mirable and admin “muggy-Int,“ a bug,” and I have m, theory rd. l“.uuuci-s of Oriental and Escurial lsce j adorn the fronts of handsome dinner and re l ccpti'm dresses, and these flouuces arc scantily pleated over bias folds of velvet in the same or contrasting colors to the dress. r While Eugl sh women of exacting test s, I such as Mrs. Lingtry and the Countess of. Lousdale, are ordering their drrsics from i Parisian dronniakers, the fair French‘ women wLo leads in the world of Parisin society are ordering theirs of English tail-l on. 3 .._.-â€"â€".eeo-.‘>n-â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€" Laudsscr‘s Retriever. Sir Edwin Landseer is accredited with the ‘ foil nwiug jâ€"u d'mpn‘l : â€"â€" 'l‘ue sugscity i-f ‘ several retriever dog: was being discussed l in his presence. " 'ot one yet mentioned comes up to mine." said he, " and thus : Upon a certain «session inhowcd him a tivs~ pcuul note of a will known country town bias. near to which I was residing. I roll- ed up the note, put it in my pocket. walked into the wood. hid it in the trunk of a tree, then strolled on for a mile or so, the dog at my heels. ‘lisck, find and bring, Trcvrr i‘ I I said. and the dog was off like a shut. I waited. and wsiud. and visited fora con- sider.ble time. but no Trovi r. Presently, however. he csmeâ€" but without the note. ' llt back, find and bring,‘ I repeated. ’ or you shall know what stick means.’ it it in- stead of di ieg my bidding the animal came q-iite close to me sad dmp from his mouth at my leet. one after t e other. five brand-new gil lea sovereigur. He had not only found thonots, sin. but had us to the bank and excbsamd it. The inle ligence of my rot rieves' roll even the celebrated pointer Mr. Jip'gle, of Pickwickian renown. Lacs poaocued~ .0.- ‘Undes-zrouad Russia. L'adsnu'ound Russia has a bold. and for the out part vigorous. p riouicil press. Tue pnl’lsss if Loss! and Liberty boast that they have issued tilteun proclamations and pampl late; those of the ll's‘flef ills People claim to have put into circulation ten per. bulimia and thirteen pneismlious. or in all‘ 52.600 separate painted shoots. Abrmd. the units ' mp9! Baden anarch- ists issued 8,!!!) and two appeals to the is, while i Forward party pub- lishede bl phlelsand two welt. to of sheen We] the Prop is ssidtovsry from lbw to 3,000 or each ”‘3? 'ltil‘“ 3‘“ W“: er to . persons. may “:ng a small circulation. when [slits-nettle wiliswhieh ' tiouelthiskin anrsadsll ever to offer in place of hers. Igo down to tlielibrnry and lake from a closet a small pasteboard box. Largo black letters on its white iovcr announce, “I’lun- cliette: the Despair of Scicrce." I take from it an innocent-looking piece of board mounts upon four wheels. I break it up with an energy born of wrath. and throw ne pieces upon the glowing coals of the grate. Butas the flames in p upon it the iencil falls out; it rolls to my very feet. I aucy that it looks up at me with a grin of livuuish trium it. My brain whirls. I fccl that I am on t is way to Bedlam. l belhink me of Mary Stey uer s refuge from the uncan- ny, and begin to repeat the multiplication~ table, But, unhappily. arithmetic is not my stioug point. I do not It cl sure that seven times nine are sixty-three. I rush into the open air. A Week has gone by. We have had an influx of viiitore, and have been unusually t guy. Austicc has but little time to consult P the spirits, and I am very glad that it is so; but I watch in vain to see the color back in her cheeks. She is fitfully gay, but she is heavy-eyed, and 1 have seen traces of tears upon lie-r checks. Dr l-‘eiix retires to solitudeas soon as his duties with Uncle Rule are over, and we see little of him. I have ususpicion that ho is "investigating’ in the interests of science. and see a vision of him sitting in a rapt state with a pencil between his fingers, as I have seen him in the library. One day a square box comes by mail for him, and I feel monlly certain that, when the wrapper is taken off. “I‘lsnchetle, the Despair of Science," will be disclosed. Science may despair. but so long as the power of invesu- gsti n remains to him, llr. Felix will not. I do not sus ct him of my mysterious influence over astice. because I am sure that if he possessed such he would for at to use it in his real for investigating it. sry Steynif thinks that he does society because he does not like the sight of other men's st- lentions to Anstice. B it Ansu'ce receives the attentions of all men with an utter indifference tl st ought to till him with jov. if he is indeed her lovtr. I sin still use! is to grasp the idea of Dr. Felix as a lover. Perhaps the some mental obtusunses which makes mathematics 0. pus- sls to me makes Dr. Felix one also. Bit success to his investigations! I cry. If he can only convince Antics lbat it is no power outside her on brain that is plsyin these prsuknlshsliblessbim asleegss live. -â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"._____â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" FENELON uer or not while I dress for dinner