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_. TIERES‘HSG 171‘s. A minus (“rot-uh cards-en~ Ihe “(slur In Europe-u” 4:. Alabama physicians say tbl'. pmumo- g nu is i at tone in that State titan ever bulb"; within that) or fix. ty years. A 3: ntlemsn has planted 07:! 200,010 Loo arm's st Breezy no flay, IRA, and ‘jlfmrh'o the riumbsr a rziiiicn before he' steps o}.trl'.‘u.l_l. i Two Tanpa (Fla )fishsrmcn lately Csp' Iu'm a saw-fish in feet 3 inches lung. (5 fee: wile, ard weighing 500 pounds" The saw was (."t r four feet long. ’ In the contraction of chimney stacks, says the Annie-:2, there shuud be a: the 20;: cf every fiue an expanded space” within which most down draught- 2f air. will rotate and expend their force with- out invading the flue below. The number of railroad accidents in the ' United {states curiig 4884 is given a: 1,l91. '0! these, 445 were Collisiuns, TOL. XIII. CHAPTER VLâ€" (COSTECZD ) Lucy who, had sunk into a chair at the ' foot of the bed, A max again illiii.'....... m... M... .. and 5251 derailment: ; '35 are recorded as “ moms." Therewere in all 389 per- sons killed and 8,760 injured. The opinion is entrrniued now by many men of science the the ar. of mak- ing artifijsl stone for structural purpvsts u prpbiswric, and that the pyramids were. in fact built of artificial blocks mannfwluioi from the surrounding plain. 'As'ooréiug to the Brick and Tile Ra- view, linen: g hicks are made of awry light curious ear‘h, clay being sometimes added to bind the material alone was dry- cyed. She felt a tight choking sensation in her throat. but could find no relief in tears. As she sat, staring in front of lter, ccmmuning and standing with her hard. spirit, suddenly her eyes fell upon lm. or," .cts which euchained and fascin- lsted tntm. For an instant she sat in lmfllllflilcsfl horror, then, awakening to 5 full intelligence in a moment, and utter- ing a plerczog smeam, she threw herself upon her knees and grasped them in her l hand. “ Good Heavens, dear Miss Lucy." V’Kmher- cried Mrs. Mitchell, thinking'it was an 1"“, ca” M “'“d3 "J 1 3]“ lb“ lb"? “‘1 , hysterical attack, and hurrying towards flat on water, whllu their strength equals ordinary bricks. '_'nsuie Muir, used if out] In cormkfon with the Riel refill ion, lwas originally applied to all mixtd breeds of the North-“Mat. There are two divis- iomldf .Mstisâ€"the Mctls Frsugsls, or Canadians, and the Mails-Anglais, de- scendants of oilizers of the Hudson Bay Company. The celebrity of Scotch gardeners is and by high authoriiy to be largely due to the creditable care which Scotch mas- ter gardeners in the last century bestowed on the technical and general education of their apprentlces in the long winter evenings. Scotch gardeners have been famous for nearly 200 years. The Florida travel increases every year. There are fiftecn large hotels in Jacksonville, which, in five months last season, entertained 151,357 guests, while during the season just closing they had 36,072 visitors. In addition to this great number it is estimated that the boarding- houses accomodatcd as many more. A Frcush mineral water firm has begun to supply Paris dlnuor tables with dis- tilled water charged with oxygen. The beverage is mildly (xhilaratiug and is likely to be popular. Dr. Beaumets ststtd in a recent address to the Sccicte . Therapeutiquo that be had found it very! serviceable in cases of loss of appetite1 and certain disorders of digestion. An immense lodge of white metal has. been discovered in Antelope Valley, l Mono county, Cal , the nature of which puzzles all mining o xpufs to whomsptci- l mmis have been submitted. The metal] is fusible at first, but after the first time} Mrs. Mitchell, hor riddy face pale with you. it yields-to nothing except a mixture of acids. A pound of r.ck yields lialfal , left the her, “ don’t give way like this X" lo. went. “Coma close to me, all of you. Mrs. room." “ No, no, dear miss ; we are all herei" “ Seeâ€"see what I' hold in my hand!” The women pressed round her. “ Why, it’s master's pencil-case!” de- ' clared Fanny. , “ And this?” continued Lucy. “That looks likes. lock of red hair. Where can it have c. me from? What I does it mean i" V “ It means, ’ cried Lucy, groaning with anguish, “ that your poor mistress has been murdered l” " Murdered l” exclaimed every one.â€" “Yes, cruelly murdered!" “ But by whom l”â€"-“ By her husband." “ Oh, dear Miss Lucy, think what a dreadful thing you are saying i" cried Mrs. Mitchell, fearing for her reason. “ What proof can you have of what you say 'l’" ” These 1" replied Lucy harshly. “But what do they amount to 7” Master no doubt left his pencil-case with missus.” “ I am certain he did not; I sew him put it into his pocket just before he house. I told him the ring was thin; and, see, it has broken through hire in this very room. Providence has oxdercd it so that this terrible crime may be brought home to him. The red hair I do not understand at prescntâ€"I'suspect it is part of some dirguise that he has used; but no doubt an explanation will come. ’ ' "' But what ought we to do '3" inquired ban 0 .‘. “i cannot think. rend for Lot us To their great astouisbmeuz, she sprang hcrfeet, her eyes blazing. with excit- Mitchell, don’t let one of them leave the l W ‘ l is.» FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1885 4...