REVIEWS.

John Hogg and Co's Publications.

Muff firm of John Hogg, oi T«sPT «-, have lately i^d , e voral foßtwtmpa" , iiMory."' P»b" i. »" of the Band of .:, bd at tho WB^ (now i.lontifi.d with ::crCy Tsocicty lor tho L-.-evc.tion of ihe Boy"1 b° B C!; a y N) . Thh Httlo book, Crliclty t0 ,imirably «>cMctl fov tho intro" ffUcb ißftdmi 7 fo! k 3 to tho study of ,;,iction o.f ( J '°v"h C uts of familiar Kn^luh iiaturul history. 11.^^ , iud domoat io avi s■ "Teh Htl'ei"tcre,tin S u,.din vbicli. as mi« - tho book> contribute .BdcUrtWjMfandly a.yd fumiliur rok ; the growth oi - iiik , tho nnimftl *»" b*SS»*horVon.onß.Jlor m »d 1 action. 11'"' j d ,' c killd i y fceln.^ bo £«il» w?Mi»n and tho dumb cioaturea t»«."» *»' , o c" often tho object of tLoir Jaaghtlos" "'.^"^^"mb'lt'hcd a handy The"'nin ionary" if 1,000 ChriHti.n ■■:iI" £S ; , \t of that recurring family tr«foT"»^t',obaby" wo can (!ill' ou J no moro convenient conn- Mff Tnebook may, however, not bring «*'■ imv to it" possts.-oiv. A ohoico univ6rfi,i«Ld names, when there nro f , thousa'ia • to foh thoffl W&SXlLrLllorforexttinplo; Tfej .Sedtoknow that hot narao is ffiUl°t corrVption of Jozobol (oath of merely " c°' ' will Julia think when ftdaSoon^to^knpwn through 10' ti,« "downy-bearded " ono .' liirfaS^mtnietor." of 1553 to 'ro!lo D nbh"her ha. reprinted a stirrin K IS6Se 0 tho old school, entitled ■"■\ of Maurico Druuimoro," "' i I- nftnr their o'.m huarla in tins Sfomomtion of youthful e^capadoß by "SS'lUrtloi. and Co . puWUhaw, '"ttcolonial agents for these and other e Hl) gg' £ public,t.on S .

Two American Novels.

« no American writer can yet claim a "in tho very front rank ot writers ot f] ° "if"ho country has still to pioduco its &v and its Dickens- there.are many plover novelists who pour forth a stream J 0 ortainingstories which deserve to bo t,m known outside the great Republic. f X P James, W. 1). Howells, Sylvanus -,; b b' Anna ivatheiino Green, and others i,n miflit bo named, havoalroady attained ! ~-orld-wii'o celebrity. But there aro ~!! who stand very little behind i-.V Tho want of an international Sight law has had a crushing effect S American llteta-y ellort, because rblish.rs find it so much easier and safer io reproduce tho works of Lnglish writers than to pay adequato remuneration to national authors. There are, however, mblishers patriotic enough to encourage Wican talent, and among them is tho ,-,-„, of Peterson and Brothers, oi I hila delphin, from whom wo have received two b t jrht Btories. . UI these products of American talent we must Rh'° tha preference to "Mark Mavnard's Wife," by Frankie Fabing King, whfehis a capital lovo romance, turning MOnthe fortunes of Candice, a poor girl who his entered into a secret marriage with a rich relative named Mark Maynard. Be <_y m persuaded from his disinclination to disclose I" Ids mother tho fact of his mar riage, and other circumstances, that ho lova ii rich heiress, Candice leaves h-r husbo. id. The story of her trials ia-elops many touching scenes and intro duces numerous admirably-drawn charac te-j, and the reader becomes so wrapped up r, the fortunes of the heroine that he experi ence! a feeling of relief when tho oft listened citastropho is finally averted and tfertbing ends happily. "Theo; a Sprightly Lovo Story, is tho title of a little novel by -Mrs Frances Hodg ■■__ Barnett. True enough, it is sprightly, ai it reads as if tho authoress had terminer! to eschew dullness, whatever other fault she might he guilty of. " Theo" fas not fall in with the latest fashion, and jive the reader a nightmaro with the details oi some insoluble mystery, terrifying apparition, or blood curdling murder. Nor fas Mrs Burnett adoptthe methods of most other American authoresses, who aro nothing ilxA" analytical," and whoso forte is in ifebt into ami delineation of character. Sank heaven there is a prospect of seeing tie last of that species. Better "Called Buck "and "The House on thoMarsh "than tbo long-winded productions of the would- i be imitators of Georgo Eliot. "Theo" is rather alter tho manner of W. D. Howells, though the setting lacks the picturesqueness oi that "laceful writer. Mrs Burnett lipi.l better confine herself to America, for sho n-ikes funny littlo mistakes in sketching English manners and conversation. For ins'/inco, no oue in England tulk« about "lung-feverj" they say "inflammation of tho lungs" instead. Tho motivo of the littlo book is not entirely pleasing, but to describe that would be to toll the tale, which 'vould be an unfair proceeding.

"Red Ryvington"; by William Westall.

Through Messrs Champtaloup and Cooper ire have received from the publishers, CujelUndCo., the latest of Mr WestalPs attractive novels, which has been issued in the "Red Library Scries" at 2s. "Bed Eyvington" introduces tho reader to various phases of continental life, weaving into the story of an English family tiie for tunes of a Russian revolutionist. Tho fesuooteuch literature in a handsome cloth cater, at tho low price of two shillings, nark? tho progress of English publishing entsrprUo, in which Cassell and Company have allays boen leaders of the van.

"Huckleborry Finn "; by Marie Twain.

George Robertson it Co , Limited, havo published an Australian edition of this ex quisitely humorous story. As wo have no wish to incur tho author's awful punish ment on those who attempt either to nnd a motive, moral,nr plot in tho story, we leave readers to find those things out for them •el'tt, only remarking that tho pursuit will prove a most agree? bio ono. " Huckl . herry Finn "affords welcome evidence that prosperity has not dulled tho edge of Mr Clement's rich humour.

"Harpors Young People."

Ifaslicil to name tho beat magazine for the young folk?, wo should unhesitatingly ward the palm to "St Nicholas" and "Harper's Young People." These publica tions are so heartily appreciated wherever tho Eiii;li.>li language is spoken that Eng lish editions are now published As an additional attraction, er.eh monthly part of tie English edition of "Ilarper'e Young Fcoti'e" centain= a beautiful coloured flora! P"i'e. The books aroprintcd on got d piper, •ni well sewn. Mr C. Mackay, bookseller, ''rey-strcet Junction, is using special oxer tbnat.-i introduce these admirable publica •'P'M to thu notice of the harassed parent, JWcstock of stories h.as been exhausted by javonile importunity. The wide diffusion j» well excellent litcratnire will prove a bliMng to our boys and girls. Tho illus trations, .o profusely distributed through »c pnjes of these magazine.?, are an immense attraction in themselves.

"Once a Month."

Many unsuccessful attempts havo been JWO to establish mi .Australian magazino, »« "Once a Month," published in Mcl: Doarne by William Inglis and Co., seems i have solved the problem There is a "SPPy combination of light literature and •OHd ion -muMon, which commends it to a "We mnsje of readers. Tlio "Gallery of *-nrnric!is Australians." biographical and "lustrnted, has been one of its chief attrac tion. Tho Align-) number introduces the Hon. 8. ly. Orifli'h, (>O. Premier and tolonml Secretary of (Vie'-n-lnnd, whose n "wo has come up prominently lately in wrre-npondonco with the Premier of this colony or, Federation.

■ The "Australasian Farmer-, A Practical Uasduooi; for the Farm

AND Btiti >;." ThU work is tho joint production of the Agricultural, Horticultural, and Pastoral Wi of tho "Australasian " In oonduct -3 «'9 fanning sections of this well known tl °'T ucck,y journal, the members of nostsllhavo had special opportunities of J*P«ntiog themselves with tho wants of ™° community; and from the dnri "'eful '"f°rmation accumulated "r-? a long series of years they have **« rip a work that cannot fail to prove of ™^h practical value to the settler. The anr°" i- *>eon reduced to something jT*™! consecutive fn-rangement, °oui?h Hi gptno of the sections thoro ran a."'' to, hav9 baon a difficulty in ar o™7 . tlo matter so as to make it JJJWMent of reference, and there has rceiy been enough of method m the com a™, _ """to th<3 w°rk all that the m* could desire. Several important sub

jects aro omitted altogether, and others treated spasmodically and partially. For examp'o, tho wholo section relating to swine is comprised within Si pages, moro than ;i page of which is devoted '..American stutis tics, and there is n«t one word about the bept modes of curing and treating pork for the market, or even a simple 'recipe for turning the farmer's fat pig into bacon. Notwithstanding such defects, however, the Australian farmer will find a great deal in tho book which he cm apply in "tho manage ment of his crop* and stock, and many use ful directions if he should wish to enter into the cultivation of special crops. Farm and Garden Calendars,' arranged for tho climato of Victoria, aro included in the book, ttnel a brief synopsis of the salient features of tho Land Acts in force in the several colonies. Hooks of this kind cannot bo too much commended in new countries whero the work of collating tho oxpurlonce of farming under special local conditions has ssarcoly yet been attempted. The ''Australasian Farmer" will, we hope, prove tho weh-omo fore-runner of many other successful efforts to assist the agriculturist. Tho prominence jriven to the question of irrigation is suggestive of the difference between the conditions of farming iv Aus tralia and New Zealand, and a still wider contrast wilh the Homo country. Hence tho need for toxt-booku containing tbo results of purely local experience The book is published for tho proprietors of iho " Australasian " by George Uoberts.ni & Co.

