STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT

bT__j_. /SATUKDAY SUPPLEMENT, SEPTEMBER % 1882

How to Draw a Crowd.

AMONG the many peculiar tastes which dis tinguished Mr Francis Webber was an ex traordinary fancy for steet begging; lie had over and over iron large sums upon bis success in that difficult walk, and so perfect were his disguises, both of dress, voice, and manner, that he actually at one time suc ceeded in obtaining charity from his very opponent in the wager. He wrote ballads with the greatest facility, and sang them with infinite pathos and humour. As these feats usually terminated in a row, it was the most amusing part of the transaction to see the singer's part taken by the mob against the college men, who, growing impatient to carry him off to supper somewhere, would invariably be obliged to have a fight for the booty.

Now it chanced f-hata few evenings before, Mr Webber was returning with a pocket well lined with copper from a musical reunion he had held at the corner of York street, when the idea struck him to stop at the corner of Grafton-street, where a huge stone grating at that time exhibited the descent to one of the great main sewers of the city. The light was shining brightly from a pastrycook's shop, and showed tho large bars of stone, between which the muddy water was rushing rapidly down, and plashing in the torrent that ran boisterously several leet beneath.

To stop in the street of any crowded city is, under any circumstances, an invitation to others to do ikewise, which is rarely unaccepted ; but when, in addition to this, you stand fixedly in ono spot, and regard with stern intensity any object near you, the chances are ten to one that you have several companions in your curiosity before a minute expires. Now Webber, who had at first stood still, without any peculiar thought in view, no sooner perceived that he was joined by others, than the idea of mjtkiog something out of it occurred to him.

"What is it, agrn?" inquired an eld woman, tugging at the cape of his coat.

"Och, thin, can't ye see for yourself, darliot?" replied he, as he knelt down and looked most inte_tly at the sewer. " Are ye long there, avick ?" he inquired of an imaginary individual below, and tben, waiting as if for a reply, said, " Two hours ! Blessed Virgin ! he's two mortial hours ia the drain." By this time the crowd had reached entirely across the street, and the crushing and squeezing'to get near the important spot was awful. "Where did he come from ?" " Who is he?" "How did he get there?" were questions oneveryside, and various surmises were afloat, till Webber, rising from his knees, said in a mysterious whisper to those nearest him— " He's made his escape to-night out o Newgate by the big drain an lost his way." '1 o an Irish mot> what appeal could equal this ? A culprit at any time has a claim upon their sympathy, but let him be caught in the very act of cheating the authorities, and evading the law, and his popularity knows no bounds. Webber knew this well, and as the mob thickened aroand him, sustained an

imaginary conversation, that Savage Landor might have envied, imparting now and then Buch hints concerning the runaway, as raised their interest to the highest pitch, and lifty different version* were related on all sides—of the crime he was guilty of— the sentence that had been passed on him —and the day he was to sutler. "Do you" see the light, dear?" said Webber,"as some ingeniously benevolent individual had lowered down a candle with a striug. "Do you see the light? Oh! he's fainted, the craythur." A cry of horror from the crowd burst forth at these words, followed by a universal shout of "Break open the street." Pickaxes, shovels, spades, and crowbcr3 seemed absolutely the walking accompaniments of the crowd, so suddenly did they appear npon the field of action, and the work of exhumation was begun with a vigour that speedily covered nearly half of the street with mnd and paving stones, and a hole capable of containing a mail coach was yawning in one of the mo*t frequented thorouahfares of Dublin. _ Mean while, as no appearance of the culprit could be had, dreadful conjectures a* to his fate bfgan to gain ground. By this time the authorities had received intimation of what was going forward, and an attempt was made to disperse the crowd; but Webber called on all to resist the police and save the poor creature. Stones and bricks were freely Hun? at the unprepared constables, who on their side fought manfully, but against suDerior numbers ; so that at last it was only by the aid of a military force the mob could be dispersed, and a riot which had assumed a very seriousaspfictgot under. Meanwhile Webber had slipped unperceived away in the general melee, reached his chamber?, changed his costume, and was relating over a supper table the narrative of his philanthropy to a very admiring circle of his friends.

The Four Flies.