- .,-__ ,,. _ .._ " Do you not see'l This man has im- still further terrify his unsuspecting vic- tim, he has disguised himself by wearing red hair. You remember she told us, poor thing, that ,he was perfectly: aware of her strange. morbid antipathy ‘l" “ Then the sound I heard in the pos- sage is explained." “ Certainly it isl" “Oh, what shall we do 7" cried Lucy? “ How are weto bring it home to him Help me, Doctor Maurice ; pray think for me.” ' “ I will do my very utmost to help you," he said gravely, “ not only for your sake, but for the sake of justice; only you must trust me implicitly and believe I would give my life to save you from pain and sorrow. In the first place," be con- ,tinued, “ I must go rip-stairs to the room with Mrs. Mitchell, and in a few minutes I will rejoin you here." When he returned, his face was pale, and wore a very serious expression. “ She evidently died in a fit, poor crea- ture, induced by excessive ,terrcr. She must have suffered horriny at the last. Now," he said to Mrs. Mitchell, who had followed him into the room, “ let me see the servants ; I wish'to speak to them." When they were all assembled, he said, “I have just been to see the body of your: poor mistress, ever that her death was caused by an aw- ful fright of some kind. You all know how ill she was a few days ago, after hav- ing seen, asshe believed, a ghost. ' I said at that time, should anything of the sort occur again, I believed that the conse- quences would be very serious. Now 1 am firmly persuaded that no ghost ever appeared to your mistress ; but that your master, for some wicked reason of his own. disguised himself by wearing red hair, and so succeededin frightemug her to dent‘- " When they had left the room, the Doc- tor asked Lucy to break the seal and read the letter. ‘.‘ We may learn something from it,” he said. It was to this effect-â€" “ My dearest Wife,-I am awfully sorry I am prevented from coming this evening ; I am so afraid youlwill have been anxious. Bu: the fact is it is almost impossible for me to leave for a few‘ days, unless I make up my mlnd'tolose everything. ‘ Of course if Miss Stemware not with you, I should come,z notwithstanding this ;but, as it is, I think it would be weak to dose. at once, as I am very anxious for news of 'In great haste. “Your very loving. “EDGAR. “I suppose there is no doubt this is p iund of the metal, and there are mil- Doctor Maurice and trite his advice. But Richfiondia handwriting 3" inquired Doc. one thing I implore you all to promise to, Maupic‘m lions of tons in the plant. It contains: platinum. liirpcaking of minor ailments conu nectod with digestion, Dr. Lander Brunrl tori said recently that headaches werol “1113"? dept-“(loot either upon the pres- once of decayed tooth or of sonic irregu- , lari _yi:ILlJul eyes, more especially in tliol dill. critics“ the focal lengthsbetwosu the twp -5_;\,s5‘persmia who were subject to headaches in their youth grew oldenl bilioin headache was vs ry apt to be rs- l placod'by giddincss. and this change! came when people riccdzd spectacles. Iii wwstcrn Euro; om countries the weather recently, and indeed, through- out ihc season, has been similar, in a modified form, to that prevailing here. B )th in France and Germany about three? works go "there was a return of wintry west ,fihere, with frost and thaw al- to out? and occasional snow or rain. prso changes are regarded as unfavorable , to the growing crops, ospic'lally in Ger-l, re the frost was severe ; but if. Maurice. ma , lip is to tell whether any any dam- age as bé’eii done. Asian inevitable consequence of their coloiiiil expansion, the Germans are be- ginning to rcali<o that the necessity of in ' taming a small and movable colonial P“ ar i: independently of their torritoriall organization, will be forced upon them. Proposals of this nature are bring venti- lated in that section of the German press wh ch usually foreshadows oilicisl deter-l miiwieps. The contemplated force will be qdiuqu small to begin with ; it is sad afod at a battalion of 1,000 men, with twenty (flicers and two or three light mountain guns. me, by [he love you bore your poor mis- tress; and that is that you will keep the “Yes, 1 am certain of that.” “ Well,‘ it is of no use our bewildering secret of her death faithfully until Doctor 0,“. brains nunsceawrpy. I Wm telegraph M aurico arrives. I am certain in. my own mind that a fearful crime has been com- mltcd here; but I cannot convince you to Scotland Yard immediately, and we must be guided by what the detective will advise. I will return in the afternoon by “li‘flelf : he Wm help 1110 When h°.aud,'iii the meantime,you must tryand be Comes. pr'imiso l" “ indeed I will i" cried Mrs. Mitchell, on whom Lucy's resolute tone had pro- duced a great tâ€"il'oct. “ Oh, Miss Lucy, I begin to fear you are clearer sighted than we are! My poor, poor mistress 7" “Emily, Fanny, Harriet. you will do the same. will you not 7 You all loved your mistress.“ “ Ay that We did 1 We've lost our best friend," cried Emily, the spokeswoman. “ As Mrs. Mitchell has done so, I promise too." » “ And 1," “ And I," said the two others solemnly. “ Now two of you go and fetch Doctor Don’t wait for him ; merely leave word that he is wanted here at once; and, Mrs. Mitchell, lockup this fearful room, and lot me go away and think.” The old woman did as she was directed, looking at Lucy with a sad questioning‘ex- salon, and then followed the weeping sorvunis down-stairs, shaking her head mourufully. “ Poor Miss Lucy 1" she thought. “ I wish she could cry ; it’s not natural forher to take it so hard like; I fear me she will give way soon. I shall be thankful to see Doctor Maurice ” Meanwhile, Lucy was walking up and down her mom, ondeavorlng to calm her- self, to think rationally of the fearful oc- currence that had taken place, and to find with 1!" 