OUR LONDON FLANEUR.

Social, Thoatrlen.l, and Literary,

(KP.I)M OI7R LONDON OOTUIESPONDKNT.)

London, Decomber 17. If tho groat divorco easo, of which we are all so tirod, has dono nothing elso, if, has at, least demonstrated Uio eminent desirability of keeping a diary. Lady Colin Campbell's diaries, though tho merest bald outline of movements, doings, and engagements, were the rock on which her defence was founded. Without them it would have been impos sible to offer material contradiction to tho specious stories of her servants, or to have attempted to provo an alibi re the Purfleet incident. Women, more especially women of fashion, or women who have married unhappily, would do well to bear in mind theso facta. In times liko the present it is impossible to say when one may not bo called upou to account for cer tain days or hours, and moro memory is a hopolessly treacherous staff to lean upon. Ark yoursolf how you employed your timo on somo specific elato six weeks ago, and, unless your lifo is n strictly monotonous ono, you will soon see lam right. "But," says somo happy and confident render, " logal trouble con nover eomo my way. Ah I my dear sir or madum, so thought Lady Colin Campbell a fow years ngo. Whon Grrlrudo Blood married tho Princess Louiso's brother-in-law, sho littlo guessed what wns beforo her, Tho.m>st v «rt_?OmaT3r^'_!auTißift are- ' boing taken to prevent any facts leaking i out with regard lo tho now comic opera at tho Savoy which would enablo American pirates to anticipate the author's copyright. Mr Gilbert himself conducts overy rehear sal, taking caro to have the houso searched ' oro business commences. Neither piece - nor characters are named, tho performers t referring to one anothor as A., 8., and C , etc., and all concerned nro hound undor ' tremendous ponalties neither to whistle any ( of tho airs nor repoat any of tho lines to a t living soul outside iho theatre, Tho piece I will probably bo pro-luoud oarly in January, s The "Mikado" was produced on March I 14th, ISS4, and if it, runs to tho ond of tho yoar (as I anticipate) will havo been per \ formed (with matinee?) close on 700 times, s It has proved tho groate . succisa ot tho r Gilberton series in England, not oven ex- c cepting " P.itionco." fi

Ono of tho most interesting of the Christ mas novelties will be a dramatic version of "Alico in Wonderland," performed by children in the afternoons at tho Prince of Wales's Theatre. Tno arrangements of tho manager {indeed of a good many managers) have, however, beon sadly put out by a sudden ultimatum on tho part of the Lord Chamberlain, to tho effect that childron undor ten will not henceforward bo allowed to perform. This sounds a most beneficent restriction. In reality it means the loss of comfortable meals, warm fires, and pretty clothes to a lot of little mitos, and money to their parents.

The Gaiety Christmas piece " Monte Cri. .0," with Nellio Farron and Fred Leslio in tho principal paits, promisoa well, and Arthur Roborti's version of " Robinson Crusoe" is sure to draw all the town to the Avoauo. Tho mania for employing music hall artiste in pantomimes increases every year. This year the " stars " of tho pantomimes at Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and Leeds are all hall vocalists, and will draw thumping salaries. Jennie Hill, tlio " Vital Spark," who got £40 n week at Liverpool tho year boforo ln«.t, is this Christmas to re ceive £C oat Manchester.

Meanwhile, " burlesque boys" and "first singing chambermaids" advertise in tho "Era" in vain.

Private theatricals are usually such a painful infliction to tha onlookers that ir, bocomea almost n duty to chronicle any ex caption to tho rulo. I was present the other evening at a houso where threo little unpretensious pieces - a farce, a comedietta, and au operetta—wero given ■ Toe farce was a witty dialogue eiiled " Tho Nettle," that has had a groat success at tho Court as curtain-raiser to "The Schoolmistress;" the comedietta, "My Lord in Livery," a charming li)tie play; and tho operetta the well-known Savoy piece " The Carp," music by Collier. All three pieces wero capitally played, and tho scenery being simple, long intervals could bo avoided. The mistress of tho home named the following as also being well euited to drawing - room performance:

*' After All," oper tta by Collier; " Twice Killed," an o'd faroo, by Oxenford, that ehould be played in tho costumes of 152",; " Two Flats and a Sharp," comediotta, and "A Case for Eviction," by Thcyre Smith.

Mr Edward Terry's new theatre in the Strand not being ready for occupation, he means to venture on a season at tho un lucky Olympic, and will open next weok in Pinero's " Churchwarden," a piece that has had a most successful run in the provinces. If he should fail there, tho old houso will probably be pulled down, and re modelled under a new name.

11 Mr Drew Gay, tho notorious war corre spondent, has produced in tho "Mystery sf the Shroud " a most portentous " shilling shocker." It is in somo respects quite tho beet twelvepennorth of mystery, murder, and dynamite that we have read lately. Unfortunately, Mr Gay's method of nana tion falls short of his plot. Tho samo story told by Robert Louis Stevenson or David Christio Murray would, one feels, have taken the reading woild by storm. As it is, I don't suppose the book will bo more than an average succoss. i Old and young will aiiko experience keen pleasure in reading Mrs--Burnett's "Littlo i,ord Fauntleroy," which the "Saturday Review "and "Spectator" havo aliko and rightly pronounced the most perfect child's story given to the world sinco Mies Mont gomery's "Misunderstood." Mrs Bur nett's talo has all Miss Montgomery's charm of manner, without hor false, and some'.imos maudlin sentiment. Tho late Mra Bwing was facile prineeps at Euch work,- witness '•'Jacknnpes " aud the "Story of a Short Life." Mrs Burnett should, however, go far to fill her place. By-the-way, "the child's book that -went, through six editions, which Lady Colin Campbell claimed re cently in tho witness-box, was, it. turns out, ono of Kato Grcenaway. groat successes, ond owed its popularity entirely to the irtustrations. ■-,_•'•' . „ i Tho serial stories in " Harper's Magazine during the c ming twelvemonth will be by W. D. Howells and Katherine O'Meara. The former's is to be entitled " April Hopea," n tale of life in Boston, ond the tatter's "Narlta, a Russian Romance.' "HarpeiV also adyertisp many othor at tractions. , . Whon Mr Stead sot our virtuous hairs standing on end with the publication of " Tho Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon, no London journal was moro unaffectedljf shocked and outraged than the " Standard Yet this, if you please, is the paper which, «inco the commencement of the Colin (amp bell case, has published from nine to thirteen columns daily of verbatim report, preserving for tbo public benefit overy Bingle cerulean detail. . "Two Bishops," says Dagcnet the irre pressible, "were walking past the new Law Courts the Other day. Said the first Bishop.: •Another of thoso bine blood eases 1 Said the other Bishop : ' .'ou are right. It ?s h'B'ood ca-o, and ns"'for its being ito well, what do you think, my lord? ' To realise the full significance of one ot the principal charges against the Duko of Marlborough in connection with the Camp bell case, the public require to know one little fact which has not yet transpired. At the time Lord Blandford is aocueed oi meet ing Lady Colin at Purflet, the divorco case in which he and Lady Aylesford were con cerned had only just closed. Lord B and ford had, indeed, been advised. to leave town for a few weeks, as publio opinion waa so strong against him. Is it. then, do you think, likely that with tho ehame and ob loquy of one adultery full upon htm.he went straight away and committed another. Lady Colin, her friends declare, has always been most urgent in advising the Duke of Marlborough to offer to re merry Lady Blandford. "It is tho only repara tion you can mate," sho used to say. .; What do you thipk of \_7. S. Gilbert as. a prophet? Four years ago ho wro.p in "Iolantho" :— Ob! Captain Shaw, Type of tm9 love kept under, Cojldiliybrlgaile, With cold easosde, „_,,_,,, Quench my deep lovo, I wonder 1 The marriage of Viscount Weymouth to the young Princess cf Tacit wB tako place about next August. Lord. Weymouth is the eldest son of the Marquis of Bath, and a very pleasant, unassuming young man. It is the wish of tho Bath family that the "Prinoees" should be dropped after mar riage, but the Queen won't hear of it. If the Colin-Campb.-ll caee mars many reputations, it has at least made ono i refer to that of Mr B. B. Finlay, the.lead: ing counsel for the petitioner. Hitherto, this gentleman has been known chietly

as an authority on Stock Exchange cu'os. Ho now ranks, with Sir Charles Kus.ell, Sir Honry James and the loading mon at the bar. A finer piece of advocacy than his opening speech for Lord Oolin has not boon heard for many a day. When ho began Lord Colin's name was held in execration throughout tho three kingdoms. When ho ended, almo?t every roan in Court believed that a groat injuitice bad boen done. 'Tis now admitted that Ary Eoilaw, the author of tho notorious " Roland" and " Roi de Thessalie," is the Russ:an Coun tess who was so ecandalously treated by the Grand Duko of Hesse. Her new novel, " Uno Altesso Imperiale," throws a lurid light on tho Court of Russia, and lots

numerous cats out of the Imperial bag. Madame do Kalomin^ is now busy on a work that will touch up our English royal ties.

