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At last the devotees rose, and the proces- sion was reformed. Those who had carried crosses resumed them, and each of the others was armed with a stout branch of cactus four or five feet in length and with these they be- -\ gm: {1 igging themselves, swinging them first over one shoulder and then over the other At every blow the blood spurted out, and soon it was literally running to the ground in streams. With horrible slowness the proces- sion crawled across the level toward the lodge, that devilish chant rising and falling, now wild and high like the wind moaning through the pine tops, now low and subdued. like im- off murniurs of the groans of the damned. The cross-bearers stagger and reel; the flagel- lants have to be supported by their black- robed attendants. One of them falls ; water is dashed upon him; he is helped to his feet, and goes on again flogging himself as vigor- ously as before. THE PENITENTES OF COLORADO The Purgatoire or Las Animas river rises in the Sierras Madre, or main range of the Rocky mountains in Southern Colomdo, a little south of the Spanish Peaka. After a course of about 150 miles it falls into the Arkansas not far from the Kansas line. The names Purgatoire and Les Animus have the same meaning, the former being French and the othtr S paninh for Purgatory â€"-the place of departed spirits It is said this name was given to it both on account of the unearthly whispexingz of the Water as 'it glides along, and of the glmstlike wailings of the wind. as sweeping down from the snow clad mountains it. is pent into the narrow canons of the Batch range. or finds vent by the deep valley of the Animus. It was at Trinidad, on the banks of the Purgatoire, on Good Friday of last year that a friend said, “ How would you like to go and see the Penitentes?" I said I would like to go and we went. The Penitentes are very jealous ofobserva- tion, so my friend and I deemed it prudent to approach them along the river banks under cover of the trees and brushes. Accordingly, we kept as close as we could, and after a walk of an hour or so, suddenly, at a. bend in the stream, came upon a procession of the devotees. They had a. smell cruciform adobe building w ich they used for a. lodge room. It was en irely without windows, and was at a distance of perhaps a quarter of a. mile from the river. Close to the river bank was a rude crass, and toward this from the lodge room the procession was slowly marchâ€" ing. The column was three wide, the men in the outside ranks wearing long black robes, while those in the middle wore nothing but drawers and were naked from their waists up. Of these there were ubout a dozen, and four of them curried immense wooden crosses, under which they reeled and staggered. so great was the weight. I had heard of the Peniteutes before. They constitute a secret society or order within the Catholic church, and their peculiarity is that, in the hope of earning rewards hereafter, or of mitigating the fires of purgatory, they inflict upon themselves whippings and other tortures. They are exclusively Mexicans, and have no little political influence, since they always vote for their leaders. Among these leaders were Jesus Maria Garcia, the county treasurer, and Casimero Bareln, thm State senator, both of whom had held oilice for many years. They are known as com- mandantes, or commanders. The Catholic clergy are hostile to the Penitentes, and de- nounce them bitterly. I could not learn, however, that the offices of the church were ever denied them. Arrived at the standing cross, the black- robed men formed in u group at one side. and set. up a strange, wild wailing chant, which blended fantaetically with the sighs of the wind and the whisperings of the stream. The flagellants laid down the crossee they had carried and knelt in prayer in front of that which was standing. Instantly their white drawers were dyed with red at the knees, and then I saw that the ground was thickly strewn with cactus. There are many kinds of cactus in Colorado. The most. common is a. plant about six feet high, having ugly nngular branches, and these branches are armed with spikes about as large as a common needle and as sharp. When the Penitentee knelt on these cactus branches, the needles would not only penetrate the flesh. but many of them would stay there. For along time they remained before the cross, the devotees sometimes kneeling quietly. sometimes moving about on their knees. and sometimes throwing themselves prostrate on the ground. All the time that infernal chant was kept. up, with a weird horror that froze one’s blood, And now, as they near the lodge room, four or five women come out 1.0 meet them. They strew the ground with cactus. and they in turn kneel upon this and walk around on it with their knees bare. The voices of the chanters rise high, and shrill ehrieks mingle with the unholy anthem. The Whole scene has grown almost too horrible to be endured ; but at- last, thank God! the lodge room is reached ; the low square door opens and into the glo_omy interior the whole procession passes. This is all I saw. I was told that some- times men are actually nailed to the crosses, and that death not infrequently results. No inquiry is ever made into the practices, for the Penitentes are too powerful to be trifled with. Those who ofi'end them always suffer some disaster and not seldom fail beneaththe bullet of an unseen assassin. A Double Line from Cornwall to Nova Scotla to be Laid. NEW YORK, Dec. 4.â€"A special correspon- dent in London’cables as follows : I cabled you the fact some time ago thatenquiries had been made by cable from New York of the house of Siemens Brothers as to the terms on which they would undertake the Construc- tion of two new ocean cables. Those en- quiries have been answered by mail, and I am now enabled to inform you that Siemens Brothers have undertaken to construct and lay, with the cable steamship Faraday, which belongs to them, two new and complete At- lantic cables of the finest quality from Porn zance, at the western end of Cornwall, to Whitehead in Nova Scotia, touching at Sable Island. These cables will be connected with the land system of the American Union Telegraph Company and they will be entirely controlled by Amer- ican citizens. The price to be paid for the two cables laid down and completed will be rather under than over £1,500,000 sterling, ‘ and Work will be begun on them immediately. I The sum for which these new cables can be ‘ constructed shows how vast have