0f “‘0 JOhB' HOPE“ 95' some method of elucidating the mystery. “Ml “than” county. Md- hi“ Cultl' That. Richmond had been in the house vatcd figs for the past twenty-five years during menight me was perfectly con. with”: ass, cure h or [2. treatment as follows : “Vivi! 119"“ lfilled ‘0 30‘ viiiced, andthathe hulin someway hasten- ”0 8”“ Q10 Nah“ “I ed the death was also a foregone conclus- 1‘mm the 103‘ ion ;buf. br'yODd that everything was dark to the 20th of November we dig a trench md Obscurm around the bushes. cutting away about half thorbots they have made during thei mol" 3},” though?“ l in this terrible trouble if I had no one to l season. when the bushes were growing vigorously, and lies when they are not so robust, bending down the branches to the ground in tho form of actors, and " ‘l‘aank Heaven, I have a friend near “ I should go mad consult. How hard it seems not to have time to mourn for one who lam sure loved me dcarly! But I must plan and think, combustion: .‘lllh “3’1" fl"'l“lh"”“1¢l“zand, when he is brought to justice, there to from three to f..ur inches in thickness, and iii spring uncovering them from the lat to the 10:h if April. They boar fryhflopiuwly, ripenii g about the first ( July. and continuing to bear until Nomvw ' â€".â€")o:.-.â€"â€"- hfi~f"' .Jllivmllcst Living Things. lnMuio delivered by Mr flows at the royal Victoria hall, on the lilih inst , on ‘:TheSiuallest Living Things," it was pointed out that some if the organisms than ‘OCOOI inch in length and 13:3.“ - - l “in‘ 'pmnu“ b‘cw'mm' etc ' she worse 7 ' And then. catching sight of l iiy by his wife's death? And did he seem will be time to grieveâ€"tho cruel, heartless, treacherous wretchl" she said to herself. “ llcavuii through with it i" l grant me strength to go After bathing her aching, burning brow, she went down into the breakfast-room to wait for Doctor Maurice, taking with her Richmond's letter to his wife, the pencil- osse, and the mysterious lock of red hair. CHAPTER Vii. In a very few minutes Doctor Maurice -csu~.o into the room. “ What is it 1 ' he asked hurriedly. “Is NUW, MTB- Mllehani “ill 3'0“ ' as coolaud Quiet as you can, and have Mrs. Mitchell ‘to sit with you. Good-bye for a few hunts.” He pressed her hand, look- ed lovingly and pityiugiy at her and left the room. : r , All day Lucy remained alone, restless and miserable ; she did not send for Mrs. Mitchell, as shefelt the old woman’s garm- lous lamentations would be more than she could bear. Every now and then the re- membrance of Doctor Msuricc’s words and manner broke through the gloom ; but she would not allow herself any comfort, and resolutely turned her thoughts in another direction. In this way the dreary day passed, un- til,,lato in the afternoon, Doctor Maurice arrived; and, an hour after, the date ctive, Mr. J obson, was announced. ' J obson was a quiet' keen-looking man, with a soft, pleasant voice; He was quite unaware of the particulars of the present case, Doctor Maurice’s telegram merely stating that a clever detective was wanted at Fcriiburst at once. He listened re- spectfully, and with a moat ' sympathetib expression, to the story; and, after re- flecting a moment, saidâ€" v “ l quite believe with you that Mr. Richmond . was the cause of his wife's death ; but at present we have no conclus- ive evidence against him." “But how about the pencil-case and lock of hair, Mr. Jobson? Surely they are very suspicious 'l” ' “ But suspicious circumstances are not sufficient, thank goodness, to justify a charge of murder l And then, again, though, mind you, I myself feel convinced of the truth (i what you say, and believe I shall find means of proving it, no jury would think anything of the pencil-case evidence. Miss Starr herself admits that the ring which held it to the chain was nearly worn through; what so likely, they would say, but that it fell 05 directly be left you,:tliat Mrs. Richmond saw it, pick,- ed it u , and took it to her room 1 The lock 0 red hair is very much the more important evidence of the two. as that cera tainly indicates that some man was in her rtoni that night. It is, you see,” he said as he sxsmiued it, “a portion of :- theatv rlcal beard with straight hair. which, salt has no foundation, has evidently been stuck upon the face with s irit- am in different portions ; the gum are ssfail- ed, and the lock has fallen 03‘. ‘ I have sieu so many of these things that [can tell at once what they are. It is necessa- ry in these cases to know everything," he continued. “ Does Mr. Richmond benefit pecuniar- multiplyiog by continual lubdl‘s‘islull are ', Lac}... pug, 'om yam. he flopped wade“. anacth to her In .0 uiractinlly) infini'cly lluull n in is to be pica-n: €\'tr)'lltl’t! that the sir can penetrate. The lrcturcr furzltor IllOI’td frouitueir mode of digestion that they must be animals, not \‘rgeta‘slra. in or- derkviflnmm the accusin for the ac. count germ-Indus air to cause ruzrcisc- tlou. two duke of chicken broth were exhibited, made seven jeans pit-ii. nsly. Use had been scaled fmui the air. the, N MW,“ be, nu“ me your up“ other expazd to l'. for tea minim»- a few’ 1‘0” y. n m d’nr,’ a“, I mum ammo myg days p .' The latter was thick and mudc‘ m..- d but is mad . i . 