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hil father. “ For God‘s sake. man, go on‘ smoking‘ and don’t try to hide your cigar from me. Your mother and I," he continued in a changrd lone. “are going to the colonies, where our curious story will be unknown. We think it better that you should ucéompany us. I have been talking things over with your mother, and I want to treat you kindly and to be your friend. There will be no temptations in the life before you unless you make them. Try to mend, my lad ; try to mend your life and your mother’s heart to- gether. She has been unhappy in both of us. Let us try together to make atonement. You shall hear no more reproaches as to your past. from me so long as you behave reasonably and give no cause for new offense. And I will try to do my duty by you and will be as kind and good a father as you will let me be. Will you come with us ? " -â€"At a meeting of the Philologicsl Society in London the other day, Mr. J. Vogin’s “ Observations on the Partial Oortectiuns of English Spelling spin-owl by the File- lojicnl society ” were re 1d by Mr. R. Sweet. Mr. Vogin commented on each of the scciety’s changes, approving come. He would spell would, wulld ; onion, unyun; stomach, stum- nae; of, 0v; could, cwd. die. He would keep a diflerenoe of spelling whc to there was a diflerenoo of meaning. â€"Schleswig-Hols|ein produces the tallest Germansjudging from the investigations of the Obie! Surgeon o! the Army. During the recruiting years from 1876 to 1880, the said province tarnished upward of 5,000 men of In average of less than five feet fin inches {or the rent of Germany. â€"A very old lady on her deathbed, in the [eni‘ominl mood, said : “I have been a. great binner more than eighty years and didn’t know it." An old colored woman. who had lived with her a. long time. exclaimed, “ Lawl, l knowed i‘ all the time.” “ Yes, sir," said young George with bent ‘ head. “ What money have you ? ” “ My mother gave me this,” answered George, producing his purse and spreading its contents upon the table. “ You are not happy here, are you? So But there was not long to stay, for almost as she spoke he gave one long sigh and never breathed again. There was nobody to grieve greatly at his going, but the women were a good deal moved for the moment. Joe at- tended the funeral, and John Keen. who was by this time well enough to attend without danger. read the will in the presence of a. few witnesses, who all heard it with amazement. Young George was apprised of his fortune, and came up from Southampton to see about it. And since I am in something of a hurry to be rid of young George, and have for the most part done with his adventures, I may as well anticipate a little and dismiss him here In a certain Australian weekly journal I saw lease the other day in which a youngster- wal reported as having undergone his prellm~ lnary trial beiore the magisterisl bench on a charge of forgery. And the magistrate, who behaved apparently with a long-minded dignity and had a good deal of the talking to himself. bore the name of George Bushell. â€"-The Borlcnblatt gives the total number of publications in Germany {or the year 1881 as 15,191, an against 14,941 in 1880. The miners of the West represent a strange conglomerstion of men. The English. Welsh and Germans brought all of the old world superstitions with them. and found them- selves among a class of men in the Mexican camps:who could equal and in some cases sur- pass theirs. The Mexicans drew their tales irom two sources, their own Spanish foreâ€" fathers and the Aztecs and Toltees, found in the country when their forefathers conquered it. Strange are the beliefs and stories that have grown out of the union of these super- stitious elements. Things are lucky or un- lucky because possibly some worker in the Hertz said so 500 years ago, or some old Toltec had a fit of nightmare at an equally remote period. One of the most commonly believed tales is that of the “Step Devil." The men tell you that in some of the oldest mines there is an evil~spirit which takes the form of a deformed dwarf. A peculiarity about him is that he has immensely long armsâ€"arms so long that he can take ofl his sandals without steeping. The dwarf. when there is any danger in the mine. such as a cave, goes up the ladders, lifting himself by his arms, and his legs hanging tree. As he passes each rung he kicks or stamps it out of the aide pieces. so that the men when they attempt to fly find all means of climbing out of the mine destroyed. In very old mines, which were worked bv the Indians, there were no ladders, but in their place trunks of trees in which notches had been cut. and the In- dians climbed by inserting the big toes in the notches. When the Indians tell you of the “ Step Devil" they say that he has on each big toe an enormous nail, and that as he climbs the tree trunks he uses this to gouge the notch out by splitting ofi the part on which the toe rests. The story is evidently an Indian one. although altered by the Mexi~ cans to suit the change in the means of go» ing up and down the shaft. â€"To a lawyer three “finga are enpeoially precious and sweetâ€"a good fat fee, a delay, und the zound of his own voice. And as the voice began, the two in the dark old fashioned paw knelt down together. “sigma voice 2 Then came thé quéstion-to Ihe woman, and Ethel and Dinah answered,| each from her plug, _ “_ I yill."_ - “ I’take thee to my wedded husband,” and lo, though with tears and tender embraces, hozglad 9nd yet rqgrpflg) ! A " With this ring I thee wed, 3m}; my body I thee worship. with all my worldly goods I thee endow." “ Yes,” he answered‘itom his soul. “ Yours. Dinah. 