GRANT MEMORIAL SERVICES.

.war's Sermon „t Westminster c »non Farrar •> Abboy ,

„_. .rand memorial services in West ®° I Abbey, London, on Aug. ~ wero at, -** L event added to the history of Eng- T The edifice nt crowded with a con :aod' _.-,. n_a.lv every member of which ffas»dist% fo Uow.: Schubert's funeral __eral procession up tho nave of ■***_tS_. to the choir: the opening of **•? _i __vice ; the ninetieth psulm ; tho ttobu"tf fu--cral sermon by Cation W Chr's anthem, "Blc.t aro tho f,irWr/r' H-niic-I's anthem, "His Body W_s in Peace;" two concluding v "the burial service ; blessings ; tho l ,ra' V, _-,- hin "Saul." Tho funeral nd -1 I "voted by Canon Farrar was mo>t ia'P_t!« silence. Canon Farrar took his .chapterxiih, verso3C:-"For ■ i „fter bo had sorved his own gener- D,fl ho "ill of God, fell on sleep." 1.0 4M St years have not paused since tho 9 . „-Stanley, wliom Americans so lovid !st_P 6 ,r iv-'walhiii-'avoundthisablxy »» \lf 21 H rant, ..-"plain... . ite wealth of Ti' _& .__ al . >'e«her of then, had CvSned the allotted .pan of human gft£ »t*t h^e ""Pod that many s vronld elapse before dosconding into h E r_vefull of ye it's and honours. This ,« i« the fourth summer since Dean Stanley S y«keP■ Wy wo as-,embl *) »* tho jLdra »f *o groat soldier whoso sun B C 3 "wh.lo it was yet day and at whoso i ral service in America thousands are as- Sled at this moment to mourn with tho ;™pi.>. family and friends. I desire to ___ simply and directly with gonetous Soiation* but without idle ilatt. ry of him who*) death has mado a nation mourn. Bis private life, his faults or failings of Ztwter, whatever they may havo been, Ltooe in no sense to tho world. Thoy aro Sietto judgment of God's merciful for rfrenees. Wo will touch only upon his L.lieactions and services. Upon a bluff oveilooking the Hudson his monument will , _ recalling to future generations the dark pages in tho nation's history, which todidsomuchtocloso. After eloquently tra. ing lionet .1 Grant s bovbood. tho speaker said : It the men who ■•new him in Galena, •bscure, silent, unpros- l rou _>, unambitious, had said, if anyone Cd predicted that ho would become twice President and oneof tho foremost mon of the dij tlio prophecy would havo seemed ridinalous. But such careers aro the glory of tbe ..merican continent. They show that tho people '»aye a sovereign insight into intrinsic fon-e. If Homo told «ith w ide that her dictators came from the plough, America may record tho answer of a President, who, when asked what would be his coat of arms, announced proudly, mindful of his early struggles, "A pair of shirtsleeves." The answer showed a noble hd. of the dignity of labour, a noblo sup eriority to the vanities of feudalism, a strong conviction that men should bo honoured iimplyasmen, notoccordiug to tho accident of birth. America has had two martyred Presents, both sons of the people, ono a homely man, who wns a farm lad at 7, a rail-splitter at-19, a Mississippi boatman at _, and who, iv manhood, proved ono of the tthmg&t. most honoured and God-fearing ofmoo'et. rulers. The other grow from a ihoelesscbildtoboa humble teacher in Hiram Institute. With those Presidents, America iced not blush to name tho leather-seller of Galena. Every true man dorives a patent of nobleness direct from God. Was not the l.otd for years a carpenter in Nazareth ? Lincoln's, Garfield's, and Grant's early conscientious attention to humblor duties fitted them to become kings of men.

The year 1861 saw tho outbreak of the most terrible of modern wars. The hour came and the man was needed. Within fanr years Grant commanded an army raster than had over beforo been handled by*nan. It was not luck, but the results of inflexible faithfulness, indomitable resolution, sleepless energy, iron purpose, persistent tenacity—he roso by tho upward gravitation of natural fitness. Tho very HiHier. become impregnated with his spirit. General Grant, has be. n grossly and unjastly called a butcher. He loved peace i_i bated bloodshed, but it was his duty it ill costs to save tho country. The straggle was not for victory, but for eiistence; not for glory, but for lifo or death, In his silence, determination and clearness of insirrht, Grant resembled Wash ington and Wellington. In tho hottest f_y of battle his speech nover exceeded "Yea, yea." and "Nay, nay." God's light Us shone for tho future destinies of a eighty nation, but the war of ISGI was a Mtsssary, a blessed work. The Church has iKTerrefused to honour tho faithful soldier Siting for the cstise of his country and his Goterntpsat.

Tin cause for which General Grant fought -'Aeunity of a great people, tho freedom *of a whole race—was as great and noble as «!witLexington "thoembattled farmers fefftashot which rebounded around the raft" The South accepted a bloody übttmnetit, but the rancor and tho fury of toepaet are buried in oblivion. Thonamesof tee«nd Jack-on will be a common heiitag') Kith those of Garfield and Grant, The Jnwiana aro no longer Northerners and ""otiOieme., but Americans. What ver dict history will pronounce upon Grant. M a politician and a man I .now not, bur hereand now tho voice of consnre, deserved «f Undeserved, is silent. "Wo leavo his an .to the memory of tho merciful. Let tawrite hi. virrures on brass for man's ex jmple. let his fault . whatever they may W6bee!], be written on water. wiocan tellif his closine hours of tor •twand misery were not blessings in dis- Pt-e, God purging the gold from the dross jaM the strong man was utterly purified pyhiaitrbngagony ? Could webegathered '"« more fitting place to honour General writ? There is no lack of American TOmoria'B here. W 0 add another to-day. Whatever there be between the two nations •"forget and forgive is forgotten and for fl'M- ;If the two peoples, which were *~ be trne to their duty, who W _übt that the destinies of the world «»la their hands ? Let America and Eng irt torch in the van of freedom and pro- P», "bowing the world not only the ™-incent spectacle of human happiness, w Kill more the magnificent spectacle of ""peoples united, loving righteousness '/ffI', iniquity, inflexibly faithful to the wples of eternal justico, which are the "MhangmclawofGed. mon X the more distinguished person al present were the following : Mr and "^Gladstone, the Earl of Iddosleigb, pi? pra.brook, Rieht Hon, Mr ww, and a great number of peers and ™»be« of the HouPe of Commons. There 2__ Present Pri«e Minister Sails- Wy.Diikeof Cambridge, Commander-in «tof the British army, the Marquis of «™, General Lord 'Wolseley, Sonor S%*?« Chilean Ambassador to Eng __ S- _ Jnstice Wftifce. ex-Attorney- Er ,? r6wet« . Senator Edmunds, 2* cy' **nf* othor Prominent twlT*!? 8- Queen Victoria wob represen ts,!! tJ o„! erv!c Bby her equerry. Tho m n _ Vales' ' ho Duk°Of Connaught, Werde °*EdinburSh were also repre-

The Caroline Islands.

&ohne Island's (says tho " St. James's ftfttu ) ole a remorkable croup of coral •»___* *_tbe northern Pacific. They ■b_7i_ HC _.D 0 Sreat strategic importance, __. , y lle on th° road to nowhere in BSfo but, fr.m tho point of view tCi_ °.f'' th°y in iSr** 111 Uutcl* "avigators, Br _> m nearly a generation ago, 2_ *° E L ur °Pc with wondorful stories , wrning the gigantic ruins that had MidinH_.° Vered ou 60me of the smaller l»m the eastern end of tho archipelago ; *tmLT ?' until 1883 that anything tonn 1 B *. a systematic survey of the *&_?> ?? dortaken. In that year Hor _______ 7lp Es Piegle touched at many «Cf„ a?!,andthose oncers who went tij.7, th-*t the magnificence of the bo3t!m_ • Dot been exaggerated, Tho W i„PD lDg ruiDß are at Metalanim Har »C fO,,F«, and at Chabrol Harbour, •_■__.', an idea of thoir grandeur CnS*^* 11 thofac. that somo of ,s 35 W i bmldmga measure as much thick t\ ons °y 20 broad and 15 feot «tulpt u ' oo\, a[° ornamented with rude ,0 to w_in' bear a family resemblanco N i_! bO-" 1 sculptures of Easter I'WL .uSoi thern Pacific! yet Easter life 4„„. are fully 6,000 Sbasin '„° faras«s discoverable, ti be6n any communication *_SSs_ The ob-ect and ori X-" °* "WiSfA,*- 18 aliko unknown. It JiiiCT the Ci*ro'ine g''nuP. Htherb. 0T l ered by fcPaitl in 152G, -% rcßtoi!i' en °y German geographers, olko _b iV a 9 a SPanish possession, iSsh i__) years tho''° uave been no • fc*«ttcnt If *v ,on any <>f the Islands. a«« ___ *„ land 3urfi*ce °f the grouP th««tCS tha »300 square miles* and po P-llation ia about 22,000 - ■■» « whom are of Malay race."