"Thoy All Love Jack" is the title of a new nniitic.il ditty by Stephen A.iame, which should bo quite ns popular as the famous " .Nancy Leo." It was threo times encored at tho ballad concerts last week. Another popular song just now is Collier's " Queen cf My Heart," from tbo Gtiety succes? " Dorothy," and I also hear good accounts of "Tho Middy," by Leigh Kingsmill, and " Lovo is a Dream," by Cowen. Several good operettas suitable for per formance by amateur companies have been pn klished recently, and will, it is to be hoped, take tho place of Gilbert and Sullivan's ovor dono piece*. " Agos Ago," with words by W, S. Gilbert and music by Fr«d Clay, is specially suitable for ptivato theatricals. It v,as wiitton for the Gorman Reeds many yoars back, and had a trcmondous run. Thora are (if 1 remember rightly) only iivo characters.

Tho comic, song of tho moment is a mock

JbaUad describiuer pathetically how a gentlo miii-wlio irHii^M tell bis friends disagreeable truths was rewardcc_i_'rtt!-—^. Two lovuly bUck 05ea fill I what a surprbc On.y for tolling a fellov tho truth )'v, o lovely black e_7_eis Tho refrain is hideously catching, so much so that for days after hoaring if, tho accursed tutio rings in one's cars. 1 Virney Grain's two now comic songs from '•Taking tho Waters," "I Cieklchury Brown' (describing tho inaniiios of a confirmed prae ticil joker) and "The Actor and Tho Bishop" have just been published, and should sell well. Thoy aro witty without being vulgar. Wood, tho jockoy, ia a Hebrew by birth, which accounts for his "paying" propen sities Ho boasted to a lot of friends tho other day that ho had settled £25,000 on each of his thron children, besides settling a largo fum on " tho missus,"

'Twut, not. it turns out, tho wasting that did poor Archer so much harm as tho fact that ho had to waste by artificial means instead of by t-iking long walks, as moat jockeys do. Archer's feet woro co elolioate ho couldn't walk.

Ormonde will only run at Ascot and Goodwood noxt yoar. Georgo R. Sims has been revisiting tho scenes of " How the Poor Live," and will describe his now experiences (after the manner of former on.es) in tho " Paily News." Tho title of tho papers is "Tho Pinch of Poverty." Tho first appeared on December 4th.

T. nnyson's new volume of poems is to bo published next week. Its chief feature will bnj\ stquol to "Loeksley Hall"—"Sixty Yoars After "

Tho latest issue of Routledgo's incom parable threepenny library contains Dickens's two best Christmas storios, "The Carol "and "Tho Chimes," in clear, read able type. Miss Braddon's "Cut by tho County" forms the initial volume of a now series of '•shilling shockers" to bo published by Maxwell's.

In addition to "Tlio Nine of Hearts," " Tho Golden Land," nnd " Life's Brightest Star," B. L. Farjeon bus just completed a threo volume novel ontitlc-et " Tho Tragedy ot Fealherstone," which will bo published to-morrow by Ward and Downey. Much curiosity prevails as to the author ship of that powerful story " Tho Silenco of Derm Maitland." On ito appearance the work was attributed to Mrs Harrison (Miss Kingsley); but that lady, though fluttered, denied tho soft impeachment. Mrs J. 11. Needell is now suspscted to bo Maxwell Gray's alter ego. The Christmas " Graphic" leaves tho "Illustrated" far behind both as regards pictures and letterpress. " Punch's almanac is as usual excellent, and "Judy's" shows an immense improvement on former years. "Figaro Illustre" doaa not snuff out our English periodicals so completely as heretofore. The "Graphic" Christmas number, at a third of tho price, is nearly its equal.

New Discoveries at Pompeii.

Thu Naples correspondent of the "Daily News," writing ou2sth November, says : — In tho year 1720 the d>"ggiug of a well revealed tho existence of the ancient city of Herculaneum beneath the modern towns of R->_nn and Portici. Tho samo operatiou on the part of the owner of a vineyard situated somo distance to tho east of tbe Amphi theatre of Pompeii led to the discovery, about six weeks ego, of a street of tombs running in a direct lino from Pompeii to Nocefa. Taking advantage of tho visit of an arch. o logicnl friend of mine, who has just returned from a _ pioatific tour to fergamon, I yes terday accompanied bim and Prpfesesr Sagllano, director of the excavations, to visit the nowly discovered ruins. The little space at present dug out has broight to light, deep below tho surface of tho ground, a tolerably wide and well mado ancient road, of a kind of Macadam construction, slightly arched in tho centre so as to alio* tho rain water to run oft, and with a low earthy, bank on either side, on the top of which aro the sovon tcipbs, re cently excavated, four on ono sido and ihree on tho other. This road runs nearly due east in the direction from Pompeii to Npcero, tho portion now excavated lying about. 1,000 feet from the Pompeian amphi theatre ; and it is supposed tiiat when it is all excavated back to Pompeii a city gate will be found at its commencement. It is also not improbable that near the city it wiil bo found to ba paved with lava, like tho celobrated street of tombs on tho westorn side. Should tho wholo bo found to bs an closely linod with tombs os is tho portion laid bare, it will bo ona of tho most important discovorios lately . mado -in this part of the wolJ. Unfortunately, monoy is wanting and. tha excavation is going on but slowly, p. The ancient level of the street b. ng here vory low, the road is first covered to the depth of 10 or 15 foet with pumice stones ejected from Vesuvius during tbo great eruption of 1872. Then comes a thin layer of ashi's; then again a stratum of pumice about 10 inches thick anothor thin iine of ashes, and over all earth several feet deep. Just below this Upper earth wore found seven largo statues, which had evidently surmounted the tombs beneath. On the road itself can be saen the siishtdepreesionsorraCficaused by thewheels of passing vehicles, Tbe tombs are ereotod In a straight lino on either side, and whero ono is set rather back it has a low stone balustrado, which keeps tho line and ex tends beyond tbe tomb, probably enclosing a space purchased for subsequent tombs, and then the next tomb is again built for ward on the o-iginal line. Thus this little portion of excavated street has a neat and symmetrical appearance. The four best pre served tomba lie on the north side of' Hie road, and aro dretty much of the same general Bizs, though each has adifferentorraugement of architecture. They aro separate from one another by about a loot and a half; they are all built of alternate layers of brick and lime, and covered with stucco, while some of the pillars are of tuff stone, with Conin thian or lonic capitals. Some of tbe to. ba have a vault beneath, and all are provided with niches for the reception of tho cineary urns. They vory much remind one of the little chapels in a modern Carholio cametry, such as tho Naples Compo Santo, The first tome excavated being the one nearest to Pompeii on tho north side Of the road, is covered with rude inscriptions painted in red, one oi which is notable ; it is an advertisement apprising tho pasasre bv that a runaway ho. c has been found of such a size and colour, and that the owner may have it by applying to a smith from Noeora, at tbe bridge over the Sarno towards Stabio. In fact, such inscriptions aro found ori all the tombs, which have evidently served aa a publio new-paper on ?ho thickly frequented road. There are besides many graphites One perarfl has scratched his name, with the word Re member " beneath. It is cuiious that in the niches of one of tho tombs stand two small headstones, instead of urns. The Btatues, cinerary urns, loose rqirble tablets, skulls and bonea have been de posited in the room of a country cottage hard by. all except one statue, which lies prono en the ground near the excavation and serves, by a string passed round its neck, to hold fast the end of a rugged canvas stretched on a small, tree as a shelter from the sun-a menial office, to which-, no doubt, the man who was of sufficient consideration to have a statue never dreamed' that hia. effigy

would bo degraded. The full length statues are all portraits, and evidently vory goad ones, lor each of the faces is highly characteristic. Ono elderly male figure has a lino figure and a fine hoart and a mouth of an orator ; another is handsome young man of Grecian type : one is a dignified old womon, grave with years an.l honours, with deep lines af the corners of the very peculiar and firmly pressed lips and a stylo or dressing the hair which reminds out of the statues of Livia. Then thero are, besides, middle aged, and a young woman of smoother countenances, the latter with small, rather pointed and pincho:l features. On tho hair of one of the male statues there aro traces of colour, and as tho figures are sculptured rathor roughly in stone, the style resembling that of Capua, it is possiblo that tho wholo figure was once covered with paint. I forgot to say that all tho tombs found aro those of froedmeu. Ranged in the roce3S of a wall of the room, or lying on the ground, wero soveral skulls, ono of magnificont size and breadth. Ono had still a coin, thick with verdigris, stuck between its broken teeth ; while in another, from somo cause or other, the wholo jaw and lower part of the skull were destroyed, and the cavity tilled with hardened nshos, in which, about where tho thro.it would havo been, stuck n coin. A fow cinerary urns and am phora- of terra ootta have beon also found, one of tho lormor dou>lo, with a lid furnished with a pipe, through which to pour libations. The exact period of those tombs, tho dotails of the inscriptions, _fco„ havo not yot boon scientifically ascer tained, but my friond told mo that thoy aro probably of the periods of Julius Ca'=ar and Tiberius. It is vory likely that whon this street of tombs is excavated back to Pom peii, older and porhnps moro sumptuous tombs will be found, it being generally ri<oii.:h not always tho case, that tho oroct ng <_\__'ri_t_m»^ o*°,o0 *° ,0 ,hocUy Rm evtonded further into tiro~n_fmiiy^__ o_occa sion requires. Only a fow hundred thousand francs would bo needed to pro socute spoorlily tho laying freo of this important part of Pompeii, but it is difficult to obtain monoy for such a purpose from tho Govornment. Tho sum destined for tlio excavation nnd preservation of Pompeii are almost all absorbed in tho laltcr ohjeot, and tho lato cholera years have sully lossoncd the rovonuo from foreign visitors to the burial city. It wus interesting t- bear what my "friond said of Porgnnion, which, moro than double tho 8 zo of Pompeii, has all been laid clear within oight yours, thanks to tho miinilieonco and energy of tho Piussia.i Government

Rich, BUT WRETCHED.