been the improvements recently made in the whole business of telegraph and cable construction. The capital stock of the Anglo American Com pany amounts to £7,000,000, or $35,000,000; that of the French Company to £3,000,000, 01‘ $15,000,000; and that of the Direct Cable Company, we believe, to £2,000,000, or $10,â€" 000,000. As these three companies are run practically as one, and under one head, it folâ€" lows that the new American Cable Company will enter the field of competition against its elder rivals with greatly improved cables and withacapital representing at the most not more than one-third that of the combined companies. STRAY RECOLLECTIONS. -â€"â€"A man hanged himself at Bedford, Ind. because his daughter’s husband deserted her â€"A Venetian steamboat company has been termed, and the days of gondola‘s ares num- bend. â€"- Cyprus is likely this year to become a i toral office of the church. and on whom the favorite winter resort for British valetudinari- 1 church could unite, but have not been able to ans. Those who havelatelv trod its shores 1‘ find the suitable person for the place who are enthusmstic in its praise ; there are i would or could be moved. Mr. MacIntosh. no bounds to its hygienic possibilities. A i whom we recommend to you, is a native‘born private company is doing for it What the American, of Scotch parentage and Irish edu- French Government has Clone for its Algerine cation‘ and this means athoroughneas of milk possession -~ erecting attractitc buildings for ‘ cation that qualifies him to fill any pulpit in invalids and hostehios for travelersthat those the land." wandering in search of increased strength i and hiding from the bitterness of a northern i â€"«Pall Mall Gazette speaking of the in- winter may find shelter and a happy repose. ' creased duties of the professors at Oxford Written for the SPECTATOR A NEW CABLE -â€"Iron rcmzuksmith reference to the recent death of 811' Thomas Bouch, engineer of the Jim bridge, which fell last December : “ One thing is cértainâ€"the fall of the bridge killed Sir Thomas. He never recovered from the shock.” â€" A young thief. on being arrested at Head- ing, Pa“. said he hoped God would paralyze him if he were not innocent. Within a 19W days he was stricken with paralysis, and he is now firm in the belief that it was in conse- quence of his impious prayer. â€"The case of Thomas John (commonly call Monsignor) (lapel came up on Nov. 11 in the London Court- of bankruptcy, He applied to pass his examination. Various creditors opposed, and the sitting was adjourned for five weeks. â€"-A Pennsylvania. law provides that all money put. into a stakeholder’s hands as a. wager my be seized and devoted to the sup- port. of the poor. The statute is sixty years old, and has long been a dead letter. The Poor Board of Scranton, however,have under- taken 10 iafurce it in that city. â€"~A Providence expressman failed to deliver 9. woman's trunk at the railroad station within the stipulated time. The delay caused her to miss a train, and she was very angry. \Vhen the culprit appeareul she deliberately doubled her list and Mack straight out from the shoulder knocking him down. “In excavating for the St. Gothard Rail- way near Amsteg a magnificent. glacier gar- den, a serivs of soâ€"called kettles, or enormous holes torn in the rock by the action of gla- cier millsmuc's, has; bran laid bare. One-half of the. garden lay across the railway track and had to be blasted away, but the otherhulf has been walled around and will be carefully pre~ served. ~Mrs. Brady has just got a verdict for 151,000â€"8119 claimed 315,000â€"fr0m the city of Cleveland She swore that she stepped into a hole on Twelfth street and severely hurt herself. The defense proved the hole to be only 3 inches by 12. The jury doubted. Her counsel measured her foot, in court. 1t was 21} inches wide and not over 8 long in the Bhoe. Hence the verdict. vâ€"Lord Henry Gordon, brother of the Mar- quis of Humly, and formerly of the firm of Newton, Gordon (in (10:, tobacco and general dealers, is a bankrupt. Lord Henry’s grand‘ fuiher, Lord Huntly, had the same and fate, and the sheriff occupied his house. The pre- sent. peer, an able man of high character, reâ€" pairs-d the fortunes of his family by marrying a Manchester millionaire’s daughter. ~Thc New E-nuland Fun/mgr says that evexywherc else, even in small towns, and in the family of city mechanics, one will find the children especially hreakfasting on eat- meal and fruits, eschewing pies and sweets at dinners. and making the last meal a light one, while the New England farmer yet com pels his wife to keep him supplied with pics ad libitum, and, worse than that, to make pork the principal meat diet, and so bring up their children on the same rigid fare, “which,” as the Farmer says, ” fits them in adult life to be apt candidates for ‘treason. strutagems, and spoils.’ ” â€"On the occasion of‘ presenting some volunteer prizes lately toe Mayor of Ply- mouth, England, said that is was the 300th anniversary of Sir Francis Drake’s return from what he, the Mayor, believed was the first voyage made around the world. He pro- posed that Drake should have a monument at Plymouth and put down $250. Drake in Htill represented in the female line by :1 Sir Francm Dmke, who owns .151ng ancestral property in the county Devon (which produced the great navigator), and pmsesses his nauti’ all instruments and many interesting momen- toes of him. wâ€"At Linares, Spain, lately, three miners were sinking a shah. and after charging the born with dynamite, two climbed to the gallery above, while tn: third remained to light the fuses astaclied to the chsmzes. Having (lone so he signalled to his comrades, and was being hoisted up, when, on nearing the top, he lost his hold, and fell :1 distance of fifty feet to the bottom, whore be "my, stunned and disabled, close to the lighted fuses. One of his comrades instantly put his knife be» tween his tx‘rt'tll, and, demanding by a chain ladder, severed the fuses as they were about igniting. â€"-â€"Nannie ,lhamplin was a patient ins. lunatic asylum at Cincinnati, and Dr. Wilson attended her. Both were young and roman- tic. She was at times so violent. that it was necessary to put her into a strait jacket, but in her rational spells she was as lovely in dis- position as in person. The Doctor fell in love with her and proposed mnrriage. She ac- cepted, and, on a day when she was in her right mind, they slipped out of the asylum to- gether and were united by an unsuspecting clergyman. 