Canadian illustrated news, 14 mai 1881, samedi 14 mai 1881

[" VüL.XXIII.\u2014No.20.MONTREAL, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1881 SINGLE COPIES, TEN CENTS K PEK YEAK IN ADVANCE.v.^^2 l ' S^- \u2022r-c* \u2022 ^ .' * \u2022 .I *g-.-vs.\u2022 \u201e n :¦ r.-l^\t\u2022 i > ' ÏZÎfcs S y MW.êf^i- >4**: v v : # ?V w.ïvA >y' DOLOROSA S06 CANADIAN ILLUSTRATED NEWS.Mat 14, IgHl.i * r.Th* Camadi a* 1 llubtwatsd N»w» is pri»t-\u2022d *nd pub4i*k*d \u2022r.ry 8*tard»y by T«» Bern-kAjn> UTBoaEAnio CowrAHT (UmitAd) at their oflkMM, 5 and 7 BUurr Bt., MooUwal.on Iht following condition» : |4.00 por annum m \u2022dvanco, |4Jo if not paid itrictly in adrnne#.11) remittance» and bnainem cnmmnnicationa to bo iddrooifd to O.B.BwaAAPDt Ooaofal Manager.\t_______________________ TUCPUUTl'RK M obwrred by Ho»a» A Hi.»JU»0«.(WmomeUr *mi B^roateMr M»ker».Notre D»m» 8tr»»t.Mootreol.TH» *¦¦» ¦»»»« \t\tMar Mb.IMl.\t\t; Oorr»»poadlB(\t\twe#k.HbA>\t I ¦\t\tMas.\tMia.M»ws.\t\tMas.\tMis.\tM#aa ll-\u2019\tMaa.\tVi o\t34*\t4è * Moa.\t35*\t37 »\t46» a ,*\tTaaa.\t53*\t3d»\t45» S Tn#» .\t71*\ta»\tSS » \tWad .\t.Se *\t*1»\t43* W#d\trt»*\t43»\t57 * \tTbar\t.6\u2018.,e\t3P*\t5* * Tbai\t73»\t43#\t5V® Ih\tFri .\t.SS*\t>»\t4S * FH .\t70»\t43»\t57*3 In'\tBaa.\t.'« *\t43*\tSSe ' 8*1.\tV»\t43*\t50» 5 1 fJ\t\u2022aa.\t.«S#\t45»\t55* A|8aa.\t*3»\t45s\t33« CONTENT».»U*»T»AT10>».\u2014I>oloro4*\u2014Tb* N»w York l>*»c Show __The CbroBiv Dealer I» tb* South -A Vint lo th« Capital\u2014Tb« Klood* oa u»# ni»aoun-Sb»tch*a »¦ tb* W harraa\u2014SoaoM ia Sl l*»tar»biirc\u2014'orary heads a local with \u201cThe \u2022 lk>ok\u2019 coming to Mont | real.\u201d The recognition of hi* title will Is* ; doubtless extremely gratifying to the |»*r-senage in question, though it seem* a little inconsistent, that the journal did not | go on to inform us of his contemplated ! visit to the \u201c Markis.\" I W E are pleased to hear that the > banquet to In» given OH Thursday next to Hir HroH ai d Mr.Andrew Allan prutn-, ises to be a notable success.It is unm-ces-1 nary to speak here of the benefit* which | have accrued to Canada from the efforts | of those gentlemen, to whom in the main are dm- the immense facilities of ocean transit which we pomees today.Mont real has probably more directly reaped the advantage of the impetus which lias been given to the commerce of the Dominion by those lines of which the Allan wa* the pioneer, than any other city in Canada, and it is gratifying to learn that she u not insensible to the debt of gratitude which she owes to the men who have done so much for her.The arrival of the Parisian seem* a fitting occasion on which to pay this tribute of respect, and with it to in augurais a new era of steam navigation, and it is to be ho|>ed increased prosperity as well for the Allan line as for the com mcrcial interest* which have bosn encouraged and supported by means of it.AMUSEMENTS.Thu week him hern » rest, afti-r th«* thrstru-al \u2022urft-U of th* l**t mouth.Th* Holman* «trut(-kWhI through thr** mor* night» at th* Koval u> a at»a>ldy \u2022liininuhinK hoQ**, too \u2022mall an l too m-litfi-n-ut lo e*pr»**» any v*ry mark'-'l .luAiqiro-ballon of thu «intrularly un»u< \u2022 \u2022-\u2022\u2022(ul attempt to produo* \u201c Bdli* Taylor.\u201d _ I proiiiurd a criticum of thu op*ra, hut aa any i>ll by liat*nmg to th* Holnun* \u201c aprctal rtnuoa,\u201d I think I had l»*tt*r wait for it* proper performance by some futur» troujie.At the Academy Mr.ami Mr».McK*e Kankiu hav* curdled up th* blood of th* moat phl.fc-matir »ith th* \" Banit*».\" Aa a melodrama, in winch category, w* think, w* may pi» * u without olfeuce, th* play ha» «ome atron^ point», and the acting of Mr.and Mra.Kankin, *«p* cially the former, waa fully up to expectation The atory deala with the adventure» of a K'.tl, th* last of a family named William*, hunted down bv th* ** I Unite*,¦' the \" destroying an \u2018 of th* Mormon», on account of th» ci>ntt»< tion of her father with th» murder ol th* pr phet Smith.Her concealment in th* du«(u.v of a boy, among»! !hr rough minera of th» Sierraa, her discovery by th* \u2022choolmutr**», who ultimately become* th* wife of on* of the miner», with all the complications which »u h relation naturally «ugge»t, form the luau, a* I hav» \u2022aid, of aeveral atrong aituationa and dranuti' incident», which were not lu«t :n th* rendering I niu»t n*»t forget my promue to *»v ««>tii*-thing of Mr».tUia Kockwood*» t-hember t n-certa, the la»t of which took place la*t »-»k Mr».Kockwood ha» endeavoured to fill at.c knowledgrd Ami/m.i in our lut of muaical attra.tion», by e*t*biuhing ¦ \u2022\u2022\u2022ne» of chaml-er concerta of cl aa» tea! ruu»l< Three .lit of the I ur Were held »t M r» Rock wood'» own houw, -.hr attr»- tiona ol which added greatly to th* j j.ir» of th'iar who attended them, bnt the la*t, bv r» queat, look place in th* new Writer Hdl \"f the concert» th*Mi«elve*t a* m\u2022 v »i*e*k in t-rm» of the highest praiee, and altlicugh th* attend-an.r ha» been «mall throughout, yet tuanycau»** coutnhuted to thu result, and a* f.-el confi l*nt that by n»«t aeasou, if the poor »u r.-»« f the t>rr*rnt »erie» doe» not -leter Mr* Kok* *1 fr»im turther rtfort* in the «atue din-ctien, M n trealer* will have le«rnr took |isrt in it, would bear lor posterity.With tin* touviction hew»» mov'd to provide for the hi* tonau of the future the material» tor hu hutory in the best |MHudh|r form, and -d ?hu inspiration th* present work u the fruit.After twenty years, the jN-nnd which h* him* self presrribsd ss necessary to allow th*- writing» he left t become ri|>»- for the use of the literary world, the paper» have liern claasitled and pul\" luhed by his son.Wisely folluwing tli» Mil» laid down by his father, I\u2019rince (fichant Metier nu-h has not attempted to writs a history of hu life or of the period which i» identified with hu name.That only I* added in the wav \"f BoD-» which may he naadH to folly illuatrate th» iiaie r» themselves, which, for the most |Mrt, tell t»cjl own story.Inthis and all respects the editor'» ft) Maamlr» of Friaoa Motiersioh, Vols.1.sod H tilted by Ftino» Klahard ttatisrsieh IMi.Nea York.Harpor 4 Bras .Moatraal, llawMS Brw« Ta» mw I raakils K^uar* Llbrar/. Mat 14.1881 CANADIAN ILLUSTRATED NEWS.SO?work hu b««n well done, And with a modeaty and Mlf-forgetfalueaa which ia worthy of a!1 pntM.The writing* theraaelv***, viewed in the li|{ht in whi* li I have apoken of them, afford little opportunity for criticiam.They do not real in any aeuae ujK)n their literary merit».But the CbAiicellor in hiadiplomatic exiN-rieuc« acquired the faculty of expreHniiiff biumeff in a true and vigorous style, which i» eminently suited to a work like the present, and his judgments upon the men and manner» of the |ieriod are a» concise and telling as the narration of the facts them* \u2022elves.Interesting above all is the portrait he gives of Napoleon.His own intimate relation» with him, as well aerially as diplomatically, combined with the wonderful siigsi ity which enabled him to take the measure ol tin- \"Little Corporal \" from the first, plared him in a |M>sttion in which Napoleon scarcely cared to conceal trom him his true aims.Moreover, a» the intimate fnend and adviser of the Kmpres», his l>osition in Paris was quite unique, and his op-portunitie» for eiercising hi» acute perceptions were unbounded, nor were they in his case ne.glected.As I have said, it is im|M>Mdble to criticize the present work.Its great and lasting value it serins uuneccKsary to iiihIhI upon after what has been already said, and *the succeeding volume» sill be looked for eagerly.I may add that the pa|>era are moat readable throughout, a condition to which the excellent translation of Mn*.Napier Las contributed in no smsll measure.Keviewer» serin divided over Mr.Schouler\u2019s History of the 1\u2018nited State», the first volume ofwtuch ap|M»ar» from the Morrison's press. While one |aârty describe it as a strictly {\u2022ohtical history, there sre others who punt out that as much space is given to the squabble of Lynn and Griswold in irvf*.as to the Virginia snd Kentucky revidutions of the same year.The truth u the history is by no mean» a political one Solely, or even t>riuci|ially.It* avowed object i« to trace the advance of the new Republic and distinguish the intluences which im|telled it forward, \u201c whether individual or collective, political, moral or social.