Pore Hyacinth? on National Religion.

An Extraordinary Sceno.

The Paris correspondent of tho London " Standard " telegraphed on tho evening of July t! the following graphic narrative of a. public address by tho famous Pore llyacintho :—The announcement that M. Loyson would deliver an address on the secularisation of tho Pantheon drew an enormous gathering to day to tho Winter Circus. Tho proceedings wore remarkable not only from the wonderful oratorical powers of tho speaker, but also from the unruly demeanour of some intolerant fanatics. M. Loyson was heard with re spectful attention as long as ho confined himself to describing the Pantheon as a patriotic templo but he oxc-itod a storm whon he protested against the antagonism which it was sought to create bctwocn the spirit of revolution and tbo spirit of ro ligion, and it grow into a tempost n-hen he denounced as unwise, unpatriotic, and tin philosophical the proposal to tear down tho crapo from the building which sholtoiod tho remains of saint George Genovitsve, the patron saint of Palis, and of Victor Hugo. 110 protested ugaiiiHt tho notion that the great national uprising of 17811 was irreli gious. Ho continued: — " The famous oath taken at tho Versailles Tennis Court 06 years ojfo was not founded upon blasphemy. Tho Revolution was essent.tally religious in its character, and that religious character was- especially con spicuous in tho Declaration of the Rights of Man. I will not appeal to llobcspicrro, though I hold him to havo beon sincere, for tho reason that the means ho resorted to were detestable. 1 will have none of that priestcraft of tho gulliotine, but would, on the contrary, adopt the- prayer of General lloche, that great spiritualist who prayed to Cod, who hud nerved the arm of French s«ldiers in battle, to extirpate all factions from the Republic."

Hero thoro was considerable uproar, which increased tenfold when, continuing his addross, be asked, " Musi, the Cross bo re tained on tho summit o< the I'anthe-ou?" For full ten minutes there was a scene of wild con fusion, cries of " Oni" and " Xmi," and all that unseemly scuttling that gen erally marks the public meetings of the champions of liberty, equality, and fraternity. After the, audience had shouted themselves hoarse ho was able to con-

" Even if the Cross had ceased to havo religious signification, if even it were but lie emblem of a thiug that was utterly past

and gone, it would bo needful to proceed to long and exhaustive deliberation boforo doing away with it. Thocirly Christians showed greater toloration than modern Re publicans. In tho foundations of Notro Dame an altar of the days of Tiberius had boon discovered. The altar of Christ had not destroyed tho altar of Paganism, but been raised above it, ;.■ i the maxim of tho early Christiana was • 1/7,. uf instille*.' Do not, therefore, suppress Ihe past, only bar barians such as Attila —"

Horo thoro arose a tremendous tumult. Amid the din Father llyacintho was hoard to say, "You cannot placo another emblem above the Cross" A voice from the ;mdi,:»co cried, " Why not a weathercock ''." Father Hyacintho replied, "You see you hive no other emblem,"whereupon another person exclaimed, " And tho national Hag " M. Loyson continued : - ' Yes, I iovo and reverence the national fln»-, but it is the only emblem of our country, whereas the Cross i- tho sacred symbol of tho common fatherland of all mankii d. Do what, you will, however, you cannot prevent tho Pantheon being bwauti ficd with the Cross. You may tear it down from tho roof, but it is embodied in it t very structure, which is in tho form of a (del; Cross " . After frtsh uproar, mingled with ap pUuse, ha proceeded, amid constant inter " Revolutionary fanaticism is but Ultra montariism rever«ed. Been before the clergy hnd raised its voice to protest they shouted (o the prie-t.. 'Away with the Cross, or we shall tear it down !' (shouts ol ' Yes.' yes ! down with the Cross !') 1 know that too often the Cross has shelt-red intolcrnnco and superstition. It had been | lighted up by the lurid glare of nutn* dn.fr (cry uf ' And tho .-it. Bartholomew') ■) i:-<, I know all that, but prcei-e-lv bo=aitsc the Cross has been profaned, lei us hold it. in cur more faithful bands n«d not surrender if, to those who profaned if. (Applause.) Do not forgot tho tears it has dried, the devotion it, his inspired. (Ironical laughter.) If you do not bslicvo m', hear your great rjoo . Victor Hugo. To toacb tho Cross would bo the act of criminals and madmen. (Fresh uproar.) But it will survive anddcfyallattempsto overthrow-it. (Shouts: 'We "hall sac') Tho Cross is tho gibbet ol tho .'lave s.notified by tho sacrifice of a God, nnd tho modern world is thooutepmoof that sacrifice. The Revolution is the daughter of tho Cross ;. it is but ono act in the great drama which commenced on Celvary. I repeat it would be crime and madness to touch the emblem of liboi-ly, equality, and brotherly lovo In America we are accused of being materialists, oi begetting a new r_-.ee of degenerate men. That Cross which you would pull down is not merely sonijich wood or stone or metal. ('«• u'ent rieit el c'esl ■tout. If you pull it down you tell the world we are Frenchmen, the representatives of materialism, of blasphemy, wo disclaim sny further-connection with ChristianciviHs.-iHon But your efforts will bo fruitless. In spite of them the Cross will continue to tower alofr, abovo llivthological and philosophic gal-, and expend its fostering arm-: as two eagle -win"? over Ihe brotherhood of mankind. Tt wi if remain for ever tho oternal symbol of the fraternity of man on earth and the I paternity of God our Father which is in I Applause mingled with hooting greeted ! tho close of this roinarkablo address. M. Loyson, who had got down from the plat -1 form once more rmhed into tho tribune, 1 and exclaimed, " la Crolfc ./-■ vom k dis e'est la liherte." Tho audience separated I in a stato of considerable excitement.

UNKNOWN Red.

S, most amusing ami novel caso—Me Allien v «ci-,iiodc-ciiicr-was tried at tho Shenll's Court Preston, England, before a special itii-V ' April 2Mb la-t plaintiff and defen dant were in tho Devonshire Hotel, Barrow in Fumes*, partaking of refreshments, when the latter poured a box of red dye over plaintiff's bend. Plaintiff afterwards trior 3 to wash it off, when he found his face, neck and hair all dyed red. Defondant then'exclaimed jocularly : " You will bo a red devil for three months." Plaintill washed himself again, but tho more ho r.-bbed the moro intense tho colour became Bi ,i>c« having his foatnros and hair stained, the n'-in-ill'p-P' 'led a couple of suits, several idr -' •■ ii'.imK-u-of collars, and altered the hue o; the bed-clothes. Ho was also thrown out of employment owing to the ridicule he was subieeted to, tho boys and girls shout i„,r "Bed Indian "as ho passed along the streets The plaintiff appeared in court villi a finely-polished scarlet countenance with a head ot bright chestnut ha, . I defendant was tho manager of the i lax .1.11 Jute Works, Barrow. The action was brought to assess the damages sustained by tho plaintill Tho jury returned a ver dict for plaintiff for £20.

Singular Story of a Young Woman.

Ti»: following particulars transpired at Grot don, England, of iho ro-uppcuriinoe, under very extraordinary circumstances,

.! Miss Bertha Oeiiui-, oged 2_i year

aho left her home, .a litigate, on March 4th, and was not heard of until AVednosday :— It seems thai tho young woman, who is tho daughter of Mr damea Duimis, a master bricklayer, of

Mead-valo, Roigate, left- tho town on the date above-mentioned, for the purpose of travelling by rail to L;ulyw«ll, where she was going to visit an mint, but sho did not reach that relative. The young woman now states that when sho reached East Croydon station sho walked round to the

Addiseumbo Koad station, where sho pur chased a tickot for Ladywcll. She got into a carriage, and in the sumo compartment was an oldorly lady, who entered into con versation with her. Miss Dennis avers the train had proceeded but a vow short dis taiicg whon her fellow passenger shook a pocket-handkerchief in her faco, which had the effect «f causing her lo '"all into a stupor, and she remembered nothing more until she found herself in an attic at the tap of a high houso. Sho bad not tho f.iiulest idea as to whore tho houso was situated, whether in London ot- elsewhere, but tho apartment in which she was im prisoned fur mure than Id weoks was woll nigh dustituto of furniture, her bod con

sisting of an old mattress in ono corner of tho room. She states further that she was visited daily by an elderly female, who generally had a chilil wilh her. .Her princi pal food was bread and water. The female told her that the houso was occupied by livo women, " who gained their livelihood by thio ving-,'' und that when the Prince of Wales opened tho Inventions Exhibition " thoy did a good day's business." Shew-as further informed that these women used logo out in different kinds of dresses, and that they sometimes wore wigs. There was only cue window in the attic, and that overlooked tho backs of somo \ery lingo houses. Her clothes wero taken from her for tho pur pose, us the old woman told her, uf being worn by tho " ladies," who also appropriated her money—about £.\. Asked to account for the fact that she still retained possession ol"bur silver watch, shecxphiiiiod that slu-had fastened it in her buck loot- which hid it from view. When sho told tho elderly femalo where sho camo from sho said, " Ah, I knew you wore a country girl as soon as they brought you hero. You won't get away yet, but when 1 got an opportunity I will givo you your clothes and (aire you out " On Wednesday morning sho was blindfoldod,andtiftor being led a considerable distance tho wrapper was removed from her eyes, the woman who had been leading hor suddenly disappeared, and sho found herself in a stiango placo. Alter making inquiries of tho way to Uoigate, she tramped homo. The police are informed that tho girl had not had a chango of linen .since sho left home, anil that besides looking 10 yoars older, she was very haggard and careworn. .Sho has hold several situations in tioignte, where sho was much respected by her em ployers. She state.- that she is quite unable to give tho police any further information with respect to the locality or position cf tho house io which she ullegos she was allured.