Mr Archibald Forbes on the Colonies.

In* a preface consisting of three lines, Mr Forbes informs his readers that his book is discursivoin character, and that eomoof tho papers of which it consists have already boon printed in periodicals. A groat deal of tho information contained in tho book was given to the Australian public in tho term of lecturos during Mr Forbes's visit to the colonies, and several of the papers wore contributed to tho "Sydney Morning Herald during and subsequent to his stay in Australia. Tho biographical notico of Skobeloff, which occupies the post of honour in tho book, was written in Mel bourno and telegraphed to this journal on the day that brought tho news of tho great soldier's doath. Tho article.* that will re ceive tho most attention on this sido of the world are "Social Australia " and " Somo ■Society Aspects of America," whereiu tho reader is mado acquainted with almost as wide a contrast as it i_i possible to imagino. In reading Mr Forbes's descriptions of tho mannorsund customs of tho upper classes in New York, ono understands the reason why President Cleveland laid great stress in his iiinugur.il address on the pressing necessity of tho nation instantly returning to simpler modes of living. A description of tho ignornncd Ihftt prevails in England in ro gnrd to this Country appropriately opens the essay on " Social Australia." Referring to tho subject, Mr Forbes says : "It is not very long ago that I heard an Anglo-Indian lady, embarking at Suez on a mail steamer that bad eonio from Australia, call in shrill »cc.nts to her ayah, 'Take my children immediately out from among thoso wretched C.mvict boats!'" But worse than this follows : "Whon Sir Henry 1 „rkes, then Premier of Now South Wales, camo among us three years ago, tho boliof wus general that he was tho Sir Harry Parkes ot China fame, simply because few of us had ovor heard of any other personage of tho name." Of Australian politics and politicians, Mr Forboa has not many good things to say. In a society sense, ho tolls us, few Austra lian politicians aro held pre.eutablo. Their trade is regarded as rather a dirty one. " Thoy are not enthusiastically ad dicted to tho use of soap and water; a large proportion of them mo dubious as to tho uso if the letter h. Their wives—well, wo don't caro tv pursue this brunch of tho subject. Tneir boots -woll, lot us bo equally reticent as to their boots." That, uccording to Mr Porbe., is society's summing up of tho politicians, and tho summing up seems to bo approved by tho author. Tho political arena is fairly wholesome and clear-toned in South Australia, New Zealand, and Tas mania ; but what ho 'has to say of New South Wales mid Victoria is the equivocal compliment that there aro in thoso colonies venerable politicians still extant whose poli tical conduct has never compromised their socialstauding. It was notao in the early days of responsible government, when a larger number of the members were men of whom cultured society, either hero or in England, would have no cause to be ashamed. In ardent devotion to politics by tho educated young men—a sutject which Mr Speaker Barton expatiated upon with great forco and eloquence at the recent railway banquet at Bourko —lies our hope for the intellectual elevation of our Legis lature ; and, regardless of the sacrifices in volved, they should give themselves to the mi-sion. Whatovor may bo thought cf Mr Forbes's opinions concerning politics and politician- in Australia, many peoplo will challenge his views regarding tho influence of wealth "Socially," he says, "money will do very much in .America ; judiciously expended, I think it will do oven moro in England ; in the way of sheer purchase of social recognition it will do curiously littlo in Australia." By way of proving that wealth docs not give a per.on social pros tigo in this part of tho world, Mr Forbes informs his readers that " thero are Austra lians now iq England who have entertained royalty, and whoso guest-lists havo filled columns of tho ' Morning Tost,' yet who in their nativo land havo never, with all their tfforts, got further than tho outlying fringes of Australian society." Referring to onoof our failings, Mr Forbes •atiticaHy observes: " A weakness of tho Australian character is tho hungor after titles and decorations. Toward the dose A the Servian war, so cheap did tho Russian officers hold tho Servian decoration of the • Takovo Cross,' that they used to tie tlio bauble round their dogs' necks, and havo the animals trot behind them thus adorned Tho ' CM G. seems to mo about a. cheap a bit of trumpery as tho Ku-ssiau officers ro gnnled the Takovo Cross. But the Aus tralian, though while he is without it. ho iffect. to sneer nt tho 'CM.G.'aod links the initials to a derogatory legend, grasps it and wears it when tho Colonial Oflico throws it. at him. tio would intrigue for it yet more eagerly than ho does, if only his wife could be a 'C.M.G.' as well us him self."

Fiercely satiricnl are the explanations i-f tho m.viner in which a knighthood is ob tained :—" For tho knighthood there is an understood tariff. It comes as the result ot a gilt o f £20,000—a largereum will make the thing a greater certainty—for the bdioof of somo n_o:itoriou _ public object. Tho surest mark for such a donation is the Colonial University; a shot of equal charge at a work ing man's college or a pichiro gallery has been known to mias fire."

Afcer that dashing but not particularly accurate description of ono of our real or im'igirjary weaknesses, tho author ristores us to good humour by his generous, ami no hope deserved, remarks on our hospitality, and on tho char.ctori_.ics of our women folk: —"The well accredited visitor to Australia may lay his account with having what the Americans call ' a lovely time' His hosts-arid all the colonies will bo his hosts —will strain overy nervo to make him enjoy himself. Australian hospitality is pro verbial thoworldover,ondithasinit a cordial freshness that imparts to it a special charm. If ho be a truo man, he will leavo no colony without realising that ho is leaving behind him in it many warm and genuine friends Ho need not be a vory susceptible parson to find that, with tho fiiendship ho has left, he may havo lefthis heartnswell. Australian ladies have a characteristic bright airy piquancy. They sparkle a. perhaps not even the American lady sparkles. Their 'manner'—one finds one asking oneself bowilderedly how or whence thoy get it; for you will find tho damsel of a remote bush townshipasgracef ul, frank, debonnaire, and winsome as is tho Melbourno girl, who may havo spent half a dozen years in European residence and travel. One of the finest ladios I have ever met, in overy shado of inflection of that term, was never outside the colony of Victoria in hor life, except for a short vieit to New Zealand."

The Death of Jumbo.

NewYokk, SeptemberlS.—A "Sun"special from Buffalo of the 17th says: A. Haight, representing Barnum, arrived here this morning oa tho way to London, Ont., to join the circus. He says the truth about tho killing of Jumbo on Tuoeday evening had not been published. After the phow in St. Thomas, Ont., that ovening tho driver started down on tho track with Jumbo and the baby elephant, Tom Thumb, to where the Grand Trunk freight train was stand ing. There aro a great many tracks at that point, used in switching- cars on tho Grand Trunk Air-Line, which there joins tho main road. On ono side of tho track was a train and on tho other a steep embankment. As tho train carai around the curve the keeper triod to induce Jumbo to go down tho em bankments but no would not, Ihe reason at first was not apparent. The baby elephant was in the rear, and as tho train approached Jumbo began to bellow and awing his trunk. The littlo elephant seemed dazed, but did not get cut of the way. As the engine wai almost upon them Jumbo raised on hia hind legs as though to pro tect the baby, and thon quick as thought dropped down and grabbed him in hia trunk and hurled him with great force over all the tracks and against a freight car twenty rods away, whero he dropped down, whining like a puppy with a sore foot. Jumbo, in saving the lifo of his protege, entirely neglected his own Chance to escape. Tho locomotive struck him with full force in the side, crowding him aoainst some cars on the siding nearest Mm, and fairly squeezing the life out of him When thoy came to tho end of the switch he ong-lno^eft the truck with five.freight cars that stood on theßiding. Then there was a =cono never to be forgotten by thoso .hn witnessed it. The mangled breast Sed with pain, and the little elephant Zltd as lonely as he could n *ympa«iy. The crush was ton heavy to leave^any chance of recovery, and the' bystanders could only wait for Jumbo's death. It was not longs delayed .In three minutes be turned over on his back dead. It was ound that tho baby elephant sußta.ucd a broken leg, and as there was no holp fur „__ oicle.. were giv«. that ho be put out of his misery, which order was carried into effect yesterday afternoon.

MARY AND JOHN.

How a Tennessee Husband Expiated

Hla Fault in Death

There was a terrible thunderstorm coming up, and a thunderstorm among tho moun tains of Tennessee means much to the traveller ovor the narrow and winding roads, each ono full of poril from falling rocks or rushing water. It was growing dusky, too, and in the gloom and hurry to reach shelter I came near riding over a woman who was coming down tho road nt a run. Sho screamed out and jumped aside, and as sho stood for a moment I called out:

" Tho storm will be heie in ten minutes, Run for the house !'

For an instant I caught sight of a white faco tinder a sunbonnct. The eyes wero wild, tho teoth sot hard, and I thought of a maniac. It was only for an instant, and then a Hash of lightning set tho horse off at a full gallop. He ran for half a milo as if frightened for his life, turned to tho right nnd leaped a fence, and ns ho halted at tho door of a cabin a voice shouted in my oar : " Git down and come in ! Iko will stable tho boss I"

Tho s+orm broke at that moment, and what with tho wind, tho rain, tho rod flashes and loud-rolling thunder, wo could only sit and look at each othor for tho first quarter o f an hour. Then tho storm hilled into a steady pour, accompanied by an occasional .ores gust, and I know that it would be daybreak beforo wo saw tho last of it.