Skoteh of a Woalttiy Now Yorls MisoV

For years a v.oazoned littlo man with long, unkempt hair earned a living peddling eggs In the tower part of the city. ITo always woro a ragged suit of clothes, and many persons bought of him because they thought he was very poor. Tho o'.d man's namo was William Eger, a. d b° lived in a w-.'etchedly furnished attic at 53, Hudson street, which ho hi;-cd four years ngo for f>dol. v month, from Homy Beinstoin. Ho seldom spoke to tho landlord and always paid his rent on the day it foil due. His neighbours pitied him, but tho old man would not accept the charjty which thoy clTored him. He always retired at 7 c'plock, and was up again at daybreak attending to his business. No one saw him loavo tho houso on Friday and nothing was seen of him until to-day, when, thinking that porhnps somo accident had befallen his lodger, Mr Bernstein broke in the door. On the floor by tho window was tho old man, dead. A heavy table mado of two saw bucks and a pino board lay on top pf him, and the only chair in tho phco and tho kerosene lamp woro over turned. lilood oo;;ed from the' old man's mouth and no. , but there woronoeyidonccs of violenco visible.

Mr Boinstein sont for the polico, nnd Coroner Kidman, after viewing the remains, examined tho dead man's effects. Tho only furniture in tho room was a rickety bed, held together by ropes, but supplied with a soft ioafcher mattress, and a bureau in tho last stagos of decay, nnd a chair. In a pair of well-worn shoos that wero undor the bed the coroner found SHI) in gold, and in the pockets of tho throadbare trousers, which the old man wore, he fished out §f> in silver and §6l> in bills. Whon tho Coroner pulled out tho bureau drawor tho wholo affair tumbled to gether and a newly rolled package foil to the floor. On opening it eighteen .SIOO coupon bor.ds of tho issue of 1877, bearing 4 per cent, interest, wero discovered. 'I ho coupons to July Ist had been carefully cut oil', showing that tho owner had collected his intorest. Besides this a bank book on the Bowery Bink representing deposits amounting to §885.03, and anothor on tho Bleeeker street Bank, in which the old man had $546.40, were unearthed from under a pile of soiled linen in the lower drawer. From a corner thut would bo likely to afford a safe hiding plnco a $100 share of Union Pacific preferred stock, a dividond eertifi Cat:) for $55 77 issued by the sane ompany, and a few debars were gathered up, In all about 84,0Q0 was found. Among tho papers which the aid man had about him was a will signed but not wit nessed by anybody, written in the mostsar oaetic German, showing that the writer was a man of keen wit and considerable education. Ifo desired all his money to go to the German Legal Aid Socioty, and gave his personal effects, worth nothing, to " the one who has last had caro of me." Coroner Eldman sent for ex Governor Edward Balo man, the counsel for tho Society, and gave him all tbe old man's effects

From other papers a complete history of tho old man was obtained He was born in Albertshofen, Havana, in 1820 ; was a baker by trade, and travelled over Germany. He came to this country in ISGI, and spent several years in Mexico, bb passporf3 from the Mexican police ahow. Ho also had papers from tho Texas courts, dated Brownavil'o, ISG-1, and was naturalised in 1871. Ho had had no friends as far as it is known, and it is likely that his property will go into the hands of tho Public Admin istrator,

Utilisation of Wave Power.

When Balboa discovered the Pacific, he stood knee deep in tho placid waters at Panama, and the name givon to tho groat ocean was appropriate to the locality. As far north as California, however, it is a misnomor, for the waves of that ocean are there largo all the summer, . ow ing to the prevailing strong winds, and the winter storms off shore and noar shore create large rollers constantly. It is now proposed to utilise this niovemer.t of tlio sea alpng the coast. Interesting experiments ayo bsing carried on ut tho braoh near San Francisco, north of the Cliff House, with that viow, it being tho ul timate object to supply the city with some 150,000 or 00,000 horsepower for. industrial purposes, water being used instead of steam. The experiments are being carried out by E. T. Stten, a local engineer. Tho idea is to raise sea water through the medium of a pump operated by tbe waves, to a height of about 350 feet, whgnce it can be directed into the' city a^d the potfer uqed for eleyatqra, mids, BRajiufap toriee, lie. The apparatus used is described as'exceedingiy simple. A bridge has boen built across a chasm into which tho waves roll, and from tho bridge is i-uspended a strong frame carrying a swinging arm or lever, the lower end of which carries a float or paddle immersed in tho water. This leyer or arm has it's upper end suitably connected by rods that extend to a heavy erosshead. The lever is 32 foet long. The crqsuhead is connected with tho plunger of a pump of 12 inches diameter and 13 feet stroke. The pump is 24 feet above low-wa'er level. As the lower arm of the lover moves to and fro with tho aotion of tbe waves, it operates the pump, drawing the water from the sea, and forcing it to tho reservior on the hill The float on the submerged end of tho lever is intended to bo only about 1 foot under water. It is not placed in the long rollers, but works in the water inside the first lino of breakers, so $hat it obtains the force which dashes the wg'es against the rocks. Tho operating lever B\yings on the arc of a circle, and can readily be withdrawn from the water as occasion demands, tho oower required to do this bnns furnished by a water-wheel. It ie intended, provided the experiments are aatia'aotary, to establish a line of theta pumpa and levors. Other pumps of 1Q or 1? feet stroke will be put up. Full stroke is seldom taken, the great length being given te provide for emorgonoies, so as not to break the pumps. At present tho latter are pumping through pressure-valve and meter to determine the power. The torce of the waves to tho square foot i 3 very large, and those engaged in the enterprise are ot opinion that storm waves will not seriously affect the motion. The high tides are said to make no difference either. The pumps, it maybe stated, are placed horissontally.

A German View of London.

At the timo oi the first industrial exhibi tion, when London was, so to spoak, first discovered by Germans, a Frenchman and an Englishman woro discussing tho advan tages of their capitals on board a stoamer bound for Hamburg. Tho Frenchman counted up the number of monumental odi fices at Paris, compared to which London had nothing to show. That was only a matter of appearances, retorted tho English man, because Paris was a small town where everything was crowded together. The Frenchman was struck dumb at this re mark, and the rest of us laughed. When we arrived at Hamburg all traffic was stopped at the lirst stroot corner, because two vehicles had como into collision, and it was a long while beforo, after a groat doal of scolding and shouting, wo could pass on. We looked at each other, and thought " how smoothily did tho tenfold row of carta and carriages roll along in London I" I have often thought of this incident whon, after a long Interval, I returnetl to London. Yos, it is no exaggeration to say that Paris, Romo, Berlin and Vienna are small towns cinipared to this sea of house", which still grows faster than any of tho other capitals. Tho Knglish themselves aro beginning to ask whero tho end of this town will bo, and people, on making oxoursions, aro surprised to see that thore aro yot somo rural parts to be found. Tho extension of London would be impossible without the railway whieli connects tho groat linos with each other and the outskirts with tho eontro. "A splendid invention I" say Londoners, but a stranger sees its shady sides as well. It is true the numberless multitude of men who are " something in tho city" would have to live for hours in a tram or 'bus with out tho Underground Railway, which en ables t.hsm to roach their offices in 20 to 23 minutes. And the hurry, tho slops of half minutes, tho looking for tho right train, tin eliaiigliigtTfeaiaiii^.-i*'>itU-,i.U»». QthgD ant tbo Tar larger measure '_..w/„. ....^ '.\...'.l activity which in Kuglnnd" is Yciiiiiriii from travellers, aro things to which ono may bocomo aocnetoinod. But the _ittnospl.ro is terrible. Evon whero the lino runs above or botweon houses, tnnnols md covorrd stations aro frequent, the name nf Underground is but too woll losnrvod. ... At tlio stations and

