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lfszELIASEOl'S ITEWS Matrimony is usually a marryiorlons- proceeding. ’ “A manna man for s' thit'L at the surmorr :. carts. just 1,-11. 1 n S- Hit: - f the sin pin- «1 newspapers‘ poets in gutting U! he the Very wrist o Cats -ll"1phr_l and should be It gisla'ed agsiint. 9 A 1):. Garrick has brought some Tartar mart: In London, with the purpose of introducing real koumiaa to winter-n Eur- l ope. ’lhe boomi- ordinarily sold a: all ' dairies, it is declared, is simply ferment- ed CK)... milk; koumiss proper is ter- mented mares‘ milk. Koumiss is used large y in cases or consumption and wsat- ' icg diseases: while mares milk, uufer-i merited, is used as a substitute for moth- t r's milk. The Ottoman I’orte has taken in hand the preservation of ancient monuments. They are not to be disturbed, to be Used as building materials, or worked up as a lime. A useful pI’UVIsl'III forbids the erect- ion of a lime kiln within some miles of such remains. Many a sculpture or in- scribed marble has gone into the kiln. Excavations are now put under regulation and the inspection of the museum author- ities. Much has been written about Tourgu- enieil's deep study of Hegel ; out from his own account of the n utter his devotion to llegelisn philosophy was vane-d by quite as enthusiastic a devotion to rat catching. This is what he himself says about it: “In spite of my 21 or 2:: years, I was still halt a boy. Let the reader judge ior himself. Now I read Ilegel and studied philosophy, and now my mentor and I. found amusement in teaching a dog, which I had acquired by chance. With this dog I had much trouble, as I was teaching him to catch rati. As soon as I got to know lliat rats were in a place, I threw Hegel and his whole philosophy aside and Went rat hunting With my meritor“â€"a strf whose “cxrciisivo Itussian stomach" seems to have been his most remarkable character. isiic. Ln‘ ouchere int he London Truth says : “ A lady or my acquaintance recently came from America With the intention of passing ach weeks here. Having heard of the cholera, she determined to take medical advice, and paid a Visit to one of our best-known physicians. An invest- ment of two guincas elicited the following observations: That the cholera might be expechd in England in the month of August, as those running away front it on the Continent watld take refuge here, bringing it With them ; that the Atlantic boats Would their be stopped, and that, constqucntly, her best plan Would be to go back at once to New York. On this she took her passage and returned from whence ltllt: crime. As a consolation, the physician informed her that the cholera woqu reach America in about a year.” The people of Mexico appear to have plenty of raw. According to the recrnt report of Consul-General Sirother, the laws of old Spain, based on the crvrl law of the Itoinans, modified by the Goths, VOL. XII. Smitty’s FULLY CHAPTER XIII. â€"c0.\'rx.\'L'BD. She dared not make any enquiries about the note, fearing to arouse suspi- cion. There was no one to whom she could appeal for assistance. She knew how firm was the general conviction of Frank's guilt. She remembered Mr. Greville's terrible oath, and shuddend and trembled in every limb at the rec-nâ€" lection that he was in the house among the wedding-guests, when his son must be near. There was no other way of ac- counting fnr the note upon her table than by "ank's pruxrmity; and if his pre- sence in Ashford should become known to his father, the consequences would be most terrible. And in a few minutes she must go ; the carriage was alrwdy at the door to take the “happy pair" to the station, and Sidney could have cried out loud in her anguiin of dread. How could she go away in this terrible un- certainty 1 How could she leave Frank. her old iriend and playmate in this strait! And yet she was powerlessâ€"she must goâ€"she must go I And, above all, she must strive to let no one guess, no we suspect her fear, lcst suspicion shou'd be aroused. What did he mean by saying that he had come tov Live to save her? Had trouble and privntiun turned his brain? she wondered. Why was she to be pitied now 't ‘ It was all stzange and bewrldering to her. Only one iheng was clear, that Frank was in the neighborhood; and that alone was sufficient to cause terrible fear and dread. She crushed the note and hid it in her breast as she heard Dolly’s voice in the passage, and in a minute Miss Daunt en- tered the room. carrying the tea. “ You um i. drink it quickly, Sidney,” she said lightly. " 'I‘he carriage is round, and Stephen is in a fever, saying you Will miss the train." “ I don't think I care for it,” Sidney answered, forcing a little timeless laugh. “I won't wait, Dolly. Is that my hat, dear I” “ You are in an awful hurry now,” Dolly printed; "and there is plenty of timeto drink your tea, if you care to have it. They are all in the hall waiting to say good-bye.” But Sidney did not heed; she was - . . ‘ her hat with unsteady hands the \ isiuoths, the Church, and the putting on , . - ' Moors, :lilcll Were introduced i..to pup‘ml‘g for the “addingggugfiggfismfi surreptitiously rubbing h bring some colour into them. She had not minded her pallor before; now it. increased her fear of arousing suspicion. In her terror she felt asif every one must know the secret weighing so terri- bly upon her, and dared not meet Dolly‘s eyes, lest she should see suspicion and distrust in them. “ Have I all my