one day, when Anstice bursts into the room. She has thrown a cloak hastily over her dinner-dress. and upon her head a scarlet hood, under which her face looks a ghostly white. “ Come with me, quick ! throw some- thing over you ! the carriage is ready ! ’ she gasps rather than says. “F or heaven’s sake, Mary, don't delay ! It is life and death l" A terrible fear chills me. Is Anstico in- sane! Is it the result of foolish tampering with the awful mysteries? But I have heard that it is well to humor the fancies of the insane. And, if I would, I do not feel the power to gsiusay her. there is such beseecbing in her look. I hastily dun my wrappiugs and follow her to the carriage. it is a wild. lcmpestuous night: the rain is poring in torrents. John. the ciachman, seldom permits himself to have any expres- sion of countenance. but thereis amildwou- der upon his face as he mounts the box and repeats, “To the â€"-â€" railroad-station, you said. miss? ’ “ Yes ; and quick, John l" slice. By thc light of the carriage lamp I try to decipher the writing on the crumpled paper which she hands me. It is one of those mis- erable back handed scrawls the sight of which I detest ! I read : “The \V’yncopc llridgc will give way when the express train from C strikes it at 6.13 tt-night. Charley}: on board", My first sensation is a thr-ll of nervous terror. 1 have been so startled by Anstice's mysterious excitement that I am all ready to quake at my own shadow. Bit in amo- rnent I look into Austicc's agonized face,and sav reproachfully, and with a smile, "Au- stice, how can you believe it, when you re- member how much that was false and non- sensicil you have been told in this way 2" “Never once has it been false when it came from mother, .\I iry,â€"uever once 1" says Austice. It is as useless to reason as it is lolaugh, and. in truth. I do not feel inclined to do the latter. " What if it should be true 2" I think. “ What are you going to do 2" I ask. But we have been whirling through the streets like mad, and even as I speak we stop at the statics. Anstice springs out of the carriage, and I follow. “ Hss the express-train left Red Disk 2" she demands of the clerk, who arouses slighll from his indifference to stare at; her white ace. ”Tole-graphed six minutes ago; be here in about thirteen minutes," he explaiuswith unwoutei exactness. Anstice shivers from head to foot. I think she is going to faint; but instead she sefzrs me with a. vice-like grasp and sweeps me back to the carriage. “ Down the Red Bank road l" she cries to J ohu. He thinks she is daft, and actual- ly hesitates and looks at me for a confirms» tion of the order. But once started we go like the wind. I try to fancy what she is going to do now that she cannot telegraph and stop the train. Perhaps she wishes to be there when the disaster takes place, to render lidp if any is possible. We know that Charley is IIIKtIY to be on the train ; we have heard that ho is expected home to- night, and this is the only train upon which he can come. That is know ledge which, to my mind, has a very different value from Anslico's “communications.” After what stems ages, but is in reality a very few minutes, we strike into the Red- Ilsnk road. For several miles further, in- deed, than the VVyncopo Bridge, the high- way runs parallel with the railroad ; but the railroad is built upon a steep bank, which we can dimly see towering above our heads in the darkness. . “I shall climb the bank, if it is not too late 1" says Anstice, as she sees me peering out into the darkness. “I shall take the carriagedsmp and swing it before the train i Pray. pray, Mary, that we may get as far as the bridge l” Her semblance of com- posure gives way now ; sbc urges John ; she tells him that life depends upon our haste ; and John fishes the horses to a fury. ‘ “ Anstice, what if you do stop the train? Think what reason you have to give for it l You will be a laughing stock, or they will say you are crezy,"‘I say. This is in one of the moments of coolness which alternate with those of Wild. cxcilcmeut,â€"-one of the mcmeuis in which I regard the ”communi- cations" as utter nonsense. “ Mary, do you suppcse such a considera- tion as that would weigh one u oment with the smallest risk to Charley's life? If Ican see him once more alive and safe, what shall I care for what people may say of me? God forgive me l I scarcely even think of the others on the train l The whole world is merged for me in him l” Still we are dashing on, and the minutes seem like years. I think of strange things. At one moment our expedition seems to me utterly absurd, and I restrain myself with difficulty from laughing wildly. The blood- curdliug title of a dime novel, which I have seen pasted upon a wall with an appropriate icturc, occurs to me: it is "The Msniac's Mad Ride : or, The Bride of Death." I want to repeat it to Austice, but remember. just in time. that she is not in a mirthful mood. In another moment I am seized b a horror of anxiety and suspense that can u but lit- tle less than Anstice’s. I believe so fully in the impending