The man placed provisions on tho tablo anil sat down to tho board with mo. Ho mado a great effort to appear hospitable and cheerful, but I noticed that ho was listening intently, as if for a voice or a stop, and twico ho rose up and went to tho win dow. By-aud-by 1 recollected seeing tho woman, and asked :

" Is thero a cabin within a milo or so of .his down tho road V"

" None fur nigh onto throe," ho replied. " Then God holp tho woman I met half a milo bolow as the storm was breaking !" " A woman 1 did sho havo on a sun bonnet *" " Vos." " An! dark dress?'' "Yes." "*That was Mary, my wife ! sho said sho would, but I didn't beliove it.''

" Would what?"

Ho roso up and (lung opon tho door to look out. A sheet of rain blew half way across tho room, extinguishing tho candle and leaving us in darkness, and tho cabin rocked under tho wind us if i* would blow over. Tho man shut tho door, rolighted the candle, and, placing it at tho window so that its light would shine down the road, ho camo over to me and said :

" Yes, that was my wife We havo been married two years. Yonder in tho cradlo sleeps our infant."

"And what possessed her to start out in this awful storm ?"

"I did !" he exclaimed in an accusing voico. "We had a quarrel. But for mo it would have beon only a trifle. Sho was proud and haughty, though loving and ut.ectionato, nnd, whilo I know 1 was in the wrong, I was determined to humblo her. An hour ago, when I demanded, with the bearing of a tyrant, that sho retract certain statements, sho calmly dressed her self and sot out for a soven-milo walk to her father's."

' You must havo beon insane to lot hor go!'' "God forgive me, but I would not say one word to keop her ! I didn't bclievp sho would go, and when sho went out, kissing the baby good-byo, but having neither word nor look for mo, I would not ask her to stay."

'And what aro hor chances in this storm :

His faco wus deathly pale and his voico trembled liko a child's us he answered :

" I'm going to look out for hor, and I want you to mind the cabin and the child. Tho littlo ono is a sound sleeper, and tho storm will giow no worse."

Taking down his rillo ho opened tho door and fla-hed out into tho storm, nnd I was loft alone. For hours thero was no break in tho fury of tho storm. For hours tho child slept peacefully through all the tur moil.

When morning camo tho sky was dear, the sun bright, and tho birds sang joyously. Tho coloured man who had taken care of my korse soon nppoarcd, and after n bito to eat I started down the road in hopes to meet my ho.-t returning with his wife. A mile and « half from the cabin I found them both Wbtthor sho had been struck down by >i

Hash or her life be.iten out by tho storm I could not say. She lay besido a largo rock at theroudsido. In tho awful darkness ho had found her, but she was dead. Ho lay bosido her, one arm partly covering her faco, and in the centre of his forehead was a blue-black hoi", from which tho blood slowly 00/.cd. Ho had shot himself beside Mary's dead body.—" Dotroit Froe Tress."

The Bad Hoy's Pa Opens a Boarding-house.

"Say, what's tho mattor ovor to your house ?" asked tho grocery man of tho bad boy ns ho camo in with a big basket and ordered a quantity of grocories. J' Your pa's grocery bill is five times as big as it used to bo. What's up ?" "0, wo aro koeping boarders," Bnid the boy, as ho wiped tho mould off somo prunes on hid coat tail. " You see, after eloction pa and ma held a council of war, and somo thing had to bo dono, 'causo pa can't get any otiiceoutofClovolandboforo next March, if ho doos then. So thoy concludod to go keeping boarders ; ma to manage tho houso, and pa to bustle around outside and pick up boarders, and coMoct tho monoy, and eortot boss things. I have to do aboutall tho work, thouch." " Well, th-.it is enterprising, and I am glad to see your pa is sottling down to steady business. But how does it work bo far ?" and the grocery man handed the boy a bil'for tho week's groceries, with a request that his p. would pay it at onco, as he had to pay his rent. " I don't think it is a succoss,-' said tho boy, as ho backed up to tho stove to get warm, "and I guoss it will use ma up entirely. You see pa han't got no sense. If ho finds a man that is looking for board, ho hustlos him right home, without making any inquiries ns whether tho man can pay or not, nnd when thoy don't pay pa hasn't got sand enough to bounce 'era, and ma has to do it. It is ono continued round of pleasure between pa and ma, each finding fault with tho way the other runs things. Thon pa struck a music teacher, and gave hor tho privilege of giving lessons in the parlour, and sho mauled tho piano all day, and had a feller come and sit with hor every evening, and whon she came to pay her bill there was something coming to her. She charged for giving me music lessons, 'cause I used to go in tho parlour and stand up by the piano to turn her music, and put my arm around her onco in a whilo. Gosh, I thought Bho liked it, 'causo sho used to look up at me and smile, and whon ma told her to pay up, we owed hor, and Bhe said she would stay another week and. board out tho balance if ma would keep hor naughty boy out of the parlour. Ma hustled hor, you bet! Ma finds the most fault with pa about carving. She has tried to teach him to cut meat thin that you can sco through it, but he carves as though we had visitors instead of boarders, and ma says that will break tho bost boarding-houso in tho world. I think pa showed tho least eenso when he took tbe living skeleton from tho dime musoum to board. Pa told mo that wo could mako more money on one living ekdeton than wo could on four ordinary boarders, and that encouraged mn, and sho let pa bring him homo ; but, lordy, tho first round at the tablo convinced ma. The skeleton ato as much as any four boarders, and after dinner three boarders left. The skeleton is a darned nuisance, 'cause he don't know his place. When tho music-teacher was playing somo tune, and the boarders were Bitting around the parlour listen ing, the darned old skeleton would play an accompaniment with his shin bones like a minstrel show.and tho music-teacher fain . ted, and pa bad to hold her, and ma didn t like that very well. The skeleton is down on mo, though, and says lie will kick the liver outen me whon be catches me. You see he went into the bathroom to tako a bath and wanted me to come in and take a towel and sort of polish his limbs. So I took some furnituro polish and varnished his legs and arms, and the next morning he was so mad bo couldn't eat any breakfast. I told him that was the way tbe ancient Egyptians treated their mummies, and they kept for centuries, but it didn't encourage him, and he reached one of his bony arms across the table towards my chair, and I crawled undor the table and let out Pa said I was cruel, no said I must remember that a s.deton has feelings as well as anybody. He said I shouldn t do anything to the skeleton that I wouldn t do to any other boarder; and when I looked at the music-teacher and snickered right out, ma sho slapped me on ono side of my head, and pa slapped me on the other, and the music-teacher got mo by the hair, and the dude that waits on hor ho kicked mo. Oh, we were having a monkey and a parrot time at our house." •'Well, I should think you were," said the grocery man.

THE REAL SHELLEY.

An Unpleasant Version of tho Poet's

Love for Mary Godwin.

Mr Jour* Cordt Jkaffreson is c. young Englishman who seems to think that ho wus born to set the world right in the matter of its particular pot poets. Somo time ago, you may remember, he published a volume called " Tho Koal _ord Byron," in which he showed us that much admired poot and greatly goseipedabout man in complete undress, ami the world hadhrrdly got ueed to the spectacle beforo ho set to work to upsot tho picturesque portrait we had painted of Shelley by giving us one that is more realistic than a novel by Emile Zola. "Tho Real Shelley" (Seribnor & Welford) is not written in the spirit of ' "The Real Byron." With the author of " Don Juan " Mr Jeaffreson had more sym pathy, and for him a greator admiration. For Shelley he soems to have a thorough dislike, and, ns far as I cun fathom his antipathy, it is founded on moral reasons.

Mr Jenffroson begins by denying an aristo cratic lineage to the poet, and says that his great-grandtuther, though born in England, was only " a Yankee upothecary," and that they were not descended from tho first Shelley baronet created in 1611. The story of Shelloy and Mary Godwin Mr Joatl'reson tells in a way to mako tho poet's admirors win co.

"Tho poot had a familiar friend from whom ho had received much kindness, for whom ho professed cordial veneration, and with whom he lived in close intimacy. This friend had an only daughter, a bright, lively, romantic, lovely girl, still only six teen years old. Rioted within tho linos of religious ortho.oxy, this young girl had boon educated to think of marriage just as other young English girls aro usu ally taught to think of it. Though in former times ho had been an advo cate of tho Free Contract, her futher had chasged his views about marriage beforo hor birth, and had abandoned hiß Free Contract viows when she was still a nurse ling. Soon after making this young girl's acquaintance, Shelloy passed into discord with his wife, and fixed his affections on his friend's daughter. Without speaking to his friend on tho subject, or giving him occasion to suspect what ho was about, Shelley puid his nihiresses to this child, and had won her heart ero ever it occurred to bor father tiiat thoy might bu living too intimatoly and affectionately with one another.

