STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT.

AUCKLAND, N,Z., MARCH 24, 1883

Sketches of London Life.

100 Much of a Good 'Hung.

Pjjv Jajiks Gkeunw.ood (One oh; _*m-: •CROWD).

j ■ TiisitE I*3 a crossing in v thor.iughfarri" in j* i_ o Islington diitrictj the proprietary i I ri"hts oi which ere vested iv a small Hugged Jack, whoso-artistic skill- with his broom combined with his constant industry and perseverance, have, 1 have no doubt, gained for him the -commendation and encourage i mC nt of many who, like myself, are '. - i accustomed to pass th.it way. I hadliim in _j__ my mind on the morning of Boxing Day, A 'and, as I approached' the. scene of. hi . ."labdtrs, Was'prepared to present liim on ".: - -that special occisi'ori with a small silver token of my i Sloem instead of the cus'tomarj "copper." "But,"to my disappointment, . - the crossing was unswept and lie was :not U-"there. He'was absent still when I returned • si that vtif soma hours afterwards. , Next .1, mornhiga path across the miry rpaaj was , swept as tiiwali but the boy with the broom i ' was a stranger.* 1 had heard Of individuals iv this line of business who aro'.in the |'.i habit of "working up a'trade;"" just'as speculative shopkeepers do, nnd who, hiving acquired a connection, sell the goodwill for a handsome sUni'of money, and start again | •. on the same lines in some other part of the town. * Aware of* the-regular boy's 'smart . ness* and-talent, I- should, not have per sur'pri'ed if some1 such;*arrangement ac* A... colmted t6i the-'chaugd'.' !Bnt it was iidt so, r* The lad at pi^scnt iii command of the broom, : i jj 'ho "■ himself .ift'tormed me, \viis inerel_' j iteepin'{!,th'e,ci'ossinggoi_ig:fqr;'"Cld''l?*.n l; I '-it'&e'vcacrhble individual iv 'question mnst A l have'been ver{<irig'*on eleven yearr old, ft he i - ,\Vasada'y-1 -*SO that no| one else mijjhtf take ■a possession.** 'Hie also tojd 'me that he; did . .''notb.lij'ug'ti-.thflt sidebt Ihe water, 'Kiit-'-to *-■•' the othir, Yintl,* things being slack, he! had .. a .e'ed, as■a'prtrticttlar favour, tolook jiftet ■:•' -the tobmrrj. diiringßcu?s absence. \ Wijs-lhe ill, then, I inqui cd. Tho stra'dgC j bjo'y grinned, as ho icplicd in a mysterious. lan*'' i„ Incr.that he only wished-hr* bad; half-^ojt hij '"*'• .friend*, complaint. ..Meco'a.d do -jolfy jwell i with half.cf it, and could miabo predion*? good shift even with a'quarter.* No.; pen \; wasn't lill.i He was looking .after another i iobithat paid .him-*batter, and-wonld: most .] likely bo tack-at the; end* of the week. !Feeling ou'rious;on.the subjooti'l asked :as to the nature of tho.ircmunerntiv'e job !Ben

. ,wai temporarily f engaged on, hut on'that I ,! point this substitute was, reticent, and j not -.wishing; to-incite him t. betray'the e<jn.: i>ii. liderice of hi) friend I did not press the mat ter, I found that he hid spoken the truth .liivone respect at least. On the ..ollofriDg •■ Fridaymorning Ueii-wai buck, at his p.ist, but ha wassfl altrifod.biy,'though not as ..regards-;lu's clothes, tor he was jmt as :'.:• ragged- a. ever,** His hair 'was;*pcrh*.psJ sleeker, nnd b.ia nakbd*feet elosnet'*'thari ordinary, but his. min.ner had undergone if. singular change..' Instead of being bright and- brisk he was 'dull' and -lumpish. ': flc

..seemed to have ■■crown fuller in the face, -;.* histyes lacked ltistrb, -his. movements *\y_rc sluggish,^ nnd he handled; hia birch-broom ~ a? languidly as (hough it w"a« toomiichj f6V ~ his declining s.r.n'^tb; Ue'was altogether so unlike bis usual self that having jprcr ,*,* seated him with the promised 'sixjieriqe— . whioh he received with a sick'y smile' and i .in a dejeotcd kind of 'way—ii' after; passing1 . onafaw yards, camei to a standstill woriaer-J , ing what was the matter■' "-frith him. Sonic thing'serious, evidently. "■'-. It Was at a time _ of the day when his crossing* wag not much , sin demand, and presently I * observed.him leaning heavily on his brooms-handle;: and with his head bowed, as though he was : really ill. He kept in this position for a . minute or two, bml then with a' shake of