SOME of the eccentricities of modern adul teration are delicately disclosed to the commonwealth of consumers by a contem-, porary German satirist, in the following neat and pregnant little fable : —" There were once four flies, and, as it happened, they were hungry one moaning. The fir-t settled upon a sausage of singularly appe tising appearance, and made aTie<irt,y meal. But he speedily died of intestinal inflam mation, for the saus9ge was adulterated wtth aniline. The second fly breakfasted upon flour, and forthwith succumbed to contraction of the stomach, owine to the inordinate quantity of alum with which the flour had been adulterated. The third fly was slaving his thirst with the contents of the milk ju?, when violent cramps sud denly convulsed lvs frame, and he soon gave up the gnoat, a'victim to adulteration. Seeing this, the fourth fly, muitering to himself, ' The sooner it's over the sooner to sleep,' alighted upon a moistoned sheet of paperexhibitingthe counterfeit presentment of a death's head, and the inscription, ' Fly Poison.1 Applying the tip of his proboscis to this device, the fourth fly drank to his heart's content, growing more vigorous and cheerful at every mouthful.although expec tant of his end. But he did not die. On the contrary.he throve and waxed fat. You see, even the fly poison was adulterated !"

French Story about the Prince of Wales.

The French papers arc constantly publish ing wonderful stories about the Prince of Wales They are all well in'onlloned, for the Heir Apparent to the Brii ish Throne ih as sincerely liked by all classes of Parisians as English people generally are sincerely ridiculed, if not positively disliked, but these good-natured journalists must cause good provincials, innocent of Parisian blague, to look upon ihe Prince of Wales as a sort of Western counterpart o£ His Majesty of the Wlii'c Elephant. Taking up the "Gaulnis" I ro»d in one of its serious columns the following paragraph: " It is known that every week the Prince of Whlcs gives a dinner, of which the menu and the cooking are b>iro\ved from some foreign cuisine. China lately inspired the dishes 1 Whales' sinews, with sucar sauco; sheeps' eyes piques with garlic; bamboo apples in gravy; rice, eaten with chop sticks." The writer adds that on Tuesday the Prince gave a diner 2^'ovcngal, and declared that he could name the Marseilles restaurateur who had been commissioned to despatch by express train the fish to be u«ed in composing the princely bouilla baisse. If any illu-trious persons who have lately partaken of the Prince's hos pitality are now seriously ill, you and they will know the reason.

The Stars and the Earth.

Mr Proctok's paper, " Knowledge," re viowing a new book issued under ihe title, "The Stars and the Barth: or Thoughts upon Space, Time, and Eternity," says :— " A charming little work. It there is any way in which the human mind can conceive the possibility of omniscience, it is the way shown by the author (unknown) of this treatise. He shows that the universe en closes tho pictures of the past, like an indestructible and incorruptible record con. taining the purest and clearest truth. 'As sound propagates itself in the air, wavo after wave, and the stroke of the bell or the roar of the cannon is heard ODly by those who stand nearest, in the same moment when the clapper strikes the bell or the powder explodes; but each more dintant spectator notes a still greater interval between the light and tbe sound, until the human ear is no longer able to perceive the sound on ac count of the distance,—so, according to oar ideas, the pictures of every occurrence propagate themselves into the dis tant rether urnm the wings of the ray of light. Thus that record which spreads itself out further and further in th» universe, by the vibration of the light, really aud actually exists and is visible ; but to eyes more powerful thnn those of man.' This is the lesson expounded in the first part of this little book: The second still further illustrates this pregnant idea by showing that a point of view is conceivable from which the universe no longer requires the expansion of time and opace in order to exist and to be intelligible to us, and how with such a point of view we can imagine and com pletely understand the universe aa th? work of a single Creator."

In His Own Coin.

"Is this scat engaged?" he asked of the prettiest girl in the car, and finding it wasn't he put his sample-box in the rack and, braced himself for solid enjoyment.

" Pleasant day," said the girl coming for him br-forehd couldgothi* tongue unkiuktd. " Most bewildering day, isn't it ?" " Ye-yes, miss," stammered tho drummer. He was in the liable of ployng pitcher in this kind of a match, ami the position of catcher didn't fit him as tight as his panta loons.

"Nice weather for travelling," continued the girl, " much better than when it was cold. Are you perfectly comfortable ?" "Oh, \es; thanks!" murmured the drummer.