disaster that I can almost hear the crash and the shrieks and groans cf the wounded. I obey Austice's injunc- tion, and pray that we may be in time. We have almost reached the bridge. ”Stop here i" cries Austice to John. It is difficult to check the horses at once, and hAristice would leap out if I did not hold er. At that instant we see a flashing light; the thunder of the coming train bursts upon our ears. Around a curve it comes at all speed: it is within a few feet of the bridge. Austice screams, but her voice is drowned in the noise of the train. I cover my lace with my hands. The crash for which I listen does not come. The roar of the train grows louder u it sweeps almost over our heads, then gradually dies away in the distance. Then we hear the shrill blast of the whistle as it nears the city. There is light iuough to show us Wyncops Bridge standing as si lidiy ss ever upon its foundations. I burst into hysterical been. Austins lies back upon the cushions, her face covered with her hands. I think she is faint, but she suddenly uncovers her face. and I see a beatified look upon it. Until then I have not realized how much she has suffered. In a clear voice she gives John the order says An- B u'ursily inclined otake a cheerful? U0 "If! the hcrses hemewsrd. view things, 1 begin to believe that this I am thoroughly angry with in if for will be so. Austins will laugh at her "spin Mil-"ins. I" ‘ moment, mtbclpmls. Yet ’ of such stufl! I am glad that I did notrefure to comewith itualmanifesratious“as being ‘ sadness-s sremsde cased wedding‘belis willrin ansuch weird oonsenseoutofour bead. abehasfsllenin “which! did aetthiak ourAustie-ewould everdc.l alight! msghthatitiswith Charley. I malts-d iniuisginauon bestowing upon! tbeuny . AstorDr.l"slix,bewili undoubswuoiehinself by investigating theesusstbstmkslevs"nng aftsgiey. I an hampted to m llsrySte asrto himtupunish he: la 3 the t to aaasilmyeersuithtbewreteheddiscordci hiumecuplsdwithdnstus'a Ia-trylngtudecide whether thstmld , pencil. Auticeonthiswild-goose chase. There- sult cannotfsiltodes her faithandset herfreefromtlns‘pall .tbattricksysyrite who'dweilsin her little stumpof a black! was unanimity for which lbesrtrlyj applaud myself. I refrain from any rernsr which boars the slightest reflection upon Ansties's credulity. feeling sure that she is w deeply humiliated. when, just as the horns strike the city pavements. she seine- my hand and says, aged“â€" “Mary. I must bearethst he is safe. That message may have meant me- bs too seven a punishment for Mary Siey- . Ming 3“ jto Return FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, NOV. 10, 1883 ._._._.,_ I groan inwardly. Her faith, then, is not l completely shattered. But I stifle the groan as a sudden thought strikes me. It would be well to bring them together at once. j With asby and reserved nature like An- stice's, and a mud one like Charley's, there may yet is endless misunderstand- in g;'We might let John drive round to his house and inquire. It is not much farther," I say carelessly. Antics hesitates a moment, then says,â€" “ \ou tell him 1" And I gave the order to John. it is i, too, who send John up to the door to inquire whether Charley has come home. . After a moment's psi-lay we hear Charley‘s voice. “ What is it. John? Is anything the mat- ter 2" he says. Heedless of Austice’s detaining hand, I put my head out of the carriage door and call "Charley 1" He runs down the steps, the rain pouring upon his bare head. " Mary 1 Austice !" he exalaime in won- der, as I open the carriage door. Anstice puts forth her hand and touchis his. as if to satisfy herself that ho is real flesh and blood ; then she uttersaiittle cry, and falls forward unconscious on his breast. I will not let Charley carry her into the house, as he wishes, for I feel that explana- tions woull be diflicult to make. The Bram- halls are practical pen is, and if they were to be told that we had ecu driving at break- neck-speed through this tempest to inter- cept railroad-trains at the bidding of the spirits, they would feel it to be their duty to send for straibjsckets for us at! once. But I draw Charley into the carriage, and before Anstice returns wholly to ccnscious- ness I tell him all. To this day Ansticc will not be convinced that it was not spirits, and good ones, who sent us on that expedi- tion. But she promised Charley on their wed- ding-day that she would thereafter be con- tented with the society of spirits “clothed upon with flesh.” Dr. Felix informed me one day that he had carefully investigated the subject, and was more than ever convinced that the mys- terious scribbling was due to some “uncom- prehended physio force." But "the results were too frivolous and trifling to make the matter worthy the attention of science.” He has left us, now, to accept a tutorsbip in a college. W'e hear that he is soon to be married to a young German girl to whom he has been long betrothed. Mary Steyner has discovered that the prospcc' ive bride is peuuiless, and declares that she, Mary Stey- ner, has been grossly