\" With this end in view, Mr.Hchouler haa laid under contribution s tast mass of heterogeneous material, and produce»! a work which, whatever its ultimate rank among»» histories, has m a great measure fulfilled tils ohj ect of bringing into notice the side issue» which attend the l»etter known events of the period he deals With.Such information as we may gain from news|»s(ier or magazine of the mauiorn and customs of those of our own time, precisely this is what the present volume provide» iu relation to the men of the young Itc-public, f ollowing Hildreth for the most |*art, lie yet takm a far different estimate of several of the characters dealt with in hi» pages, especially, we may say, of Jefferson, w hose better qualities have ap|eaaled to his sym|Mthies to the exclusion of much that is brought against him by others.A strong |>artiaAii, lu» work needs correction in the rouip.»ri»on of Hildreth and Von Holst, though in accuracy and fuliics* of information it probably sur|>aMsea either.In a different mental attitude, and with a slightly different purftoæ in view, Mr Henry C Lodge ha» applied himself to the task of writing the History of the Colonics in America, \u2022 3' and bis work, which takes us up to the threshold of Mr.Schoulrr » Hinton*, might, if continued, serve as the very Corrective which we have intimated that the latter work has need of.Mr.Lodge i» already known .a» a |«in»tukiiig student of history, and the three chapters which present the |>o»ition of the various colonies in or about the year 17een %lre»dv before the public for the most part m the form of lectures.Supplementing these by a conscientious endeavor to trace the history of each colony setiarately, and to mark in the main the processes which led to the coming Republic, Mr.Lodge has, in spite «ifthe dry statistical nature of the facts with which he has had to deal, and the absence of contemporary gossip to enliven his page», succeeded, nevertheless, in interesting ua at every turn in the political development ol the unpromising materials of which the colonies were, in the first instance, composed.In this we are reminded of Mr.Green'» fascinating History of the Kngliah FVople, with which for conciseness of style and director»» of purpose Mr.Ixslge's work may fairly bear com|>ari»ou.Herrin surely lies the true art of the historian.Not to the tv taller of contemporary gossip is that name tiuly applicable, nor yet to the pains-taking chronicler or the events which, after all, are the mere framework upon which history i» built, but to the man who uses Kith gossip and statistics, not as the end, but the means ; whose history is the history of a people and through them of a country.Biicn a historian Mr.Lodge has shown himself to lie, such a work, albeit of unpretending dimensions, is the present short history, » valuable contribution to the annals of the country.^\u2019ulturv in Cooking Hsible ; the absolute suspension of all means of railway communication over long distances bv the resistless sweep of the angry floods t he*, were all elements in a situation which is altogether unprecedented in the Northwest or elsewhere.At Yanktoi.the ice was for days piled to a height of from ten to thirty feet along the banks of the Miasoun and on the bars and bottoms.The bottom from that point to the Big Sioux, sixty miles long and from five to twenty miles wide, was completely under water, and all the stock\u2014hundreds of thousands of head was drowned, wrltile the farm-house* an I villages were literally afloat.On the »ite of Green Island, where the ice was twenty feet deep, only one house out of twenty was left standing.Refugee» from ther a series of capital sketchs» which we reproduce in this numl>er illustrative of incidents iu the city during the confusion which followed the assassination of the Czar.The artist himself found no little difficulty in extricating himself fr-.m the grasp of the police, who, as depicted in one of the sketches, insisted on believing him to l>e a conspirator of the de«-|iest dye, and attempted to truat him as such.On iiif.Danube.\u2014 Many of us who have danced to the strains of Strauss lovely waltz have little id«\u2018a of the beautiful blue Danube as it really exists ; snd the accompanying sketches will be perhaps a surprise to some.The name» of some will suggest novelties to the reader, while others are but incidents of the ordinary navigation which is common to all rivers. great deal of barge traffic take.» placs on the Danube, which from the sluggish nature of its current is admirably adapted to supply the place of the canals which are tew and fa: between.Seal Huntinu is Newtoundland.\u2014Seal hunting is one of the staple industries of the coasts of both Famtern and Western North America.The recent cession of Alaska to tli ¦ United Statea has 0*iven valuable sea grounds to the fishermen of the Union, while the Newfoundland fisheries have long been a source of wealth tc the denizen* of the Dominion.In the Alaska territory the fishery is mainly carried on in two islands\u2014St.1\u2018aul and St.George, where the seal» are driven inla .d from their \"rookeries,\" or gathering places on the coast, to the killing ground», so that their surviving companions may not l»e scared away by the sight and smell of Mood.The hunting also is carefully superintended by Government i«»i>eet-ors, so that the animals are not recklessly exterminated, ii» they have been in Kerguelen-land.It ia probably owing to the want of such precautionary measures that the seal fi»herv has declined on the coast of Newfoundland.There formerly about the middle of February, every available vessel was wont to be fitted out for the great spring fishery on the ocean field.» of ice in the northern region*.The fleet, a* a rule, was abnent three week or s month, and during that time the hearts of all classes in the colony palpitated between lioj».and dread.All had a stake in this monotonous voyage ; the merchant in his venture, the tradesman in his ship stores and winter credit to the fishermen ; the fishermen, to pay their debts in order to obtain moreeredit for the summer cod fishery.Ammonia for Headache.\u2014Then- i» nothing that will relieve the headache so efficaciously a» very warm water, with a lew drops of spirits of ammonia mixe«l with it Have the water a* hot as the hand can bear it, ami bathe the head freely with the solution ; it acts like s charm.The same remedy is good for bruises or blows on the head or any pert of the body ; it take* ont the aorenes* and the black and blue spots quickly.I know of nothing that is so rtfica* cioua, and it is very «impie and quiet to apply The bumps that are always hap|»enitig to children, can be cured in a few minutes by a thorough application of ammonia snd hot water, and just as soon as the |>aiQ i» gone they are mady to nut and try it over again.THE OHIO IN OF THE SAME \" ART EMUS frAHU\u201d There has been not a little speculation as to how Brown came by his non de plane, \" Arte-mus W arfl.Doctor Shattuck says, that having some confidential business with him during one of his lust visits to Waterford, he took the occasion to inquire in particular about it.Brown said it was in this wise : While engaged at the \" Plain Dealer\" office, in Cleveland, Ohio, he made the acquaintance of an eccentric old gentleman whose actual name was Artemus Ward, though assuming some more pretentious titles.1 his man was in the show busmen», having s few \" wax figure»,\u2019\u2019 birds, \"snaix,\u201d and a kan garoo.\\\\ hile waiting on the printers for his bills, he amused Brown by telling an endless number of anecdotes, all of which were duly treasured up.Among these were some of the incidents in Brown\u2019s article entitled \" Edwiu Forrest a* Olhsllo.\" He referred to the following as one of the contribution* of the original Artemu* War ! Kd was actin at Nihlo's Girding, but let that par*.I sot down in the pit, took out mv spectacles, and commenced fwroosin\u2019 the evé.nin » bill.*\t*\t* A» I was peroosin\u2019 the bill, a grave young man who sat near me axed me if I'd ever seen Forrest dance the Fsseiice of old Virginny.^\t* He » immense in that,\" sed the young man.\u201c He also does a fair champion jig,\" the young man continued.\" but his Big Thing is the La-sente of old Virginny.\" \u201c Sez 1 : \u201c youth, do you know what I\u2019d do with you if you w.i* my »un ?\u201d \" No,\u201d sez lie.\" Waal, s-z I \" I'd appint vour funeral tomorrow afternoon and the korps \\kould U ready * You\u2019re too smart to live on this ye.irth.\u2019 \" The old man claimed h mi self to be the hero ot this story.Brown, however, wanted the credit of correcting the s}«-lling, and ot dressing the stories up in good literarv stvle.Pleased with the name, he attached it' to Several of his comic productions, and finding that it took with the public, idopted \" A Ward\u201d a* In.own.