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.2.,;.;. ,1-.. ' ordu. the "Inc 'lnngnid. ulcepx nan ot mile. the name seeking for an opt-irtuulty i IMV Ionnthing to her in an undertone. ill t was wanting of the conduct. I re- uavkcd toward tnr sister. “at a certain :ta-u-u ot iuhlllgrncc and “leaning. which to did not assume no the present occasion. l‘wo IIol‘snnS present \vcre ‘catly fllllluvo‘ rd: hiya-it and Katrina. flex" eyes tla~h~' rd. ln-r lips enriednud quivcred. and fiery. ltnlian \vtath seemed ready to burst ionh. :lI m Vt \ moment. I eon ' oiled my icelingsl Iit'IlI'I‘; but, nevertheless. I watched “ilh painful eagernt as. determined to call him

to a serious account if he gave me any III“; I had nothing to complain of in .

rasiun. , the conduct of licatl‘it‘e. [could see In'l't elli‘illk lrom him. and sometimes. it look‘ ni sickcning loathing came into her face. which told plainly that he had no bold upon her regard.

When I retired to my room that night I

tried to examine. calmly and deliberately. my own feelings; hut calmness and de- liberation were not to be had. licatriec h: wound hcrsclfinto my heart too dec )~ ly to be cast out. whatever reuhft mig It say. There Were Uhjerlltttls. certainly. She was much younger than mysell, an Italian. a Roman Catholic. lint she was so beautitnl. Sn graceful; them was such a tenderness. mingled with a sort of spark- ling vivacitv in her conversation. so many nameless graces. that not to love her secmtd impossible. III-r education had been English. too. She had nuneol the thoughts. none at the feelings. I felt sure. to which \ve so strongly object in many Italian Women. and the on ‘ ~onelnsion I could come to, was. to tllst‘OYt'l‘. as soon as possible. what progress I had made in The opportunity presented itsell'the very next morning. From my window. as I was dressing, I s nv her go and seat herirlf beneath one of the foun- tains in the farther part ofth garden. and I httrr' down to obtain a few minutes“ convex Ition with her before the rest of family had risen. She looked up and smiled as I approached, and;l seated mysqu by bet-side. ’I‘ho beautifulmyrtle-covered Appenines were sweeping down below us. toward Florence. and risinte'up toward the sky above. shruuding lllU selves higher up in their thick chesnnt-tvces; The sky was bright and clear; but the bent of the tiny had not yet in: e itselflelt. and there was a cool. refreshing 'morning breeze. which took away the lauguor of an Italian spring day. llcr eyes looked brighter than I had ever seen them, and there was a faint. rosy color in her check. which added gre ly to her beauty. Our eon ver- ration w very strange, at least the first part of it. ()n be t. it consisted alto- gethsr of one means) able. two or three times repeated. "This is exeecdingiy beautilul." I said. gazing from her to the I.tnd~,eape. “ (‘ould you ever make up your mind to quit these'lovcly scenes. and dwell in a colder nml loss genial laud?”

“ Yes.“ she :mswered.

"And could you there be content and happy. among a people less warm in chat- racter. less imbued with taste?"

“ Yes.“ she said with a Sign. and the color fading away in her check.

“ And could you go thither with me!” 'I asked, “and make the whole happiness ofone heart that. loves you. and brighten .one home. where you‘would reign like one adored 1’“ v

“ Yes.“ she answered again. and bent her head till her lorrhead almost touched her knees. ‘ 2

Then suddenly she started, and. looking up in my face“ she added. think not what you do, and I must not let; you speak such words and go on .in the same course till you consider: well. and determine reasonably.“ I answer ti as might be expected. that I had considered. that I had thought \v rat I was doing. and that my happiness d )en ed upon her.

(Conclusion in o ' nut.)

