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Oscar“ lite on A It: A large audit-ice lmlillllrd at the Cryv lrl Palace rccvn'ly 2,, h-ar Mr. Om “dd-2’s lecture in his mum scum and “perm CL“! of Austria. Mr. Wilde (who i as dimvlzd kiicc-lirmlics and resumed t;.e prim c trousei) paid tlat ihe Anterâ€" li‘tn are ti e noi lat people i-. the world, will” national new; blank is latching Harlin. I'rnniiyltuiia, with its rocky Lufécl and w-odluid scenery, reminded fun of Switzerlrnrl ;thu prairie of apiece of brown blotting paper. EVcrythmg LI twice as hrgeas u should be; everywhere is twicu a» far as it should be. He visit oil Ixailvills, the chief characteristic of whose inhabitants is tho costant use a! the revolver. He lectured to them upon “llcnvenuto Cellini, His Lifcaiid Works," and was rcprovul by his hearers for not having brought. that artist With him. The explanation that he had been dead for some little time elicited the inquiry, “Who ll“): hiinl" Among the more elder- ly iiili sliiusllts of the south he found a melancholy tuiilcncy to date every event if imp rtance by the late war. “How ln-aurimi the moon is iii-night!" be time ieuxirkcd to a gentleman who was sland- iig lit xt to him. "Yes," was the reply, "but you should have set-n it before 1h..- var." So infinitesimal did he find the knowledge and appreciation of art ms: of the Rocky Mountains, that an art pat- ion»-â€"one who . in his day had been a miner _ actually sued the railway company for damages because the plaster cut of Venusof .llilo, which he had imported from Paris, had been delivered minus the arms! And, what was more surprising still, he gained his case and damages. .â€".-..- ._..._.._. -o’ .____..._ ___...- Exercising the Devil Fears of the devil seems to be more the character of Chineiie rel gion than love of God, and whontlicse ignorant. dwellers on the water experience some accident they promptly “Lauri. to means of driving his rather Satanic majesty back into the water whciice he cam». You can not take a walk along the llund without i n- - bitterly ; he always cared more for Noral countering over and over again illusim- lions of this intionnl tendency. Joss sticks will be burning aboard the sam- pens, or the snapping of tireâ€"crackers at your elbow in niidwiiiter Will nearly CdX'ly you off from your feet. lnqniro what it means and you will be told that an of- f-irt is being made to “drive .loss away." “no of the most curious notions popular- ly entertained (and one at which the Chinese are fond of pointing as evidence of their superior reverence for that which is literary) is a scrupulous preser- v.ition of any paper which may have writ~ i:.g upon it. If this paper must be de- bun-yell, it is solemnly consigned to tho ll lint-S ; but. the custom is to preserve all bits thus written upon. Letters are al- ways kept in the household filed away for future icfercncu; and as Chinese letters coiisrst of long strips of paper, it is cus. tom try to paste all letters of a single cob respondent together. _.__. .MH-.â€"â€"o Luxurious Canine l’cls. Little dogs nro growing nioru luxurious evuiy day. Mats, rugs, and biscuits, I'l‘llllilllL'fl in cream nro made ready for: them at. tho fushionablo dressniakcr's while they and their mistresses are wait. ing to bo titted. The little dog must have ii palulot of volvot biimmcd with fox, so that hi.- carries tho conquered skin of his ln-i'i.~ili’:iry ctiumy on his back. in tho inoining, when ho is not paying visits, he wmrs a pniincr palctot of flannel lincd Willi scarlet, with the monogram of his house cini-roiilorcd on tho track and a‘ gorgct coming up high under his bell~ hung lmthcr collar, with also a bunch of limveis on tho lelt shoulder. For his afturiiooii drivo his coat is lined and, fun-ii with silk, and the collar is of velvet. lf tho Wuittlit'r is below zi-m, ho wears scalskin ; and for tr.m-lling, the Campbell or Murray tartan,with red leather homes. and reins. Dog-collars aro made of massive gold and silver, with diamonds, Ulllt'l‘llltli, opals and ruhics spoiling out the name of tho favourito. Lot us hopo thit these are of imitation stones, else 'l'my, llliinchc, and Sweetheart. will get stolun for other than their own intrinsic merit, lllINtH‘tcl‘ great that may bu. Two very stately lion poodles, with their fair llildlrcri‘l, walk ovi-ry day in tho Fifth nvciiuu. They are said to be worth their weight in silvui'.-â€"-Ifurper's Biiziir. l ""_ l .. “.M‘waw.“ They Said lllm ii llolo lie wai telling tho story in tho billiard- ro on of at Denver Hotel. Said lieâ€" “ l‘hcru were threo of us, you see, and Novada was acold climate for us. We were (bad broke, half starvcd, and clear d-scouragod, wlnn along camu a New Yul ker. [in Wouldn't play cards, wouldn't lm robbed, and we couldn't stick him with forged laud paten's or bogus pre- oniptions. “no day no trailed out and dug a hole into a hill and salted it a hit, iinl riidicil back and olfei‘cd the New \'.uk-.-r the b‘g discovery for $3,0C0 cash down." "And ho liitli' “Took right. li-ild illu‘ a pair of pincers. Why he never stoppcl to bind us down. We got a cool thousand iipiicii, and made for‘Frisco." “l'nrzy cool that was." “Well, 1 dunno. if ”min “'43 anything cool in that trans- action it was lllt‘ way that New Yorker llllfilh‘il up a Pill-ll, set minors to Work, imiulit machinery, and took over $751),- Utld will. of that in" hole inside of eight. inontlisf Maybe we got our feeling flu“, but i guess not." .â€"â€" “â€"4.. 1-... .\ ilarri-l l‘oaf-Ulllcc. llun'. up on your map llio Straits of .