STAGE AND STUDIO.

TflE following Mef sketch of the, career o ftbe late l«r Sheridan, tragedian, will not I^Blatofceresting ■: -He was born in Boston tf^chssetts, in Jun<J> iiSO' He entered lliearsmatic profession in 1858. I n 1861 tflien:the civil v»r broke out, he left the Bfoge and jpined the aruny. His career as a brilliant one • fle^rved with -the army of th« Cnmber land,>asappointed captaw ancl insfcwte the signal corps on General Eose esm'estaff. Duiutiga severe engagement at Rq-iaeca, Georgia, he was shot in the rHit irfl, apdthe wound nearly proved fatal. °At tbß conclusion of the war he returned to the theatrical profession. He played at tlie principal theatres throughout the United j§£tes, ; and won for himself a great name in his performances of King Lear, Louis XL, andSfcylock. In ISSOhe went to London with the McKee-Rankin Company. In Cali fornia he is reported to have met with a hriiiiant reception, and in San Francisco played one of the longest engagements ia the legitimate drama that had been known ttere. Mr Sheridan was said to be a great favourite with the American army, and often gave performances at various military posts. Just before sailing for Aus tralia he appeared before the officers and goldiers of the Vancouver barracks as Car dinal Richelieu. General Morrow, the com mandant, introduced him with the follow ing complimentary remarks :—" I find great pleasure in introducing Mr Sheridan to tho garrison. He has claims on your sympathy and respect, not only for his distinguished utility as an actor—a role in which he has few superiors - but from the fact that he was a'brave man and served his country faith fully in the great war of the rebellion. Per haps his great success on the mimic stage is largely due to the fact that he played on the field of actual Avar."

A novel advertisement from an American paper. ■" Pianoforte.—Marriage engage ment having been suddenly broken off, young gentleman wants to dispose of his most superb walnut-wood and gold Exhibi tion model drawing-room art cottage, com plete iron frame, check action, seven oc taves, trichord, magnificent tone, charming touch." - .-■■;;"

Mayor Hewitt, of New York, recently forwarded the following reply to"-one of "the Uncoguid " who had propounded the cbnundrum -" Do you think Sunday ora torio would conduce to aid or weaken the cause of Sunday morality in New Yoi-kK - "As I am not an export in music I ought not tq Jiave been asked this question; but I should say on general principles that it de pended upon the character of the audience. If the music were bad and the audience in telligent, I should think it would not con duce to morality on the part of the audi ence. If the music were good and the audience bad, I fancy they would be awfully bored by the performance." • ' ,

It was at a country concert. The leader of the band arrived and went to survey the place and the music. He -came with two or three musicians to the piano. They got tliejr instruments out, and were tuning tnein when the chief magnate of the place came along. Just as he arrived the leader was sounding the note on the piano. '' Too lo\v," he said to the cornet, "too low." "What's that ?" said the magnate. "The piano—too low—that's all." " Here Jake," he yelled to a carpenter across the place. "Here Jake; this piano wants raisin*. Just tell him how high you want it. That's what he's paid for. He'll raise it three feet if you need it.. I don't want no filouchin' of this music."

The result of the " Pall Mall Gazette's " competition for members of an imaginary English Academy of Letters, organised on fclie French' model, the votes being limited to forty living Englishmen, is just an nounced. The competition proved very popular, arid interested atl: classes of readers. The immortals who have thus bsen ,ch,Qsen.are the following :I,W* E. Gladstone ; 2, Lord Tennyson ; 3, Matthew Arnold ; 4,-Professor Huxley; 5, Herbert Spencer ; 6, John Ruskin ; 7, J. A. Froude ; B'Robert Biwning ; 9, John Morley ; 10, Professor Tyndall; 11, E. A. Freeman: 12J-'A: "C Swinburne; 13, Archdeacon Tarrar $ --14-, Prof.. Max Muller; 15, Sir Join Lubbock ; 16, W. Morris ; 17, Cardinal Npwman; 18, W. Bcsant; 19, Leslie Stephen ; 20, B. Jowitt; 21, John Bright; 22,'^Frederick Harrison ; 23, W. Black ; 24, Justin McCarthy ; 25, Lord Salisbury ; 26, Sh ;4Hi. Martin ; 27, H. Irving ; 2S, George Meredith; 29, Wilkie Collins; 30, Canon Lidflou; 31, D"ke of Argyle ; 32, KD. Bkckmore ; 33, W. E- H. Lecky ; 34, G. A. Sala ; 35, R. L.Stevenson; 36, -Sir F. Lto*hton; 37, A. Lang; 38, Bishop". Stubbs ; 39, fCardinal Manning; 40* Prof. J. B. fieeley. '" . ...

W. H. Harrison Jr. Publishing Company of Chicago' have in the press a valuable iwtise on " Orthoepy, .the Science of Pro w»BciatiQn>" by Professor E. B. Warman, A. M., of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Chicago. The book contains an appendix of over 5,000. words that are apt to be mispronounced, giving th.c correct pronunciation of each word and the authority for the same.

Count Yon Beust's Memoirs.

