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The Congregation of Rites has been called to examine the causes of oanonizw- tion of 201 new salute, of Whom 168 are martyrs. Of these, 80 belong to Corea. 44 to Tonquin, 29 to Italy, 22 to France, 10 to China, 9 to Cochin Chum. 5 to Spain, 1 to *Austriu. and 1 to Poland. Twenty of them 'are‘Dominieane, 17 Franciscans. 14 min- sionary priests, 2 Augustinian, 3 Trini- tarians, 2 Lazariets, 1 anpabite, 1 Thenâ€" ”flhe, 1 Paeeionist, 1 Redemptorist and 6 institute“ of religious orders. The 22nd of this month, the Feast of St. Cecilia. an interesting ceremony. was cele- brated in her org/pm in the catacombs of ‘ St. Galixtus. Since Mr. de Roeei found out the tombs of several martyrs in this great cemetery, it has been customary to cele- brute. even at St. Cslixtus, the commemora- tive Feast of St. Cecilia. ’This year the crypt where thenoble martyr of Christ had ' ‘rested for six centuries was adorned with flowers and lights, and an alter had been erected near to the cenotsph. adorned with roses. and several masses ‘were celebrated from the very early morning. Several other alters erected in the crypt of the ‘ Popes offered to many foreign priests the ‘ opportunity of celebrating mess in the holy recess of the catacombs. A high mass was chanted later in the morning, and ufter the Gospel a. beautiful homily of St. Augustine on the fortitude of martyrs was read by a. priest. After high mess a. procession took place in the catacombs, beautifully illu- minated. John Herzer. the largest man in Mil- Waukee, who weighed 486 pounds shortly before his death, was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in that city last week. He became so fleshy that be literally choked to death. The largest cofl‘in in the city was procured, but it was to') small, and the remains had to be placed in a large, hastily constructed box. Decomposition set in so quick that the body had to be removed trom his residence to the cemetery a feW hours after death. Herzer was only 28 years of age. When he was 16 he was very slender and it was feared he would become consumptive He was a blacksmith by trade, and was so large that he had to be taken to his work in an express Waggon for several months previous to his last illness. For some time past he could not lie" down to sleep for fear of smothering, and would sleep sitting in a chair or. sofa with his head restingbn his bed. The actual population of Rome is 300,- 467 ; 184.156 21er Romans and 166 311 nan- Romans ; 117 991 people are illiterate, 105,144 are hachelors,70,771 are unmarried girls, 7,152 are Widows... and 15,400 are widowera. ' Women swallow at one mouthful the lie that flwhbera. and drink drop by drop the tirth than is bittenâ€"Didero' . The two giants in the royal procession to the new English Law (‘rourbs were not Grog and Mugog. but Lord Alfred Pager. and Fred Burnaby. Have the courage’to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamihy of b‘eingignorant of everything â€"â€"Sydné‘y Smith. - Colonel Prijevalsky. the famous explorer, intends in the spring to make another Mtempt to reach the dapital of» Thibet. He is now sufiering from weakness of sight. The soul‘s armor is never well set to the heart unless awomnn’s hand has braced it; and it is only when she braces it. 1093er that the‘houor of manhood faila.â€" Ruskin . Christopher E ennelly, of Boston, wrote : “ Iam about to appear in from of my Maker." But he was mistaken, for the twenty-two knife wounds which be pro- ceeded to inflict upon himself fmled to kill. Several battalions of; troops have been sent to the island of Sardinia. in order to regpre tganquiliuy upd security: The vintage his been exccédingly good here. 4 The locusts have appeared in Mexico, and at last accounts were covering, like a. thick black cloud, six miles in width and many in length, the right banks of the Alvarado River, moving northwest. The ground over which they pass is left a. desert. A last (Thursday) evening’s Detrort tele- gram says: A fire was discovered at 2 o’clock on Wednesday morning in the chapel “ of the, Mercy Hospital, in the northern part of Big Rapids. So rapidly did it spread that the Sisters could do nothing towards extinguishing it. The building. a large frame structure, in twenty minutes was one complete mass of flames. There were many exuiting scenes. It was a long time before any assistance reached the Sisters and the seventy inmates, but the Mother Superior Was equal to the occasion. Ward . after ward was visited and the occupants told of their danger. Those able to help themselws' escaped by the windows and doors, while those unable to move by reason of broken limbs or sickness were assisted from llie burning building; and thus chl‘y life was saved, though the ‘ sufferings of many Were terrible. The doors of the various houses were opened and the patients readily prOVided with tem- porary shelter. Later on an old building was secured, and thirty or forty paupers removed thereto. The loss is a severe one, and at this time of the year it cannot be made good except by greatly increased expenditure. The insurance on the build- ings is about 35,000. Among Ilia contents destroyed having no insurance was the wellkuown library of 2,00Q volumes, col- looted during his life-time by Father Cusick. also a few rare paintings. The Mother Superior is endeavoring to engage alarge building for temporary purposes. The Common Council propose to place at her disposal the upper floor of one of the poor- houses. The Pope has also' sent 1.000 francs to the Bishop of Basilea, for his new seminary and a set of ornaments and sacred vessels Go a church in Sabina. ' Fortifications are being erected by the Italian Governmenh in the island of Elba. A decidedly unpleasant predicament was that in which Savage, of Chambersburg, Pa... found himself the other day. He is a helpless