\l igv ion; look at tho mountains hung- 1",: our; imagine the pout of rock that. loans the farthest out, and think of a bar ll'l hung ly a iii-my chain swinging there. That is n pint-nuke 3 The xmstmsster dovsu't stay upthi-ro to deliver the mails, ant no lKIAIIIlJII unlocki it; in fact it has on key. Yet it is .\ grand old [msbollictn Ships coming along that way stop and fish out no k igis of precious lettcrs that have boon dr. ppi-d therein. are if they can find any that want to travel their way. and, if so, they take tin-m on ; iti thoir place they leave a package winch is to go in air . other di echo“, and sumo day a ship Cornea alonx. studies the direction of that pu‘kagx‘, "All. I can take that,“ and away she sails. And tho biml swingg, dozuz lutltth‘ day by day without being watched. wailing joy to many hvarts, A-._â€"â€"â€"_-so- o«-oo~â€"â€".â€"â€"._._ A Japanese lawyer is hurt. .ludgoa Allison and Biddle, of Philadel- phia, haul the pleasant tho other day of having intndueed to than lhnister ll. )lmugcnia, A .lafuncso of high rank, who had been ant to Eur I by his gov. eminent in unity and tau mined toilic bum England. lie was about five feet tum inches in in ig‘it, but had an uncom- monly large bud and a in ii, bruit! ‘2'?!" heal. He wore gold cyx- g and had his thidi, straight hair cut in a stylo arr prim-aching the bang lie was communion: in all his action; lie I lie English al- most without ace-out. l is said be had gone to Europe b vuyof the Suchanal and is now on his on home, by way of the United 5m... and a... Pauli; in and that lic intends to practios la- at h we and midst that ho had «ruin ink comment: in legal forms to august to government. VOL. 3le. CUPllll'l‘Y AND Cltlll .j CHAPTER X-I-{Iâ€"liâ€"Cosnsrzn, l The color died slowly out of Mrs. i Bruce's face-11 naturally florid fa-o, inf which pallor became ghastly. She looked ; round her with wide frightened cycs, and said, in a hoarse whispeiâ€" l “ Why do you talk of that awful timely now 5" : Cristino met the startled glance With 3! cold and cruel smile. I “ Because it has all come back to me; to-nrght with tho sight of Vance ; he has; lieV‘ui‘ iorgiven uiu buia’a-hatliâ€"hc ticver. . And he will aVcnge her now byl n will. preventing this marriage 1 i There was a dull assured conviction in! Ctisiine’s tone which decidedly frighten-l ed Mrs. Bruce ; but. she answered quick- 5 l â€"â€" . g y " What in iisense ! Crirtinc, you have! never done your brother ju=ticc; you, wrong him shamefully now. Nina's; troubles, poor, mni, unhappy child, are; all done with and forg 'ttcn ; and, if you, did not aâ€"â€"a little uiiiiiviscdly in her: affairs, he has no special right to resent. it. I. “ lie obligates the righ'," Urintine said titan for norâ€"perhaps that was why I i hated her so fiercely. He will sacrifice l me to her memory now." | “ llut how can he, child I" “ flow can he 2 Oh, the task it ill be very easy l Liiti-n, mother. Israel Bon- juda cares for me and me only. Nothingl in my position or surroundings will alien- i ate his regardâ€"l have his Woid for that. l But in me ho will have neither speck nor l blemish. I must. be exactly what hol thinks me, or I shall not. be his wife." " Will l" Mia. Bruce iiitcrjected, mi Cristina paused with glittering eyes andl sharply iiidrawn breath. , “ Well, Vance will refuse to speak tol me, as he has refused to open my letters. l The Baron, naturally curious as to the! cause of our quarrel, will question and in- l Vt-stigate ; and thonâ€"-â€" You miy guess: tho rest," she finished with a short bitter: laugh. Mrs. Bruce both looked and feltl thoroughly dismayed, and at a loss for consolation. lIer children had always been impracticable, and altogether be‘l yond hcr guidance. It was quite possiblo that, Vanco, urged on by the burning in- dignation ho had shown at the time of Nora's death, might now take vengeance on Cristina; but in liel‘ heart of hearts she did not think it probable. With all , his faults, her scapegraco son had always been loving and soil-hearted. Surely slio, his mithcr, whom in all his wander- ing and alienation he had never foigottcn, could move him still 1 “ You fears are far-fetched and improb- ablo," she said hurriedly, for the slitr'uctc music was drawing to a close, and she knew Benjudi would soon be back ; “but We will take care to give them no solid. foundation in fact. You and Vance must not meet first in the Baron's presence. You know how easy it is to talk your brother over ; trust me for the rest." Cristina shook her fair head dcspond- cntly. Perhaps some faint stirring of, conscience reminded her ho .v thoroughly shu deserved her punishment, and forbade her to hope for escape; still there was something in her mother's words. The cloud on the white brow grow a shade lighter, the lips were less cruelly coni- pressed, and when, a little later, hcrlovcr returned, very flushed and sclfâ€"complac-I em and smiling, very apologetic too for the length of an absence that. had seemed to her extremely short, she was able to smile up in his face, and chitin him with pn-ttily tranquil grace for his desertion of their box. " l‘huro was metal more attractive on the other side of the footlights, no doubt," she said, with a demure dump of the white lids. “Tho young lady in tho canary-colored gown is an exceedingly pretty porsunâ€"â€"-” l “ And a very charming person nlso,"' agreed the Baron gully, as he drew up his , seat between the two women and propar- ‘ ed for further onjoymcnt. “ She is an . old friend of mine too ; and we had, naturally a few remarks to exchange. ‘ But it. was not Miss Lovingo who tie-i taiiiod mo." “ it was Vance l" Mrs. Bruce asked? eagerly ; and again Ilenjuda shook his sleek black head, amused by