TuE-Tnemoirs of Count yon Beust, which fee just been issued, haA'O had the ad vantage of being edited by Baron Henry de Wppns, who was on terms of intimate friendship with the Austrian Chancellor. TH^s memoirs themselves are written m .a bijgbt and somewhat colloquial style; wbTcii cannot fail to attract, as the. in cidents narrated will certainly interest th| reader. Count yon Beust describes the I very outset of his career. '•'On the day of my birth something ex traordinary happened to me—l was drunk ! Itpauie about in this way. I always had the bad habit of keeping people waiting for me. ; Jdid so even on that day, and when ttjasfc I lhade my appearance my father Ppande himself with joy, and gave my oiifseadozen bottles of the oldest Ivhenisn wise, of the year 1683. She was a YVen llfvpiaan, unable to undei;stand a syl wle. of German, and, thinking that the *in,e was for a bath, .she poured it into a Hn and bathed me in it!" When his education was finished he Saxon Civil Service, and after Jtfee became a Secretary of Legation at Berlin. Thence he was transferred to &is, where he saw many interesting *ißhts and met several notable people. %r speaking of this period lie writes: *- 1 cannot conclude these reminiscences ttm without mentioning the Court. il?n the adversaries of the Orleans family fPart <wn that its members have personally IWPithat is sympathetic and attractive, * have never omitted to do graceful and I *Mlbg things. Thus, although I then i^pied a subordinate position, 1 was |p| before my departure to dine witn i^Qyaifamily at St. Cloud. The King I^quiteabourgeois on such occasions, ana ■ *«d himself, a task to which he was not IM so that it could perhaps be said ot IS 'Quill savait mieux trancher es ■gßmaWs quo les viandes.' His awkwaul i^fusec? an accident to befall me which l!». fortunately not attended with any bad Ihsequences. a dish of ham was handed to ■fc«& I took a slice to which anotherstoe i&^g'ng. It fell on the dress of the Mm, nexti to whom I was seated, but her i»fcot notice it. .1 did not lose ■S«eb bi mi.,d, and the moment the IK was looking another way, 1 made jiMnidve and stized the .slice of ham and ■Sft&py- coat pocket. MemoraJ ■^■ffielaab words that Queen Maue ■Jfje uttered when I told her how«.nyl M.t? Paris • ' You will see that you ■SfP W in Paris, 1 a prophecy been fulfilled." . . . ■•

AN ENGLISHMAN'S ADVEN TURE.

Gagged, Bound, and Robbed.

Th*,, Ihdy. Telegraph's".Paris correspon aen* wntes :—About three-o'clock on Wed nesday morning the police discovered on the heights,of Montmartre an unfortunate ueaturewhowasgagged, and whose hands were securely tied behind his back. After ;reemg victim they tried to ascertain how he had fallen into this sad plight, but as hecould not speak a word of French they took him offto the station, and confronted mm with an interpreter, to whom he un told ed a direful tale. . He had. arrived trom England the night before, but he f i? ade his wa i' to fche danpirig-ropm at the Elysee Montmartre, and had struck up an acquaintance with • a person- who could speak some English. Ihe pair hobnobbed together, and,' after quaymg sundry bottles of beer -for which,. ot course, the Englishman paid—his new mend offered to take him tothe Moulin de la Ualette, promising him much more fun than he had enjoyed at the Elysde. They star ted off together, but as soon as they camoto a deserted spot the stranger gagged his com panion, and, ere the latter could defend himself, cleverly bound his hands behind him. He then relieved his victim of his watch and chain and purse, and, after bid ding him "Goodnight "left him to rumin ate on tho folly of trusting himself alone, at an out-of-the-way spot and in the small hours of the morning, with a total stranger. The police are in search of the oifender.

Pistol Duel Between Lawyers.

A DESPATCH;,to the "New York Herald," dated Charleston, S.C., March 20th, says: —At Newberry to-day the orderly proceed ings of a trial in Justice Blpaso's office were somewhat interrupted by an exchange of nine pistol shots between two of tho distinguished lawyers of that rural village. The case before Judge Blease was an at tachment suit, the parties of which were two North Carolinians. George Johnstone and John B. Jones were two. of the lawyers engaged in the case. They were both high strung, and both of them meant business. While the trial was going on some words passed between them, whereupon they drew their shooting iron and opened fire on each other. Nine shots Were exchanged. J'ohnstono was shot through the light ear, in the left arm, and in tho thigh, and seriously hurt. Jones was shot through the body and perhaps fatally wounded. Lawyer George B. Cromer, who tried to ■stop the shooting, narrowly escaped being killed, three shots passing through his clothing. The courtroom was crowded when the firing began, and it is almost miracu lous that there was not sonasbedy killed outright. Jones is a prominent lawyer,and of one of the best families in the country. Johnstone was educated at Edinburgh, and is a public man of considerable local pro minence. He had been a member of the State Legislature for several terms, and was a candidate for Congress from the Third District in the last campaign. He is the son of old Chancellor Johnstone. It is said that there has been bad blood between Jones and Johnstone, and it is inferred that they went into court to-day with the expectation of having trouble. It is not known what will be the end of the melee to-day. Perhaps both parties will be fined if they don't die. It ought to be men tioned that the attachment case was "mutually settled" by tho parties to the sxiit, and that all the proceedings have been stopped.

A STRANGE CAREER.

Elopement and murder.