10m: forever.” THE END. In due time John goes down to the church alone, and kicks his heels about in the veetry, regarding his hat with some diafavor, and as I blot upon the day. For John’s redundant locks have not yet {ully grown again, and the hat to its owner’s mind looks pinched and small. Sir Sydney has scouted the idea of being married in a. wide-wake as altogether heathen and unheard of, and the present article is John’s first possession in the com volitional stop pipe form. in a while, quietly and afoot, and with no bridal veil, comes Ethel on Sir Sydney’s arm, her mother fol- lowing. and Joe and Dinah bringing up the rear. “ I: require and charge you both, as ye Iball answer at the dreadful day of judgment, when c118 secrets of all hearts shall be dis- olosedâ€"" 7‘ Wilt thou have this woman to be thy wedded wife ‘2” And when the voice had ceased. John Keen unswered, with a solemn gladnees in his tone. “ I will.” and Joe Bushell, kneeling in the darkened pew, whispered “ I will." THE) voices Eoundgd fuller in the aisle, and Joe took the old pledge of truth so ill-‘fuifilled and Eyed. if upon_Dinah’s {inge‘rt And so they knelt, with tears and silent kisses and embraces. until the voices ceased, the last footatep died away, and the silence VII broken only by their whispers. “ At last ! Atâ€"laa't ! " she said: “ Mine own truefibusbgnd. Mine again ! Mine! Mine 1 ” Joe and Dinah halted at the porch. “ Have you the ring. my darling? ” Joe naked. and Dinah slid from her finger the wedding ring young Joe had placed there so mn_n_y years begozje. They entered the church together and set down in a dark old fashioned pew beneath the gsllery. A tender rain of tears fell from Dinsh’s eyesmnd Joe sat; silent, with best head. They waited thus for a while, until Dinah stole her hand into his and he stooped end kissed it. A little later came the sound of footsteps, tnd a voice was heard. MINERS’ SUPERSTITIONS‘ [Continued 1'er first Inga] The Charge of the Heavy Brigadeâ€"Balm klava, Oct 25, 1854 The charge of the gallant Three Hundredâ€"the Heavy Brigade ! Dowh the hill, down the hill thousands of Rus- mans, Thousands of horsemen drew to the valleyâ€"and stayed. For Scarlett and Scarlett’s Three Hundred were riding by When the points of the Russian latices broke in on the sky ; And he called "Left. wheel into linol” and they wheeled and obeyed. Then he looked at the host that had halted, he knew not why, And he mmed half round, and he bade his trumpeter sound “ To the charge!" And he rode on ahead as he waved his blads To the gallant Three Hundred, whose glory will never die. “Follow, and up the hill 1" Up the 121m, up the hill, followed the Heavy Bri- gn e. Mr. Compton looked out in the direction which Brandon indicated and saw the clerk approaching. He then .settled himself back in his chair, put his hands in his pockets, threw one leg over the other. and began whistlinga tune with the air of a man who was BO entirely prosperous and contented that The trumpet. the gellop, the charge, and the might of the fight ! Down the hill, slowly, thousands of Russians Drew to the valley, and halted at last on the height With a wing pushed out to the left and a wing to the light. But Scarlett was far on ahead, and he dashed up alone Through the great gray slope of men ; And he whirled his saber, he held his own Like an Englishman there anal then. And the three that were nearest him followed with force. Wed ed themselves in between horse and horse, Wong 1: for their lives in the narrow gap they had mule, Foulrfimidthousands; and up the hill. up the 11 Galloped the gallium Three Hundred, the Heavy Brigade. “I don’t think there is much forecast," said Brandon, with a smile, “ it was only the most. ordinary calculation made from the well-known fact that the exportation this year had been slight. But there comes Hadley now,” he continued, moving his head a. little to one side so as to look up the street. “ The lesters will soon show us all.” “ The mail ought to be open by this time." said Brandon, indiflerently, lookmg at his watch. “ I am somewhat curious to see how linings are looking. I noticed quotations of wool rather higher than by last mail. It the papers are correct which I saw then we ought to do very well by that last cargo.” Mr. Compton smiled. “ Well, Brandon, ’ said he, “ if it is so it will show that you are right. You anticipated a rise about this time, you know. You certainly have a remarkable forecast about the chances of business.” In this man there were other things which gave him the look of the great Napoleon. The contour of feature was the same ; and on his brow, broad and massive, there might be seen those grand shadows with which French artists love to glorify the Emperor. Yet in addition te this he had the same serene immobility of countenance which characterized the other. which could serve as an impenetrable mask to hide even the intenaeet passion. There was also about this man a. certain aristocratic air and grace of attitude, or of manner which seemed to show lofty birth and gentle breeding, the mysterious index to good blood or high training. How such a men could have happened to fill the position of junior partner in a commission business was certainly a problem not easily solved. There he was, however. a man in appearance out of place, yet in reality able to fill that place with success; a man. in fact, whose resolute will enabled him to enforce suocess in any calling of life to which either outside circumstances or his own personal desires might invite him. ' Fell likn a. cannonmhot, Bursfi, like a. thunderbolt, Crashed, like 8. hurricane, Broke through the mass from below, Drove through the midst of the foe, Plunged up and down, to and fro, Rode flashing blow upon blow, Brave Inniskillings and Greys. Whirlmg their Embers in circles of light. And some of us all in a. meze, Who were held for [1 while from the fight And were only standing at gaze, When the dark-muffled Russian crowd Folded its wings from the left and the righfi And rolled them around like a cloudâ€" Oh! mad for the charge and the battle were we When our own good red coats sunk Iron] sight, Like drops of blood in a dark gray see ; And we turned to each other, muttering all die- in eyed : “ Lost are the gallant Three Hundred, the Heavy Bxigude 1" He had a face of rather unusual appearance. and an air which in England is usually consid- ered foreign. His features were regularâ€"a straight nose. wide brow. thin lips, and square, massive chin. His complexion was olive. and his eyes were of a. dark hazel color, With a peculiarity about them which is not usually seen in the eye of the Teutonic or Celtic race, but is sometimes found among the people of the south of Europe, or in the East. It is diflicult to find a name for this peculiarity. It may be seen sometimes in the gipsy; some- times in the more successful among those who call themselves “ spiritual mediums,” or among the more powerlel mesmerizers. Such an eye belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte, whose glance at times could make the boldest and greatest among his marshals quail. What is it? Magnetism ‘2 Or the revelation of the soul ? Or what ‘3 lory to each and to all. and the charge that they made! Glory to all the Three Hundred, the Heavy Brigade. * The three hundred of the Heavy Brigade who made this famous charge were the Scots Greys and me second squadron of the Inniskillings, the remainder of the Heavy Brigade subsequently dashing up to their support. The three were Elllott. Scarlett’a aide-de-cump, who had been riding by hil side. and the trumpeter, and She- gog. the orderly, who