othor places one Is often tempted to doubt whothc-r tlio English are really tho practical nation for which thoy are so much admired. Tho inside walls .do nil covered with placards, in tho midst of which tho name of tho station appears ; next to and all around it nro tho namos of commercial firms, apparently printod unintentionally exactly liko tho namo of tho station, and sometimes an advertisement is mnio more prominent by tho introduction of a bad jnko. stioh as, tnr inataoqp, by ad vertising a certain kind of mustard bh " mustard station." Omnibuses are similarly swamped with advertisements, and tho names of streets and locali ties which, aftor nil, aro of more iin portane'e to tho B!?bJlO f'"»n tho address of manufacturers of soap, y.ilis ov clothes, nro crowded into tho smallest possiblo spaco. Of courso ; for tho Londoner himself knows his way', nnd of tho stranger no ono takes any r.otico. [t is tho same with tho namos of stroets. Thoro Is no regularity, beeauso overy parish is independent ; Iho writing soon becomes quite illogiblo through smoko and rain ; but again, what does it matter, since all tho inhabitants know their where abouts ? If it, woro not for tho policeman, who?o civility is above all praise, strangers would bo at their wits' oiid. To ,a-k passers-by Is not always advisable An Englishman advises to nsk In a shop, " bo cause a Londoner only speaks an untruth in his own house if ho can do a stroko of busi ness :" but this advanco is not always possible to follow in districts whoro shops aro few and far between .... Trams, by the way, are not considered t-iohionablo, and aro just allowed to (ouch tlio borders of the lyoaltliy quarters, whilo omnibuses aro everywhere admitted. Tho gods only know tho reason for tho classification. Ono of tho curiosities of tho London streets is that tho roofs of trams nnd 'buses which are often occupied by ladies, havo no si'li.l enclosure, hut merely an irfp bar, so that anything which one might drop roll-, at onco down into the street. If now and thon a board is put up along tho whole length of tho carriage, it is only beeauso the board holds nn advertisement. ln the face of such facta ono is tempted to a--k whether tho English, great travellers as thoy are. do not notice tho bettor arrangements in other countries ; and in answer to this quostion it must be said thn'; they blind themselves on purpose toovorything foreign. Fvent.hebDst educated and unprejudiced Briton is astoundingly denso in this rospoet An Englishman has always beon, and still eon tinues to be, tho most perfect of God's creatures—his Gustoms nre right, and what; ho doos not like is Indecent, or at least un necessary,

Dr. Moorhouse and Manches ter Nonconformists.

The new Bishop of Manchester has suc ceeded in destroying, ta a largo extent, the cordial relations which cxisteel botweon his lamented predocossor and tho Noncon formists of tho dipcoso. Dr _Vtoorl,ou=o won golden opinions os a colonial bishop, and it was hopod and believed that ho would bring homo with him tlio liberality of viow and breadth of sympathy which ho ha I manifested in Australia. But tho vitiating atmosphere of an arrogant State church had already well nigh dono its work.' Dr.' Moorhouso is, in fact, losing llio qualities which mado hini popular at tho antipodes, and caused his appointment to the sco of Manchester to bo welcomed in this country. Ho is shrivelling up into the type of bishop with which wo have long boon painfully familiar —tho eiiporcilious State official. If lie progresses at the present rate, ho may in timo come to- bo ■ regarded as tho Blumblo of tho Episcopal Beach, whoso divine mission is to koop all Dissenters at hay as ecclesiastic il rogues and vagabonds, It will bo remembered that a fow wooks ago, when speaking of a remote part of his diocoso, whoro ho did not expect to ba re ported, Dr Moorhouso vnado some re marks which gave great and just offenco to his Nonconformist brethren. Since then ho has attempted at a diocesan con ference to remove tho unpleasant im pression create 1 by his ill-judged words ; but, if we may trust the opinion of his in sulted neighbours, ho has inly aggravated matters by his bungling explanation. Dr. Macfadyen and Dr, Alexander Thomson have issued n joint protest, couched in dig nified but firm language, against tho stylo of controversy in which the Bishop of Map Chester indulge. However strange it rn'iy seem to Lh-' Moorhovjse, they prefer tho methods of argument usually adopted by Christian gentlemen to ovon Episcopal brickbats (.nd mud. Mr Maikeunal, of Bnwdeu, has also written a dignified and trenchant lotter in reply to his lordship.

Dr. Macfadyon and Dr. Thomson very properly n. us.3 to accept as ai adequate apology tho Bishop's explanation that the speech which originally excited the righteous indignation of ills Nonconformist) of Manchester'wqs delivered, in an out-of the way placo, where he did nob expect to bp reportg I If he really thinks that those who desire disestablishment are only in fluenced by tho miserable and petty fooling of "jealousy," he ehould Jdoclare his belief where the grounds upon which it is baaod can be inquired into, and the accused cau roply. To uttor it only beforp a village con gregation, and under tho impression that it would never be heard of again, i°, as the 'lManchester Examiner and limes'' con tends, in a very able leading article, to deac end to "tho level of private .under." Tho contemptuous relerenoos by the Bishop at the diocesan conference 15 tho Ministeia. and Deacons' Association of Congregational Churohss of Manchester as "certain of the Nonconformists," although it represents fifty churches, and his description on the samo ocean-ion of the policy of disestablish ment as "sheer robbery, s;mple confiscation, spoliation by proeee3 of laws," aro locked upon by Dr.' Maefsdyea and Dr. Thomson a__i aggravating tho dffouce. Thoy hold that the establishment ot any church is a violation of the first principles o.f truo church life, aud,,, therefore, cannot enter the establishment with the viow of reforming it. Moreover, if they entered it as it is at present cor.st.i- ■ tuted, they remind Bi-bop Moorhouee, thoy ; would have tn profess. the acceptance of formularies which teach or imply such dog mas as baplisui.il regenetation, apostolical suooessicn, and priestly absolution. Tho scheme of com p-ehensiop-, which Dr, Moor houso is supposed to favour, is by Mr Mac kennal subjectod to a searching examina tion. Be points out, that if the church should be so reformed as to make it possible for Nonconformists to enter her ministry, all High Church men would havo to withdraw. " Wo refuse, *he says, in a manly eontenco, " to have the Ritualists turned out that, we may come in." Whatever changes, too, were made in the formularies of tie Church it would still be only the church of the

majority, whilo Nonconformists declare against injustice wboflher it affect many oi few. Union of the Church with tho State was, he well shows, inevitable in Saxon times, bocauso tho church had long before been untrue to the idea of Christ and his apostles. But nowhere is Mr Mackonnal's criticism keener or more effective than in dealing wiLh the Bishop's definition of tho Church of England as " the established religious organ of the national lifo." It suggests thought, ho re marks, whether "tho national life " is pre ' cisely tho inspiration a church should obey. Tho State establishment of othics or science, he forcibly contends would bo repudiated by earnest students who believed that ethics or science ought to quicken, educate atd con trol tho national lifo, and not bo regu lated, narrowod, and restricted in its range by tho latter. The two main objections taken to an established religion by Mr Mackennal — viz., that il, inevitably ex cludes pome from its advantages, and that it degrades tho idea of tho religious life, are, in our opinion, unanswerable. Cer-_ tainly, until the Bishop of Manchester can devise somo reply to thorn, he would do woll to refrain from charging his Noncon forming fellow countrymen with being inlluoiiced by base and corrupt motives,

THE ITALIAN FASTER.

Sketch of tho Wan Who Is to Fast Fifty Days.

&. PATHS papor describes as follows the young Italian paintor, Moi-latti, who has undertaken to fast fifty days : •' Seatod, or rather stretched, upon a long chair ol rod rop, with heavy fr'ngos, ho Bpends much of tlio day reading with tho greatest intorest the newspapers in which every morning tho public is kopt informed of ihe slightest incidents of his dnily life, lie is a man of about 22 years of ago, o slight figure, dark _ kin and beardless 'Ory nervous, nnd "who talks with vola tility and enorgotio gesticulations .Not ar from him is a sffa, transformed into a ort of judicial bench, whero tho watchers sit, rolioving oaoh othor ovory six hours Many visitors ore introduced from timo to time and engage in conversation with the faster. 110 is vory willing to talk, and replies to all Iho qiostions that aro put, to him His fast i-< simp'y tho result of a bot. Merlatti formerly lived for some timo in London. Whilo thero ho and somo of hi friends onco got into a discussion in to the length of time a man could survive without nourishment, Somo of thorn wngorod that thoy could go withou1' food for four, fiveor. x days, others for an entire weok. Merlatti offered to bof, that ho could fast thirty-six days. Howonhishot.hosays, withnutsuffor ing in tlio slightest degress. His present, undertaking doos not fj'ighton him at all, Ho lias a'good'ovor.-.aoh and unlimited courage, and ho fools certain of winning. The only nourishment that ho takes is pure wator, a decanter filled with which is always standing on his mantelpiece. tWhon ho began his fast ho occupied a modest little npr.;:tni;nt in tho ?■■■}& '"ronchot. l;Iow, ho wo vor, ho" is lodgod in moro'spacious quarters in tho Grand Hotel, whoro he oc cupies handsomely furnished apartmonts on tlio first door, tit Is 1i. 5 r0 Merlatti receives thoso who e'.ino to soo him —phj slolans, scientists and journalists of all nationalities At certain hours rf tho day his chamber is a veritable Tower of Babel. Tho Italians aro tho most numerous, nncl thoy collect thoro sometlm- a in groat r.^mbgrs 10. en courage and potprtaln tjjeir coinpatrior. 110 apparently enjoys IhMr visits cud nevor scorns to tiro of tho bustlo and excitement nine, oontlnually surrounds him "

JUDGES OF CIGARS.

