" But/excuse me, Mr Durham, that will not hold water," interrupted the lawyer. " Wheu that comes to be tried, it means crack-braiacd socialism—mere madness." " Just so : yet those words, which I have purposely nddressed to you as my own, Matthew Helston spoke to me the very Eight on which he disappeared from us. In m y opinion, as in yours, it seems, they were mere madness." ~. , , " Good Heavens ! do you think he was ""'' Of course I should not have thought 89, had nothing come of it: indeed, as it was I remember rallying him upon his strange opinions: 'if Mr Signet knew them'l said, 'he would be afraid of your dropping those diamonds into the river. Ami then he answered what I think has now great significance. «No ;. if I took them I shotifd certainly not enrich Father Thames with them '-implying, of course, that he would take them for lum«elf. " To ' realise the dreams of science, observed Mr Barlow, in a hushed voice; < jj ia t i 8 to furnish the fnnds for the prosecu tion of his invention, I suppose. I am afraid ft jury——' . . ■ " Never mind the juries just now, Mr Barlow ; nevertheless, what you suggest is possible. Poor Madge was no doubt another disturbing clement with him ; but mainly it was the jewels. My theory (of course it is nothing more, but it has the ad vantage of explaining everything) is that, through dwelling almost exclu sively upon this single subject, Matthew's mind became unhinged. Of course there has been method in his madness ;he did return to Lady Pargiter's (she has lied about that, it seems, and been found out) and afterwards dismissed the cabman with the pretence that he was {joins to remain in Moor-street, Then, under the influenceof his monomania, he took away the dia monds," "It is possible," mused the lawyer. "1 have known cases quite as black where we have pulled the man through. There is no thing like kleptomania for bamboozling a jury." '■ Good Heavens, sir, will you keep your mind clear of juries !" exclaimed Uncle Stephen impatiently. " Tor my part, I would as soon have diamonds on the brain as twelve men in a box. The mania I speak of has no more to do with kleptomania than has a horse-chestnut with a chestnut horse. It is a mental aberration—analogous to sleep walking — caused by allowing the thoughts to dwell upon one topic, and those depressed by melan choly are especially subject to it. That is my view of Matthew's case. It explains all that can bo explained, and it contains this comfort in it—such aberrations are tem porary ; so Matthew may yet be restored to us and in his right mind." It was on the tip of Mr Barlow's tongue to say, "And the diamonds?" But he thought it might suggest juries, and cause another outbreak ; moreover, he had a high opinion ot Mr Durham's intelligence as a psychologist, and thought hi.s theory worth attention. It was noteworthy that this opinion of Mr Durham's was the first expression of a doubt from the side of Matthew's friends, not indeed of his innocence, but of his absolute disconnection with the Kobbery in Moor Street.

(To be continued.)

MRS. GARFIELD.

The domestic relations of the late Presi dent Garfield were of the happiest kind; his wife was not merely his housekeeper and the mother of his children, but an intelliaent companion, who helped Mm in Ms strangles with the world and contrib uted in no mean degree to M 3 ultimate success. She was the daughter of an Ohio farmer and her maiden name was iucretia Rudolph. She is described as being at seventeen " a quiet, thoughtful girl of singularly sweet and refined disposi tion, fond of study and reading, display ing much judgment in her choice of ■books." Her disposition was amiable, her heart warm, and her mind capable of literary work and liberal expansion. She was well educated, and was keenly alive to the influences of the beautiful in nature and art, possessing that good sense which •comes from a thoughtful appreciation of the dnties and experiences of every-day life \ letter which thia laHy wrote to her husband, President Garfiel*, has recently been published under the following circum stances. This letter was not intended by the amiable writer for the public, but.some how or other, it fell Into the hands of Hiram College, who quoted it in a lecture which he delivered to the studenta of the college on "President Garfield. ' The extract 'which we give will shew Mrs Garfield's common sense estimation of work and duty. The idea is not new ; old George Herbert^ expressed it in simple verse, long, Ion? ago, when few people believed ia xt, and in later times Carlyle proclaimed it to the millions, Mm Garfield, however, did more than talk about it—she exempli, fied it in her active, individualize. JSo wonder that Mr Garfield rose to the Presi dential chair, under the genial influence and consolation of snch a partner, and snch a woman. One extract from Mrs Gatfield's letter cannot be read too often in the presence of young ladies of the present age. Mrs Garfield thus wrote to her husband : " I am glad to tell you that out of all the toil and disappointments of the summer just ended, I have then up to a victory ; that silence of thought since you hare been away has won for my spirit a triumph. I road something like this the other day : ' There is no healthy thought without labour, and thought makes the labourer happy.' Perhaps this is the way I have been able to climb up higher. It came to me one morning when I was making bread, I said to myself,' Here I ■am compelled by an inevitable necessity to make our bread this summer. Why not consider it a pleasant occupation, andmako it so by trying to' see what perfect bread I ■ can make!' It seemed like an inspiration, and the whole ofMife grew brighter. The very sunshine seemed flowing down through 1 my spirit into the white loaves, and now I believe that my table is furnished with better bread than ever before; and this truth, old as creation, seems juat now to have become fully mine—tbat I need not be the shrinking slave of toil, but its real master, making whatever i do yield me its best fruits. You have been' king of your work so long that maybe you will laugh at me for having lived so long without my crowc, but 1 am too glad to have found it at all to be entirely disconcerted, even by your merriment. Now, I wonder if here does not lie the 'terrible wrong,1 or at least some of it, of which the woman suffragists complain. The wrongly educated woman thinks her duties a disgrace, and frets under them, or shirks them if she can. She sees man triumphantly pursuins his vocations, and thinks it is the Kind of work he does which makes him grand and regnant; whereas it is not the knd of work •at all, but the way in whicb and the spirit ■with which he does it."—From a lecture on " Wives of Men of Letters."