his head that seamed to indicate that, "conic " .twhat-'nrght,1 ho .could: not 'stand *it' any longer,' he tacked his broom under his arm, and took bis way down an adioiuin.** street,-• an* there ent down on n door-: step,* ' l ■ >' "■ i * '•■■ -j: . . , liy thi* time T hid uo'ilbulrt but that he . was unwell,* aiuiapi'roaching him I inquired -.. whit tutccl biro. ■ •ilc;was I)Hathi*ig hard, a -and appoarb'd ton 111 to raakereplv': 'It!was a wet aud miserable'day; and I" thought it. not impossible.(]\at.Jhe poor little felljow might be suffering from faimness for want of fodd..i:'.The'*best-thibg you can dp," said I, giving him another sixpence, "is to j go and {jet yonnclf anice basin'Of hot sonj\'! .-.[ jßot. the snggdstion-s_emerti'to effectl-hini i i .strangely;. * He viiibly' *shuddc!red 'ns :hq gasped reproachfully, "Oh, ddn't'mister, . ;:please,j'i You* mean's-itnos'-a''kindne's. o' course, but please (lout," "But*you foolish .fellow,1'.* I persisted, !*"iif*'you** are ■■ , coldliiniL faint, as you -appear"to' be, ,a basin ofnice soup would be juit* (he thing ib todojyon good."*i-But the repetition Of; my i nDkindsuggesiioni.eemed' tpgoad hlihito ! desperation. ,11c rose* fiom' the *step .■MMI :of emotion r_ that' his pbwp'B ,;,:..6f.{ utterance', were, for ■ the .miniept ,*■ paralysed, and crossed over lo the other side of the street;; where* there was an-'oilShip. .. TrVhathis.purpo.se was I bad'not-the host, ';";.('eti,..bnt.he presently reappeared;;lookio'g' ';'decidedly, better and<bri.ditor'fdr haV*?ti|**ox ■,...ie'euted.. it. •..'.' S'cu<e :nie," *he '''"apoibg-fically, -".i-didnt'mean'toJ^iv'e hp oirence,' blii a 'a'p.ith of wine^ar was what I wanted." CI shall ,1)0 all ri.ht now.; It's th^jpn'y thing* jthat'does me gopdt when"—and""tlie_ Vinegar causing him an" , fc . ? jpner |; inainf_L spasnj^ ho. pausfd'-'.for a'. ,';'' moi^qn^'-jwben'.rve .beeu^lovcrdoing of iij &"7.^"QY^p'ng'whati?'',l. aJiked him. , .'",Eiitin'," -he "iepli;d, wliqezingluj, ," It :' t haint hpfaul^of mine, ipiiter," he hastened .. to add, as he obse'rved.iny.loflk'^of surprise . I'.l.wpuldnt overdo it it I w>sn'£, forcedtp, job mayiw a wag^r ~lf* make/, .teller.feci . ■■-, top miserable^ ".Jt'.' r a"!jolly ,'*. a-feller ti it,, that's what 1, say."!'' : , '';l|*yon .. in,eaii that.itisa'shaniet.o force'any^e to ie*\t'toore 'than ie,*good;for.him.against -his .-_.*, inclinationi'l'dqn't understand y.oti,j|;saldj ~l,i'1, the thing JMing impossible/''. al.t&o, is , ; ;it',j l tbough," .returned, rthe clp.veri-year-rld : , .:niartjf .ruefully;. V : praps_'i(;y'o\i had ; a bid, •:^. aR "whaf.,iijq-.^ a'jwaist .strap, and,ja ; old ...woman always recommending ,yoa a ta^te ot 1. i„h'rJl9B-^^tj(l[|Wns?p,Mj%lfeAi>9B*l .a .1 merry..Chiist'ma's !".lie.continued,.,tears) pf , n ibilterflM3 ( dimmiog,,his-;.du.l!' eyes,; ; ..'.' I'd ~ rather it,;pe, is'oveniber aU ; the* year. ,round iforalbthe,. merriney. I get.,out'pf ijt. J: ;I j(,t _, it wuss,than;ever yeAterdny v .be.c.an.se lisai,*.: -. ;l]dsp'it,oh 'em, "i^. presently isdded,,wiih ' roop'dy^roeklessnejs. -"I'll v. ; -it.-.t00.: I ■. ig-JBtcire.,,;l,baip]fc agoiu',,to bustmysdf .. jlpjie^p tIH-r game-going.-''.', ■[" -4;nd what is ~.lnejrgamo,?,'', .".Cadging,.lhat's what it is. ,*,!^wljf(;rve Vii) right; if; .0. ; tell of .'em. .\Yliy, don't ttu*y Jet ma :ke?p oh with my w cm-sing, and (Ays. pie wittles. (-bat !>gr.'es -with me, 'steed, of nuikiug,roe go.*o feeds : that them they cadges fromgives.'eni tickets lot.? ,*I wouldn't mmd if it was;,only for onco or twice, mister," ho went on, being seemingly re'olv_d "16 confide to me Ihe whole of hi?/grievance against hi* unnatural parents; "but a cove can't be always at it;: It's: .them ladyn,and gentlemen charitable wisitors 'thardoes it, :-v The street where we livehas.; got la regtar name for being, more hard up than ,ahy other, and'any number'of these: visitors ' come down there with ticket's and'things, to . giveaway at Christmas time, ahd'my old J Man, who don't "never do any work, he's .-wisited more'n any of 'cm, 'cause of his having only, one leg and ono arm. .Don't he _ .make the most of 'em, neither i ' There's my ',t]WpyouDg brothers and sisters beside^ me, ~a?d tbey giveit out—mother and father do; jj I mean—that all the whole family lias got to ' 'live oh is what I "pick iip/On-my crossiii', •liid's*) the wisitors are good-natured, to me accorrfiu'-,- ';Here's. a; shilling,',, ses they' * i, 'A^f a prder tor half 'uridred •of coals; and ."neie's a ticket for the feast what's- going' to . taKe place tomorrow at'tlic schoolroom for ; the deseiving little lu'd what' swe-ps Hie Wis in, So they've been goin^ on cv^r since phri^tmi^e've," cbiit;niied the injured *™y> savagely; i" and who .coul i, stand it, IdbKe to know, ufilcss'.he was made oi ■ -~-M]er,ruhh_i ?" * ■ ■'■' ' ':■■ '■'* *""

4rijl, .without solicitatioti' or pressing' on :i*ray part, he forthwith gave mi. to understand that his parents were professional cadgers, an. mat hi-* father—to use the boy's simple, * ■thongheSpressive.lang'u'jgc—,s worlted the dodge single-handed. "..Bkingi-deprived of on. e.f r.m and one leg through-a scaffold incident while he was following the ocenpa •uon of a bricklayer's'labourer1, he assumed the character oiia'stiip.wrecked sailor, aid wgflg ia, the streets, the; hairo^ing1* story-of Ms having had his precious limbs bitten off through* falling -overboard: in"the 'sharky waters'ofthe Indian Ocean. His mother; ne informed me, took a turn out 'now; and

then when tilings were bad with her two younger children, but generally she stayed at homo, keopihg the place clean lor tho re ception of charatible visitors, accounting always for her crippled husband's' abseuee from home by his being "gone to tho hos pital to got his -.tumps drcs*cd." As for my informant, their elde.-t son lienjaniin, he, ns a rule, had his crossing to nttond to, ami it was only at particular times that he was withdrawn from it to engage in something th.it directly or indirectly promised to b** more profitable, "It's all very well foi them," remarkod the suffering crossing sweeper boy, "but I'd a precious sijjht rather bo always out with my broom. It's ready money, 'cept at soup time, which is ihe worst time for father and mother and mo ns well. What do I menu by soup time ? Why, when wiuter sets In and the public kitchens opcu and the subscribers to 'cm gets their stock of soup-tickets to give [away.* It's all soup then for about a fort night. Yon might swim in it if you. hud the fancy," lie continued, the remembrance costing him a bilious shudder. " I've heard my father cuss and swear more because oi th?m soup tickets thin about anything, l'vektiowed him cone home after six or seven hours in the mud and rain with his crutch, With a whole handful of soup-tickets he'd have given him, and praps not moio than cightperico or ninepcuce in money, and very likely there's been to our hou9c three or tout* charitable visitors, and they 'as all left tickets for soup and for nothing else, and then'l've been 'souped' too, and got' 'art a pocket full of "em, mid only a few 'a'penco" 1)0 ides..' It's bard lines when it comes to that, yon know." "Bui it is ( very good soup," I remarked. "It1.. v6ry good,'but when yon come to hsvo it, like I've had it, more'n a 'week at a time,' r'eturnVd tho.cadger's little son, " for break, fast, dinner, and tea,' nhd'tln same, likoit or lump it; for supper,' it's raythor too much of a' godd 'thipp. *T'ho worst of it is you can't selFtho tickets, like tho sort yo*.i can ■chahgc'foY 'ima'ai for bread. There's such •a glut of 'cm that'everybody turns up thoir noses at 'em. 4 * •'■'"But I'd rather soup-time that Christ mas time, " he presently continued. "It's the *.61id'wittlo3 tint beats you," he* pres ently continued, with a wistful glanco; to- thd. shop where he'had refreshed him self with'■•yidegar.''" It's the solid wittles that bqats yon -; tho rich roast beef and the pudden I" And liosho'ok his head in ti way I v hppo an English'boy's head was never be fore, shaken at mention of the two staple disheb or Christmas cheer, " But you were riot of that; opinion before, as you s_y, you over did it;1' Iremarked ; "you mu9t have had a severe turn, lam afraid," '■.TH t'.ll yoi. about it, Jsir," lie r<plied, "and then you can judge for yourself, aud likewise if I ain't gone through chough to make me fool dggtawate'd.;" 1 begun before Cbii.tmas Diiy.' ft .was.. kiud of tea meeting, ~. ■.yiMtor'. Nt our houso ,left a ticket f..r n ChijUtrtiis K'yo, treat, ou the Saturday oven }}rS- .'.TliefeSyas.plenty of cake, both pltini and s-edy, and.bread* and jam, with orau ges.an'd nufs^tij folioiv, iuid before we oaino aiyay tenrly .every boy had a invitation to go ,tq the same .pl^ce' and have his Curist mas dinner, and of course I wont. Bejnn fresh al it I.give ,it my tuiiul and _kin''i coun^thc number of servings I had, whioh I ought' to have douo'when I kuowed that thje next*'day, which was Boxing Day, ihcrc wasthc regular annual lood at the niisnfm ary's hall, and me and my two young bro thers had had tickots for it more'n a week beforo. But I luin't a chap to shy at good wittles when I have a.chance of getting ut ; em, and I managed tho two jobs in what yju.might call a comfortable sort of aman ner, but feeling as though just at present, I didn't want any,mere .of it. But when 1 got home I found that thorn blessed chaii table wisitora had been again. Mother ami father had been out to sell some bread and coal tickets they'd had giye'em, and they'd been having a draiu or two and were liv.lv. ' Ben,, my b.jy,'father says, 'there's roast beef and plum pudden' .up at the iro >