A Svomax named Victor, with a pronounced suicidal mania, has ■ just been condemned (say 3 a Paris telegram) to six., months' im prisonment for having Caused the death of her little child during' one of her attempts at self-destruction. She laid herself, with her infant, on her bed, after lighting1 a pan of charcoal, but after a time a neighbour burst open the door. The child was already dead, but the woman's life was saved. Hers is a very sad story. Madame Victor had for some years after her marriage led an exemplary life. Her husband Avas a steady workman : but for some unaccount able reaaon the woman suddenly fell madly in love with a bootmaker named Cordier, and after some time, as she could not live with him, she persuaded him to die with her. Accordingly, one day when the husband was out. the couple kindled char coal in her bedroom, but as it had no effect on them Cordier suggested that they should try to stifle, themselves in a small chamber. A^ain there was no result, so they placed a noose round their necks, and pulled it with all their might. But Cordier and his mistress seem to'have the nine lives of the proverbial cat; so, after trying to vmrangle and suffocate themselves with a zeal ?nd an energy worthy of a better cause, the ■ man proposed that they should solve the problem by eloping. Madame Victor consented, and off they went with her little child. But after a week Cordiers flame died out, and he left his mistress in the lurch. The woman, seeing no issue our of her difficulty, again had recom-se to the charcoal-pan, which proved fatal to her infant, but not to herself. She was taken to the hospital, where she so often en deavoured to make away with herself that she had to be placed in a straight-waist coat, while her husband was sent for to ease her mind' by giving her a full pardon. The poor man, who had since broken his leg, now lies in a precarious state in the same hospital. ' im mi.

The New Bishop of Melbourne.

DR Goe, Bishop of Melbourne, is in several very essential particulars a diflerent divine to his predecessor, Dr. Moorhousc. IJie late Bishop was very liberal-minded and tolerant in all things with the exception, perhaps, of our secular system of education. This last, however, was to be expected. Dr. Moorhouse was fond of his glass, could smoke his pipe, and was not ashamed to keep a bull-dog. Dr. Goe lacks all those little "peculiarities" which went far to endear his predecessor to the general mass Of the people. Dr. Moorhouse was also very tolerant of the opinions of his clergy, and allowed them free scope in the conduct of their different churches. Dr. Goe evi dently means to strike out a new line, and a line which, however it may affect his own L er circle, cannot but estrange thereat "ass of the people 'rom him. He evidently in- Snds to lay down a hard-and-fast line in the conduct of 'church services, oyer which lino ho will not allow any one of his clergy to step. Everything must be ortho dox, kt is according to his lights. Ihe other day a clioral service was arranged to belld in one of the suburban churches. The incumbent had been at great pains to enlist the sympathies of his congregation fn the event, which was only one of a ?eAS series which had been gomg on fm the past twelve months. Everything was in Midiness. Some of the best pro- Sional and amateur talent had been en liS for the occasion, when lo 1 a man fate came down from Bishopscourt, -' Stop elate camou _ guch the choial m™*^ ;» Th e worthy vjlinsf the narrow-mindedness of theu new bishop. ''_

Titf snawning season of the American bi^ll#%illSt KobtaineS. game variety wasjirst introd^cea..

JAPAN.

INTERESTING PACTS ABOUT THE LAND OP THE MIKADO.

Esisefor and, Governor ta Become

Christian,

The largest; audience that has. yet listened to any, of thfc Lick series of lectures as sembled in. Pioneer Hall, San Francisco, to hear General Thomas Van Buren, who was United States Minister to Japan for \1 years* speak* of that foreign land.

Japan, he said, twenty years ago was a sealed empire, but enterprise soon broke the" bonds. Yokohama is now a large, thriving city, with 60,000 population in the native and foreign quarters, which are divided from each other. About 12,000,000 acres, or one-sixth of the available land of Japan, is cultivated. The smallness is owing to the absence of fertilisers. Incredi ble crops are raised. Sometimes two crops a ysar are obtained. The soil is a black mould of decomposed vegetation. The climate is not tropical, as generally sup posed. In the north snow and ice are as regular as in Canada. The winters are cold. For years a skating club has been main tained among the foreign element of Yokohama. Several weeks of good skating are frequently secured, and «i the winter of 1884-85 skating lasted two months. There is a considerable excess of males over females in Japan. To which family of the human raco the Japanese belong has not been decisively ascertained. I entertain the belief that they were progenitors of the Isorth American Indians. I have seen men in Japan who, when they hang a blanket over their shoulders, are indistinguishable from Indians. The dijjerenoe of language is the strongest argument against the theory. The Japanoso labourers under the federal system were the absolute s|aves of the ruling class. There-were no courts, and it was as much as a labourer's life was worth to appeal to his Prince for justice. There were iive. classes --the ni]ers and their re tainers, farmers, artisans, labourers and coolies. Since the dawn of tjio new era that lately began, courts have been established where the labourer can be heard. "The old class system is dying out. All the land was formerly the property of the Emperor, and since the abolition of the feudal system the farmors have been greatly benefited. The Japanese family relations have .been essentially patriarchal, the father being the absolute master of his household and off spring. Among the lower classes parents sold their daughters to be coneubjjies, sing ing or dancing girls. The law defining civil rights has done away with much of tho power of the paterfamilias, but it is still greater than in western countries.

Belief in shrine-cures prevails in Japan. The shrine-cure consists in bathing the diseased parts in a little dirty water kept at the temples.

The images of the gods at the temple are horrible in their appearance beyond con ception. These gods are to be placated by prayer. The prayer is written on a piece of paper, which is converted by chewing into a pulpy ball. This is thrown with all the praying one's force at the monster. If it sticks the prayer is granted. Judging by the spitball decorations I have seen on these terrible-looking demons, thoy must have as much business on hand as our criminal courts.

Doctors in Japan formerly charged from ten to twelve cents for visits, including medicine. The demands of the new modern schools have risen to the enormous sum of fifty cents.

Tho relations of master and concubine in Japan are looked upon as perfectly proper. Japanese are very polite.

indiscriminate bathing of the sexes is common among the Japanese. The Japan ese are cleanly. A large majority of them arc patient and skilful workers. The manu factures of Japan are distinctly household. Very low wages are paid. The people work nine hours a day They are vegetarians. A labourer's clothing is of the most primi tive character, costing Idols, to sdols. a year. The Mikado formerly travelled in a covered car. The common people could not look on his face and live. No\v he goes among his subjects freely and without re straint.