their ovidonti curiosity. ' “ Not altogether Vance, though I saw, l spoke with, and congratulated him. By- tlmway, he is a very lino young fellow, Mrs. llruce ; he and I will bo capitalI friends. I know the coming man when 1| ‘ see him, and generally nianago to make » his :10 uaintauco too," ho added, with his l genial little chuckle of admiration for his own clcvcrncss. “ llut, if Vanco did not dotain you, who did 1" Cristina asked, bringing him back to the point. with languidly pcrsist~ cut curiosity. to her, but she was conscious of an odd desire to ku‘IW. “ A lady." said lienjnda gravelyâ€""a lady, though not the one in tho canary- ciilired gownâ€"an old friend of mino, and a very handsome women, though a little past her first youth. You may have met dealâ€"Indy Olivia Blake." CHAPTER XXIII. “ My dear Arthur, your eyes are heavy, l lad your face is paleâ€"that means anotherl night. You must see Sir James to-day. “ ltideod I must not," Arthur Beau- pvu answered, looking up into his mother's anxious face with a haggardly atl’xtionste smile,“ he suffered hertoarrang ’ fL-rtiiblo chair and hover round him in her tender mother-fashion. aickd'ut, mother, and want nothing but a little fresh air now." " But your wound has been troubling you w u again, dear . Arthur undilni a little abstractcdly. - sho said gracefully. ' crusllest. fem“; they hWel'ed 0"" and fil‘Vflys‘If not dead, if not in that one safe spot'that it was time for the appearance of g . ‘ -by their wealth has come to them are It really uiattorcd nothing. cal Weakness. even his mother thought him little changed. and began to nourish faint hopes that love and hope would bloom again in the cruelly darkened life. “ There is his cousin Claire Fontayue," she Wuultl think. “The child is good as gold, and waits on him like a sisterâ€"tin heiress too. andâ€"oh, if my poor boy would only forget and give his lit-art to little Claire, he might be happy even cf. 1" . With an innocent diplomacy, she con- trived that Miss Fonmyue should be much with her in these “ convalescent " daysâ€" and in one way at least her efforts were crowned with success. This shy, romantic little girl was very much disposed to idealâ€" isu and worship hor handsome cousin, - who, in the character of wounded hero, was naturally doubly attractive. But Arthur's manner from first to last was simply and frankly kind. Mrs. Beaupro could no: flatter herself that his heart was touched. But her faith was large in time and the magic influence of companionship, and she hoped on gallantly still. But she was not thinking of her project as she watched her son's Worn face. “ Your own prescription is best, dear," “ Fresh air shall be your only doctor. We will go for a long drive." - “ And deprive Claire of the Albert Hall concert, after your promise to chaporon lit-r’l" Arthur asked with a faint smile. " She will be in despair if dcaraunt Beau- pro abandons her." “ Dear aunt Beauprc's " study of contending feelings. “ I had forgotten Clairo,"sho admitted voxcdly ; “ but do not mind that, Arthur. The child can go some other time. She is a dear unselfish littlo thing, and will only be too delighted to renounce a pleasure for you." “ The more reason that we should not face was a | suffer her to do it," Arthur said very de- cidedly. There was a half-sorrowful, half-angry recognition of his mother’s project in the young man's thought. Did she think, because Nora’s mime never passed his lips, that the (load girl was forgotten? Did she think that the heart in which his unhappy love was shrined would ever upon to another tenant? _ “No, we will not disappoint little Claire," he said, with returning bright- ness. “ And you shall have your way too, mother. You can drop me at Kensing- ton Gardens ; the day is exquisitely fine, you must prodcnt of nurses, and, while you listen to the music, I can sit under tho trees.” Mrs. Beaupro would have preferred that she and Claire should sit with him; but on this point Arthur was firm, and, with visible reluctance and a faint protest against the loneliness to which it would condemn him. his mither accepted this arrangeniont at last. ‘ The luml iicss! Arthur felt that it Would be basust iugmtituiio to complain of tho untiring energy with which his mother strove to mums and interest him. Ho must be talked to, must be amused ; t-iuco he Could no longer forgot his troubles in manly work, he must drown them in childish play. Above all, he must never be sinus and he must never think. The kindest of prescriptions and the His thoughts she could not round the one torturing memory: but, oh, how wildly and persistently he craved at times to bo alone ! Well, fate would favor him for onco ! Mrs. Bcauprc, handsome and stately as she always looked in her rich matronly attire, and the slim pretty little girl who merged comfortably in her ample shadow, 'only peeping from time to time from un-‘ der the falling loco of her pink-lined pai-a- , sol to see that Arthur was comfortable, and to answer his lather forced civilitics with a shy little schoolgirl phrase, duly ‘ deposited him in the grand tree-shadows l moment hero 1" of tho “ long walk," and, with an anxtous backward look and caution against catch- ing cold, left him at last. The day was fine and warm; the sun: )lay like a golden glory on the tall trcc- tops, across the velvet smoothness of the turf. l Arthur Beaupro loaned back against the . for everâ€"- rugged atom of the old tree that shadowed him, luxury of quiet thought. It was a mo- meat in which he expected all the aching memories of the past to rise up before him like living things, sure that they need not be crushed back upon