had been close behind him. On the morning mentioned two men were in the inner office of this warehouse. One was an elderly gentleman, with a kind be. nevolent aspect. the senior partner of the firm. The other was the junior partner, and in every respect presented a marked contrast to his companion. CHAPTER I. THE LETTER mom nuonn mm em. On the morning of July let, 1846. the Daily News announced the arrival of the ship Rival at Sydney, New South Wales. As 00mm steam navigation had not yet extended so far. the advent of this ship with the English mail created the usual excitement. An eager crowd beset the post ofiice, waiting for the delivery of the mail; and little knots at the street corners were busily discussing the latest hints at news which had been gathered from papers brought ashore by the officers or pas- sengex-s. The Turning of the Long, Long Lane. A: the lower end of mm; street was a large warehouse, with an office at the upper ex- tremity, over which was a new sign, which showed with newly gilded letters the words : CO MPTON dz BRANDON. The general appearance of the warehouse showed that Messrs. Compton and Brandon were probably commission merchants, general agema, or something of that sort. They rode. 01‘ they stood at bay : Struck with the sword-hand and slew ; Down with tho bridle-hand draw '1 he foe from the saddle, and threw Under foot there in the fmy ; Rugged like a storm. or stood like a rock In the wave of a stormy any ; Till suddenly, lshock upon shock, Staggered the mass from without ; Foiour men galloped up with a cheer and n 5 out, And the Russians surged, and wavered and reeled Up Ehfidhill, up the hill, up the hi1], out of the 0 . PlTCHERY-BIDGERY. But they rode, like victors and lords, Through the forests of lnuces and swords 1n the heart of the Russian hordes Over the brow and away. TENNYSON’S NEW [14 OEM BY MONSIEUR DEMOULIN‘ no news whether good or evil could greatly afiect his fortunes. In a short time the clerk entered the inner office, and, laying the letters down upon the table nearest Mr. Cqmptonthe‘withdrew. Mr. Compton took up the letters one by one and read the addressos, while Brandon looked carelessly on. There were ten or twelve of them, all of which, except one; were addressed to the firm. This one Mr. Compton selected from among the others, and reaching it out in his hand said : “ This is for you, Mr. Brandon.” “ For me ‘2” repeated Brandon. with marked surprise; and taking the letter he looked at the address with eager curiosity. The address was simply as follows : LOUIs Basunox, Sydney, New South Wales. The letters were irregular and loosely form- ‘ ed. as though written by a tremulous handâ€" such letters as old men form when the mus- cles have become relaxed. “It was then that the demon of avarice took full possession of me. Visions of mill- ions came to me, and I determined to be come the richest man in the kingdom. After this I turned every thing I had into money to in- vest in the mine. I raised enormous sums on my landed estate, and put all that I was worth, and more too, into the speculation. I was fascinated, not by this man, but by the wealth that he seemed to represent. I be- lieved in him to the utmost. In vain. my friends warned me. I turned from them. and quarreled With most of them. In my madâ€" ness I refused to listen to the entreaties of my poor wife, and turned even against you. I can not bear to allude to those mournful days when you denounced that villain to his face before me : when I ordered. you to beg his pardon or leave my root forever; when you chose the latter alternative and became an outcast. My noble boyâ€"my true hearted son, that last look of yours, with all its reproach, is haunting my dying hours. If you were only near me how how peacefully I coulddie I “ My strength is failing. I can not describe the details of my ruin. Enough that the mine “ It was this man's desire to settle himself somewhere. and I gave him letters to different people. He then Went off, and I did not see him for two years. At the end of that time he returned with glowing accounts of a tin mine which he was working in Cornwall. He had bought it at rt low price. and the returns from working it had exceeded his most san- guine expectations. He had just organized a company, and was selling the steak. He came first to me to let me take what I wished. I carelessly took five thousand pounds’ worth. " On the following year the dividend was en ormous, being nearly sixty per cent. Potts ex plained to me the cause, declaring that it was the richest mine in the kingdom, and assur- ing me that my £5000 was worth ten times that sum. His glowing accounts of the mine interested me greatly. Another year the di- vidend was higher, and he assured me that he expected to pay cent. per cent. “ About a year after this Potts himself came to England and visited me. He was, as you know. a rough, vulgar man ; but his connecâ€" tion with my murdered fliend, and the warm recommendations of that friend. made me re- ceive him with the greatest kindness. Besides, he had many t'nings to tell me about my poor friend, and brough‘ mhe newspapc rs both from Manilla and Calcutta, which contained acn counts of the trial. Mt. Compton went on opening the letters of the firm without taking any funher notice of his partner. The latter eat for some time looking at the letter Without venturing to open it. He held it in both hands, and look- ed fixedly at that; address as though from the address itself he was trying to extort some meaning. “You recollect that Colonel Despard was murdered on this voyage under very myster- ious circumstances on shipboard. His Malay servant Urecao was convicted and executed. Potts distinguished himself by his zeal in avenging his master’s death. “ Perheps you remember something about the lamentable death of my old friend Colonel Despard. The first that I ever heard of this man Potts was in his connection with Despard, for whom he acted partly as valet, and partly as business agent. Just before Despard left to go on his fatal voyage he wrote to me about his afiairs, and stated. in conclusion, that this man Potts was going to England, that he was lorry to lose him, but recommended him very earnestly to me. He held it thus in both hands looking fixedly at it. with his head bent forward. Had Mr. Compton thought of taking a look at his usually impasaive companion, he would have been surprised at the change which had taken place in him at the mere eight of that trema- lons hand-writing. For in that he had read grief, misfortune. perhaps death; and as he sat there, pausing before he dared to break the seal. the contents of the letter had