Fow Mon Who ar p Familiar With tho Qualities of tlio weed,

A tall young man of rather dudish ap pearance was leaning on tho eigur easo in an old established Broad way tobacco sto.ro, talking to (ho Qwnor, yesterday, whon a " Tribuno " remrtcr entered, fho young man bud evidently been thero fcr somo timo, and had said a groat deal moro than his listener cared to hear. Thero wqs a look of weariness and itppalionco npon tbe proprietor's intelligent laoo, which gave way to ono of relief as ho turned to wait on several ne.v cusf.o inora who eamo iv with the reporter. Ho attended to tho wants of each with such apparent de-liberation that tho young man, seoing thora was littlo chanoe ol his bring ablo to resumo tho conversation, or nicnologuo, for somo time, buttoned his short overcoat and started out

" That young follow will forco me to ' bounce ' him yet," said tho cigar man as soou as his ktiuaoious customer had de parted, ' He has been coming in here for the last month about threo times a woek for a ' ii'teon-center,' and each time ho stops ar.d talks as long as he can about how this cigar smokod, and how that ono dijj not suit him, ond bow ho can tell a good ciyar on sight and all tftat sort of thing, until I am ready to fall aslaop."

" You do not consider him a connoisseur, then ?"

" Well, I should sqy pot. A competent judge gi" cigiirt, i. hard to find. Tho longer I am in the bu.-juess tho more 1 uin con vinced that thoro is no artic'n jn tho world which men think thoy know so ranoh about, but in reality know so littlo of. an a cigar. I feol paifectly safe in saving that not ono man in a hundred can toil a gootl cignr when ho sees it,'or ever. Whon ho smokes it. Oh, of course, you srnokors won't admit this to bo true, hat it is, all the eamo. Don't iinagiro that X hava an exalted opinion of my o. a knowledge on the subject. I'vo be-jn in the business over twenty years, and jet I would not venture to assort with any degree of assuranco whether a cigar was a domestic ono or a Havana,

"The imagination worlt3 almost as ex tensively in the smoking of a cigar ns it do-s in tho construction of a novel, i have provod this to my satisfaction ugnln and again. Sometimes, just for tho lun of tho thing, I pub a fow ' two-for-n-quarters' in tho livocont box and thon watch the look oi disgust that come'" over the faeea of the patrons of that bo*- as they light, thoso oxponsivo brands. Sometimes thoy will actually throw the more costly cigars away. On tho othor hand, I'vo seen tho ' two-for-a-quartar' customer enjoy tho aroma of a ' livocont straight,' which lor a joko I had put In his favourite box. " Tho popularity of a certain cigar elc pends upon tho smokor's liking for that flavour. To obtain various Havouro manu facturers have secret combination of' to baccos, nnd theso are as numerous as' the combinations of tha nctes of the ly.usi-SCile. A sample one is a Pennsylvania fifier and a Havana used or Sm«-_ m wrappnr e\-. honest, 10 «ent cigftr iv made np ot a Onii nocticut, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin blinder, with a Havana litter and Havana or Sumatra wrapper. Havana teed . the seed of Havana tobacco grown in this country. A mtld form of im position is to mix the Havana filler domestic tobacco. Few smokers or dsi ie ra know the difference. The^o ?s no business in which a good nan. *s worth more than in mihe. A place that has the reputation of handling, good block can soil almost anything. Taate ia cigars is most de ceptive, and a dozen men would havo as many different opinions on the same woek. Hence it is almost impossible to sell cigars on thoir merits. Many are sold simply on tbe advertising they receive."

Street Accident in Paris.

A Paws correspondent says I: witnessed a shocking accident in La Rue Legondre, near the Pare de Monceau. A man was driving at a brisk pace a light spring-cart laden with bottles filled with bleaching water (Bau de Javolle), preparations of sulphuric acid, for cleaning coppers, and syphons oon ts.ining reratod ..water. a'Jiere wiis some sort of a small cracker en the road, oh which tho mulo drawing*tiie cart trod. The ox plosion stirtled', thp animal, which kicked and plunged, and in its efforts to ro-iet tho ruin, which the driver held pretty tightly, broke the traces and pcan away. Tho cart rolled' over with the is&n beneath it, and all tho hrittlewaros in it were broken. Tha syphons of (orated water exploded, and tho sulphuric acid and bleaching water wero split. The cries of the driver wero piercing. I might have bpen twenty yards distant from tho cart when it oamo upon him, and thought I should have been stifled by the smell of the chemicals. Two workmen who were passing by ran to the rescue of the driver. Thoy were p_it'vely drjvop. back by tho fn.tr.oa, bijt rsuv_ne3 ia the aharge Had buzneS their hands in taking out the man from the pile of broken bottles, after they had lifted the overthrown cart. Hiß clothes were drenched with the porrosjve fluids, but, supported by his rescuers, he waß able to stagger on to a chemist's in j the street, whence he waß sent to the hospital,

MARTYRED CONVERTS.

Extlnetlon of Native Afrlcajt Chris tians.

Wiikm Stanley eamo homo from his trip serosa Africa he said thero was a grand op portunity for missionaries in Uganda. His

blowing description of the countn', teem ing with 3,000,000 of intelligent and fairly industrious people, fired the heartß of Eng lish Christians. They sont several mission aries to live in the beautiful country near Victoria Nyanza, in Uganda's chief town. French Koman Catholics soon followed the English pioneer.?, and all .vorked hard and zealously to help and instruct the natives. It costs, the French

toll us, §5,003 to put a missionary in Cen tral Africa. Thoso Uganda missions have lost not only many thousands of dollars, but alao the lives of throe white men and yoars of ceaseless toil and anxioty. Tho news reached us last week that the fruit of all theso priceloss labours and sacrifices have been wiped out in a bloody tragedy. The King of Uganda has murdered nil the con torts of the missionaries, who aro them selves in great peril and implore assis tance. For n whilo a bright future seemed to be before thoso missions. Thoy built churches,

■md made qnito a number of converts. A short timo before King Mitesa's deathabout sighty converts wore admitted to the English Church on ono occasion. Old and young crowded tho school to loam to toad. Mr O'Flahorty learned to speak

Kiganda liko a nativo. Mr Mackay sailed tho great lako in tlio little barquo Eloanor, which had been sont in sec tions from Ei gland. Mr Asho excited much wonderment by digging wells and building a cart. But tho King's counsellors always viewed those whites nith suspicion. Thoy advised tho King to kill them on tho plea that thoy were subverting the ancient boliefs and undermining his hold upon his subject's. King Mit. a on tho wholo was friendly to th'o r;_L_!Sli^s. and thoy and their work wcro"*i_Jiiiu wEtv&'-r .^j*1?... Ifera! - [}_____ young son Mwanga, ~j, "''*'-LI"J __ _: iha tool of his council, and theylfiK him with foar that Hie whites may somo day try to deprive him of the power which so Vint eon of his ancestors during nearly throe centuries have wielded. Tho murder of Bishop lliiniiin'gton, therefore, has been followed by llio ex I i notion of tho naive Christians. Whon tho slorv of the massacre reaches us it will doubtlc-is Do found that some of these hapless convorts wont to their:death ns fearlessly ai tho martyrs of old. A whileago King Mwanga warned his .-subjects of the dangors of embracing noiy faiths by burning at tho stake ttyoChristian boys who refusul to renounco thoir boliof. Thoy d^od with Christiun songs p ; n th. r ilp», perfectly bus tainod in iho terrible ordeal by their un faltoring trust in tho Doily the whites had taught them to adore.

A Candidate's Call Upon a Patron of Edinburgh Uni versity.

I RKMESinfii calling upon one of tho University patrons, n small grocer in a vory liumblo street, 110 was weighing an ouneo cf snuff for a bare-fooled lus.-^e, Aftor handing her tho snuff, and gptti'ng a few dirty coppoj-s in retc,y.ri, he wipoii his hands uiaon his .apron, and asfced mo to "step, thia way'4 "This way " meant a small side closet, lighted by a small, dirty window, nn:J tilled with gooda of various kinds A-king ma to tako the only chair, which bo previously wipod with his a^i servicoaUo apron, and ijaatiug h_jmsoll on a leg of butt"-, 1.1) prneeedcei, in his character u3 pitron of tho University, to examine mo. " Vou'ro a ca\yndiuato far the chair o'logic and mathematics!" ho asked, " Metaphysics.,'' I said correcting him. "Oh,", said vi', "I meant motaphcofliu: and yo'ro a minister?" "Yes." t' What b-sly i" " Estabii-hed Church." " Awah 1 but do you think it's right to givo up tlio moonistry I It's like pittin1 your hand to tl-.e plough, yo ken, and thon looking back." "I want"to drive tho plough into a higher field, and into a richer soil." "Awji! Noo about tho Scutch philQaophy. Aro yo prepared to gang in . V t tho Scotch philosophy ?" and he smacked his lips after it, aa 'f he had beon speaking about tho Sboteh broth, or tho Scotch hnggis, "Not altogether." " Awh ! Weil, yo see, wo want to keep up the Scotch philosophy," end he smacked his lips again. " Woll, if you will kindly tell me what aro tho essential principles of that philos ophy, I will toll you whethor I agree with thorn or not," "Eh—weei, yOFOO—I canna but—thnt is-I havena time tho noo. But tao tell yo tho truth, I hao mado a,. my mind wha I'era tae vote for. I'm gau'n tao support Proiossor Wordy. He's a sup porter of tho Scotch philosophy, and he's t, sound man —an ovangelical man. ■' " B\.s a member of your church, is ho not?" "Eh, vo-cs, hut—" " vYoll, good morning," and ', came away disgusted, leaving the patron it! tho University ond of tho Scotch philos ophy sitting upon his keg of butter.- From "Fortune's Buffets and Rewards."

Old Time Elections.