“alias-titans 15.,

‘I‘wnxrv-nvn Tnot'saND Dnuns is EN- oustt COAL Mlses.—Thc last number oi the Edinburgh Review. has an articio on accidents in coal‘mincs. which gives some startling statistics. The writer says g—"By searching into various local publications in the newt-eigl‘iuglnnd. and by it fair estimate of probabililtes‘miuing from what has been discovercdnvc are quite warrant- cd in assuming the total number of lives sacrificed infour coal mining. from the earliest notices to the year 50. to be not less than tdn thousand. ’ h is certainly not too high an estimate. very low one. In Novevm 1850. the first act for the Fpection cl coal mines came into op’érnt .antl hence- forth We have some authentic data. lor accidents. Duringtheten years from 1850 to 1860 the deaths in .or at the British Coal Mines amounted to 9090. In the ensuing five years. ending 1865. the deaths were altogether 4827. Thus.then.ndding to thc 10.000 deaths up to.1350. 10.000 more. in round numbers. up to 1860 and nearly five thousand more up to the close; of 1865, We have in all an estimate of nearly 25.000 deaths from coal mine accidents. from the commencement of any account of them to within a, little more than it year of the present data." t

A certain number of the Reformed Prcs- b tcrlunfiynod was recently expelled from h 5 seat in that Assembly because he as- serted boldly that. he was in the habit of ningin h ‘mns .of human composition. The 0 'cm or is to be dealt with for u 't gross violation of the established order of.thnt,Church in to o ofhunmn psalm- ody. according t. l e l "(hr and discipline of tbaChnrch m 5_ ca 5." Pretty strict rules those whiqh gard the ringing of " human hymns" as a " gross" offence. Boston still continues'to be in a hubbub about the liquor law. Varionsdcvices arc contrived to " get. a drink“ and yet avoid the penalty. Club houses have tipenetlon a peculiar principle. Each member has a kind of, potlrpmco-llku box. ot which he ' hocpethmqu. lint semi-occasionally he leavovullttlc curd inside. and when he gum wmething’rclreahin he walks into the aloha-mug, unlocks his x. and to. it is there. ' ' ~ '

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but. before aha her home. which was only about 600 yards-frommunehool. she became totally blind. Up to thin time all blurb! to restore lici‘ sight have proved fruition.

In Louisville. Kctttunk . a young lady ofpicty. refinement. an culture was rc- fnttcd permission to unite with n. Iinptlst church of that city. in accordancc with the advice of tho pnewr. solely because she, ball «been a niche; in afrerd :m’s school. 'I‘hcy evidently ucud misuicmn us in Loam

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W' “e ' “has”: A very litigator boob-m occurml albw _ day! ago in Marymitle. “Hernia. A! gentleman. wishing to have a photograph! taken of in. two boy s, “out With them to . photograph gallery. While “ fixing up" thecbildrru u little, preparatory in the upmlblou. be asked lot u basin nl “ah-I ‘ to wash their focus. lie was directed to 'nuolln-r room. and on r- turnng the boys snt tin their pittnrw. lint the tqwrator tutu-filly noticed that the the lads \\ ct‘e, growing \ery black in the lace. and on m- \‘cnlig-llmu tuuud that instead ol water they had used a basin of vheutlcahl pre- pared tor pictures. It wits too late to remedy the accident. This suggests a novel and pirhaps elllcarmns Iut'lilml ol " reconstruction !“ It would be permanent enough to make a good beginning.

Fashion is an imperious mistress. Many fashionable indies think it no hardship to have their dark locks bleached to it gold- en (1’) hue. Notiong ago a brown-halved beauty resolutely submitted to the process of buvinp,r her head entirely shaved and now cuntcnlcdly sports aj‘ualiiuuuble wt”. Another young lady to whom beauty must have been a pearl of great price. with wonderful fortitude l her own teeth —wnich were. to be sure. uneven amt not so white as might Ire—extracted. that she might have n nandsomer set put in her mouth. A short time since the papers re- corded the death ot a ady who had been accustomed to draw her L‘tll'SclS together by the aid ot a rope, fastened to the ceilingr of her room. One day she drew herself a little too close. and burst a blood vessel. The death at such a foohsh crcnturc can be no great. Ins: to the world; but it. does seem hard that. she should have sacrificed herself ignorantly. Cuual not somebody have tut-l her that tight lacing wus uld .vlyle since gymnastics, skating. croquet, and similar athletic sports have come into voguc?