belongings "l ’ sh: said, with the some attempt at clioerfulness. “ Yes, I think I have ; besides, if I for- get anything, I can easily get it in Lori- donâ€"Stephen has made me rich, you know ! Shall we go down now, Dollyl I am ready ; and you say that Stephen is impatient." “All bridegrooms are impatient, I should think," remarked Dolly, laughing, Mexuo some 360 years ago, have been further complicated by the addition of the special legislation of the Spanish crown for the Indies, the edicts, decrees, and enactments of conquerors, viceroys, bishops, juntas, councils, Emperors, military chiefs, dictators, Presidents, and Congresses, the acts of 130 Govern- ments, many of thorn initiated and perislimg amid violent domestic reVolu- tions and the storms of civrl and foreign wars, until Mexican law is embarrassed With antiquated forms and anomalies, contusion, contradictions, and uncertain- ties. The supply ofbaroiis and other noble- mcn in Lwrumny is far in excess of the demand, and it is asserted that a scheme has been devised for getting rid of the im- and putting her arm around Sidney as pecunioiis and burdensome surplus. It they left the mom togethen “Oh, originated, the cable says, with the nobil- ity, and it may have been strggcsttd to them by certain combinations or nobility and Cblfllhl which have resulted from the presence of American lieiresst-s in the Old World. The plan is to send indigent man members of noble families to Chili, pit-sort them with land, and hope that iln-y will succeed in marrying young Worri- on with money enough to feed both and improve the soil. Those who fail are to be .taststcd back to Germany. It is as- sorted that tliu Chilian government is fav- orable toilio scheme and will do some- thing towards helping it along. From this dltittillcu the arrangements looks rather Sidney, how glad I am that you are iii- dced my sister! We thought once that Stephen would have married Sibyl Neil l Thank HoaVen, he did not I I wonder where she is now 1" went on little Dolly thoughtlcsaly. "Don‘t, Dolly, don't !" Sidney said, with a little sob of pain; and Dolly npoligizod lovineg and penitently ; and the girls went down-stairs together to the old stone-pach hall, where the wedding- guests waited to bid the newly-married pnir God-speed. In the same strange mechanical man- ner Sidney went through the farewells, 4 while Stephen waited impatiently, clumsy. “lull an American girlmzlnt: anxiuus- to get her unto himself, and is, a North American girlâ€" Wishes to bo- Culiiu a ritlul personage, she doesn't un- dertake to work a farmbesidt's supporting a liiiblt men. .-_..â€".-s 4-.- s.-.â€"â€"~â€".- '1 hr Moxlcan Barr 0. Without him Mexico would not be Mexico. flu is a Very docile animal. Job himself was not inqu patient. It is a \A'ulttlci‘ that ho dots not inherit some of tho “s1 rink" of his lslict's’nllfi, and, while loiuli d down past endurance, giro rs vin- tlictn‘e kick now and then, just. to show that somettnn-s the tlown‘troddcn Wule will turn. A Illl'hl. pitiful sight it is to see liiin on his way to market, loaded down with "grcens"â€"now and their 8”“ ing asnull' as he inhalcs theirâ€"to himâ€"â€" dehcioria fragrance. If he dart-d, he Wnultl. take a miuthful, but his unser knowrng his weakness, has cruully muzzl- od his mouth, so he join on uiicomplslii- iiigly, bearing his hunger as best he way. It appeals to onc'a sympathy to see him arrayed into a sort of milk wagon, pmt cops to ten gallon cansilangling ngL'\Iully from his head to his heels, making such a racket when empty as to shout drowri the sound of his melodious voice. Some- tiinrs you may see him representing him- self as a butcher s cart, loaded dov- n wi h the caresses of various animals, of which the g. at generally ranks foremost, thtn again he appears as a Charo al v. ntlcr. This is a light job for him, and he be- (341“! so exultant over it that he. gets iiiitto frisky; but, alas, his joy is of short duration, for next day the poor informin- atu bumi is loaded to the guards with rock or some other heavy material, nuk- i.ig ht u feel so humble, at d: graded, that he hangs his her for very shame, faint, her movements were so slow and unsteady. Surely no paler bride had over started on her lifelong journey than Sidney, when her husband lifted her at last into the carriage ! Bur Lloyd Miliior was perhaps the only one present who notic- ed the swift look of terror with which she glanm d around, as ifshe feared that something terrible was going to happen to pit-vent her going. It reminded the young barrister of the look ho had seen sometimes in the eyes of criminals stand mg in the dock awaiting their doom. A strange look, he thought, to see in the eyes of a woman on her wedding-day I C II A PTER X IV. “\Vnat is love that all the world 'l'alkii so much about it 3 Wlnt in-l ve ihst u iither you X. r I an do without Iuw's a lyrtnt f n l a ilive, A t} rnn-nt and is treasure: ll i I1{ it, we know no peicv, Luk ng it, no pl- asr re " Dollv Iluiiit's sweet soprano voice rang giin through rho room, singing the quaint. Within set to the music of a quaint old melody. Sidney, from her low seat by the tire, glanch over at the singer wrth :i sudden wistful look llsshing for a moment in her dark eyes. The time was that most charming hour nf Ihoday between the “gleaming and the mnrk," devoted to afternoon tea and c my. lirulit chats, when it is too dark to read or work and too light still to induce one to ring for mndles, when it is “blind . , _ _ , _ man's h vllilil ," and there is every excuse and h" m“ s ’ ‘xluuucd " “1" mm! f Ir idling arid enjoying to the full that union presses upon him, that should he . . ‘ . . , , sweetness of doing no.hing which is so try, though ci er so hard, he coull not H n d . m. b km, rinses for i ctsbio bray to saw his life. “ ‘ 0m 1' m" m u My ‘ml .y l ' _ t world of ours. And no more delightful ' plans for enjoying the delta for wicnfs Beer In Perla. . . i There are 25.000 bear shops in Paris at fittdmhmoezzlz;yrmfggzmge?