The progress of Japan during the past quarter >of a century was spoken of. In 1890 an assembly is to be held and a constitution promulgated. The reigning Emperor and his family are to become Christians and the government is to be Christian. One of the Japanese papers advocated this course as a matter of national policy, arguing that it would secure Japan better treatment from Chris tian nations.

Railroads are needed in Japan, General Van Buren said. Bamboo is used there for innumerable purposes, and he won dered why it was not more employed in other countries.

UNSUCCESSFUL FLATTERY.

A Brilliant Effort Thrown Away Un.

availJngly.

(From the " Detroit Free Press.")

His name was Duffy—Michael Duffy,

He awoke' one morning last week from a deep dream of beer. As he was a super stitious man he felt called upon to rise, put on his clothes and sally out directly by

his dreams,

His vision would have been easily ful filled, but when he searched his pockets to find his pence he found he had no coin of the realm. Now, Michael's credit was a long-lost remembrance. Running over the list of his supply agents; he could think of no one who had not struck. At last he bethought himself of the wife of a dog fancier who kept a variegated bar at the West End. Going to thedoor with hope-winged feet, he saw°to his delight that, the dog fancier was out and his wife, Mrs Murphy, was behind the bar with a child in her arms.

" Ah, good mornin', Mrs Murphy; it's an illegant day we have entirely." -ii Eight ye are, Mr Duffy; it's a fine mornin' indade."

"An'what a swate place ye have here, Mrs Murphy, ye kape it as clean as a \xav lour, ye do." " "Ah, well, Mr Duffy, I do what I can, but the children make a mess of it, tJiey do," " Ah, what a child ye have there, Mrs Murphy ; the eyes of him go through me complately. Och, the pritty little divil— he's the image of Dinnis, that he is !" " Ah, Mr Duffy !" "An" Dinnis, himself - there's a nice man for ye's ; a fine provider, I'll be bound, Mrs Murphy—an' he takes care of the family, Mrs Murphy ! " Vis, Mr Duffy, Dinnis is a fine man as 3>-ou say—an' he gives me money every Saturday night." " I thought so, Mrs Murphy—an' it's right he is, Mrs Murphy, an' he thinks highly of ye, ay coorse, an' well he might, for it's a well-preserved woman ye are, Mrs Murphy. An' ye've been a beauty in yer day, an' there's more than one boy that knows it to his cost, Mrs Murphy—an' couldn't yp give me a drink of beer, Mrs U ♦ * piiy r " ** fed, I paimot, Mr Duffy—and Dinnis told me to turn ye out if ye came for it, an' to call tlie polace." . . " Mrs Murphy, it's an old hag ye are, an' Dinnis is top mane for dog's meat, an' yer baby-well, I was givin' yer a stiff—you baby is that cross-eyed that the flies fall off the saylin when they look at him."

Monarch and Monk.

The Queen's visit to the Monastery of La Grande Chartreuse will be remembered for a long time, we doubt not, by the members pf fche order. Any distinguished visitor is .welcomed, if only for the reason that on such occasions the rigour of discipline is likely to be a little relaxed. The Car thusians, indeed, among other hardships, are obliged to preserve unbroken silence, except on extraordinary occasions, under penalty of scourging. Perhaps the Father Superior is not subject to this rule, or more probably the visit to Queen Vic toria was considered an occasion of extra freedom. At any rate we read that Her Majesty conversed freely with him at the various places of interest visited, and we may be pretty sure that the worthy Father is not paying for his moment of conversa tional freedom by endirriug the customary flagellations. But the monks must have been grievously disappointed that their Royal visitor, only the second woman (the first is variously reported as either the ex- Empress Eugenic or the Queen of Italy) who has ever been permitted to enter their walls, did not accept their hospitality. We can hardly believe that the Queen, who, as she tells us in her "Leaves," sometimes take's a sip of whisky in Highland cottages, did not taste the wonderful cordial by which the monastery is best known to the outside world, and which is supposed by the unregenerate outsider almost to make up to the monks for their enforced silence. The Queen is now doubly connected with the order which St. Bruna founded. She has visited his monks in their old homo, while she has at least one grandson in the ranks of modern-day Carthusians — the Carthusians of the school at Godalming.

Two Famous Hoaxes.

One of the most famous and audacious pieces of mischief ever perpetrated was the " Berners-street Hoax," contrived by Theo dore Hook. It originated in this way. Hook was walking down the street one day in 1819 with a companion, and noticing a quiet house, the residence of a respectable shopkeeper's widow, the idea suddenly oc curred to him to bet'that in a week lie would make it the most-talked-of houso in all London.

■ The bet was taken, and in the course of the next four or five days Hook had written and sent off a thousand letters conveying orders to tradesmen of every sort, all to be executed on one particular day and a3 nearly as possible at one fixed hour. Every thing was thought of, from waggons of coals and potatoes, to books, prints, feathers, ices, jellies, and cranberry tarts. .

Nearly all obeyed the summons. Carts came with upholstery, vans with pianos, sweeps with their brushes, tailors with clothes, pasti-yeooks with wedding-cakes, undertakers with coffins, fishmongers with eels and oysters, and butchers with legs of mutton.

But others were written to and came be sides tradespeople. Doctors were there, and surgeons, and lawyers, and to crown all, the Lord Mayor drove up in his state carriage, followed by the Governor of the Bank of England, the Chairman of the East India Company, the Lord Chief-Jus tice, a Cabinet Minister, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief. To these learned and illustrious personages the most ingenious reason had been given for requesting their attendance.