" it was with groat difficulty that Shelley overcame tho child's notions of right in which sho hud been educated, but even tually ho accomplished his purpose A few days lator, leaving his own wife and child in England, Shelloy stolo this young girl from her homo, and, carrying her off to tho Con tinent, lived with her as though she woro his wifo. Ho did this, though sho was his most intimato friond's only daughter, though sho was only sixteen years old, and though ho had no prospect of ovor beiug ablo to many her." " MrFroudo is of opinion," adds Mr Jeall'reson, with scorn, "that in this matter t-helloy was guilty of nothing worse than ' tho sin of acting on emotional theor ies of liberty,' and should bo judged tenderly because he was young and enthusiastic 1 Differing from Mr Froudo, I venture to say that, in acting thus ill towards the girl, Shelloy wus guilty of vory hateful treason towards his friond."

Poisoned by His Wife.

Montreal, September 18 —Charles Wil tot is possessed of a young a»d beautiful vuife, and tho couple move in thebestsociety. Some timo ago tho husband became suddenly and unaccountably alllicted with a very queer illness. tie consulted hia physician, who, whil* treating him to tho bost of his ability, was unable to enlighten him in regnrd to his disease. Young Wilson continued to grow worso until an astound ing revelation solved the dilhculty. It ap pears that Mrs Wilson was enamored of Bertie Smith, n highly respectable young man with whom she had spwit somo time at Murray Bay in company with Mrs lieaudry, lately a widow, who had also found v lover in tho person of a well known Alder man. Affairs were progressing swimmingly until Mr Smith, the father ot Kcrtie, bo coming alarmed at the extravagance ol his son, conceived tho happy idea of opening his trunk, when to his surprise h-. oime aero..- a number of letters from Mrs Wilson in which sho frequently stand that sho was glOwly doing away with Wilson, her hus band, by administering to him doses of ground glass. This was a horrihlo dis covory for him, ami not daring to approach Wilson, ho wont to the latter'n brother-in law, a well-known contractor, and confided to him tho letters. He lost no time in calling upon his tdilictcd brother-in-law, who had already the appearanco of a man in tho last stages of consumption, and re vealed to him the secrot of hi-illnens. Wilson nt first could not be prevailed upon, how ovor, to mistrust tho affections of his wife, but when the letters woro produced, and ho recognised hor handwriting and road the endearing torms in which she adilro.-ed young Smith, together with her descriptions of how she was progressing with her work of flow murdor, he gave in. Ho finally decided to loavo his wife in tho hands of his brother in-law to do with her as he thought best. The guilty wife, hoaring that hor murder ous plan had b«en discovered and hor hus band know all, decided to nover ag.in see his faco, and hurriedly left tho city, theroby avoiding prosecution. Sho is now in Bos ton, stopping under an assumed namo at one of the principal hotels.

A Clerical Murderer.

Joliet (111.), September 19.—This morning at 8 o'clock a noto4 convict named Samuel H, McGhee waa released from tho Joliet Penitentiary after having served eight years and three months actual time on a fourteen-year sentence for murder, the crime for which McGhoo was convicted was particularly cruel, cowardly, and.atrocious, being no less than the slow poisoning of his own wife that he might bask in tho smile." of a young woman with whom ho had become greatly infatuated. Tho fact that at the time of tho murder McGhee was pastor of Christ's Church at Aehton, 111., only adds to the enormity or his crime. Tho trial was very exciting and occupied fourteen days. The evidence showed that McGhee had purchased arsenic at different storeß in Ashton during his wife's illness, and that he could give no satisfactory account of what he did with it. It was also shown that he was greatly infatuated with Miss Paddock and had been paying her marked attention, even beforo his wife's last sickness. But the strongest point made against the defendent, and one that brought down upon his head the exocration of the entire community, was a cowardly attempt that he had made to shift tho responsibility for his groat crime on hia only daughter. At tho time of Mrs McGhee's death she left two children—a girl aged 15 and a boy ot 12. Tbe girl was of rather weak mind, and during her father's in earceration while awaiting tiial she mado him frequent visits at the gaol. At one of the visits her craven sire endeavoured to persuade her to make a written confoß.ion and sign it. stating in substance that she had pouoned her mother nnd that hor father wds innocent. The re velation of this diabolical scheme on the part of the unnatural parent was broughtout on the trial, and created the most intense indignation against him, as it was plainly to be seen that he was willing to sacrifice his own children or frionds in order to escape. After deliberating fifteen hours the jury re turned a verdict of guilty nnd affixod tfco Roy. Samuol H. McGhee's punishment at 14 years in the penitentiary at hard labour. McGhee was 3"> years old at the time be was convicted, and his wife was 33 at tho time of her death. Since his confinment at the peni tentiary the prisoner has been employed in tho harness shop, and has made a model con vict, nevor having given his keepors any trouble or cause to reprimand him.

That Dress Improver.

The much-maligned dress-improver, as the bird cage arrangement which ladies tow behind them is humorously called, has at length done something to justify its existence. It has saved a life, which is more than the most ingenious of its disciples would have given it credit for. A tall majestic lady was walking in the streets with an " improver " of unusually exag gerated dimensions behind her. Prom the upper window of a high house a two-year old child, after the manner of children, tumbled into the street. At the critical moment the improver and the lady passed. Tho little one fell on the springy enlarge ment of the lady's rear-guard, and was Eicked up smiling and unharmed. If it ad fallen on the hard pavement, instead of the wirework arrangement, it would havo been killed in a horrible' manner. The sequel is prettily touching. The ladies of that particular town have -resolved as one woman to go in for dress-improvers. With bustling anxiety thoy are making the most of their opportunity, and no one dare 1 grumble.—" Sheffield Telegraph,"

FUNERAL CUSTOMS.

Quaint Obaoivaneds Practised by Eng lish Villagers-" Spade Money."

It is seldom that one nears nowadays of tho observance of tho quaint fun-- 1

Toms which formerly existed in liiuny an English country village, tho Old-World notions which gavo rise to them having died out, owing, perhaps, to the introduc tion of railways and School Boards. Thus, in tho North of England only a few years ago it was usual to carry "tho doad with tho sun "to the grave—a practico corresponding with the Highland usage of making "the deazil," or walking threo limes around a person according to the courso of the sun. On one occasion, in tho village of Scranton, near West Hartlepool, tho vicar was stand ing at tho church-yard gate awaiting the arrival of tho funeral procession, whon, much to his surprise, tho entire group, who had come within a few yards of him, Eud denly turned back and marched around tho church-yard wall, thus traversing its wost, north, and east bout daiics. On inquiring tho reason of this oxtraordinory proceduro, one of tho mourners quickly leplied, " Why, yo wad no huo them carry tho dead again the i mi ; the dead maune ny go wi' the sun." This is not unliko a Welsh custom mentioned by I'omiant, who tells us that whon a corpse was. conveyed to tho church-yard from any part of the town great caro was taken that it always should be carried tho wholo distanco on tho right hand side of tho road. From .time immemorial thero has baon a strong feding of ropugnanco among tho inhabitants of rural parishes to burial "without tho sanctuary." This doeß not mean in unconsecratcd ground, but on the north sido of tho church, or in a romoto corner of the church-yard. Tho origin of this prejudice is said to have beon tho notion that tho northorn part was ihat which was appropriated to the interment of unbaptizod infants, excommunicated por sons, or euch ns had laid violont hands upon themselves. Hence it was popularly known as the "wrong sido of tho church." In many parishes, thoreforo, this spot remained unoccupied, while tho remaining portion of tho churchyard was crowded. White, in his " History of Selbourno," alluding to this -operstitious, says that "us most people wished to be buried on tho south side of tho church yard, it became such n mass of mor tality that no person could bo interred without disturbing or displaying tho bones of his ancestors." Great attention has been paid, also, to tbo position of the grave, tho popular ono being from east to west, whilo that from tho north to the south has been considered not only dishonourablo but un lucky. A curious surviving custom at Welsh funerals is termed tho " parson's penny." After reading the burial service in tho church, tho clergyman stands behind a table while a Psalm is boing sung. In tho meantime each of tho uiournors places a piece of money on tho tablo for his acceptance This ceromony is regarded as n token of rospect for the decoased, although it was no doubt originally intonded to compensate tho clorgy man for praying for the soul of tho do parted. In somo Welti, parishes also a sim ilar custom called "spado money" is kept up. After tho corpso has 'been committed to its rosting-placo the gravo-diggor pre sents hi. spudo as a recopliielo for donations, theso offerings, which often ninoun. to a goodly sum,being regardod as his perquisite. Tn Yorkshire, at tho funeral of tho rich in former days, it was customary to hand "burnt wine" to tho company in a silver flagon, out of which every ono drank. This beverage seems to havo been n heated pre paration of port wino with sujr.ir and spice, and should any romaio.it was sent round in tho flagon to tho houses of friends for dis tribution This, of course, was a spe •'_.. of funeral feast, called in tho North of Eng land a. " arval "—a lingering survival of the offerings that woro originally made to tho ghost of the deceased. Among the super stitions that still ding to the church-yard may be mentioned ono that has existed ft -n tho most remote period, and which bus - vested it with nn atmosphere of drean .t having boon gonorally supposed that t -v nro haunted by spectres and appn.ili . Indeed, it has boon truly pointed out v? ilr Taylor that, through all tho changes oi ie liglous thought from first to last in tho course of human history, tho hovering

ghotta of tho dead ninko tho midnight burial-ground a place whero men's llc.h creeps with terror. — " Boston Times,"

Rig Poker.