\u2014Sr r,four NEWS OF THE WEEK.Tiif.French are about to re-fortifv Tabarca.A < a*k of trichina- iu fi«h is reported from Cincinnati.A Durban despatch says a general rising iu the Transvaal i* feared.The Kngliah men-of-war at Malta have been ordered to Tunis to protect British subject».Nihili-i proclamation» have been discovered in Faster egg.distributed through the streets ot St.Petersburg.11 is feared that a great religious rebellion is impending iu Algeria.GlLiiEIU X Sullivan's new work, \" Patience,\u201d was produced m London recently for the first time.W allai K Rons ha» accepted Kvaus Morris\u2019 challenge to row a five-mile race for $2,000, sud the match will come off in June.It i- likely that the Greek Ministry will resign aud ap{»eal to the country.Jamen 1.htKLDs, the American author, died in Piston recently, aged 64.An agrarian outrage i.rejiorted from Uouuty Galway, John Leyden being shot dea>l aud his sou murdered.A Newcastle, Natal, despatch *ays an Kng-fislmian ha- been Unitally murdered by the Boars at Yokeskei River.DroI\u2019ny is essentially a watery condition of the Blood, dependent ujiori disordered kidneys.Burdock Blood Bitter» are strongly Diuretic, and consequently the Kvit known remedy, act-as it does ii|M>n the entire Secretory System.Trial bottle» lo cents.HUMOROUS.One fool at a time iu a house is quite enough, but l># «ary aareful Hist that one i* net yourself.Gn a child King told that he must be broken el a bail halm, he re|>lietl.' Papa.UaUu'l I l>etter bo mendod t' An American traveller, lately describing a tropical stiowar, wrote lo a frienU in the following word»;\u2014\" Hie rain drop» were sxtreiuely 1 arg*.«'ary\u2022 ing in »ti# from a dollar lo a dollar and a half.In announcing the visit of Her Majesty to llnah'oti a Sump» pap»r Inform* u* that \" preparation» are now I'etnx made lor her reception, «ereral trade» men h ' \u2022»?re.- ved order» to be i minoU.ttrlf txte.(*d at the Pavilion.Puni.\"What is a hero, Mr.Birchem Î\u201d Teacher (Mr.Hirchem) \"A hero is a mao who Oor quer* himself.I\u2019nptl : \" Ak I «ee ; a man who can »il down on a tack and only feel »ad about It.\u201d Maks now rise* «Mint an hour and a half be- lore the snn \u2014lltrald, 1\u2018 /.\"If they didn'l.they would never xet »be \u2022ou» up.Ih»ir le««on» l«mrBed.and ready tor school by nine o dock '\u2014Yoaktr'l li.tittt* Sold ! Neighbour's pretty daughter : \" H»w much i» Mil» a yard f l>ra|e-ate \u2022\u2019 »p«oa» on her! \"Only one kl*-.' V I*.I> \"I will lake three yard».Orandma will |>«v !\" Nervous debility is s result of indiscretion in the mode ol living.He«-d nature'» unerring law-, and take Biudo k Blood Bitter*, the Great System Renovator and Bhxxl, Liver amt Kidney regulator and toute.Sample bottles lo ceuls. 308 CANADIAN ILLUSTRATED NEWS.a: CU^5 NEW YORK\u2014THE ANNUAL DOG SHOW.WEIGHING THE ENTRIES AN ITINERANT CHROMO-DEALER IN THE SOUTH.\u2014From a Sketch by Mobrr May 14, 1881.CANADIAN ILLUSTRATED NEWS.\u2022 ( > \u2022< i / 1 A VISIT TO THE CAPITOL.\u2014Sketch by Miss G Davis WASHINGTON, D O 'V - \u2022 rm 'Al ¦' Jj I.TTNO ON Tlir KMI.K'IM* I HA« K 1IIK STKAMKK \u201cNKU.IK I\u2019FaTC «rt'mk'r ja* \u2022\t/ ¦ \u2022 « i _\t_ KT * ^ ^jer- VIEW FROM SCALES, ON THIRD STREET, LOOKINV, SOfTIIF.AST.\"1 -WP 'Btmm ¦apwjiVBL -Mi STEAMERS RAISED THIRTY FEET ABOVE LOW-M ATER MARK | 11K RAILROAD DKINH\u2019 DI R1NO HIOHEST RISE.THE RRll Hoi sK AH'Of THE WAY'S.y- à t THE GREAT FLOODS ON THE MISSOURI SCENES ABOUT YANKTON, DAKOTA S10 CANADIAN ILLUSTRATED NEWS.fWrltUn tor th* FORSAKEN.A» !»t* r««tr«*o I «lowly Atone yon b««rh wb«r« wtM waro« m.««.I «piod * maul among tb« mok« Rittlng «ton*.H«r «tm wnm .Urb bar long hair foil.I« rw**n trow »«>(lly ilown ; Wbit* wa» bar brow aa tba foam along Tba «aa \u2022an.', blown.Sba Mag a *ong\u2014a ton.lar alrwin\u2014 Raptaia with »ol.>dy and gra*'a.Wfcl'a through hartaam dialn ly «bona Har pa!a «waat faoa \u201c Lady.'* I aald.why hara aiona» Tba moor.U op.tba wind t« «\u2022hill.Tba owl boou from tba old oaMran Rakind tba hilt.\" O la*ty (air ' why rhon bara Afa- trom bird and do war and traa* What lov or tnoaic tn tba wavaa Of tba Iona *aa \u2019 oftan at arar.tida\" *ba mM.Whan rbab'.aak «badow» »a«tw«M araap I aotna and ait op*\u20180 ibaroaka Raatda tba d »ap.' And wban tba atarry night ootnaa down And ailaara a!\u2019.a laadaoapa .ar.I watch tba billow* flash and hraak Upon tba ihora Thara ia a moaic in tba w*»»a A wild\u2014a malancholy atra'n \u2014 It flowa about tha bnrdanad haar* And a*'othaa it* pain \u2022\tl,aat o gkt't In'lad toa into aiaap And on tha glanrr ng t a uiumc-room, and prepare yourself for a vast amount of practising.I hope the noise will not disturb you I\" ** Not in the least,** answered Mrs.*lall.\u201c I like music.Is .Miss Rows to le- « regu'ar «tudent at the Conservatoire I\u201d *' Not in the asual way.1 shall arrange that her instructor come*.I myself was a professional student in the MPsn l'onservatoire, but I was very poor.Mis* Kosa\u2019a circumstance* are different.I have decided that she shall !>e a private pupil.\" Madame next proceeded to hunt up the director of the Conservatoire, an old friend, whom she surprised at his simple mid-day meal of boiled canots and macaroni.Like all German*, hiseye*w*re shaded with the inevitab'e blue spectacles.His complexi-n waa l«mon-t; nted, his musical bump* fearfully and wonderfully developed.He had long, straggling biack hair, which he wore bni'hed straight hark from his forehead, and falling Opoli his shoulders.His figure was short and dumpy, and his manner nervous and jerkv m private life Hr waa a verv important personage in hia own world, and'knew it, and magnifietl hu \u201c Rerg f Madame von Berg !\" he exclaimed, springing to hi* feet.- What honour you do me ! My poor room is not worthy of the presence of ao diatinguiahed a visitor.M ill you take a seat on the sofa ?\" And he waved his hand majestically in the direction of the seat of honour.*\u2022 What can I do for you ' Speak, and 1 am your humble servant.** \u201c I came on a malter of businew*, ahe replied \u201cCan you s|*ar>* me half an hour ?* He consulte.! a handsome gold repeater, and then answered, '* Yes ; and a quarter more.Madame ia in luck.1 have not often so much leisure.'*\tM \u201c You work as hard aa ever, 1 see.\" \u201c Ye* ; I must, or I would stagnate.1 love mv work.Mine is a glorious profession.I can point to the great prima donnas in RerHn, in Vienna, in 1-ondon, and say, ' Itehold, they are my children ! I taught them.* \" \u201cThat ia verv satisfactory.\\ ou deserve that they should do you credit, for you *i»*re no |vtin* u|«on them.1 have brought you a n< w pupil\u2014a Scotch girl.\" \u201cScotch * Few of that country come here.What is ahe i\" \u2022\u2022 A clear, pure aoprano, of even greater com-pass than my own.\" \u201cMein Gott !\u201d he exclaimed, in a frenzy of surprise and delight, performing an impromptu dance ujion the waxed floor.\u201c Where is she »\u2014 when can I see her * I have contralto*\u2014many of them, just new.Contraltos are getting common.I have me/xo-aopmuos and thin sopranos, but a pure soprano of greater compas th ill that of the star of Milan, as we ju»tly ¦ ailed you long *g°.i?i* * |*earl \u2014a diamond n ^reat treasure ' l* 'he to be professional \u201c She is ; but her e*.v i* different from moat oth.-rs.1 wish you to give her as much time s» vou can every day at her own house N on m\u2019l't take her quite into your owu hand* ; if necessary to find the time, you must i-a** other* over to yoor colleagues and assistant*.In short, she must be vour chief cure for two years, then she 'hall goto Milan.\" \u201cYou are quite certain about her voice a pure soprano 1 he a.'ked, anxiously.* ^ ou have not made s mistake» people so otten do.\" \u201c Could I be stupid r' she answered.\u201c No, no ; it must he \u2019*\u2019 and he hesitated \u201c But I have much to do ; I cannot give her all the time you ask for.1 never teach beginners m% self.1 finish them when the drudgery i« over I cannot neglect my pupil* ; ! have man?\u2014 manv, thi* year It cannot be.\" \u201cIt most he* No one thall teach her but vourself.She is no beginner ; an old Milan student has grounded her well.N ou must carry on his work.\u201d \u201c A private pupil you *»y, too \u2019 That will .-rat a great «leal of money.Is she a Rothschild»\u201d \u201c No ; but her guardian i* wealthy, and de-sir-* no ex|**nse to be sfiared upon her ; if it Were otherwise, l should |my all her exjwnsea mv-x-lf.\u201d \u201c Madame always ha' her own way ; it shall !-* *' yon say ; the young lady shall Ire my hief care If she were a jea-ant maiden who «ould not pay one thaler I would do a* much for her if Madame asked roe to, and if her voice was pure soprano.\" \u201c I knew you would come round.\u201d \"So Madame ha* sung her farewell to the footlights ?\" he *aid, regretfully.*' \u201c Ye» ; I arn going to live quietly at home You must come *nd see me there, and we shall talk over old days.\u201d \u201cThat will lie a pleasure and an honour'\u201d *aid the musical ora< le, bowing mid-way to the floor.