0 mm the stars. cf bacteria lt' manned; the f. mic-r as clear as on the; i ly. he cried. tell me what it is." “lieawns l \Vhat has happened 1' 'stxcugtb uttcrly formuk her, . would have fallen had he not caught but I certainly : in his arms. . g " My darling,"hecricd, frmgcthg every x thlrg but that she was sufi'crliig. i whole life to your bantiucas let me." i cried shrinking from h flier ism with her hands. J l 4' ' an islikea potatoâ€"hover sure when the mm, ,0 mini of madcap he in gsh“'iuto bet waver." £9“? psri wouldn't W3 sb‘e to road the son." , fld‘o‘ebing skits and. of a b:s.:ks.sud in Va stainlqu tone, “Mammflsn't it going} ' " m, high 3' "it... my ion. his." ~- Do' W‘s in gill. get beyond that cloud l ’ ' surprise moi! it did; why do you afif’ "Well. i thought if ll' solar as that the Lord might bo_l..ucy, l And then she told had occurred. “ Good Beareusl Tar ghost 3 than is an explanation of iti cruel. cowardly villain I" tore moment bewild manner. s “ It isyou that are ill; tell me, gq :-~s-.inns." replied Lucy. At the sound of his kind voice, Lucy's , rutirel and ate 3 lleve she has left it all to him. «i t‘\:.t rum 1'” .1»! l. rlsd dead! Now, sir, “you please, “by” two, and Mrs. "ll-Dd than. bedsud cannot be moved. Let nothing if you would after that, to make “Oh,hush, hush, for it 's also!" Lucy En? and covering “This .is oot,I don't In him, with many 7. what] 0h,i.hs “ thtdo you mean I" marl “kt/d , through. by his ,s:o st " I can answer ‘ Yos.‘ to both bf those " Mrs. Rich- pouuds a year, y at her own disposal ; and I be‘ And he 'iiioiid had ten thousand' seemed devoted to her." ; u Ah. shoal like togo up-sml and have no doubt what- - Write P that makes it more difficult for '0’“, ' uI," remsked Jobson, cheerfully; “ but . and was found this morning clearly a motive for wishing the I m compelled to go home on Friday for I awful “imitation prevent your coming before .' fro: days; that would just give them i time t4. send them backwards and for wrdr. , .‘Iv firm impression is that he has never. :ft England." When they cane back, J obson looked unmistakably puzzled. “I can't find a trace of any kind," he said. “ I must go into the garden and smoke a pipe and think. In case any of the men see me." he added. by way ofcau- tion, "you had better say Mrs. Richmond is worse, and I am a consulting physician from London. You can keep them out of the kitchen too by stating that the house must be quiet ; for I am afraid, if you give the women much chance of talk- ing, the secret will not be safe. How they have kept it all this time I cannot imagine ; they must be a very unusual sort of females, and it's of the utmost im- portance it should not be known, for I am rzry much mistaken if Richmond has ever left me neighbourhood." With that he went out ; and Doctor Maurice and Lucy saw him pacing gravely up and downthe garden for over half an hour. Watching him silently, they at last saw him suddenly stop, their turn'to- l ' ward the house, and rapidly in thtir directnn. ’ s , “ He has hit upon something," remark- ed Doctor Maurice ; and then they wait- ,ed breathless with anticipation, J obson came in with a look of triumph in his eyes. " ' ' ‘ “I think I see my way clear now,” he began, “though perhaps you and 'the young lady may object to the means we must employ. However my motto is, ‘ Treachery should be met with treach- ! ery. H “But what do you want us to do i” ask- ed Doctc: Maurice eagerly. “ Why. thisâ€"and 1 see no other way of fixing it on him-~for I suppose. sir, no doctor would hesitate to say Mrs. Rich- mond died from natural causes ’f" “ Certainly; I should have said so my- self, had I not known of those suspicious circumstances. ” “ Well, then,'our only chance is to get him to crimiuate himself ; and I think that may be done in this way. You, Miss Starr, must write a letter to him, saying that his wife is very much worse, in conse- quence of aucther appearance of the ghost, and that Doctor Maurice believes it any such thing should happen again, in her present shattered state of nerves, the re- sult might be fatal. Then add that you are compelled to go home on Friday for few days by the 5.30 afternoon train, and that Mrs. Mltchellis confined to her bed with acute rheumatism. You must urge him, in these circumstances, to re- turn before night on Friday, as none ofl the younger servanfs will consent to re- main in Mrs. Richmond's room, and she has absdluteiy refused to have a strange nurse.” “And what do you expect will be the result of this letter ’3" inquired Doctorl Maurice. I “I firmly believe we shall have an an- swer from him, saying that he will arrive l here shortly after Miss Starr has started ; , and then that he will come in the night, feeling sure that the coast is clear, to fin- ish his fearful work. I propose, further that Miss Starr should really leave by the 5.30 train, which stops at Meltham, five miles .from here, taking her ticket for London, and that she should get out at Meltham. and return to this house by an- other direction.” 9 “\Vell, and what then 7" “Then, sir, I advise that we should con- ceal ourselves in the bedroom at night and I wait to see what may happen. Positively catching him in the act is the only chance I see of detectiug'hlm. The poor lady's body must be rem0ved to another room." “But why should Miss Starr really leave here 3" Doctor Maurice asked. “Because I expect he will watch in some , way to make sure she is absent before he . I presume he had meansl ventures here. of ascertaining that you were not in the room last night, Miss Starr ’l” “ By watching he could have seen the light in my room, and I sat at my window for'scme time before lying down on my . bed.