themselves, or masked behind a smile. ‘ lint, somehow, what he expected did! not coni‘o to pass. Perhaps the influence of tho air and sunshine, the quiet beauty of the grand old garden, deserted on this bright autumnal dn by all but a few nurseniaids and chil rou, lulled his mask encd senses to forgetfulnoss. Whatever the cause, he grew less and less conscious of the past anguish and present pain, and sat in a serenely placid, half enjoying frame of mind, watching the busy nurse‘ maids and their attendant soldiers, listen- ing to the shrill sweet laughter of tho cbildron and tho soft whisper of tho wind among the trees, until his thoughts grew still vaguer and more hazy, and at last he foil nslce . That ccp lasted perhaps half an hour; then he woke with a chilled, uncomfort-l ablo feeling, and the sound of a child's her perhaps, for she travels about a good i pitying "his?" l“ M“ “'5 “Oh, poor man, how ill he looks, whiter and thinner than I am, and his arm in a slimr ! 0h, Nora, do look 2" The last cry, the appeal to “ Nora," fell on the sick man’s cars with the force of an electric shock, sending the blood flying madly through his veins, though he scorn- ed himself even then for tho wild folly. Were there not. fifty thousand Nora: in itbo world, and was not his Nora (lead ? lls opened his eyes. A little lame girl, pith a pale pinched face and fair hair fall- u] .m 03' m. mg over psmfully rounded shoulders, was watching him with eyes of pitying wonder. At a little distance, holding the rail of an ; iron chair. as though for support in some sudden weakness, was a tall slender wo-' man dressed in deep black, with a mp0 '1”)... nd Iound on: when ind amused-veil dmn tam-herme- .so sorely through the long watcbeo of al alt-epic“ night had not the fanstic'rknifo thrust for which be was inralided home, but that cruellcr sub which ”albums fondly ltupttl he had forgotten. Forgotten 5 Thin: was no hour of his life in which that sfmtnl memory ms- cd to haunt and torture the young man's faithful thoughts. But be was no: onnto vicar his hem upon others to slim the gloom of hi: grist-ur- row, and he played his part so bravely that, allowing for the lassitudo of physi- J __l___._.. ,, Something in the pose of the graceful ‘ form and sin-ll stately head brought back that maddest! to Arthur Besupre's mind. He eyes; they had grown dim and misty. *Ths sunlight fell upon the down-bent thud and soft rings of snow-white hair beneath a black bonnet. The thought i : who stood below him. “ I thought you were asleep," the child FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1884 and 18" in long tromuluus lim‘Bitsking no hood of her, than said, in thelmodsrn that they and abandoned himself to a verin am dead l” ed in. band across iii.‘ guilty l" _ “7 Md" “3‘30“ unconsciously ltlio long tour round the Kettcgst, and, " was even inaddor than ho fancied. in his sleeve, or fore. spite of the lithe slander form and stately carriage, it was not even a young woman said shyly ; but she still lingered, in spite : jcalously try to screen her from observa- of what the young man fancted was an ; tion. . entrenting gesture on her companion'sl It. was an odd irony of fate that posed part. He thought alsoâ€"but his gaze was them thus in this easy lover-like attitude, dazzled and uncertainâ€"tint. some strange while the girl‘s heart was hot with indig- cniotion caused that companion to tmmble iiant pain, and his throbbed with hate and from head to foot. _ . wild remorse. “ I think your mamma is ill,” he said As the strangers passed. she could have hesitatingly; and his voice. sounded risen; but he‘kept her prisoner still, and hoarse, broken, oddly unlike his own. whispered, thh an eager passion that I; seemed to alarm the child ; for she gave him strange and sudden strengthâ€" druw back a step or two, eyiug him with “ No, you shall hear me, Nora l Was “vide.eyed Wonder. it strange? You were mad-a trapped “My instnms is not here. Oh, you and helpless creature, withhopless misery She is never at; 1 am 31_iin your heart and a wild fever in your mean Nora l , wavs. My back is bad, and my head brain. lf fate had placed a weapon in your hands at such a momentâ€"1’ aches dreadfully ; but Nora ” . . n _ . As she turned with some contempt to ,“1 “"ng have used It. she lJlilSliOtl, With a convulinve shudder. “But, illustrate her remark, she too seemed . Arthur, as Heaven hears me, I did struck by something strange in Nora’s . attitude and persistent silence. The 110“ I am 83 innocent 0f LOrd do Grot- ton's murder as that childâ€"as you l" egotistical little speech died away in a _ . faint murmured sound ; she moved, with Oh) blessed “1111033 0f conthion that rushed upon the tortured man With that slow dra 'n ste back to her com au- ' ggi g p, p clear unfaltering speech! Ob, blessed ion’s side. , , lifting of the load that had well-nigh “ Are you ill, Nora 3" she asked curi- _ 0,151,.) laying one hand on the slim black crushed him to the earth ! He could not speak or move, he could not see the dear arm, and trying to peer into the shrouded . . proud face for tears that blinded himâ€"â€" “ I would rather go out. with Not- . , Nettie is never tired he could only lower his face upon his hands and utter all the gratitudo and praise in one great voiceless sob. “ I cannot prove it, Arthur. past is one dark dreadful dream. know that I am innocent." “ And I will prove it 2" Arthur Beau- pre cried proudly; but she shrank back with a little cryâ€"â€" “Oh, Arthur, I am (load 1" Before he could break in with an eager protest, they heard a sudden cry, and, looking up, saw Vance Singleton coming towards them with a look