Owned to his Record.

THK editor was sitting in his revolving cane-bottomed chair when Tornado 1 Tom, the travelling terror of Texas, came in and demanded retraction of the statement that he had swindled an orphan out of $4.

"It's a lie clear through," said the Ter ror, striking the table with his fist. " I'm as good a man as smells the atmosphere in this section,"

" Perhaps you arc better," said the editor, meekly.

"Myrecord'll compare favourably with yourn," said the Terror, with a sneer; "perhaps there arc a few little back rackets in your life, sir, that wouldn't bear a microscopic investigation."

" Oh, sir," paid the editor, visibly agita ted, "don't recall the past; don't bring up the memories of tho tomb ; I know I've led a hard life—l don't deny it. I killed Shorty Barnes, the Bowery boy of New York—hacked him all to pieces with a knife. I have a'oncd for it a thousand times. I blew a man's head off at a log-roll in Kentucky, and bitterly have I repented of my folly. I slew a lot of inoffensive citizens of Omaha ovoi a paltry four-dollar pot, simnly becaus* I got excited. Oh, could I but cheat the tomb of the men I have placed in its maw I would be happy. But it was nil owing to my" high temper and lack of early training. I know that I have been wayward, wicked, and you have a right to come here and recall tho?e unhappy memories; tut it's mean for all that. Nobody with a heart would treat a man like you have me. Don't leave, stranger; I'll tell you all. I sawed a man's head oil" with an army sabre just for—" Tho Texas Terror was down stairs and half way around the corner, while the editor, taking a fresh chew of rattlesnake twist, continued his peaceful avocation us quietly as a law-abiding citizen.— From the Salt Lake Tribune.

English and Foreign Fashion Notes.

Lichen green is a new shade,

The new red is carnation colour.

Satin, with jet beads, is the new gimp. Kedingotes and polonaises are revived. Combination costumes are losing favour. Double breasted sacqucs are out of style. Eglantine pink is a new shade for spring. Worth is bringing plain stuffs into fashion.

Pearl marguerites trim white satin dresses.

Spangles are on new siik fans for evening use.

New cotton satinettes are as lustrous as silk.

Coloured Spanish laces ornament new bonnet*. Jersey dresses are fashionable for little girls. (.(old lace and gold braid trim new black bonnets. Stained glass designs are copied in new spring goods. Watteau tea-gowns are worn by ladies of aesthetic tastes.

Sleeves made of fine flowers nro now on evening dresses. Moona and large polka spots will be stylish for spring dresses. The "Comets of 1881 is n new design for cambrics and lawns.

Indian red foulards arc made np of Mother Hubbard wrappers A pouf jnst below the back of the waist is i n the newest diesses.

Maidenhair fern is mixed with orange blossoms for brides' dresses.

New opera cloaks have appliques of plush all over the satin mantle.

Narrow bands or Greek fillets of silver riblion arc worn on the hair.

Embroidery patterns, done in feathers, appear on new ball dresses. Quarter trains are more stylish than either skirt 3 ordemi-trains.

.Small mantles of figured indin cashmere are worn with black dressed.

IJenhi.s, tablicrs, and wide flounces of lace are used on full-dress toilets.

Foulard handkerchiefs have large balls of three colours on a white ground.

Jasmine and white lilacs are mingled with orange blossoms in bridal wreaths. Chipped leather rosettes, in pale pink shades, trim newly imported bonnets. Gilt nails with Hat square heads, are used to fasten cloth dressts.