‘ He might also have heard us saying l, good night if he had listenedâ€"everything] ,was' so still, and, the lower rooms not. i being lofty, the windows are-not far from i the ground." l “Then he probably waited until he felt ' sure you were safely asleep before be em I tered the house. Now w: at do you say, to my plan ’l" ' “ Itis a fearful course to have to adopt," a answered Doctor Maurice ; “but I see no 1 other way of accomplishing our ends." l “But,” cried Lucy, “ it seems so de- 5 grading to spread such an awful trap l l Cannot we do our dear friend justice with- , out so much deceit and falsehood 7" l “I can think of no other way,” replied i J obson coldly. "Of course it would be pleasanter to go through the world with outdissiipulation of any kind ;hut society , must be protected, and it rooms in such a. l the means. too far to shield such a rufiiau as this i " "I must own I agree with Mr. Jobson,’ said Doctor Maurice gravely, “though I grieve from my heart that you should be mired up in such a horrible'afi‘air." “Then I will do as you wish," Lucy agreed, with I. shudder. “I am sure you 1 wrong : but you must tell me exactly what to say ;I am quite incapable of collecting my thoughts. " Even Jobson looked at her with pitying interest as he saidâ€" “ It does seem hard on a young lady like you ; but it cannot be helped; any one else writing would at once arouse Richmond’s suspicions." Lucy sat down, and. with a hand which dictation wrote the following letterâ€"â€" “Dear Mr. Richmond,â€"l’rsy home at once. Y-. or She had another attack last night, Mitchellis illin night. as all lof the house and grounds. If we could me young servantsare so dreadfully ner- lfind such a thing as a be worth something to us as evidence; but we shall. lie Ls evident- fellow ;' those letters prove llsn an i i" but the footprint. it would you. They have positively ‘ Ah, yes, Mr. Jobsoui How do you lacs not for them! They compiotly bam- This ad us." ~ “Very likely," he answered drily; are in reality easily seen a must have had a confeder- Boulogas. You say he told yon,good.n18hg. 'uot toupactamwarsto your lettersforécowmouzh, refined to re- main in Mrs. Richmond’s room, and we cannot induce her to have a strange nurse. Duster Maurice says another attack if the as no sort would most liker , vs fatal. I leave by the 5 3O train. flame you will manage to I start. . , “In great haste, youn faithfully, "Luv Suits." : toruey ; be has no i be here before ‘ for him. He asked. in surp “Now. " laid Jobson, “ I will wish you , was only two Iwill postthisonmy waylloadsof com; and, lfyou should want me, i you by do contact." you will find me at the imperial Hotel; but I. shall be round here early in the morning. " He bowed respectfully, and left them. For a few minutes they kept complete sil- once ; and then Doctor Maurice said hesi- tatinrlyâ€" _“ Dear Miss Starr. I cannot go try-night Without one word from you. I spoke im- pulsively this morning ; had I known the dreadful trouble you were in, I would have waited ; but now, having spoken, I cannot rest without some assurance from you. The happiness of my whole life hangs upon your answer. Ah, if you knew how dfivply I love you. you would forgive me i" . “9h, Doctor John," cried Lucy, burst- ing into tears, “don't press me for an answer- now ; it is disloyalty to‘my poor friend to think of myself now." “But,” persisted John gently, “ may i speak to you again when brighter times have some for both of us, as please Heaven they will? ’ "I feel as if I should never know a moment's peace again," subbed Lucy ; “ but ifI ever should," she murmured. “ dear Doctor Maurice, you may speak." “Heaven bless ind comfort you, my darling” he cried ; and then, taking her hand and kissing it lovingly, he went away. . “ How happy I might have been," thought poor Lucy ; “ but now a cloud has come over my life which nothing can dispel! ’ (TO BE coxmrmn. “40>” CANADIANS IN THE SOUDAN. (ouragc L'udcr Arab Fire. When the enemy saw fho British were so determined they lost all courage and fled in disorder. The Highlanders cov- ered in on the enemy's left flank, and the South Stail'ordshires on their right. “Cease firing” was sounded, and theHigh- landers fell back under cover, while the Siafi'ordshires poured volley after volley into the enemy's ranks, killing them in all directions. Their flag was captured. a novsmc cusses. ' The only strong position to be taken now was the high rocky one on the hill. The three companies of Smfl‘ordshires were reinforced by two more, and with one tremendous yell they charged and bayoneted the enemy in all. directions. The Royal‘ Highlanders then charged from rock to rock, and completely annihi- lated the enemy. The enemy numbered about fifteen hundred, and they lost 650 men, killed and wounded. Our loss was three officers and 13 men. Our wounded was 54 non'commissioued L fliccraaiid men. The troops returned after burying their dead about 6:30 p.m. The Voyageurs were not permitted to leave the zarebn, but a few managed to get away and went up and saw the fight. Lieut.