" Glad of it," resumed the nirl, cheer fully. " You dou't look so Let me put my shawl under your he, d, won't you? Hadn't you rather sit next the window and have mo describe the landscape to you?" "No, picas'," he mutt. red. " I—l'm doing--ell enough." "Cnn'tl buy you foroo peanuts, or a book ? Let me do something tv make the trip happy ? Suppose I slip my arm round your waist? Just lean forward a trifle so I can I"

" You'll—you 11 have to excuse me !" gasped the wretched drummer, "I—l don t think you really mcau it I"

" You look sn tired," the pleaded. " Wouldn't you like to rest your hcail on my shoulder ? Xo ono will no ice. Just lay your head right down, aud I'll toll you stories."

''No—no, thanks! I won't to-day ! I'm very comfortable, thank you !'•' aud the poor drummer looked around helplessly, "Your scarfpin is coming out. Let me fix it. There !" and she arrantjO'l it deftly. "At the next station I'll yet .you a cup of tea, and when we arrive at, our destination you'll let me call on you?" and she -milcd an anxious prayer right up into bis pallid countenance.

" I think I'll go away and smoke," said the drummer,and hauling down his gipsack, lie madefor the door, koce-dcop in thu grins fhowercd around him by liis fellow-passen gers. "Strange!" murmured the girl to the lady in front of her. " I only did with him just wtat hu was making ready to do with me, and, big and strong an he is, ho couldn't stand it. I really think women have stronger stomachs than men, and besides that, there isn't any smoking car for them tolly to for refuge. I don't understand this thins."

Hut she settled back contentedly all the same, and at a convention of (hummers, held in the smoker that morning, it was unanimously resolved that her scat was* engaged, so far as they -were concerned, for the balance of the season.

The Influence of the Consciousness of God.

It is the consciousness of God which has in manifold forms been the moralising agent in human seciaty, nay, tho formative principle of that society itself. The exis tence of specific duties, and the recognition of thorn ; the spirit of self-sacrifice; tho moral law, and the reverence for it in its most nbatract and absolute form—all no doubt presuppose society ; but society, of a kind to render them possible, is not the ere turo of appetite or fear, or of the most complicated and indirect results of these. It implies the action in man of a principle in virtue of which he projects himself into the future, or into some other world, as some moreperfectbeingthan ho actually is, and thus seeks not meraly to satisfy mo mentary wants, but to become another man

— ' • ' always keeping before man in various guise, according to the degree of his development, an unrealised ideal of a I3e«t which i< his God, and giving divine authority to the customs or laws by which some likeness of his ideal is wrought into the auctulity of life.- Contemporary lle~ view.

One More about Commodore? Vanderbilt.

AnniTßAtlY as the Czar, he was wont to govern, in his private affairs, with a rod o iron. The husband of one of the daughters of the Commodore being unfortunate in business, many years ago, she wont to her father for assistance,, which was refused in a manner more forcible than elegant. She abruptly withdrew to fight for complete independence. The next morning the IScw York of those days was highly surprised to read the following advertisement, specially displayed :— Mrs — desires to state she has excellent table and accommodation for families or singlo gentlemen, Refers to her father, C. Vander bilt.

That advertisement appeared exactly one time, for the Commodore realised the situation, advanced liberally and promptly, and there was no more dissension m that branch of the family for ever after* wards,

THINE.

Thine for over! darling ono; Thine! through tho stricken struggling yearsß Thine I though in darkness siak3 my sun, Loat, lost in tears. Thine! in this toilsome, thorn-strewn way r Thine! in the transient gleams of light- Thoughts of a long-past happier day, Ere all was night. Thine for ever! love of mine; Thine 1 though the worldlings cursa and ravol* My heart and soul and body tliino Until tho grave! Thine 1 in a far-off, fairer place : Thino! on a bright and tearless shore, ' Lit with tho sunlight of thy face. For evermore! 11. Somersety

THE TRAGEDY.

Ho sits alone, in a darkened room,— Alone in tho fading light; Why is his brow bo heavy with care, And hia cheeks so deathly white 1

But though his heart is sick with care- His courage never blenches ; His oyes are fixed in a plassy st a re. What is it his firm hand clonchoa ?

A little courage, he murmurs. Yes! A little and all is won. A choking gurgle, more or les3. A gasp, and tbe deed is done.