deceived in 1):. Felix, and that everything in this world is inconsistent,â€" except the multiplication- table. â€"Lippincou's. â€"â€"â€"â€"‘eo<~-->”â€"â€"-â€"â€" A New Version of an Old Story. The fair Imogene D‘Eustis had been wed- ded to the knighdy Samuel Higgins. The clergyman bud een banded two dollars in cash to pay for the sjlicing, the guests were filling themselves up with notables, and everything was sliding along as smoothly as a cider mill sailing downou a spring freshot, when all at once the bride was missing. Her newly-found husband looked under the table but she was not there. The guests separated to search. Some looked down the wellâ€"others down cellar-â€" others in the hen coop and smoke-house, and behind the pig-pen. No Imogene. Then some one said that she had been ub- diictcd, while others scoffed at tho idea of a girl weighing 196 pounds and having a scream which could be heard two miles, be- ing carried off in broad daylight, and in a. neighborhood where the Democrats had over 200 majority. A detective was called in. He looked at her old shawl. measured the length of her shoes, and decided that it was a mysterious affair. He would take the case if dc sired, but would not promise any satisfactory so- lution under a year and a half. The fair Imogeue’s father ha ln't betrayed much excitement up to this point. The wed- ding feast was the first square meal ho had tackled for six months, and he wanted to fill up before giving way to emotion. He was now full. He turned around upon the excited and distrtsscd guests, commanded them to hush their huliaballoo, and disap- peared upstairs. When the coy Imogene slipped away from the feast it was to see if her husband would mini and follow her. She slid up- stairs, mounted to the gurret. and after brushing the cobwebs off her nose the ad- vanced to the big blue chest in the corner. This chest had been made to' hold her father’s government bonds. and was hooped with iron and provided with a s ring lock, which never cost less than a dollar. Her mission was to hide in the chest and see if her husband would be soft enough to climb up there and throw up the lid and call peek- a-boo. As the reader knows he wasn't the man to catch on. The old man D'Eustis walked up-stnirs and made his way t) the garret through the same trapdoor the bride had used. He thought she might be up there to take alast farewell look at the catnip, moldy school books and broken spinning-wheels. - He could not see her. He called aloud, but the whistle of the tug on the river wrs the only answer. He turned to go, but something whispered to him that perhaps he might find a plug of tobacco or a bottle of stomach hitters in the old clust. He advanced with beatiu heart and threw up the lid. “ by, pop, is this you I" cried the fair Imogene as she sprang up and ripped her bridal dress clear down the back. “ Yes. this is me 2" growled the old man, "and what the jimcrucks are you doing here 3" ” Hiding from Sam." “ I‘ve a tarsal mind to box your ears, big as you are i Here you've raised a regular city convention all over the house, spoilt a dress which cost me SH with the making. upsot your mother, and scart old Mrs Spigot into a tit l" “ Please, pop, l-â€"-” ”You git! Drsp youiszlf throu h the trap hole. skip down there and tel the crowd that you don't know beans when they're untied." And the bride got. And her husband was so mad that be burned up a free railroad pass to Chicago, and her mother cried, and her father went off down town to play poker, and, taken all in all, the coy bride and the s ing lock business didn't pay ten cents on e delta-Detroit Free Press. mm. The Beckie ham, N. 0., Registerollleeds received the (gnawing postal card a few days unce : nut. Dan. lLâ€"I write aged cult if‘gehr‘eis an we to money .ss w vs y y {hiss License as the KI: has t the went back on me and Run away. know soon. if Respectfully, 4 "I fill the Hill," said Willis when he got into his mother’s preserve closet. "And I foot the Bill.” remarked pups, overbearing hissoiilsqusy. ABDUL BAKED AT HOME. A Familiar Chat With Royalty. .\Ir. Hewitt, member of Congress for New York, has been received by his Majesty at 1 special audience at the Yildiz Kiosque. Mr. Hewitt was accompanied by General Wallace and the chief in reters of the Legation. The Sultan chstt very familiarly with Mr. Hewitt, who thus des- cribes his interview:â€" Driving out to Yildiz we passed through the well laid out and well protected palace gardens. Reaching the main entrance we were received by Munir Bey and introduced to the ambassador, who ushered us at once into the presetce of the Sultan. His Maj- esty came forward as I entered, and bold- incy out his hand shook mine ins very frank, cordial manner. Then. leading the way to- ward a sofa at the ollicr end of the room, he bade inc be seated in a large armchair on one side, while he directed General “'11!