already been conjectured. Gloom therefore unuiterable gathered upon his face; his features fixed themselves into such rigidity of grief that they became more expressive than if they had been distorted by passionate emotions; and over his brow collected cloud upon cloud, which deepened and darkened every instant till they over~ shadowed all; and his face in its statu esque fixedness resembled nothing so much as that which the artist gives to Napoleon at the crisis hour of Waterloo. when the guard has recoiled from its last charge, and from that imperial face in its fixed agony the soul itself seems to cry, “ Lost I ” “ Lost 1 ” “ That man Potts, whom you so justly hated. was and is the cause of all my suffer- ing and of yours. You used to wonder how such a. man as that, a IOW. vulgar kuave, could gain such an influence over me and sway me as he did. I will try to explain. Yet it was only for a few minute. Heetily subducing his feeling Brendon rose. and clutching the letter in his hand as though it were too precious to be trusted to his pocket. he quietly left the ofliae and the warehouse and walked up the street. He walked on rapidly until he reached a. larga building which bore the sign “ Aus- tralian Hotel." Here he entered, and walked up-staira to a room, and locked himself in it. Then when alone in his own apartments he ventured to open the letter. The paper was poor and mean ; the hand- writing, like that of the address, was tremu- uloua, and in many places quite illegible ; the ink was pale ; and the whole appearance seemed to indicate poverty and weakness on the part of the writer. By a. very natural impulse Brandon hesitated before beginning to read, and took in all these things with a quick glaqce. "BRANDON, March 10, 1846. “ My DEAR Boy,~â€"These are the last words which you will ever hear from your father. I am dying. my dear boy, and dying ofa broken heart ; hm where I am dying I am afraid to tell yen. That bitterness I leave for you to find out some day for yourself. In poverty unspeakable, in an. guish that Ipray you may never know, Iturn to you after a silence of years, and my first word is to implore your forgiveness. I know my noble boy that you grant it. and it is enough for me to ask it. After asking this I can die content on that score. “ Lying as I do now at the point of death, I find myself at lam freed from the follies and prejudices which have been my min. The clouds roll away from my mind, and I per- ceive what a mad fool I have been for years. Most of all I see the madness that instigated me to turn against you, and to put against the loyal love of the beat of sons my own miser- able pride and the accusation of 9. lying scoundre]. May God have mercy upon me for ‘his ! “ I have not much strength, dear boy ; I have to write at intervals, and by stealth, so as not to he discovered, for I am closely watched. He must never know that I have sent this to you. Frank and your mother are both suck, and my only help is your sister, my sweet Edith, she watches me. and enables me t07write this in safety: “ I must tell you ill without reserve before strength leaves uge forevezj. ‘ At list he nerved himself to the task and began to read. v broke down utterly, and I as chief stockholder was responsible for all. I had to sellout every thing. The stock was worthless. The hall and the estates all went. I had no friend to help me, for by my madness I had alienated them all. All this came upon me during the last; year. “But mark this, my son. This man Potts was not ruined. He seemed to have grown possessed of a. colossal fortune. When I re- proached him with being the author of my calamity. and insisted that he ought to share it with me, the scoundrel laughed in my face. ” The Hall and the estates were sold. for, unfortunately, though they have been in our family for ages. they were not entailed. A feeling of honor was the cause of this neglect. They were sold. and the purchaser was this man Potts. He must have bought them with the money that he had plundered from â€"Chicago Tribune : The people of Alaska, who ought to be contented and happy, do not seem to know when they are well ofi'. With whisky at fourteen cents a quart, and neither a city council or a supreme eeurt to worry them, these skim-clad aliens are clamoring for a government. There is a saloon in Eighth avenue, the proprietor of which is often presented by admiring friends with specimens of natural history. Not long ago the saloon keeper was given a handsome gamecook. The next day he was sent an enormous rat that had been caught in a neighboring stable. At the time there was no dog on the premises, and the cats would not go near the rat. The neigh~ borhood was scoured for a dog of sufficient courage to attack the rat, which had been placed in a cage, but no such dog- could be found. It was then noticed that the game- coek had been industrionsly picking at the bar of the rat's cage. Then the owner of the saloon tieda string tightly about the rat’s tail and let him out of the cage. The game cock and the rat flew at each other at the same moment ; the gamcoek struck the rat once in the ribs and once on the head and the rat was deadâ€"Wilmington Gazette. â€"â€"Conceming the robe of a Philadelphia lady: It was a. fur cloak which cost the owner 85,500. It was a. circular of Siberian suble, of the choicest akin, perfectly shaded and fitted to make a, pattern of perpendicu- lar stripes, the deep. rich hair shading to lighter at the back. It is unique. as there are not skins enough in the counfiry to re- peat it. “ Now. since my eyes have been opened. I have had many thoughts ; and among all that occurs to me none is more prominent than the mysterious murder 01 my friend. This man Potts was with him at the time. He was chief witness against the Malay. The counsel for the defense bore down hard on him, but he managed to escape, and Uracao was executed. Yet this much is evident, that Potts was largely benefited by the death of Despsrd. He could not have made all his money by his own savings. I believe that the man who wronged me so foully was fully capable of murder. 