of blunkest dis- may. He did not recognise Arthur at firstâ€"it was long since they had met, and time and sorrow and climatic influences had changed the young soldier muchâ€"tho sight of Nora in conversation with any one made him uneasy. “ Vance, have you forgotten Arthur Beaupre l" Nora said gently; and then he hold out his hand in frank welcome, though there was only an added consterna- tion in his look, and muttered blanklyâ€"â€"~ “ Mother, Cristino, and you ! By George, things are coming to a crisis now i” “So much the better," Arthur said firmly and proudly ; “they could not, and they should not, stay as they are for ever i" Vance twisted his long moustache with what,'in any other circumstances, would have been a look of scrio-comic dismay. “ No, no, of course not. The difficulty is, what would you do ’I “ Find out the real murderer," Captain Beaupre said grimly â€"â€" so grimly that Vance looked round, as though dreading the echo of his words. Nora. sat with clasped hands, eagerly listening; her face was quite calm and composed now, but in the great sad eyes i there was the faint dawn of hope and joy. face. tie than with you. and never cross.“ She spoke in an aggrieved petulant tone; but the woman did not seem to heed her. She clasped the small hand, and led the girl away, with rapid and un- certain step, from tho bewildered man. It all passed so quickly that he had no time to disentangle his thoughts, to dream of speech or action ;_ but, as he saw the All the 1 only woman who was “Nora, and not the ghost of his dead love, who was gray- haircd and old, and yet moved with the free quick step of early youthâ€"as he saw her passing from him without one word, one backward look, all the keen anguish of his troubled thoughts found vent in a brief bitter cry. It reached her. It reached her and brought her back. She paused, cast one stirtled glance over her shoulder, and thenâ€"Arthur could never tell how it all happenedâ€"just as the dark waters seem- ed closing over his head, she was kneeling at his feet, clasping his cold hands with her warm loving fingers, looking into his face with her dark, loving, passionate eyes, calling him with her own tender voice to live and look on her, and not to break her heart. Yes, it was Noraâ€"Nora in living flesh- and-blood realityâ€"changed, oh, so chang- ed from the Nora of the old daysâ€" changed even from the wild-eyed llil'ttl- dencd Nora he had left upon her wedding dayâ€"a new Nora, with eyes that Wei-c inefi'ably and through all their glad and tender light of recognition, with a pale Spiritual face that, crowned with such un- timely snow, looked like the face of a virgiwmartyr, pure and fair and sweet l The shrouding veil thrown back, the eager eyes upraised, 333,, )ft hands clasp- ing hisâ€"so Arthur LIPTO'B lost love came back to his" ,_ .day, not in a dream or visioii,,‘ ' i'i reality and truth. “ A terrible task, 1 fear," Vance said. And so for a. limb :.|lll0 they clung to- nervouslyâ€"“a cruel trial to Nora's nerves gather, forgetting all .Jiings iii the bless- ~ at the best. Andâ€"oh, you must come to ad sense of reunion. Death might have l us and talk it over i found them in that moment, and found here." them both content. His own But presently, like ice falling on fire, shaken that he dared to try them nol memory and fear awokeufen- for her. llonger. Moreover, Arthur remembered, I cannot keep licri nerves were so evidently: that earth could offer her as a. refuge, Mrs. Beaupre and Miss Foiitayne, so hon then Nora was in cruel peril still. msn drew away from her with sudden ' three were soon out of sight. terror, looking round with wild haggard But, oh, what a changed world was eyes. All the weary weeks and days that this on which he looked with happy misty had worn themselves away so dreurily, so eyesâ€"no more a. world that had crushed . slowly, became its nothing in a momentâ€" and overwhelmed, but a world he would ~ Lord do Grotton's murder was a thing of yet convince and conquerâ€"for was notl yesterday, and N era a hunted fugitive Nora living and innocent? still. _ _ H (To us cosrtxusn.) “ Your veilâ€"some one Will see you i . ' he cried harshly, though indeed there was Dancing Among the Ancients. no onein sight. “Nora, do not stay a . . The ancients held the dance iii the very , She rose in an instant, and the pale , highest esteem ; for was it not invented lovely face contracted as in a spasm ofIby the goddess Rhea, who preserved sharpest agony; she just glanced at the Jupiter from Saturn’l while Homer and‘ child, who had seated herself on the grass - Hesiod sang its praises, provoking a pos- l at a little distance, and was apparently'sible suggestion from the ‘ irreverent . had been “dogs” in‘ sweet low voice he had thought hushed their day. Socrates himself, who is sup-, posed to have realized the vanity of all‘ You forgot that things save the immortality of the soul, went to the trouble of lenming dancing Arthur shuddored at the words spoken when an old man, and perhaps received with such sorrowful firmness. Did notltbo invitation of some antique edition of this calm acceptance of a. living deatthrs. I’onsonby do Tomkyns or Mrs. Lco' mean as calm a confession of that crime Hunter, eager for his entrance. But then of which it maddcnod him to think-â€" it must be home in mind that the classic which, looking into the pure proud face, dance was more severe in character, as it seemed so impossible to connect with the martial Pyrrhic dance, performed by - hurl Greek or Roman armed capâ€"a-pie, Weapon, “Dead? You are not dead 1"ho cried, torch, or wand in hand, amply testifies. speaking with savage