Hook and two of his friends occupied a window in the neighbourhood, and the tumult of which they were spectators may well be imagined. In the confusion serious damage was done, glass and china being smashed, baskets of fruit overturned, coach panels driven in, and tho oontents of wine and beer barrels made free of by the as embled crowd.

A fervent hue and cry arose for the de tection of the wholesale deceiver, but so carefully had precautions been taken that, inquiry 'proved entirely fruitless. Hook found it convenient, however, to be laid up for a week or two by a severe attack of ill ness, after which, till the storm blew over, he promoted convalescence by a country torn-. .

This trick gave rise to countless imita-. tions both at home and abroad. An original variation was a cat hoax at Chester, in August, 1815. It had just come to be known that Napolean Bonaparte was about to be conveyed to St. Helena; and one morning a number of handbills were dis tributed through Chester informing the in habitants that the island being dreadfully infested with rats, the Government had re solved that it should forthwith be cleared of the obnoxious animals. The advertiser had therefore been deputed to pur chase eats and thriving kittens, and lie offered " sixteen shillings for every ath letic full-grown tom-cat, ten shillings for every adult female puss, and half-a-crown for every thriving kitten that could swill milk, pursue a ball of thread, or fasten its young fangs in a dying mouse." An address was given—it was that of an empty house —at which the cats were -to be delivered.

The advertisement was responded to by the owners of nearly three thousand cats ; men, women, and children laden with sacks and baskets crowding into the town from all the surrounding country. The scene before the door of the empty house is said to have baffled all description. When the hoax was discovered most of the cats were liberated, and on the following morning no fewer than five hundred dead cats were counted floating down the River Dee.. — " Leisure Hour for March."

The Pluckiest Charge on Record.

The following account of a tiger charge has been taken from the journal of Lieutenant- Colonel Pierson :—-The tiger turned up at the very end of the beat, and trotted down a branch nullah towards Rawlins, who fired and hit, turning the tiger back into high grass, amongsb which he disappeared. It was impossible to. " walk him up," so, having posted markers in trees, we set fire to the o-rass, which we succeeded in burn ing all-round a triangular patch in the fork between two nullahs. Although the markers saw him move, he refused to leave this,' so Eawlins and Brough being posted in tree?, Hpbbert and I went round to protect the beaters whilst firing this last' remaining cover. In doing so I saw the tiger lying down under a bush, and fired ; with several roars, and after some delay, during which the tiger appeared to be tumbling about in the grass, he galloped off past Rawlins and Brough, who emptied their rifles without stopping him. We then all joined together, and followed up .in the direction he had gone, not very sanguine, as the tiger was ap parently not very hard hit, the ground was jungly and the grass high. However, Hebbert soon saw him moving slowly through the grass, and fired. This was too much for him, and with a roar of warning he charged straight at our line, the long grass only showing his.head as he galloped over the thirty yards of ground between us. Six shots met him en route, mostly hitting him about the head and neck. Hebbert fired his last shot almost in the brute's face, slightly checking and turning him; but, recovering:, he, after clearing our flank, turned in on Hebbert (who was backing with empty rifle round the others), and was on the point of springing on him, when I fired the last remaining barrel left among us, and bowled him over. The pluckiest on record. Length Bft. 9in—" Sport in India. "

OUR LAST ROYAL JUBILEE.

The " Good Old Times" of George 111.

TkE autumn of 1890—and the loyal sub jects of His Most Sacred Majesty George the Third were becoming daily more and more Jubilee-mad. It had required a vast amount of eloquence and persuasion, in the first instance, to work up the national spirit to the. required pitch of enthusiasm, but this was accomplished, and our grand fathers held to their purpose with a tenacity which, under the circumstances, did them indefinite credit. Truth to tell, the political and social outlook both at home and abroad was at its gloomiest at the very time when arrangements were being made for general rejoicings.; and the map who could persuade himself that he meant what he said when he joined in the great thanksgiving services for " peace and plenty," must have been a very enviable individual. That the long-drawn-out Napo leonic wars were becoming a sore drag both upon the hearts and the purses of ' those at home; that the depression in trade, though temporary, was great; that the Portland Ministry had quarrelled and had sent in their resignation, afber the fail ure at Waleheren had cost the lives of some twenty thousand of our soldiers —these were amongst the many thoughts which were stirring in the minds of the people that autumn ; and a certain Mr Waithman expressed pretty accurately the feelings of many thinking men when he declared that to waste money in bonfires, when the people were at their wits-end to pay their taxes, was opposed to his own notions of common sense. This was at the Court of Common Council which was held on September 15 to consider the all-important question of the celebration. If they merely wanted to forward the King an address, well and good ; if the Lord Mayor choose to invite the Corporation to turtle and venison, he for one would accept a seat at table ; but to ask an impoverished nation to send more money was, in his opinion, ridiculous. The suggestion, he added, could only have been made to cover the dis grace of the Ministers. The worthy obstructionist was calmed down at last, and, through him, the bulk of the people, by hearing a fuller explana tion of how the great day was to be kept. ItWas to be no question of giving; it was all to be getting. This of course put a different aspect on affairs. Everyone suddenly remembered wljat a bluff, soft hearted, hard-headed old Englishman had been reiguijiw over them for forty-nine long years. They told each other long winding yarns of how he had trotted (in a very unkingly but very lovable fashion) in and out of every cottage round Windsor or Kew, and how he gave to one old biddy " five guineas to buy a jack," and to another substantial help towards her boy's school ing, and so on. Old men who could relate, or invent, anecdotes of the monarch's young days were in high requisition, and their tales fell on delighted ears. That with all his bigotry and with all his ignorance he had tried to do his duty in a brave uncom promising fashion, went for very little by the side of his own personal acts of kindness; and, once assured that the fatherly old king was arranging a universal holiday, the matter was taken up with zest and the enthusiasm spread like wild fire. Even the news that no single member of the royal family would bo in town upon the great day could not damp the eagerness of the Londoners. It seemed to be pretty generally understood that it was more natural for the homely, popular king to spend it at Windsor, where every petty tradesman or chubby Eton boy was almost a personal friend, than in the capital, and no dissatisfaction was shown.