paralytic, and had been seated so near the shove than hisgarmeuts nook fire. Unable to move and unable to make his voice heard, he was forced to remain in his chair and watch the partial consump- tion of his lower limbs. He will proba- bly die. ‘ Donation by the Popeâ€"New Sflinluâ€"A Notable Fennl. Pope Leo. XIII. has offered another $1th of 10,000 frames for the victims of the inun- dation in upper Italy. Aleok Brown, a. well-known working tailor in Edinburgh, was also a character in his way. On one occasion he attended a. temperance meeting in the city, and during an address given by a shabbin dressed speaker, be frequently called out; “order, order," when he chought the audience Were interrupting by their prolonged applause. After one of Alaska outbursts the speaker saidâ€"“ Will that gentleman please inform me what kind of order he wants? ” " Oh," replied Aleck, quite undaunted, “ if ye p117 it in that way, I'll tak. an order free ya for a decent suit 0' clues." SEVEN" Ll ES SAVED BY THE NIL-THICK SUI‘EHHIR. Big Firm: in Buffalo, (iswrgo lllfll ‘ where. Mercy Iiospital. Big Raplds, Des troyed by Fire. A SUPERIOR " SUPERIOR." LATEST FRO." RllNlE. fllilwnukee'u Fat Man. Blur- “ Oh I” he returned, heaibatingly ; “ you see he is guardian toâ€"- Marie,” he exclaimed, abruptly' interrupting himself, “ do not: let us carry on this farce any longer. Now that you know how fondly and passionately I love you, you will under- stand that to win you, more quickly I affected to be duped by} yournlintle plot. Tune will show that I love you for yourself alone. I know which Miss Delvigne I hzwe married, an d -â€"â€"” v A low wall of agony interrupted him. “Ob, Guy, Guy 1â€"1 see it all! You have mistaken me for my friend-«for the heiressâ€"and 1â€"1 am nothing, and have nonhingl'f ' “ I am nix-aid there is some mistake some- where, Is nor. Sir Frederic‘s grandfather _old Mr. Foster ?” “ Yes,” said Neville, almost breathlessly. ” Are you any relation of his, or what has he to do with in ?" she asked gently. - ‘3 She is too good an actress by half,” thought Neville. “ Lorne, come. You need not keep up the farce any longer." Bub‘ Neville spoke huskin and anxiously. , ‘f Guy Neville,” she replied, with some solemuity, " I am Marie Delvigue, daughter of Pierre Delvigne, omcier. in the French army, and his wife, Mary Ward, an English- womau. I was educated in Paris to be a. teacher. How have you mistakenme?” “By Heaven.” cr'ied Nevxlle fiercely, “ ym} _h§1ve deceivedumg I" ' " But did you not agree with that other Miss Delvigne no change placesâ€"to pass as the French teacher at Mrs. Coleman’s?" v “ Never â€" never -â€"- yet I â€"I remember Marie proposed we should, but I refusedâ€" iannd Ifefusefl! pr did‘ym; know it? “ By Heaven.” exclaimed Neville, after Walking ‘up and down the room, and stop- ping within a. few pacesof the crouched and humiliated form of his wife, “ Ioannot fathom it. You have in some way deceived me. but you have gained very little. I was almost a. ruined man when I first had the mix-fortune to-benold- 'you, and now this affmir Willfiu‘ieh me, adding to the diflioulty of supporting myself the burden of a wife ;” and, lsughlng scornfully, he resumed his angry walking to and fro. “ Turn where I will," he continued, “ rumstares me in the face. If I had been lees blinded by your grace and beautylâ€"God! it is a. fr'ghtful position 1" "‘ Oh! no, no, no 1" she cried frantiéally; “I always told"you who and what I was. Haw could youâ€"how did you mistake me ‘I" ' Ohl Guyâ€"Guy~â€"whut wiil become“of me?" and she sunk deapajringly on her knees, lagging he; fuceriu the sofa cushions. “ 0 yes! ” sgjd Marie; but fihe spoke it in uncertain tones, and paused with a puzzled look. “Let me read it," she resumed, Btretchmg out her hand for the pager." » . Neville gswe it to her with an anxious thoughtâ€"“ Hive I unmasked the game too soon_? Whun‘yil} sher do or my next ‘3" - “ Then you did love me for a while! You did care for me at first." gasped the wretched Marie, straining with woman-like desperation for the last glimpse of Love’s Light}. “ It was not altogether because you thought I had money. Oh! would to God I had thousands'for you, Guy I” “ Ohl Guy. Guy,” and again theunhappy girl threw herself on herkneee. and hid her ace anywhere out of sight What was she to have thus interfered with the career of l so great a man and here? For, all too keen to i sympathize with her idol, though writhing I with unutterable agony at the blight which 1 had fallen on herself, her thought was of | himâ€"for him! She never dreamed of turn- I ing on him with reproaches for his fortune- 1 hunting schemes! Oh, what whirling » drifts of sorrow swept One over another ‘ through the aching brain! The heaven of ‘ this morning swept away, and instead clouds and thick darkneseâ€" yea, and. dark- ness that might be felt! Meantime Neville " Grandfather returnedâ€"all safe as yetâ€"â€" does not; go no St. John‘s Wood till We'dnes- day.” I think we are pretty safe, thanks to your capinal (hdge of going to stay with your friends." “But; you h_a.ve inch,” Qvas the cruel answer. “Mane! if I find, as I suspect, thahnyou have deceived meâ€"~” Bifn the coarser tone roused Marie’s pride. She rose, and putting bank the hair from her poor, dry, aching eyes, said, with blanched, trembling lips, and patching tongue,thet could hardly articulate: “I have never deceived youâ€"~I have never deceived any one. Look at meâ€"you must read truth in my eyes -,â€"â€"a.nd, Guy. I will be no burden to you. I do not understand your laws; but 1 will help you to undo our marriage I I will set you free. Iwill be no burdenfitoryoru l’: _“ Well, you see, love, the fact is, I should not be iu such a. hurry, only â€"â€"this telegram is from Compton, to any old Foster had returned and though hecaunot do us much norm I mnould not: like to have our happi- uess broken in upon even