roughness, born of The ancient rustic was, however, particu- his cruel pnin. “0h, Nora, Islmost wish l lsrly partial to a curious dance, which you were, rather than living thus 1" consisted of jumping with one foot only ”Why‘l" She winced a little, and on a bladder inflated with air or filled grow a shade whiter; but in her wide with wine, and rubbed on the outside with clear eyes then) was no trace of shame, oil ; and he who did this slippery exercise lonly a hopeless half-indignant pain. well received the wine-skin for his pains. Somehow that look dazzled and thrilled The dance of tho Eumenides or Furios, in the haggard watcher with the sweetest. the theatre at Athens, issaid to have pro- bopo. Was it possiblo'l Yes, since ' duced such an effect on the spectators Nora lived, all things were possible 1 that they were totally unable to control , Was it true that ho had foully wronged their excited feelings, and the divest re- the girl he loved so dearly l" suits often happened. “ Arthur "â€"ths stveet clear voice was ”"."“""‘â€"‘_ infinitely sadâ€"-“ is life even harder and more bitter than I thought it 'l Have - . - . , ., . This is an age of wondersâ€"of gigantic . 7°,“ too 7353“,?! 3 ”find' 25’"? , undertakings. Another illustration is at ‘ $1.118 painuu Cm“ {$3,100,311 with hand. The Suez and Panama. Canals are t6 2°C ”‘cmlilt chad cvcr milllu f 0 not quite dissposed of, and yet a proposal ‘llA'riguern thxiiuibgar of her eyes more? we'll: i. made for the construction 0‘ a canal .oomo and modem than or look «at 1.... Ef.‘°"u~‘l£".§.‘i;l° £353.22? 2332:3322 ,figg‘ggeilgg fi‘mgeagln‘; 12;: 3:31]: . at a point.h between Bruisbuttel and St. ’ - ~ Margaret en on the libs, will lacs-sold ”Silt“ {1:13:32}, :lzgknfi" l Rendsburgh: and end at. the Bay of Ifiei, rose q ’ 113 a near Haltensu, south of the great fcrtifi- , cations of Friedrichfort. The length lsmall cold inn with convulsive force, will be 97 kilometres ; the canal will have “ There is no danger. Another Great Canal. ,and saying, with broken fervourâ€" l “ Only tell 010. Nora, “I“ I W“ "0118. a depth of nine metres at. low water, and ,nnd I will doubt mvwlf. my own you and , be 100 metres wide. The llrgelf. ship :trulxuthfi “11019 world, everything hilt; wuiill bei abledto at all hours of tho' U ‘ t' sin )0“! irectionl. Tbocanslbei 9103"?" "’3! 1“?“ hand, “‘1, “00d 59' i entirely under the control of Ger-maxing, fore him in perfect nience, but silence that . her men-of-wnr will be .b:;, to amid .’ ,struck him to the heart. Somehow tho‘ perilous positions had reversed themselves : abs mark i. a present ablo to impede her I was the judge and he the trembling crim- lcout batteries and by torpedoes. inal. ' , “ Was there not one in ma l person to believe i utilized in the North Sea. It is thought Th . themselves of the canal in order to avoid - o from the pale li Arthur 51' lb” Did the dues paid by them are ex ted to 31:33::le l:ko:i desperation Ind'cover the cost of the constructiopricof the no”; “Id ’0‘ 30" t‘17“k “‘9‘ other stupendous enterprise upon which words an: burned upon in. lips, for a u: b. ,3... me; that inmnepxtuthe solitude was broken in; e ‘30 may en ti nponbya' egroupofpuunvby. Ho~ Innis am: xnnurnsgs’ seek comm could only draw her upon the bench, and rather than a companion. P 1 0-. The . made no effort to detain them ; and the 1 known ‘13 renfimiably savory. e of tho Belt, which Den- ! pleasant mantis) oil. out. on a marble table and cut it into all - lien ‘ sorts of shapes with dies. the Baltic is frozen over the ships can be imppcd in oiled tissue paper and packed Did All the '0'” think mfithat merchant vessels will gladly avail, her face OM’unsl. Another marvel of scienceâ€"aw: mills. NO 6. Her Majesty’s Purveyors- Joseph iI., of Austria, was accustomed to say that “royalty was his trade ;" but, could the reforming kaiser be in our midst at present, he might be slightly astonished to find that the royal arms of England have acquired a distinct legal status as a trade-mark. That. august but. somewhat occult body, the board of green cloth, has given notice from Buckingham palace that, by section 106 of the patents, designs, and trade~marks act of 1854â€"46 and 47 Victoria, chapter 57â€"a penalty of £20 is incurred by any person, who, without proper authority, assumes the royal arms with a view to lead other per- sons to believe that they are employed under any department of the royal house- hold. This momentous monition is promulgated by the order of the lord stswi'irt, Lord Sydney, and it is to be hoped that it. will forthwith awaken the consciences of the misguidod persons, who, without any right to place them- selves under the patronngo of the board of green cloth, have caused carved and gilt presontmouts of tho ro 'al arms to be hung over their shop doors, or have em- blazoned effigies of the same worked into their wire blinds, to tho cajoling and do- ceiviiig of the public at large into the cr- roneous belief that they, the unauthoriz- ed butchers, and bakers, and candlcr‘dck- makers, are really purveyors to the royal household. A foreigner who travelled on the knife-board of an omnibus through all the leading thorou hfares of tho nieâ€" tropolis would probab y be struck with amuzeniont at the legions of plastic or graphic repetitions of tho royal cogiiiz-- ancs which met his view. He would ask himself with perplexity whether Her Ma- jesty really required the services of so many tailors,liabit-mskers, cmbroidercrs, stationers, umbrella-makers, batters, cut- lers, glovers, silk-merccrs, and what not while the stranger of a more philosophi- cal turn of mind would set about. gather- ing the statistics of tho prodigious army of artificiers, carvers, gilders, mouldcrs, herald-painters, and the like, who must find constant employment in producing fresh achievements of the royal arms. Setting aside the evident desirability of preventing tradospeoplo from sheltering themselves under the mgis of the royal arms when they have no authority to do so, it may be observed, if only for tho iii- tolligent foreigner, that the addictodness to the display of these ttrms which has become a practice so rooted in our man- ners is, silly and frivolous as it may os- tensibly appear, underlnid by a very strong feeling of loyalty to the throne and attachment to monarcliical institu- tions. â€"-â€"-‘Mo.