our way as well as your'n if you go and do your duty by it.' Well, I'd rather not. h.vi gone if I might have done as I liked aliont it; but I.did'nt mind stretching a p'iot lo b_ obliging, -so I went and did it. Tin .worst of it was that Ihe puny—the wisitor, I meanl-wlio. had give my mother my din ner ticket was there, aui I was spoke of and. pointed Qut as the boy,'what cried to keep.his; crippled father and all the family p'u tlis birch:broom, but that), owing to my being! unfortunate-, :we' had had nothing but crusts and cold tatersior dinner on Christ nas Day, whioh was the gammon .my old lady had p'tched 'em. So, out of kindness me, they kept filling up my pint's riindl couldnlt do anything,elso than go bn emptying it,as.long as they was looking at me.., But it wps a tough jot>, I can doll yon mister., I felt-that, blowed out afterwards that I'wouldn't h,i\-e cared"if I hadn't. bu-n .fisked to have nnotlier.bit of meat torn week after, pcdl-was glad to g-"t home lo sit down qoiet.afl I th'Ught, Hut it wn* not toy luck to he let nil' so easy. Wccvi 1 got up toour.room there was acotli-r pre vious charitable wisitor -a. regltr one she was—and a>good as half-a-crown a week to us all through;the winter weather, Slie wns; on ~tor mc,- ;a,r ; patiiu' me on the head, as : 500n,.-.as I * got; n into the room. parents have been telling nie,,s,he ;ses, \ what a poor f hii<tmas time yoirve. bpen haying, | andhow.! that you've alj had;hatdiy anything: to. eat. Never m\n<\_ my boyi* you shall make up for it . fo-.morrmy — I .am -going toilmye* twenty boys at my place fid to" dinner and-you shall come'l felt, that choked,thatj'mbleased if I could do any thing'but stare at her. 'Why don't you thank (the.lclnd; lady, Benny, dear . sis father. ' Poor little ..feller,' ses mother, ' it's bis feelia's .'His fart's to full for him -to find* words to. express his gratltood.' Bat they *snng*auotb.er tune as soon as.the lady. was vgotie. Without saying a.word, father takes off h's waist strap, and lays on ;to me: :■'• '-There, myls'd,' he sns, when held done; 'praps that'll teach you not to stand f' aTpih'like'h'overfed pig wheh you've been escribed as not having had a bit of dinner for a Week'; Mother was as bad, ahdwhen fatherhad done she took a turn al.'mo' for making'em*l6ok;like a pair of liaivi, she said. But howwas Ito know the tale limy, had been pitching'bef >re I came home .. 'It was no good my- going to tile 'dinner t-> ---morrow;'! told 'em ; I'CoiiMri't eat 'a bit'if T'did go without doing myself a 'injury,' I'll see about that, my lad,' slio say's , 'I'm goiiig there tohelp wash up, 'and I'll'keep my eye' on you, arid if yru don't cat. "up everything that's set befoic 30'u, you i*bk outwjhnalla Whenyp^ucohio home Wlm youV. hi'd-to-nighf is'miiy a tickling to i.1)., walloping you'll cut if you -Lire to sulk with your wi tics tomorrow,' '^\ell,'of course,';l did'nt dare " continued the c'ros,*it)q»sweep-j ing boy, with a sigli that denoted ih« heavi ness of his heart; "I woiiUln't had red so: much if it had been acliauge, but it was fa t roast beef and plum pudden aiain—winding tip with mince pies I" And for a few mo ments the harrowingrcmembcrapceßo ovor cntneliim that he had to turn away to hido his emotion. " I meant pocketim. mine but I didn't have'the. chance. There was ono of the gentleman visitors who was up to hi?? games to keep up us cheerful like, and sc> he when the pies—-whackers they was,- too —was all served iri our plates', ' Now, boys, for a race,' he says. ' Here's a two-shilling piece,'he Fays, 'for the boy who isthelirst .6 ;lcat'up bis pie*: Welli'iir, believe me or b?lievc me not, I'd ba' give twice as much money, if I'd had it by me, to have been.let off; and if my ,'ard fatted, old worn .11 ba*i been like any o'her boy's mother, sbe"d a give a kind nod back to the look I gave hei : Sbe had been helpin' serve at ,a side t»blo, aid keeping ber eye ou me all the time ; but as my eveis met bern, fhe smile.* : playj fnl,like, and waved a duster she had in her hand to make' believe 'linw 'fcctionato.sbe felt to'rds mo ; but nobody but me knowed,' contioued B.u, sirrowfully, 'what th.-t*; smile of her's meant, and tbatslicwashold ing the end of.the duster in ber fist j'lstjikd father holds his waist strap when h* meaiui letting me haVe it mosiunmerciful. .i knev.' what I should g't if I'did'nt have <i guoj try for this Wo-shi.liug piece, ; So. I. trip . and won.it. And rather than .haw* suAi another week or it," he exclaimed; With an Emphatic wag tf his head, as.ha.pao.sed;fai*j a'moment at a corner of .a s'reet that.led to. where bis Cruel parents resided, " I'd ratha-. sweep a crossing f1 om here: to Jorieho.''—. Re-printed from the, London "Telegraph." ■

* A'leclur'er is telling ,' How We Hear," It' ■is ea9ily**tdld. Somebody tells a friend ofi bhreT, .aha tells'hirii not'to tell. That's -the; ■w'ay-wehear',;,;'''' ■'r'\ y. ,;'.' ~' ..... „i J '. lnviti on mull -■■" ' ''-'*" -' •

A Sensational Murder Case.