In the course of an interview on Monday with somo relations of the young woman, Bertha Dennis, who alleged that she was kidnapped while travelling from Croydon to Lady well on .March-Ith, and imprisoned in a garret for It) weeks, her friends state.! thai they placed the utmost reliance in her story She bad been for upwards of three ye .is in tbo service of a gentleman re-tiding at Station Koad, lick-ate, as cook, and an elder sister tilled a similar situation next do ..-. On Ma-ch 3rd one of her sister's fellow-ser vant- proposed that as they had both got v hoi lay on the Ith she and Bcrth-l Deiiai should go to London together, and it was agreed that tho lattor .-li-uild visit her aunt at L-.dywe-ll in the ufteinoon, and finish up the evening with her brother In Chureh streot, Cro} don. Before stinting in the morning Bertha Dennis was paid her quarter's wages, amounting to .Cl, and it

s said to havo been quite by accident that die took tho wholo of thai sum with

her. Iter intention was lo place the greater portion of it in her box, but she forgot to do so. Owing to some misunder standing, ."ho mis-ed her i-iirnpaiii iv nt Rrigate station, and tho first intimation of anything being wrong was received when tho other girl called at, Mr Kinds'.-, io Ghuieh-strc-r-t, the same night, and asked whether Bertha was ready to go home. N'o'hing was li- *■ 11 of Bertha Dennis lion that day until 11 o'clot'.. on fi:.-day night, when sho kn'ckr-d at the door of her brother's shpip.-.t Croydon, f-j irlully cluirigi ,1 in appearance. She was coc-int-d to a degree, and all but insensible Iron, ex haustion. According to In r ace unit, which .-lie was only able to givo after restoratives had beeuatlmiiii-teied, she had been rxactl) 12 hours travelling from .-ouio place m-.r I -.nd-n- she believes it iiik New Cross -to Croydon. When .'he left l.lcigaie. sho bad in her possession, a ue-v mackintoili, :. handling, an umbrella, a brown piper parcel a silver watch, two silver chains, a locket with "B.rtha' engraved oa it, and a gold ring sot with stones. The whole of tr-.c«e, with too cxc-plion of thu watch, led been taken from her. While Mrs Dennis, her si-t*r in-law, v.as attending to her, she noticed that .-din wa- holding the watch in her hand, and the girl sobbed. •• I would not. lot them take that." She had only been to Lin.ion twico in her life She stated that it was in the booking olii.-e

licit sho first noticed the old lady who iliii"ge.l her, and she seemed vcty anxious to hi,,.w where she llieitha) wa-. going. When they were seated in the train the old 1, i, - ~_!, It i- •:. in o th-y ni'.- ni.:l then it was that the handkerchief win waved in her face, and sho became unconscious She offc-Jii saw the old lady in the lions:. where she found hers If on the re-.ivory of her senses, and was certain that sho could identify her if -he wore tho same clothes The other women in tho hou»o not only wore wigs, but they painted their faces and lips. They told her tint sho would hive to go out and do as they did, and when she .id sho would not they bed. her. All her clothing was worn by tho women. The jacket, was altered to fit. a bigger woman. (Mrs Dennis found that, The buttoin had been shifted somo fow inches forward.) On the morning that she was blindfoldod sho remembered coming down a great many stairs When sho arrived at Croydon she had not n farthing, nnd her clothes were inamisorablestato. Her friends, it, is stated, havo never known her to toll an untruth, and sho has never before been tho cause of an hour.- anxiety to her mother or father, who have resided in Reigiteall their llviH. Aftoritayingtho night with hor sister in-law she was taken homo on Wednesday afternoon, and has since been under llieciire ofadoctor. Superintendent Honors, of Ihe Kodhill polico, has the matter in hand, tho crirl's parents believing she was kidnapped for tbo purpose of robbery, if nothing moro serious. The first, io givo informal ion to ihe Scotland Yard authorities of hor di.-up :p -aranco was a Mr Oroy, of Kodhill, in whose service she formerly was.

It'.vnsstated on Tuesday that the Roig.atc ii,lien had mado inquirios into tho girl's story, a.-d had come to the oonclusit n not to pursue them ui.y fill titer without some hotter diiU to work upon. The correspondent of tho eonlompsrary who interviewed the girl in the mildlo of Iho week found no variation in her story, dospito cross-oxaniinufioii. She sat down will, her hands in lierlapduiingthcintcrviow, and answered question aftor question half mechanically and without much intelligence. Describing hor poisonal appearaneo tho intorviewer says :--" Boforo her departure she is said to havo been '.-mart and well favoured.' Illness and anxiety have played havoc with hor. Neat and trim in appearance, her dress giving her no figure, with brown hair brushc/l away from hor forehead, brown eyes, ..-hich light up some times with i h.-IU-fi'lghtenol, halffuilivo look ; adecideoly pb.in butnot ttiia'.tractive face, expressionless and vapid, il not imbecile."

The Protestant Bisho Die at Jerusalem.

.... is ve-y probable that the Protestant Bishopric at Jerusalem, which was estab lished conjointly by Pru-si \ and t-lngland in lS*l, through tho iiitorvenlion of Iho gre-.t Bu-.-eii, will b-, di-.-oritinucd ent-iii ly. Tbo two countries h d taken turn about in app anting the Bi heps, and such excellent men ns (inbut, Barclay, and others had gractd this clili'r, and do.-.o much for the By.-,; ee'de'd cause ir. Pa • stino. But hithoi to the Bishop- appointed by Prussia were compelled to submit to tiio three ordina tions of tho Established Church of England —a fact which re lUcted up-.-n tho legitimacy of the ordination of tho Prussian State Church. The latter Government now re fuses to submit to this policy any longer, and desires to appoint- an incumbent with out sending him to Bngland for ordination. To this the Church authorities of England refuse to accede, and Prussia will undoubt edly soon declare its withdrawal from the jgint Bishopric affair,

SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN.

TiioComposci-'-fOplrpicn otHia Own Works.

Pationeo " t-ia Most Profitable.

Slit AuriH'i: Scli.ivax, th? ooinposcr of popular opora, has boon interviewed iv San I'.itiici ci 1-tely by an American roportor, Tbo journalist describes him us "a short tl.i.-k set man with a dark complexion and eltnk, piercing ojes, which Constituted ids most neticeablo features. His hail' was dark, just sprinkled wilh groy, face clo-oly shaven with the except ion of a dark mous tueho and short win-i.ei :i on each Pride, lie woro a checkered blaek-aiul-whito silk travelling shirt and a loose coat and punts, which showod that he e.une, from a warm climate," In Iho course of tho interview .Sir Arthur st.-ifetl that he ca - o to California partly for pleasure and partly to see his mphews and nieces io Los Angdei Uis brother's family have been living in Los Aiigoios.andliPivo recently lost their mot her. lit: had been helping them aim:,' I'm" :i con siderable time, and wanted to sco them and also tho country. In response lo further questions ho observed : " My father was an Irishman, but ho left, Ireland when but three years of age. My molhe-i's people were Italian, and J was born in London." Tho groat eomppi.-ei- looks far more like an Italian than a Briton, He has tho dark skin a-.-.l (ho hair nnd eyes of a native of Italy. " Which of your works give you tho greatest satisfaction '!" asked tho roportor. "Oh, ihe more serious The comic operas wero purely an accident ill my career. We wrote the first one to help out a Ihoiitiie-a! friend in Loudon. Tin: thoatro wiison its last legs, evidently couldn't last much longer. Tito owner camo to Gilbert and myself, and asked us to writO him an opera. We hid never worked lugethor before, though we w. re old friends. Wo talked il over and linally consented, knowing that we couldn't hasten Ihe ui'd much. Wo wrote -Trial by ,'lury.' li win pro duced, anil took the I iw.i by siorm I' was anew revelation. I'coplo wero not accus tomed to having SCliollS lllllsie set i.« comic words, .-tiid it took We folio.', ed that with the 'Sorcerer,' and then with ' i'inaforo ' and the otbois. We soon found we were compelled t ' continue writing. There woro so many people dcpendinl on the pio.luclion of our operas thai, we did no! f. ol that we otitfht to stop writing. I only wrilo open-as, though, when there is a demand for lhem. There is a regular music il bale motet' in the box ollie-o. For instance, tho ' Mikado ' has been running in London ior four months, and the lust 7 letter I recieed said tint tickets had to be procured ten days ahead to gain itdini-sioii. When there is such a rush in the dnlle-t part: of the year, it is a good sign that the opora will last formally moiithsyet, and of oour.e 1 won't write any ( more until that is on the wane."'

"Then you aro not writing now '.'" "Not comic opera. Bui 1 have many othei-engagen.ei.ts in England. 1 have pro mised to provide a sai-icd piece for lb- Ti-icnnial tlonve.ition al Leeds next year. '

'• Which of v .nr works have pioved tin greatest monetary micccss 1

' " 1 think ' I'-i'lienci)' has la en. ' I'ina fooo" took tho best, but we did not make anything out of the ..nieiic.n ivprettlilu'.l. n oi'ir."

Sir Arthur has never been m-inie.l, and is travelling alone, with ihe eMcption i.i a servant.