'I‘ho result was that the bride- groom lost his position and his wife, for the asylum managers asked him to resign, and the bririe’s relatives took her away from him by recourse to law. â€"â€"“ HOW beautiful,” says the London Wm‘ld‘ “ are the words of wisdom when they flew from the facile pen of the Duke of Argyll? But they, like history. display a tendency to repent themselves. In the Contemporary Re» view of July, 1875, I rend. it paper, the last in the number, ‘ On Animal Instinct in its Re- lmien to the mind of man,‘ that interested me considerably ; and when I saw in the Con temporary Review of this month a paper by the Duke of Argyll, ‘ The Unity of Nature.’ I purchased the number eagerly, and hurried home to its perusal with jgyoue anticipation. To my sutprise I found that the paper, of fif- teen pages, was, with the exception of fifty lines or so added in the middle, and the ex. cision of the three last lines, identical." VOL. XXIII â€"-Jerry Williams. of Louisville, though a notorious rough, was very fond of his young sister, and when he heard that John Watson had talked against her, he sought him outwith the intention of killing him. These two men ‘ stood just outside a saloon, Jerry reiterating ‘ the accusation: and Watson strenuously deny- 1 l l ‘ mg it, when Charley Williams, a brother of 1 Jerry and the girl, staggered up to them. He ‘ was quite drunk, and, just as he joined the others, he heard Watson say, ‘ Who told you I said she wasn’t a good girl ‘2” Charley did not know that his sister was meant, but in a recklesyly jocose way he cried, “I said she wasn’t, and I can prove it.” Then Jerry stabbed his brother to death. â€"â€"The Second Presbyterian Church of Chi- cago has called the Rev. John MacIntosh, of Belfast. Ireland. at a. salaiy of $8,000 a year; The committee who chose him think it neces- sary to offer the following explanation : " We canvassed the country thoroughly to find an American-born and American-(ducated minis ter to present as the candidate for the pas- toral office of the church. and on whom the church could unite, but have not been able to find the suitable person for the place who would or could he moved. Mr. Maclntosh. whom we recommend to you, is a native‘born American, of Scotch parentage and Irish edu- cation‘ and this means athoroughneas of milk cation that qualifies him to fill any pulpit in the land." AROUND THE WORLD. says : “ The greatest men of learning in Germany, with a few exceptions, have been and are the greatest teachers in Germany, and they glory in the fact. It would be an injustice to the large and increasing number of learned men at Oxford to suppose that they take the shallow and affected View that it is a loss of dignity or a waste of time to increase by direct teaching and personal converse whatever of thought or love of knowledge is to be found among the young men who, sur. round them. Besides, the obligation to in- struct others is a. direct advantage to them selves. It is just the necessity of' teaching, of expressing himself readily in lucid language, which presenves the assiduous student from degenerating into the pedant.” â€"Michael Donley exchanged promises 0 marriage with Annie Gl'ueser at St. Louis before enlisting in the army in 1878. Their agreement was that, when he had saved enough money to begin housekeeping, he should return to her. A few weeks ago he presented himself to her, and announced his readiness to become her husband. She as- sented, but put off the wedding day. and he was convinced that she had no liking for him anymore. He showed her a revolver one day, and said that he was going to kill her, She did not seieam and run away, but coaxed the weapon away fiom him. When he came again she felt safe, because she had dis~ armed him; but she overlooked the fact that he might have bought another pistol. In truth he had, and with it he killed her and himself. ~Jonathan H. Greene, once the most no- orious and successful gambler in America, and afterward known as an expose. of gamblers tricks, is now aged and poveriy-stricken in Philadelphia. From 1831 to 1841 he Won money right and left, not only from amateurs, but heavily from professional players. On one occasion he took $36,0(W) from a party of card sharpers in three days. He was wonderfully skilful in handling cards, and invented several of the swindling devices still used by fare dealers. At length he renounced his evil ways, restored it great deal of money to men whom he had robbed, and spent the rust of his fortune in the advocacy of laws against gambling. The statutes on the subject in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio were largely passed through his exertions. In lectures and books he described the means by which he had won. but this after a while failed to yield him a. living. His family are now sup- ported by charity. â€"Are pictures objects of virtu and taste, 01' are they furniture? Such was the question decided lately - in the English Court of Uhaucery. Lord Londesborough left to his wife all his and her jewels,triuklets, gold and silver plate, and objects of *‘virtu and taste.” Pictures valued at about£15,000 were claimed under this clause; but another clause speci- fied that his Wife was to enjoy a life interest in the house and in its statuary, furniture ami other effects. The object of the testator was thus made quite clear. Statuary might eusilv be claasified, as it often is, with objects of virtu and taste. It is obvious, however, that Lord Londesborough’s will applied to the smaller and more portable articles of his personal estate, leaving the house and its furniture intact. Statuary will, therefore, be considered in future in the same Category as pictures, a declsion in accordance with others by which pictures have been decided to be part of the furniture and other effects devised. â€"~Count Drohojeski, a. youthful Polish patriciau of Lomberg, was entertaining at select circle of noble friends at a. card party, and, while his attention was riveted on the gums, had the misfortune to be disturbed by the jsngling strains of a barrel organ. plaved by a. poor old blind man who contrived to enter the cmrtyard of the house in the hope of earning a few kreutzers. Moved to un- gzovcrnablc indignation by this intrusion upon his privacy, the Count took down a loaded fowling piece from his gun-rack. threw open the window, ana, taking deliberate aim at the audacious organ grinder, dextrously shot him in the neck. The old man was conâ€" veyed to the newest hospital on a stretcher, and the noble marksman resumed his game ; but, greatly to his astonishment and disgust, was presently arrested by the police and con- veyed to prison‘ where he now lies awaitmg his trial for murderous assault. -â€"»1n Berlin the average number of horses killed for food this your has been 450 per month, while last year it was only 350, All the horses eaten are killed in a centralslaugh- ter house, and each horse before it is lulled is carefully examined by two veterinary sur- geons. At the present time the butcher pays about 42 marks,or $10.50, for a piece of horse- flesh weighing from 250 to 300 pounds, but he retails it at 40 pfennige (or about 10 cents) 8. pound for the filet, 25 pfennige per pound for other pieces, and 20 pfennige for parts only fit to be made into nausuges ', and as horseflesh is naturally very dry. a good deal of it can only be utilized by being mixed with lard and converted into sausages. which are, it is suspected, largely consumed by per- sons who are little aware oi what they are eating. In one or two other German towns the consumption of liorseflesh is, in porpmtion to their population, even larger than in Berlin. â€"In 1765 Legozt calculated that there were in France 79.000 monks and 80,000 nuns. The number of monks is now far he hind what it was a century ago, but the num- ber of nuns is considerably above it. Eighty- six different orders of monks are represented in France, and they have 2,026 establish- ments}; 281 different orders otnuns are repre- sented, and they have 12,004 establishments. Seventy-two per cent.of the monks and sixty- fivo per cent. of the nuns are engaged in edu- cation ; two per cent. of the monks and twenty-two per cent. of the nuns are engaged in attending on the sick. and twenty-two per cent. of the monks and eight per cent. of the nuns are de- voted to a. purely contemplative life. Barna- bites, who has just been expelled, are one of the smallest of the religious orders in France ; they have only three establishments, with 25 ‘membere between them. The largest order 1 is that of the Christian Brothers, who num- ber 9.900, and have even increased largely ‘ since 1861, when they were only 6,398. â€"For many years there has existed a feel ing of jealousy between the ancient city of Roach and the seaport of Havre. Rouen was an important town when Havre was nothing more than a. fishing village ; but their relative positions have undergone a great change since then, and Havre has now a population 211- most as large as that of Rouen, which is still the capital of the Seine-lnferieure. and which is consequently placed in a position of priviâ€" lege over the town at the mouth of the Seine. The inhabitants of Havre, accordingly. seek the creation of a new department, to be called the Seine-Maritime, of which Havrc would be the capital ; and they base their claim upon the importance of the town, and the fact that their shipping trade last year was represented by nearly three millions of tons, as against the little more than a fourth of that tonnage credited to Rouen, and the imports by £7,000,000, as against only £5,600,000 imâ€" ported by Rouen. â€"Riehard Wagner recently brought an action at Wurzburg to recover possession of a manuscript of an early work of his, an in- complete opera entitled “ Die Hochzeit.” With the unthinking generosity of youth he RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, DEC. 16, 1880. had presented this Work, written as early as 1834. to a musical society at Wurzburg. The society broke up. and was found on its disso- lution to be owing money to its secretary, in martial payment of which it handed over to him the as yet unrecognized treasure. The secretary sold (-116 manuscript for eight gulden to a musical bookseller. His son and suc- cessor, a certain Herr Roger, has lately ad- vertised the manuscript for sale, but no more than 150 marks ($37.50) was offered for it. This was, apparently, too much for Herr Wagner. He has lost his case and had to pay the very considerable costs of the action. The fortunate owner will no doubt make a good thing of this manuscripb, now that a. fresh historical interest has been attached to it by the impetuosity of the composer. â€"-â€"The marvelous accomplishments elec tric telegrapliy at the present day are seen in the following schedule of times and places, as given in 1). French paper of a recent date : A telegraphic dispatch sent from Paris will reach Alexandria, Egypt, in 5 hours, Berlin in 1 hour 30 minutes, Basle in 1 hour 15 minutes, Bucharest in 5 hours, Constanti- nople in 5 hours, Copenhagen in 4 hours, Cuba in 10 hours, Edinburgh in 2 hours 30 minutes, Dublin in 3 hours,ankfort-on-the- Main in 1 hour 20 minutes, Geneva in 1 hour 15 minutes, Hang KonB in 12 hours, Ham- burg: in 1 hour 30 minutes, Jerusalem in 6 hours, Liverpool in 2§hours,:London in 1_hour 15 minutes, Madridfin 2 hours 20 minutes, Manchester in 2 hours 38 minutes, New York in 4 hours, New Orleans in 8 hours, Rio Janeiro in 8 hours, Rome in 1 hour 30 min- utes, San Francisco in 11 hours, St Peters- burg; in 3 hours, Saigon in 11 hours, South- umpton in 3 house, Sydney, Australia, in 15 hours, Valparaiso in 12 hours, Vienna in 1 hour 45 minutes, Washington in 8 hours, Yokohama in 14 hours, and Zanzibar in 7 hours. Julia Good is a Tuscarora squaw, and a pretty well known one, too. She is the terror of the Reserve, and has been the medium of more trouble and misery than it is possible to imagine could emanate from one woman. Scarcely a week passes that she does not add some notorious deed to her already large ca1~ endur. She distributes liquor among her kins- men, and will stop at nothing in order to ac- complish her purpose, however dastardly it may be. Her husband, Thomas Good, is a white man, and he along with the rest of her \ictims has to hear his share of abuse and trouble. About three months ago a strange young white girl named Jessie Pifher, eight- een years of age, found her way to the Rs- serve, and engaged with Mrs. Good as a ser vent. Before the unfortunate girl had been with her new mistress many days she divulged the secret that she was an escaped prisoner. having worked her way out of Brampton jail where she was incarcerated for six months on a charge of larceny of cer- tain articles from her own home, shortly after her father’s death. which articles it ap- pears. were previously claimed by the credi- tors of the deceased parent. The possession of the secret was a good handle to the whip, and the brutal woman soon began a chapter of Legreeism that only terminated on Monday. Wit-hop: fiber/least, minimization