A short time ago a New Jersey farmer of titty or thereabouts took a fancy to his neighbor's wile. So he left. his own lamil} and came to New York in company with the lady and her husband; and a bargain was made. by which he agreed to pay to the original husband 86000 for the, wile

couple sailed tor Culitornia. 'I‘h 'oulnn brought more than she was worth.

omcthing new in the way of pinsisa

teed. There is a newly pat nted nrtt- e e in this line which will remain in posi- tion when once placed. and will uotinjnre tabric. 'I‘he improvementconsists in form- lag the shank with one or more swells or enlargements, beginning at or near the point. and trrmi lug,r in square or bevcl~ ed shoulders; or if designed to be perma-’ uently placed. as in fastening papers to- gether, the expanded portion is provided with barbed points, so thatif once inserted it cannot be witluirawn. By using this -pin no anxiety need be felt by the ladies lost some article of apparel should beeonw’ unpinucd.

Among the singular reasons assigned by suicides tor enttingsttort their lives is the following. given by |. man who recently lutngqhimscll'in I’arts. In the pocket of his coat was a written paper to the follow- m r effect: “I have ll\t:tl 38 years entirely

which disqlticts me. l mu going to try and solve it in another world, which is Just as unknown to me as the one I quit. I but where I shall lind, as Ilmve been told. I what I have vainly sought [or in this—the {realization of my dreams."

Work on a new suspension bridge over the igarn river has begun. The landing on the-U. S. side is near the gas works, and an the Canada sides. little below the Clifton House. The new bridge will be no longer than tho‘old one. '

A New York paper says :-—A number of the Fenian Brotherhood, and refugees from Ireland. Inct yesterday ‘at three o'clock at the Apollo Rooms in Prince Street. The meet- ing was strictly private, but from those prc~ sent it was ascertained that the object was to rcielvo the reports of men lately’nrrived from Ireland. who represented that all hopes of success in that country were now abandoned. and that they only looked to Col. Roberts and his party to take such action as would be- _cure such hostages for those men now under sentence of death by the Britislthwcrnmcnt. and to secure the liberty of the men new in prison. * ~

We are glad to learn that the Synod: of Nova Scotiu and New Brnnswickg in connex- ion with the Church of Scotland. are likely to form a Union at their next meeting. This is as it ought to be. After this Union has been completed it will not be long until nearly all the I’resbyterians of theAMuI-itimo Provinces form one body.—Prnbytar£an,

The 0106s any: that a number of counter- felt half-sovereigns have been passed at! at one of our City links. The fraud was de- tceted yesterday. when one of them was found in 1 quantity of'gold which the Bank was paying out to a broker. “ The counterfeit is of a brighter color titan the real article; the eont'ing'in prohlbly of Australian gold. the in- terior of plutinum."—8¢. Joly; Tel.

Sousa Apnea—The New York Albion ati‘orl some very sound advice to American newspapers who are dcriding the dilute of Colonist. to bring about Colonial Union. It nyn— '

and eminently fortunate people of British North America. we would any to our over- nnxlonn,Amerlenn Cousins—“Bostow your sympathies and counsels upon your own dis- frunchised. disheartened. and desponding countrymen. who no now lying prostrate at the feet of not only youthful. but ‘ irresponsi- blc' and inexperienced military commanders— whoss word is law. ‘llII another order is issued from these head-quartered. Confcrynur criti- cisms upon your own self-willed despots of high places in your own land; but t'urbear further misstatements in reference to your neighbors. until you can. at least, comprehend the spiritoffreL-doln and good government. The very foundation of these cherished liber- ties the Northern Provinces are determined to perpetuate on this continent. and before the clotto of the present century there may possibly hoothcr communitleé on this con- tinent desirous of joining the stalllo'nnd well- gorrrncd Dominion of Canada."