Without a shudder, or eyelid wink. Ah! it makes the heart recoil; That he so truly, calmly drank A Glass of Castor OU { A



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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, At 12 IVOON THE TOWNSHIP OF MOUNT ALBERT. ' The Undersigned has been instructed to sell by public auction, at the Mart ot MR. \V. DOWDHN. Queen-street, oa the above date, The Whole of the Valuable Property lately known as " RandcrsYyl," WHICH IS NOW SOB-DIVIDED INTO 62 LARGE BUSINESS AND VILLA RESIDENCE SITES. TUB POSITION of this SPLENDID PKOPERTY ia WKLL KNOWN, and from ita situation must ever bo rngnrdod as the TOWITSiaXF OF jMIOTJITT _a_L_3jh]__^T, It being surrounded by CHURC_EB (Anglican and Wesleynn), the PUBLIC HAIL, RAILWAY STATION, and numerons SUBURBAN VILLAS. The NEW NOKTH ROAD adjoins the ESTATE on one slae, and Main Roads on tbo two other aides, It occupies a portion of the Eastern Slope of tbe Mountain, is THOROUGHLY SIIELTEIIVD FROM COLD "WINDS, AND HAS THE SUN ALL THE YEAR RODND. The Distance is only some THREE MILES from the Centre of the City, And ample communication exists by OMNIBUSES, which constantly pass the- Property Daily, As also FREQUENT TRAINS. THE PEOSPECT OF TRAMWAYS BEING CONSTRUCTED WILL RAPIDLY ENHANCE THE VALUE OP THESE SITES, WHICH ARE SECOND TO NONE. The quality of the land CANNOT BE SURPASSED, ** it consists of Deep, Rich, Volcanic Loam. THOROUGHLY CLEARED OF STONES. Level ami Pleughable. Jhe Estate is celebrated for the MAGNIFICENT CROPS OF FRUIT of all sort* which it yields. The Apple, Pear, Lemon, Orange, and Vine, and other Fruit Trt-en too numerous to particularise, bear splendidly in this rich, sheltered, and sunny spot. In fact, no words can accurately picture ihn beauty and ! splendour of this Grand Estate, which must be seen to be appreciated, The beautiful suburb of Mount Albert, which has rightly been termed the WEST END. >s destined to become very popular, and the present is one of those rare opportunities, which OCCUr perhaps not more than once in a lifetime, of securing real scoria soil of great depth free from stones (which huvo bet v taken out at great expense), and at the same time possessing complete shelter and plenty oE sun. SUFFERERS FROM PULMONARY and similar complaints would do well to consider this opportunity of getting a site wheie they may hope to nold in check, if not to overcome, this tell enemy of our race, ns the warm and genial climato to be enjoyed on this sheltered sunny slope is highly conducive to case, if not to cure, disorders of the chest. THE SALE IS SO TIMED as to give purcbajers an opportunity of planting trees, shrubs, &c, during the present planting season. The allotments will be offered so that no purchaser need have LESS THAN ONE ACRE OF GROUND if ho to desires. The Commodious Family Residence of Ten Kootns (lately painted and improved), with largo Kcservoir, Wa'hhouse, One-stall Stable and Barn, Cowsheds, n_rrias;e-bousc, Storeroom, Seven Lsrcn Vineries (andcr class) and Laree Orchard" of choice trees, surrounded by ornamental and shelter tree?, containing ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF ACRES LAND, will bo offered and sold in ONE LOT should a satisfactory price be given ; it not, the house with outbuilding, vineri. a. anil about One Acre of Land, will be submitted for competition betorc offering the allotments forming part of tho grounia properly belonging to tbe residence site. NO PROHIBITIVE RESERVE will be put on the lots, as it is the intention of tho owner to Soil Absolutely at tho Sale. FREE PASSES «>U be el*en to Intending Purchasers desirous of Viowing tho Property, to proceed and return by Quick's Coaches, leaving the Unioa Bank daily at 1C a.m. and 12 booh, allowing time tor inspection; and any Party of Six or Morn Persons will be taKen out by Special 'Bus on application to the Proprietor, or the Auctioneer. TERMS :-ONE-THIkD CASH, BALANCE MAY HEMAIN FOR THREE, FIVE, OR SEVEN YEARS, AT SEVEN PER CENT. _ K. C. CtftEEiYWOOD, Auctioneer.