It is no trouble at nil for a man who love i a good stiff game of pokor to. find it in Kansas City, says a letter from that city to " Tho Cincinnati Star." Thero is a state law horo which makes the keeping of a gambling houso a felony, butitisnot enforced against poker " dub rooms." Thero is no faro east of tho Kansas elato lino. Tho strictly pro fcsional gambling amounts to almost nothing, but there aro some stockmen's gamos that would mako cold chills run up tho back of tho average bueinc.. man. 1 havo seen $2 .000 change ownership in a littlo friendly game on hands which went back to the pack without ever being seen. Unsuspecting people never dream nf tho extent if tho pokor mania. 1 believo if tho world would look it- up it would find that if tho pokor clearings were included in tho weekly statements they wouldgo a long way toward offsetting the loss of 30 or 40 per cent, that tho motropolis is suffering. At all ovonts it would bo so if poker-plnyintr i" as popular in Now York as it is in Kansas City. Woo unto tho man who jumps tho game ; thrice disgraced is he who jumps the game whon he is winner. Fivo rich stock men bired a room in tho St James Hotel on a Friday night about a weok ago. They had a poker lay out, and the bluo chips wore worth 25d01, the rod IOJoI, and tho white sdol. It was lOdol ante and no limit. Tho night flow away apaco and tho morning dawnod on tho absorbed players. Somo wero poorer nnd some richer by thousands. Breakfast and dinner and thon supper wore brought up, but tho play went on. Late Saturday night ono of the participants signified his intention to go homo to his wife and babies, but ho was kept by tho promisos of his friends that they did not mean to play much longer. Another day, and still the click of tho chips never ceased. Breakfast, dinner, and supper woro agaiu served. But play was higher and moro reckless. Jackpots that would each buy a ranch were raked in first by ono player and then another. At breakfast-timo Monday morning tho man who wanted to go homo Saturday night sworo that he would wait no longer. As ho plunged through the doorway he was followed by this scathing remark : " a man who would jump a game I" A yoar ago I mot a young man who had come out West to grow up with the coun try. He was a graduate of Harvard and had pleasant manners, but had evidently left a comfortable Eastorn homo with exag gerated notions of tho West. In throe weeks after his arrival ho was stripped and had all his bost dude pawned. I was somo what interested in his fato nt tho timo, but did not see him again until a few days ago. He had tho earmarks of prosperity about him, and I was told later on that ho had graduated from a coal-dealer's ollico as a crack pokor player, and he had learned it all within a tew months. Somo wonderful stories were told of this young follows nerve, and it was said thut he had a good fat bank account and sat regularly in a stockman's gamo. Tho tido in his fortune was turnod by his grit in playing two deuces in a big gauio. He had been drifting into gambling for some time, and know a great deal about a deck of cards. Throo of the players had laid down their hands after tho draw, leaving only two contestants. The hero of this story had been winning and bet freely on his hand. His opponent kept seeing himand raising, him andlinally,nfterthe pot had grown big onough to bo worth fighting for, raised him 2,500d01. The clerk in tho coal office put on his thinking cap. He had two deucos unsupported, and he looked at them and then coolly eyed his antagonist. This lasted two or three minutes, and not a facial musc'.o moved. " I call you," he said at last, throwing his deuces down on tho table. Thoy won tho pot Tho other man's hand was not as good as ace high, I am told that this young Harvard graduate is one of the bost poker-players hereabouts. His luck is charmed, and the oldest and most reckless players tremble when they go against him. The great art in poker is to know when to call and when not to call. With lOOdol in the pot and sdol h . t by hi. antagonist, I once caw the best gambler iii Missouri lay down three of a kind. " Why did you not call him, it would only have cost you odd ?" said I. "Ho had a better hand than I did, aul I would have been just sdol out." Men are born gamblors, and it is this in tuition to call at- the right timo that m_k ... them successful. In a big game at a hotel bore not long ago, in which fivo or six friends took part, thero was an exciting illustration of this delirious sort of doubt. Every player had mado good his ante, and some of them had put in a few hundred dollars additional before drop

ping out. At length IO.OOOdoI. lay on the table, with two players fighting for it. 1 stood behind one of them. He had three queens, having drawn to them at the start. His opponent had drawn three cards. The latter at this Juncture coolly announced a rise of 10,00-dol. The man with three queens was fairly staggered. His antagonist might be bluffing. He might have drawn to an acoand king and caught nothing, or he might have caught another king and two moro aces, or he might have drawn to a pair and caught a full hand. Was ho bluffing? That was tho question. After thinking the matter over ho did not consider his queons worth that amount of money, so both hands wont to tho deck, and tho man on the other sido of the table raked in the stakes. I found out afterwards that all this money was won on tho following hand : Ace, jack, ten, and two sixes. Tho three queenß would have won by a largo majority.

Dr. Moorhouse on Trade Societies.

In his annual address to tho Church of Eng land Assembly of Victoria, the Bishop of Melbourne thus referred to the duty of tho Church towards tho Trade Societies: —

" It is our duty to find or mako tho .eid ers of such working mon's club. I believe that such institutions would not only defend our youths from danger, and promote their moral and spiritual good, but also supply a groat public need. The progress of demo cratic principles is fortunately thrusting forward a class of political questions to which our forefathers gave no heed. Start ing from the unquestionable truth that socioty ought to aim, not merely at keep ing tho peace, and defending honest men against rogues, but further at giving to every ono ot its citizens the bost possible opportuniny of developing his humanity, modern legislators are striv ing to establish just relations be tween landlord and tenant, capitalist aud labourer, employer and omployed. This effort is bringing to the front questions which would have simply terrified our forefathers — questions about the right of property in land, tho laws of inheritance, co-operative manu facture, labour combinations, and the liko. And it is most important, as it seems to mo, that such questions should bo considered by working mon in the light of Christian principles. Somo people, I know,- urge that, (inestions liko theso Bhould be left to secular trade .fe'-iotics. Ido not think so. 1 havo the |.-<Sb<t sympathy with trade societies. 1 _,«_ffve that they originated in a simple determination to seek justice, to claim and obtain for tho working classes an equal share in tho holp and protection of society. And, boyond all doubt, thoy havo still an important part to pluy in the organisation of tho future. But there is ever tho danger that they may become one sided and soltish, that thoy may endeavour to gain for working men thoso exceptional class privileges which wero Been to bo so odious when claimed or enforced by capitalists or nobles. In a fight it is seldom that tho victor thinks of tho rights of the vanquished, and now that labour is winning along tho_ whole line, it is not impossible that it may imitate the selfishness which so long hold it down. Tho danger of such a rosult is greatly increasod whon men tako for their prinoipal object tho equalising of material benefits. This point of view is a low one, and the outlook from ir, narrow. The air of swampy bottoms of material intorest is clo.o and stilling, and it is not oasy to make such heavenly flowers as forbearance and self sacrifice thrive in them. That is why wo soo moro economists so often declining into narrowness of thought, hard ness of feeling, and tho pitiful othics of tho counting-house. Without, thon, thinking for a moment of superseding trade societies, I beliove that wo may givo them important aid and do nolittlctowards preserving them from patent dangers, if in our working men's clubs wo accustom those who belong to trades' societies to consider economical questions under tho guidance of Christian truth. Suppo.o for instance, that social legislation has been suggested. It would ho one of tho objects of euch a club to con sider carotully the proposed Act, to sco whether its provisiono wero in harmony with tho groat law—that everything should subserve the highest development, oi man; to suggest amendments, get up petitions, promote uiseus.-i.ii, watch and work and guide public opinion, till, if possible, tho best and must righteous end had been gained. Lot us then establish working men's clubs, guilds, unions, or eociot.es, in order to give practical effect to this grand conception, and then, instead ol looking helplessly on while great questions aro being debuted and decided, we shall havo organi sations ready to tlo.il with every emergency as it", ari-es, and to make tho forco of Christian principles felt nnd acknowledged in c-vory provinco of our daily lifo."

A Plucky Female Gaoler.