80 strong is this con» viction now that I sometimes have 9. super- etitioue feeling that because I neglected all inquiry into the death of my friend. therefore he‘has visited me from that other life, and punished me by making the same man the ruin of us both. In this letter there was folded a large piece of coarse paper, evidently a blank leaf torn from a book, brown with age, which was worn at the folds. and protected there by pieces of cotton which had been pasted upon it. The paper was covered with writing. in ink that was much faded, though still quite legible. Opening this Brandon read the following: " One league due nor-the of asmnlle islet northe of ye Islet of Santa Cruz nortlie of San Salvador IRelphe Brandon in my shippe Phoenix um becelined and surrounded by a. Spanish fleete My shippe is filld with spoyle the Plunder of III gallons wenlthe wh myghto pnrchasse e. kyngdomâ€"tresure equalle to an Empyr’s revenue Gold and ieweles in count- less store and God forhydde that itt shall fulle into ye hands of ye Enemye I there fore Balphe Brendon out of mine owne good wyl and intente and that of all my men sink this ahippe rather than be taken alyve I send this by my trusty Seaman Peter Leggit who with IX others tolde all by lot will trye to escape in ye Boats by nighteâ€"â€"â€"If this cometh heply into ye hands of my sonne Philip let him here- bye know? that in his piece is Inll this_t1'esure â€"â€"â€"â€"wh haply may yet be gathered from ya seamâ€"ye Islet is kuowne by In makes that be pushed up like III needles from ya sands “ Rulphe Brandon“ ” The mine, I now believe, was a colossal sham ; and all the money that I invested in stocks went. direct to Potts. Good God 1 what madness was mine 1 “ O my boy! Your mother and your brother are lying here I ick ; your sister attends on us all, though little more than a child. Soon I must leave them; and for those who are destined to live there is a future which I shudder to contemplate. Come home at once. Come home, whatever you are doing, Leave all business, and all prospects, and come and save them. That much you can do. Come, if it is only to take them back with you to that new land where you live, where they may forget their anguish. “ If in that other world to which I am going the disembodied spirit can assist man, then be sure' 0 my son, I will assist you, and in the crisis of your fate I will be near, it it is only to communicate to your spirit what you ought to do. “ God bless you, dear boy, and farewell. “ Your afieotionate father, “ RALPH BRANDON." This letter was evidently written by frag- mentary portions. as though it had been done at intervals. Some parts were written leisurely â€"others apparently in haste. The first half had been written evidently with the greatest ease. The writing of the last half showed weakness and tremulous. ness of the hand ; many words would have been quite illegible to one not familiar with the handwriting of the old men. Sometimes the word was written two or three times, and there were numerous blots and unmeening lines. It grew more and more illegible ton ward the close. Evidently it was the work of one who was but ill able to exert even suffi- cient strength to hold a. pen in his trembling hand. “ Come home, my son, and take vengeance. This, perhaps, you cannot do, but you at; least can try. By tha time that you read these words they will be my voice from the grave ; and thus I invoke you, and call you to take vengeance._ ” But at least come and save your mother, your brother and your sister. The danger is imminent. Not a friend is left. They all hold aloof, indignant at me. This misorennt has his own plans with regard to them, I doubt not ; and he will disperse them or send them ofl to starve in some foreign land. Come and save them. "But. I warn you to be careful about your~ self for their sakes. For this villain in pow~ erful now, and hates you worse than any body. His arm may reach even to the anti- podes to strike you there. Be on your guard. Watch every one. For once from words which fell from him hastily, I gathered that he had some dark plan against you. Trust no one. Rely on yourself, and may God help you X " Poor boy! I have no estate to leave you now, and what I do send to you may seem to you like a mockery. Yet do not despise it. Who knows what may be possible in thee days of saienoe? Why may it not be possible to force the sea to give up its prey? “I send it, at any rate, forI have nothing else to send. You know that it has been in our family for centuries. and have heard how stout old Peter Leggit, with nine sailors, ee~ coped by night through the Spanish fleet, and what suffering they endured before they reached England. He brought this, and it has been preserved ever since. A legend has grown up, as a. matter of course, that the treasure will be recovered one day when the family is at iteflaet extremity. It may not be impossible. The writer intended that something should come of it. An Odd Kind. of 3 Fight. rTo 1m CONTINUED.) A Scotch Echo who Lays over the Celebrated Irish Echo. Swiz, Whose reputation for truth stands about 1.21%, swears he was recently present at an emer- tainment in this eitym'hen 6119 following singular thing took place : The occasion was a. concert, on the programme of which appeared an Echo song. At the last moment, the gentleman who; usually did the echo business behind the scenes, was taken ill, and a. substitute was eagerly looked for, us this song. not so much from the beauty of its words, but from the weird effect produced by the echo, Wits a. particular favorite with the Hamiltonians. Fortune favored the concert troup, and a. substi- tute was found in the person or a big Scotchn‘mn, the possessor of a. very fine voice and correct mquch ear, but. who was otherwise rather utterly all but. He was accordingly stationed behind the scenes,hxwing declared that he was acquaintcl with the air, and the song:’ com- manned. The feathered sougsters tune their throat: to hail the coming,Y light, The lark rings out hi5 gladsome Bong, free in his heavenward flight- (Clear and distinct flanted the echo to the ear of the eumpnured audience) “ Free intil his héavenward flicht.’ III. The mavis from the hawthorn bush pours forth his joyous lay, The cuckoo sings. than spreads his wings, and lightly flies awayâ€"- (Weirdly and beautifully come the echo) “ An' lichtly flees awn‘.” Brightly beams the morning sun: All hail the coming (my ! The darknesflglenves the brightening heavens,a.nd swiftly flies awayâ€" (Ech‘l. fg-gm_ his bower behind thefscenes) *Once when in a bad humor Napoleon said to Prince Talleymnd: “ How have you contrived to become so rich!” “In a very simple way, aire.’ replied Talloyrand. “I bought securities the day before the 18th Btumaire, and I sold them the day after it.” â€"It has been suggested by some citizens of Thorold, says the Post, that, in case the market fees‘bill should pass, Thorold fenoein its market grounds and close the drill shed, as the miserable fees allowed by the bill would not pay to keep a man in charge of the market. â€"Young Fred, 8. bashful yet persistent :wain, Was very much in love with Mary Jane. One night she told him in her tendereit tone “It is not good for man to be alone." Said Fred, “Just so, you darling little elf ; I've often thought of than: same thing mysel’.