- lace to take possession of a similar one on the other side. There was a total absence of courtly cli~ qucttc and ceremony. There were no son vents and no guards about, the only person present besides ourselves and the Sultan being Muuir Bey. I felt just as much at ease as if I were vsiting any private gentle- man in New York. A good twenty minutes were occupied in an interchange of camp“- ments and mutual enquiries after curb othcr's health. Then we got on to some in- teresting topics. The French Ambassador had been having an audience with tho Sul- tan in the morning. Referring to this, and to the fact that in both America and France the form of Government was Republican. the Sultan remarked.â€"“ The stability of your institutions in the United States is ow- ing to the absence of politicians. a super- abuudance of which in France is such a dis- turbing element." msxcs sxp AMERICA. Seeing that the Sultan was, in his own mind, comparing the tranquility of the United States with the cfl‘ervcscruco of France, I endeavoured to explain the great difference between the two Republics. I had to give a sketch of the. history of Am. erica. but his Majesty was exceedingly nt- tentivc, and I found him very quick in seiz~ ing my ideas. The Sultan observed:-â€"”I have heard that you are likely before long to become a member of the Government. Al- low mc to congratulate you upon the said Government being that of the United States, and not of France. I am very fond of the American nation. because it har- bours no designs and pit-fails against my empire.” His Majesty was very anxious to impress me with the idea that perfect religious free- dom existed throughout; the empire, and that the followers of all crccds were equally protected by law. His Majesty suid:â€"“In some respects a Christian has the advantage of a M'ozlem, as, for instance, in the settle- ment of debts, when Christian creditors are paid first. Moreover, Jews have over and over again come to Turkey to avoid pcrsc- tion in their native countries. Must of the Eurcpcan'che in Turkey have descended from Spanish Jews who fled from Spain and were granlel homes in Turkey at n. time when no Christian country would receive them. Most of the Jews in Turkey still continue to speak Spanish.” A LEADING QUES'l'lnX. The Sultan finally asked me what I thought about his country and its condition. I naturally felt; great hesitation in giving a reply. It would have been unbecoming on my part to criticise freely what I had seen, or to have thought of giving his Majesty a lecture on the duties of government. I made some commonplace remarks, shelter- ing myself from further questions on the subject under the excuse of my limitcd op~ portuuity of observation. His Majesty struck me as bcimg a perfect gentleman. His manner w.s exceedingly courteous and friendly, tinged, however, with a little nervous anxietyâ€"not. shyness or timidity, but just that amount of hesita- tion :is betrayed the Sultan’s fears that he might. be asserting himself too much, when his desire was to lace himself on a conver- sational levcl wit his guests. He seemed a man of great intelligence of thought. ”is intellect, I should say, was rather of a meta- physical ordcr and his mind was given to searching out and studying details rather than considering subjects generally. His Majesty, as we presented our odious, desir- ed me to write to him when in New York. oâ€"«pâ€"v Cape] on Culture. “ The whole discussion," said the lecturer, “ turns upon this single fact : Docs all end with death 3’ If so, we might say. asthe Apostle Paul has observed, ‘ Let us out and drink, for tomorrow we die.’ Eat if we take that life as but a stepping-stone to a greater cxrstencc, to that which is never to end, thtn must the character of our educa- tion be ofanothcr kind. I take itfor grant- ed that the audience is fairl Csristian ; but jet I will deal with the doc le question. I will deal with the scculir part, and then with wool; is required in Christian education. There should be a physical, intellectual and moral training. Elucation in its true sense must cover the whole field. If the intellect alone is cultured and the will neglected, education only becomes a powerfor indulging the will. There must be education of both head and heart. If hot, man, instead of being educated becomes a deformity, and his intellect is spoiled or dwarfed. So far as the thorough education of both body and intellect is concerned, we are at one with the sscularisls. We advocate the full dc. velopment of both. and join hands with the secular party in this respect ; but we are not iinmindful of the fact that the body is to be subject to the spirit. " The body, however, must be brought into subjection and treated with a certain amount of severity in order to make it sub- servient in carrying out the intellectual work we have to do. When memory and imagination have developed themselves, thrn comes out the power of thinking. You can tell a child 5 or 6 years of age the strangest stories, and it will hubi is over in the dc- lights of its imagination to listen to the most amazing exaggerations; but if you preo sent a problem in arithmetic or algebra to its mind. it becomes irksome. Pacts must be gradually presinted to the memory and