Kbv. York, Sept. 20.—A " Sun " special from Columbia, S. C, of tho 10th, says: Tho gaol nt Camden has for a long timo been con sidered im-eeure, and for this reason tho pr.oners have roccntly been kept in cells and not allowed the privilege of the corri dors. The gaoler is a cripple, and has been confined to bed for several months. During this time his duties have been attended to by his daughter, Miss Gaskinß, and eho proved herself well worthy of tho trust re posed in her. On Friday evening a new lot of prisoners were received atthogaol, and as tho prison was already crowded, nine of them were locked up in an old cell which had not been used for somo timo. That night one of the prisoners managed to get out of the cell into tho corridor and by some means procured a piece of iron, with which ho broke the lock and released the other eight. They immediately began yrying off the bars of ono of tho windows, and in a fow minutes all the others would have been free.

At this juncture, however; Miss Gaskins heard the.uoise, and tho plucky littlo woman at onco picked up a bar of iron, unlocked the outer room, and rushing into the corri dor whero the prisoners wero working nt the window, sho drove all of them back into their cell in short order. Sh6 kept guard at tho gaol until morning and|managed tho prisonors, several of whom were noted negro desperadoes, and one convicted of murdor and under sentence of death.

A Wedding in a Gaol

Coi.usibia (S.C.), September 19th—At tho term of court for Chesterfield county James Hunter, a fine-looking and well-to-do young white farmer, was tried this weok and con victed of manslaughter, for killing George W. Evans, a neighbour, and sentenced to four years hard labour in the penitentiary. Tho homicide occurred about a year ago. Hunter and Evans wero apparently on good terms with each other just previous to the fatal oncounter. On that day, however, in consequence of an insulting remark made by Hunter in speaking of Evaus' wife, the latter knocked him down and punished him, While Evans was leaving the scene, with his mother's arm around him, Hunter ran up and discharged tho contents of a pistol into his body, causing almost instant death.

The killing was witnessed by Miss Dora Evans, a pretty girl, 18 years old, a niece of the murdered man and the affianced bride of his murderer. Not for one instant during all his trouble did the love of Miss Dora for her promised husband waver. Night before last, some time after Shoriff King and hia household had retired for the night at tho Chesterfield Gaol, thoy were aroused by a loud knocking on tho outer door of the gaol. The Sheriff dressed, went out, and to his astonishment found that his visitor was Miss .Dora Evans, who had fled from home, twenty-fivo miles distant, and ridden unattended through a drenching rain, for the purpose, as she boldly an nounced, of marrying hor lover before he want to tho penitentiary. Sheriff King fur nished Miss Evans a comfortable room for the night. Early next morning a clergy man was summoned, and in the gaol hall, at 8 o'clock, the ceremony was performed in tho presence of fifty spectators—court officers, lawyers and jurymen. A substan tial breakfast followed, after which the newly married couple exchanged affec tionate adieus. The bride returned to the homo of hor parentß, and the groom was haudcuffed by the guard, taken on board a train and started off on his journey to the penitentiary in this city.

A case at Manchester before the Vice- Chancellor of Lancaster concluded last Fri day after a trial of fourteen days. Tbe leading counsel for tho plaintiff had a fee of 1,000 guineas, and a refresher of 100 guineas per diem. The senior junior had a fee of 400 guineas, and a refresher of 50 guineas per diem ; and the fees and refreshers of the two other juniors wero in proportion. Alto gether the fees of tho plaintiffs counsel must have amounted to 5,000 guineas. The action was brought by onn merchant against another in regard to certain transactions that had taken place between them. What ever itß valuo may have been to them, it seems to have been highly beneficial to tho logal profession.—" Truth,"

TAHITI.

I.

The Proem.

There is a land that lieth Amid tho Southern Sea, Where the soft zephyr sigheth Across the odorous lea; Where smiles a radiant heaven On seas of constant calm: Where added charms are given Of orange tree and palm; Where rise basaltic mountains With fadeless foliage crowned, And leaping, sparkling fountains Spread melody around.

A gentle race thero dwelleth

Within that land so fair. Whose happy laughter telleth

Of bosoms free from care; There merry youths and maidens In peace their years employ— Their voices join in cadence, Their life is love and joy; The grace of form and teaturo No ugly fashions mar; The paragons of Nature These gontle people aro! How shall I toll tho glorieß Of that bright Orient clime, Who.c beauties shame the stories Brought down from olden time Of Asiatic splendour— Of scenes by Art made bright— Of maidens warm and tender, Whose eyes have Love's own light? How shall my feeble fingers

Pourtray, with futile art, That nameless grace which lingers Like fragrance round my heart?

Not, as in fable olden, From azure fields above Descends this City golden, Where all is peace and love: From seas of pearl and coral This Island risea fair, While beauteoua offerings floral Adorn her gloaay hair 1 0 lovely Papeete! Of earthly scenes the pride! 0 glorious Tahiti! Old Ocean's chosen bride 1 11. The Invitation and Journey. Come, follow mo, away—away! In hot pursuit of Yesterday !" Thus Pleasure gaily called, and I Responded gladly to hor cry.

Howmany achinghcarts havo yearned, How many longing eyes have burned, To get a glimpse of gladness fled— To Bvc again the day that's dead!

How many more have tried the while To catch To-morrow's distant smile— A dim mirage, that lures al ways, And fades from tho expectant gaze!

But these havosought when Hope wasgone, And thoso when Greed impelled thorn on— When urged by Fear or grim Despair To seek relief from haunting Care.

And theso, because they sought amiss Could never find tho wished-f or bliss; For Timo will not his steps retrace To gaze on Sorrow's weeping face!

But Pleasure calls, and in her train I follow o'er the Summer Main To isles that stretch away—away— To tho dim portals of tho Day!

Not to tho far Hesperides, Whero dying glories gild tho seas, Our steps aro bent. Our eyes we turn To where bright Orient splendours burn;

To whore the virgin Day, new-born, Sits in tho rosy lap of Morn ; Where Sol renews his wasted fires, And fond Earth glows with soft desires. With Hope my guide; my comrades Joy, And Love, the littlo Archer Boy, I speed towards that blissful clime Whero backward roll tbe w.hoelß of Timo; Whero man may drink in very sooth The famous Fount of Endless Youth, And whero tho drug Nepenthe grows, That brings enjoyment and repose ! Thoro, living in tho gladsome Now, I'll smooth the wrinkles from my brow; While Time with Pleasure stops to play, I'll dream it always Yesterday! 111. Tills Arrival and Welcome. Yorana ! Ya-rana I Our haven is reached, The perils of ocean are o'er, Our anchor is cast, and our shallop is beached, AVo are treading that wonderful shore Where scenes of enchantment bewilder the eyes, From the emerald earth to thcamethystskles,— From tho mountains resplendent with deep

purple dyes To the ocean of beauty and calm. 'Tis tlio Isle of Tahiti-the fairest on earth; It is gay Papeete -the palace of Mirth; It is where all the Loves and the Graces have birth— The land of the Coral and Palm !

Yorana! We hail thee, thou Orient Queen,

As thou sitt'st on thy coralline throne ; Adoring wo gaze on thy beauties serene. And the charms that are wholly thine own. Is it city or garden that greeteth our sight . Tho luscious banana hangs ruddy and bright; _ he bread-fruit and orange to feasting invite; The zephyr seems loaded with balm ; The lime anil the shaddock are lovely to see; Tho sweet golden papao hangs on tho tree ; Rare spices and flou-'rs grow uncultured and free In tho Land of tho Coral and Palm.

i'o-rana ! Yo hills so fantastic yet fair, That rear your bold fronts to the sky; All hall, lovely harbour, beyond all compare, Where fleets might at anchorage lie; Where bright fishes dart from the deep coral cave. To glance in tho Bunshine that cleaves the blue wave ; Where the lingering tides, as tho pebbles they lave, Murmur Boft a perpetual psalm; Where the boatman spreads gaily his whito lateen sail, And his frail craft spoeds lightly before the soft gale; Yo-rana! fair city and harbour! All hail To tho Land of the Coral and Palm!

French Oceania. When Gallia's sons set forth to rear

A home nmiil the Southern Sea, They ranged the ocean far and near In search of Brace nnd Joy, till here Thoy found what they desire., in thee— Fair Queen of Oceania!

Oh, gallant are the sons of France, In love and war aye bold and free 1 With thy brave sons they broke a lance; Now, conquered by thy daughters' glance. They dwell in love and peace with thee— Blest Queen of Oceania 1

Enthroned thou sittest, Ocoan Queen, Fairest of all the isles that be ; Moorea shines in summer sheen (Thy handmaid fair is sho); Taha and Bora Bora green, With Huaheine's sacred Isle, Attend thee with a gracious smile, And Raiatea calls to thee- Proud Queen of Oceania ! Tho bright Marquesas how the head, And send thee tribute willingly: From Tuamntu'i hundred shoreß The Ocean yields its poarly stores, And tideloss Rapa waits on thee— Fair Queen of Oceania 1 Proud Queen of tho Pacific Main- Fair Mistress of tho Summer Sea I Long, blest, and peaceful be thy reign, While Pleasure follows in thy train. And Love for ever dwells with thee— Fair Queen of Oceania 1 V. Diana of the Tahitians. Bright is the noonday in fair Tahiti, When a golden sheen is on hill and sea, And sweet is the smile of its garden city In tho shade of the palm and bread-fruit tree.