Sir Arthur S .moor Sullivan v. a- born i London, May :!, IS-!'-'. Hi-father wim prin cipal Professor at Kncller Hall, tho train ing school for Biitidi military bands, lie ,-,.', - r., -.1 his ir 1 ,py. 'em '-tie ir-tnicti -n in music at Ihe Chanel Boyul,St. .lume-'s,under the Kov. Thomas llelmore, and lie was still a chorister when, at tho age of 11, he

gaiued, tbo lirsL time it was competed for, ihe Mendelssohn scholarship After livi. vea.-s' siu.lv tin.hr M'- (dieiwaids Sir) S-erndalc Bourn It. ai. i Mr (afterwards Sir) John li .-s. he -tudied itt I.i ip/.ig for line. years at the C-...5. rv.it..riuni. l->-n his return to V. -igl mil in IStil. he brought with him his music to Sluikspero's " Tom-

pest," which was p..-! formal for the liisl tin.o at the Crystal P.d'U-c. Hi- next work was the c.-inata " K.-nilw nth," pr.-lue. I al ill.- Birmingham l-Vs.t-,1 in Hint Tin was followed l>v the Symphony in X (Crista] Palace i-'eo) : overture " In Memo riam " (Norwich 1-Hill) : ov..rt-.nu " Mar mi.iii "(Philharmonic iMiT): orut-uii) " the Prodigal Sou" (llore-foid ISI5S): overture I> i ' Hallo" (l',unrin:!riin IM'.O! : ''!-■- Shore and Set" (Inti nuitioeal Kxhibilion IS7I) : " I'.-tivd To D.-iim " lo con.iii*mo rate tho recovery . f the Prim-- of Wales (Crystal I'alaeo IsT'Jl ; orttiuio "The Light of the World" (lliriningbam 1573) : nnd the sicrod musical dr*»u " Tho Miriyrul Aiitioch" (Leeds IS-S0). Mr Sullivan bus also produced the following s«ccc.«fnl operas ami .-p.-.etles: "Cox and Box," IS.ili; "('onttibaiidist.-i.' Isf. ; " Thcspis." !"7'-': "Trial by .luiv." IS.): " Sorcerer." 1577: " II M.S.*Pi:..ifore,'' 1878; "The Pirates ot Pen, in ■"," 1870 : " !V.'i«nee," ISM ; and '■ 1 iian.be," ISS-'. I.i ids song writing, which is e-xlt-itsive, his popularity has been greater, pe.lmps, than that of any other Bngli.h comp \r. The honorary degrco of Doctor il Muse was i-iinfei-iid upon him by th- l-'niv.r.-i!y" of Cainbiiiloein l!S7li. and a like honour b? ihe Utiiver-itv of Gxford in IST'.). I If w.v ■ Principal of the National Training School for Music from its foiindstii-n, in lS7li, to .SSI. lie imp British Gommi'sim-.i-r fo. Mil ..; nt the Paris Exposition in IST . wlm.i h.- was made n Chevalier of the l.sgioti o: Honour. lie is also r. Kniplil of tho Ilec-C ofCoburg, He was Knighted by Iho Queen al Windsor, May IM, ISS.I.

The Queen and Boatrice.

It is very evident lhat tho Quern of Knjj j land and bur family have no love of purple and lino linen whon they aro "oft duty.' •■ Our royal family has always been dowdy," -aid p. loyal Iv.gli-h woman at Aix-les-B.iins, a- ,«ho returned from presenting some llowfts to the Princess Beatrice mi her birthday. "Well," said nil outsider, '-wh.it j'd tho Prinecas wear? I de-ire lo I;now what clothes princesses wear whon they are nt home in iho morning." "An old checked black-and-wluto silk dross, which I sbculil havo given to my maid," answered the loyal English woman ; "but sho was very lovely and conrtoons, nnd blu-hed and' stammered, and was frightened when we offered her llowers, just liko any other girl. I oould not help loving her for it, " On" another occasion the Queen sent for tho doctors of Aix and their wives, who, being French women, w ere of course beauti fully dressed. On being asked what the (Juoen wore, one of tho ladies said, "A very plain, short black cashmere dross, rather tho worse for wear, with no ornament oxcopting the picture of Prince Albert at her neck." " And how wero hor manners .' asked her interlocutor. " Very simple, unostentatious, kindly and

dignified." She speaks French perfectly, without an accent, and talked to the doctor of the ■cenvrv, iho history oi Savoy, tho treatment, bath-.,"etc. 1 di'l not feel that sho was the Queen until sho rose, which washer signal to us that the interview was at an end. Then a certain dignify, a certain habit of command, clothed her short, stout figure as with a royal maiitlo, and sho looked the Queen,

Child Murder in England.

V oKSKRATtiw has passed since Tennyson wn+o lhat -

V Minni.n;to niolher kills bur babe for a turlal lea. Ami Tlmour mammon Krins on a pilo ol children's hone?. Uut tho hideous work of killing children for money scorns to go on just as ever in England. The fasbii.n now is to insure children's lives and then destroy them, so as to tret tho insurance. It transpires that though the insuranco companies will only iu-uro healthy children and reject numbers of thoso who apply for insurance, yet tho average mortality among insured children is 50 por cent higher than t'n* mortality among tho children at largo, as published in the Government reports. The inference is unavoidable—great numbers of children must bo murdered by thoir inhuman parents for tho sake of the trifling trim they were insured for.

What a fo it ful rovolalion this given of tin state of society among tho poor in Bnglsnd '. Ilo.v degraded, how lot to all fctiso of hu inanity, a parent must, he when bo or she will sacrifice the lifo of a poor littlo child for tho sake of a fow miserable si,i lings - What eondi'ions of lifo must, be required In produce 8 ich creatures? It shows hiw a long cotirso of degradation, living from band to mouth, wbh m cunfurt in She present and no hope for Iho future, will brutify tho human species There must bo an eqiiitlihiiuniin all societies. If there are people raised far above 'ho common lord, there, must be oliu r-i d. pi-o-.-e ' far bo'.-.w it. The great landed proprietor w ho c mats his i'lf-nme by ihe Ui es aid polind-i it day im-

pli s .--,-,,-,iin . ..; limn and women to whom a b-llyfii! is a ni'-o 0.-nurroiice The crested dako involves the vile, sordid, scrofulous, squalid baby poi-mcr.

PORT HAMILTON.

Further Dot-.^la of its Occupation—Lay ing .a Cable. Till-: ilon-rkong "China Mail " of Juno lird says:-Thoro nronow half-a-dozen British men of-v.-.-n- in Port Hamilton, and the tender of Tlmles makes fiequeut I rips between that port and Nagasaki with coal, rough spins, and stores. The telegraph steamer Agnes nnsjiisl laid a submarine cable belwojii I'ort Hamilton and the North rfaeldle, which is the ex'.i-i.mo north end of thu Uhusun urchipeiiigo, The details of the occupation of I'ort Jlaniilton art) givon as follows by the Japan "Gazette '" : "lf seems that the annexation of I'oi'f Hamilton t0...k placo at II p m on May 1 tin The orders; had been not lo urn up tho Biilisli Hag unless the occupation was dirtcily or indirectly challenged, and thu appearance of n Russian ship constituting such a contingency, steps wero at once taken to d.c! no tho nationality if tho new miners. TIIOIO aro some -1, 000 Cnronn in habitants, and r.lu-y aro described by an ollicer of the occupying squadron as dirty and buy, tho women and children doing all tho wotk, and the men sail 11 lining about in siilc I while ea.tiie-. No doubt thoy will bent lit largely by being brought uiid-T British rule, but it would be interesting to kir-w what, is their present status. Aro I hoy British subj. cts or prisoners 'i Speak ing from an administrative point of view, thoy must have been a tolerably :.olf sulliciug community, for certainly tbo Go vernment of Corcu seldom, if ever, can have inteiforci to control Uicm Still ihe authority ot their nili.-luls iiiu-t Imv..- beet, derived 'from Soul, and with a British squadron in the harbour Soul has been re moved to an iiidt.-li!-.iiedi.--la".cu. We.loubl whether Admir.-il iiuwcll's iiislructior.s in elit-led any solid ion of 1 his problem The programme was that tho place should not l.v annexed exfispt under certain eircmii stances, and -0 long ns those ciieuin- tances were absent, the 11.-0 of the harbour by