‘ Then said the lass, while Fred was all ngog, “ You oughtto buy yourself a. terrier dog” â€"-â€"The party of vegetarians who were board- ing at a water-cure establishment, while tak~ ing a walk in the fields, were attacked by a bull, which chased them furiously out of his pasture. “That’s your gratitude, is it, you A11 nature) blushes, trees and flowers are tipped wit-h rosy glow, Imust away, but linger still, Iwill not,{cunnot 30" (Echo was all solid and responded! " Bun Wilma, canna. gang." V. Fly. darkness, fly, come beauteoufimoru, with rosy fingers touch The smiling earth, the earth I love perhaps too Well, too muchâ€" (No humbugging echo tho’: There he was, and his mystic words “ fell like {L falling star." “ Aiblins ower wee], oWer muckle." This was “ ower muckle " for the audience, and long and loud was the applause which greeted the singers, especially the Echo, who was, however, never hurriedly pressed into service again, at least in that particular song. --For the last ten years there has been less wind in March than in October or April. It is time to quit talking of “ the rude blasts which March hurls against the gables." â€"A Canadian editor ciaims to have outrun two wolves and. thereby awed their lives. Had they eaten him their doom would have been swift and certainâ€"Detroit; Free Press. â€"From Guelph there issued these people, on a hate shoot, the other day: Messrs. Sauer. Schmuck. Rbeinhardt, Klefienheimer and Lautenaohlager. I: is needless to say they got no hates. â€"I£ Noah had been in Cincinnati last week when the Ohio at its wharves was nearly sixty feet above low water mark, he would have been reminded of the days when he went boating for land. â€"Winnipeg Times: A couple of men were observed surveying the top of the city hall this morning. They were evidently looking for a spot where there is no real estate office, or for a. spot on wlich to start one. â€"antford Telegram : They should make Wm. Paterson one of the managers of the Farm and Dairy Manufactury companyâ€"the builders of the figure 8 churn. Our member, you know, is of a. figure-eight-ive charm of mind. â€"His Russian Honor : “ Well, prisoner. you were drunk.” “ Oh, no, sir. I was an rested for clubbing a J ew." “ Ah~that'a it.” Prisoner is discharged and the Jew warned not to do it again. â€"A new way of punishing children in the Buffalo orphan asylum is letting the sash of a heavy window down on their hands, and thus confining and torturing them in spite of their groans and cries. â€"He was speaking at a public meeting, and thus to his audience loudly proclaimed : “ My itieuds, we are masters of the situa- tion 1" His wife, in the proscenium box, whispered to her fan 2 “ They maybe, George, but you’re not.” â€"As he came down ton: in the morning he found ten dollars and called himself “ she luckiest dog alive.” Poor fellow, long before night he was deadâ€"drunk. ~” What’s a. kiss ‘2" Simply this ~â€" Four lips meet, two hearts greet; Sans deceit, union sweet! Rupture! bliss ! That’s a kiss. ~-Scandsl, when it has truth in it. is like a grease spot on new cloth, but when there is no truth in it. it is like a splash of mud which will come ofl easily when dry. US. â€"“ Some are born to greatness, others to contracts,” says the politixal critic of the Denver Tribune. â€"It seems funny when all the long-distance walkers are a-toot that only one of them can keep a-head. â€"It requires an least three to make a wed» ding, but two to make a bargain, and only one to make a. resolution. â€"Toombstone, Arizona, is growing so rapidly that they soon expect to be big enough to change its name to Sarcophague. â€"They have found out that the pressure of the water at the depth of two miles would kill a. 1mm in an instant Prudent citizens won’t go down mere. â€"A woman may not be able to sharpen a pencil or throw 9. stone at a hen, but she can pack more articles into a trunk than a. man can in a one-horse wagon. â€"The dollar-a-day young man waxes furi- ous when his moustaahe doesn‘t our]. -â€"-The Scientific Monthiy says that the beat physian m the land can’t tell how peo« ple take cold. â€"The total number of newspapers and periodicals published all over the world in 1880 was, according to the Newspaper Direc- tory, 34.274. â€"â€"Oo-nun-drum. Why is a kiss like rumor ? Because it flies from mouth to mouth. Why is it like a. sermon ? Because is requiea two heads and an application. â€"He who grants many favors must philo- sophically expect very few. â€"-How much quicker any of us can create a sensation than build up a character ! â€"Anna. Louise Gary is just green enough to lock up fifty thousand dollars in an em- erald. â€"-The watch shall be known by its works. â€"What we omit to do tells heavily against “ S‘wuftly flees awn." MORE SINGULAE MUSIC. INTERESTING ITEMS. II. IV. great hateful thing ‘2” enclaimed one of the ladies. panting with fright and fatigue. "After this. I‘ll eat beef three times a day” -â€"Au ancient Bohemian, who has come in~ to a snug fortune. is felicimted warmly by an old acquaintance. “ Yes,” says the new Craesus, reflectively, “ it is a pleasant thing to have money. And do you know what is most agreeable about it? You feel. air. that you are appreciatedâ€"you find friends who esteem you for your own qualities alone." â€"-Cnpt. Pomival, a Cape Cod mariner of the old school, was once- awakened in his bunk by a. shipmam with the announcment that the vessel was going to eternity. " Well,” replied the Captain, “I’ve got ten friends ovm‘ there to one in this world; let her go.” And he turned over and went to sleep again. â€"-Winnipeg Sun: The Hamilton Times aces danger ahead for Manitoba. That un- fortunate vainea, our contemporary says, requires “ a population of workers," and re- marks that something must be done to obtain that population “ or the fabric will collapse,” Just so. There are no workers up here. of course, no hornyâ€"handed non of toil like the Times man, who smokes a. clay pipe in a garret, and who sways public opinion at so much per away. ~0vet 400 applications for divorce are be- fore the Cincinnati courts. Â¥Misa Kate Field says that American shop manners are the worst in the world. â€"The St. Louis sohoolmarm has an aver- age remuneration oi 9615 per annum. â€"â€"-Harvnrd has decided to accept a fund for the medical education of women. â€"Naomi, the daughter of Enoch, was 380 years old when she got married. Take cour age. ladies. â€"A married woman in Robertson county, Ky., who is only 15 years old, is six feet six inches in height. An Indianapolis