she would maltreat and assault the girl in the most 1 heartless manner, at times so severely that her life was despaired of. The protection of ‘ the authorities could not be asked for, as the ‘ cndish squaw threatened, when a word of resistance was offered. or an arm raised in 1 self-defense, to reveal the secret. On Monday ‘ an escape was attempted. The girl had only gone as far as a neighbor’s when she was overtaken, and mercilessly dragged back, a scarf being tied around her neck until she was almost strangled. When the house was reached she was knocked down. kicked cut and bruised. On Tuesday, however, she managed to make good her escape, and came to Brantford, and resolved to lodge a com- plaint, come what might. Justice Weyms was interviewed, and the trial set down for Thursday. Accordingly, yesterday afternoon the parties met in his Worship's office. While the trial was in progress Bailiff Bigger entered and arrested the girl. The squaw had in- formed him, in the morning, of her escape from prison, but the truth of the story was doubted. But on the Sheriff at Brampton being telegraphed, the name of the girl, etc., an answer came quickly back that she was the person wanted, besides which there was a reward of 325 ofisred for her capture. The trial of Mrs Good, of course, had to be post- poned, and poor Jessie Pifher was marched off to the county jail where she now awaits her extradition to Brampton. It is to be hoped, however, that the brute, Mrs. Good, will yet receive her deserts, and not be allowed to escape scot free on this charge as she has on many previous onesâ€"Brantfard Tele- gram. A Bloomfield Man’s Invention Which he Thinks Might Prevent Some Divorces. A man living near Bloomneld, N. J., has contrived an arrangement by the use of which he is enabled to get an hour or more of extra sleep in the morning, and in other ways he finds it of great benefit. In many ways it takes the place of a domestic servant. This gentleman has thought out and put into practical working an idea that occured to him about a year ago. He is awakened in the morning by a shrill whistle. He at- once gets out of bed. for he knows what that whistle means. It tells him that all is ready for him to get to breakfast. He dresses and goes into the kitchen, and there he finds a bright, fresh fire, ateakettle full of boiling water, and other conveniences for preparing his morning meal. All this is accomplished by means of an alarm clock with weights, 3. piece of wire, a sheet of sandpaper, and some matches. Paper, wood and coal are put into . the grate of his cooking stove, and a teaketile filled with water, and having a tiny whistle fitted into the nozzle of the kettle, is placed on the stove. By setting the alarm in the clock he can have a fire at any time he wishes. When the alarm in the clock goes off, a weight falls and hits the wire ; the wire moves and scrapes the matches fastened to it on the sandpaper ; the matches light the paper in the stove. the paper fires the wood and coal, and soon a fire is under way. In a little while the Water in the tea-kettle boils, and then the tiny whistle gives the note of warning that everything is ready and it is time to get up. “ Simple thing, and yet what a comfort it is," the inventor says. “ There is no getting up for me now an hour bn’ore breakfast, los- ing that amount of sleep, and than waiting around for breakfast. The arrangement costs next to nothing, and it is as trustworthy as anything in this world. I have not had it patented yet. Some persons advise me to, and prrhaps I may. I haven’t any for sale; got it up entirely for my own comfort and convenience, and it has more than repaid me ' already. But just think, if it were in general use it would save many hard words and do away with considerable domestic unhappiness among poor people. Doubtless it might have a tendency to make a better feeling between some men and their wives, by settling the vexing question as to who should get up in ' the morning and build the fire. Out of this question alone many divorce suits grow, and this arrangement would prevent them.” SAVING AN HOUR’S SLEEP. A BRUTAL. SQUAW. High up among the mountains there stood a chalet which was often frequented by visi- tors. It was built jutting out upon a broad road which lead to the glaciers, and in sum- mer time tourists on their way to the heights were very glad to stop and have some re- freshment. The chalet was kept by two young girls, so neatly dressed, so blithe in movement and manners. so gentle and retir- ing, that they became part of the attraction of the place. Women especially were attract- ed by the winning manners of the two sisters, and sometimes a grand dame, who was mis tress of big castles, somewhere down in the swarming world below. would send by afriend a pretty token, to show that in all her fashâ€" ionable life there was a fibre which reached up to the chalet hid amnng the mountains. One day, at noon. :1 party of travelers poured into the cottage and found everything ready to receive them. There was along table in the middle of the room, spread with bread, butter, and cheese, and an appetising odour assured that hot soup and meet were close at hand, '; hough the room was small and roughly built, there were bright prints on the wall to make it look cheerful, and the curtains of the window were as spotless and crisp as the snow towerng in peaks under the sunshine. The younger sister, Annette, was in the room arranging chairs round the table. She was dressed in a dark skirt which stood out stiff, and was short enough to show two well- shod feet: and neat ankles. Her white stomacher rose from a low bodice of scarlet ; there were heavy earrings in her ears, and a soft, white cap on her head. There was in- cessant chatter among the~ visitors, for even oold English people, who seem to move about with a moat round them, throw aside their reserve when they have climbed out of con ventional air. Annette saw everyone in their places, and then went to her sister, who was cooking in the next room. Presently both of them came out, not too quickly, to be sure, in SWiiZBL land. Annette carrying the soup tureen and her sister Louise the plates. There was a positive difference between the sisters. An- nette was pretty and sparkling. but the grave, sweet mouth of Louise, and mingled earnest- ness and repose of her glance, excited interest as well as admiration. One young English lady, who ate nothing, looked at Louise with evident pleasure, and called her husband’s attention to the beautiful grave face. The party rose from the table when the meal was over, and prepared to fol- low their guide to the glacier. The ladies tucked their skirts up higher, and the gentle- men handled their alpenstocks as if they meant business. The young English lady, however, after talking, several minutes with her husband. said she would rather remain behind. She said she was suffering from dizziness, and begged to stay in the chalet until her husband and the rest of the party returned. She turned to Louise, and said in French; almost purely accented: 7‘} Ma'y I stay Qvith 5,0“ ? I am tired and do not wish to go further. My husband will come back for me as he returns." Louise heartily assented, and the gentle- man, Mr. Bailey by name confided his wife to her care.