foreign ships need not havo greatly dis turbed tho local nlli.-ii! . But wilh the Union Jack Ileal lug from tho'r peaks the inhabitants :•_, j ivdueod lo a somowhat anomalous position. Wo arc told lhat tho occupation is to be temporary only- say, a six months' affair. During Iho next six months, thon, the i.-huid will he without an tliiir.Knglaiiil will be al the pains to appoint an administrative si:,IV. and it is still less likely that tho t'orcan Government will undertake to pulmiiiistei- a district which is in lOnglish m;.-up:ili.in. The probability is that questions of thii nature will bo left to settle themselves " Tho Tientsin c .-.-< spondeiit A the "North China I Wily .sow.-" of .luno Is! says: '« Li I Hung Clru.o has cut in his formal protest against the British occupulion of IV.rt Ham ilton. You may safely rel> upon-it that the protest is formal and nothing more, and li is 110.-.11 mad ' fur 1 deli:,ilo purpose The occupation of the islands was probably ar ranged with Cnivii through Mr Asht-in, act ingnndcrthc guidance of Sir Harry I'urkes. Tin-Gorman nliioer.s who went, some weeks ago in tho two crnisers. of Ailiuiral Til g have been i)-j;i ting that they hauled down the Briti-h 11 g Ihere. and sliowed by their talk th-d their pr- y.'A 111 i-t.-rs did not up prove of its b ing in British hands. A g I st.-n is To'dthat 1.i.-! year Li Hung Gii.-n mi-mi .11 -i '' a forci -11 Minister 1 ' , i ~;, mimv ih.d Cod Britain should : t ,- m-.-e .'..1-I flamill >n, for sho already pi,=?es-ed enough smuggling sl.-.tioiis in lloi.olo.iig, wii'hout getting another 0,1 the coast'of China." Ii i- the geiior.tl iui-i:.--... 11 in Japan thai l.asdo. to oil-, t l-'iiigfaod's oc. iijiation 0! I'-,i-l H.iinillt 11, .-.illtiyto gain possession of the I'm-i'i iw-' of l-'ii-a-, on f one of 111. •l i-eral tin ■ harbour '-. Iho s .mil ol II: v place, ltisiiottnon.dll IhutTuolpurtwill i.c select - L as the island is, from a strategic [mini, I- lly : itn.itii.i. and has 1,0 good bar bom . • -i.-i-iiilii .iiloPisoftlioßii'-s-i-Cnreaii Ti.-iit' ::.- to havo l-en exchanged on Jiiiu •_> h, bid t hi.-, has born ifalayed. This, j: \j (I ■<>lif, is to allow the in .rtion of an silie'-, i.eiiiiit'ii.g Ituv-i.-i to o-eupy a port. Moiie.-nioilV, the German adviser of tin Cumin Giirrriiiintit, Imp •--'. 1 aig llussian procliviMcs. The Shaii"h»i "Mcrcuiy" e,f JunoTOth has a letter from lY.it 11.mill.m of May 17ib, 01 which the iviiM-, whoh mi Ihe ship Mer rio ic-thshire, .avf■: " The p irtis all 1 aid w it!, mine, and 1,,:f-loe-, .in! we aro full up ; r,l month for 1,1 t'-d num. Sometimes Iho ll.i'i-hi in-ii of *.ire .mo at d tnkoan anchor or livo !:.:,. of ,::«! m tv. Tko Chir.e.-o i:u„b-mts i-mitf in G)i- mnrriir.g. 1 don't know what I hey n.int, titt'.e.-s Ihvy are wind h „,ii.l, fo: It hi" '--ecu ulotnuj, ,- gtlo til wind for Ihrte 1-n d«\s pa'-t. i'h'.< i« 11 lovely hart, ur ,im:lp lanolock ,! and -he! --red from all wind- I> i« a -coond Hong

UNKNOWN

ii) of Tw-9 Eotdlers of Vac Forois

' . ':: : In T-Jlle.l'.i.a

Ilowing «lory "f '.he !e rib'.o experi of two .li-.-*r!ct-s from the Foreigi

Lcioii in '■ onqniii : Three incntlm ago two soldiers of the Legion Llraegeie, .-n-.ie-'l !:,:,, !.., th sir advent. ii,.iir spirit, hit their by iuiilih" and (|i lishiug, and were u:; ---li-tuibeti 'in their '*a,..lerings. Ono day, l-.0-.lcvM', they stnmbl'tl a:io.-s a pot. ol lit-, BU-kJlsgs an-f weiom-wl., pri- „.,..-.. •II ... ,!,„ not jnoimaiilr e.5ee.,,1.,1, tlu Ulai'k i-'i.vrs no dould ii .ping lo gel •oine informs!.'.m fi-m the-ni. They w, re condiielod ,io Lao l.ai, where ono of Liv .1 ing-fu's Hciitei..n ts, after having cx l,."v To "nnlo e'-ir'tridse-, i.-.di.-s.iieg that their lives dep mi'-d on eoiiipli.-.ncc wilh this deniiind. The logiinaric:- woro placed in a lis. Thoy had never been engaged in ihe manufacture of-.-artridges, neither had they (he ncr-essarv loo's. The mandarins would lake no excuse, and one r.f the deserter." was forthwith l-ided bofoio the eyes of his c-impani'-ui. Tho dein-.iiid was igain preferred lo the latter, and on his a.r.iin »roles!.!i-;! hi-i inability to comply with it'the manih'in order: d lip r-xociition, but with much refinement of cruelly, Tho fugitive asked to bo allowed lo write a hitler lo ilunghot, and tho Black Flag ollicer allowed him to do so, at tho same lime promising thai i.c loiter should reach jl', i|r 'in.iti-'.i Immediately ono of the ait, ml uiU stun k olTan ear with his sword. The hgioiiary tt ill had strength enough to lake the pen nnd paper which woro given him and iiotwilhstMi.ting his hnmblo wound, ho sroto tbo account of what had befallen him. Tho letter was addressed to tho Captain of his company. It was not quite finished wht-iihisot her oar was chopped off Ho wont mi, however, writing a fow words mora to give further details of hip snlbringr). A sentence in Chinese written by his captors couple;, d tho intorrupted narrative. The prisoner had his noso cut. off then his right laud, and ho died a Jew hours afterwards. The mindaiin kept his word, us Iho letter was lately delivered to its addross at Hutigboa.

Defences on Herat.

Tin', following is from a private letter written at Herat, on tho llth of May, by Major lio'idich, U.K., when he visited that city, accompanied by Col Stotvnrt and Cupt.BeacockcH.E.: "The Herat defences

aro by no means to be dospped, even as they stand, and T hope cro long thoy -(.ill bo really formidable. We w« -re rem ivcdwit.h a welcome which was almost ctithiu-iastic. Tbo Kabulli sol.iie.-y etpc.mdly expressed their pleasure at having Biiii.-h officers on thoir side. Many "' <ho men n cognised me

as having bi.inin t'.ib:il, and some fell out to s-ilaam and lo'ike thom-oivos civil. Tho Mullhlis, 100, are undoubtedly on our sido, and said it was :: happy o:r-en for llorai that British pffi-' is had entered i- : yot p. hen we siarl.d wo hardly t-xp.-olc-.l to bo allowed to appro ich the city eve... 11. is a mislako f0 ,„',,;„ ~ lb- t Moral i-p .-> ruined city. T IU; rJ is v great d:l-piiU! mil oi the walls and defen t-s in yi.y., bu' e-n the whole

when S'tait-'i'S icpui'iid on thrill forty years .-,- ■'. The ei'j it oil, C.'lmei -'.t.cwartsays, i iv b.-ller repair than any I'ei.-ian city he has s. en except. Meshed. We rode through mlesi-f bazar, lited wilh guards nt inter vu-s of every fow liii.nir&l yards. Those weic not pltc-.d th-.-iu for our security. Thoy aro always on duly The Governor eiito'i tallied us most royally, and the Com m iiiilor in-i-oii:'' iiitcro-r.p.d lilm/elf vastly in out' proceedings. Nothing was kepi back or hidden from us—we knew nil -,li ...it it n .-■--, and the sueec-'.-of mir vUit is vorj f.a'isi-.clory." -'-London Daily News."

DISTRESS IN RUSSIA.

Suiioi-i^g Among Peasants. Now that war's alarms arc past (let us hope for a long timo to come) the attention of the Russian people is being directed to the general condition of the country, which from all accounts is so bad that it could

hardly be worse. Tho papers, though com pelled by the terrors of the consorship to withhold noes thill they would liko to pi'il.li-h, at',-j full of dolorous news of bad

.'igp-icuitural prospects, of the grinding poverty of tho masses, of riots in the rural districts, of distress in towns, failures_ of provincial banks, closed factories and siill'er ing landowners. Tho ruined peasants of Some oi the most fertile parti of the empire,

says tho .Mo-cow " Gunotte," arc selling their poor cabins for next to nothing, and wandering in famished crowds to seek their fortunes iv the eastern steppos in the Caucasus, ami even in Siberia. But, when ever they can, tho police stop them on their way and force them buck to their wretched homes. Owing to (ho smallness of present hold iugs and the pressure of taxation, the coun try people ure reduced to the direst oxtrom ity. Sonic of them cannot even afford a sullii-ioncy of the black bread which forms tlieslaplo food of the vast majority of the rural population. They have to supplement it, with vegetable soups and Iho bark of trees, which in too many instances form their solo dietary. In those circumstances it is not, surprising to learn that brigandage is greatly on the increase, and that the country should be traversed in all directions by Lands of masterless men, who livo mostly by begging and thieving, and with whom, by rcasuti of their numbers, tho polio aro utterly unable to copo. The gi'indiii" poverty of tho masses is woll des cribed in a letter lately addressed by the well known writer, Oaspenski, to the" Rous skia Vcdomo.-ti." Relives on tho old Moscow road, and thoro is not an hour of tho day, he says, Unit wayfarers do not: 1:01110 knock ing at his window, beseeching him "forthe lovo ol God " to bestow a trillo on a poor traveller. These beggars consist of peasants of both sexes, of people from St. Petersburg who havo lost their place.., of robust work men out of work, and even of the well edu cated, who havo bien reduced to want by 110 fault of thoir own. '-And yet thoro is no sort of public provision for those unfor tunates: no means whereby they can ob tain oiilier bread, work, or shelter." These are the words of a Russian writer, not mine. In tho south and east of Russia brigandage is bediming quito a pest. A fow weeks ago a band of malefactors, alter committing ipiite a series of murders and robberies in tho neighbourhood of Odessa, fell into the hands of tho police. During the investiga tion lhat followed tho cupturo it camo out tliatthn.-o marauders wore connected with an extensive thieving organisation whose lichl of activity included the wlii.U of South Russia.