Limn John Rush ell said in hie famous Re form epoeoh that tho oost of an uncontested Yorkshire olection boforo IS3O averaged ill f.0,000 ; and it was estimated that h) tho battlo of 1817. the throo forties had ex pended upwards of half a million. Es'eiy thing was hired, from the mourning coaches to tho market oarts ; even hearses carried the living in placo of tho dead ; and all the scats in "the through stago-coaehes wero booked by contract for a term. As tho nomination day drew near, ond tho contest grow more critical, it must have been delightful ti admirers of our institutions tc, witness i.!io exuborant enthusiast,!, After wooks of hard drinking and hot dobato the mindfi of the voters were warmed up to favor pitoh. In the genorous excitement, it must bo confessed that breaches of the peace wore not infrequent; but that was only anticipating the ideal of our own times, which demands deep political con- , vletion boforo all things. There would , often bo a fiorce free fight beforo the hust ings, when, what with the beer and tho nludgoons, tho brickbats and the brass bands, thero would be breaking of heads , and shivering of window panos, Tho9e outbreaks of popular Eontiment were punctiliously disavowed from either side of tho hustings ; and yet thoro wns somothing , to bo said for them. For if platform oratory wont for anythiug, thoy woro all in favour of tried politicians who had ho en trailed to stand firtj. The hero of half a hundred iishta who had justiflod the confidence of , hi^ poriy could address himself oollectively to llio reporfois, if not to tho mob ; whilo j the novice with liitle nerve for I hi? ne. vocation, stammered, lie. - ! I tatod, «nii l<*>t "is be-iri under volloy ff mud. B:'!ry, and prowiacucius . i-silee. The scorie »i i;i>o ijhe;.w ot lvii.els ut the termination v?ns'osniting, nut thero waa stu'fV to ho t. veri'nhly dramatic de nau'ement at the declaration of tho poll Then the pßßt-np feelings of the contending f aot ions found vent, nnd tbo seething and shouting market-place became a political pandemonium. If tho successful candidate chanced to be the unpopular one, ha wpujd prudently have retained a body-guard of pugilists, or surrounded himself with a sturdy volunte r corps qE friendly farmers and yeomen ; while ranged en the other sido would be the gangs of roughs, pricoad In the public-houseß and paid for tbe day, wbo woro usually tho friends, of progress, peace, rel reyichtnent, and purity. Veterans with nerves of iron, and ambitious lawyers with foreheads of brass, might delight in those great gladiatorial perform ances, and liko them the better for tho dash of danger. Wo believe that Brougham positively revelled in the battles he fought inYokshiro. . . '." .11 'tha, ftm, frolic, fighting, and secret financing will soon be but the lselancholy memories of a hatf-ifor ! gotten past. Now t*\os excitement is decentralised, an polling places have beau multiplied ; if dronthy aouls get dry over discussions, they must quench their thirst at their own expense ; the bars qnd tap-rooms are dull and deserted ; the in dustrious unemployed seek occupation in vain • tho very candidates must practise tempevanoo in ths hotels that are at headquarters, and look carefully to the totals of the bills; even their lawyers can only charge extraordinary trouble at ordinary rates, in the certainty that the accounts will bo jealously ecrutintEoi? _, while the nomination is fey passionless' signing of papers, and the " declaration," which was formerly "so dramatic is fore ■ doomed to ha dull as dishwater. Sad, in deed;, from the romantic point of view, are the bhangca from the times when hostile i voters were ravished from their families i and Bent on cruises to eea ; when tho inn • collars became places o{ temporary sequeet ; ration for the intoxicated i when linoh-plns i were tampered with and coaches upset to eon i tract; and when the maimed and wounded, , after the close of an agitating, poll, filled i half the beds in the local hospitals and in firmaries.—" Saturday Review."

WORK OF A SKETCH.

A Bank Clerk's Drawing leads to tho Capture of a Robber.

Two pictures lay on the desk before Inspec tor Byrnes, Chief of the Detective Police, when I called. One was a photograph of a grey-haired aud bearded man, who looked like anything else than an ideal detective, but whom I recognised as George Elder, a member of tho force, whose funeral Byrnes had attended that day. "He was a dnriog cocl hearted man, and it was to his memory of faces that he was indebted for hie suceoss in many cases," said the Chief. "John Livingstone was the son of a wealthy man who lived in a tine place up tho Hudson, and had the oppor tunity to remain respeotable.bu the preferred crooked ways and got into so much trouble that he was cast off by the family. For a time he was employed as an express messeneer in Now York, and in that cap acity ho acquired such familiarity with bufrinoes mothods that he eub srqueutly made use of in car rying out an audaoious piece of rascality. In July, 1567, Livingstone drove up to the City Bank in nn express waggon drawn by two Hne horses, entered in a business-like way, and presented to the paying tellera cheque for $75,000 purporting to bo signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt and drawn to the order of Henry Keep. Tho signatures seemed all right, and as the man had often boen Been in the bank while he was actually in tho employ of the express company, no suspicion was aroused at tho size of. the chequo. It was a common thing for Commodore Vanderbilt to have a large amount of money on deposit and to send for the wholo of it unexpectedly. The teller, however, never paid largo cheques without orders from tho cashior, and he passed tho chequo ovor to that official. In the moan time Livingstone stopped behind a rail lo a window noar tho cashier, remarking that ho hal a now horso in his toam and was nfrutd tho animal would not stand. By this ruso ho got into c_mal conversation

— ■ _ j™e__e^ put up in a eertaiu .v ._ ---' Vi _T ..sliier said it would tube time to do ih.it, about half an hour, and Livingstone said ho would go down the street to attend to Fpme othor business and return for the money. Had word been sent to the Com modore while the folio» was gone the scheme would have miscarried, but Living stone calmly relied on the cashier's acquaint anco with the. Commodore's temper to cave liim from that danger. Nobody in the bank cared totakooneo.fiho Commodore's cheques tm liim and ask him if it was ail right. Tho old' man was liuhje to storm, and demaud whether ftr pot he was good for the aiiiount oi' had tho money in bank, and then dismiss tho messenger with a volley of unique but foioible profanity. Whon the supposed express messenger returned the packet of 75,000d0l v ; -r,s ready for him. He carefully it to see if it was. all light, chitted with I he cashier for a few mtnntet, sauntotod out, got upon his waggon, and drove sway ' It was seven weeks beiaio tho bank cltlainls knew that the cheque was forged. The signatures wero perfectly imitated and would have deceived V.indsrbilt himself \ fcjut of course tho Commodore know that he had given no suph einiaqe." iioro Chief Ryrne^ tool; up il.o sacond of the pictures, it svas a pau-and-ink draw ing oi a rat follow in tho costume formerly Worn by express messengers. "This littlo sketch," ho said, " mado a famous artist or its maker and eont the sub ject to State prison. Ti. teller of that bank wa; Thomas Worth, no-v well known ijn the. artistic world. Ho could S^vo no vorbal description by w'lich the thief could he identified, bvit ho seized his pen and S pi°oC. of papor and in a fow minutes pro duced a free sketch Qf n ffiaji. As soon as Elder saw it his eaid _ ' That is John fniyisga'one, 4'U bet my life,' and taking tho picture he started with a definite clue. " Had Livingstone loft the country, ns ho could havo oasily done, ho would have boen safe, but his weakness for fine horseflesh proved his ruin. Ho kept tho team he had driven away from tho bank and started for tbo Wo3t wilh it. Elder found tho dealer who Bold the horses to Livingstone, got a minute description of them and traced them through Buffalo and other cities to Chicago. He learned that the man who owned tho team had pur chased othor line stock at various places explaining that he was going to run a stock farm. At Chicago the trail was left for a time ; but Elder' argued that a man who had many horses would ; need saddles, bridles and harnesses, j and so ho mado patient inquiries j among the large harness houses of Chicago. At last he found that some harness had been shipped tea gentle, .an who had pur chased a large £aris about forty miles from tho city. Taking two or three friends with nijrp, tho deteotive paid a visit to the farm, ostensibly to admire the fancy stock owned by the wealthy gentleman. Approaching John Livingstone, standing on the steps, stepping up to him he said : ' Gijed morn ing, Mr Livingstone,' The forger turned pale and was hey. ldored for a moment, but auioUly recovered his ooolnesa and denied his Identity. ' How did you leave every body in Now York ?' blandly Inquired Elder.

" ' New York, sir ? I never was there in my life. I don't know the place.'. "'Well,'rejoined Elder, \you'll have a fine chance to get' acquainted there when you ga Dace with me,' and slipping the Handcuffs upon Livingstone's wrist he in formed him that he wa3 under arrest for forgery. '•There was danger that lawyers would make troublo ond delay, to say nothing of a legal fight, and Elder decldod to get ous of Illinois with his prisoner as sjaedily as possible Liviogstone'n love of good horees aided the ofioer. Elder hitched up the sar.-,o pair of''blacks that had carried the /oiger away from tho tank, put hia prisoner into the buggy and drove for Indiana, closely pursued by Illinois lawyers with writs of habeas corpus. It was about twenty five miles to the lino, and the horees flow over the road os they had never travelled before. They crossed the line half an hour ahood of the pursuers. The dotoctivo lost no time in gottinghis prisoner aboard a tfain bound east, and booh landed l)im safely at headquarters in this city." The value of Thomas Worth's pen-and ink sketch led him to quit the bank and devote himself entirely to art. ' He is known today wherever illustrated, papers circu late.