Srmrmso FACT..-‘Ifl consequence of the loss of slave dabor in the Cotton butter. and thc (lurl'l‘fuetl cultivation of that. staple. It in aid in New York that complies wi l shortly arrive there from Bonnny and be delivered free It twenty cents a pound-vii. l‘n ieu ma than that of Now Orleans shipmeyits to that city. while tho quality is said to be nearly equal. and daily tnproving.

Stuntm- Known rnn Gnu Sloan-- The distressed condition of the inhabitants in many plum along the guifof the St. Lawren- cc,‘ in the district: surrounding Dupe. owing to tho failure of‘tho crop: and the plrtlnl full- nre nfthe fld-crlcn hut lesson. libs, we learn, reached A point burly bordering on starva- tion. It. in to I16 hoped that immediate "team will be adopted to relieve these poor people. for no one who has not seen the cnmnm. of rlesiltmhm that cxlstn cnn have any adequate idea the winning and misery they lane to undergo. -—Quabec I‘ll-tel. ' “

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The Spectator says that iflhc Cantu-twice succeed-in maintaining pm He tacit will he c‘taldlsbt’d «‘l tar Rttfimlum-l ance than any "mild.- solutiu the Lux- embourg quest on. The European tribu- nal dissoit cd by the t‘rimcau‘ war will have been reestablished. lo the iuunenw benefit of nianaind. Then» is no longer a Power on the t‘ontiucul which can do as it likls. without consulting anybody. but many I’t-wers so equal and so bound to- gelhcr that they Illll~l per force prefer the rcgintr of l1w to the regime of have. The late of Iiclgium and Holland. for ck— ample. is no longer dependent upon Xapu. lcon‘s flat. or that of licnlnark upon litt' policy ol llerlln. The Powers aw jealous again. and with reason. and every neces- sio'n of territory. hmvcver snndl. ever) at- trigue. however secret. will be watched with anxious care. and. il net-dfnl. art by the council of live, which alone in strength to maintain the European 1K. and an interest in doing so.

The Economic! says :—“ We can stave oll‘ this war by tailing new. vague. and int, detinitely large obligations forth future. which we hope we may he never called upon. and in our henrls we have never seriously resolved to fulfil. We ourselves should object ‘onsly even to repeating again the Words ot'ubligation. which have now lost so much force through the viola- lions ofthcir pledges by all the parties to the treaties oi Itlil and 181.3; to renew. formally. those obligations would be in it- seil'a lresh obligation. lint not only to renew, but to add to them obligations oi u very lormidablc nature. seems to us a policy of the most alarming kind." J