The morning of October 25 dawned clear and bright, and before even early risers had left'fclieir beds, London was roused by the jby;-bel}s pealing madly from every church; tpwer ajid steeple. Every one was early a fpot; dressed as befitted so festive an occa sion, and in recalling the scene it should be remembered that a crowd of nearly eighty years ago was better worth surveying From an artistic point of view than one of to day, while the many flags and banners winch were being hung from every hpuf'e gave a holiday appearance to the whole. All business was suspended by mutual consent, and every doorway and window was gay with ladies and children, brave in holiday attire, and wearing, for the most part, ribbons of carter blue, to which were attached the medals which had been struck for the occasion. The sovereign's head was represented in profile, and was declared to be an excellent likeness, while the ob verse of the coin bore suitable legends and inscriptions. The centre of attraction was now the Guildhall, where the Lord Mayor, gorgeous to behold in his state coach drawn by six prancing and beribboned greys, was joined by the members of the orporation, and thence proceeded in solemn state to St. Paul's. The procession was swelled by several regiments of volun teers, and various city companies, and, with bands playing and banners waving, it was altogether a goodly show for the patient and delighted mob. St. Paul's Cathedral crowded, and every member of that crowd—from the sweet-voiced charity children to the gruffest-toned verger—join ing in the glorious National Anthem, must have been a thing to remember j and so too, though in another way, must have been the. sudden desertion of the streets, as every place of worship-Roman Catholic, Pro testant, Jewish, and. Nonconformist—was suddenly carried by storm. Volunteers attended en masse, and, service once over, they made their way to Hyde Park, where they held a grand review and tired count less Jeuxdejok. Meanwhile, 'a universal feasting was in active prepai-ation. George the Third's Jubilee was altogether very typical of the time in which it was held. With one ex ception, there does not seem to have been a man, woman, or child in the kingdom who did not consider that to eafc a good dinner was the acme of human bliss, and to bestow one the highest form of Christian charity. One person was, indeed, so eccentric as to hint that the building of some almshouses would be a good way of commemorating the anniversary, but nothing came of tho idea. As to imperial institutes, clergy houses, cottage hospitals, and the like, nothing half so unsatisfactory was even suggested. To prove a nation's joy by eating roast beef and plum pudding and drinking quarts of beer was pre-eminently British, and therefore to do anything else would have been flat heresy and disloyalty. So it comes to pass that in reading the records of this most auspicious twenty-fifth of October, one's mental horizon becomes darkened with myriads of plum puddings, and rejoicings under the third George take the form of one long perpetual dinner list. In every town and hamlet throughout Eng land an ox was roasted whole, and the dinner was the one event of the nay, Dunstable boasting itself the most loyal because at the town hall the diners sat down to table nearly a thousand strong. In all British ports our sailors managed enough rum to float a man o'-war; while in London itself some notion of the singleness of idea, as far .as enjoyment went, may bo gathered from the fact that the governor oi St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in the goodness of his heart, ordered plum pudding and porter to every patient there ! The one exception amidst all this wasted money to which notice has already been drawn, was in the case of the debtors. Those unfortunate men were certainly gitrpn cause to bless the Jubilee, for not only all debtors to the Crown were released, but ths King headed a subscription for the remainder with L 4.000, and his example was loyally followed by all classes of men, amongst the larger sums being LSOO from the Quakers and LI,OOO from the Corpor ation. All deserters jfrom fleet and army wgre grantgd a free pardon j those confined

for military: offences werereleased I fiffice.rs of both seryices received general brevet promotion; and.alL prisonera of, war on parole were sent back to their; own coun tries,' with the exception of those ■ poor: wretches who happened to be French. This was as a> matter of course at a time when the requirements of pastors and masters were fully satisfied by_ Pater familias taking young Hopeful oh his knee, and repeating the accepted formula : "Be a good boy. l3ay your prayers, love your mother, and hate the French." It would indeed have been almost an insult to the unbounded patriotism which was then ram-, pant to have helped any poor " Mounseer,". and amongst these otherwise very general rejoicings I can find but a single instance. Messrs Burridge, of Portsmouth, gave three pence each to the Frenchmen who were on board the prison-ships which were quartered there, "in consequence," as they said, "of the humanity showo by Marshal Mortier to to the British sick and wounded after the batble of Talavera." Let us hope that the kindly Mortier, who was then leading his victorious armies against the Spaniards, heard of the outcome of his good deeds, and rejoiced that his old soldiers had not been left entirely out in the cold. Nightfall in London brought the revellers into the streets, which were lighted with thousands of little coloured lamps, while every coffee-house public office, and build ing of any note, besides many private houses, were literally one blaze of light. Transparencies, showing the King under every guise, were exceedingly popular, and the streets were crowded with merry, jost ling sight-seers who waited until the lights were extinguished before. walking con tentedly home with, ifc is to be hoped, a deepened sense of national glory to balance the many inevitable headaches of the morrow.