for an hour : still I think we might Venture to wait mm to- morrow. He saysâ€"" and Neville. full of his subjeon, and forgetting the part. he and his bride were acting, took the telegram froiIi his pocket, and readâ€"u “ Why may we not. stay hereâ€"EWeKue so happy?” she murmured “ must ‘we go, dear Guy ‘1” W ‘ Neville lboked steruly at her. “You do not know Whtfl’: childinh nonsense you are talking “he said; “ nothing but denth can break our marriage, and I wish to God it would come.” Marie glanced at the view from the win- dow : the sea. was dull and angry looking, and even by the fast fading light could be seen flecked over with foam crests, as it dashed, raging and thundering against the pier. She shuddered anthe prospect. Dmuer was over, and the cloth removed, when the waiter returned. bearing an Ominous envelope having mysterious red Insignia. stumped upon it. Nevllle read in ovar two or three timesâ€"mu‘ ed, pulled his mustaches, and finally looking up with a. sxnlle, exclaimed, “ I am afraid, Marie, we must cross by the mail bout to-uighb. I find from this telegram that it would be scarcely safe to remain.” Highly intellectual persons might deem the conversation which ensued. Mid Which lent the hours wing for our entranced pair, of the most deeultory and unconnected description. Neville was too much en- greased by the present to bestow much thought how his bride would take the revelr Mion that her innocent: artifice was penetrated, and let her draw hun into reminiscences of his pan-it lifevâ€"udveutures in many lands-Jed on irresistibly by the magic of Knowing his words were pearls and diamonds of eloquence to his admiring liltener. LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP. VOL. XXV. By Mrs. Alcxandsr. CHAP TER VIII. Ygu need not keep up " Mistake ?" she exclaimed, “ how could there be a. mistake? Don’t you take on 80, ’m. You are hislawful, wedded wife. I am a. witness, and he must support you. It isn’t; at all right of him to go off and leave you here. What are we to do ‘2” “ Bush I” returned Marie, with quiet diguiby. “ You must not say a. Word against: Captain Neville; but you are rightâ€"Wham are we to do? Let: me think.” But these dreams would not do; again she roused herself, and after a few moments’ silent, fervent preyer, went to her room, and began mechsuieslly to replace the things whichWneeler had taken out. in her box, carefully laying 0. black silk dress at the top. Then she thought long and earnestly ; the desperstion of her circum- stances. the wild longing to escape, to hide, like some stricken creature that only seeks to die unseen, gave her resolution and invention. She matured in her mind a. plan to elude pursuit. if pursuit were made; and finally, after pacing her room in the restless agony of mingled shame, grief, and fruitless self-accusation, for the fertility With which she had yielded to chllle‘e per- suasion, she threw herself on her bed, and found some moments of oblivion, which only made her waking more terrible. CHAPTER IX. "0 yes i” returned Marie, her large eyes gazing expressioulessly. “ It is a. great trial. " and her slender fingers twined themselves together convulsively; her throat was dry ; she could scarce articulate. What was this that had happened? What had hurled her from the rapture, the repose, the paradise of an hour ago, to the agony and shame and bewilderment of the present? No fault of hersâ€"she was true and loving and faithful; and now she was alone! And this respectable womanâ€"should she speak to her, would she too despise and reject her as her beloved, her trusted, adored idol had done ‘2 But nature demded for her. The racked nerves could hold out no longer. She was too young and strong. and healthy to faint, so a. great burst of tears came to her relief. and it was hopeless'to play a part any longer before the keen optics of her companion. “ Wheeler," said she, “ I will not deceive you. Captain Neville has married me be- lxeving I was an heires, through some un- fortunate mistake. I have nothing, and oh I What is to become of me? ” The experienced Wheeler, thoth not. given to the melting mood, was but human after all, and could not resist the infecnion of this egouized outburst. _ _ When, actuated by some kindness and a. good deal of curiosity. Wheeler brought her young mistress a. cup of coffee the next morningâ€"not too ea.rly, for where was the used of hurry ?â€"sha_ found the bird flown. Every step of that weary way was indel- ibly printed on her memoryâ€"the cry of the' sailors who were hauling up a sail, the stand of little open carriages near the ship, the groups of men, half workmen, half sailors, Whom she encountered. Finally she reached Snargute Street, and slacken- ing her pace, looked earnestly into the shop Windows; at length she selected one, and, after a short parley, became the purchaser of a little, quiet elderly looking bonnet of black and violet. which was put into a capacious paper bag. At another shop she bought a cheap black Barége shawl. which she also put into the paper bag, and then walked rapidly back to the hotel, regaining her room before Mrs. Wheeler had time to finish her protracted gos~ip. Meantime Maurie had sallied forth alone, at first with a. strange, giddy feeling of be- wilderment“: and terrible strangeness; then growing more composed in the air, she stopped and inquired her way to the prin- cipal shreet for shops. “.Tne Captain is called away very sud- den,” she said, in tones sufficiently respect:- ful, yet filtered in some mysterious way from those of the morning. “ It is a. trial for you, ’m !” And turning from the imploring face, he hastily left the room. She dureduot follow him. She heard his voice speaking to Mrs. Wheeler. She vaguely caught the sense of his wordsâ€"something of an unexpected B unmoue and preparation; then a dull cloud came down over her faculties. She heard the rear and clung of the sea. the vague sound of music from below, end she seemed dimly learning the pattern of the paper on the wall opposite by heart. Then the noise of heetily closed doors shook her soul; and next, that of the room in which ahe eat opened, and the respectable Wheeler entered, in Heat irreproaohuble attire. Marie, therefore, completed her arrange- ments, locked her box, put on its cover carefully and methodically; and then pro- ceeding to the aiming room wrote a few lines, frequently stopping to wipe away the fast. falling tears. Thu»; accomplished, she paused & moment to recover herself, and then summoned Wheeler. “ Guy! Guy l", cried Marie, rising with clasped hands. “ Hear meâ€"donou leave me Without one kind word or look! too am suffering."’ "I know not what to think," returned her husband gloomily; ” there is no time for discussion now. Be rational and do not delay me.” ' “ Well. ’11:, I am sure you are right to take a. mouthful of fresh air. just tu rouse yourself. You see you need not; give way, forâ€"â€"” “ Wheeler," said her young mistress slowly, with a sort of deepondem heaviness in her voice, “ I am going away to my friends. They will advise me. Give this note to Captain Neville when he returns ; it will explain all to him ; and, Wheeler, what wages were you to receive ?” After some circumloeution the waiting- maid explained, and received two bright sovereigns from poor Marie’s slender store. “ I am called suddenly to town,” said Neville, in his cool, commanding tones, all hurry and emohion checked by the presence of 8.11 inferior; “but Mrs. Neville "â€"hie brow contracted at the word-“and her maid remain. I shall return to-morrow night." " The waiter bowed, and retired. Neville hesitated a, moment, and turned to leave the room. S‘Lieten to me,” he said am last com- posedly, but with a. coldness even more annihilating tliun his previous fury; “and pray get. up; these theatrical attitudes do not impress me at; all. I s11 ill. in time, know Whether you have deliberately deceived me or not. Meanwhile. I have much to arrange in London. I must see Compton. In sherb, I must go to town by the next; train : you must remain here. I shall return tic-marrow evening as farthest, and let you know my plans. Compose your- self," for she had risen, and was sitting helplesslv, with dishevelled hair, on the sofa. “ I am going to ring for the Waiter.” He did so, and firofouxiii silence reigned till [hat functjopmv yppqured. paced up and down the room, brooding nilently; then suddenly seizing & “Brad- shaw” he studied it for a. few minutes, with_ fierce brow and compressed lip. “ Th3 train wfil leave in about ten min- RICIILIOND HILL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1883. “ Indeed I do not I” exclaimed .Mariekl with red garmmeafi f'w‘hereupsu her oom- pauion entered into an elaborate exposition of the doctrine of justification by faith; during which Marie’s thoughts wandered to St. John’s Wood, the routine of school, and her oomparntive happiness thereâ€"of the dismay her friend and namesake would experieuoegwhen she knew the tragedy which had betelienâ€"of the rage of Mies Redoubt until, recalling her thoughts by an effort, she caught the last words of her companion'e hamngue. “ Far be it from me to intrude,” returned the stranger, wish a shade more coldness; “ but should you want help. and feel your story will bear examination (andJemembet, I will sifnit thoroughly), write or come to me at that, address,”â€"-.md he wrote Wibh pen- cil on a. slip of paper. in clear, businesslike characters: “ Mr. Watson, Youth's Evan- gelical Reformatory Institution, Pelham Road, Kenniugnon.” ' Tfie gentleman appeared anxious to find ouu some more parnxculars of her story ; bus §h_e baffled him by a simple peyhinacity. “I do not wish {0' any inytâ€"hing moi‘e about myself, even to one so kind as you are,” she said. “ I thank you,” said Maurie; “ I shall keep it, in memory of you. though we shall probfibly pavelzqeet again.” _ It wee unusual to see Sir Frederic Comp- ton descend the stairs at: Marley‘s before noon. However, there he wee,fully attired. and stepping into a. “ haneom,” as the hand of the clock reached 10 30 on the morning after the disastrous disclosure in out last chapter. “ To No â€" Mecklenburgh Square.” And the horse’s head was turned in a direction opposite to thet usually taken by horses in SD? Frederic Compton’s employ, for he wee more want to receive then to pey_vieite to his grandfathei': - Mr. Foster piqued himself on being the type and model of a. British merchantâ€" “ull of the olden time”â€"â€"a.nd abjured modern hubibs, unless specially comfortable, and modern speculations, unless extra sa-fe tend profitable; affected simplicity of man- ners, and ostentatioust boasted of his humble position, while he adored tufts in his inmost. heart, and deferred to his own grandson because he had a handle to his name. h “ Hefil,” said her dbmpanion, relapsing into rather gloomy silence, possibly morti- fieg at_the ill-eupcess of his philanthropy. Trains passed in more rapid aucceesnon. houses grew thicker, tickets were taken, and they rushed, panting and shrieking, into the London Bridge Terminus. “ Can I do anything for you? Direct you to an hotel?” ‘ “ No, I thank you. Nothing!” He lived in a. spacious house in Meek- lenburgh Square ; wore a blue 00% with a velvet collar, a yellow waistcoat, and a. shirt frill; and piqued himself on his old famhioned politeness. The gentleman looked pleased; and, wip‘ng the cup carefully wifih a. small, fiue damask nupkm, replaced the bottle, and locked the sundwmh case verv methodically, keeging his seatneur our heroine._ “ Hem,” he resumed, “ the spirit may be willing to submit to sorrow. but the flesh weak to support apuibual trials. 