- She said she would soon cure madame of the dizziness or slight vertigo from which she was suffering, with some Wonderful herb that a certain doctor in the valley had told her how to procure and pre- pare rl‘he party set out, and after making the room comfortable, Louise and Annette sat down with than visitor. They told her their history, how they were early left orphans. and how a kind friend had helped them to obtain this chalet,where they gained auffieieut money in the summer to live comfortably down in the valley in the winter. Louise gent down her head, and Annette laugyipglg aniwqed for her : -‘ It is Dr. Haldy, madame. He is young and not rich yet, but he is getting onâ€"eh, Louise ‘2 And I tell Louise, madame, that some fine summer she will let me come up here alone. Do you understand, Madame ?” "748111th is that kind friend?” asked' Mrs. Bailey. “Quite," said Mrs. Bailey, smiling. ”,I think that the doctur will soon make 21 reputation if his medicines are as eifect'ml as the herbs you brewed me, Mademoiselle Louise. Already that frightful vertigo is better." Then the lady said that she was also an orphan. and had married when she was very young. She said her husband was all the world to her, for, indeed, he was all she had in the world ; she had never known the bless ings of parents or near relations, Talking thus, the time slipped away quickly, and Louise was astonished to find that more than two hours had passed, and yet the party had not returned. Mrs. Bailey suddenly looked uneasy. the more so as a snowstorm came on. She took up her stand at the door, and Louise was glad to hear her utter a joyful cry, as she exclaimed that she could see some persons coming down the path. Louise went beside her, and wondered What was the matter with Jean Carbot, the guide, Ee was not naturally a merry man. but she had not seen his face so supernaturally grave before." He was in advance of all the rest, and coming up to Louise he said in French, thinking the English lady would not under- stand â€"â€" “Take her Within ; her husband is killed.” A piercing scream undeceived him. Mrs. Bailey said in French to the shocked guide, as she mafitered herself With a. great effortâ€" “Now tell me the truth~~hev can be recov- ered ; he can be brought to life. It is not the first time â€"" She stopped there. The guide's face an- swered her duubts. The rest of the party came up and turning to them she said, in sharp, clear accents, and with darkening yes-â€" “ I should have saved him. You are all cowards. You let him die !” A ghastly change came over her face, and Jean Carbot bore the fainting woman to Annette’s bed. Then there was much discus- sion among the travelers. Nothing could be done to help the dead. The poor man had been thrown, by a. small avalanche, down a steep precipice, where death was certainly in etantaneoue. He had climbed higher than the rest, to a perilous point from which the guide had warned him in vain. Brave Jean had descended far enough to distinguish the body in the awful depths below,but there was no chance of recovering the body until next day, when men could be summoned from the valley to help in the search. Until then no- thing could be done, except to sooth the poor lady. who was passing from one fainting fit to another. Everybody was Willing to be of service, and yet found no means of renâ€" dering it. Louise spoke with practical good sense : “ Messieurs and Mesdames, 1 would advise you all to go to your hotel, as we have not any accommodation for visitors here. My sister and I will take care of the lady, In the morning some gentlemen will perhaps come with the guides to help both this lady and the- the gentleman who is dead. Mean- while monsieur the doctor Went far up the mountain this morning to attend to a family that is ill, and he will be returning about seven o’clock. We will get him to attend to the lady, and he shall bring you word at the hotel of how she progresses. Jean LOST IN THE GLACIERS. Carbot, you Wifi come back as soon as you can ” Different plans were mooted, but this one which Louise mentioned seemed the best of all. At length the party left the chalet, fol- lowing their guide, and the two sisters were alone with their unconscious guest. They nursed her very tenderly, and by many de- vices they succeeded in restoring her to life and sense. Mercifully, she seemed unable to realise the last event of her conscious mo- ments, and, lulled with warm potions, she turned wearily on her pillow to sleep. That sleep was calm and profound, and after a. While Louise and Annette shut the door and made their little room comfortable and home- like once again. They were not absent long, and yet when Louise went to look at her pa tient she gave a cry which quickly brought Annette. I‘hey stared at the bed with unbe- lieving eyes, for the clothes were thrown off, the window was wide open, and the room empty. Now the mists were descending fast, and, though the snowstorm was over, the air was chill 3and brisk Louise and Annette looked at each other with horr~or stricken eyes; then looking further through the open window and up those dim steeps beyond, one thought ap. pulled them both. Annette hid her face in her hands and sobbed ; Louise stood quiet and pale, paralysed Into maction. Not for many minutes, however. She soon Wrapped a long cloak around her,: and threw a covering over her head. Annette besoug ht her not to leave her, but Louise commanded her to keep warm water boiling, and be' 1n readiness to receive the sick wo- mun. Then she trod out firmly up the moun- tain path, for she guessed by instinct that the Wife had sought in delirium to rejoin her lost husband. Mourniully Louise reflected that she might indeed havejoined him before now. She toiled on through the crisp snow, her keen eyes glancing