\u201c i»h, i arl Kit hter, what a flatterer you have become ' Once vou thought it no honour to kn« w- I.ilv Myer * Time works wonder*, truly ' Can you come to *up]ier this evening, and see vour new pupil, and some other Kngluh friends who are here with me f \u201c I am engaged till nine o\u2019clock ; if it will not lie too late after that, I shall Iw more than charmed to corne I long to see the Scotch singer.I have only had one Scotch pupil before, and her hair wa* -ach ! so red\u2014like fire ; and her mouth was very wide \u2014tbe sound that came from it was appalling ' Ha* Fraulein Mias Rosa a wide mouth » I'erhapa it is a characteristic national featnre ?\" \u201c('orne and see ' Before we jiart, one word more\u2014your terms ^ The iferr Director pondered the stupendous question for full two minutes.It waa rarely that such a golden chance came within his grasp.He was to give np daily several hours of his valuable time to train this Scotch girl in the way that ahe should ring.She was evidently wealthy.Should he take advantage of that fact, and reap a little harveat while the ami shone t He was joet-*culptor\u2019* dream.The gardens and park surrounding it were a wilderness of flower», especially roses\u2014auch rose*' \u2014 even .'tannie, wuo seemed dull and dejected, grew warm in eulogizing their fragrance and size ; and the fountains flung their cool spray ujsvn the air all day long.\u201c It ia a nice little toon,'* said Stan nie.\u201cThe street* are very clean, and I like the balconies in front of the houses.We a number of orange trees in green tubs in some of them, and in others there were groups of ladic» knitting and drinking tea.\" \u201cCotree,** corrected Madame \u201cThere i* very little tea drunk here, except in fin Kngliah households.1 have found a temporary home for you in a house ehich you will be p)e,\\.*»-d to hear haa a charming balcony.\" \u201c How delightful ' With orange treea*\" \" No ; I am afraid not.There ia only a dustv, wild grape vine\u2014which the first shower, however, will make clean and frr'h- clustering around it.\" \u201c With whom am 1 to live »*\u2019 *' With Mrs.Hall, an Knghsh lady I have know her for vear*.She i» very good and gentle, and lead.-* a sleepy, stilt life, varied hr g*>>ng to church and Knglish o»rd parties.You will think her very uninteresting, for *l.e t« not clever, but she is a lady who i* greatly respected, and her house i* very comfortable.! have done rny best.Stannic, and if you an- not happv with her you must let m- know, th»t other arrangements may U- ruade.I\u2019erhap* I have don* wrong in not consulting you and Mr* Hunter betor» making final arrangement*, but when you see Mr* Hall 1 think you will be satisfied.' *¦ If you are, l am certain to f>e al* \u2022 When doe* Stannic take 'KitariiSlon »*\u2019 \u201c I don't know ; when we all leave, | «uppoæ At latest, I must atart the day after to-morrow , and l.otty, of course, comes with me.How long can you and Gordon remain »' \u201c\u2022 inly one day longer, I fear.\u2019 \u201c How lonely it will be when you are »U g«*ne '** said Stannic.\u201c T1 esc good-by-s are too |*inful.\" \u201cCheer up.Stannic ; don\u2019t let your spirit*go down,\" exclaimed l.ottv.\u201c I am going to enjoy myself in German style to-morrow.\u2019* \" What do you intend to do »\" asked Madame.\u201cSit outside in one of those pretty \u2022u/\u2019r gardens in the morning, and eat iout to-day, in ?»lue and white, and black unilonna.They were all smoking or drinking l>eer, and clanking their swords when they walked Then can't we go to the theatre in the evening » There's a good one here, isn't there, Madame »*' \u201ci»ne of the best in Germany.I know- it well.| «ang in it four month* ago \" \" Was that when they gave you a diamond bracelet »\" asked I.ottv.\" Yoa,\" answered Madame, lightly.'* We have coni|Hiny at snpj>er to-night ; tny old fnend, g'*od »'arl Richter yoor future master, Stannic.\" \u201c I shall be very glad to make hia acquaintance,'' «aid Gordon.\u201c i shall be able to rejHirt him to Professor Iteil.I* he a good-looking fellow r \u201c He will strike you aa being rather remark-able-looking,\" said Madame, \u201c and not strictly handsome.I have arranged everything witn him except the hours, Stinnie ; that he will decide on later.To-morrow we nhall go and choose a piano for you.I\u2019rofeasor Neil asked me to do so ; and then, I think, there's nothing more to be «lone in the way of burine**.'* \u201c What a «leal of trouble you have all taken on my account, and I never can rejiay you !\" said Stannie, with quivering lips.\u201c Don't talk of such a thing yet,\" «aid Gordon, \u201c for you are certain to put ti* to a great deal more trouble yet.\u201d Walking to the window, Stannie looked acroaa at the vine-clad hills, seeking to trace in their gentle undulations some resemblance to the cloud-cippetl tnouniaiiia in the distant north land, but thev were widely different.An old lady iq a green tartan cloak came down the Mat 14, 1WU.street, gesticulating earnestly to a young g,r| who might have been her maid, atid Stannie immediately thought of fuaay, warm-hearted Mm.Mactaviah.For the second time in her abort life Stannie waa realising the exquiaite pain of honie-airk-new nostalgia, eoine people call it.No matter what name we give it, there are few who hav* not felt ita panga at one time or other.I would not envy the man or woman, who leaving native land and kindr*r Stannic, who blushed ami hung her head \u201c Ach *o be artn ulated, bowing with not ungraceful «iignitv \u201c Mis» Roe* dœ» not r* semble the St-otcli girl that I had for * pupi] before.Her hair i» not like the twe Vn l thi.other young l»«ivt is she Scotch \u201d No , I am Knglish, * said l^ztty, holding -vit her hand to him .but German etiquette «,* proof sgsinst grasping the little white palm Herr Richter l«owrd again, and suddenly ; liacked, treading ui«on Gordon\u2019» fœ», and ne«rlt : upsetting hint, which movement covered th* pmr little man with contusion.I l-otty beheld him with astonishment, all in the dark a* to the .-MU-e of hu* agitation With her Kugluh frankness, she had imagined \u2022 it 1 it was the right and proj*-r thing to shake h»n « ¦ on t«eiug introduced to an elderly German g-n tleman- and lo \u2019 it tak> « year* to e*t»L!i»> -h» nght to such an intimacy.\u2022\u2022 Mi*« Ro«* is an angel t\u201d he whi*|vTe«i t« Madame iL-rg, on parting \u201cShe *hallgoh*-k to |»>ndon and to Stty, losing patience at iaat.\u201cI wonder when these wretched people will atop trooping in * It\u2019a to*» b»«*l of them.She » her* \u2022>n private business, and they ought to know it, and leave her alone.\" \" How i-nuld they |Njaaihly know that sh* didn\u2019t wish to see them, when ahe does f aaked Gordon, prnvoktngly.\u201c 1 »lon't know , they ought to.Mother, will you come with n*f Mrs.Hunter \u2022lrea»ling the full gl*f* afternoon sun, drs-liu*»!, and th# three atart#»i out alone -Stannie silent, and l»otty talking and laughing enough for two.Her plan of going to the theatre in the even Mat 14, I8#l CANADIAN ILLCSTRATED NEWS.Sll ing alto fell throuwh On returning to »lie hotel they found Herr Richter Hitting gnuinitig a hug* white cotton umhrelU with both hauda, and ulkiug Kngliah roluhly.He had railed to inrite them all to Hup|*er in hia rooms a real Italian aupper, aurh aa Madame haaratiotiH before isxiiing hia invitationa.l.otty, aa uaual, derided the matter by accepting at once for the whole party.\u201c We shall lx charmis!,*' ahe said.\u201c Why diefore to find time to decorate his barely.furnished rooms; had sent two boya with a light cart miles into the woods for that particular description of moss with which to drape his tables as Ire had once seen sonre done in a summer palm e in Huseu ; he had sent another to a lake ten miles olf where tire water.lilies grew ; he had robbed the early market of ita choicest fruits ; in short, he had taken trouble little short of sii|ier(iurnaii.But Ire had his reward.Few js-ople could coax Madame Berg to s|tetid a quiet, friendly evening with them ; and there she was in all Irer beauty and splendour, her velvet robes sweeping tire waxed floor, and her diamonds flashing like little laniiet as she moved around, examining and admiring everything.The Grand I>uke himself would have given hundreds of thalers to have sup|>ed in tire Herr Director\u2019» rooms that night.At one end store! a grand piano, it was of solid ebony, moat beautifully finished.1'pon the carved side were three exquisitely-painted miniatures on I>re»den china, medallion inform; thay represented three singer» who had jAssed away, hut the echoes of whose voice» still lingered over all the civilized world.Herr Richter approached it, and o|*-ired tire lid, which was lined with vellum, and Imre many a valued signature.