But lovelier still when tho light grows dimmer, Till Sol in a crimson glory dies, _ And Luna shines with a silvery shimmer. And bright stars gleam in the dusky skies. Tho rose-checked maiden far o'er the waters Is typo of the ruddy and glaring noon ; But gemß of night, are Tahiti's daughters- Graceful and fair as the lady moon! Modest are they as " tho chasto Diana "— Huntresses they whose prey is man, Luring alike, with their soft " Yo-rana," Endymion handsome and rough old Pan ! Who could withstand the magic glamour Of those lußtrous, liquid, soulful eyes? The coldest heart they might well enamour, Such wondrous pow r in their glances lies! Who could resist the spell magnetic Of that sweetly suasivo trancing voice! It calls to love, and the grim ascetic Responsive leaps, as he had no choice! 'Twas night, and slowly o'er fair Tahiti The moon's palo chariot rolled along, When a dark-eyed maiden of Papeete Assailed my car with her syren song. Sonrr. Come to the woodlands- Come with me, The doves are mated On yonder tree; They are billing, cooing. And fondly wooing: Oh, why are we mortals Less happy than they! Then come to the woodlands Away—away! Come away! Come away 1 I know sweet bowers In a shady grovo ; I have decked with flowers My bed of lovo ; There nought shall fear thee— No pain come near thee; - There Pleasure ruleth With melting sway; Then come to the woodlands Away—away! Come away ! Come awayl

I'll spread thee a cover Of softest silk, I'll bid thee drink of

The cocoa milk. While oranges render Their luiccs tender. And 111 give thee kisses More sweet than thoy; Then come to the woodlands Away—away! Come away! Come away!

Thus sang the maid.as the light grew dimmer, And into the forest she passed from sight; But long on her dress did the moonbeams shimmer. And her glorious eyes like stars gleamed bright f

Still in my dreams I can see her going,

Backward looking to lure me on. Her long white robe like an angel s flowing, Hor glossy hair o'er her shoulders thrown,

Oh! vision of light and love and beauty! Visit mo oft in this world of care; Shine on the thorny path of duty, Beckon me on to a life more fair;

Beam on my sight when the pale Diana Stately walks through the fields above; Breathe on my ear your soft "Yo-rana .'" Beckon me on to your bower of love 1

VI.

The Fourteenth of July

'Tis the fete which the French love to honour, The day when fair Freedom had birth, And the natives of lovely Tahiti Now join in the feasting and mirth.

All day has the tricolor flaunted, With bunting in many a lino; All day have the praises been chanted Of Liberty, Beauty and Wine.

The conquering race with the conquered In friendly athletics have striven, And noiv 'twas the white, now tho tawny To whom the rich honours were given.

'Tis night now; the town is all blazing With lanterns of many a hue, And the band on the lit lawn is playing— "Three Cheers for tho Ked White and Blue."

Within, in the Governor's ball-room, A splendid assembly is met; 'Mid music, and glitter, and fragrance, They advance and retire, and poussette.

Without, by King Pomare'a palace. There's a merrier meeting, I ween, For the youths and tho maida of Tahiti In hundreds so happy are seen.

For thoir annual musical contest Have gathered this light-hearted throng ; They are singing tho himene— sacred And sweetly melodious song.

Himene. Praise ye the Lord alway! Praise Him all, both great and small; Sing His praises loud- Forms and faces bowed; Praise ye the Lord alwaa-a-a-y I

Youths and maidena gay, Manhood sage, and hoary age, Bless His holy name, Sing) with loud acclaim, Praise to the Lord alwa-a-a-a-a-y.

Come out to this avenue splendid, Where lights in long lines aro displayed, Where lovers in couples are walking All under the banyan's broad shade.

Here groups on the greensward are seated. Who sing with harmonious chime, While their heads, and their limbs, and their bodies Sway swiftly, aye beating the time.

Their eyes beam with warm animation, Their faces with happiness glow; In gesture and look of affection Fond spirit to spirit doth flow.

Oh, blame not these children of nature, Nor call them immodest and rude ; This light, song or dance is the reflex Of their happy and innocent mood.

Be it song, bo it dance, 'tis enchanting Its theme is all others above—

'Tie the sprightly and gay hulcu-hula. And its ever now subject is love I

Hula-hula.

There once waß a maiden free. Who sang so light, from morn till night, Ever so merrily, Blithely and cheerily. " Love, sweet love, for mo-e-e-e-e!"

A youth she chanced to see : To the stranger pale she told her tale, Till he, bent listening, Eyes bright glistening. Sang: " Sweet love lor me-e-e-e-e 1" Oh, love flows warm and free When fresh it starts from youthful hearts Now in unison Sing they twain as one— " Love, sweet love for me-e-e-e-o 1' VII. La Fete Venetienne. The crescent moon in western skies Is steadily declining, _,_._,,_ A silver trail across the waves reflects its placid shining, And past the line of light that marks the reefs encircling rim I see Moorca's mountains rise, fantastic, weird, and dim.

To seaward lies that lovely isle, cnwrapt in sombre shade, Whilo Papeete glows with light, In festal robes arrayed. And sweetly blended I can hear, as on the deok I stand, Low murmurous music from the deep, loud laughter from the land.

But see! a light springs into view far ocr the ocean dark, Like glowworm glimmering through the gloom, or ignis fatuua spark: Another and another come, they gather more and more, Till dancing points of light are seen ocr all Moorea snore.

Liko some groat city's distant lights these twinkling tapers seem,— A city of enchantment, as in fantasy or dream, Raised fresh and fair from ocean cave by some magician's power, To tempt and dazzle human sight-the pageant of an hour!

But, no; the lights still gather; now they mingle, gleam, and glance, Like fireflies flitting through the dusk, fn noise-

less, mazy dance. Still moro and more; a myriad lights swift into

being leap. ... Until it seems tho Milky Way reflected in the doep.

Not mirrored stars; for onco again the witching Bcono is changed; The lights, by ordered movements, now in long straight lines are ranged; And now theshiningranks advance, by viewless captain led— An army marching o'erthe deep with soundless, printless tread!

Unlike the strange mysterious host that marched on Dunßinane (When each man bore a leafy bough), this army of the main Disdains all craft or strategy, flings off tho cloak of night. And euch bold warrior bears aloft, a torch that flashes bright.

As on thoy como with measured sweep, at some unheard command The lines divide, and columns wheel around on either hand t Two squares of fire now meet the sight; they noiselessly advance, While Fancy dreams of sunny gleams on sword and shield and lance.

Nearer and nearer still they como to fair Tahiti's • shores, And now tho ear can faintly catch the measured plash of oars, And now the eye can dimly see the scores of light canoes That sweep along, all gaily lit, and manned by dusky crews.

And sudden from the firofty fleet tho sounds ol music break; The trumpet and the war-like drum the moun tain echoes wake; And from a thousand throats on shore come ringing cheers and cries, While from the war-ships in the bay responsive plaudits rise.

Still nearer draws the bright parade of fairy boats aflame; " Yo-rana I" now the boatmen call, above the ioud acclaim; " Fo-rana.'" from the shadowy shore the happy crowds respond, And Echo sounds the glad salute, with iteration fond!

Palo Luna's horn has touched the tip o£ yonder purple hill; The lights are out, the sounds of mirth and music all are still 1 To sleep we go, to dream that we are demigods, not men, And wake to find no traces of " La Fete Vene tienne !" VIII. The Farewell. Adieu ! perhaps for ever, Islo of the Coral Main ; My longing eyes may never Behold thy hills again; But far o'er stormy waters, And under gloomier skies, I'll dream of thy dark daughters, With love-alluring eyes; And 'mid hard paths of duty.

Whatever I may see Of passing grace or beauty Shall turn my thoughts to thee.

My memory shall be haunted With visions of thy hills, Thy bosky vales enchanted, Thy many tinkling rills. Though never more beholding Thy radiant glory-gleams, My Fancy fond, enfolding Thy charms in soft day-dreams, Shall urge her coursers reinless To bear me back to thee, Where still thou sittest, stainless, Girt by thy zone of sea !

Queen of the blue Pacific !— A peerless maiden thou— May influence malific Ne'er cloud thy shining brow 1 Farewell! With deep devotion I'll ever think of thee, Bright Oasis in Ocean- Fair City of the Sea ! 0 glorious Tahiti !- Old Neptune's chosen bride : 0 lovely Papceto !— Of earthly scenes the pride! JoiinL. Kelly. Auckland, 30th September, 1885.

NOTES.