Â¥i${ the present mac, and {he nimuy hpcnl dnwing mm, m}, um rm, ,gm mans dilly It)! "111 beverage alone 1.! up nnlni'y ‘ud over ma The ttiipotution \ f Bavarian beer into I “ulna fumigum, the (hing,- wvmgg' Paris has incrtasul to such large ph pir- “3,1 tho Quint, old china with which it tit-tn this season that the Eastern mum-y g“ .dumgd. 1', w... . churning room. has bf?!) obliged to pn.)\itlLIp-clal&fllCll‘ Mudful md yet homchke‘ disgrughly rues “I III 1m}. irutmn tween un- wd cg w ewe . tell and fill)an Ihlt are called ‘ pr.nnc;e .‘mu’; it. which i. gauging Ifigi Md? "Ignace h‘foikml‘: :hrfiz : signing: a room :to be really comfort- I "‘1 u \‘ ses cos. wasslargeroom, duly. Vii-Vi: sumfisamg 9‘9 l"P‘rsizhcrlow~c1-'t,l:]<:l‘;dvrith walls Taintsdhin 1a from sins org to in ninetth , ,e awe.“ ,, of . 'io n . boon. Ruth Win unit! 00 In “0118a vrii’inouldingl, while thogrftlrnituro was a gallon 0‘ W.,'hICh W Philip‘- , charming mixture of ancient and. modern l ' delivered ‘0 the Importers. and b)‘ i an and foreign treasures, curious and dumbuwd “008 “09 WRONG“. costly Eastern rugs, inlaid ebony tables, thsrsstsumuandbosrulooas. csrvedladisn cabinets and chair-.10: Dolly said, smiling. fearing every minute that she would] FENELON FALLS, was simply perfect in the useful and the beautiful, china every where, and flowers in delicious profusion. There was but one opinion abou: Sidney thrope was the perfection of a residence, and that the architect .‘Ir. Dauiit had em- ployed to hold the house which had been his Wedding present to his son had done his work admirably. Mrs. Dsuiit ought to be a happy we. man, people said; but the face of the girl lying back in the easy chair in the fire- light was not the face of a happy Woman, not the face which should have been that of a four inontlzs' wife, a prosperous and patted young matron. Yet even the expression of unrest and yearning which was almost habitual to . is damn“, to do so berm why, positive- her now could not mar Sidnei ’s loveli- ly‘ except Lady Eu," there is not a soul "909. “lid “9}?” had all" bdw PM” I who can appreciate a dress of Worth's ! Tlle am?” “mum”. “(Tum It makes me feel inclined to run away abwm hid greatly ‘mPTOWd l1” health . and see if I cinnot find a more apprecia- beautiful. and her appearance; tho old delicate bloom had come back to her check, the : soft rounded lines had. returned. and i be there was a graceful dignity in her man [ fun»,- ner now which gave it an added charm. A wife of whom any man Would have been justly proud she looked, as she lay 1 at,” '- bsck upin her cushions, solanguidly graceful in her dainty teagowri with its , part of you. are “my map: said a mock_ “Wham” 0f 50f“ 1”“ “I'd “bbm’sy a'ling voice behind them; and Dolly sprang beautiful woman who had known stiller- ing, but whose beauty had been only in- receive her brother. creased tlicreby,a Woman whom men would love and worship for her infinite word; but the little jewelled hand lying charm, greater by far even than her beauty. There was a book open upon her knee, l them. but she was not reading, ziltliougha rfadll’g l““'l’ was bummg “may “3‘ a l Wedded life had made in Stephen Daunt’s little table at her elb-iw; she was looking wife was great, the alteration in himself with great sombre dark eyes straight in- to the fire, while its re I glow was ciught and reflected back by the gems upon her little white lingers, the diamonds and opals and sapphires which almost com- Stephon Daunt. “\Vanld we shun it. if uccoul l? S DUI-h. I almost douli it; F tith, I d rt'hnr litar itn 1) tin Than live my life with in: it!" were cold. “What stupid words to such a charm- ing old air!” Sidney said negligently; and Dolly left the red glow of the ilrclight with .1 little Won- dering look in her blue eyes. piano and came into the “Stupid! Do you think so?" she said. “I think they are pretty, wittywurds. “0h,” Sidney returned slowly, glancing up with handle, “then I must compliment him! young man has evidently mistaken his vocation in going to the Bar." The music is charming; an “He seemsto have so many vocations, “He can do every- thing, I think." “ch," Sidney allowed demurely, “he is a very accomplished individual. Did you know that .~ teplien has asked him to spend a few days with us?" she added, smiling a little as’ she saw how the color deepened in the fair young face. “ch; Stephen told me. Shall I pour out the tea, Sidney? You look too lazy and comfortable for anything.” “For anything but drinking it,” Sid- ney answered, with a little laugh. “Do officiate, Dolly;,I shall be much obliged.” “Shall we wait for Stephen?" Dallyurwonever (warmly asked as she turned to the little Indian table on which the pretty Crown Darby cups and saucers were waiting. “No,” Sidney answered calmly. “If we do, We shall not get tea at all; he is always late, you kno iv." ' “He used to be in time for afternoon tea," Dolly remarked, her little fingers moving deftly among the china and sil- ver. “Ah, but Limbswold is nearer Ashford than Easthropel" “Why, Sidney, what nonsense you are talking!" the young girl answered, with it laugh. “Enstlirope is nearly a. mile neare Ashford." “Is it!” Sidney questioned negligently. “At any rate, it takes your brother long- er to drive to Eastliropo than to Lambs- wold.” Her voice and manner were perfectly in- di ferent; she might have been speaking or one of the groams, so entirely careless was her tone. Dolly's pretty face, bent lluiurious fauteuils, a writing table which ' tine, its happy union of E charm of them I l Daunt‘s new home in Ashforrl, tlnt Eu- riiut hie here, I v l I l t f l l l l i l . 