'Far be it from me to obnrude myself on such sorrow as yours, but. suffer me in a. brotherly spirit to ask, do you know where to tam for com- fort ?" " Thank you,” said Mane. firateful in her r‘esolution {or any crumb of comfort}; and she drank the wine. He had risen from an elaborately-set-out breakfast-table, and was in the act of draw- i'ng on his gloves (doe-skin), while a. butler, of splendid proporlions and funereml aspect. held his nan, when anohher servant announcedâ€"“ Sir Frederic Com pton." s"€ hirmâ€"‘the séiriu ‘may be willing though the flesh is weak’â€"tbia slight refrefhment W111 atrgpgb'len you.”_ ‘5‘ Allow me,” he said in dry cold tones, “ to offer you a. little sherry ; it you continue to_yve_ep to such a. degrge you will do ygpr- “Eh? what? My dear boy,"â€"â€"-and his lips extended to a complimentarymimper, which displayed a brilliant set of teeth, first rate in cost and quality. Where was she going? When,was she to do? But above all rose the agonizing thought that Guyâ€"her peerless Guyâ€"had only sought her for what gain she could bring him. Ohl base, base! and she should never' see him morei How her eyes yearned for one more glimpselâ€"her lips bhirsted for one more kiss from him who was but yesterday her‘ honored and adoring hunbandl She wept with passionate intensity, and so long did the agony lest abet her companion, who had from time to time cast curious glances toward her, put down his pamphlet, moved uneasily on his seat. and “hemmed” once or twice porr bentously. At length. openinga. sandwich case, he took from it a. bottle. the lower part of which fibaed into a. silver. cup, and pouring out some of the contents, approached her. “ It» is so difficult to find you young men of fashion, that I have almost given up the idea. of mulling at Marley’s though 1 have been anxious to see you and hearâ€"Eh ‘? what’s the matter, Sir Fred? You don't look quite the thing.” “ In about; an hour, ma’am. Passengers a.re having their luggage examlned now.” “ Oh, I am all right; myself, sir; butâ€"ah! â€"in short, I am rather in the blues about my chum Neville. Iâ€"but let us go into your study; I want to speak to you.” t “ Ah! God bless my 3â€"0111! You haven’t â€"Vou haven’t been lending him money? Comeiailong.” “ When will the tldal up-hrain start ?” she asked of an official. Meantime, poor Marie sped along,'and shouts of “Folkehtone! Folkeeuonel” stumbled her before she had well realized the desolate sense of freedom from Wheeler’s prying eyes. She had made the short: transit alone, and instead of a. girl in light gloves and a. gay bonnet, there stepped from the carriage a lady in black dress, shawl and gloves, 8. black and violet bonnet and a thick black veil, scrupulously fastened down. Aud he firoceeded to a. room on the oppo- site side of the ball. A melancholy apart- “ London ‘2” he replied, “ Why, she is only going to Folkestuue; leasfiwuys. her box wuslubelled no Folkestone. They’ll be ‘there in half an hour.” " Folkestone,” repeated Wheeler ; ” she’ll be going to he): relations in France, then. Well, that‘ll be some news for the Captain, anyway ; he’ll be wanking trace of her, and the more I have to tell the better.” “ I Suppose the lady will be in London by midday ?” asked Mrs. Wheeler of the port_er Wpo had phe cutie qf Marie’s box. _ Wheeler tried to remonstmte, but Marie imposed silence upon her -. and the people of the hotel putting no obstacle in the way, she took her plume uumolested, to Wheeler‘s astonishment and horror, in a second-class carriage. utes." resumed Marie; "have my box carried down." ‘ CHAPTER X. “ Why, Sir Frederic, I shall begin to bncyvyou wanted to help him to the wife I had igbended for yqu." , Cumberland, the mind reader. continues his “ manifestations ” in New York. The other night, blindfolded, he picked out on a printed calendar the month and day of the month on which Mex Strakosch was born, that gentleman holding his hand. Then Cumberland was tied hands. feet and neck to a chair, his hands also tied together and his feet together. The curtain was closed. and the performer blew a Whistle. pounded a tambourine, threw it out upon the floor, nailed a board to a chair. dranka glans of water on his lap and lifted another chair into his lap. With the curtain drawn aside, the experimenter pushed his left hand through the knot With which the two were tied at the wrist and, using it on his right side succeeded in reaching articles in his lap and on a chair at his side. He also brought his hand so near his mouth that he could take between his teeth the edge of a glass filled with water. Throw- ing his head backward he drank the water. Then he nailed a board to a chair at his side, and with a short movement threw the chair into the air, catching it in his lap. A Spiritualist was peeping over the back of the cabinet. He said : “ It’s genuine." The room was darkened and Cumberland was tied in a bag and placed in the cabinet. Three materialized spirits were then pro- duced in succession, two women and a. man, who wandered about the stage, called Mr. Bergh by his given name, and strayed among the audience. Russians, in routing their coffee, add a clove of garlic. The progress of rivers to the ocean is not no rapid as that of the man to error.â€" Voltaire. “ Just so, sir," returned Compton, restored to self-possession by the revelation “ Hear me, my dear grandfather. I was, as you must be well aware. much averse to matrimony of any kind. I knew you would have to look out another husband for your ward. if I would not marry her. Neville is a capital fellow, and would be a steady one. if he had a. chsnceâ€"a. well-born gentle- man, and in love with the girl, who had money enough for both. - By Jove l I thought I was seeurlng ner happiness and my own freedom by the same stroke. So I took Neville to Mrs. Coleman’s, and the governess was so deueedly handsome and distinguee we both took her for the heiress. And then your note, sir l Gad its your doing after all; but for that, Neville would have believed her when she said she was the teacher." A Japanese woman delights in a. doll, while an American) girl dots on a. dolman. In 1840 Ireland held nearly one-third of the population of the United Kingdom. It now holds one-seventh. " John, what is that scar on your chin ?’ “ Than: scar? Oh, that’s a. relic of bar‘ barium.” Causationâ€"“ Wham a. time you‘ve been about that egg, Mary 1” " Yes, mw‘am,bufi the new kitchen clock has such large minutes I” “Delvigne? Ha. !” returned Mr. Foster. “Wham. nhe French teacher?” The Baronet bowed. “ Hum I ah! Curious circumstance. Same name, eh? My dem- boy, he fancied he had trapped the heiress; is it so? He! he! haIâ€"nhe biker bitâ€"a. very facefioue occurrence. But shay, Fred. how was it your fault ‘P You could not have misled him? That would be too dangerous a. joke. You knew which was which, I suppose?" _ If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost: that is Where they should be; now put foundations under them.â€"Thoreau. Queer about a child’s memory. It will forget a lesson in no time, and remember forever and be sure to repeat at some inop- portuue time somethmg that ought to remain dead secretâ€"Boston Post. The true grandeur of humamty is in moral elevation, suatained,enlightened and r‘ecorated by the intellect of man.â€" Charles Sumner. “ law in for it noév," thought Sir Fred- eric. “Her name was Delvigne," he said slowly: V “Faith! Idid not, air; and {Here's the misgiqf.” H V 7 " The true test‘ of civilization is not the census, not the size of cities. not the crops â€"no, but the kind of men the country turns Duhâ€"Emerson. “Your fault?" exclaimed Mr. Foster, turning pale with sudden apprehension. "Bufi you said ELI! imprudent marriage. Whoâ€"who is the lady ‘I’ “ Well, sir, he was always a great ally of mine,” exclaimed the warm-hearted young man} “ and in short,” he continued, rush- ing into it, " his marriage was all my fault, and I must stick by him.” “ Well, I suppose Captain Neville under- stood his own position, and is certainly old enough to te‘xe care of himself. What business had he to make an imprudent marriage? and what induces you to take such an interest in him? There is some- thing under‘ all this," added the banker, with more shrewdness than might be expected from his constant slmper and fussy manner. “A gambler I" repeated Mr. aghast with virtuous indignation. a. gambler into the Bank? You serious, Sir Frederic ‘2” “ Bun. grandfamher, what is the poor fellow to dog-7qu his wifera beauflul girl.” “ I méhn,” interrupted the Baronet.“ he has been pluryringmrather hig}3.’: “ Ah! hum. My dear Fred. your expla- nation is hardly clear. Your friend has made an imprudent marriage in hopes of bettering himselfâ€"a. curious method, 211? ' Here Sir Fredéi‘io stépped‘dbruptly, feel- ing hf? lguid but o_p_ene3d the_approa.ches. _ “ Well= sir,” began the embarrassed young Baronet, who had been diligently rehearsing “ beginnings” since he first Woke. and now found them all melting awsy ah the critical moment, “ I want you to (‘0 my friend Neville a good turn with his brother, who will not refuse you a favor. You see, Neville has been gomg rather fast, and now he has made a. foolish marriage in hopes of extricntmg himself, and is going to sell his commission, and thinks of emi- grating: so if you would give him a. berth in the Book, even five or six hundred a. year. I would be greatly obliged.” ment, with a, dusky Turkey carpet, fitted wiah Oink, polished oak. bronze ornaments, and a goodly army of solemn homes in web, sombre bint‘inga. There was an irkfltand on the table, but the ink was dried up, and the pens split. “ Sit. down, my dear boyâ€"sit down," said Mr. Foster, rauher fussily, and looking at his watch. “ I hzwe an especial appoint menu this morning, and can give you but a. few minutes, so just) let me know your errand at once.” (To be continued.) eel} WHOLE NO. 1,278 NO. 31. ater, ‘mxb not ‘2” Pretty Marian Elmore, the actress who set the boys wild last week. is under engagement not to marry for five years. Billy Hayden. her manager, says : “ When I agreed to star her five years and pay her $100 a week and 20 per cent. of the profits I made her go into writing not to marry during the engagement.” “ Why flid you tie her up this Way ?" “ Because actresses 10se their hearts more madly and more absurdly than any women in the world. And marrying nearly always spoils them. I’ve had more actresses ruined by husbands than all other ways put together. Miss Elmore is clearing $10,000 a year, and in five yearsâ€"â€" she will then be 24-she can then marry and quit the stage. But she can’t think of love till her time is up. Many young actresses are bound up in the same sort of contract, and held to it strictly.” Royal German Travellers. The visit of the German Prince Fred- erick Charles to Egypt will be the fulfil- ment of a. long cherished wish to see this country, but he is also anxious to inspect the scene of the late campaign before all traces of the struggle have disappeared. The Prince leads a. very quiet and retired life, residing chiefly on his estate near PotsdamI where military studies are sup- posed to engross all the time which he does not spend in the society of a. few choice and congenial companions. He will be accompanied to Egypt. 