Catching a, Nihilist Tartar. The nihilists continue to show renowod signs oi activity, thereby adding to tho troubles of thu Government an.l the(JilHcul ties of the police. A ,-hort timo ago tho po lice of Kharkolf heard from their spies that two young men, about whom very littlo was known, wore leading a quiet, mysteri ous sort of 11 lifo in thehousoNo S.Elenskaya streot, and that ono of them occasionally iisappe.uei.l for several days together. This was quito enough to rouse the suspicions of tho authorities, and on May l-lth thoy made tn unannounced visit to tho rooms occu pied by thu mysterious individuals. Thoy pound only one oi them at homo, but he proved a host in himself in more cases than ,iie. Taking a revolver from under the .-ii-liioii of tho sofa on which he was silting, 113 drew on the intrudi is point blank, killed hi Gil spot Commissioner Te-ssenko and badly wounded in tho arm 0110 of the gens

darmes On this the other gensdarmos iii.-hod into the street shouting for help, which speedily coming in the shapo of a .-mall regiment of policemen, the rebel, after a short but sharp struggle, was over powered and conveyed to prison. At Te-s ---s-iiko's funeral, which lock placo a fow

d-n-s later, the murderer, undor strong es cut. was compelled to follow his victim's body to the grave, Tho police continue to he remorselessly "clever." ns wo say in England, on the slightest sjmptom of poli tical heterodoxy, The other day it was an in,ui.ee. 1 thd, "by order ol IheCz.tr," a pupil of Ihe seminary of Tillie, suspected of hiding subversive ideas, was forcibly oil li.-led into the army and ordorcd to remain a [.rivalo soldier until he should lenounco hi« i.rroneon" views an.l repent him of the evil hi had dono-or thought. Kuzzliup; tho I'rc.is in Finland. A callous and characteristic incident has hie'y come to p.is, ill Finland, which, lis in ..-: pc,,;.!.) aro aware, enjoys a certain leisure of independence. Tbo press there, moreover, is not quite --o tightly muzzled as in Uiissia proper: but. during the late con troversy with E-igland s-m.e Finnist papors wet;- so' ill advUe.il as to hint disapproval of Iho imp-rid policy in Cential Asia. On thi i the (iovernortieiier.il straightway is sued a fiat forbidding all discussion by the puiv?i« iv his jurisdiction of a wholo series of 'objects, on tho ..'round that such liberty of the pre,''- ,i. by grace of the Emperor pre vails in Finland is to be used but not abused, himsolf being, of couivo, the judge of what coiislilutie abii'C. "Whilo we have etdirc eoalidoncc in tho loyalty and

ii .rclion of !he Finnish people,'" ran tho j.-fi-.-e "we cannot allow ovil-mindcd men penly'to advocate ful'O opinio;.s " Wh.il Solon of ,i I iovernor ! A very Daniel come , iud.'iiier.l ! So long as evil-minded men

read editors of noivspapors) advoc.-Ha ortho iiix opinions they may say what they liko ; uesiiiii ibly. also, fair-minded men aro free i promiihgato false opinions. But the lino nust bo drawn soiuewhoro, and when tho jvil-minded take to that sort of thing they nust bo put down, overy Russian Governor f.'oncrnl being, of course, able to read men's a,in.ls and distinguish at a gl.-m«o tho true from tho false. - William Westam,, in Ihe "Sun Francisco Chronicle."

TORTURED TO DEATH.

ilo ExtraoriUnary Story of an American

Trader's Cruelty.

Tut'.WK hive been sworn in Hongkong, bef.ire a Justice of thu Bcr.co, informations

charging terrible crimes against Cl'. Hoi

combo, an American citizen trading in an isUmd culled Cuap, among the Caroline*. [' appears that tho commerce carried on thc.ro is one of barter, the foreignor ex changing goods of western manufacture for ilru d cocoiinut, or copra. Ono night llol coiubo left his store in cbargo of a native boy, ,S or 0 years old. Noxt morning it waß found tint some 200dols. worth of goods had been stolen. Tho amount is a matter of littlo conseqiionco, but wo may mention that according to tho estimate of others, it could not: have exceeded 50 riols. On discovering his loss, Mr Holcombo took the little boy and screwed his fingers in a blacksmith's vise, Tho child soon wailed out tho names of two natives in an adjacent village, and Mr Holcombo, seizing them, put them in irons. Their chiof, howevor, in! -.-[orcd, nntl obtained from the child an admission that its confession had boon c-x ---t'u-lcd uu.leu-torture, aud was not truo. Mr Holcombo was accordingly obliged to re lease i,iu. men, their potentate being too

powerful to disobey. lie had recourse, or.co more, to iho expedient of screwing tho child's hand-! into Iho vise, and once moro the hid named two men in another village i'leso Mr ilolcombo arrested, and hiving conducted them to his dwelling, set about torturing Ihrin aftor his favourite fashion. ! heir toe-, lingers, and r:o=cs woro screwed inlo vises, until Hie banes were crushed. After Fnmo threo weeks of this treatment, varied by suspending the men by their hair f:om freer so I hat their mutilated" toes barely

toiiehcd the ground, 1-lo'combc took them rut and h.-ingvd them. At tho execution Iho lii tie boy had to adjust the ropes, and

-is ho failed to perform the operation to Mr If.,lcon,he's satisfaction, the latt. r sharp ened hi- wits by firing a revolver at him. To Iho truth of thi" tale two eye-witnesses, Kn.'iW.n.t-n, have sworn, and tho officer eowmaiiding iho United Stotes squadron line broii moved to despatch a man of war to

inn!,o inqiiiiics.

A Royal Housewife.

Wuitini: ni the royal family of Saxony, M. Victor Ti.sot describes the Queen as a mod'! house keeper. She excels in making jam, and in autumn spends many days in the ki'chen, wearing a big apron, and with her i-k-ikJ roiled up. making preserves. •■ i hore ire. ' says M. Ti-fot, "as many pots of i .11, in the r'-npbaards of that palace as iln-ie are-he is in the arsenals at Berlin." I'-.'-i-eelv il.. i,: rile no children there to .. ; . ;he sweets. Tho queen is frugnl :. keeps her own household accounts. .- i .nc.es them every day, and will not pe-pinii. two candles to burn when ono will hi nice.

A Marine Casualty.— A Fearful Scene of Panic.

Victoria (British Columbia), July 2S.—A steamboat collision occurred this afternoon ten miles from Victoria, between the steamers R. P. Rithet and Enterprise. Tho Rithet struck the Enterprise forward of the v. heel and stove in her sido. Several lives have been lost,and many were injured by the flying debris. The greatest alarm prevailed on both steamerp, and many jumped overboard and woro afterward picked up by tho boats. Tho mails, one hundred passengers, twonty-nino head of eattlo, and a largo amount of treasure wero on tho Enterprise. The cattle woro lost. ' It is hoped tbo malls and troasuie will bo saved. Particulars aro meagro as yet, and much alarm is felt by those having friends on board.

Victoria, 8.C., July 20.—Steamers have gone to the scene of tho disaster in hope of saving something from tho wreck. Tho statements of passengers describe a fearful scene of panic—women and children scream ing and praying, strong men wringing their hands and shouting.nnd Chinese and Indians jabbering. Tho din, heightened by tho escaping steam from both, steamers, was deafening. The Kithet's boats could not be lowered. Ono, a metallic life-boat, had been stove, but it was kopt afloat by bailing, and saved several lives. About twenty passengers jumped overboard and clung to tho balos of floating hay and debris from the Enterprise, which was stove from her bows to the wheel-house. The steers man of the Enterprise had an arm and two ribs broken, but he clung lo tho wheel till forced away and placed in a boat Bishop, the purser of the Enterprise, obsorving two men struggling in the water, leaped over board and savod them both. When drawn out ho was thoroughly exhausted. When the bouts wero lowered tho Chinoso made a rush and got into them, refusing to come out whon ordered to make room for the ladies. They were pitched out head over heels. The white men passengers acted bravely, re fusing to enter tho boats until all tho women wore safe. The Chinamen then attempted a corner in life preservers and some put on two or throe, which thoy after ward surrendered on demand.

Tho fate of tho mails, tieasure, and ex press is as yet unknown. All tho baggage is lost. Tho latest report is that no lives wero lost.

Wreck of the City of Tokio.

On tho Rocks in a Fog The Pacific Mail Steamship Arabic brought the latest intelligence in reference to tho loss of tho magnificent steamship City of Tokio ell' Sagami lighthouse. The follow ing particulars of tho disastor, tho fact of tho sliding of tho vessel on the rocks at midnight in a douse fog, and how she was at last torn to pieces by a typhoon have been gleaned : The Tokio, which left San Fransiseo on June 2nd, sighted tho light oil' Cape King on Tuesday night, June 23rd. After tho light was soon tho course was taken up thonarrow to Yokohama. It-* as impossible to distinguish tho land marks along the shore and there are no foghorn stations in that locality to guide the marinor by mournful sounds from tho steam whistlo. Although

tho water was calm, Captain Maury wa3 awaro of tho danger, and was at his place on tho bridge, but could percoivo nothing, as the steamer was enveloped in a dense fog and darknoss. Under those exceedingly