PiTTSmJito, Tit., January 26th. — The trial of Mrs Mary E. McClelland for the murder ot her husband, Alexander McClcllaud, in Pfonch Creek fowusbip, Iv Veoang > county, on the sth day of lust November, wbich was commenced at Franklin, Pa., on Monday afternoon last, was concluded to-day, the jury bringing in a verdict of 'not guilty.' The interest manifested during the trial w*as intense, and the court room was crowded at all hours during the taking of tho testimony many ladiesj being present, as tho terrible

history of Mrs McOleliand's married life was forced from the witn s cs, it wis plainly to bo seen that the sympathy of all wai with her. The story of tho shooting is as follows : On Monday night, November sth, Alex ander McClHlland, who had tho reputation of a* bad man, and when "under the influence of Pquor a desperado of the iniat reokle»s character, was killed by a pistol shot fired by his wife in defence of her life. It appearod that McClcllaud had been in the habit of getting drunk and abu'ing his wife and family in a most honrtle-is manner, and frequently threatened to kill'tbo formqr. This treatment.continued until his wife became featful that he would cxecuteliis

threat and murder her." A few days before the tragedy Mrs McClclland was confined and gavo biith to a girl baby, and this seemed to be the c.use of great irritation to the father, who, when drunk, had previously thrcatene 1 her with cruel treatment if lit was not a boy. When her husbarid lea,ri»d thatshe hid given birth to a girl he got beastly drunk. On that f»tal ; Monday' evening McClelland arrived homo from (J(iV City quite drunk and in a'bad' temper, and commoiicod' nbusihg a boy named Samuel Wise, who-had been living with hint for for some time. Mrs McClelland1 at, onfce became ialarhied for her safety, and oalled tohcr sister, a;: young girl,, to get. her a revolver from a drawer in another robdi. When the revolver was secured it was empty, 'but the girl'got tho cartridges and MS McClcl'aud sneceoded in loading, it, and secreted it;under her night dress, When McClelland got through with his attack upon tho boy, he entered the house and comraanced to abuse tho girl, whon his wife, who was in beri, prdtcii'od against his actions. He immediately advanced to seize her, when sho jumped from the bed and trxd to escape from the hon<e to a neighbor^ tor sifety, but she was so weak

tint she was onlyaile 'o get into nmthCr room when her Husband iushed upon her with, upUttcd' hand t*> strike her. She

then pulled the revolver, und as he seized her/she.tired,'tho bullet entering bis right eye, producing a wound from which ho

died in a few honiß. Wiien the trial came up ii largo number of witnesses were called by the defence, and it was proved by them tbat McClelland had ficquently threatened to kill his wife and children, and it was shown by one of the witnesses that at one time he had pointed a revolver at his wife and attempted to shoot her, but was pre vented from doing so. - Before the birth ot his last child he had told several persons that if it wa3 not a boy he would kill it and the mother also. All tbe evidence for the defence was such as to show tha f. McClel-, land bad treated his wife and children in the most inhuman manner, and that ha was a desperate nnd unfeeling wretch, with but very few, if any redeeming features. • Mrs McClelland appeared at tho trial neatly dressed, accompanied by ber bright and pretty children. While she is not a handsome womm, yet sho is bright and prepossessing. Traces of the terrible suf fering are yet to bo seen in her counten-; ance. She watched tho progress of the trial closely. By her careful attention to her .children aud aged mother who accom panies her, she won the sympathy ot all who attended:the trial, and her deliverance from her present trouble was hailed with! delight. When tha jury entered to render their verdict,*the Court room was crowded; to suffocation. The accused was requested; to sand up. She faced the twelve without! betraying any mrvousness, *'After ■ the. usual formalities, and In answer to thel clerk, tho foreman of the juay responded,. ''Not Guilty." Hearty applause grectbdi this statement. Ladies crowded about the| prisoner's .box arid embraced Mrs McUlel-, land, several hugging and kis-ing heirin; excessive joy at tbe happy termination of; the case. Mr McClolland could hardly con- j; trol her emotions, and with tearful eyes she .thanked the ladles for their warm oxpresf-; sions, of, sympathy, —Special to the Chicago '■ ,Times. ■, toil —'* ■ ■■•■ ''•■ -'" "'' '

Story of a Rope of Pearls.

The Countess of L., a g'cat lady moving in the Oourc circles of Vienna, ia passionately fond of paails. Iv fact, she is the female counterpart of Lord Topaz in "Lothnir." A few days ago the coitotcss received (i vidt from her jeweller, who very strongly recommended of.her to become the pur chaser of v most maguificeut " topo of p-arls." ''They are quite uuiquo, madnme, I assure you,' sail tbo jeweller; ■' nnd tlnjr price to you is only a hundred thousmd.j florins." "Only a hundred tbonsindj florins I" repeated the countess, with a smi!e ; " but n'imporle, lot mo have a look ,nt your gems. 1 feel strong enough to resist the temptstiou t) buy," .There upon, the jeweller opened the casket which contained his treasire, and displayed a siring of pearh of such faultless; beauty tint Lothair himself would have boon proud to present them to tho Lady Coiismdo, Meanwhi'p the op ning of tho caskot,'iiCt»d likf migic upon the. c mni.css. ,; JNo soooor, : bad she caught s:ght (f its contents, than cho. overwhelmed the jeweller vyith a.heap of questions.* "Whero-rwhen—Jiow,-did, you come by these pearls, M\—7p,f; Howt much did you give—l nieau, from wham did.yon buy them ?" ," I did not7>uy ; ihdra : itt -ill," replied the astonished, jeweller ; ; '__ neither do tliey belong to me. Thoy .were hierely.intrnsfed to me by a lady to sell on conimission;" At the request of,lho couh tess, a footman was at once dispatched to bring .the lady. After a ( .biietj,deiay, the lady arrived; ypunp, haqdson_e,i apd elc gkntly'dressccLj . he,;lißteacd withija,sp|_ dued* Btnlle h the scries of qnostiops' addressed to her. Nettled, but st|ll retaining tlta command of.her; temper, tho' countess' wound' up by, touching a secret spring in the fastening of the nock lace. " There," sho exclaimed, pointing to hor arms and motto engraved'on the sido pf the fasteniog, " however, you came into the, possession of these pearls.you will hardly Venture to dispute that they belohgto me, ..Fonryoars ago they suddenly-disappeared from my jewel caßc, and now, after iialLifcv qniry had proved fruitless, tne'y,are,found with you. lam under great obligations ta the lady who has restored to me that whioh is my own." In answer, to this tirade the lady uttered not ,a word, but openine a. small .reticule wlixli she carried In her hand, produced a bighly-scentoil billdrdoux, and liauded it to tho couutcsß, who started and swooned immediately. Ou recovering. cuisciousne^s she went straight to, her writiug table, wrote a cheque for tile ammn. demanded by the lidy, and gavo it to ber without uttering a single word. ,'l'lie billet-chiix was the haud-wutijg ,of tlie coiiuteas'B only son. , .. , A j

A Voyage with Death.