\u201c You have never seen my piano, Madame.You must try it, and then write your name here,\"-indicating a place upon the vellum with the tilts of hia finger*.\u201c Where did you get this instrument ?\u201d she asked, as she seated h«*r»elf before it, and ran her finger» acres* tire key».\u201c It is a very fine one.\" ** It wa« made for tire m Berlin after my own design.It is the one great extravagance of my life.1 love it almost as a child.You will not believe me, but it speak» to me sometimes for hour».I sit here in the dsrk and think, and then I touch tire notesmreleaaly\u2014anvliow.If I am sad, a wail comes floating up like a voice from the churchyard, and vanished forms flock around me in the darkneaa my mother, who has been gone for twenty years ; my father, who slee|*A beneath Italian skies ; and my brother, who lies buried under the snows in Si!*eria and they whisper loving words to me.I hear each voice as clearly a* a hell.You would laugh and call me fanciful, and say that their voice» were sound- of my own creating.Perhaps so, but the delusion makes me happy.At other time» I hear the booming of cannons, ami the roar of artillery, and the neighing of hors** on the battle-field.Again there conre-a change, and I see the youths and inaiden-dancing in the ring at tire fair ; I hesr tire fiddles and the hand ; I see the lighted l>ooth», and hear siiatclre- of rollicking song*, and my heart bounds with a wild delight, for I am a liny once again.' Fancies,\u2019 you say ; I do not contradict you.Fain res are happier things, often, than realities.\u2019\u2019 \u201cYou are just the same old visionary Wing, Carl, who used to play and sing so wonderfully, that listening crowds would gather outside the window until the little street would he blocked up.And when any of us a-ked you afterwards what brilliant fantasia you had been performing to yonr unseen audience, you would smile, and say that yon did not know you had been in the tw.st or tire future, or sonre equally fanciful locality.Do you remember this air With one hand ahe touched a few note- as she apoke.\u201c Remember it ! Gould I forget ?Mias Ross that little aong coat the Kn».-iiiiia two thousand pounds one night.Will Madame slug it now t \u201c Gladly, on one condition.\u2019\u2019 \u201c Whatever that may he, it i» granted.\u201d \u201c That vou aing afterwards.\u2019* \u201c With pleasure,\" said the little man.so con-fidently that everyone thought his nervouanewa mnat either be a myth or something belonging to a bygone period, Madame\u2019a aong concluded, he took her vacant place, and touched a few chorda.A rustling aonnd, like summer breeze* playing amongst forest trees, filled the room, and his listener* were wafted across the Ghaiitiel to wher# the old monastery stood lone »nd gray among the giant oaks.The key changed, and fttannie waa walking in the pine woods at 8t.Breeds.It wm winter, and the iee-king was abroad with hia froaty breath, piping and whistling shrilly to the snowflakes which were hia chi)-drea.Then came the sound of floods and torrents, which had burst their bounds far up the mountain walls, and were rushing down in boisterous turbulence to swell the river until it overflowed ita hanks, and spread like a sea arrosa the fields.Once more the measure changed, and the lark sang in the golden morning, and the cuckoo cooed in the shady groves ; \u2022 and, last of all, the nightingale trilled her evening love-lay to her mate.Then his own voice glided in, singing an evening hymn.Instinctively each one rose to their feet, as if they had been in a consecrated place ; they heard the notea of the piano no longer, hut the roll and swell of a mighty organ, played by a master\u2019s hand.What a voice the little man had ! Madame had named it well when ahe called it divine.The laat note died away in a mournful cadence, and tire player rose and staggered to an arm-chnir.He was pah- as a ghost, and trembled in every* limb.He lay back as if imren-aibh*, and closed Ins eyes, while hia hands, which an instant before had seemed |x>s»esaed of sufieriiatiiral strength, hung down limp and useleaa.\u201c Ha* he fainted !\u2014is Ire ill asked Mr*.Hunter, anxiously.\u201c No ; he will be all right in five minutes.1 have oft>-n seen him -o.I told you he wa- nervous.He |K>ur* all hi* energy into his music ; and when it ce»»**, is fairly u.s*-d up A little wine will revive him ; hand me a glas-ful, Gordon r* \u201c Wouldn\u2019t brandy be letter suggested Gordon.\" Yes, for an Englishman, but not in his ¦ a.-e.I don't believe there'* any in the house.\" He handed her the wine, and »he held it to the pale lip- of the musical director.He soon revived, a- she had .said He ojsfned hia eves slowly, and they fell utH.ii the anxious friends gathered around him.In an instant Ire Comprehended all.\u201crardon me, ladies,\u201d Ire said, \u201cand you also, Mr.Hunter.I ought not to have sung.I am always so after I sing ; it take- the vitality a!) out of nre, particularly when I conijKi-e.1 fear 1 have alarmed my new pupil,\" he added, balking at her with a troubled expression.\u201c Madame knows me well ; she know- that 1 am not so in tire Conservatoire ; it is only when I sing.\" \u201cHis trervou*t*'tui«erASuent i* very'peculiar,\u2019' she -aid, addressing Stannie \u201c I have seen him half crazed behind the scene- on the night when a pupil made her first appearance.The girls themselves never endured half the doubt-and agonies of t*o-sible failure that he suffered on their account ; and the stupid part of it is that it\u2019s all needless.His pupils never fail, for if he isn't certain of them at first, he will have nothing to do with them.1 am -orry I asked you to sing, ' arl, but if I had not, my Kiigli»li friend* might never have heard you.^ ou must They were all gone, and Stannie was alone in her new home.Medame Berg and Lotty had left first, Mrs.Hunter end Gordon a dey later.Stannie's new piano had arrived, end ehe was busy unpacking hooka, photographa, and other little ornemente, and arranging them abont the room in order to give it a more home-like aspect.Rut her moet artistic placing of carved brackets and old china (Alice and Gordon had presented her with eeveral intensely blue enpe and jugs) failed to satisfy her.The German room was obstinate, and would neither look Scotch nor Fnglish.The tall porcelain stove, with an urn on the top, bore a striking resemblance to s mural tombstoire, and the neinted floor gave her a chill when she thought of the coming winter.\u201c I\u2019ll aak Mr*.Hall if I may get a carpet before then,\" she soliloquized ; \u201c but it will never look like the parlour at home.I\u2019ll write to Uncle Alan this evening and ask him to send nre some framed photograph* of St.Breeda, the dear old college, and the church and Manse, and the old mill.I should like to have them always before me.\" She was considering where she should hang them on their arrival, when a sen-ant entered slid banded her two letters.< >ne was from the Professor, a closely-written budget full of home and colleg** new* ; the other was from F.lma.\u201c Dfarest Stannie,** she wrote, \u201c I miss you and Ditty very, very much.I wish you had both stayed here.Kily Blenirerha-set is with us ju-t now ; she is nice, and I like her, but I love you.Tom has gone away to a military college, and isn't coming home till f'hristniaa Bill is well, and sends hi* love ; only he called it regards, not love.So does Alice sends her love 1 mean.She has written no poetry since you left.Mamma and Gordon came home last night ; I am glad they are ?>aek.I am going to write to I/itty.Good night ! \u201c Your loving \u201c F.i.m a Hi nteh.\" letter-writing was not one of Klroa's strong points ; -he disliked it extremely, and it was a mark of s|>ei-ial affection for anyone to receive even a small note from her.She had so much writing to do, j>oor child, that her brother» and sister» when they were absent never cared to tax her by adding to it.Knowing this, Stannie had expressed no desire to hear from her directly, as her old correspondence with Mr».Huncer was to lx* resumed.Consequently »lre wa- delighted with tire short, abrupt scrawl, in the well-known round, childish hand, and read it over and over again.( To be continued.) M USiCA L A S1) DRAMA TIC.t.'LAttA Loris* Kr.M.ooc.will soon return to America «n secouai of her mother's ill-health Salvini i* giving farewell performance* at lb* Academy of Music.New York.The New York Musical Festival take* place daring this week forgive me !\" \u201c 1 am better now ; it i- nothing,\" he said, rising from th- chair, and g\"ing to the piano.\u201c Here i- a pen ; will you write your name, madame, inside the lid ?1 cannot a-k you yet,\" he said, turniiig to M.innie \u201cOnly profe-sionaU\u2019 -ignatiit1 - »re suitable here.One day I hoj»e your* will be add1»! Madame Dtok the pen, and in Indd, clear character* wrote Irer name ni»*n the vellum l.iIv M\\* r Berg.