-Ool. Denni- son stood boside the cannon, and assisted materially in sending some splendid shots into the enemy's ranks. Eighteen shell and six shrapnel were hurled into their raikl, doing great damage. As soon as the battle was over the voyageurs rushed out of the zsreba and made for the battle ground, where they reached in time to see tho wind-up of the fight. They secured many valuable mementos in the shape of guns, knives, swords, etc. It was AN AWFUL SIGHT to us Canadians who had never seen a battle. I can assure you, to see the dead and injured in hundreds lying about was something awful; and especially at the fort where Gen. Earle was killed. It was a stone but about eight feet square filled with straw and thatched with rushes. Sixteen men took up a position inside, when they saw they could not get away they fired through the chinks at every one who came near. When the soldiers saw Gun. Earle rush forward and fall they seemed-to become crazed, they rushed in a body, surrounding the but and firing into the doorway. The shed took fire and all inside perished in the flames, but not a noise'came forth, not a sound to tell of the awful agony within, for above all things a true Mohammedan abhors one who sues for mercy. Not a cry came out of that awful pile of dying men, but each continued while life lasted to hurl death into the ranks of the English. till at last suffocated and burned, they died. AFTER THE BATTLE. After burying our dead we reiurned to camp. The Canadians in little groups talking over the ovents of the day, and wondering if any more battles would take place before they reschcd clear water, for this rocky cataract sort of water is not the most desirable sort of place one would like to be fooling around in knowing the Mahdl'a followers lurk in rocky holes an- xious to pick ofi‘ any unwary soldier or Kanuck who wanders away too far ; but they are all anxious to be: armed and permitted to take part in the next battle, should there be one, as Lord Wolscley wants us for boating purposes, and not to case as this that the end will quite justify; fight, we “111 have m “and back and It would be straining honour] 100k on, ‘ .â€".â€""â€"â€"N<v.-DN Absurd Rules of the English Bur. Since the world.bcgau was there cVer anything so absurd and indefensible as the rules of the English bar ’1 A barris- ‘ tor, however hungry, must not fake a less l fee than a guinea ; he must not advertise c would not counsel anything you felt to be l to: work; he must not treat with his clients without the intervention of an at- egal claim for,his fees, and he is not liable for his negligence. ' Take, again. the grotesque rule as to pre- cedence. There are, let it be suilprscd, ! upon a particular circuit, two barristers, l A and B. A is a prodigy of legal learn- ? ing, but no orator. B knows next to no law, but talks like a house on fire. thought desirable to secure both. come ‘ unfortunate client finds that by reason of pt or wife is much i trio rule of precedence, the speech falls 5, to the silent man, while the orator has to E extent of the dopredatluns, mumbleo lcontcnt himself with examining a few of of years thny has been allowed so go i n} rtsnt witnesses. Can an - l , the people implicated in the robbery, the {fact that the exposure was due to the ef- . forts of an obscure newspaper, ml the . year to a colored men for a third of the , necessarily rotten condition of a commu- ht out the crop! l nity in which such a r bbery was render- to give the case an The amountl 0M1 a” hug ‘ soon look like a society lady in full dress. ‘, the less impo ' thing more utterly foolish be lmsg' .â€"â€"-â€"‘~€-.w A Georgia farmer leased some land last lcrop. A severe droog l short, and the negro gathered only twoled i bales of cotton and two wagon loads of i almost European notoriety. The latter was stored and the out. } of the swindle auger and his confederate: was reckon- ha was told that there was none] ed at 12.000.000 rubles, or about 93,0(O,- , boy, you have cairn When. after two years of legal shuf- , csudy. , , the conspiracy was, at . you 1 Couldn't 5 “Yes. boss," said the darkey. List, exposed in open court, the figurts, ‘ own and Dero‘ large as they were, dropped into inn alli- l share 7 and l but didn‘t you ml sic the other day 3 corn. {ton sold. When the landlord called for j m i his share ll rent you my land for s l crop ‘l' “but you we date was no third. all mine, and uuliin fa s It is But she vainly endeavoured to steady. at their l the attorney forgets to look in the "law , List,” and when the case comes on the : Skopiue, rise, “Didn't third of the fling 'acd delay bales of cotton and twol mes when compared NO 12. I ARMED CRI‘ISBRS. What Britain is Dela: to Protect flu- tour at I'M. The Admiralty has now chartered liv of the fastest and finest passenger steam- ers in the Atlantic trade, the Oregon, America, Arizona, Umbrls, and Alaska. The steamers Coptic and Britannia are also chartered. The government will iii- crease the number of armed cruisers to twenty. The conversion of first~class ocean steamers into armed cruisers has now begun in earnest. Following‘clossly upon the decision to call out the essrves, the announcement was made that the govern- ment had, in view of possible hostilities, secured four of the most modern, swifs~ est, and largest steamers in the British mercantile marine for warlike purposes, and at present matters have so far pro- gressed that Messrs. Laird Brothers, of‘ Birkenhead, who have been entrusted i: 3?”: 4-1l’ v srx Basins. ' it makes a rel-nosed man to have a little girl atk him in the pn- scime of others if it hurts. l: tee-ms no mom than right that men shsuld seizs Tums by tho inrel-Jck, for the rude eld follow £.\'::;'i' or later pull; all their haircut. : p A naturalist has discovered thsthubr’of‘ the curiosities of natural history is that a woman says "shoe" to frighten chickens and “ boo ‘ to a goose. " _. “What's in a name i ' asks Shakesde r2: a" dial, William ‘ a group ‘d 1‘ m is ii ar ist in Brooklin with‘ . r n- c srpwprhw .