dangerous circumstances, tho vessel pro ceeded toward Yokohama until midnight. Commodore Maury, however, supposed that she continued along the usual and well known cotirso up the channel. Suddenly tho man at tho lookout and tho Commodore on tho bridgo felt tho doomed steamer sliding noiselessly upon thu shelving rocks. Tho Tokio on tho Books. In an instant the prow of tho steamer had protruded and was tightly wedged among the rocks of tho shore. Hor engines were , immediately rovorsod, but all the strength of tho machinery failed to move her from . tho dangerous position. Tho fog was still , dense, but tho sea remained unusually calm, and there was neithor wind nor waves to pound the hull to pieces against tho , rocks. Tho placo where the Tokio went ashore was just north of the Sigami Light- , house and twouty milos from Yokohama, j A private letter written by ono of the passengers to a friend in this city states that about 0.30 o'clock in tho evening land ; was soon, and at threo hours _ later the steamer was opposite tho Capo King Light house. The weather had beon thick all day, but just before dark it cleared up, and '. the mouth of tho buy was entered whilo the , moon was shining full. At 11 o'clock tho , Sigami light was abreast on tho port beam and about throe miles distant, and tho . passengers wero watching intently for tho , Kunonsoki Lighthouse, which is nino miles further up tbo bay. There was a steamer a milo ahead of tho Tokio, which sho was ; rapidly overhauling. Thoro was every , reason to bolievo that at I o'clock in the , morning sho would bo anchored near tho j lightship; and tho passengers were dis cussing the probability of tho steam , launches from tho hotel coming out on , arrival of tho ship or later on in tho morn- ; in-r, whon liko a pall a bank of fog settled . on thorn, shutting out the lighthouse, tho , steamer, the moon, and almost all light. ; Tho order to stop the engines was given. Tho engines woro again started, and the , vessol proceeded at a very slow speed—in what direction or for what object it was impossible for tho passengers to tell, but^ as , it was afterwards proved, sho was heading for her doom. Presently tho passongors . could toll by tho straining and trembling of . tbo vessel that the propeller was revolving with wonderful rapidity, but tho vessel was stationary. Tho steamer was stuck fast to , tho rocky bottom, ub boforo stated. A Perilous Position. Two Japanese fishermen soon came along side in their boats, and, through an inter preter, they wero questioned by the Com modore One piece of information which they gavowasparticularlydiscouraging. It was high water, but there was not more than three or for foot difference between j high and low water at that season. Tho i soundings were taken all about tho steamer. On tbo sido of tho bow the water was quite shoal, -vhiloon tho other it was deeper than the draught of tho ship, Near tho fore rig ging it deepened again, but about amid ship, just under the engine-room, there woro but threo fathoms of water, while six fathoms lay under the stern. It was soon made known to tho passengers that thoy were in no peril, but in tho uncertainty of the place, with tho ship leaking as she thumped, and with the possibility that she might break in two under tbom, many of the voyagers silont.y prepared for an involuntary bath in tho briny deep. Steam was made in tho four extra boilers, and, with a full head in all of the ten boilers, sho was backed with tho whole forco of tho engines, which worked with a rapidity thoy had never known before. The machinery shook the ship as if to tear her to pieces. The action of tbo screw increased tho swell, and the vossel bumped harder and harder. The crew and 100 of the Chinese passengers ran back and forth on tho lower dock, shifting tho cargo aft. A Total Wrook. It was finally decided to jettison a part of tho cargo, to roliovo the frame of tho vessel of tho groat weight pressing against it. A large quantity of flour was thrown over boa:d, and at ono timo the water was cov ered with floating sacks, and ono could easily imagine it was a green fiold upon which a largo flock of sheep was pasturing, Tho passongors, among them Minister Hub bard, woro taken in tho launches to Yoko hama, where no serious apprehension was felt for the ves;e\ On Friday night the wind came up, and, soeing that there was but littlo hope of getting his steamer off, Captain Maury commonced to savo all the cargo possible. On the afternoon of July ■2nd tho commander announced thatthe bar ometer was rapidly falling, and a groat change in tho weather would soon tako placet and ordered tho crow and attaches, numbering 336 in all, ashore. A terrible typhoon came up a few minutes after all had landed Tho violent winds shook the masts of tho vessel, and as they heaved back and forth thoy rattled tho plates of tho ship, loosening the bolts and shattering tho framework of the hull, Finally a succession of heavy seas washed over her and tho Tokio soon disappeared from sight. The end of tho foreyard was tho last vestigo of tho sinking steamer seen by tho officers and crew, who had watched with awo the battle of tho elements and tho destruction of the vessel. Eight times a year for seven years past the Tokio had arrived safely at Yokohama, and she was a favourite steamor with the hundreds of passengers that havo travelled upon her. At. Yokohama thoro is considerable sym pathy expressed for Captain Maury, ivho has]commandod vep-sels for forty years, and who has only now sustained his first serious disaster. By his friends it is claimed that the fog blinded him and currents mis ' led him. In tho extremity of his caution , ho attempted to turn about/again, and got in the "offins," and in turning the rooks wr_ro struck. Since the accident he has I been calm and rubdued, but almost beart- I brokon, lor his record is no longerclean, and I his record waa his pride.

How the Hand Speaks.

The pyramids and monoliths of Egypt and tho temples of India woro planned and superintended by a people celobrated as having the smallest and most delicato hands in tho world.

Tke mode! Greek hand, as shown in the ideal statues, is large, with a moderately thin palm and a prominent thumb.

The hard hand indicates ono who easily puts forth continued action, endures in physical effort, and delights in onergotic activity.

The elastic or sinewy hand loves rapid, skillful activity. It is characterised by energy rather than onduranee.

Soft hands belong to one who labours with fatiguo and weariness.

In all occuli matters tho thumb plays a prominent part. It indicates intelligence and will. In general a largo thumb shows decision of character, persistency of purpose, therefore is opt to belong to one who is vacillating and uncertain in his aims, intermittent and changeable in his efforts. Short fingers indicates ono who sees in general, examines only the mass, compre hends the tout ensemble.

Long fingers indicato one who sees the parts, appreciates the eletails, and under stands the minutia;.

Slightly tapering fingers iudicato one growing in tho direction of ideality.

Fingers lying closo togethor, so that no light is seen between them, especially if the tingors are irregular, suggest avarice, secrecy, and generally selfishness.

Famous instrumental musicians, cele brated marksmon, skilled gymnasts, arid artisans aro apt to have square finger ends, l'ointed finger ends attest a person fanciful, erratic, romantic, impractical, changeable, sometimes unreliable—alwayo peculiar.

Long nails indicate a peacemaker, one who will bear much for the sake of quiet, and is steadfast in friendship.

Short nails belong to one who will assert his rights. Largo white half-moons at the base of the nails announce a frank, open-hearted per son, who naturally speaks his thoughts and tells his plans and purposes, lie may keep a secret, but it requires an effort. Tho nat urally secretive porson is not opt to have any sign of half-moons. Pale spots on the nails, especially near tho base, indicates disease of the nerves and an inclination to melancholy.

Things of Value.

That salt should bo eaten with nuts to aid digestion. That milk which stands too long makes bitter butter.

That rusty flatixons should bo rubbed over with iieoswax and lard.

That it rests you in sowing to cbango your position frequently. That a hot, strong lemonade taken at bedtime will break up a bad cold. That tough meat is made tender by lying a few minutes in vinegar water. That a littlo sodawater will relieve sick headache earned by indigestion. That a cup of strong coffee will remove the odour of onions from tho breath.

That a cup of hot water drank before moals will prevent nausea and dyspepsia. That well-ventilated bedrooms_ will pre vent morning headaches and lassitude. That consumptive night sweats may be arrested by sponging the body nightly in salt water. That one in a faint should be laid flat on his back; then loosen his clothes and let him alone.

That a fever patient can be mado cool and comfortable by frequent Eponging off witk sodawater.

That cold tea should bo saved for your vinegar barrel. It sours easily, and gives colour and flavour.

Thai to beat tho whites of eggs quickly, add a pinch of salt. Salt cools, and cold eggs froth rapidly. That tho hair may bp kept from falling out after illness by a frequent application to tho scalp of sage tea. That you can tako out epots from wash goods by rubbing them with tho yolk of eggs before washing. That whito spots upon varnished furni ture will disappear if you hold a hot plate from the stovo ovor them.

How the Hands May be Pre served White and Soft.

Ik the fust placo, perfect attention to cleanli ness must bo remomborod when any employ ment compols a person to make much use of tho fingers ; in the next, tbo soaps used must be such as are mild and emollient. Tho kind of soap is a great consideration, and any trouble in procuring good soup is well repaid, for the lady-like appearance produced by soft white hands is undeniable, and by ÜBing good Boap oven chaps and shilblains may be in a measure, if not entirely, prevented. Soaps containing an improper proportion of soda make the skin rough and dry, and tho uso of soda or acids has the same efifect. Sand soap or pumice-stone will remove roughness, and is especially useful to ladies who do much needlework, as they-but especially the cu»iec-stono-will remove tho roughness on the fore-linger of tho left hand, caueod by tho needle ; but in using oither sand soap or pumice-stone, care must be taken that the nails aro not scratched. Warm wator cleans the hands moro readily than cold, but they should be afterward rinced in cold water, otherwise they soil sooner aoain, and too frequent washing discolours tho skin instead of improving it. When washed, tho hands should bo carefully dried with a rather coarse towel. Friction pro duces circulation and improvement in op poarance ; but to prosorve this, cold winds and rain must be guarded against by warm gloves and muff. Stains on tho fingers from ink are removed by the ap plication of spirits of hartshorn. While washing tho hands, drop tho hartshorn on tho fingers, rub and wash them until the stain is removed—which will be very quickly, especially if immediately .applied. Stains from fruit, especially walnuts, may be removed by rubbing the fingors immediately with salt, and then washing. If the hands become warm whilo working, wash them in warm wator, and puff them with violet powder ; and if the hands aro habitually moist, the samo plan may bo adopted, as cold water tends to increase tho moisture. After washing the hands and well drying them, the almond tablet may be rubbod over them lightly, and tho application will bo found to produce a very agreeable sensation of softness to tho skin as woll as whiteness.—From " Cassell'B Household Guide," for July.

The Great Seal of England.

It is very difficult, if not impossible, to say when England first had a Great Seal. Une remarkable circumstance connected with it is its progressive growth in size as timo advanced." Originally, 800 years sinco, not larger than tho top of an ordinary teacup, it has beon gradually enlarged from ago to age, till it offers now the sizo and appearance of a muffin, nnd requires to bo inclosed in a tin box for protection. Down to ISIS tho Groat Seal itself wa3 mado of copper ; sinco then silver has been tho metal employed. It is in two halves, somewhat like two very thick, bright tin saucepan Hds.fitting closely together, their inner surfaces deeply sculp tured with the Royal dovices intended to bo formed on tho wax when squeezed betweon them. The Great Soal has only three times been lost, twico temporarily and once per manently. James 11., on leaving the king dom on his abdication,throw the Seal into tho Thames, whence, howover, it was next morning fished upand brought to Whitehall. Lord Eldon buried it in his garden in Queen Square during one night whon his house caught fire, and he thought in tho confusion it might bo Btolen. It was found. Lord Thurlow, who always held it during tho night in his bedroom, had it actually carried off by burglars, from whom it was never recovored.