L—"Seas of constant calm." This is no mere poetic figure. Tahiti Beems to lie quite outside the hurricane zone, and has never suffered from those periodic storms as nearly all tbe other Pacific Islands have done. Further, ihe channel of len or twelve miles wide, which separates Tahiti from Moorea, is Baid by mariner' t_ havecaloi water evon when tem pests are raalng in tho .eas around.— ■• . ad-lees foliage." The tre a aro nearly all evergeen.—

"The grace of form and featuru," too. Jn al u sion to the fact that the Tahitians have ljng Riven up the habit of tattooing, while they do ~,..,,, .., jiseives ridiculous by aping Eoro f v.__-^.^iuußi-\ dress, hut have adopted cleth ing at onoe united to the climate and fitted to

display their fine figures to perfection. The drosses of many European ladies resident in Papeete are modelled after the flowing robes of the Tahitians.

IL—"ln hot pursuit of yesterday." In going from the Australasian colonies to Tahiti, Uio traveller passes from Fast to West longitude, and consequently finds that he has lost a day in point of computation.

111.-" Yo-rana 1" This is tho Tahitian saluta tion onmectlng It la pronounced as spelt, with a rlaing inflection, and with tut a slight accent on the penultlmato —" The luscious banata hangs ruddy and bright." A apecies of banana in much request aa food by the natives, has a skin of dark red colour.—" Papao." This fruit, com monly called the "mummy apple," growa In clusters liko the cocoa nut, at the top of a smooth stemmed tree from six to ten feet high.— "Bright fishes." Tr.e fiehea here havo extra ordinarily brilliant colours. Some have bright DlacK and gold bars alternating, others are blue, green, red and white. It is very picturesque to watch the^e ereatmes dartiug about thu wau-rs of tne harbour, and curious to i ote the rainbow colours of tho fishes offered for sale in tl.o public market-"Lingering ti"es." There is 0.-lya tideencein __ hours at Tahiti, and the rise does not exceed two feet.

IV.—•'Moorea." This beautiful little island atands about ton miles from Th hit t, and. lying right in front of the harbou'- of Pupento.fornis a complete barrier again"! th" wind and waves from the outer seas.—' Taba and Hora Bora. Two islands of the Society Group included in the French colony.—"Huaheine's sacred isle- This island is tapu, and all criminals fleeing from the othor islands find here a sanctuary.— "Ralatea calls to thee." The French protec torate _Wg haa lately boon hoisted on Raiateu, the second in importancjof th. Pociety Islands, it la said at the reg aest of tbe n» tives. who wi.h to bo brought undt-r .lenoh rule. By Anglo- French treaty in 1881 the independence of Kai atea was recognl _d by bo h Powera.—' The Bright Marquesas," The Marquesas Islands, to the northward ol Tahiti, are now auhject to the French colonial government of the latter ieland, though formerly they cinsiitutea a separata French colony.—" Tuamotu'a hundred, shoree." The Tuamotu, or Low Archipelago Islands, are under tho French Protectoro te. They are 78 in numbor, and yield large quan tities of pearl Bhell. Theso islands were formerly subject to the native monarcbs ot Tahiti, their inhabitants beiag contemptuously oalled "the King's pig-feeders."—" Tidelets Rapa." There is no perceptible rise or fall of the tide at Kapa. an island far to the couth- •> est ot Tahiti, whiohhaa been brought under French influence. Though email in size, it ia of im portance from its position and tho fact that coal deposits exist on it.

V. —"The Chaste Diana."—The ancient goddess, referred to by Ben Jonson as "QueCn and huntress, chaste and fair," became so des perately enamoured of the beautiful Kndymion that fhe sought his couch nightly; while she also surrendered her charms to the embraces o£ the half-bestial Pan.

Vl.—"Himeno" (hymn) and "Hula-Hula."— Tho verse employed is an imitation of the pecu liar measure ot the Tahltian native SOnes, which has been adopted for their hymns. The closing syllable of each stanza is sounded in a prolonged nasal drawl, lasting about thirty second-1, In the mldat of which the loading singers strike up the next stanza. The music has a jangling sound, but although sung wi h great rapidity, admirable time ia kept. During tho " drone " at the closo of eaoh verso the singers, who are seated on tho ground, bow their faces to the earth. In thehula-hnla they keep time with heads, limbs, and bodies, and occasionally leap to their feet and go through a variety of motions.

V/L—" La ffite Venetienne."—A prooession of illuminated boats and canoes is a prominent feature in the annual fetes of the Hth July aid following day. The effect ia pleasing in the extreme.

Fun With a Bull.

The other day a party consisting of Mr Henry Kelly, merchant, Thomas Brown, and J. M. Ross drove out to see Mrßecl..oji, and view his premises generally.

In an inclosure was an old bull, solitary and alone,

Mr B-elly thought he would like to fraternise with the monarch of themeadoiv, and pat him pleasantly on the back. He accordingly leaped into the inclosuro with a cheerful smile, and approached the gloomy brute with an easy nonchalance that made him the envy of the spectators.

In the meantime Mr Ross and Mr Brown on the other side of the fonco winked un ostentatiously at oach other, and waited for develooments.

Presently they came.

Mr Kelly walked dreamily up to tho bull, called him a pet name or two, and patted him on the back.

It is Bald that the majestic animal actu ally turned pale at Mr Kelly's audacity, but the report lacks confirmation. The bull eyed him for a moment or two with stoical indifference, and then made a lightning pass at bim with his horns, one of which pierced Mr Kelly's legs and ripped off about six inches of cuticle together .with a littlo raw flesh.

The scene was instantly changed. Mr Kelly ran for the fence at full speed, nnd. the bull gathered himself together for an other charge. ,

In the meantime Mr Brown, fearing mis chief to his friend, leaped recklessly into the arena and grabbed the animal by the tail. This distracted the bull's attention from Mr Kelly, and gave that gentleman time to climb over the fence. ' The trouble waa now to get Mr Brown out of the dilemma.

The bull was getting warmed up, and hud a decidedly belligerent aspect. Mr Brown dare 1 not let go of the animal's tail, because the bull would have instantly turned tho other end towards him, in which cose Mi- Brown felt that the situation would be ex ceedingly awkward. So he hung on to the tail, and every time the bull turned Mr Brown would turn too.

Meanwhile Mr Ross and Mr Kelly took v p reserved seats on the fence and encouraged Mr Brown to hang on, as it was only a ques tion of a day or two when tbe bull would become tired out.

Mr Brown did not require much en couragement, however. He felt the necesti ties ot the hour were such that he could not afford to let go. He asked for help, but the audience on the fence only mocked hirr, and ioeringly mentioned that thoy. would call back after lunch and see how he was getting on. Finally, the infuriated animal and his tormentor approached the fence, when Mr Brown, to the utter disgust of the spectators, suddenly let go of the tail and passed over the fence like a streak of light ning. He was saved, but it took about a quarter of an hour and a little something else to bring him to his normal condition.

A Good Old Irish Fight.

Kilrosh on the Shannon, County Clare, Ireland, was the scene of tremendous excite ment and rioting on 12th Sept. at the races for the Kilrush and Clare Plates. For several days past bitter complaints havo been made throughont this part of Ireland against obnoxious landlords who devote themselves to horse-racing. To-day tho following notice was posted in flaming letters in the streets and on fences for miles about.

Men of Clare : Are you going to allow theso vile instruments of landlord tyranty, Tom Sheedy and Charly Martin, who carried their death Bentonce to so many of our brethren, notah'y to Mrs Molrney. who perished' after her eviction, to run their horses, Harkaway and Stella filly, in the People's race? If bojuu share !in their Infamy. Show yourselves roc-, and be there to prevent it, as the sooundrol. are defying you. God rave Ireland 1

Thousands of people were present to wit ness the day's sport. The raco-course wan lined with enormous crowds of angry, men women and children, yelling and brandish ing shillelas. Everybody folt that a bi : ; fight was to come off. The owners of horsi _ about to run resorted to strategy to avoid the vengeance of the populace. Sheedy disguised his horse, Harkaway, by painting its legs white and its nose jetblack, and tho rider did not wear the owner's usual colour*. In this extraordinary disguise, Haikaway started, ran the race, and returned to the paddock without any host ile demonstration. Encouraged by the success of this device, Mr Martin dUguised his filly in a similar manner, painting hor all over a reddish brown. The Stella filly was about to start in the last race, but was ridden by Lynch, a popular jockey of tho County, who was soon recognised by the crowd, in . pito a the precaution tuken on changing tho rac ing colours. The filly and rider wero a. once hailod with a storm of groans, hisso and yells. Tho greatest confusion pro vailed at tho starting-post and a freo ligh; ensued. Tbo wild scene reached its dim,. at the first fence when the jockey and.ill were assailed with sticks and stones. Lynel was knocked offthehorse and dragged abou on the ground, whero tho people jumped c.i him. His head was cut open and ho na; rowly escaped with his lifo. Another jockey waa struck on tho head with a atone, which left a large, gaping wound. All t.it jockeys wero torn offtheirhorses and kick... and dragged about. A real old-fashioned Irish shindy took place all over the course. Hundreds of heada wore smashed. No ono was killed. By a curious concidence Cap tain Boycott had a horse running in the same race. _ His jockey and animal escaped unharmed in the melee.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1885,

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