‘P . of A Inunrr. A little girl whose general idea of Scrip. mm was better than her knowledge of detail, in \Iufllllg a Wall kowu passage rendered it as follows: “Man is born, and woman is full of trouble." The Arabians have a funeral‘ child of placing ten cents in the mouth of a corps:~ to pay its pangs over the rivcrof death. if that is the price, it is an out- rage. The. fare ought to be reduced to five cents. After her grandmother had given hcr‘i’“ good scolding, a little mischief was over- heard tosay tohoraulf: “ Somebod is cross . lirthls room; ’mlii't moand 'taiii't ollyand 'taiu't kitty. i wonder who it isl" An artic‘o in an exchange describes tha‘ l Queen of Madagascar's annual bath. An: iiually seems a long while lmtiveetnbaths, but fortuiiatly the queen wears a cuticle that doesn't show the dirt. - ‘ ’ j j 'd A Paterson man recently advertised l‘ in with the work by ‘1“ Admlnl‘y began stautanoous babies," and his place WM the alterations that are found indispen~ sable to convert the National Line steam- er America into a ship of war. Built under the supervision of the Admiralty, all the great Atlantic liners are well adapted for the service for which the America the Etruria, the Oregon, and the Alaska have been chosen; but, as the primary object kept in view during their construction has been to produce the best possible mercantile steamer, before they are armsd,comidersble modifications are necessary. The primary require- ments of the Admiralty are that the ships placed on the list should have adequate stability, and be divided into numerous watertight compartments, and in these respects the America a splendid specimen of her class. She is built throughru‘. of steel, is divided into thirteen compartments by strong trans. verse bulkheads, and is capable of con- tinuing afisat with the sea in any two of her compartments. In her main con- struction, therefore, no alterations are ‘H quired; but asithe ship was fitted so as to is carry about 1,400 steerage and 350 saloon passengers, in addition to the crow, many of the appliances that were absolutely in- dispensable on a crack passenger steamer are now not only unnecessary. but are absolutelyin the way. The whole deck devoted to passengers has consequently been cleared. The emigrants’ quarters fore and aft have disappeared, and the bare side wall and bulkheads of the ship are all that remains. The handsomely fitted staterooms, sleeping-births, baths, and iavatories, and the accommodation provided on the same deck for other psa- sengers have also disappeared. What will be placed in the vacancies thus cre- ated has yet to be determined, but if, as is intended, the America is to be utilized as a troopship as well as a cruiser, it will be possible to provide sleeping accommo- dation on this deck for fully 2,L00 man. By far the most difficult matter in the conversion of the steamer is its arma~ meni. This is to be of a somewhat for- midable character, and will include four Bin. Vavasscur guns, six Gi-poundor guns, six Nordeilfelds, as well as four pinnaces for torpedo service. 0n the top of the forecastlo two Vavasseur guns are to be placed, one at each side, at a dis- tance of 25ft. or 30ft. from the bow. Lost the forecastle should not be strong enough to bear the strain put upon it, a massive bulkhead will be constructed below between the main deck and the underside of the forcsstlo, and the whole of the superstructure will be firmly bolted to this bulkhead. which in turn will be fixed to the main deck. Immediately under the commencement of the upper deck a Givpounder gun will be fixed, and about thirty feetinearer midships a second Gi-pouuder will be placed on each side of the vessel. The carriages of these guns will remain upon the main dock, and will be placed there without difficulty. No further armament will be provided on this deck until the space between the upper deck and the poop near the stern is reached. Midway here a 6L oundor will be mounted on each side of t. e ship. Upon the poop two Vavasseur guns will be mounted, precisely as upon the fore- castle, a level surface being provided with teak, and siren th furnished by steel plates and a bulk and underneath. The guns, both on the forecastle and the per p, will be in very exposed positions, but this fact is compensated for by their width of range, which extends over 150 degrees. The four guns have almost a direct fire over both bow and stern, and as they will be able to work round to fifty-eight de- grees toward midships, it will be rx- tremely difficult for any hostile vessel to escape them. The 64-pounders, of which there will be three on each side, will each have a range of ninety degrees, and will thus command the whole broadside of the ship. Russian Rogucry. “Russia'has in ifs service but two lion- est men, you and me," the Emperor Nich- olas once said to his son Alexander. if such a remark were justifiable half a cen- tury ago it would seem that the country has made but little progress in eitherjof- ficisl or business honesty, whatever it may have made in other directions. Rob- bery goes on in every department of the State, and permeates every branch of,bual- ncsa. “Robbery is the rule, honesty this exception," says a recent writer on Rus- lsisu affairs. “ No cheating, no sales," is one of the cynical proverbs of the court try, and the majority of the business pen- plo seem to hold if. a fundamental rule that dishonesty is the only sure road to commercial prosperity, The revelations at the trial of Ilykov, once manager of the defunct