At Windsor, the day was passed in the humdrum staid style which one would have expected under Farmer George. A whole ox was roasted, and the Queen, with four dandified sons and one rosy-cheeked daughter, went to inspect and taste this delicacy. The cooks wore new blue suits and white silk stockings, which appear to have created an immense excite ment among the good people of Windsor. They cheered Her Majesty, the silk stock ings, the bowing princes, and the roasting ox, and every one was exceedingly jubilant. The one touching incident in this some what prosaic picture is the absence of the good old king himself. It was only a year, remember, before his insanity was again openly declai-ed, and the courageous little queen had probably good reasons of her own for keeping him not only from the Metropolis, but also as far as she could from the Windsor gossips upon such an exciting day as that of the Jubilee. He was visible at chapel, and again when they fired a, feu dejoie in the Long Walk and he rode past the men and responded silently to their salute, bub this was all. Even at the grand jdte which Queen Charlotte gave at Frqg more, where for once the etiquette-loving woman laid aside her notions of what was permissible, and invited not only the nobility but the tradesmen and their wives ; and where for once, too, her sons merged their horror of the slowness of the Court in hearty enjoyment of the novelty,—even at Frogmore the King did not put in an appearance. This unexplained absence is the one touch which redeems the whole useless and resultless pageant . and thm thought of the old man wandering alone through the rooms of his palace holds more poetry than any or every grandiloquent verse which was written for the occasion, and echoed across the dinner-tables of en thusiastic and toast-loving subjects. One thing there was; and only one, to sustain the character of the much vaunted "good old times." Ireland not only joined in the Jubilee, but found three days instead of one barely sufficient to express her over flowing devotion to the powers ftiab Averc, Universal thanksgiving ; reviews ; public dinners, public fireworks, public balls; everyone asked everywhere, everyone—high and low responding eagerly; the King's health drunk with enthusiasm ; all local magnates cheered to the echo. And follow ing on all these, good things, a certain magisterial notice which ought to be made a matter of history : " not a tingle individual was charged on the watch.'j One reads of such things with envious eyes, and the men of the Georgian Jubilee, —these Englishmen who drank and swore,who held "foreigners" and " Popery " in equal detestation, and whose notions of a fifty-years celebra tion could rise no higher than freeing their poorer brethren from debt and giving themselves and their children any extra good dinner,—they rise considerably in our estimation. In spite of their narrow ness and ignomnce they had brains enough to keep themselves and their fellow sub jects in good order, and sense enough to prefer fighting a mutual foe to quarrelling among each other, The obstinacy,, the pig-headedness of these grandfathers of ours is almost proverbial, but much as we may pride ourselves on the different and enlightened spirit in which we are propos ing to keep our own Victorian Jubilee, this sore question of Irish loyalty should not be let slip. For it was this ' obstinacy' which kept Ireland, this ' pig-headedness' that saved England of eighty years ago from the (then) un-English sin of vacilla tion; and if we would honestly seek the primal cause of our present trouble, we should find that'in ridding ourselves of this, possibly, undesirable quality, it has only been to cultivate a process of thought which these ancestors of burs so wisely ab horred.

Thackeray closes his history of the Georges with an allusion to the Queen we all love so clearly, and as ifc was her Jubilee which suggested this chit chat on that of George the Third, one cannot perhaps conclude better 4'ian by echoing the great writer's words : ' The heart of Britain still beats kindly for George 111.,— not because he was wise and just, but be cause he was pure in life, honest in intent, and because according to his lights he worshipped heaven. We acknowledge in the inheritrix of his sceptre a wiser rule and a life as honourable and pure ; and we may be sure the future painter of our manners will pay a willing allegiance to that good life and be loyal to the memory of tliat unsullied virtue." —English Magazine.

A Horrible Case of Trance.

The Odessa correspondent of the "Daily News " sends particulars of a case which has caused considerable sensation. Major Majuroff, an artillery officer,' and aide-de camp to the Governor-General of Odessa, aged 35, died as was supposed somewhat suddenly, and was in tewed forty hours after wards. His funeral was marked by much military pomp, and by the presence of all the civic and military notables. A few days after, Avhile the family vault in the necro polis was being renovated for the Eussian Fete dcs Morts, the coffin lid was noticed to have been partly forced open. It was immediately removed, and the body was found face dowmvarde. The face was dreadfully, lacerated and the flesh gnawed from the hands. The corpse was still bleed ing, which confirms the statement of a workman that his attention, was:first at tracted by a noise in the coffin, and the un fortunate major died only on the instant of the appalling discovery.. .;. , ,i ;

POETRY.

THE PINES.

I lov<>d the pine trees as a bpy-^-. p f ,,. -• •, • y 1 My childhood's fleeting span of joy ~. j Was spent beneath thenr shade, , AndOaough I've roved through'many a Clinia Remembrance of thatrdistanttime' ...i ," .., ■ 'Shall never, never fade. v : ' /

I ]oye the pine trees dearly still;' , I love them. and.l ever will While memories abound. -~ For joys the child could never know In happy days long, long ago . , . Beneath the pines I found.- '•

And sne, whose voice shall ever be i|y sweetest-, purest melody,, ;; .;, ; -,« whispering words of love ; Xr s~%h.the pines, while cleatf ana bright Bfett'JS^in, in robes.of silver light, . : XtftSfed on us from above. ■ ■' -•■' '

0. E; Hugo;

IN MEMORIAM PUELLULE DULCISSIMÆ, -D.P.W.