A DESPATCH from the Delawarobreakwator to-night tells of the death Of the crCw of the Haytiau brig "GoldDridtr," Captain Dennis, which sailed from Miragore December 25th, with logwoodfor Boston* The Captain, mate and live nion,composed the crew. Just after leaving port the men were attacked with a malignant type of fever. A stowaway, who was ; discovered about that time, also took the fever. When two diys out one of the men died, and was, tnrown overboard. Shortly ofterwatd twp : others died, and were also buried In the scu. They were all white, The stowaway aud the oilier sailor, both colored, live 1 until, the 9th inst., when .near, tho capopj Tiny were thrown overboard ou the 10th, inst. The brig was picked up on Thursday evening ten miles southeast of ;Cape Hon*j lope, dr.igsiin^ anchor at the .rate of three knots an hour. The la*t man to die dropped dead at the pump. Tho Captain said that when delirious ho stripped, himself,' ran.on 'deck, clutched the pump-brake and almost) instantly fell dead. The Captain, sail tbali the ma'adj- with which tli'a .rum weiej 'stricken was so severe that dplvium set ni; immediately,' and coutiuued until death.; The Captain desigiatod ihe di eaj*e Kussian' fcv.r,'but the mate thinks it.was the,true type'of yellow fever in its worat form, a The' brig is ,how lying inside the breakwater,, and the Captain left on. the; steamer,/or* New York. He with tho'matfeand ,w oldj Sailor, are the only: survivors.;;;Tbe-latter had a slight attack of the f^v.er, as.did.also1 the mate, bn*^ both arc now.cpnyalescent. j Thebrig sails under the Haytian flagj -but, is owned in Boston,' "

A New Way to Get a Free Drink.

A Fsw evenings ago, while lulf-a-dozcii gentlemen were standing at the b.ir of one of the most fashionable tip-town saloons in Washington, a wc'l-drcssod, good-looking stranger entered tho room and walked straight to tho bar, and adrcssed the barkeopcr iv language like the follow-

" Stranger, I am in a veiy, very bad c in ditiop, I want a drink; I must havo a drink, but I am compelled to make humiliating statement that I am unable at present to nay for it. If you will be kind enough to favour mo in my extremity, you shall be paid, sir."

"w e don'c ko^p whisky to giro away hero," was the blunt reply ot the barkeeper. The stranger begged, but the barkeeper was inexorable and even rude. The inild iiiannered stranger turned to the gentlonien >vho had boen witnesses to tho conversation nud.siid: " (ientlomen, you are: all strangers to mc, hut, would one of jjou bo^kind enough to loan me the price of a drink ? I will pay it back." ' pno of the party addressed handed tho styihger 15 cents. , lie stepped up to tho bar and said: •' Now can I have a drink »" j

"Yes," said the barkeeper, "anybody ca.u get a drink for the money hero." ',* " [.thought so," said tho stranger, ' Iho bottle of "red lickor"wa_ placed on the bar; tho stranger filled his glass liberally. ' . '

. '' A little bittera in here, if you please,', said the stranger. Then, when tho hitters were finished, he asked for a larger glass of water, which was also set up. Tho stranger drank his beverage and then turned to the man who had loaned him.tho money and said: ■ .

■ " Stranger, I make it a point ot honour to pay borrowed money before I pay whisky bills; here is your fifteen cents ; I am greatly obliged to you for tho loan;" and so saying, ho walked out. The dazed bar keeper, seeing that he was sold, and that the laugh was on him, ran to tho door and calkd to the stranger to come back. The stranger promptly returned and in qUlluU, ••>Vliu. dv yuu nautS" 0.-,- 1>» keeper replied, " That was a cute trick you played, and I own up you caught me. The drinks aro on me. What will you take?" " Excuse mc, sir," replied tho stranger, "I drink only with gentlemen ; I cannot diiuk with you," and the mysterious stranger walked away, leaving tli» barkeeper to wo ider whether it would not have been b.tter to give a stranger one drink than to be caught by a trick and have *•" to eel them up" to a whole crowd.

A Corpse Nursing a Sleeping Child.

Mollis L. Taylor, seventeen years of age, a servant In the employ of Mrs Francis P. smith, of 4007 Locust-street, was found yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, by her mistress, reclining in a rocking chair, dead, and holding the youngest child in her arms, while two other, wero asleap on the bed. Mrs Smith left her in apparently perfect health at olevou o'clock in tho morning, singing as she went about her daily duties and did not return until four o'clock ia the afternoon. Arriving at the house she was surprised to find it, closed and the doors locked; and though she rang the boll per aistently, no ona -answered tbo call. Fear ing that something was wrong she called Officer Green r,o Tier assistance, and ho ell'ec'cd uu eotrrance from the rear, and on entering the house at once opened the front .door.tj admi'. Mrs Smith. Together thoy I went th.Qr.yh the house, the mother trembling with fear and anxiety for the safuty of ber children. On entering the bedrooni *a cry of horror escaped her as sho ,SiVW;ithß rigid upright corpse of tha girl . Mollie io the rooking chair, while her young est child, nestled on the dead girl's breast in calm:Pepo!e. The other two children lay job the. i bed fast asleep. Mrs Smith took in the situation at a glance, and removed the sleeping babe from the death embrace of .theyonog servant, arid the body was at once laid out on the floor to await the arrival of the Coroner,.—"Philadelphia Press," Jan uary 26th. "

Strolling Players.

The* manager and his family live in a cara van close by the booth. lot appearance thoy suggest to me the idea of vain people in a chronic state of being measured for new clothes, so anxious do they always seem to compress themtelvcs into tha smallest pos sible compass, which, I suppose, is the re suit of perpetually living in _uch close qu irters. Tha company live w heterer thoy. can find lodgings among the working people of the neighbourhood generally sharing the kitchen as a sitting-room with the natives for the sake of cheapness, Fancy tradgcy queens presiding over I'.ea and bloater, banquets, or Pauline, tho proud beanty ot Lyons, steam.ng her prid. o vor a washtub ; or Juliet with; her sleeve's tucked, up and particalty empdoyed in making .home-baked bread ; to say nothing of Richar. *1 }!*■ assist ing in the domestic circle by pet.**'nß P oln*- toes 1 All this, together with an . >ccasional glimpse ot faded stag; finery blend ™X wlt*j pots, pans, oddly assorted crockei.Yi and mining or agricaltoral implements, ai.^ y°u have a picture at, onco unique,.aud b.X nO. means rare. As a specimen, of the artJ 0"' quired to maka their small funds gb-,a.S Tr as possible with regard to marketing, itl xc following f*ct is a fair sample, Four younj, * men lodge together in tho samo house, sharr ing, in addition to the usual kitchen, ri double-beaded room.; and as they shared the room in pahs, so thoy. Jived with regard to food, each pair cho.osi'Dg whatever articled of consumption 'suited, them host. .On one occasion thoy all went together one Satur day uight, to purchase Snuday's digher. After a little wander-about among the butchers' stalls one ;couple purchased a small roast of beef, which looked quite a picture of mixed ; red and white—so much so, in Let, that the other couple decidedifor beef also, and the catorer for' the second pair, to his companion's astonishment, selected a piece perfectly lean, giving !for the act this economical reason :—" Their boef is so mixed that most of it will turn to dripping, which tho landlady manages to crib. Wow, ours is aU lean; and as both pieces are done together in ono tin, our meat gets the benefit of their tat, .and we! lose nono o' the flesh 1"

A She ep That "Took Notes."