Elder recovered about SO.OOQd ols. of the stolen money. The rest had been spent by Livingstone, captured by lawyers, or lost in the farced, salo of farms and stock which had beon purchased a,t high figures. Moees Taylor, who stands with the saints in tho stained - glass window of the churoh at Elb.oron, just erected to his over-blessed momory, was F^esidv.nt to tho bank. He paid tho detoof jv°'e expene. , hut refused to give ssuy vcivar d, bceauita the whole ot tho plunder sea? sot restored to tho tank. There were hot word?, and Taylor hinted that more mieht have besn saved, if the detective had desired to got it, for the bank,

An Awful Night at Sea.

An appalling calamity occurred a week ago 15. the Lancashire coast, resulting in the loss of two lifeboats, with twenty-seven of thoir crews. On the morning of the 10th instant, three lifeboats from Lytham, South port, and St. Anne's, put off to the assist., ance of a veesel in distress —the Mexico, of Hamburg, outward bound from Liverpool. A heavy sea was running at the timo, and only one of the boats, that from Lytham, succeeded In accomplishing her errand of mercy, i-eached the vessel and taking her crew from the tigging, other two boats capsized i.only three of the men on board the ' ontpcrt V.bat boing saved—thirteen in one caJo. and fourteen la the other being drowned, One of the survivors of the Seutlvport crow states :—" We Btarted from the lifeboat house at about 10 o'clock last night (Thursday), We saw the distressed veesel, and fired rooketa to let the crew know thnt wo had noticed hor signals. We proceeded along tbe shore as quickly as the violence of the gala would permit, and the boat was launched about 11 o'clock right opposite tha vessel. It was a barque ; and her two foromoet lnaata had been carried away. Hor mliraen mast was standing with a light on. We got close to the eiftip, and were about to let go ij. r anchor, when a terrific sea struck the boat, and carried it rig'ijt ovar'on top of as. The boat payer righte:l, Why It did not I can't cay. We clving to tha boat about an hour ond a half. The cold was awful. Sometimes we got on top of the boat. Sometimes we were underneath, and we changed about from one placo to another. The huge breakers at last drew the boat on shore, and I went home. How I got there I don't know, for I was half dead with cold, and the effects of the immersion. Immense sympathy has been felt all over the country for the fami lies of the unfortunate men. The Qneen has sent them a massage of condolence, and the "Daily Telegraph" has started aeub" scription list in its columns, which promises to reach very largo 'dimensions,

"MASSAGE."

A Now Occupation for Women.

In The "Nineteenth Century" Lady John Manners suggeets a new, useful, and pro fitable occupation for women. Tho sugges tion occurs in the following extract from | hor article on " Massage :"—" Massage and [ gymnastic oxeroises have more votaries in France than in England. The lovo of sport that seems inherent in English people is supposed to have obviated the necessity for a widely-extended system of gymnastics. Now, however, gymnastic oxercises and musical drill aro being introduced largely, and have been much appreciated, not only by men and boys, but by women and girls. The system of massage practised by Dr. Mc-tzger has drawn crowds to Amsterdam, acl has afforded relief to great numbers of sufferers, several reigning sovereigns — am ing others the Empraes of Austria — bci.ig among his patients. Br Hucerfauth carries out the same system at Homberg wi h equal success, and a member of his faintly devotes much of her time to relieving from charity the sufferings of the peasants It is necersary to beware of masseurs who havo no real knowledge of the art, as dis astrous results follow from the violent treatment to which ignorant people sub ject their patients. Dr. Hunorfauth deprecates massage by machinery, as he considers that much delicacy is necessary in treating tho complicated nervous system of the human frame. It is curious to find how much benefit, many suf ferers derive from a revival of tho same remedies practised in bygone ages and in distant climes. Truly, there is nothing new under the sun. It has occurred to me that women might, after being pro perly instrricted, find the practice of mas sage o, useful and profitable employment. I believe the usual time employed at one sitting ie from t. onty minutes to hnlf-an hour. To relieve, for instance, tho op pression produced by irregularity of tho action of the heart, gentle con tinuous rubfcjng would be practised for ten minutes from tho loft to tho right side in .. BSgtaßg%_^_nTt^ it_&_geU4 left. Tho patient should lie on i a re clining board, and the masseuse stand so as to be able to rub firmly, though without inflioting the least pain. To calm nervous agitation and to induce sleep, it has been found that rubbing tbe spine ia an almost certain remedy, and sufferers from neu ralgia havo of ton derived great benefit from massage. Friction with pine oil is a favourite aura for rheumatic affections in Germany, and also for bronchial and throat complaints. The aromatic, as tringent fragrance of the oil, which ia made from resinous portions ct the fir trees, has a salutary effect is pulmonary cases. I hapjftened lately to read on ac count of an institute in London whence 'masseurs' are sent to private houses. I knew nothing of tho system carried out thore, but I see that four guineas a week is the charge for daily visits at the patient's own house. Suoh an eiepense would be out of the question with most poople, as a oaavee. of massage should be continue, for six weeks or two months. Indeed, there are many invalids of groat position and wealth who have a masseuse attached to their households. Doubtless there are numbors of women who would gladly practise this healing art for moderate remuneraties, and find much happiness in scathing and rolieving weari ness." Anglo Indians could confitm Lady Manners as to tbe largo use made of this means of relief hy all olas;os iv India, and in almost overy disease, especially hi fevers and lheumatio disorders, Tho historical sketch she gives of Its use from very early times should help to forward tho cause of thiarovlved remedy

Strange Adventure at Sea.

On December 5, the schooner Cicerone, Captain Front, of Falmouth, when opposite Whitby, England.jon her way to Newcastle, was run into by the brig Juanita, tff Hartle pool, whith struck the sohooner on her port bow and did serious damage. Thero were six hands on board at the timo—five on deckand one aloft. Thefive jumped on board the brig, but the sixth, a man named Roberts, of New Quay, Cornwall, lost his opportunity, and had to remain on his vessel. It waß pitch dark all the time, and the brig soon became lost in obscurity. He continued to keep as much sail on the schooner as he could, and his time was fully occupied in nailing pieces of canvas over the leak holes and tritom.ing tho sails. There were plenty of provisions on board, co he did not starve. The distressed condition of the Ci cerone was discovered by the steam trawler Star, who took the vessel in tow, and brought her safely into Scarborough three days after the collision. From the time of the collision to the tinje of the rescue Roberts did not have a wink of sleep.

THE DUPED JUKE.

A Medl. val Fate.

The Juke of Buffingham was seatsd In an apartment of one of his largo and select as sortment of castlsp. Beside him was a table covered with high-priced refreshments, yet he was not happy. It would have been evi dent to the most casual observer, if he had been present, that the J.uko was concealing beneath a calm and haughty exterior, a really superior ar'icle of anguish. Ever and anon, and sometimes oftener, he consulted his watch. .

"The hour has passed," he murmured hoarsely. "By me holidome, I fear me n_,uch tho oaiti . will fail me: Ha I a noise l can it be he 1. What ho !• Withput thore I" A menial entered..

"Did your Jukehees.call?' "Aye, marry, did I," was the reply, " Methought i hoard the sound of voices at the wicket. Did me ears deceive me, or Is there a stranger at the gate ?" " Well, I should ejaculate I" replied the man in the quaint old fashion of tho time. " There is an individual there who eraveß admittance to your Jukeness's presence." "Ha! atlaßt! show him up good Joce line."

In another minute the stronger stood beforo the Juke. He was a tall, well-built man, perhaps, forty years of ago. He was clad in a well-worn doublet, and his face wore a Cast-iron smile.

" Now, by Our Lady, thou'rt welcome," said the Juke. "What ho, there I fill to the brim, tho, foaming chalioes, and let mirth reign eupremo."' * We're all out of foaming chalices, your Jjukenees," eaid Joceline dejeotedly. "Then bring two bottles of Milwaukee, and ba lively about it," said tho Juke, sharply. "Sit right up and dally with your refreshments," he asked, smilingly addressing the new comer. "Have a chicken sandwich t"

"Woll, I don't care if I do," eaid the etrangor, and drawing up a ehafc to the onkon board ho attsokeet the viands with a j. ill and ardour tbat ehowed long familiarity with free lunches. The Juke watched hiui at first in amusement aud later with apprehension. He had just made up his mind to interfere in the interests of economy, when his visitor arose, remark ing : — '"Tis the firet square moal I'xo eaten this many a day. Juke, old man, methinks I would gladly tarry here for an unlimited period." The Juke nervously grasped his halidome, hia eyes blazing with fury. Bpt controlling his anger he remarked with a forced laugh _r-. "By rap faith, thou'rt a merry fellow. But now to business."

HT?o business," answered the stranger, complacently. "Thinks thou that thou canst manage to get me the loan, good fellow ? I pai up on the wrong horse yestermorn, and was compelled to deposit all my loose valuables with mine anole ere I could return to my anoestral castle. And yet methought I had a straight tip. By Our Lady, 'twas a scurvy knave that gave it me. But a trues to do this 1 If, frienda thou canst find a capitalist who. will ad vance me ten thousand pounds on a third mortgage on this oaatle I will reward thee with no unsparing hand," " Hole!, Jiuke I" oried the stranger, " for whom tak'st thou me ?