imagination, so that the child may be able to see and. observe and think for itself. live thing should bcdone to enrich its vo- cabu y and draw out its descriptive powers and to give promptitudc to its faculty of memory, but there is an obligation upon the Christian to do more. “'c are made not merely for this world, but for the next." 0â€"“-.. . ~ _, surnames. In the case of Mary Ann Miller against Ste en Bsck, an action to recover damages for h of promise of marriage, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of 81,i08.3.'l. The case was a novel one. The parties were first cousins. and both have reached and tly passed theprimeof life. The plain ' was homkupu for the defendant. and told how be had addressed her in the usual country style of courting. Whensskedifhebadever kissed her, she said, "More than abundred thounnd times." 'I‘heverdictshegsined is at the rate ofs eentfmskil. withslittleinmest thrown In». LID' NAPPED WEIR A CHILD. A Let! who Believes Himself the Long- Lemmas-10180”. Charles Augustus I’iukhsm, who believes himsef to be the long- lost Charley Rots. tells a remarkable story: “ I was picked up in the street in Philadel- hia, put on board a steamboat. taken to oston, thence by rail to Portland and Win- terport. I was kept in a large house in which there seemed to be a great many children, but I did not see any of them for a very long time, and I did not see a woman all the time I was there. After about two years they let a girl come to my room to [lay with me once in a while, and some- times let us go out in the yard to play. It was a large yard, with high fences allaround it. The iil's name was Fanny Prescsil, and she said that a man named Jesse James stole her from Brazil. From the girl I after- wards lctrned that the men who stole me were Jesse James, Pinkham, and two men named Davidson. I’inkham was a very tall man, the fullest man I ever saw. Jesse James was not so tall, but was a good-sized man. J siiics was of dark complexion. line of thc Davidsons wore a black moustache, and the other side whiskers. James was coiiiinouly called Jesse by the rest. Jesse went with me when I was first taken, but did not stop long, After a long time the girl Funny and I were taken on board of a vessel riggcd like a burquc. and were taken to the Sout licrn coast. It might have btcn ‘0 Texas, but any way it was where it was warm. Hu‘e Jesse J amcs and the others came on board and brought their horses with them. The horses would come when called, and would act lxkc circus horses do. There were slalls for the horses on each side, and ascotim of the broadside of the bar mm was so fixed that it could be moved, and when we made a port they would run out a plat- form, take their horses and ride oli‘. Jesse and the rest seemed to own the bark, and managed it as they pleased, and when they went on shore would leaves. largo man in charge, who was kinder to as children than the rest. The bark was nothing more than a. pirate, and once we were chased by a out for but escaped. Tho barque was loaded with lots of things, and had many guns on board. ' By guns I mean rifles. At last we made a thrill port in Brazil, and the large man was left alone on board. He had [been drinking. I suppose, for he opened the door of our room and said: 'liere, you children, come out,’ and then be told us in go. The girl took me. and we went ashore and wandercl around fora while, and at last went to a S aaish hots-l and sta cd thorc thrce days until the barquc sailed. Finally we passage to New York. That was about five cars ago. After we got on' share the girl told me that my name was Charley Ross, and she told me always to remember it. It sccmed to bring things back to me when she called me Charley Ross, and I remembered things I had forgotten, I learned to cook and shipped on tbc barquc Ada (' irtcr, from Rosina to lira zil. and Fanny went with me. She wanted to lind out about her people and leariicd that her futliu‘ and mother were both dead. \thn we got back she went to live at Lynn, and was at work in a shoe shop. From Lynn she went to Lawrence, whom she was at work in one of the shoe shops in the finishing ro nu when I heard from her lust. I saw lltl‘ list about two years ago. I then slii mud in the J. l). lrsyzon, bound from Fall River to South Amu'ica, and on the way I was very sick with a lover. My hair came off, and when it came out again it was darker than it had been; When I was sick things seemed to come back to me some way. and I knew that I was Charley Ross, but. I did not know who Charley Ross was. I ncvcr rend abouk about Charley Ross, and I never heard of Charley Ross t xcrpt what Fanny said, until about two years ago. I can read a little, and make letters, but don't know how to put them together. While on board with Jesse and the rcst,‘ I expected to be killed, I heard one of them say once. ‘ What shall we do with the boy 1" and the others said, ‘ We'll kill liun.’ They didn’t give me enough to out smictimes, and than some- times they’d whip me. This year I was in the schooner Lizzie M. Stewart, and we landed at a place called “'i‘ntcrport, and I went nsliorc with the Csptuin; while there I saw a large building and a lot of rocks and things near the house that looked natural to me. Stiil it might not have been the lace. I don't know who I am, of course. ut I think I am Charley Ross, I think Mr. Ross must be my father, and I want to see him.” Pinkliem is very ignorant and is unable to recall names, except by a great effort. and is rather confused about 0 ilinary matters, but he appears to be very honorable in his feelings, and to cherish a real affection for the mother he cannot reca'l. His great dc- sire now is to see Mr. Ross. feeling confident he can prove himself to be the real ('harlcy Ross. lle relics chiefly (n the hope that Frank James ma be induced to tell what he knows about iim. If Frank Jaime fails to respond in the way he desires. he declares his purpose to make a personal appeal to him to light the great wrong done by his brother. â€"â€"-â€"a-OO 1-5 0‘ ”â€"fl Another Balloon prerimont. The St Louis Globe Democrul has the fol- lowing item rcspccting .\l. (lentil. the in. vector of the balloon, of which our \Ynsfurn contemporaries have lately had considerable to say: M. (lentil was a medical practitioner in France, but owing to political reasons he came to America in l862. and settled in St Inuisas a locksmith. It has been his life dream to make an air ship, and be has con- structed four different machines. each sus- ceptible of im rovemcnt. The final effort is a cigar she balloon, with compart- ments, is rudder at the thick end, and screw shaped sails at each side to raise or lower the altitude. He claims that he can steer his air ship at will, work his pinions, and raise her when the lifting power of the gas is exhausted. The whole is enclosed in a network, from which depends the car sup- ported by a series of gu s. ropes, stays, and gaskets, hsvin the loo and gearin of the main deck an bulwarks of a ful rigged ship. The model is suspended from the ceiling of his little shop in St. Louis, and is his idol." It is for the scientific public," .‘.l. (lentil said, " the work of my life ; and shall I, then. prostitute my grand work by puttin it upon exhibition at ten cents a head, ike a stuffed whale or petrified h . I want no money. I give it to the pcop e, and I am happy." Au Pair. “ What kind of a man is he 1'" asked a gentleman about a young society man. "0h, he's mighty popular with the women." " Is be intelligent .'" “ No, not particularly. You see there's not much demand for intelligence in so- ciety." ” Does he dance 2" " ll! course." “ Knows what's going on is tbsatricsis, music. kc?" "0! course:" "An [oil in or thing I seems i" “ Well. I don't now w thee he owes Pay or not. but I know hecwes about every man of my acquaintance. Who is Pay 3 I'll look him it him, too. I'll the docs." ransom“. aiascuirns. What the World of Fashion and lutelll- i genes is Swing and Doing. Mary Anderson‘s portraits are enriching the London photograph rs. I Mr Clinton Run-i \‘cll pix-poses aluminium :as :s nevi c~ruzl itiug n ulmzu. l ‘ Cooper rent. of all taxes collected in SJ“ j Irsncisuo is paid by “idliim 8 area. Pio‘fcswr Cope. tic naturalist. diu‘rs er. Seth ivn‘cn's assertion that trout can. "u l l i l foot hcar. De Solo‘s bones are taking their journey from llxlens. Ark-emu, to the Siiiitusouiau lInstitule a: \\'sshiugton. l linen Albert Salvador. of the Paris liga- ro, is to make a book about his Western . trip with President Arthur. ‘ .\l. Grevy, the President of the French Republic, has just received a present of u psuthur from an African king. The youngest dau hter of the famous David ( rockett, Mrs. stilda Field. is liv- ing. at the age of sixty~two,in Tennesse. Mark Twain. on seeing a place called "Rattle Lawn." owned by a leather luau. asked why they didn't cal it “liide Park." There are two colored women lawyers in the United States, Louisa V. Bryant. of Colorado, and Mary A. S. Cary. of Michi gun. A son ol the late Governor John A. Aii~ ilrew, has lately married a Miss Theyer. of Boston, the fortunate owner of eight million dollars. The famous and delightful English uulur~ alist Rev. John George Wood. M. A.. I“. L. S.. is coming to the United States to lecture. _ Judge David Davis is said to be prudent in the expenditure of his vast wealth, but to be liberal in giving, having a big heart in his big body. Robert Burdctte, of the Burlington ”airl- cw, has a brother, the Rev. Charles Edward Burdottc, who has just sailed for lndia as a missionary. Csmpaniiii's brother, C colonic, who is twenty-three years old. and made his debut as a director in Panama, is Mr. Abbey’s ll-l- sistaut conductor. Mr. Flood, uf bonanza fame. is to biiiid a brown-stone pilscc, lit to lodgel ii fortunes, in Ssh Francisco, where, owing to earth. quakes, wood has hitherto been preferred. The Rev. Thomas 1‘3. Green of (‘hicagm whose subject on Sunday morniii v last was, j‘ The Newspaper and Iiow the l evil Uses it,” said tint Noah’s dove was tho first rc- porter. The shop in which Andrew Johnson labnr~ ed as a tailor still