Bank of which took place recently atitlie l Moscow Auizcs, illustrate this national unchecked, the number and character of possible, all tend pinpointed by , with the soc' r , political questions raised by this extraor lain-I’m l')i'(:.i(l and a pioco of profs-.1. \ “The little mare began jogtflng on the l dishonesty with startling emphasis. Tho, the number! loverruu by women until it was under- lstood that he was a photographer, and that the last half of his advertisement, ~n ' '3 I had been pied. H An English traveler in looking over“ some American town nismus came across « the well-known one of Pswtuokci,‘ Sho- fucket nitd Nantucket. “Haw, bowl." lie exclaimed," l'iu blessed ii the whuloi family didn't look it i" There is a ri‘llSluh‘S acct in Ohio which bolicws that when human beings die they turn into cats. Doi'sii't it make a mau- shiver, tin-ugh, in think that periinps he‘. i has been slinging boukj ACkS all Winter at his wife‘s graudiu ‘Illtl‘. war». A man never finds out lin v little he knows about Llhllldnilo matters until his wife asks him to keep his eye up)“ III-Di ‘ baby and sou that a pan of melted but.er\ l is kept stirred while she goes into the attic to look through her mg bug. ' “ Oh, how do, lllzick ? I'm almost as- liamudof myself for not calling before. But I've put. it oil'and put it oil‘ until it did scam I never would call." Blazkâ€" “ Don't; mention it, my dear follow. You are very kind, I'm sure." I ...- r4 x Mrs. Ysrgcr is not. liriiiisome, and her voice when she sings is dreadful, but Col- onel Yergor is very doiiionstrsfivo. “Why is he always kissing her 7" asked a friend of the family of another gentleman. “ I can't imagine, unless it is to keep lier’ from singing." They had been married six weeks, and she siiid ; “ No don't. no stay out late, but come home soon to our ‘ little wifey tifey i’ " They had be ii married six years, and she said : “ if y» u go out tonight, Smith, I'm going to lock up She house and go ovor and islet-p at mother's.“ Times are said to be so hard in ‘lalvos- ton than when r» oli-rk g on out on the first of the month to coilooi. bills for ll leading firm and comes homo at night with n. dol- lar and a quarter and the calling of his pants worn out by the boots of the cus- toiiiers from whom he collected it, thaw boss regards it. as it good day for collec- tions. " i A couple of tons of powder exploded in Salt Lake City the other day, wrecking everything in tho iicigliborlio 'd and shak- ing the whole town. A deaf old woman who lived a couple of blocks away pricked up her ears and said. “ Come in l' Then she said to her daughter: “L'iw me, ‘i do believe l'iii getting back my hours “2 Maud SIS Bill of' Faro. A group of wollv‘nnowri horsemen stood around Maud S. in her comfortably-fitted apartment in the Belmont Park stables, Philadelphia, the other day, and discussed ' ’ the probability of the famous trottor Iow~ orliig iicxtfall her already great record. The little mare, who is always given the full range of her coixiinodlons stall, movod , , from one man to another, play fully poking ‘ her nose under their arms or into their' ' coat pockets in quest of tho tidbits she is accustomed to receive. Sim finally got around to. lior trainer, \V. W. Bait, against wliono cheek slio rubbed her nose, and thou prricucdod to make a thorough eitamiiiatlon of his coat pockets: “She wants some candy," said Mr. Bait. “She likes it." After calling several pieces of candy with appari-iit szitlifsclioii, alio demonstrated the versatility of her taste by munching with Ulu‘il pleasure a sunll sllcoofgiiigor- .. ‘ ~“Isr. '_m....~_ frack on Monday lust," Mr. Unir said, “but so far she has not. been moved inuob, only enough to give lior YWCL'B'IAI'Y exer- cise. 'l‘hu ll‘.i15l( l’i in such bad Condition that nothing can b» done on it yet. We jog Maud i.r..iii.<i fix or w-Voii miles a day at a slow gaitiiow, léutitlL. rtliotriick guts betttr we will it). l.i‘.l' it,» fa’iior." The usual ilziily programme corisis‘s at pro-sonl of» aged rubbing drum in the morning by Daniel Bovvvrs, the groom, a brisk Virl‘ri on the truck in the forciioou and ‘tll'llllt'l’ in the afternoon, after which the mam is again Well rubbed down and ovary panic-1o of l‘fllul r- lowed from her .. hoofs and logs. ll':l' fwd consists princi- pally of warm mash. lilacs she came to the park tlii-ro has been no perceptible change in llf‘l‘ wright, which is now 1,040 pounds. SM: woizlwl {Hill} pounds when the nitric “1 i' r. c ‘l!l of livid a: It 1mg- llli'l, Ky. Mr, H m: r was at Belmont Park lut Ill'uk and oxprvuol grui'. satis- jlucll'lll wi‘h tho C")Illll'.l'lil of Maud 8. " ille has not -’l'5(.‘lfli(l at what placed ale ' "sliall trot during the app’vlachilt‘g season .â€"-..._â€".â€"â€".a «4“.» 09W " ifoulrc.” The word “ cl u‘t c," which appears in ,disyattli.:s “hill the room: of Gen. Mid- .«llszon's op idiots in the north-west, signifies a ravine, or, more definitely, *wriat iii the Phs'orn times is termed a -gully. q‘u'.‘ wozil is (lard, not in British lAmerloa slop-.3, but also in Dakota and,- lhlintans. ltl'. pronounced as if speller?! l“cmly," with too accsnt on the first syllable. Hoocflsbw Oscar Wilde, who inns sbvlishlug the and wutwat, will, if he keeps on, Mother (revert-l); ‘Johnnic, on bad your little rothar's Didn't I sila'olt equally between Lu '2».- r:.ui.'.tr.t with your loan; ytur little brother his .lolinnio (alumpsrluglylâ€"Yas. I was older and birgcr than my brother land must always take his part l' .5, l, I? 75 mm)“. ii'l‘ ii ,is ‘ ‘Si 4‘ 1!