~>uâ€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€" Fortunes in Australia. Socially, money will do very niuclt in America; judiciously cxpoudcd I think it will do even more in England ; in tho way of sheer purchase of social recogni- tion it will do curiously little in Austra- lia. There was, indeed, a time there when, in a social sense, the moneyed man was regarded with actual suspicion. And for this there were some grounds. The original moneyed man might have had unpleasant antecedents, of which time had not yet eil'acod the memory. But now there is a vast number of moneyed men in Australia, and the means whoro~ They have therefore ceased to be regarded with sus- picion. I do not think people nthomc have any idea how largo fortunes are in Australia, and how many of those large fortunes there are. Once in South Australia I had occasion to speak of a friend who had come from that colony and taken up his residence in London. I spoke of him as a very rich man. “ Oh, no," was the answer, “ he is very wollofl', but we don't reckon him a very rich man." “ Why," said I, “ I understand him to be worth a quarter of a million 1" “ Well, I hope he is a little butter than that," said my interlocutor, “but still we don't reckon him here as very n'ch !” I am not going to compile a roll of Australian millionaires, because, for one thing, it would take up too much space. But this I may affirm, that two-thirds of them are not in society, nor nourish any hope of over boing admitted within the pale. If you find one of them inside it ho has not crossed tho pallisndo on the golden ladder ; he entered by the gate in virtue of his social attributes. If these are unsatisfactory, you will find him out- side among the iicttlcs ; or again, it may be, far away in the bush, a man content with himself and caring for none of these things. For it must be said that in Aus- tralia there is no universal aspiriitimi after the flower garden of society. int tho I mono ed aspirant will not find that his; woalt gives him social prestige. T licro ' arc Australians now in En land who have entertained royalty, and w oso guest-lists : have filled columns of tho Afomi’ng l‘uit, yet who, in their native land, have never with all their efforts, got further than the » outlying fringes of Australian society. “WW Choivlng Gum “I suppose you don't know that. chow ing gum is made from petroleum l" said . the confoctioner. “Here is a lump that i we have just received. A few days ago it came out of the groundin Pennsylvania, a dirty, greenish-brown fluid,witli asmcll that would knock an ox down. The oil refiners took it and put it through a lot: of chemical processes that. I don't know anything about, and after taking out a large percentage of kerosene, a good share of naphtha, considerable benzinc, a cart load or so of tar, and a number of other things with names longer than the alpha- bet, left us this mass of nice clean wax. Now it. has neither tutu nor smell. We will take this lump, cut it up, and melt it, in boilers. This ieco 'lll weigh two ’ hundred pounds. '0 add thirty pounds of cheap sugar to it, and flavor it with vanilla. wintergreen. pep -rmint, or my hen we turn it l After it. is in boxes it is ready for the market. kou can imagine that. somebody is chewing gum in this coun when i tell you that slump like this wi make ten thousand penny cakes, and we use one up every week. There are dozens of manufactur' era using almost as much of tho wax u , we do. I believe this petroleum chewing 3 porn, if honestly made, isperfectly harm' 13as,andtliatisiitoviitlisn canbenidof , some of ths'gtims made from the juice-of ' trees, especially the imported article." says one man. die," says another. one, sorry,” said :uiothcr, “that it is no but- REES 0P TRUTH. ‘ ' Not to enjoy onc‘s youth, when one is voting, is toimitate the misci- who starves side his treasures. Love, that has nothing but beauty to keep it in good healih, is short bud, and apt to have nguc tits. Coolncss, and lllL‘t‘lh‘fl of boat and haste, indicate line qualities. .\ gciitle~ man makes no noiss : a lady is serene. Toil is th. 3 ;w. Pleasure comes through toil, and not by self-indulgent»: and ii:â€" doleiico. When one gets to low work, his life is a happy ono. Life is made up no: of great sacrifiots and duties, and small obligations, givin habitually, are \ili.it win‘ and preserve tho heart, and secure comfort. Good naturo and evenness of tempt: will give you an easy companion for lilo ; virtue and good sense an ugru‘ant) friend ; love and constancy a good wife u: husband. Contrasts.â€"~â€""I am glad that I live," “i am Sorry that I must “I am glad," says "that it is no worse." “I am fer." The most cciisorious arc generally llio least judicious, who, having nothing to recommend thcmsolvcs, will bu finding fault with others. merit of another who has enough of his own. No man cnvics the A skeptical young man ono day, coir veming with the celebrated Dr. l’arr, oh- scrved that he would beliovo nothing which he could not understand. young man, your creed will be tho short- est of any man 1 know." “Then, Sncer not at old clothes. 