\u201c Music i- a strange thing,\" said Gordon, thoughtfully.\" It al noht frightens me.It seems lik< .a living power.\" \u201cSo it I»,\" au-aered Herr Richter, quickly ; \u201cit is a -ubtle living influence which we cannot see, but we realize it.It gnt-ps our heart-string* in it- hand-, and we weep or -unie as it wills ; st incite* u- to courage and noble deed* ; it make- us gentle and g'>od ; it lead- u- to the very gates of paradi-e ; and theie it lingers w ith u- until the gratidei purer music break* in triumphant «'rashes on our w «iting ear» \u201c Yet there nr* some peopl- who do not cats ¦ about it who fruikly own that they are not mu-ical,\u201d observed l.otty.\u201c Don't speak of them : -ucli people are grovelling in their nature, and-hould he drowned ill a fi.-h-jsmd !\" l«ottt thought of several very nice people, and not st all grovelling people, in Kngland who quite disliked music, and whom -he would have been -orry to see drewired.Turning to the sylvan-looking table, and lilting up a sliee of golden melon which had ripen-ed in a Spanish garden, she -aid, \u201cPeople -nch a- you like poetry.I like prose, and can't understand you.1 can understand tins, though, and enjoy it.Like Gordon.1 am beginning to he afrai«l of music.Am 1 awfullv grovelling, Herr Richter ?\" Had she been les* beautiful and winning than she was, Herr Riehter\u2019s answer might have been very different He buiked at her and smiled, then carefully clofted the piano.\u201c No, you are not that,\u2019\u2019 he said \u201cYou are not ii»*l*ifed like ns\" (with a wave of hi* arm he included Madame, Stannie, and himself) ; \" hut you like music all the sam».Perhaps it\u2019s better that you are not quite like n* ; w* need a f«'w practical people to koop the scales sveu.\" \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 * Mu.Harry Pai'Lton goes to America -oma lime 4nria( the snmmsr Mr.Jamf- Pearce returned to Christ Church.Nei» York as orjraoist.on May 1st.this hem* hi* math year at That parish.IM'DI ey Bn k.tire composer and leader, is , to receive the compliment of » concert by ths Apollo Club, of which he U the eooductor.The latest novelty at the Théâtre du ('bateau i .1 Kau eon*i»t» of a \u2022irmns in four *cu anil «ever 1 tahlenua extracteil from a novel ot M Kmile rtabanau.ami entitleii \" I .\u2022 I »e* r-n^o's.le.An interesting and creditable performance of \u2022election* Irotn llatolel \u2022 5#nt#/e wa» Ctven by the Koyal AcaOetny ot Music ¦tintent», at Ht.J»tne« \u2022 Mall, on the Hth ult.The latest play ot Senor Kdiegaray, Æ7 f?rtin lialmtn.ha* met with irreat «access in Mutlr 7 At\t\u2014 S f TdJv»xP- AJ1H : « -¦**-: « fa-1 k-ras 'rl ' W v i v I.A MONTREAL.\u2014«KKTCHKiS ON TMK WHARVES.\u2014Br oin Si-r.n u Akti«i SKETCHES IN ST.PETERSBURG, lUIRlNO THE LATE TROUBLES.May 14, 1881 CANADIAN ILLUSTRATED NEWS.Lpj* \\ J ; 1 '!\t\\ i' 1 ¦\t1 .i ' 'SV i'* B \u2022\t' a tf JîAa : 5.CoMacka on the Alert.4.Our Special Artiat in a Difficulty 3 Sentinel under Canal Bridfe.3.Coaaacka l'atrolUnK I.A Nitrht Watchman at a Houae I)o»w.\u2022.llii\" \u2022»i ¦ if'i ¦JM î»*,- At -, /liSfct! ÏÎ ft > 1 « ' i r:.;\u2022> V\\* ;^z^/ y Kb. 814 CANADIAN ILLUSTRATED NEWS.Mat 14, IRgi.BURIED.I thf only moumor m tbn gnu* Wb#r*.barind \u2022T*rBK>r* trow wonol «if ht.Tbn Inlr xlonlt nod (oldno |>ropbncin« WbW>b A»r Ion* ynnr» hnd Won wv oonl\u2019t dnltf bt Wnm by my bnnd.with bittnninnn untold.Connie and to >lu*t nsd would I did not nbnd n tnur.though bariwt tbnrn Worn nr* tbn bifh nnpirniion and nn.lnnv.mr Of* lone bopotal life, to ronoh tbn bniebt Wbiob lurnd wn nnnr on.rnondtne nnor Krow tny u prow bine\t\u2014tillono dark day Robold it ronlt away Abon* tbono rooortU of bo|ly well,'' I ati*w«rv«l then at\tmv\ttrunk that wretched trunk,\tthe\tof men banded together to supply the world\t\u201c Ha* the grea\u2019commissioner condaaconded\tm cause of all\tmy\tw.e>s He\tdDap|M>ared m\tthe\twith that which it i« yearning for.but which,\tsend a uiiaaiv.- to the Soiteff branch f*\task-I crow«i ;\thut in *\tlittle time\tc-snie strolling j*a»t\tw.thout oui exertion», it can never ho|*e to *r-\tPetrokine.me again, and contrived to whi*}»-r *» he dni tain A spiritual brntherhiM>d wouM b*- a more ¦ fitting term.\u2019\u2019 ** By .love '¦* thought I, *\u2022 how pi*- loed the boao would Iw* to hear him ! He must have been tu tl e business himself, whoever he is \u2019* \u201cNow, sir,\" aaiii Mr Petrokine, \u201c the clock (>oint* to eight, and the council mu»t be already sitting.I-et us go up together, ami 1 will m treduce you.! need hardlv «av that the great eat secrecy is observed, and that your ap|*ear nice is anxiously awaited.*' 1 turned over in my mind .«*\u2022 I follow*»! hi._ how 1 might best ful^l my misaion and secure Where was I t Wa» 1 in Mr.DimidofT*! Who wore these men with their strange words » \u201cTake out the gag |** re|MMted Patrokine .arid the handkerchief was ranwved.\"Now, Paul Ivanovitch,** «aid he, \u201cwh»t have v»*u to say belore you gn f* \" Not a dismissal, sir,\" he plead*»!, \u201cnot » dismissal ; anything but that ! I will g*> some distant laud, and m v mouth shall be clo*#^ for ever.I will do anything that the «nciet» asks; but pray, pray do not \u2022liauinw me.\" \" You know our laws, and you know y\u201eUr crime,\" »aiu did, Paul Ivanovitch ; and yon must >lio \u2022\u2022 I leaned back tu my chair and fairly g*.«i»d \u201c Remove him said Petrokine*; and the man of the droachky with two other» fores! him nut.I heard the lootste|M naaa down the |t**»ag« and then a door o|»*n and shut.Then ram» « sound aa of a atmggle, entloearan) e .for the droschkv -topj \u2022\u2022\u2022i, .u i my driver's «baggy head i\\pl*-»r*-l thr, bow confoundedly like » cell it look» It certainly did h* k lik- .1 cell.The .|*mr was an ir*.1 on*.»nd «norrnoiialy strong, while the Single window Was cloieiy birred.The floor wa- ot w'n* *1, and soundr.l hollow ami in-secure ,s 1 Strrale a* ro-« it Both floor and walls were thickly splashed with coffee or some other dark liquid on the wh*»|c it w«s tar from being *\tplace wh-ie one would !w !ik*dy tw UiuUie UtirVMuuably feaitve tiniienced ; but he in- | pale-faced neighbour, \u201cand vet lie i« of Kuro jean reputation.\u2019\u2019 \u201c«on.e, ilraw it mild!\u201d thought I, adding \u2022loud, \u201cIf you refer to me, sir, though I am iti led acting as Knglish agent, my name is not Berger, but Robinson Mr.Tom Kobintnon, at your service.\u2019* A laugh ran round the table.\u201c So he it.so be It.\" said the man they called Ab-xis.** I commend your discretion, most honoured «ir.\u2022 ine cannot 1*# too careful.Pr#.serve your F.nglish\tby all means.I regret that any |*«inful duty ahould perform-e*l upon this anapicioiiK evening ; but the rulea of our a asocial ion muat be preserved at any coat U> our feeling*, and a dianuaaal ia inevitable to.night.\u201d W hat the ib-uce is the fe||ow driving »t V' tli«*ught I.W hat is it to me if he does give his servant the «ark f This Dimidoff, wherever he is, seem* to keep w private Imiatic asylum.\u2019\u2019 \u201c Take nut the gag \u2022\u201d Th- word« fai'.Iv shot through tne, and I atartd in my chair U was Petrokine who «poke.For the first time | notice*! that a burly stout man, sitting at the other end of the table, had bis arm* tied tiehind hia chair and a handkerchief round hia mouth A horrible suspicion began to creep mtq my heart \u201c Nothing m writing.\u2019 I replied.\u201c But he has spoken of it I** ** Ye* .he «ai 1 he had «patched It with feel mgs of the liveliest satisfaction,\" I returned \u201c Ti* well \u2019 \u2018ti* well **\u2019 ran round the table.I frit giddy and an k from th- cntical nature of mv pMMtmn.Any tuouiaal a question might >*e *»ke*l which would «how me in mv tni* colour» I rose *n l hel|-d myself from « dr canter of brandv whn b *tr*o.l on a «nie ta»de Tfie potent liquor flew to mv -tciiM brain, *n ! as I Mt down I felt r\u2014 kleas enough to be half amused at my («witioo, and inclined to pi«v with mv tormentor» 1 still, however, had ail my wit* about me.** You have Iicen to Birmingham P* asked th* man with the la-ard.\u201c Many time»,\" «aid ! ** Then vou have of -ourao «œn the privât* workshop and arsenal r\u2018 \u201c I have be.-n over them both more than one#.*\u2019 \u201c It is «till, I «appose, entirely un«us|*e- t-d by the police f continue*! my int«rrf surprise in the room.He was evidently a stranger to them all.\" What means this intrusion, sir said my friend with the heard.** Intrusion f\" sai»l the stranger.