stands in Grccnvillc, 'I‘cii- uessee, and is now occupied by a colon-d family. The President is buried in the same town. Miss llutty Cracker has just started from San Francisco with Lord and Lady Water- loo fora tour round the world. She is the heiress of some forty million dollars. and is a very sciisiblc gill. Mr. I". J. Smith, a country coroner in Arizona, has four gold lisli books that he found in a placer in South America, and which without doubt arc the work of prehis- toric South Americans. Tli_c observations of llr. Woolkof, the Russian iiictcorol )gist, show that during the cold waves of winter the greatest cold is got :1 found in the plains and valleys, owing to radiation from the soil. Mrs. Ralph Waldo ll ncrson, now eighty- tliroo years old, left her i'ctirciucnt for the first time (time lll'l‘ husband's death to be present at the wuddiiig, in llJrchustcr, of Ir. ()scrir .licksou. her urpbc-v. 'l‘hc favorite pct of Midiimc Puiiisi is a cat culled .‘ilctlmszdnm; of Agnes llootli, u p i'rut ; of Mrs. M :ch Rankin. n .\l cxicnii dog; while Ada Dayna delights in white inicc, Fanny Davenport in some fish in a aquarium. and Mary Anderson has a pie- sion for flowers. At the marriage of Miss Miller, a dangli- ter of the latcly dcccascd partner in tho Parker House, Boston, to the Rov. Francis Baker. of Newport, the six bridesmaids worc Gainsborough huts. and tho officiating clcrgymaii was assisted by three rcvurcn-l brothers of the groom. The story told by the C ilogiic (Roselle us to how it cum“: to pass that King Alfonso bccume honorary Colonel of the Uiilnus eta. lioncd at Strasburg, if not true II at least wcll invented. 'I‘nci'c were two regiments of Uhlans available, it sccms, and the uni. forms of both were submitted to the King, who preferred the one with yellow culls. Miss Emily Mc'l‘avish, a noted Baltimore hello, a. famous iqucstricnnr and liuntrmw, a granddaughter- of General Winfield Scott. a grandniccc of the Duchess of Loads, of L'idy Stafford, and of Marcliioricss Wollon- ley, a connection of Madame lions urtc's and a descendant of illiurlcs Cairo I, has just taken religious vows and cutcrcd tlm cloistcr. Queen Isabella, who has spent much of her time and all bur money in Paris, is furi- ous with the reception given to her son, with whom she is now on excellent terms. She is about to dispose of her hotel in tho l’urc Monccuu, and shake the dust of Paris off her feet, a proceeding which all would rc- grct except her husband, who would thin be spared the formality of leaving his I'tl'il once a year at her cx-hlnjcsty'n rusidcricc. Ismail Pasha is said to have olfcrcd .1 good round sum for the establishment. -â€"-â€"-â€".OO 4-.‘POOâ€"â€"-â€"<~ An Old Russian. A case of extraordinary longevity is r0. ported by Russian papers from a Ilflllltlzr )inn province, wbcru Ssytchuk, a man of above 130 years, cnjyys perfect iicsltli and strength. but his white hair has a greenish lingo. lie is a Little Russian by birth and settled in llessarubia when it was yet under 'i'ursish dominion. ills eldest son who in more decrepit than his father is 87 years old. The village of 120 houses, where Sivtclink now lives, has risen from one cottage, which he built a long time ago with the help of a friend, and is exclusively inhabited by di- rect descendants of the first two inhabitants. The tribe of the Ssvtchiiks ii composed of fifty families, which live in pest-.2 and 'quiet without ever going to law. - â€"â€"-â€"-â€"er 4‘.'>ee-â€"â€"â€"~--« < now it Happened. “0 was a bank tiller. llc had been sent olfon a vacation, his books overhauled, and be had been found 80,000 short. This fact stared him in the face as he sat amidst the hard of Directors. “ Now, then," slid the President. “I prim sume you acknowledge tin: cmlunlcmeut!" “ l eiu." " And how did you um: the money 2'" “In speculiting " “ In what 1’" " Well, I was a bull in .\, l', 7. railroad stocks, but tin-re was too much against me. ldidn't have a fair show to malts any. thing.” “ Whyâ€"bow l' “ Well, while I was using 89,000 of the bank’s money iolmll the stake, the cubic! was putting up $20,000“: bear them, and so I lost all !" â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"‘H1-.‘V"~'â€"'_~ An English National Apple Congress. The first National Apple Congress was a ued recently in the great crmservs of s ltqysl Horticultural Gardens. Chisw ck The only object of the congress is the nom- enclature of apples. and no prises are offered for the exhibits. The axial liters re resent every county in Great Britain and reland, and dishes of a les have also been sent from Sweden and -ersey. There is altogether a display of 7,000 dishes, representing “5000 different sorts of sp les; and it is the task of the judges to stermiue the number of varieties seat. and to clusify them. The county of Kent is the lamest contributor. and is followed b “uninhibi- disses, Hereford and Uxfor . The Queen has on exhibition the lsr e contribution of ill? varieties, which have a grown in the and see if he doesn't owe royal gardens. The congress is thoroughly eilecsuousl. e