A hoop of coiled beads h used for gather ing up the cashmerfi drapery of aesthetic costumes.

Cashmere and India shawls will be in high favour. The latent form of the poke bonnet is the "London Witch."

Sicily and Turk reds in bright ruby-like shades will be much worn.

Sunflower yellow crops out in ribbons and other millinery goods. Small and large figures and flowers are equally fashionable in dress goods. The prettiest of all the darned laces ai c those called Oriental or Mauresque.

Tiny landscapes appear as figures on some of tbe new printed cotton goods. ■ Moire Pekin in narrow stripes of satin on a moire surface is a pretty novelty. The new cambrics come in similar colours and patterns to the percales and —\ Straw hats and bonnets will be worn almost to the exlusion of chip this spring.

Scotch ginghams show the same heather mixtures ihat appear in the new cheviots. The new batistes follow the colourings and designs of the new sateens and per cales.

The new organdine muslins are woven in la'ge plaids, bars, and stripes of pure colours.

The passion flower is a favourite design in p inted sateens, percales, and cambrics. The new cotton printed stuffs, sateens, and percales, are used more than silk for fancy costumes. Pure white, without any yellow or ecru tiuge, will be more fashionable than the creams and ecrus.

The large-flowered and large • ligurod sateens will be utilised nuring the fancy ball season as dominos.

New moire silks have largo satin flowers on a moire* ground, or vice versa, moire flowers oh a satin ground. Although the fashion for the short round skirt has invaded the ball-room, and is elsewhere seen on full - dress oc casions, as dinner and evening parties, still many ladies declino. to give up the graceful, clinging train, "to be made school-girls of,1' as a bright little damsel recently expressed it. The new train, which iinds many admirers, lies but a few inches on the floor, and the skirt is very short in front, ostensibly to show the beau tifully tinted, silk-embroidered hose, to gether with the bewitching little boots and sandals now universally worn. A pretty and inexpensive neck finish is a quilling of silk surah, fringed out on the edges and fastened with a knot of ribbon or bush of flowers. This is worn with a square or pointed open corsage, the open space being filled in with tulle, dotted with chenille, in a shade to match the silk ruche.

Physiological Immunities of the Jews.

The "Itevue Scicntifique" ha« drawn the following conclusion from a compari'onof the vital statistics of different countries, .that the Jews nearly everywhere enjoy cer tain physiological immunities which distin guish them from the other inhabitants, among which nre the following. Their general fecundity (proportion of births to the whole number) is less, while the relative fruitfulness of their marriages to those of other races varies iij different places; a greater proportion of their children survive everywhere; illegitimate births and still born children are still more rare among them : the proportion of males to females among the births is greater ; their mortality is lighter, the mean duration of life is greater; they increase more rapidly by the excess of births over deaths; while they do not eseapß them entirely, they are less generally and less severely afflicted by con tagious diseases ; they are comparatively exempt from snch diseases as consumption and scrofula, and they have the faculty of becoming aceclimatised and multiplying in all latitudes. Tho«c immunities are obser ved, notwithstanding the apparent condition of the Jews who enjoy them may be most miserable,notwithstanding tho frequency of marriages of relatives among them, and i>ot withstanding the unwholesome conditions of the city life to which they mostly con fine themselves They may be explained as the couscqucnco of the operation of a variety of causes, among which nre sug gested an inherent superior vitality in tho race, the continued preservation of its purity frnm mixture with foreign blood, thefiiith ful observance of the rules of hvgionc laid down in Deuteronomy, which nre particu larly adapted to hot dim-it-s and tot sea eons ; tho {military influence ot e;irlv mar riages, of the spirit of order and economy, of moderation in tastes, of comparative severity ot manners, and of tho domesticity of Jewish famiy life. It may be, too, that the misery in the Jewish quarters of Euro pean cities is more apparent than real, and that their inhabitants me re illy better oil thnn the people round th-ni. The facts nre brought out in tho statistic?, from which thc?e conclusions re drawn, that Jews nre qnitfi liable to cerebral affections, and also to diseases that a Mid mature and aged persons.

Neglect of Thrift in England.