1 ness and grace; but his mannerwas gentle pletely c9llcel‘led the DIM" add band "f l enouuh as he touched his sister's brow her wedding ring, the badge of fcitlty to l with?“ “ps and thanked hex. for the cup of tea. she hastened to his overcoat and driving gloves. sang Dolly gain in her pretty girl’s voice do; from the shadowy corner where the pimo your commands, stood; and a little frown contracted Sid- ney‘s white brow as she made no comment until Dolly turned round on the music stool and began rub- iatcd betw biug her listlc fingers together as if they . ind listened, but she I yetfail l nore the coolness which so evidently ex- Mr. Milner set them to musrcx yougon know.” ‘ you and. Stephen?" i i l l l 1" Words would have made fall; and there I I over the silver and Crown Derby china, 1 shadowed over with a look of pain, and her blue eyes had a very wistfulexprcssion iii their depths as she brought Sidney's ton to her side. “Mr. Milner'svisit will be a very pleas- ant break in the monotony of our lives," Sidney said, looking up with ii little smile as she held out her hand. “This con; stant succession of calls and callers is as bad as the treadmill, I imagine. Surely every one has called by this time, D ully: and I have returned all visitsâ€"have I nntl" “I think so," Dolly answered doubt- on fully. “Yes; and your brother had Natural curiosity to moved me in that case; bur, “It is a necessary evil, Sidney." I could IIIIdt‘I‘S'JDIlt see the briilo Would married any girl as well known in Ash- L wife," Sidney ford as I was, I certainly should not have . care, I) My! been so eager." “You speak vcry marrying some one else." “Why not? coolly." “Because itisimpoasiblc that he said Dolly, laughing. “Is that vhyl Well, perhaps to." There was a short silence; Sidney sip- ped hcr tea laiiguidly, and Dolly looked over at her with wistful admirmg eyes. She was so changed, so much more beautiful and so much more proud than the girl whom Stephen had married four months before; then she had been so gentle and tender and true. now she seemed so cold and negligent and careless, thinking only of amusement and dress. Could it be true, what some one had hint- ed in Dolly'shcsriniz, that sheha'l married Stephen for money and pvsitimi and for deliverance from that home which a step- mother's presence had made unbearable to her] . “We must try to get up some gsiety here this winter," Sidney remarked ms- ently. "Amateur theatricals won d be I can even contemplate it' | l I l l i v . . i . I it if ‘ from the look of intense marrivd a stranger. ' Sinlne-y’s blazing eyes. if he had ‘ thing to interfere between husband and f l Co'illy about his dilllc l i should," silent, pressing her hands convulsii‘ely l , his own. 75nd then Lift!!!" “3*, W: down his cup and ‘weh‘. o. d that 6 pleadii‘g“ ‘5. again. ful and tender ..a. Sidney's side dun would they not! Andl'ne great l trembling away" form, the sshen line is that they give so much the beautiful des ‘Iike face. She can employment beforeth I don’t really guess at something of the truth nowâ€"- know how we shall go: through our time of the sufi'ering hidden by that smilin unless we do something of the kind. It is haughty indifferean it frighten you know, Dolly-itis mere- her. What was the reason of it all? What did it mean? “But where no love is," Sidney found strength to utter, in a few moments, “there can only bearisery." “But, Sidney, no wife could be more dearly Iovedthan you are," Dolly said gently. Sidney turned her eyes slowly upon the young girl’s penitent face and smiled ; but the smile was sadder than tears could have been, it was so hopeless and bitter. “Do you think so?" she said. “Then Heaven help all the wives who are loved ly existence." "You used not to complain of Ashford being dull." "Ali 1 but then 1 hadso many duties ! Besides, I knew no other life. Since I have been abroad, this seems alumst un- bearable." “Then it was a pity you went abr , said Dolly, rather drily. Sidney laughed. “\\'as it? My dear child. since I have become a rich woman I have felt that I like to get my money's worth and that it time to catch the post." “No. I will write now," swered gravely; but, before she left the . rooui, she went to Sidney's side and put her arms round her, and kissed her gently and apologetically; and Sidney forced an- other smile, hardly less bitter and hope- less than ths other. For some minutes after Dolly had left her Sidney stood still and motionless in the centre of the beautiful artistic room, her soft clinging draperies falling around her, her hands pressed to her side, the hopeless despairing look deepening to her beautiful eyes. “No wife more loved than I am loved!" she said half aloud. Then, throwing up her hands with a gesture of despair-“1f she knew, if she only knew all!" Sheifelt choked and