\" I was given to understand that I was exiterte»!, and had looke»! forward to a warmer welcome from my fellow-aaao« iates.I am |>ersonally unknown to you, gentlemen, but I am i»rou»l to think that my name should commantl some re»q>ect smong you.I am Gustave Herger, the agent from Kngland, hearing letters from the chief commissioner to his well.beloved brothers of Solteff.'* ihie of their own bombs could hardly have created greater surprise ha»! it been fired in the midst of them.Kvery eye w as fixed alternately on me and ii|»on the newly-arrived agent.\" If you are indeed Gustave Berger,\" said Petrokine, \"who is this f\u201d \" That I am Gustave Berger these credentials will show,\u201d said the stranger, as he threw a packet uj>on the table.\" Who that man may he I know not ; fuit if he has intrude»! himself npon the lo«lge under false pretences, it is clear Mist he must never carry out of the room what he has learned Speak, sir.\u2019\u2019 he a'Metl, addressing me ; \u201c who and whst are you ?\" I felt that tnv time had come.My revolver was in my hip-pocket ; hut what \u2018 was that j i\"\";;,;\t\" rfut « IrnTmuch\" m^ney1 against so many desperate men I gra-pe.the know# b\u201et ai< , W(,ul(i not ha>v vt>u l< butt of itf noH*Trr# ai* a\tman clin#* ECHOES FROM I'ARIS.Twaiised for a moment.Was it my fancy that there was a is-culiar muse in the street a noise as of many feet treadiug softly No, it had die»l away ; it was hut tin throbbing of mv own heart.\"1 need hardly say,\u201d I continued, \"that anything I may have heard to-night w ill liesaf»- m my keeping.I pledge my solemn honour as a gentleman that not one word of it shall tranapire though me.\" The sensea of nn-u ill great physical danger bei-ome strangely arote, or their imagination plays them cunous tricks.My ha»'k was towards the iloor as I sat, but I could have sworn that I hear«i heavy breathing behind it.Was it the three minions whom I had seen te-fore in the performance of their hateful functions, ami who, like vulture», had smlfcd another victim ! I looked round the table.Still the same hard cruel fsces.Not one glance of sympathy.I cocked the revolver in mv pocket There waa a painful silruce, which was broken hy the harsh grating voice of Petrokine.\u201d Promiaes are easily made and easily broken,\" he said.\"There is but one way of securing eternal silence.It i* our lives or yours, l^-t the highest among us s|« ak \" You are tight, sir,\u201d said the F.uglish agent, \"there is but one course »'|>en.He must b»-dismissed.\u201d I knew what that meant in tneir confound»-»! jargon, and sprang to tuy fret.\u201d By Heaven,\" I shouted, putting my ba«-k against the door, \" you sha'n't murder a free F.nglishmao like a sheep ! The first among you who stirs, dmpa f\" A man spraug at me.I saw along the sights of my Derringer the gleam of a knife and the «iemoniacal face of Gustave Berger Then I pulled the trigger, and, with bis hoars»- scream sounding in my ears, I waa felled to the ground by a crashing blow from behin»!.Half um-on-scions and presse»! down by some heavy weight, I heart! the noise of shouts and blows alstve me.and then I fainted away.When I came to myself I was lying among the dthn* of the door, which ha»l been beaten in on the top of me, Oppoaite were a doreti of the men who had lately sat in judgment npon me, tied two ami two, ami guar»l«*d bv a score of RasaisII soldiers.Beside me was tlie corpse of the ill-fated Knglish agent, the whole fa»»e blown in bv the force of the ex/ .Alexia and Petrokine were both lying on the floor like myself, bleeding profits«'ly.\" Well, voung fellow, you\u2019te had a narrow ''\u2022cane,\u201d said a hearty voi«»ein my ear.I looked up, and reeognue»! my black-eyed acquaintance of the railway carnage.\" Stand up,\u201d he continue»! ; \" you\u2019re overcome it is to try always to look on the cheerful sole of thing».A Naii uai Dt sinr.\u2014To desire the appr»»l»a-tioii, g»a»f w 111, amt esteem of other» is a natural ami |>erfectly legitimate f«*eling, ami one which largely conduces t»i the welfare and morality of every community.It 1» folly to try to banish it as a motive power, to dépréciât»- it as being an unworthy source of action, to despise those win* are intiuem-ed by it ; all this is simply fighting against nature, and in every such battle defeat is certain.While men and women an-woven t«»gether 111 the web of social relation», and depemleiit u|m>u one allot her for th»-ir happiness, and even their very existence, so long will the ilesin* »>f enjoying the «to b* Mir.Tb* \" o«clar\" o' tba fdtvin* I* bnt n d*Tir» MMm, Intinnn' fbl«« in tb«ir mmd mirth To ¦('\u2022'M o \u2022on**)*** Chntt*! ; Na.mlo* \u2022 m joog a* modr*t birth I *iDf fttid CAller Water tiuul t'Aller Water, |'ur* ad brlcbl.Rent ncht fra* Heaven \u2022 am door*.A oo»'ltn' drauKht that h*e|« u* rioht An' free frme drueben \" Kwrea ' Nae beadaobe* after it we ha e, Laouab wor wit* u> ei'Atter.W* re clear an' bnrbt a* dewy »j.ra» After auid Caller Water Haa.loin my «an* wi a your mieht Nor mind the \u2022eute.ee* Jibe, On water ye will ne er get *\u2022 tichl.Though gallon* ye itr.bibe Nor troubled be wi* doctor* bill* But grow baitb rich an tatter If re but drink the sparkling nil* That flow free Caller Water.Z/O'/F THK RM1K WAS OUTWITTED BY A BARD.AllaiDa^rouxler, trmt of IWvlavi .mat hu tnbg ibcreane), was a tuau of such prodi^oiis mcmorv that be couM recite the longeât |>oeiii after having heard it ouce repeated.In hi» household aleo there wa» a eunuch who could repeat ativ paetu which he ha»l hear l twice, and a female nlave who Could do as UlUvh if the had but heard it thrice.The Ktuir.who was very fond of [.oetrv and his m-tjuiu*, then issued a proclamation aunounc* mg ihai coutnbuUoiis »t re reapectfully invited, and that such as were accepted would l* paid lor at the rate of their weight in gold ; but it wn* added Unit, if any [««et should attempt to palm off uj«ou the k>nir plagiarisms or old com-[\u2022cwition», not only should he receive no irward, out he should be instantly bastinadoed and paraded through the streets of Bed*.! on a white mule with hi* face toward theaninur* tail.Hundreds of poets, anxious to win the Emir\u2019» Applause, visited the court of Bedad, where the Emir received them, the eunuch standing amid his attendants, and the female slave sitting behind a screen of lattice-work.When the [cert had recited his ode the Emir\u2019s face would darken with indignation.I*og of a [«el he would thunder, \u201c that dvwt dare to enter mV presence with a he uj>on thy h[« The verses thou hast just rwcited I read many vear> ago,\u2014are as familiar to me as my prayers \" Then he would rej>eat the ol« to the astonished [oet, and when he had concluded he would aay : \u2022* Not only is it known to me, but that eunuch yonder read it to me long ago, as hu own tongue shall witnesa,'* a.d when thé \u2022unvrh had repeated it the female slave also would be appealed to and would favour the company with a rvntition.Thereupon the Emir would sign to his black slave Mesrour, and the [«oet would be hustled forth and tutstinadoed and paraded through the str et*of b^iad on a white mule with his face towards the animal\u2019s tail, and as soon as he had recovered the use of his feet would depart to his own city in an utterly dazed condition, and pre-pared to admit that after all there might be some-thing in the theory of an l nennsetous M emorv.^ Meanwhile the p«er, and, judging that an ode to so mighty a monarch should endure nearly aa long as hi* fame, your alave carved hi* [»iem ute>u the fragments of an obelisk in the oasis, and thus the manuscript nude a load for four stout samel* \u2022\" H\u2019m\u2019\u2019 said the Emir, reflectively; then waving his hand to the Koval Treasurer, he cried: \u201cA|>[N>int a t\u2019ommiasionon I nternalioual Copyright !\" THEODORE THOMAS.Iu considering the musician* of New York, one colossal figure stands, like Saul, head and shoulder* above hu brethren.England re-ceived Handel from Hanover, and to the same little kingdom America u indebted f,,r Theodore Thomas.He h ten year* of age.Successively a child-violinist, memter of an orchestra, one of a string quartette, lea«ler of Italian and Herman opera coniftanies, violin soloist, and conductor of his own orchestra, he has run through the whole gamut of musical practice.By many he u regarded as the \u201capostle\" of Wagner and the new school, whose music through hu instrumentality ha* become to us \u201c familiar a* household words.