Mai-v in-v-* _.«..-«, »>.>«•• 0..».5c.«,a :_, -,u..i. — ways in the stmggle for the lawful, or more frequently unlawful, possession of money ; but we think the following tragedy is unique. Tho story offers a tempting field to tho poet who wishes to bring ont a re vised edition of " Mary had a Little Lamb," while the philologist may find in it a hint as tothe probahle origin of the term " Lambing Down," as applied to the disappearance of cash. An old maid residing in a southern suburb of Glasgow haa a pet lamb which, by-and-by, grew Into a troublesome sheep. Tired of her overgrown plaything, she gave it to a butcher to be killed. There was, perhaps, no briik demand for mutton at the time, or ho wished to sec how a pet sheep behaved, for the animal was allowed to run freely about tho shop for some time. One day a customer entered, and tendered a one pound note in payment of a bill, While the butcher's attention was occupied in settling it and giving the necessary change, the note >vas whisked by a puff of windfrom tbe bench on which it had been placed, and fell unnoticed on the floor. His customer attended to, the butcher remembered the note he ha*_ so carelessly neglectod, but it was nowhere to be seen, No one was near who could have stolen it. But there was the sheep smacking her lips in a doubtful sort of way, as* if not quite sure if that last morsel was st**- very Dice after all. To suppose her the- thief was the only soluiiou of the mystery. To have her taken before judge and jury,, there to have her cause de fended by an a fole advocate, as done in some places in the olidentime, never entered the worthy butchcit's distracted head, Jeddart justice was more to the point, and, quick as thought, Jeddart justice was adminis tered. The judge being also an execu tioner by proft issidn, the sentence of death was quickly cburied into effect, and then the evidcace of guili was looked for as the grand Jedburgh cusliont demanded, Bit by bit the fragments of the missing note were taken from the. stomach of the guilty sheep until all were recovered. The precious neiccs were then.carefully arranged on a board, and taken to the bank, where our butcher was .thankful to receive fifteen 'shillings for tltto newly-digested banknote. Pet animals aso now killed immediancly on receipt at tihat butcher's cstabltshment.

An Exciting Game of Whist.

This article is reprinted fiom "Tib-BtV in which it gained a guinea prize. We had been playing all tbe evening at whist, The stake had been gold mohur points, and 20 on the rubber. Maxey, who is always lucky, had won five consecutive bumper*, which lent a self-sa'isfiid smile

to his countenance, and made us, the losers, j look anything but pleased, when he sud denly changed countenance, and hesrated to play. This the more surprised us. since he was one who seldom pondered, b.ing'so completely master of tbe game that he deemed long consideration superfluous, "Play away, Maxey, what are you about?" impatiently demanded Church bill, ota of the most'impetuous youths that everkvore the uniform of the body guard. "Hush!" responded Maxey, in a tone which thrilled through ns, at the same time turning deadly pale.

"Are you unwell?" said auother, about to staitup,: for he believed our friend had suddenly taken ill. " For the love of God sit quiet!" rejoined the other, in a tone denoting extreme pain, and he laid down his cards. "Jt you value my life, move not."

"What can ho mcau 1 — lias he taken leavo of his senses ?" demanded Churchill, appealing to myself.

"Don't start—dou't move, I tell you," iv a sort of whisper, which I can never forget, uttered Maxey. "It you make any sudden motion I am a dead man 1"

We exchanged looks. He continued— " Kcmain quiet, and all may yet bi well. I have a cobra capella round my log "

Our first impulf'e was to draw back our chairs; but an appealing look from the victim induced us to remain, although we wore aware'thiit should the reptile transfer but one fold, and attach itself to ahy other b_ tho party, that individual might alrealdy be counted as,a dead man, so fafal is the blto of that'dreaded monster. .:

Poor Maxey wa_ dressed as many old residents still dress in India, namely, in breeches andsilk stockings ; he, therefore, the more plainly felt every movement of tho shake. ' His countenance assumed a livid hue : the words seemed to leave his mouth without that feature altering its position, so rigid was his look; and'so fear ful was he lest the slightest muscular move ment should alarm the serpent and hasten the fatp.l bite. ' , ~ Wo/were in agony little less than his own during the sceno. "He is coiling round 1" niurmiired Maxey; "I feel him cold-cold to my limb : and now he tightens 1 For the love of Heaven call for some milk! I dare not epeok loud. Lot it be placed on the ground near me;'let some be spilt on the floor." ' .'•■'.'..',", ..'..'■' , . i

Churchillcautiously gave the order, and a servant slipped but of the room.

"Don't stir, Northcote—you moved your head; by everything sacred, 1 conjure you not to do so again I It cannot be long ere my fate U decided. I have a wife and - tWo"-childi-ch :.ih* Europe; tell them that I died blessing them-that my last prayers were for them—the|snake is winding itself around my calf—l leave them all I possess—l can almost fancy I feel his broath I"

Tho milk was brought aud carefully put dtftj'li; a few drops were sprinkled on the floor. f>nd the affrighted servants drew back". A£?,in Maxey spoke : "ilp, ,np lij has no effect. On the contrary,"he has dusped himself tight r he lias uncurled his upppr fold. I dare not look down, but I am sure he is about to draw back, and give the bite of death with more fatal precision, me, 0 Lord, and pardon nic; my last hour is cornel" Again lie pauses. "I die firm; but this is past endurance. Ah! no,j he has undone another fold, and loosens him ff.kvemFtir nfefTm a de-aS" manl'-fiu. lal °i,K.»». rib sun loosens; neisaomu to dart! Move not,' but beware ! Oh, this agony is too hard to bar I Another pressure, and lam dead. Ho, he relaxes ! he relaxes l" At that moment poor Maxey ventured to look down The snake had .wound himself; the last coil had fallen, aud the i.cptilp was making for tbe milk, . " I am saved ! . saved !" and Maxey bouuded from bis chair, and fell sonseless into the arms of one of his servants. In another instant, need it be added, wo were all dispersed ; the snake;, was killed, j and our friend carried more dead than alive to his room, ij " ■'***.

Extraordinary Career of an Adventuress.