stifled in the warm f‘o var-scented room; her breath came quick and first, and she began to fear that she would faint. The anguish she so bravely and skillfully concealed had brok‘ en the bounds she had put upon it, and threatened to overwhelm her. She must not let any one find her in this intense agitation, she thought woarily, and she moved slowly and feebly across the room towards a window, pushing aside the silk- en curtains and opening it with trembling feeble little hands, admitting a blast of cold wind and rain. The twilight had faded now, and it was night outside, dark and wet and cheerless. But Sidney did not heed the driving wind and falling rain; the cold seemed to revive her as she stood leaning against the frame of the French window, conscious that another pair of eyes were watching her every movement with eager scrutiny; and, whenshe turned to re-entertheroorn, a hand laid gently yet firmly upon her arm arrested her movement, and a voice said, in tones of hurried, muffled en- treatyâ€" “Sidney! Hush, formercy’s sake! Don't you know me?”_ For a moment it seemed to Sidney Daunt that the hand laid upon her arm had icy fingers which reached her heart, and that the darkness closed in and covered her in the deadly faiiitness which seized herâ€"but for a moment only; the next minute she had recovered herself, the husky muffled whisper sounded dis- tinctly again in her ears, and she put out both her hands, uttering the one wordâ€"- “Frankl” At the same moment there came the sound of. wheels on the drive in the front of the house, and the dressing bell rang, its loud clear summons pcaliiig through the quiet house. (10 BE coxrmvsn.) oâ€"d A Parisian Kitchen. A fair average Paris kitchen is about nine feet long and five feet wide. It never has more than one windows, which generally looks into an obscure dooryard some nine feet. square. Along the wall runs an iron edged table four or five feet long and about two feet wide. In this table are cut from four to six square holes tive Circle." “As if any circle could appreciate you ttt-r than we do! " Dolly said reproach- “Not me, dear," Sidney answered, with a bright little laugh, “but my toil- "Which are by l-J" the most important up with a lit tle exclamation of delight to Sidney glanced up carelessly without a on her lap closed suddenly upon the cus- cades of lace trimming her dress, crushing If the change which four months of was still greater. He looked much older, sterner. and graver, and there was a. touch of cynicism about his manner which was a painful substitute for the old easy frank- pour out. for him. He had come straight to the drawing room on his return home, and still wore “Won’t you sit down, Stephen? Oh, we are so cosy here! Sidney, issue since mine are unavail- g," Dolly said, trying to speak gaily, irig miserably in her attempt to ig- eon husband and wife. “Mine would be even more so," was the careless answer. “011, equally so!" Stephen said laugh- ing a forced, rather a. tunclcss laugh, and glancing down at the beautiful proud wo- man in her soft cashmere and lace. “By the-bye, I have had a telegram from Mil- ner; he will be here this evening in time for dinner, so perhaps he will appreciate o of Worth’s gowns, Sidney.". “Perhaps,” Jhe answered carelessly; ‘ J-r'wrding his sister's owing them alone ‘ iyes were very wist- she crept softly to "Sidney"â€"-r ’zpelt down thereâ€" “Sidney “What is it, Dolly?" ‘ The voice was kind and gentle enough, but very cold. ‘ “Sidney, do not be angry, but I cannot help asking you. What has come between The sweet rose pink faded out of the beautiful face bent over Dolly, but Sid- ney forced a laugh. “Between us? Nothing, dear. VVD are a model couple. I intend to apply for the Dunznow Flitch," she said lightly. “Of course you do not,” Dolly said quickly. “But you areso cold, so reserved, so distant.” “My dear child, would you have us still making love? Your brother and I get on capitally. He goes his way, and I go 'mine, and whenever we meet. en rou'e we are perfectly civil to each other What more Would you have?" “Don't, Sidney; you talk like one of ()uidri’s heroines,” Dolly said, in a tone of keen pain, rising suddenly and going back to her chair, with large tears stand- ing in her eyes, which a very few more l l l iron of just the same size as the table itâ€" self. The space between this shelf and the table is closed in front by iron doors. This block against the wall bears the gen- eral name of fourneau, and, with the ex- ception of roasting, it is on this b1. ck that all the cooking is done. It is difficult to realize the economy of fuel which is rendered possible by the use of these fourneaux. Tea kettles not existing in France, water is boiled in a covered tin jug called a bouillotte, and in this the water heats very rapidly, but it has one defectâ€"it never sings. The French sys» tem is, as a whole, singularly perfect, and as it permits cheap cooking of the small- est quantities of food it is the first cause of the infinite variety of nourishment which is one of the privileges of French h“ . a”<-Wâ€"â€"â€"_ A Wiir Correspondent. An English war correspondent, Mr. Prior, states that the principal expenses of such a journalist are not his salary, but his outfit and his means of locomotion. [lo can never be sure that either food or drink can be obtained at the seat of war. In one campaign Mr. Prior took out with him $200 worth of canned goods alone, while saddles, clothes, boots, drawing materials, and cash were in abundance. In the Zulu war he travelled more com- fortany than any member of the staff of the commanding general. He had five horses, and on the eve of the battle of Jlundi was the onl man who had a tent. Officers in commsn of troops have no ob- 'ection whatever to war correspondents so long as victory perches on their banners; but when defeat comes they detest a war correspondent in proportion to his truth- fulness as a narrator, making all sorts of imputations not only upon his accuracy, but also upon his personol character. â€"â€"-â€"--m-.