'l‘lioy mo tofcn made holy by long sacrifices, by careful foldings awuy, that they may last until tho dear ones are provided for. lf many an old coat could speak, what tales it would tell of tho noble heart. bunting underneath. There is no virluo that adds so noblo a charm to tho tincst traits t)fl)t':|llly iistliat which exerts itself in watching over tin- tranquility of an aged pziront. There an» no tears that give so rich and sweet it lustre to the check of innoccncu as tho tears of filial sorrow. â€"â€"â€"‘-«OO <~-v>”~â€"Vv_ llciclislanil. Tho Now York ll'ihii'xx saystâ€"Tho standing feud between France and (ii-r- niany, so long as the latter retains the conquered provinces of Alsiico and Lot'- raiiio, will in all probability not only licup both nations in very strained rolations, but finally load to a most injurious war. it must be confessed that (ii-ruuiny had strong reasons for taking and iii-oping thoso provinces as a result of tho (lt‘CllLl'll- tion of war by Franco against llt‘l'. in fun first place, they had been stolnn from Germany in a disgraceful manner by France two hundred yoais ago. in tho second, the population go-ncrally speaks German. 'l‘hii‘iily, flit-so provinces \vcro needed by (lcrmany to defend her from such a belligcrciitnution as Franco had over and over again provcd herself to bu. And lastly thoy woro tho legitiimitu spoils of a war begun by a. French invasion of Germany without any ndcquato causc. Nevertheless, it Would 'probahly liuvu been better for both nations hiid (li-i‘iuuny ningimnimously submitted the choice of their political connection to a plebiscite of the inhabitants of the. provinces in ques- tion, and gonorously givi-n them back to France had the majority been in favor of that connection. . In view of this standing inciiaco to tho peace of Europe, a proposition is made by a person named M. Minis to fully roc- oiicilo the two countrics without wound- ing tho self-respect of either. 'l‘luil plan is to neutralize tho provincrs in quosiioii under tho name of llcichsluiul, whose lll- (lcpcndcncn is to be assured by tho grunt. I’owci's, as is the case now with Switzer- land, Holland and Belgium. This fnrt- resses of Strasbourg, Motz :iiiil llulforl. should be demolished, and no soldier of either France or (lcrniany should be al- lowed oii this neutral hello Still further, M. Ma-is would look to the confederation of Reichsliinil with SwitZi-rliind, Belgium, Holland, and the Duchy of Luxembourg, the neutrality of tho whole to be guar- anteed by the Great Powers. This would be a penco measure for which we fear tho nations chic-fly interested are not preparâ€" ed. I'robably Russia Would not like it either, for doubtless shc wants to burn France ready to act against (lcrnianynn one side whenever she makes xiii iituick on the other. -oâ€"«w. c. Office Seekers in the White House An anecdotal papor on “Thu White House," by E. V. Siiialley, isllioopoiiing illustrated paper of the April l'rnfury. ()l' ollicn seekers he says in part : “'i‘lio into I’rcsidcntfliirficld once said that his was obliged to see an average of about thirty persons forcvcry ollico to be filli-d. If the question was oncof removal, tho num- ber was much greater, including thi- friends of the incumbent ax \vcll as tho candidates for tho placo. There is an amusing story, not. a new onn by any means, of the iiicthod Mr. Lincoln nllopl- cd to scttlo a contest over a postnnuilur- ship which hrid gri-ntly annoyed him. There Wci‘o two candidates in tho lii-ld, and petition after petition lllitl poured in upon the weary l’rei-iilcnt, and iii-lcgntion iiftcr delegation hail rushed to tho White House to argue tho cliiims of tho rival m- pirnnts. Finally, after ho had lltft‘ll luyri-il for halfnn hour by .1 fresh ileli-gzitinn, Mr. Lincoln said to his sircrntnry. "l‘liis matter has got to cud somehow. lring a pair of scalcs.’ The scales were brought. ‘Now put all the petitions and lulu-rs in favor of one man, and son how much they weigh, and then weigh tho other caiiili~ datc's papL-r'ii'. it was found that unit bundle was three« nitric-rs of a pound heavier than tho of icr. ‘Mziku out. this appointment at now for lllu man who has the heaviest papers,’ nrdurcil the President. and it was done." . H-»â€". . Technical Schools in Saxony. Thiesinnunt of atti-ntion given to pun:- ly technical education in Saxony is shown by the fact that then: is now in that king- 'dotn the following schools :~~â€"A ti-chnicnl high school in Dresden, n ti-cliniml stito institute :it Cliiemni'z, and art schools in ‘ Dresden and Leipzig, til-so four builiicrs' school-i, two for tho manufacturu of "on, six for fllilliliuililcrs, three for basket. weavers, and fourteen for larc- making. llczidcs these then: are the following trade schools iiupymrtcd by diffurcnt trades, foundations, endowments, and dis- tricts : Two for decorative painting, one for watchmakcru, one for sheet "natal workers, three for musical instrument iimkcrsmne foriiruggistii, (not phsnnairy), twcii:'-wveri for Weaving, one for ma- cbins embroidery. tin: for tailors, one for harbors and hairdressers, three for hand spinning, six for straw weaving, llircu for wood carving, four for steam boiler bestv ing, six for female handiwork. 'l'licro aru, moreover, seventeen technical ail- vsnccil whools, two for gardeners, eight agricultural, and twcntlycsix commercial schools. l The less s man thinks or knows about , ibis virtues the better we like him.