everywhere. Joy and sur- prise throbbed in her heart when she dis- cerned efigure coming towards her, bearing a burden In his arms. It was the doctor, who strode anxiously to- wards the cloaked woman that some presen» timent seemed to tell him was Louise. He was soon by her side and was telling her his story as they walked to the chalet together, while she helped to support her runaway and now senseless patient. He had got away from a sick family sooner than he expected, and was coming cheerily homewards. when he saw, not far beyond the point where Louise met him, a. woman lying in the snow. She was quite unconscious, and evidently a foreigner, and he was greatly puzzled to make out the reason for her being there. Louise explained, and related all the sad circumstances of the day. She blamed herself bitterly for having left the lady a single instant, and the doctor not being pleased that the culprit should be Louise, blamed Jean Carbot for not hurrying back, as he had promised to do, to the sisters. Jean was there when the trio arrived at the chalet, and Mrs. Bailey was once more laid in Annette’s bed. The young doctor stayed with her all night, watching the alternations be- tween life and death with earnest skill. Jean kept up a big fire, and the sisters were ordered to sleep and gain strength for the morrow. It came, and with it came many inquiries and brave ready men. But the body was be- yond all human reach, and for many days it seemed that the young widow was beyond it also. For many days â€"but skill and patience conquered. Those three who nursed Mrs. Bailey back to life had got to love her with the devotion of pity, and for her own sake. too. She slowly reached health again, but with nerves forever shattered by the sudden shock, and the desperate rush up the moun- tain, which she remembered as a dream actual with horror. She could not bear to be separated frem her new friends, and, being still comparativaly rich, she begged that she might make a. home in the valley, where the doctor's wife would live with her, and with them Annette, whose sparkling mirth brought smiles to the widow’s sad face. Charges of Crime Against a Man Who Styles Himself a Lord. On Aug. 10 a tallEnglishman, calling him- self Marcus La Pierre Beresford, and claimâ€" 'yig to be a. member of that noble English amily, got the London Bank of Utah to cash for him a draft on Rausan, Bouverie dz Co., of London. for £150. Three hundred dollars were paid to him in cash, and a draft on Mor- ton, Bliss & 00., of this city, for $470, pay- , able to the order of Marcus La P. Beresford, , was given in payment of the balance. Beres- ford immediately quitted Salt Lake for the East. At Indianapolis he met Capt. Med- hurst, who had known him in Utah. Med- hurst identified him at the First National Bank of that city, where he got his draft on Morton, Bliss & Co. cashed. When the Salt " Lake bank discovered the forgery they noti- fied Morton, Bliss & 00., who put the case in the hands of Inspector Byrnes. Correspond- ence with the London police discovered that ' Beresford was an expert swindler, who, under ‘ the name of Hugh Leslie Courtney, andas the 5 reported son of Lord Devon, had 1 I swindled people in England and on ‘ ; the Continent of large sums of ; : money. A photograph of the swindler, ' attired in the undress uniform of the Queen’s Guards, was sent to this country to identify _ him by. The fee simile of the photograph, ‘. all but the uniform, in the shape of a well- ‘ dressed man, Detectives Radford and Dusen- berry saw with a lady in Tenth street west of Broadway, yesterday. At University place Redford touched him on the shoulder, and told him he was “ wanted.” He was brought to the Police Central Office, where he was locked up. It is believed that that the man, whose real name is not known, has been fig- uring in good society on the score of his alleged aristocratic posltion in English society. He has a very plausible address, his manners re good, and he seems comparatively well ducated. It is stated of him that soon after reaching this country he stole a satchel from the wife of Col. Floyd of Philadelphia, con- taining a large sum of money, on the wharf at which the steamer Wyoming had just landed. Detectives Dunn and Radford re- covered the spoils, and also discovered the thief to have registered himself at the Clarendon Hotel as the Hon. Hugh Leslie Courtney, Second Queen’s Guards, London." So a quiet marriage was celebrated in the Protestant church, and a quiet company as- sembled there in honor of Louise and the doctor. And the bride’s sweet smile was not less endearing for its gravity, for she remem- bered sorrow in the midst of joy ; and with that mingled gladness and compassion she bound up the broken heart of her friend through many years, until the sunshine over- came the shadow. and little children grew up to find a second mother, rarely sad and most joyous, in their good aunt Bailey. Courtney, however, by that time was in the West, and escaped arrest. It is also alleged that he passed a. forged draft for $100 on the banker Albert J. Stevens, under the name of O. Pelham, Clintonâ€"New York Sun. WHOLE N0. l,170.~â€"N0,4 “The Hamburg Correspofiiiem in order to do away with the idea that the Czar of all the Russias could have stooped to marry beneath him, informs us that “ the family of the Prin- cess Dolgorouki trace their descent from the Archangel Michael." SOME USES OF A TITLE. WRECK OF THE SIMGOE. A Graphic Account by one of the Survivors. COLLINGWOOD, Dec. 1.~â€"Matthew Noble, one of the rescued firemen of the steamer Simone. gives the following story of the wreck: He went off watch at seven o‘clock in the morn- ing, and immediately made his way forward to assist in throwing the deck-load overboard. He worked at that until about ten o’clock, at which time the steamer was in the trough of the sea, and immense waves in rapid succes- sion were washing overher, deluging all hands with water. At this time Noble got his leg severely injured by being caught among the rolling barrels of pork and other freight, and was compelled to make his way as best he could to the engine-room. Arriving there, he told Engineer Nesbitt that the Simcoe was doomed, and the latter immediately shut ofi steam and went forward to assist the crew AT THE PUMPS. Noble went to his room to put on dry cloth- ing, and on his return he found the fires had gone out. Miss Gibson, the ladies’ maid, and Miss Williams, the cook, were in the engine- room almost frantic with fear, crying and praying to God for safety