->oo’â€"â€"â€"â€" Not Wanted at All. “ So you have firmly made up mind you won't have me 7" he asked. “ Yes, firmly,"shc replied. “I suppose you take me for a fool for mposing to you so often?" was a little silence, which Sidney broke by going over to Dolly's side and saying softly, as she bent over her, putting both little hands on her shouldersâ€" “Dally, dear, what is it? Dolly"â€"her voice changed and trembledâ€"“are you crying! Dear, there is no need. We are very. very happy." “Happy! You may be happy," said Dolly passionately, "because you find happiness in dress and amusement; but lieâ€"is hehappy, do y 'u think? Can you look into his face and think for ti moment that he is happyl" At the sudden passion and reproach in the girl's voice Siilm y removed her hands and draw back, very pale and still in her run pride and annizcment. . “Sidney, shy are you so cold and proud to him?" Dolly went on piteously. "One would think that it was true that you had nurricd him only for money, d_-rf She broke off suddenly, shrinking back indignation in “You will find that it isa dangerous said hr-arscly. “Have a 1);: not make matters worse than they are already. It is sometimes air to live happily when love exists," she addd‘tl, her voice faltering suddenly; “but when there is no Ioveâ€"-â€"" Her voice failed her, and she atom! agsinst her heart, which seede about to break in the sudden passion of pain which Dolly had aroused. She was white as death, and trembling so violently that, but for the support of a chair near her, she must have fallen. It was the first time she had given waysince her wedding day, the first time she had ever let her- self face the bitter truth of her domestic misery; no wonder that the thought of the life which lay before her, unblessed as it was by her husband‘s love, overcame her, no wonder that in that bitter mo- ment she felt that death itself would be prefer-able to the certainty that she was shutting out Stephen from happierthings, that her life lay like a heavy cloud upon P I wouldn't have you for a gift." l bacon or liquor, recent] died, aged 102. of the item. There died recently in Savoy a knife grinder who for years followed his trade in Geneva, and who left a fortune of I 100.com. all of which he bequeathed for Siartled and alarmed by the effect ofidivision bewteen three poor ' as, her words, Dolly stood by helplesdy,lwhich shoulduseit to buy clo looking with frightened eyes at the children in need. of- ldl as 13'” loved' Donyl” “he added; the“'ldld, but no sooner did the news reach changing her tone, “If you are going to i write to Bell for me, you have not much f I has not yet been reached, and meal I l l l ‘g l and underneath runs a shelf of stone or .. dovekiea, and the A Hartford man, who never used tn- bnim this W ’ o Examples mounting the Cruelty of tho geria and Tunisia. noon. Some time ago, writes a Tangier cor- respondent for the London Times, an American merchant named Howland visited Morocco, and was informed of a wealthy family who were subject to great persecution from the governor of the dis- trict in which they resided, who was con- tinunlly robbing them, and he consulted the American vice consul at Casa Blanca as to the best way of aiding them. Ho was told that the only way would be to advance them some money and employ them to purchase Moorish merchandise for him, appointing them his scmsaars, or commercial agents, under the terms of the treaty of Madrid. This he promptly their governor than he laid a horrible plot to get them within his power again. DJHY an. gThe dead body of a man, said to have been murdered, was carried at night and laid at or near their door, and upon rc- turning to their home they were seized heavily chained, and thrown into prison. At the time when the murder was said to have been committed they were with Capt. Cobb, the American vice consult at Casa Blanca, fully seven hundred miles from the scene of the alleged crime. Capt. Cobb, on hearing the story, proceeded at once to the spot and proved most COII~ clusively that the alleged murder could not have been perpetrated by them. and the governor promised to release them, but could not do so without certain for- malities. The end of these forimilitics while the poor fellows are slowly dying. I hear that the case has been referred to the government at Washington. Recently another American geiilloiimn called upon me and related the following story . He was born in Morocco, and speaks Moghrebin like a native. He said that some months ago Ito went with his wife to pay a visit to a relative residing in Casa Blanca, and one day, while there, a. Moorish youth of about 18 years or so, pale and thin with want and misery, in tattered garments of litre texture that spoke of better days, fell at his wife's feet and entreated her to take him into her service to save his life. She spoke to her husband, and an investigation took place, with