Ah! what is left for me to prize ? i A little dress or trinket-toy "Which once could make the innocent eyes Brighter with glimpses of the joy ; The woman feels.in being fair; . A chair left sadly in its place— . A little tress of chestnut hair— A little likeness of her face, ~-, . - . Ah! vacant of the living light Which magic sunbeam never gave—» And.on our city's Northern height, Aero s a thousand streets—a grave. No more, no more. O fruitless pain Of birth and nu' turc, wasted years Of care, and watches watched in vain I O idle hopes! 0 idle fears 1

'Tis well to tell us she is blest, That never sinnor grief shall break .. ; - The quiet of her perfect rest. 0 God, but is it well to make These desolate homes, that round Thy throne. Haply may stand in denser throng. ;,: ~ The children-angela ? Must the tune , Of these pure voices swell the song That hymns Thee Lord o£ all, and leave ', I These dreadful gaps of gileuce here ? .

O Lord, forgive us if we grieve Too wildly, if the starting tear ->, '■'. Confuse our vision ; make us see What steadfast, changeless purpose runs Through all Thy ways, to bring to Thee. Or soon or late. Thy wandering sons. ;> j Content if slow they come, for sake Of those they love, and loath to part ~ From what Thou givesfc, Thou dost take The treasure lest Thou lose the heart. —A. J. Church.

LITTLE FOLKS' COLUMN.

THREE LITTLE RATS.

Three little rats took off their hats;

And sat them down.to read: - Three bigger rats came and stole their hats, A very shame indeed ! ...... .; .. ; Oh, no one knew, and yet 'tis true, About those three rats' hats"; You poor little rats, with no nice hats. Full soon you'll know your nced> ,', Soon these little ratslooked found for their

hats • (They'd read their papers through), Then these little rats, they missed their hats— They were just as good as new— . " Oli, dear!" thQ?/ cried, standing side by side, " Will nobody rind our hats V " Oh, poor little rats, without your hats, 3 • Tne loss you'll surely riie. ' ..,

Well, these little rats, without their hats, Had toothache very sore! .}* And as these rats rie er found their hats, ■■ They had to buy some more. But from that day, so I've heard say, They ne'er took off their hats; ■"• '■■■■ And these little rats never lost their hats, As they had once before.

"Little Folks."

What part of a dwelling-house would best suit a phrenologist for his study ?-rThe scullery.

"Twelve pence one shilling," said tlie , school-master. "Now, go on, sir,"'twenty , shillings make one — wfyat,V? " " They - make one jnighfy glad these fimes," replied the boy, and the teacher, ,wh.o'.Haan*b got,,» his last month's salary, thought the boy was ■ right. .- ..- .. ./.../•■;;,...;.:'.•<■; 4.J.V ».V .'.-"

HOME POLITENESS.

■ A boy who is polite to his father arid-'■ mother is likely to be polite to everyone >' else. -A boy- lacking politenese . to- his' ' parents may have the semblance of courtesy ; in society, but is never truly polite in spirit;'' ( and is in danger, as he becomes familiar^ ofT; betraying his real-want of courtesy.' -We are all in danger of living too much for'the-' outside world, for the impressioir whieK we ' make in sociefcyy coveting the: opinion "Of 7 those who are in a sense part of ourselves, and who will continue to sustain and be in terested in us, notwithstanding the . de-' ■ portment and character. We say to every ' boy and girl, cultivate the habits of cour-' tesy and propriety at home-"in the sitting- ' room and the kitchen —' and you will be sura;! in other places to deport yourself in.aPbe- -' coming and attractiver manner. When one has a pleasant smile arid a graceful :de-r' meanour, it is a satisfaction : to know these;' are not put pn,'; but; that they belong te the ■ character, arid are manifest at all times and under all circumstances. ■• ■■ -r '■ '-'; ; ' ~'•

THE BICYCLE IN INDIA.

A bicycle belonging"'to a European, fentleman at a South' Mahratfca station has'; indled such envious feelings in the •bfeaifc of a native student'in the' local&igh School' that the latter has written in Europekn the • following imploring epistle :--"Most:^e;s- . pected Sir^l fall at your feet'; if you. please, save my life and make me happy. I have the strongest''desire to have rtheV bicycle to ride on. Through thecontem.: plation, I have 'been reduced to half, and ■ if I continue the same course Xdo not know what my fate will be. I have/'no^irioney to.'. buy ifc. ,' Piety has never become .fruitless* ; and so the generosity! Your ho'npur should not think that you preseiit iiie only a ' Bicycle worth of nine rupees, but pay life, which will perhaps serve your honour for your life. Now, I have become like'aT helpless sick person and you a doctor.! ; I£ you give me medicine I shall recover, " otherwise not. " God will be pleased with you, which is necessary for a'marito be.' happy. Let your great,' kind, and nbbje.^ mind order generous hands to present tins' ■ miserable lnaii with, your .most beautiful ' l Bicyclei" ; ''"■"

A Police Analyst.

Country Constable :'"Ah !' I've been-; a-watching fur yer a many Sunday after- '' noons, Matilda Grubbiris, and at last I hey catch youa-fetchin' beer after closin' time"! Matilda Gi-übbins :, Si Please, sir, I'o-ot" * the beer afore the 'ouse^het • but it'si'thefc ' drefFul dilooted, as'feyther sent ;iiie; to' ask" 'em to change it ■• and 'please/ sir, 'they ' won't!"- .•■..;-,.. mo ■ :■. Haa sdi

C.C. : "Drefful dilooted; istt? this ere's a serious "charge. -; You'd tetter l 'and the beer-over to: me, xny little lass ' and go and; tell your feytheris Mr Wi!kiiVs,?" the p'leeceman, is' a hariylizin' hot if^eryA careful-fur 'im."-r-[Disappears round''the" corner, with the jug].—"Jun." ; ' on-i)

rim atokmni) s .evmihg star; satubday, june 25, issr.

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