The Times, not withstanding the satisfac-

tory termination of thc Conifer-cecc. does not take nhopetnl view ofthc future. “All Europe is, as it were. mined; the slightest idcnt may apply the torch. and d it has become so used to the danger that it has almost learned to consider this armed peace as the natural state of mankind: Now, with all respect for the labor‘V‘oi liplotnacy. we must. declare that we, 't no hope of a really stable pncitieution "gird this state ol'tbings has thoroughly antde ed. The disputes. like this one ot'Lun bourg. which pcrimiieally break out, ,lil‘lt not the tIlM‘lhc itself. but the symptoms 0' the dis . it vhich lie below. fill it: tion:- cau be pIL' tiled on not merely to he peace lor the moment. but so to re;, '1 their affairs as to give .ccurity that theft me: I to keep the peace herculter. oul the first. step has been taken in a paeitlc ( irec- tion. France has been the great. otl'uuder in this matter. She it is who has set the evil example which has invested peace. as at present known to Europe, with most of the evils of war. The Emperor has an- nounced that. this question ot’Luxetubou a being once amicabl ' settled, he will re- nounce all views ulterriwflul aggraudisc- luent. 'l‘his assul':inee.will carry weight and producer better state of things in Eurupejust in proportion as it is accom- panied by a real disarmament. "France has no invasion to fear. All that Europe 5 to be let alone; but. as lung ,mains armed no nation. will fch d in blaeintr its forces on) 'really pacific looting. Bet the Emperor 'apolc- on set the exatnplo- to other so 'cig'ns. and he will have ‘conlerrcd 'ou'JfiQl' "own subjects and on the rest of mahklnd ‘11 benefit which he will regard in the l'al’ter penis at his life with more real satisfaction than all the triumphs of his arms and all the snoc -sses ot his diplomacy. There is reason to believe that the Lon- don Conference will not terminate without a suggestion. or even a. l‘omiah proposal, being uiudo by one of the I'UWers—pro- bably by our own Unvct'nmcnt."lor'n gen- eral disarmament. If such a proposal be entertained. n Congress oi the great l’owers would naturally follow; Europe is brist- ling with arms; it i-' one vast camp, where rival hosts are being mustered and drilled and equipped. in expectation ol‘a great. shock of arms. Any Poiver which could conjure away the threatened storm, and substitute a peaceful solution foi‘ the orbit- ramcnt of the sword, would be a iversal benefactor And to obtain it banufide'dis- armament is to insure it"pen'é‘clithution Unhappily. Europe has not. yptre 'hcdtht. golden age of peace which ath bet“ in the iutnrc; um although no Power will object to the pi incipnl ut'a general disarm- ament, we fear that it. has no chance at present of being carried intQ‘ ‘gfl'cct. The Chassepotsnnd needle-guns: land all the wonderful new enginery of war. will be tried on tho battle-tlcld. before any propu- sal for nguncrnl disarmament will be lis- tened to—or at least acted upo’u.’

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THE NEW " BULLET FUN-1"." - CEN- l'lilliUGAL FORCE FOR WAR PURPOSES.

(From Galignani’a Messenger, May 9.)

Underthc name of the "‘ bullet pump“ many a sarcasm has been receu tly cast on the inventor at n contrivauco by which the celebrated “ corpural‘nnd .lcur men“ might destroy a whole 'butallion in a few minutes. The inventionLhowcvi-r. is not so absolutely devoid of met‘igafstdprcvent the Augsburg Guam il‘unl ruttimhiguw the charge. and endeavoring to demonstrate its practical utility. Nor is this destruc- tlvo engine quite new, inertiunndveioc'lty having era this been applied to' obtaining an immense powur of brojectibn.

In 1835. M. Stoinhell caused a model of this seine machine to be, constructed; it could be managed by a single man. and was submitted to the inspection of the military commission. which made a series of experiments that lull no doubt as to its destructive powers. , Its principle simpl ' consists in a proper application 01 centri- lugnl force. A metal in disk Is made to re‘volvc either by steam .or by animal power; on each sidu of the disk at vroovc i.‘ cut. goln fromth centre to the circum- fel‘euec. ’Ihe centre ltsclfishollowcd out so as to receive bullets. Thu rotatory mo- tion of the disk outiscu the bullet. to get. in- to the grooves. In which they fit loosely. and. obeying the laws of centrifugid force. the run to the cit‘cumlcrbllcu and 'fly off wit a velocity twontyjiulcs greater than that of the rotatidmbt‘ gig is}. There are several contrivanccs prov' id infor- giving the bullets the same .dlrc‘ ' ' In 1848. M. Steinhill caused a. mo“ n‘e tbr grape shot to be made; it was wor ‘cd [5 'stenm; but the military commission whichexnm. ftted it was ol opinion that. it could not be used for the field. but might. do good scr- vicu in the navy. or for the defence of for- trusses.