\" If thi* implies » neglect of the old master*, it does him a great mjuatice.A comjianson of names on the programme* show* that Beethoven ha» been oftener presented than Wagner, and Haydn, M- zsrt, Schubert, and Mendelsohn oftener than Liszt, Rrahnu and Berliox.Mr.Thomas is not wedded to any {?articular school ; hut with a strong leaning to that of Wagner, loba* always kspt in view the sterling and beautiful eoni[K»*itions of all the great master*, and ha* played the W*t orchestra! music, old and new, against op|>o*ition and misrepresentation, often the re.ult of in inference or prejudge.In ISfll he began the formation of an orche*.tra that for a*vent««n year* wa* the pride and boast of New York .an I a* *.e.n a* h« felt that he could safely rely on the *upfopui*r \u2022»|eTA*, a* well as coni[K>sitions of a higher order.By thu mentis the frequsnter* of the Terrace and ' entrai Bark garden* hv de gree* grow to like and ask for the better music, and trivialities were gradually dismissed.It aeeme.l a hazardous ex|H*nin-nt to give dailr concerta in Fifty-ninth stro^t and Sixty-third street at a time when the centre of the popula-lion was two mile* down town, and when alow home-car* were the only means ol access; but distance could not keep away the great public, to whom theae concerts were the Symphony and Philharmonic concerts of the select few.When the plan was adopted of giving an entire evening to the worka of one .mpowr, the musical camp divided into numerous *rmie* each under the banner of it* favourite conuioaer.Ever) one who called him-elf an admirer or fol-lower of Mozart.B-ethozen, Mendelssohn, or «agner felt hiinsell under obligation to b«- pre-aent when hi* favourite work* were presented, and gT'-at were the crowds, and animate.! thé discussion* that eu*negardua Kicker.\" It took some little time to convince the uewapijier fraternity that theni twgau to \u201d X' with e*.-h other, hot thi* invention will hr «old on sight.It i» called the \u201c Hogarvlus Surpnae,\" and I* a very simple piece of machinery II « an le-«tta.bed to any aort of klngh or cutter iu three minute* without the ai«! of any tool except a wrench It is neat an 1 compact, able to stand a very he*vv strain, and i* turmshed at a very rocs inable [?rice.The object and workings of the invention were dearly »es-n within live minute* after the |>alty was on the ground line was attached to a cutter, the h>>r**- started off on a trot, and several children l»«longirig to the i i»\\ School at once ruahe-1 for the v-hide with the cry \u201d Here's a hitch '' A boy about l« year* old hai only ju«t caught on wh-n the \u201c Sur-[?nw \" picke 1 him off his roost, turned him end for end, shook him till hi* teeth rattled, and heaved him dear over the walk into a snowbank It was just three minute» from the tune the boy waa picked up until he got hroath sufficient to remark : \u201cOh ! you think you\u2019ve done it, don't yon The next victim waa a boy with a quart of molaMes in a tin pail.The machine was given an extra pressure, a* the lw>y waa strong and fat, and he was turtle.! end for end three tune* and pitched over the port.qua(trr in j i*t seven second* by the M tvor's watch.The |»ail of tnolaa»' * struck a hltching-post and was scattered a distance of eighteen pace*.*.* paced by one of the clergymen.In two ruinate* from the time he was seized, the fat boy arose to hi* feet with the remark.\" I guew I\u2019d l-tter walk the re*t of the way home !\u201d Iu the \u2022 our*e of an hour the \u2022\u2022 Surprise ** worked on fifteen different l*ot*, non» of whom will ever \u201c hitch on \u201d again as long a* h- live,.Total aurprise and utter annihilation were ,-om plete in every- mateuce, an i yet no victim re.oeived a fate! injury.\u2022 »rder* for fifty were given the inventor on the s|iot The M*yor said of it \u201c It Is simply Iinmen«e.I shall now drive from sunrise to sunset \" One of the ««iyi/i/j passed hi* .igar-ca.se around and remarked \" It Will l>e I,f more value to the world at large than a f 100,000 tele*co[»e.\u2014 D-trutt l\u2018rr%% A TEXAS VIROIS 1 US.A I tails* (Texas letter says \u2014\u201cA tragic death haa just occurred in our neighbouring \u2018 ountv of Hill, worth relating and worthy f \\ irgimua or any other human father « *ne year ago (ieorge Arnold came to liallason private bunneas and while walking the street* wa* bitten by a worthleaa mr which w** fre \u2019 at the mouth and showing other symptom* of hydrophobia Mr.Arnold became alarmed, and very mu -h excited when convinced in his own mmd the dog v.i* mad.He went to a physician and had the wound severely ranter ized.Then, going home, he wa* still very un-easy and dreaded Hydrophobia *o much that he hunted up a mad-stone and had it applied for several weeks, off and on.He took every other precaution that was suggested, resting all the time under a mortal dread that the virus had gone into his system and would *«»oner or liter kill him.He had a wife and several small children living on a rather isolated farm, and the thought that he might suddenly lose his roaaon and harm his little babe* horrified him.The other day he begun to experience strange feeling*, and at once concluded his time had come.He then procured a twelve foot trace chain and strong lock , and went to the woods After writing hi* wife a calm letter, in which he told what waa about to happen, giving directions as to hie wishes after death, and pouring out a volume of love for her and the ehildnu, ha ran the chain around a tree, draw it through the large ring at the end and then wound the other end around hia ankle so tietit that it would not alip the foot, locked it wit) the lock and threw the key far beyond hi! reach.The liody was found two days after still chained to the tree.There was all the evidence necessary to ahow the horrible .bath from hydrophobia.The ground waa tora up to thr full length of the chain, the nails of the hn^,t wrenched off and all hia front teeth scratching and biting the troe, and every thr»aj of clothing off hia body.The body wa* dreaj fully lacerated with the*», the only weaiKMi, that themalman could use He had jiid(cr.l rightly what would have been the sequence had he remained at home, ami knowing that there waa no human skill* that \u201cMild have cured him.preferred death\u2019 alun» and in that way, to doiug harm to those and dear to him a« wife and children.Arnold waa originally from Talladega, Ala, aherr hr married, and where hia widow has nnny friend, and relative* Is'U irvtl/t JoxdviI, MJSCELLASV.Not even in London ha* dramatic rritn i*m been reduced to one of the exact acien.-r, \u2019J i, l.< iii-ion ItHyrafth *ays of Mr.J.hn SI li, son of hi* brother Ralph, savu., '\u2022The boy has the making of a man in him.* \"q 1 will M-e that he ha* thr chance \" The h-ir \u2022 boy of fourteen.Attending school at i.!,\u2019.mmg, and ba* a strong tfebrew f*.e j amount of the les|upat u given aa |1 p rent-roll i* 1.,** thin $r,J a year, and Lord Kcaomstield admitte I hu u.leratr cir unisten.* * by taking hu Minister:*.1*0*1011 of llu.uuo a year when out of o!' e A Ixindon corroa|Htndent telegraph» concen.-k-thu \u201c By the way, the memoran.U of which I,op1 Bmicoiiafield '[«ike during hia ilin»» bava not yet been found.It la supposed that they contained nut ruction* for the (\u2022«yiuent of »mafl legacies to old servants and roUmera at H ughr:.den Manor House, but there u no proof th»t h-ever drew them out, or if he did.he Jirobably ,ie-atroyed them I^>ri Beaconafield\u2019s rnling |wû.*iou waa to found a family bearing the name of Disraeli, and to that end he devoted all Li* money, leaving not a penny to reward faithfu.aerviee in any quarter.Even Baun, hi* favour ite valet, who «erred him fora generation and waited on him night and day during hi* illn.\u2022 with singular devotion, i* unprovided for Foe Lovk or Art.The tenor Duchesne wa.the hero of an interesting incident during t;,* fighting at n fighting all « I aing\u2019\u2019 Among other* w.c« the name of \\H eber\u2019a great work.\u201cAh.\u2019 returned the captain, who waa a musician, \u201c you aro an ojwra singer, and have sung in Ditz Where wa* that f\" \" In Pan*, at the The.itro Lyrique.' \u201cThen I mu*t hate heard you , you sang with one of our country women.Mademoiselle Schroeder, did you not \" That i* *o The captain ap|>eariNl torofle t he drew Duchesne aside, and then, while pasaiog through a «lark alley, *eid, \" Hun for your life ' Duchesne did not wait to be told a second time although wounded, he was not disabled, and auerreoed in escaping from the town during the night.\u2022 - I nmckae am r.Tortu ite* are ex|>*rienriNj by the neuralgic, and those l>e*et them upon the slightest occasion, |i»i om'im* A orild»r »bo|>*.ood thru lb* world, di»in»y»>l H«»«.ruing lo «h» mtdnlgUl'» \u2022 gry gloom Tb» omiOoO* *b*«l '» of tu» («ornoml» \u2022 K K Mai n \u2022 OH O'AS FOH SALK Kfulii Oil* *if ll*' Ir-ol niatmlH tly ot tin* oi»i.Ol'H CIIKSS COLL MS.unll .'t.ioio m I»\t% by .¦¦rrUf- 'vUttt Juif uM f* g Kl 4\t».\tp to g R J :r.\tP tv> g R 4\t37.\tK tv K ?rw\tg u.K v\t:is\tK t.g lb\tp t.ij it if.\t:r.*.\tIl t.g It 2 to\tK «\u2022» Kt \tK tv K 2 O\tIt t.g It !\t4\tK tu K H i\t>j u.g\t44\tK tu K 2 4