the aid of Capt. Cobb, which reveal- ed the following facts : Tho hid's father was extremely wealthy, and lent large sums of money to a French merchant without interest, in return for which he received French protection ; but after some years they had a dispute, and the Moorish gentleman not only refused to advance any more money, but demanded the repayment of at least some portion of the debt then due to him, and was on board a ship on his way to Mecca, when the Frenchman bargained with the overnor of the district to withdraw French protection from the rich Moor, his creditor, for the sum of $3,600. The LMoor was seized on shipboard, brought back, and thrown into prison, charged with being concerned in some crime. All his movable property was forthwith seized and sold, and it is said at least $40,000 in gold were confiscated. His wife, with her son, fled, and a price was offered for their discovery, but happily this American gentleman appeared on the scene, and the lad was fortunate enough to get to the lady and tell his tale. The gentleman at once took advantage of the terms of the Madrid convention, and made the bid his semsaar. Upon hearing of this, the ; governor tried to buy the hid, and actual- ; ly offered the American $000 for him. I‘. is needless to say that this vile offer met with a contemptuous refusal. The hid’s poor father died in the horrible dungeon to which he had been consigned. .- The Arctlc Summer. As the season advances, every cliff gets noisy with birdsâ€"solemn rotjes, lively gurrulous myrinds of l mollemoko gulls, which swarm in the scat. ; The air is alive with the flight of cider 1 and spectacled ducks, and on the rocky ; islets their nests swarm to such an extent , as to allow scarcely foot room for the tni- ; veller who may chance to land on those E. unfrcquentod spots. Scalsaro arriving on l the coast in great abundance. Whales are “spouting” far out, or leisurely slum- hering on the surface of the quiet bays. ’ White whales and narwhals are making the sea merry with their gambols, and the Esqnimau~happy at the thought of endless blubber and a sufficiency of food for the presentâ€"consider that the future may look to itself. Even the hungry dogs participate in the abundant feast; though, for the most part, being useless during the period when the ice is off the sea and the snow of! the ground, these ravenous beasts of burden are confined on solitary islets to look out for themselves as best they may. 0n land, the ravens and hawks, which, with the ptarmigiin, form the chief feath- ered winter residents, are joined by num- bers of travellers from more southern] landsâ€"birds of passage, which come here to rear their callow young, and disnppenrl During I again at the approach of winter. May and June they may be seen flying across the Atlantic, and any ship making for Spitzbcrgen 0r Davis Strait at that season of the year will be sure to be fav- ored with the visits of snow buntings and other birds, which alight on the rigging to rest themselves during theirlong flight. Butterflies and other insects flit about in considerable abundance, and almost every pool is full of specimens of tho little dy‘ tiscuii, or water beetles, which dart about . from side to side among the water-weed The white fox, now in its brown stems. summer cost, is barking its “Aka-ha-lm' from the rock; the quiet glcns are full of herds of reindeer; while the polar bear, lord of all the land, has come out of his winter hibernation, snd Is ranging sea ' your and land alike in search of his prey. An Imposslblllty. “Y a1 uarr ll 'th ' “No, Sir; Idon’t take you fora fool. mg?” w”. q 8 ng m me "I" “I don’t see how I an help it." “Well, I'll helpit. ry day.” “N ' . T ' But he died, and that ' lsall the virtue war? you '0“ t he ‘36 0' minded.“ ill 1 l r [M. E..Cosson re . I shall blow out my SCIENTIFIC GOSSIP. a: Human estimates the quantity of “imi- I nan-d springs at present required on, thy" English, Scotch, and \Velch railways at ' 231,920 tons, and of tho 12,0(0 tons an- ' iiuslly Ubl‘tl Shtilield gives about. d0.009 tons. r With reng to the American Exhibi- :tion, proposed to be held in London in z 1&1}, the Iron says: “\\'a cub assert that we heartily wish success to ‘tbe‘ cf- forts of the promoters of this novel ex- hibition.” Dr. Rouire has projected the conversion ,nf the Shott Melghir into an inland sra lbyiiiciins of a canal 145 miles long corn; lnuiiicating with the Mediterranean, but. I c gards as chimorlcal this scheme of makiiign marine basin in Al~ I At the hits annual meeting of the Roy- alSocioty of New South Wales the Clarke Medal for thoycarlSS-l was awarded to Dr. Alfred R. C. Selwyn, in IL nition of his scientific labors in G neat ritain and as Director of the Geological Surveys of Canada and of Victoria. Three cents an hour for each Jsbloch- koll' candle having been found insufficient to meet the running expenses after a trial lasting over five and a half years, the company supplying that method of sloo- tric lighting have discontinued to employ- it on the Thames (Victoria) Embankmonffi London. M. J. Carpenter claims that as far back as January, 1851, be constructed an spa psratus similar to the mercurial gnlvsno- moter recently presented to the Academy" of Sciences, I’m-is, and that he experi- mooted with it before witnesses long be- foro the description of the instrument by; M. Lippiuami. ‘ In ll letter from Persk the Rev. J. E.’ Toiiisori~\\'oods gives a Iorig account of his scientific experiences in the Malacca Peninsula. He. had examined the ricli~ tin mines of the settlement and the goo- logiciil features of the whole territory, and had spent some time in the invostiga:-. tion_of the fauna and flora. ' \ . M. l‘. Crilliburgrstpasscd a current of puritiednirat ordinary tcinpcmturcs, or (35 c 0., through 52.8 pints of vrapo juice. The fermented liquor obtiiiiioil was per- fcctly clear rind free from cotton-like sedi‘ IIIGIICAVINHI examined after the lapse of ‘ 13 months. It contained 18.40 per cent. of alcohol by-Vollllllt‘. A sunshine recorder made by placing a water lens in front of an old camera bozé ‘ has been exhibited by Prof. Herbert Mc- ’ Lood before the Physical Society, Lori- don. Sensitizcd paper is placed in the bottom of the box so that the focused ray strikes on it and, as the sun moves; . tritcesa curved liiio_of band on the pn- ‘ per. At the close of a paper bngi'. W. ll. Stone in the physiological bearing of electricity to the health there were suggcs~ tions made as to the therapeutic uses to « which electricity, administered, not. its now, lnip-Iirizzinl, but quantitatively and scientifically,mightboput,cliissifyiiigsucli rises as muscular, sensory, iiciirotic,‘-.cli- initiative, and vaso-motcrinl. Miss Sophia Bryant, iiiiitlieinutical mistress of the North London Collegiate School for Girls, and daughter of the Into Rev. Dr. W. A. Willock, sometime Roo- tor of Cloinish, I‘llllllsklllt'll, rind Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, in tho first h\- ,.,_r dy to obtain the degree of I). Sc. from ‘ the University of London. She continu- ed her duties as teacher while she was working for her degree. Experiments on an extensive scale have been made by the Dutch Government to ascertain the relative strength of iron and steel girders. The soft stool girders prov- ed to be ‘22 per cunt. and the hard stetl girders (213 per cent. stronger than the iron girders. It was pretty well established that the strength of the stool girders is about the same for the two flanges if tliry are made alike in section. Colcliiciiie, according to M. A. IIoudcii appears in the form of prisms, grouped in colorless mnmilla. It is intensely bit- ter, turns litmus paper blue, and though readily soluble in alcohol, liorizole, rind chloroform, is sparingly so in water, glyceriiic, and other. With certain organic acids it forms combinations, thouin the more energetic of those acids decompose it, its well as the mineral acids. l’ure oxygen and the oxygen as it cx~ late in the atmosphere have been proved to the satisfaction of M. L. Troost cripziblo of passing through the sides of a licnttd tube of silver, but that. only a more trace of nitrogen found its way through the silvci‘. It is suggested that pure oxygen may be obtained fl't‘ll‘ t‘iu ntnios ilicrc by taking advantage of ill i pormca iility of silver to oxygen gas, I ittlio rnotnl must. not be heated above 800 ° C. Writing in the Nature about cannibal- ism iii snakes, Mr. John Frothinghain says: “About eighteen months ago, just previous to my leaving llltllll, at lhivaliili in the Wynaad, the horsckcopcrs chased and killed a largo cobra (3 foot 4 inches in length. Previous to its death it was thrown down in front of the door of our house, when after a good deal of twisting and wavy contorfiori of tho hotly, it dis- gorgcd at small rock snake over 4 feet in length. I had heard of ths some thing before lll‘IIldllt, sol do not think caniinbal- ism in snakes uncommon.” ~--.~’â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€" Tho Voudoos. The Vondoos of Inuisiana-thnso no- groes who still make the eve of St. John an orgy of weird incantatiornmwuro rc- ccntly viewed at the funeral of a ricgrcss, one of llio quot-rm of Voodoo. In ii Ishinny she lay in fantastic garb. On her ilioml was a garland of bay leaves, while about her neck a (load snake was twine-«l. The fitful light from it bunch of resinous pine cast a smoky glare over a hundred negroes, who, with joined hands” sat on the ground and swayed their bodies back land forth to the rhythm of a monotonous ldroning song, ever and anon letting out iiin unearthly scream. Then came a lmarch by torchlight to the grave. The l tort-lies were dashed to the ground, and l the dance above described was repeated lwith such vigor this time that before it led many of the dancers had fallen to Hire earth from slicer exhaustion. Then the clothes of the «load woman were A thrown into the grave, one garment at a i time, some of thorn being torn in twl» far I ; fore being cast in. . ‘ (em I a” A Is‘opsrd In a Telegraph Ullloe. A leopard was killed In the telegraph office at Ilella station on the Palm and (lya line at about I I’. M. on the 21st The station is situated about seven lmilcs from the llsrabcar hills, where the“ lsnirnsls are said in abound. Tho cros- i turo evidently strayed into a neighboring village, whence being chased by the vl‘ lagers, he got first Inu- the station mas- ter's office and thence him the telegraph room. The poori on duty had the pres. l . l l AdOCfOY Of mnllc ll 0110 Who WM“ ence of mind to shut the door, which pianos. To count but few things new is emulation of many virtues. Many people keep their temper, when l for It would please their associates If they- would lot It go. leffcctually confined the beast. Soon ths'sfterwsrd the mail train arrived at the l station and the driver of it shot him dead. ‘3. A good offer is certainty. market may only be hope. l A batto