WAGES arc high for labour, and very Irish for skill; and the hours of -work in Eng land arc generally fewer than any where in Eutope ; while,on the other hand, it cannot be said that the necessaries of life are gene rally more costly amongst us than else where. And, more than this, as compared ■with other nations, men have three more years of life under the most favourable con ditions for making provision for the future than other nations ; for these latter require no less than three years of each citizen's life(sav from IS to 21) to be devoted to compulsory military service, either to light ing or to getting ready to tight the enemies or the possible enemies of their country—a terrible burdon,from which Englishmen are happily exempr. And yet. in spile of all our immense advantages, the recorded deaths from starvation are vas'ly higher in England than elsewhere. And besides this we have continually before our eyes the fact that vast numbers of persona, earning for the moment sums far greater than necessary to support existence, in practice totally neglect the duty of provideuee.evcn to the small extent of providing for a single month, or even a .■ingle week. I suppose there is not a town in England wherein I he experience is'not perfectly common that a fall of snow which covers the ground to the depth of three or four inches will bring as claimants, either of suddenly collected charity or of aid from compulsory poor rates (which are no charity at nll),uot merely the actual agricultural labourers who for the nonce are really deprived of work,but,under the name ot" "frozen-out gardeners," .1 mul titude ton times the number of the actual gardeners in England, a large portion of that beggarly multitude consisting of men for months in receipt of quite abundant wages, not one sovereign of which they have ever been willing to lay by.—"Leisure Hour."

"Sure, it's a Joke"

The notion of paying rent has ceased in Ireland to be anything but a tradition of the past. The following story, which is absolutely true, illustrates the feeling there in this respect better airtt more completely than any amount of description could do: —" A landlord in Gahvay was riding; on the road a short time ago when he met the wife of one of his tenants. No\y, although, his tenants had ceased to pay him any rent, he had remained popular with them, and was in the habit of engaging in friondly conversation with such of them as he met. So he spoke to the good woman of the local news, of the weather, and the crops. "And how did you lind the harvest this time, MrsFlanacan?" said he. "The harvest, sure it was just splendid ; a line harvest entirely, glory be to God !" replied tho womaD. "Well, then," replied the land lord, " 1 suppose you'll bo coming in to pay your rent ?" The woman's face changed. "Is it rint, ye mane';" ejacu lated she; then after a pause she smiled, and looking at him out of the corner of her eye said—"Ah! Mr James, sure ye always would have your joke !"

Traits of Charles Dickens.

No writer ever lived whoso method was more exact, whose industry was more con stant, and whoso punctuality was more marked than those of Charles Dickens. He never shirked labour, ment >1 or bodily. Ho rarely declined, if the object were a good one, taking the chair at a public meeting, or accepting a charitable trust. Many widows and orphans of deceased literary men have been bonefitted by his wise trusteeship or counsel, and lie spent a great portion of his time personally looking after the property of the poor whose in terests were under his control. He was, as has been intimated, one of the most in dustrious of men, and marvellous stories are told (not by himself) of what he has accomplished in a given time in literary and social matters. His studies were all from naturo and life, and his habits of ob servation were untiring, if he contempla ted writing "Hard Times," he arranged with the master of Astley's Circus _to spend many hours behind the scenes with the riders and among the horses; and if the composition of " The Tale of Two Cities" were occupying his thoughts, he could banish hims-lf to France for two years to prepare for that great work.— James T. field.

London as Whittington saw It.

We must imagine a small compact town, enclosed by a wall two miles and a quarter in length, a town smaller, for instance, in area tbnn the modern Jerusalem—smaller than Hyde Park. Within are narrow wind ing streets, in which are more people than in any Edinburgh wynd. Many of these narrow lanes have sunlight and air shut out by great projections known as "halpaces" built over them in order to give the houses larger rooms. All holies, both large and small, to prevent fire, are ordered to be built of stone up to a certain height, and their roofs were to be 'constructed of baked tiles—a wise ordinance, which should never have been allowed to fall in abeyance. There is no pavement in the streets, and they are not kopt clean : there is no light, ing at night; there is no service of scaven gers ; everybody throws his refuse where he pleases—in the streets, on the river bank, in the dirty moat; hero it lies, and fills the air with nnisome stenches. There is no water "laid on "in the house. Tho rich merchants' residences are great inns, stand ing four-square round a court, like tho houses in France. Outside, they arc rich with painted crests and coats of arm?, glo rious can-ing in black timber, and pictur esque gables. Within, tho rooms are dark and low, but every Lugo house has one great hall, where the sunlight, through painted windows, fulls upon rich tapestry, bright with colour; on robes of many hues, edged with prcccious fur and set with pearls : on gold chains of ollice; on sideboards covered with goblets and pl'ite of gold, of silver gilt, and parcel gilt, and plain silver. Vet the air is heavy, and the rooms want ventilation. The London citizen sits" ever in fear of plague, and knows not yet that the only safeguard is to keep house and city and people clean.— Sir liirhani Whittington, Lord Mayor of Lodon.ii

"Trade is a Little Dull."