113 is said, by Brugsch Bey.en erudite German now living in Berlin, who, by long residence at Cairo and Alexandria, has justly acquired a great reputation as an Egyptolcgist. In making thisjourney,Puince Frederick is but fol- lowing the fashionâ€"rather a. new one in Germanyâ€"set by some of his distinguished countrymen. It is not long since a. young prince of Meoklenburg, at the head of one or two of his brother officers in the guards, started to make the tour of the world, with a special eye to India; and Prince Pless, one of the wealthiest men in Prussia, has just returned from London with a. full eastern outfit, intending to follow them. Hundreds of People Homeless and Hungryâ€"Ilenrtrendinu Scenes. Advices from Kingston, Jamaica, state that the great fire of the 11th inst. started in a few bundles of shingles in Feutardo’s lumber-yard. Had there been means at band to extinguish it the couflagration might have been prevented. The fire brigade arrived ten minutes after the alarm was given, and was slow in getting to work. The flames ascended and caught the large Savings Bank building. Sparks from this fired eight buildings in various parts of the town, and the destroying element was soon beyond control, other buildings catching quickly. In an hen: the conflagration was the greatest ever witnessed there. The places of worship, stores, public buildings, wharves, banks, private residences, shops and printing oflices, all succumbed. It will take years to repair the damage. Business is suspended and people are homeless and wild over thir losses. Hundreds are lodging in the open air at the park and race-course. Five lives were lost. Acres were burned over. The shipping was drawn into the bay, thus escaping destruction, but the sails and decks had to be kept wet. Boats were manned to take away the people, but the wind changed, and this was unnecessary. Heartrending scenes were witnessed, many children beinglost in the streets and crying for their parents. At a public meeting it was decided to appeal to England for help and to establish soup kitchens. A Halifax, N. S., telegram says: Last evening, as a. prayer meeting was about to commence in the Baptist Church Vestry, an elderly gentleman named Lamont, in the habit of attending these services, entered the hall and took his seat. He was evidently in rather an exhausted state, which was exhibited a moment later, when he raised his feet from the floor and placed them across another chair in front of him. He was then seen to suddenly let his head drop back, and hastening to his side, they found that he was apparently dying, and a few minutes afterwards he expired. Present troublesâ€"Those of parents at Cnristmas times. One vessel was lost at sea. every four hours during 1881, according to the English Nautical Gazette. In 1879-80 there were 400 steamboat collisions in the North Atlantic Ocean. Six cats were found hanging in the house of a. Philadelphia. mam who had killed them to eat. Many good people want to buy him rabbits, but he insists on eating only the game to which his stomach is accustomed’ A gallant reply was that of a. husband who was told by a lady, in the presence of his Wife, than his wife was spoiling him : “She has a. right; to spoil what belongs entirely to her.” Exciling Experiences 0! the Disabled lily of Berlin. A New York telegram says: The steamer City of Berlin, which sailed from this port on the 9th inst, for England, returned t-o-day, having in tow the City of Chester. Captain Watkins, of the City of Chester. said that his vessel left Liverpool on De- cember 7th with a general cargo and about 3 200 passengers for this city. When a few ‘days out he encountered a terrific gale, against which his vessel made slow :time. She shipped heavy seas, and last part of the ornamental work ion her how. About midnight on the 14th inst. they discovered a large steamer a few miles off showing signals of distress. The City of Chester replied to the signals of the distressed steamer, informing her captain that the Chester would lay to. When daylight came the Chester hove to and gave the Berlin her steel hawser, and the latter’s wire hawser was secured on board the Chester, which steered the dir :bled steamer to Sandy Hook, the Berlin doing the towing and the Chester steering for both vessels. The City of Berlin during the five days she had been out had encountered terrific weather. Gales were frequent and violent ; the heavy seas through which she labored carried away her rudder and rudder post, and she then rolled about at the mercy of the sea and wind for two days before the City of Chester was sighted. The City of Berlin was anchored off Sandy Hook and her mails and passengers brought to this city in tugs. The passengers will be quartered at the city hotels at the expense of the Inman Steamship Company until Saturday, when they will be taken to their destination by the City of Chester. Among the freight of the City of Berlin are 4,000 boxes of bacon intended for December delivery in Liverpool. AT THE SEA’S HIERCY. A CITY S‘VEPT BY FIRE. Actresses Spoiled by Marrying. Death In a Prayer filecuug. A desperate thief broke into the Babies Shelter, N.Y., at institution under the oars of a religious sisterhood. A woman’s self- possession deceived him into thinking that there was a. man servant in the house and fled. DR. BRINTON does not take stock in Mr. Herbert Spencer’s remarks about Ameri- cans killing themselves With overwork. He says that the life insurance companies, whose purpose it is to get testimony for business uses rather than for' after-dinner speeches. show in their tables that the expectation of life is in this country rather better on the grand average than in Eng- land, France or Germany. The ignorant; young .man who said he wmnted to go to college “so as to study a girl (mlled Belle Lem-es." had some natural talent for something after all. Sometimes quite young girls in Sardinia. wear close fitting red satin bodioee, richly embroidered in gold and satin; clasp and belt of the same; escarlet pettiooab and White satin apron. The brain is a. very hungry thing indeed, and be why possesses it; must? constantly feed it by reading or thinking, or it will shrivel up or fall asleep. General Manager Van Horn says the Canada Pacific Wlll concentrate its energy in reaching the summit of the Rocky Mountains next year. Thereafter. when difficult work 13 being done, attention will be paid to the feeders. General Manager Hickson