cnuple ware married in 1872, divorced in 1877, remarried 1111879, and now 5119 to be redivorced. The extreme length of the skeleton is sixteen ieetsixiuehes, and it is quite easy toimagine how such a. creature swimming rapidly througha calm sea with its head raised, and with a long wake behind it, caused by the action of its paddles, placed at the posterior extremity of the body like the screw of a, steamer, may have been the foundation of some of the stories told of the great sea serpent. as was, indeed. suggested some years ago by Professor Owen in a letter published in the Times on the occasion of the reported appearance of that celebrated monster to Captain McQuahee. â€"The officers of the Lutheran church at Columbia,Iud.,looked out. the pastor. He took an axe from a. neighboring woodpile, chopped down the door and held services as usual. â€"-A young‘Iady who was squeezed between two freight cars says it felt just like trying on a pair of new corsets. -â€"Miss Hermann, the woman who is starv- ing herself to death in the Clark county, Ind , poor asylum, is still alive. She has fasted for 45 days. The London Times has discovered what the sea. serpent is, taking it for granted, of course, that there is no veritable sea. serpent. Aekeleton of'thegreat sea elephant (Muc- rorhinueleoninue) has just been placed in the Museum at the Royal Academy of Surgeons in London. The animal was formerly abundant on the coasts and island of the Southern Ocean, but it is now very rare and limited to ihe most inaccessahle parts of the Keguelen and Crozen groups. Of the new specimen the Times says : â€"â€"A widow at Lafayette, Ind., receives $21,700 as her husband’s back pension,though she was a wife for a day only. having married him while he was dying. â€"There is a young Woman shoemaker in Atlanta. She has a. small shop of her own, in which she hammers and stitches as deftly as any man in the trade. â€"The Boston Globe thinks. as we all do, that when a. Woman does a man’s work she should get a. man’s pay. It also adds “ that, us a rule, when they are obliged to work women have as much reflponsi’hility to Ihoulder as men.” â€"In the last number of Our Continent Kate Field comes out strong in favor of wear- ing knee breeches instead of trousers. What queer tastes some women have about their clothes, anyway. Dr. Mary Walker, now, would rather part with her reputation than her trousers. â€"-Miss Julia Best, of Riohmond, Ind., has just locovered a watch lost in a Pullman sleeper three years ago. In rebuilding the car the workmen found the watch wedged in the corner of the berth. â€"Some of the new Bernhardt gloves which reach far above the elbow, and are especially designed to be worn with short sleeved even- ing toilets, are finished at the tops withinsert on bands of costly point or duchess lace. three inches wide, and above this a mille of the same lace, put on with little or nofullnese. This gives a soft and delicate look to that portion of the glove which generally has an unfinished look. especially in the Danish glove, the! is left unbound at. the top. â€"Millmers in the Black Hills region must exist on the east wind. There are nine milâ€" linery shops there, although the entire popu- lation contains only forty one women. W_l;ene’er perchauca you turn thig page, Alphonse Kerr said : “ Speak always of women in general with respect and admin» tiou; but to women in‘ particular any that all other women are either ugly or coquenes.’ â€"A new row of business houses at Char- lotte, Mich., has been named Old Maid's block by the owner, who is a maiden of 40, and rather proud of having madea fortune for herself as a. milliner. -â€"A fanciful gift conferred recently upon the young American prime. donna, M’llo Van Zandt, by Baroness Rothschild, was a. half dozen diamond swallows. intended to be worn as ornaments for the bodice. â€"0E 980 women who are thxs year pursu- ing the higher courses of education in St. Petersburg. 521 study physicfl and mathe- matics, and only 417 literature ; 610 are of noble origin, and 774 profess orthodox faiLh. â€"â€"A most beautiful tidy can be made by taking a square of satin, lined with a stout piece of holland. The satin may be either painted or embroidered. The border should be of Miracourt lace, with the heavier parts embroidered in floss of one color that harmon- izes With the tints in the decoration. â€"The Mormons have placed four hand- some, educated, English females at Work in the Washington lobby in their behalf. And it seems reasonable to expect that there will be so much of this South American business anu other matters to attend to, that Congress will not be able to tackle this Mormon ques- tionâ€"Boston Post. â€"â€"An old woman took a blackened clay pipe out of her traveling bag in a St. Louis railroad station, and began to smoke. She was told that smoking was not allowed in that room. Without taking the pipe from her month, she draws. long knife and laid it across her lap. She was allowed to puff away until her train came along. â€"A1bum Verses. â€"The Gainsborough hat has been crushed atlast. Now and than a young lady from the country, who has had no othenhat, wears one ton. theater, but this seldom occurs. Governor Long is a believer in woman’s rights, practically as well as theoretically, and has just appointed one of the sexâ€" Miss Har- riet R. Lee of Salemâ€"a trustee of one of the Massachusetts insane nsylums. "Your evés may mee‘t. these words‘ 1’56 traced, And woo remembrance buck when age Has all except these lines efi‘ncqq: FOR LADIES ONLY. SEA SERPENT. And still {another fiendish attempt to de. stroy human life and demolish Paradise Hall must be recorded. As the janitor was main- ing ready {or the Saturday night meeting he opened the stove to take a chew of tobacco from the box he had been keeping there since it was decided not to build any more fires. To his horror it was discovered that some one had placed a two pound can 0! powder in the stove, and under ordinary circumstances he would have started a fire without seeing it. The results would have been appalling. Sam- uel Shin, who always sits nearest the stove. would have gone out of the opposite window and demolished the entire rear end of a se~ cond hand clothing store. Giveedam Jones Would have been lifted off his stool and dashed into the ante~room. knocking down the Keeper of the Pass Word and utterly smashing a jug containing five pints of Kro- sene oil. Waydown Beebe would have been subjected to a pressure of 22,000 pounds to the square inch, and under this terrible strain he must have gone scooting up the hall and plumped dead against Sir Isaac Walpole, mashing the old man