Tennyson's Decadence.

The socret of Lord Tennyson's pootical decadonce is out. It is not the effect of ago, but of indulgence. The Laureate in his best day cultivated litoraturo liko Brougham, Jeffery, and Sydnoy Smith in the early days of tho Edinburgh " Review," on a little eatmeul. Ho kept his rauso on, hungry and alert, and worked bis way up to Olym pus, like Goldsmith and so many other doctors, by fasting and mortification of the flesh. But it seems that for years back Alfrea has changed all that. Ho has become like our own pet poet Sam Ward, a bon vivant, and it is averred as a curious cOinci deuco that the 'decay of his verse is syn chronous with tho development of his ap petite. It is, in short, tho Shakspcri&n ease over again—" Fat paunches havo lean pale, and dainty bits make fat tho ribs but bankrupt quite tho wits." It must bo a consolation to him, however, on retiring below the horizon to see in Lord Sherbrooko, better known as " Bob Lowe," a new star break on an amazed world to take his place in the pootio firmament.—"Now York I Would,'

WIT AND HUMOUR.

A melitxi: sermon was preached ir. c eoe try church, und all ihe congregation beg to weep except a countrywoman. On bein-. asked why she elid not cry villi iho r-. "Because," said elie, "1 on not of - parish." InductiveOflieer—"llo-.v i.-this, Minpht The sergeant complains that you c.-il'-'ii him names." I'rivato Murphy—" :' surr, I niver called him onny names at .' . All I said was, 'Sorgeant,' says I, 'son:, o: us ought to bo in a menagerie.' " Seene —Tublo d'hoto at fasiiional.l. 1,., i on Deesido, big market day. Farmer ol : ', . old school has dined. Waiter—" I'ini-i co. sir?" farmer—"Fat's the el,a -•. . Waiter—" Five shillings, pleas,- " !.:■,. (startled)—" Five shilii .'» ! Wool, In. no. deen yet." Besumosoperation.-. Fair Modiste-" Veil, Mistnir. '.....,:; husband, vere is do bon-tietto zai \ •;■ vim vished me to alter?" Voiinghiiibaiu! (. . citedly) -"Great heavens,madamo. 1.-.-uu ■■>! tell.a He. 1 had that coiiftu.ndvd i unci in my vest pocket—right, in hero where • en-TV

postage stamps. And- and at lunch to day the thing fell into my soup, i Ivlii-ve I've swallowed it? Ho you hear. Swuh it? Get up a fac simile, can'! you ': ilu-i. ' a dear girl, and tell mo if I shall live in g. t homo?" An old country gentleman, rt-turiiii >• •homo rather late, discovered a yokt 1 -.-. ill -i lantern under his kitchen window, wiio, when asked his business there, stated . ; ho had only cornea-courting, "t.'un-i what?" said tho irato gentleman, "A courting. Fee courting." "It's a lie! What do you want a lantern for': 1 n. m used one when I was a young man." " i\o, sir," was tho yokel's" reply : "1 ,:i n't think yer 'ad, judging by tho missis." Zion's Church (coloured) of Bath, N. '> ~ lately engaged a new shepherd, who i - formed the comiiiitte-othathc had "pn-nclu d all do way from Samfraneisco to Bulla!. . After his initial Formon,'wishing to show his liberality and sot a good example to tho brethren, he, with many a llou'rish, dropped a dime into Elder lluckbush's hat as: ho started on his " geddcrin " trip around the church. Returning to the pulpit, llioeli! r handed the hat. to the preacher, who, j... ing in anxiously, found that not only 1...,! no ono contributed, but his own dime v gono. Lifting up tho empty hat by I! . crown, and shaking it, before the emigre.. . tion, ho exclaimed: -'Oh, wicked and pi, serbed generation ; I wish I'd i, .-.laid i . Samfraneisco."

A convict, however poor, can always): a watch and chain.

There never has yet lived a tailor v Jio could make trousers that would not " bag at tho knee.

Prof. Stokes, a New England scientist, argues that it would bo impossible I, : human beings to livo on the surhico of 11 i sun. Stokes is probably correct, but .: there wero any desirablo diplomatic posi tions vacant up there this country is lull of men who would bo willing to try i.

" Philadelphia Press."

"Malinda, I'm astonished at you-staiu - ing at the telephone with your hair in papers and your collar crooked." "Why, mother, I don't see why that should matter" " Oh, of course you don't ! You never did care how you look. How do you know who is at the other end of tho telephone ':' When Miss Leffingwell-Sloto, who ban just graduated, was told that there was:. probability of a short hay crop this year sin. remarked that she supposed it,wouldn't best. bad if the grass crop turned out well, Shi. presumed that horses could eat grass in tho winter as well as in the summer if Ihey were put to it.

A Sea Captain's Joke.

A group of steamship agents wore talking over cheap ocean passengers rates, when .-. r etired old merchant present said he was reminded of a cheap trip he once took.

" Somo yoars ago," said he, "I owned a good-sized Bteamer which I chartored on! for grain or other freight, to Europe One season I obtained a cargo for Hamburg, and tho notion took mo to go over in nr; own Bhip and see tho continent. I told tn- Captain of my inclination. He was a jelly old Yankco, and noted as a careful officer. He at once reminded mo that tho ship was not licensed to carry poVpengors. ' Very well,'said I, ' we musn't break tho law ba the sake of a littlo economy; perhaps I'll go. later on, by a Cunardni-.' "'Oh no, no,' ho replied, 'needn't do that; I'll fix it for you. Let mo ship you as ono of tho crew! You can pull on a ropo when you feel like it, but you can mess and turn-in in tho cabin with me—see V

"I was amused at his device, and coi sented to go in the way he had described.

"We had a rough, uncomfortable run across, and a freight boat is a slow one. i wasn't sorry when wo steamed up tho Elbo and anchored. I gavo tho steward direc tions about my baggage, and started for the Hotel Royal, bidding tho Captain, who had come ashore with me, good-bye on the wharf.

"'I shan't say good-byo,' ho responded soberly, 'for you'll be aboard boforo sun down.'

"No," said I, decidedly, " 1 shall fee busy all day."

"'Busy or not,' replied ho pleasantly, but positively, ' You'll return before night. " I told him ho was mistaken, laughed, and wont away. Now, imagine my surprise when I received at tho hotel a command from the United States Consul to report myself at onco to tho ship. The oiliciul who brought the note said ho would have to accompany me, as I was charged with dosertion. Back, of courso, I had to go. When we wero rowed out to tho ship, there I saw tho Captain and Consul (tho Consul proved to be an old chum of tho Captain) and a number of gentlemen, all looking over the ship's rail, enjoying my arrest ex ceedingly. I went on board, reported my self, but I couldn't get my discharge urn- -1 had partaken of an elegant wine sup, la titat was held in tho cabin that evening, givon at tho Captain's expense."- "N.Y. Tribune."

"O, Lor', Hit Im Again.

In the early days of Methodism in Sec' land, a certain congregation, where ther. was but ono rich man, desired to build i new chapel. A church meeting was held Tho old rich Scotchman roeo and suul "Brethren, we dinna need a new chapel I'll give £5 for repairs." Just then a bit of plaster falling from tin ceiling, hit him on tho head.

Looking up and seeing how bad it w he said:

" Brethren, it's worso then 1 though I'll make it 50 pun,"

'O, Lord," exclaimed a devotee! brol

on a back seat,

" hit 'mi again 1"

There are many human tabornael which aro in sore need of radical buiidi;

over, but we flutter and fuss and rep ir in spots without satisfactory remits. H ir only when wo aro personally alarmed at 1... real danger that wo act independently, and do tho right thing. Then it is that we mc.-- keenly regret because wo did not soonoi use our judgment, follow tho advice born ol tho experience of others, and jump aw.-n from our perils.

Thousands of persons who will read I paragraph are in abject, misery to-day, v, I they might be in a satisfactory cor.dith They are weak, lifeless, full of old aches ,_

pains, and every year they know they .-.. ---getting worse, even though the besteioetor uro patching them in spots. Tho oligiii i these aches and pain-' is tho kidney- an.

liver, and ff they would build these nil ov< new with Waimer's safe cure, as million havo done, and cease investing their mom in miserably unsueee-rful patchwork, :I . would bo well and happy, and would hi,

the day when the Lord "hit'em

dicated tho common-sense course for lie i to pursue.—" London Press."

Women Better Than Men.

A wojiak is far moro sensitive than .-. ma She has finer feelings and a more dolie:. riaind. Thoro arc a very few men v, 1

realise this, and in consequence woman i: mado to endure much unnecessary suffer ing. One of ourmcrchants was going to chur.-i with his wifo one Sunday morning, when r-l:r suddenly stopped nnd put her hand on hi.-i head. "What's the matter?" ho asked startled by tho look of her face. "Oh ! have got on my brown hat." "Eh? ejasulated the astonished man.

Sho burst into uncontrollablo tears. "What, Martha, what is the matter with you?" he demanded. "Don't yon see what is tho matter ?" she returned in a sob bing voice; "I've got on my brown ha; with my striped silk. Oh, what will jieoplc say !"—"Chicago Tribune."

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, . SEPTEMBER 5, 1885.

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