says the Grand Trunk at present entertains no projects for the Northwest, but looks forward to a. not distant time when the Grand Trunk will secure an en- trance via. the south ehére of Luke Supe- rior. Mr. Villard says the Northern Pacific has no intention of disturbing the friendly relations with the C. P. R. A dense fog prevails (Jo-night (Thursday). Temperature ten degrees below zero. ' The new St. Mary’s (Episcopal) Church was opened in Portage la Prairie last Sun- day. Right Rev. Bishop of Rupert’s Land preached in the morning. Mr. A. W. Ross has sold the corner of Portage avenue and Main street, Winnipeg, for $115,000 to an English syndicate. who will erech a. palatial brick block. This is the principal bubiness stand. and Mr. Ross gave $70,000 for it in April last. The adjacent property sold for $225,000. There is an improved feeling in real elevate. The atteck in England upon the Canada. Pacific causes some degree of uneasiness, but the feeling is not panicky. The coroner’s Jury in the Prince Arthur’s Landing murder case have found that deceased, Wm. Winfield, came to his death by a. pistol shot ‘fired from the hand of Lizzie Washington, that the evidence shows the existence of Justification to a. certain exflenn, and that the shot may have been fired in self-defence. but they leave the matter to a. higher court; to decide. Rev. Mr. Jukes, of High Bluff, has been engaged to administer to the spiritual wants of the Minnedosa Episco- palians. One cent and a, mill is the rate of taxation levied in West Lynne for the year 1882, including both town and school taxes. Mr. W. O. Fowler, who lives near Souris City,shot an immense elk in Brandon Ellis a. couple of days ago. It; was almost as large as a. fair sized horse, and when dressed weighed nearly five hundred pounds. During the cold snap two weeks ago Joseph Robinson started from Brandon for the Souria district land hunting. His long absence excited anxious friends, and care- ful search instituted resulted in the finding of his dead body last night frozen stiff thirty miles from Brandon. The Rock Lake ~Herald thinks that it there was less land given to the syndicate: and speculators the land would be taken by real settlers, the growth of the country would be healthy as well as rapid, people wishing to secure the land would not be obliged to go to the States for homesteads, and railroads would be bullt as man as they Were needed.‘ The $10,000 improvement debentures is sued by the Gladsuone Council have been sold for 80 cents on the dollar. Star Child, the Blood‘ Indian. who was on triad at Fort MéLeod last; fall for the murder of the policeman Grayburn, is re- ported to have been'shot last summer by the Ansiniboiuea‘ in the vicinity of Bear Paw Mountain. ' There are 207 Posh-offices in Manitgbi. Emerson is the distributlve point for 64 of them. _ Oxen sell at $150 a yoke at Dominion City Mr. Bray came m to Fort McLeod from Pincher Creek Wlth 1,000 lbs. cabbage. The railroad which will chat Emerson nearly $300,000 was promised to the town for $75,000. The lowest yet recorded by the ther- mometer at Morris was 32° on Thursday morning, 7th of December. A lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workman has been organized at Winnipeg. Pile high the fire this merry Christmas Day, Th‘ough hickory yields its place to anthracite No more upon the ample hearth we lay The logs whpse blaze, fantastically bright. Erst gave to Christmas its supreme delight. But: modern‘inuovafions shall not; kill V. ~._.. v... uvu n.“ The cBéQthâ€"lisifiri of 1:13; feast, whose flight 13 murkmll by weds which God’s high word fulfi â€" The reing of peace on earth. and unto man good wil . Pile high the fire. until its warmth extends Beyond your home to homes remote and drear; Then, in the love of mmin and friends, Enjoy in moderation all good cheer, And niake the last week of the closing your Rem-11nd with pleasure. ’Tis t hild_re_u’a feast; y.n lat yhmn brunt“ ...L...L _‘ ». Above all other seasons, we remember mThet He whose natal hour we celebrate Wes born among the kine 1n bleak December, And bore the woe of poverty ‘5 harsh fate, So that the poor, e'en in their low estate. Are sprcially His people; their distress should much the hearts of those who feel the weight of His “pun precepts, leading them to bless With welcome Christmas gifts the haunts of wretchedness. My uuAAuLDu n Aswan. r0 let théifi gnoév wfi'at‘xfierrimenb is here, And seek the poor among them, till the least of mega 21ml! bless: the star that pointed to the as . CHRIQTMAS CAROLS. Heap on more wood lâ€"the wind is chill .‘ But let. it Whistle as it will, We’ll keep our merry Christmas still. Each age has deemed the new-born year The fiLtesc time for fesml cheer. And well our Christian sires of old Loved when the yea. its course had rolled, And brought blithe hristmas back again, With all its hospitable tram. , . w 7â€" â€"»â€" -â€"-.y wvvuw mus or happiness serene,) A theatre of boyish plays - One glorious round of holidays, Without a. school between. Ah, mel those jo, ous days are gone! I little dreamt, ti 1 they were flown, How fleeting were the hours I For lest we hreak the pleasing spell, Time bears f0: youtp a. muLfl 351 bell. Agnuhw, Andhidee in; {Joe in flows- W" Ah I well I mind me of the days, 8- ill bright in memory'e flattering rays, When 8.11qu fair and new; When knaves were only found in books, And friends were known by friendly looks, And Io‘ve was always true 1 While yet of sin I scarcely dreamed Au‘d e‘ve‘ny‘thing wee YVth it seemed, And $11336 ‘firi'gfi f6?“ch‘6123";mw' When fuys were wont to guard my sleep, And Crusoe Still could make me weep, Aha unw4- nu," , - ... “0.”. “0..-- my vvvuy, And sah'mbmua njoicel When heaven was pictured to my thought (In spite of all my mother taught nu anh:.‘,._ h, , Christmas in the Olden Time- The Canadian Northwest. Boyhood Days. Christmas.