" What!" exclaimed the Juke, "art thon not Cash, tbe broker, for whom I sent two hours since I" "Naw." " Then who art thou !' x "My name is Smythe," was the reply, an the visitor produced a large volume from beneath his doublet. "I am introducing thia book in thy neighbourhood, Juke. It is a . History of the Crusades,' by Susan B. Anthony. It is being published in monthly parts at sixpence each. Fourteen have already been issued; thirty-six moro will be needed to complete the work. It ia un doubtedly the — —" Until now the Juke had stood) silent and speechless with arnaz'emon.t. But, shaking off the spell which bound him, he cried— ■'.What ho t without there. Let the guards enter.' In an instant four stout fellows, armed to the teeth, pranced into the room.

" Let your caitiff bo soiled and hurled from the Watchman's Tower," commanded the Juke.

The guards hesitated. "Gentlemen," said Smjrthe, with un ruffled composure, "I am canvassing this neighbourhood for a work which " In another instant the stalwart fellows wero bearing him to tbe Watchman's Tower. The Juke followed them, a Delsartian ex pression of exultation upon his face. Five minutes later Smytha was hnrled from the dizzy height. He fell outside the walls with a dull thud. But he quiokly arose, touched his hat with a sarcastic smile and walked away. "Foiled again!" shrieked - the Juke. "Didst see it, guards? He fell npon his cheek and escaped uninjured." The infuriated nobleman descended ta his study. Upon the defk lay a postal sard which had just arrived Upon it wa» scrawled the following message :— London, Jnne Si, 1591. " Juke of Bufflogham, "DeakSir: Yours received. Third mort gage on castle N. G. Muat aske you to look elßewherp. " Youis, etc.. Habdik CUbh." The Juke uttered a large and exhaustive oath. Then opening a secret drawer in hia desk, he drew forth a bottle eontaimntf » dark liquid, labelled "poison." He filled a goblet to the brim with its contents and drank it at a draught.—" Arkansaw Traveller."- _^

Faith and Plaster Did It.

A rbmarkabm: case of the restoration of the power of speech to a young woman who had been dumb for eight yoars, is reported from the village of Ashley, in America; " and-tbe facts in the case are well authen ticated. Miss Katie Morgan, now 19 years of age, lost her speech eight years ago, through a Bevere attack of scarlet fever. Of late yoars she has believed that her voice . would be reatored suddenly and miracu lously, and has spent many hours in prayer. She is an earnest Catholic, and hearing of the wonderful cures effected nt Knock, In Ireland, tried to indues her parents to let ; ■itar.. HftZ. a vi^t. to the shrine. They :,_■■_ were* too Tteeir-T:.- ud- vAbf,~ vUi" •» her solicitation procured some of the plaster of the wall of tho chapel. Katie drank freely of water in which tbe plaster had been ; - soaked. After spending the whole of the . evening in prayer, she retired, and on awakening in the morning found her speech perfectly restored. . :-,

A JOCULAR COW.

She Is on a Very Familiar Footing with the Family.

Dr. Leffinowell, of Leffingwelltown, has a remarkable cow. In appearaaee she is like all the rest of hia herd, a red animal of m» dium sise, with crooked horns, and sho is a fairly good milker. "To look at her," says the doctor, " you would never imagine she waa such a critter as she is, but she has a pair of deep, dim, mysterious eyes, and sho has the most original mind I ever met with in a cow. I don't quite get on to her character myself, and I've scan a good deal - of her, especially in the last few weeks.' The doctor's cow is a practical joker of the most incorrigible kind. She is continu- > ally putting up jokes, and the doctor always loses by them. Hor plain, ordin ary, every day pranks are opening stable doors, letting tho hens into tha gar den patch, tipping over tho barrels and taking down bars and stone walls. Sho does these things in a systematic, business like way that her owner has become used ■ to, but now and then a subtly mysterious, facetious look oomee into her face, and tho tricks she plays at such times bother the "doctor so he cannot sleep at night. -_ ,-■"■■'" The cow is on a very familiar footing with the family, and if a house-door is left open she ia apt to walk into the house and tako professional interest in the housekeeping, poking her nose into the pantry and in quisitively prodding the furniture with her horns. A day or two ago she strolled into the kitchen while the family were in an other part of the house, and when she wen* out she took along a silver teaspoon as a souvenir of the riait, which she subsequently hid under an old pair of trousers that bad baen thrown into a lot a loag distance from, the house. __■■ ... . Tha doctor is sure that the cow took tbo . spoon, because a member of tha family saw her leave the house, and afterward . sho was seen meddling -with tha. trourers. Her latest perfonioanoe was to set the washhouse on fire, and sho did it without much difficulty, and . with no apparent feeling. In prowl- ~ ing about the building on last Sunday . the cow found a basket of shavings om tha • washhouse floor, and near by, on a beam, somo matches, and Dr. Leffingwell thinks that, in trying to secrete the matches in the . shavings so that ehe could have-some fun with him when he should come after tho matches and stamp and swear in dispensary Latin, she accidentally Btepped on a match . and the shavings were kindled. He is loath - to asonse ber of intentional incendiarism. ~ . It waß necessary for the neighbours to como | and help extinguish tho flames, which.de stroy6d a new harness that the owner had . ; purchased for $46. While the flames wero raging the cow looked on with seeming in- _ difference, but her owner, who is awe to. recognise the dolieate traits in her dieposir tion, ia certain that there was a look of disappointment and regret in her peculiar . Since the washhouse fire the co. has ■ done no notable thing, because the doctor has tied her to a orowhor set in bis front | yard, where he can study her, but he ia . curious to know what she is going_ to do with the crowbar after she has had time to think. "Icanunderst and," said he, "why the cow might have set the washhouse afire, if she really did do it on purpose, because . Leffingwellto wn is dull and needs exciter ___..'■ ment, but I'm blest if I know what a full- , grown cow should want with a spoon, and , a teaspoon at that. Of course, Bhe ain't Buch, a fool as to suppose she could use it, and that act.must have been pure cussedneM." The performances of Dr. .Leffingwell'a = cow have excited a .great deal, of scientific _. ■ interest in Leffingweiltown, and the.pastor of the Baptist Church in that village is writing a sermon for early delivery on " Tho Evidence in Nature Tending to rrova that Animals Have Reason." .

SELECTED POETRY.

SONGS OK THE JUBECOCE. NO. Z* .' , FROM the north land and the south lanfl, .. From the ens* onto the west, From the Alps of Himalaya " . To the land wo love the beat; From the aun-land to the snow-land A world of manhood sings— " God blcsa the Quean of our land And guard her. King of Kings,' 1 From the crown of old Ben Nevta To the Solwaj's fell very tide i -; From tho Kdin-croEB and Inverness To Glasgow on tho Clyde, A stalwart race of giants. With hearty goodwill, fciogn— •? God ble-:s the vjuoen of our land* And guard her, King ot Kings." - Ahd the loyal hearts, oi Erin. From the Shannon to Loch Neagh. Uprise in warmest praises To chant this JabUee. From UUtterrcomes a blessing, - Through Down Ha eehoringe— " God bless the Queen of our land And guavd her, King of Slogs." ,-j'y ..... a- ■%.! And thou. Old Motherland oimlnev . 1 The nurse of (riant sons. Shout out this Jubilee of love With thy million million grins, Not a slave is In thy border Bnt a song of freedom sings— " God bles3 tho Qneen of our land* And guard her. King of Kings." - . From the reefs of Great Colombia, To the gulfs of Labrador; From the island groves ef fair Ceylon To the temples of Lahore, A song floats through each valley, rV And o'er- each mountain rings— " God bloss the Queen of our land And guard herv King of Kings^ From the shores of rich Australia. From the eait unto the, west, From Queensland to New Zealand, The land we love.tVp. hoit, A new world shouts her lo ve-eo*i& -. - And o'er tho. earth it rings— -\, ■■" " Gott bless the Queen of our land \, . And guard hor. King of King!.' Bhout the north land! shout the Bonth land t And the east land and the westl Shout the new land and the true land, The land we love the bestl Shout a song In loyal chorus, Till o'er the world it rings— " God bless the Queen of owtaitt And guard her, King of Kings." W. .R. WlU*. Otamimi. ■ —' ""» UIBAI. BEAUTY. Not alien skies nor change of scene can wean ' My soal from her, beloved in earlier days :• From her, whose sweet fate face and youthfsl ~ ' mien-' ". ■ ■ Retain their freshness to my spirit's gaze. - Like to a beauteous star; serene and bright. Though atormanddarkneaa veil the azura Bkies ? So doth her presence charm Ideal eight, -,--..■ Thonsih stern misfortune on life's pathway lie*.. And I would have it so—tta sweeter, far ' ' -.". ; . To me. that form of amaranthine gracel.' ( . Thab may- at times the golden gate* unbar Of that dream-paradise in sleep's embrace. Than aught on.earth;—as In a bygone age , • < '■"(■ Fair Beatrice seemed in Dante's deathless paglß-- A.W.HTjßlttv. , Helensvllle, January 28th, IS^T,

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAB, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 18.7,

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