Two suits for libe'.io c&ch of which the damages are 1 lid at 890,000, have beea begun in tha-Supreme Court of King's connty by Howard S. Inaersoil, a cousin of Colonel Robert Ingersoll, against the " Sun" Print ing and Publishing Association and the ,\ew York "Illustrated Time" Sinclair I'otiscy, President oftho American News Company, and Isaac England, publisher of tho " Illustrated Times" at the time of -ho alleged■! libel, are itlle defendants' in j the, scco'ndsuit.i In .the " Sun" of lJcember 15, ■1889„wns published an article with thq fol lowing heading :, ii- : '■'■'. «<>«''. ;"'''" ;,:)! : '■■"*' Whipped on Barclay Street - Mu-b ; Free man's .Story! of Wby She Kcsorted'to the L \sh^-* Attacking in a Public Place the Man > Vhom She Accuses of Tryingto Injure Her __, First Blinding Him by Throwing n d . f-enne Pepper. <''■$'■'■ ■*'■ j ~r,j particle went on to describe the attack on Mr» Ingersoll* arid the reasons for it aß* (riven iV he &&• ' slie '* &eßcrl * De^ as Aline May Fr^em^n, a young English girl lately landed In answer to an advertisement she entered lirto ft.",*, radii's employ, according to the -'Sun" stt,* ry. as a model, and he had; insulted 'her. Sh.e. could not have,him arrested in Brooklyn* she said, because she had no money, antV she de termined to avenge jhendf' by attacking Ingersoll as sho had don,e. It subsequently appeared that the wonlai* was one of the most accomplished swindle*.* whoever took up the practice of crime aaa profession,and that she had made the a^ult on Mr. Ingersoll merely'for the purposff of-black mailing him. Ingersoll had .her arrested and she was'sent to Bl.ackwell's Istfaud for Cue year sihd required to pay a fine ,if.gz- v O, which she paid. . , * It is claimed by Ingersoll that the pub-; l M i-_ ;_i ,i._ "o_-" .....j *••'.« -1 the article into the " llhntrated. Tune?, . which abo gave an engraving of the alleged horse-whipping, ruined his business, from, which the year before the publication com plained of, lu.crsoll claims to have made a profit of §15,000. Embodied in Mr. Inger sol's complaint arc the facts connected with the woman's career, which show her to be a criminal of rare accomplishments and. ex tiaordinary depravity. She was; born in Kn"land, and her real name is Kllen May Stanley. She lived with a merchant named Freeman in London, and forged his name to a check for £2,000 in 1879. She escaped to Canada, whence she eloped with her em ployer to Cleveland. She subsequently joined a man named Itoe, a London acquaintance, on Long Island, and after wards she got a situation .in the family of the President of the New York Stock Ex change. At the end of three days sbe le<>* mysteriously, and the next day three. £«i attempted to blackmail her late empty er. She next went to Montclair, N.J., <«"- at tempted to blackmail a gentleman there. She returned to Now York and Mackmailecl a leading lawyer, who gave hi* §1,000. In Febuary, ISBO, she was married to one "Biily'' Morrison. Shecontinued her black mailing business, the injured husband always turning up in time to make matters warm. She next committed bigamy by rmrrying a young man iv Downing street, and two'weeks later she was arrested on Mr Innersoll's complaint. Before the events described above had occurred a woman named Mabel Carter turned up with a child at*Pitts"bnre, in March, 1877, and told an extraordinary story of having been . htp. Wrecked on her way from Bombay to Kng land. On the night ot September 1,187/ a woman was found laying on the pavement near the residence ot John Fitzsimmons.on F*rst avenue, Pittsburg. She was carried into Mr Fitzslmtnons' house, where she said she -was the dauehter of Judge Waldroa of Boston and that she had been cMoroforaed a.dassaultedby three men. She left Mr Fitzsimmons' hotiee. sometime afterward, taking with her Miss Fitzsimmons clothing and jewelry." Mable Carter, alias Jfltfs Walrfron now turns but to be the young S^Who' kssanlted and -*gg** blackmail Mr Ingersoll.-^. Y. Ttmes.

SELECTED POETRY.

POEM BY DANIEL WEBSTER

Daniel Webster wrote several poems during the early years of his manhood, one ot which was on the death of his little son Charles, in 1825. Some of the stanzas are remarkable, The stall on which my years should lean Is broken, ero those years come o'er mo; My funeral rites thou should'st havo Been, Hut thou art in the tomb before me. *

Thou rear'st to me no filial stone, No parent's grave with tears beholdcst; ihou art my aneester, my son, And stand'st in.heaven's account tho oldest,

On earth my lot was soonest cast, -Thy generation after mine; i nou hast thy predecessor passed, Earher eternity is thine.

I should have set before thine eyes * t, -lAl roai t0 heaven, and shown it clear . '??'' untauKht spring'st to the skies, And leav st thy teacher UnKoring here.

Sweet seraph, I would learn of thee, And hasten to partake thy oliss, And, oh, to thy world welcome mo, As first I welcomed tlioc to this. THE ANGEL OF DEATH.

ii . ~ , ~ A1 Beidhawi Prcsentcth how there sate with Solomon A prince o£ India, and there passed them br Azracl, Angel of Death, on shadowy plumes, \\ ith great eyes gazing earnestly, as one' Who wonders, gazing. And because the princo Sato with tho king, he saw what the king saw— riie Djin3 and angels—and saw Azracl Fixing on him those awful searching eyes. what name, I pray thee, wears yon messen ger?' . • : . ; * mt So asked ho of the king, and Solomon , , Made answer: "ItisAzrael, who calls The souls of men." "He seemed,"'whispered tho prince, ■ '■■ * ',: .imi i"To have an errand unto me—bid now * • That ono.among thy domon ministers ~ S'a^rae, upon the swiftest wing that beats, To India, for I fear him," Solomon' "" I siled command, aud a swifc DJIn sprang forth. Bearing the prince aloft, so that he caflio ro Coromandel, ore the fruit-which fell . Oat of the fig. had touched the,marble floor.

Thereupon Azrael said to Solomon: ,1 ml I looked thus oarnostly upon the man -.-,, In wonder, for my Lord iipake : ' Take life soul In India' yet, behold he talked'with thg-i Here in Judea 1 Now, see! H.hathgbhe Thero where it was .commanded he'ehould die." Then followed Azrael. In that houVt'henrinco Died of a hurt, sitting in India, ■ '»■ "IrV I""'*'*'1""'*'*'

. J: ' ■, A LAND .OF OUB OWS.',;ut The land of our fathers, tte land of oilr'hirth, Complains that too many her children havo ' grown: ~,,. ■;■ JDiw But sho owns virgin realms in eaoh clime of tho earth; ... We may still be her sons in a laud of qur own I The same flag that Nelson and Wellington bore In many as daring a venture hath flown: W hero Cook s gallant footsteps first claimed the *-wild-shore, . • -. - fc - Let us hoist that proud flag o'erSland-'of our ownl ■ , ......

Our hearts and bur minds will beralwiiys tho - same, '. * * * * ...' -y In the torrid, or frigid, or tompcratdzo'no: YYc shall love the same country, uphold tho samoname, . ", And mako the same laws in a land Of *bur own I

We shall hold the same creeds in the very same way, And build up tho same Churches of different • stone; I * ..... So that Bishops and clergy may help us to prnv hor tho blcssLDg of God on a land of our own I

Proud nobles and courtier,?! your coronets' charms ii™ Are great when for great deeds their owners aro known: - , Then let chivalrous motto and blazon'of arms Now herald us on to a land of our own!

And you, gallant gentry, of whom 'tis our boast That your like can be found in " Old Kngland" alone: 7rr^ Take your place in tho van 1 you shall teach us tho toast

Of "Live and let live" in a land of our own!