to pulp in the wink of an eye. Brother Gardner would have been blown against the iron safe containing over 8700. and rebounding from thence he would have struck Elder Toots, killed him stone dead, passed close to Pickles Smith's ear, and brought up against the chimney. falling to the floor a lifeless mass of dark-col- ored clay. Every lamp chimney would have been brokenâ€"every window demolished, and every one of the nineteen joints of the stove pipe would have struck a separate head in falling. Paradise Hall might not have been entirely demolished, but it wonid have taken at least $13 to cover actual damages, to say nothing of the loss of valuable lives. “Let dis be anoder warnin‘ to you dot the the eye of Providence am allus watchin' out,” said Brother Gardner in his opening. “ De good am sartin to be protected, while do bad will sooner or later arrove at some awful end. Had We been de Common Council, a politi- cal convention, or a State Legislachur. dnt fish would have been built, dat powder would have gone off, sn’ dis hall would have bin the picture of desolsshun sn’ death. De J sn- itor, who now receives a salary of seventy- five cents per week, will have it increased to eighty, en’ in fucher his seat will be under the bust of Andrew Jackson. We will now pass de water an' purceed to busine‘s.’ N0 ALLIANCE. Some time since the Lima Kiln club was asked to cooperate with the Earnest En- deavor club, of Portsmonih, Ohio, in matters pertaining to the elevation of the colored race. Waydown Beebe and Prof. Pinnacle were appointed a committee to investigate the record and standing of said club. and 3they now reported against any alliance. ‘They had discovered that Morth Law. the president of said club, was 9. man who made a business of passing twenty cent pieces for quarters, and Hank Burton. Bill Montgom- ery, and other members played the string game for a living. The earnest endeavors of all the members seemed to be to live Without hard work, and to make strangers pay for their drinks. ~Experiments show that the new chrome leatherâ€"the resuh of the new tanning process by bicromate of potashâ€"exceeds in tensile strength the bark tanned article ; also, that after it has set under the necessary stress, it still retains an extraordinary amount of elasticity: which is available for tightening machinery belting on pulleys. As illustrat- ing this statement. the fact is shown that a piece of chrome leather bore an ultimate stress of 3,297 pounds per square inch, while a piece of bark leather only bore an ultimeto stress of 2,672 pounds per square inchâ€"this example proving the samples of chrome-lan- ned leather to be stronger than the barium- ned by some fifteen per cent. â€"-Claremont. the future residence of Prince Leopold. is being thoroughly overhauled, the drainage is to be put in perfect order, and some structural alteratiocs will be made in the interior of the mansion. The fine ball- room facing the lawn is being converted into a drawing room. This is the chamber in which mass was celebrated during the tenure of the French familyâ€"Louis Philippe, Queen Marie Amelie, and the Orleans Princes. The committee on the sick reported that Brothers Green, Bartholemaw, Davis and Cnddet were sick abed and in need of aid from the relief fund, and Brother Gardner appointed an investigating committee. and added: " I understen’ dat de bull fo' wsr' taken sick at de same time. an’ det it was shortly utter drinkin’ a new beverage concocted by Brudder Green. It am said dat he mixed lager beer, skimmed milk an' cold tea togeth- er to make a beverage to take along to pie- nice, an’ das it wasn't a success. We want 69 full perlicklers. If a member falls down an’ breaks his leg or cracks arib we will cheer fully aid him. If he gits upset while exper- imentin' on drinks he mus' pull frew do bes’ way he kin.” Givedum Jones said he arose in search of information. He had received several letters inquiring if the LimeuKiln Club and the special session of the Michigan Legislature. which convened on the 23d inst., would act in harmony. “De matter am not yet decided,” said Brother Gardner in reply. “While no one kin doubt dat aperfeok understandin’ between de two bodles would result in do gineral good. it seems to me do: de fqu proposals fur an advance should come from Lansing. Dey legislate fur de single State of Michiganâ€"we fut do whole world. Dey sot (ur a. few days 1111' draw deir pay an’ go home to be heard of no 1110’. We meet fifty-two evenin‘s in do y’ar, and kin allus be heard of day or night. winter or summer. If de Legislsobnr desires to meet us half way it kin have do benefit of our records. reports an’ estimates, 1111' Pam- dise Hall will be made do headquarters of sich members as may wisit Detrmt. I! def; body decides to go alone, we shall leave it to its fate.” The committee further announced that they had changed the name of Venus to Sarah; of Jupiter to Charles Henry; of Mars to Andrew Jackson. Astronomers throughout the country will please take non tice and govern themselves accordingly. Fur- ther changes will be made as spring opens and the roads improve. A W03!) 01‘ ADVICE. “ I notis," said the old man as he looked carefully around him with one eye half elosed, " l notis dat sartin cull'd men of Detroit de- mands representashun on do pnrleeoe io’ce an' dat a meetin’ has been called to take axshun in do case. I doan‘ want members of dis club to mix up in do matter nohow. If do time has arrove to put black men on do purleece fo’ce it has arrove to put ’om in dry goods stores, city offices, and all odder places. De attempt to bulldoze de white people will be a failure. As black men we have our own field of operashuns. If de white folks doan’ in- terfere wid us Why should We interfere wid ’em ? No honest, industrious cull’d man has any lack of work or friends. Bewar’ how you let de half dozen black political shysters of Michigan use your paws to pull deir chest- nuts out of do fish. We will now somnamhu- late to our homes. Let do band play Twins in do Cradle as we go, an’ do pusson who takes my umbrella by mistake will (eel dreflul oneaoy befo’ 69 week am out." Judge’ Cadwalladet added that be had re. ceived two such inquiries from North Onto- l‘ma. and was holding them for}: dgcigipn. The Committee on Astronomy. submitted their regular monthlyAteport, as follows : Nufnber of comets discovered, three, but too far of; to cause any run op theihank. Lime Kiln Club estimate of the distance to the sun. about five miles ; to the moon. about the same. NumBer of dark nigh“; sihce Ian report, twgptyftwo. r THE LIME-KILN CLUB. THE EYE OF PROVIDENCE. CAN’T TELL m'r. ASTRONOMICAL. THE SICK.