Part I.

One of these gentlemen, who had recently returned from a trip for say Thistle Brothers and Co., of Liverpool, did not show a very large exhibit of orders to balance the liberal expense account allowed him by the linn, and Mr Thistle, after looking over his re turn, said—

"Mrßataplan, lam afraid you do not approach the dealers in the right way; I used to be very successful iv this line. Now just suppose me to be say Mr Jones of Southport, and show me the way you intro duce tho house," Accordingly, Rataplan stepped out of the counting-house,and re-entered hat in hand, inquiring, " Is Mr Joues in ?" "Thai is my name," answered Thistle urbanely.

" My name is Rataplan, sir ; I represent the house of Thistle Brothers and Co., of Liverpool." Thistle, in his character of shopkeeper, here ottered the salesman a chair, and expressed his pleasure at seeing him. "I am stopping at the Blue Lion, and have a tine unbroken lot of samples, which I should like to show you ; think we can ofl'er you some advantages," See. And Kata plan delivered himself of a neat speech in professional style, "Very well, very well," said Thistle, "I don't see but that you understand tho way to get at customers."

PART ir,

"Excuse me, Mr Thistle," said Kataplan, " I am afraid you do not understand tlic style of shopkeepers just now; suppose you exchange places with me, and we repent rehearsal."

' '"Certainly," said Thisile, and picking up his hat, he stepped out. Returning, lie found Rataplan with his chair tilted buck, hat cocked liercely over his right eye, his kuees planted on Thistle's polished desk, and alighted cigar between his teeth. Thistle looked a little staggered, but nevertheless he commenced :— " Is Mr Higher in !" "Yes, he is," responded 'Rataplan, blow ing a cloud of Cope's mixture into Thistle's eyes, " Who the devil arc you ?" " I represent the house of Thistle Brothers and C 0.," said the astonished employer, coughing out about a quart of smoke from his throat. " The blazes you do. Are you one of •that concern t" •• No, sir, I am not," said Thistle. " Well, it's blanked lucky for yon that you are.not, for I've had two commercials to one customer in my shop for the last two months, and if I could get hold of one of tho fools that send 'cm out here at this time, I'm blanked if I wouldn't boot him out into the market-place. Now, what the devil do you want ?"

"That'll do, that'll do, Mr Rataplan," said Thistle, " I have no doubt you did the best you could for the interest of the house. Trade is a little dull."

One of Cupid's Freaks.

WHEN the French sought to establish a monarchy in Mexico a Mazatlan youth raised a regiment of boys and waged against such of the invaders as appeared in Sinaloa a warfare that told. The young man's father was of Castilian blood, and his mother was a Mexican. His name, Corona, soon became famous, and at the age of 25 he was regarded as the Mosby of Mexico. At the end of the Avar he was a Major-Gene ral| the hero of the soldiers, and the idol of Mazatlan society. Ho was six feet tall, broad shouldered, handsome and daring. While attending a ball at the American Hotel, in Mazatlan, he stumbled over a domestic, knocking a tray from her hand. Stooping to pick up the crockery, Gencial Corona noticed that the Rirl was very pretty and very saucy. She told lnm that her mother was a San Francisco washerwoman, and that he ought to know better than to rushheadlongdown a dark stairway. Corona made love to the American miss, and before leaving there for the capital he had learned of her irreproachable though humble life. Once away, Betty's face and pert ways haunted him so much, that he wrote to her, arranging for marriage by proxy. He remained at Mazatlan ; the bride went to a convent school. They were a thousand miles apart and wrote to each other daily, the husband constantly instructing his wifo in polite ways. President Jurnez, fearing that Corona's popularity would lead the people to give their vote to the young soldier at an election then approaching, concluded to send him to Madrid, the most enviable diplomatic position in the eyes of all Mexicans. General Corona took the washerwoman's daughter to his palace in Madrid, and she is now regarded as the most brilliant and accomplished lady in the Court of Spain.—" Philadelphia Times."

STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, APRIL 22, 1882

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Goodwin's Baking Powder in half-pound • tins, Is3d, sold by all the^rocers ; whole sale by all the merchants.—[Advt.]



An Impromptu.—ln a recent i«sue of the " Times," an announcement appeared, to the' effect that Mr I'ickering Pbipp, M.P. for South Northamptonshire, while rising from family prayer, slipped and broke his leg. In connection with this incident the following impromptu was picked up near Exeter Hall: — 'Tis writ that angola slinll be charged To guard good feet from stones ; Then where, pray, was the angel guard Told off for I'hipps's bones.



Why is a black horse hard to train ?— Because you can't make a black, horse a bay (obey).



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