and mercy. Mr. Noble endeavored to allay their fears, and succeeded in quieting them by holding up hopes of safety. Shortly afterwards Miss Gibson went forward and was not seen by him again. Noble was in the engine-room talking to Miss Williams till nearly twelve o’clock, when some one Attempted to open the door, but could not owing to a quantity of wood and freight having been washed against it, but they heard a voice which they recognized as Capt. Parsons’, ordering them upon deck, as the steamer was going down. Noble immediately broke the upper part of the door with the starting bar of the engine. and after first assisting M1ss Williams through he follo‘wed her, and assisted her on deck. At this time the steamer was listing badly leeward. and the decks were covered with ice. With great difficulty Noble suc- ceeded in getting the cook into the cabin, from which they emerged by the door amid- ships, it being their intention to reach the hurricane dock from there, but just as Mr. Noble was about getting his arms around Miss Williams, in order to lift her up to the hdrrL cane deck, she saw the stern going down and the water rushing towards her. and she stepped back into the cabin. Noble followed her, and as he caught her by the hand, HEROIC CONDUCT OF ALL HANDS TEE STEAMER BANK, and Miss \Villiams was torn from his grasp into the seething waters. Mr. Noble hardly knows how he escaped from the Wreck, but he came to the surface about 100 feet from the then floating deck, which was broken up. He swam towards it, and succeeced in catch- ing a line whlch Capt. Parsons threw to him from the yswl, when he was hauled aboard almost exhausted. After getting into the boat. Noble could not see any of those lost but two. They were clinging to the mast. and he thinks they were James McAuley and Geo. Patton ; but in a few moments they were gone, all the efforts of those in the yswl to reach them proving unavailing, it being impossible to row the boat against the sea. and wind. They remained at the wreck for over an hour before making fer the shore. The hardships they endured in rowing those 15 miles in a piercing cold gale, their clothing dripping with water and their host the play- thing of the billows. may be imagined but cannot be described. Every wave was drench. ing them with Spray, and it kept one man bsling out the boat. But at last they reached Providence Bay frozen and exhausted, Where kind hearts. willing hands; and the most generous hospitality ministered to their neces- sities and comfort. Mr. Noble speaks of the bravery and HERON) oonnuor QF CAPTAIN masons in glowing terms of praise. “ Why,” said he to the reporter, ~‘ when the danger was great- est Capt Persons was not a bit excited, but was as cool as a chunk of ice. I have sailed on the ocean in all kinds of weather, but I never saw a man having so much presence of mind in time of danger." Continuing. he ex- claimed, with enthusiastic warmth : ” You can’t speak in too high praise of Capt. Par- sons. Such a good men has no business to be mate. We owe our lives to him.” Mr. Noble also spoke in the highest terms of En- gineer Nesbitt, who did everything in his power. Mr. Noble says Capt. ill did every- thing that a. commander could o. and showed himself to be a brave and faithful oflicer dur- ing the terrible morning of the wreck. In yesterday’s report the names of two of the lost crew were not given, namely, James Mc- Auley, second engineer and John Henry, fire- man. One thing is certain ; the story of the wreck proves that the Simcoe was manned by as brave and competent officers and as faith. ful a crew as ever left a. port. Indeed, it would seem that the doomed steamer was manned by heroes who could not for a. mo- ment be mayed from duty by the terror of impending death. All worked faithfully, battling with the raging tempest and the angry sea. till the last moment. Throughout the terrible ordeal Capt. Hill was a cool, collected officer, ever .present at the post of duty and danger, and by his example of bravery, cheering the crew in their herculean efforts to save the steamer ; and themselves. He never faltered in his duty for a moment, and his last efforts were ‘ directed towards saving Miss Gibson and his , crew. CAPTAIN B. HILL was the son of Captain Vasey Hill. light- keepor on Griffith’s Island. who sailed out of Collingwood when the Northern Railway was first built. Captain R. Hill was born in To- ronto, and made sailing his profession. At an early age he was appointed captain, and has since sailed out of Owen Sound and Coilingâ€" wood. For the past six years he has resided in Gollingwood, being captain of the Me- Kerral for five years. Last year he was cap- tain of the Mary Ann, and last spring he took charge of the Simcoe. Captain Hill was an able and efficient officer, an upright and honorable man, and was highly esteemed for his many estimable qualities of mind and heart. He leaves 3. wife and four small children. A Duel Which Did Not Come Ofl.’ PROSPECT HOUSE, NIAGARA FALLS, Dec. 2. â€"-Our little village was thrown into excite- ment by the news having leaked out that there was a duel to be fought here by two Southerners. Yesterday’s noon train brought here Mr. Lawrence Thompson and Mr. U. N. Wade, of Covington, Ky. Their business was not to see Niagara in all her glery, but they came fully prepared to fight a duel. Thomp- son is the principal and Wade was to act as his second, to fight another student of that place, to settle an affair of honor. The duel was to have been fought this morning at day- break, back of Chippewa village, two miles distant from here. The challenging party, whose name could not at this writing be ascertained, agreed to meet the Thompson party here this morning. Thompson and his second seemed enraged to learn through a telegram received from Toledo. at one o‘clock to-day, that everything was published, and to come at once to Toledo, for which place they started this evening, expressing their regret at returning without the matter being settled. Here they had their pictures taken with the falls in the back ground, to show their opponent and friends they had been here to fulfil their controct. â€"Wallace Ross is not a. Canadian. He was one up to Saturday. but now we are quite sure he was a Yankee. The Toronto W orld speaks of Lake Ontario “ dashing liquid me" in the faces of the sail- ors. No doubt the " liquid ice” Was dashed by the “ solid waves) The marine man of the World should not put his “ice" in such strong “ hquid ‘ when he imbibes. â€"â€"Detroit Free Puss. THE CODE.