Whether noble or gentle,: 'twill bring ye no ■i shame . "andfame --* ~* ' ' For himself and his heirs iffra land of bur own 1

The same earnest will that your sirc3 possessed. Still flows in.your blood and is, bred in your bone: '. ■ ■ . On the nation wo found let your, ncrvo bo im pressed, ~... ... . ■ While you give your good names to a land of our own I * * • '-y '■■'■'

Bold farmors and ycomon! your foresight and care . ; , Must teach us to till, sow; and reap what wo'vo :'sown: i- ' I > . ■ " For.whito yoUi"Speed tho Plough," we shall still have a share ; • Of "Old England's Roast Beef " -in a laod.of our own! ' ■'■•'. • "*"'

With workmen of all trades to swell tho bravo i throng, * :». . ■~ ~,., ... Over many a waste shall be industry' strew a; And the workman shall earn, all the busy year ; long, . ••'■; '.. ['id " Fair wago for his work " in a land of our own I

Those' for whom wo make room shall raise new mills on high, * ' '-'■ Where shall many a shuttlo bo merrily thrown; While fleets of new ships bring the fabrics wo buy '. ' , ' ' '*.i With the plenty to spare in a' land of pur own I

Wives, sisters, and sweethearts shall share in our toil," ' -.' ■ *~' • ;, * ... And so deck the wide world wltlrbfir roses full blown:- i: - ■ * • 1 Uiflui Thu3, though changed all our, seasons,1 joui- sky, andoursoil, ... n-naTnai We shall still lind "Sweet Homo "in a land of our own I

If, whon thus truly British, -good! happy, and

strong,— ,; . *. , • :. ..,..- j-,.,.. We'd a Prince of the Blood oh our' South chi Sea : Throne,- *■*' "' ■■ ''■ 3«f How gladly our (voices should cchb tlio song Of *!Uod Save the;Queon I";ih; ailaiidiOf our own! ', ' , -,',"; ~ .ij *-■■■* E. jERyiNGHAXi WAKKPIr.r.n.

MANITOBA.

0 neighbours, neighbours, rouse you h-.Q&ick I Myliearth is empty and forlornf,. ,„,„„ My hoart is empty, faint and sick;-,, ~" For John came dragging home attmorn. Two frozen limbs, and oh! and oh I bill" My boy left buried in the snow 1 "i o-jolod

Nay, blame not John. The dAy was wild - With driving snow that drowned hiit'fA'ce. Tho hidden sloigh now holds my child*;,.)*; The horse stands frozen ia his pl^fie.- ; r. Come, neighbours, quick I Bur'notsb slo-lv I My boy lies buried in the snow. - ,Jl

The snow is frozen. Follow mo 1 -a _r\» Like ice this gleaming sea of snow. A"i And far across tho frozen sea" '*•*•* .'"'"

The mound whero he is lying low*.-; )GC i Oh, like to gold his hair; his oyes * :*. ;j."

Wero bits of yonder bluest skies.

I clad my boy as best I had.* ■■ '* *■' ""'•■ The Bloigh sped ringing toward tho mill. My boy, my poor lost farmer lad I- -..Ty-i 1 * Oh, that I had you with nio stilL'l, a , s * Why, I would give these snowy lah'ds; ....'• To knit two mittens for his hands 1 ■'»: ''■ "■

This mound of snow, this broken place 1 A sweet _aco in a sheen of gold I Two blusyeyes laughing iv my face !' My boy.my boy, safe, sound, and well, A Breaks like s'onie chicken from his shell I Jcaiiyiil. Miller in the Advance.

A British Custom.

"ONE of the best stories ,1 ever heard about a concierge," writes Mr J .G/eor-yj Augustus Sala, " w*s inconnection'Mth a highly aristocratic hotel in Vienna and one of her Majesty Foreign office messChger.-\ The Germs* concierge, or.-'pdttier*' i'u general, a*d the Austrian one inparticular, is, I pionld premise, a grandee of, the baus ,itiest aDd most supercilious kind.' He w ,>ars a showy uniform, with mucb'gold _ace upon it, and behaves' himself accordingly. Well, my friend, the Queen's messenger was smoking a- cigarette one morning at tbe portal of the ari?to<iratic hotel, when there rolled into the court yard the carriage of the Grand Duke, say of Saxe-Wallsendstein, with his Transpai ency the Grand Duke himself inside. ';'ihe messenger beheld without swooning tho spectacle of of his transparency alighting. When the august form had disappeared up the grand staircase, the concierge turned to my friend and rudely remarked, . When ('rand Dukes enter the courtyard of this hotel, it is customary to remain uncovered.' The reply of Captain X. Was prbjnpt. ' When German poriers,' ho observed^I,'aie insolent to EDglish gentlemen,''.ifj is customary to knock them down.', ",jA.nd down went that 'proud young'porter'of theatistoeratic hotel. Captaiu £./was led to expect tbat the 'floorer' which ho had administered to the ' porter ' would „crjst him dear, .and was prepared to ineetrthe worst, wheri next day-the landlord the hotbl: Waited upon* him, ■to Msurpnse, beaming. ,','-', My dear sir,', exclauned the o-.nial-Hcrr Z„ ' alldw me to thank vpa for having' so Signally ch^tiaed' "tliafcj; ill conditioned ■ fellow in the jporicr'^jlOiJge. The kcrl has long been m want .of a thrashing j and, if you CQuldma^e^con.; yenleht to • look in once br'twlce a,^nth and beat him, you would be rende.ingjiis all a good service,'",



r e e d IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. ng | SAMUEL COOMBES & CO. ht HAVE PURCHASED ;'s . - is s*l> Entire Stock and Business of,J. Cosgrave & (Jo. __? a Discount, 'C ,'i;l , ~:.... ',* THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO SELL THIS 'C *' ' i- :. :,. - *■ - ' .'■■'■■' i CELEBRATED DRAPERY AND CLOTHING STOCK AT ABOUT 10 s IN THE POUND, >r '" • ■ ' OR ONE-HALF COST TRICE! . o ' . ■ * J )«„( ; This Stock is so Well-knoum as the LARGEST, the CHEAPEST, and BEST SELECTED \ in the North Island, that it would be useless to try to describe tlris ':/..r;;,' l, : r ~-LARaE^ANi>Ai ^sEFUE' stock, but ' '.^.ii'^i S^.IMC-CTBIji CODMBES «to 00. ■;:,.'.'.;'';•..;: ; '."'"."'.'"'' have:.determined to '",...,'' .. "_ y;-^ IN", ONE MONTE; /:■}■'] ■■"-•;.- * : "•*"• ' ; '.'AND AS THE . , / ',",',;' ! STOCK AMOUNTS TO OVER* £\2, 000, ;THEY lIAYE:,'MARKED THE GOODS IN MANY CASES ONE-THIRD THEIR COST PRICE. ,'',';'*.',' '.'■' l 'iiV--.',:.I V* v': '■""•'"- ■-' '•'•''''•f '■■'■'■ *■''*' ')'•<'•:( — ■ ■"'".. I' L ... .j.,.■"-..* :■'.' '■■>'- THE 'STOCK. IS WELL -ASSORTED, AND CONSISTS OF .'MEN'S.' YOITTHSV'AJSTD BOYS' CLOTHING. ! '" ''' ' ' IN GREAT VARIETY;: ■• '~'..' . Dress Materials, Silks, Sliklin^ Calicoes^ Sheetings, Blankets, Flannels, Shirts, Hosiery, Ladies' Uiiderclotluugr, Millinery, &c, &c, i" * : ' -):0:(~ S.A. Hi J_m ZEST O~W O IN", ON THE PREMISES LATELY OCCUPIED BY J* ! J. COBaR A. V E cfe CO. ): o ;( j .' SAMUEL COOMDES (V LU