A RUSH THROUGH AMERICA.

(jjAiCORRESrONDENT AUCKLAND "STAR," I ... , ~_

Cunard R.M.S. Servia, April 2,1887.

if tTaviKG been exactly six days in America, r Vli period waa almost entirely occupied I -the journey from San Francisco to New | J_k Ihav-noc the presumption to sup- I gthatlam competent to write judicially, M?'t_6 ftanner of Some eminent thaVollers. to the political, social, and moral condp f of t {_ e people of the United States. - The neral features of the vast extent of coun fn through which I was literally whirled at res 3 speed eluded distinct observation. S rßWas ~asit were; on both sides of ..the. kii«#hnea rapidly-movingpanorariia, i'fli ttfeihrii* thr6ughout, exceedingly beautiful •Tparts, including every description of enery. from fcuo semi-tropical luxuriance vegetation to the ice-bound vLdson. The \yeather throughout was most HoSfiouT, so that the Rocky Mountains, Soned at the lofty elevation of 12,000ft,were Ln" under advantageous circumstances. T am not going to descant on tho beauty Ld grandeur of the views presented as tho train crawled up the steep gradients to the fflinDiit, and dashed down tho zig-zags on ti,o other side. No description can do jus tice to the sublimity and grandeur of the scene. Unless persons are gifted with good uarves they had hotter avoid this, the "grand scenic route," as it is termed, -tra psed as it is by a narrow-gauge line of isilway, the "Denver and Rio Grande." the carriages oscillate in a somewhat start- Ms manner, swing rourid''-sharp' curve's, iTOig'asit were over : precipi6e.. arid it is I demonstratively appareiifcthafc if , anything | jbonlcl go wrong extermination must Be the natural sequence. Not being troubled with nerves, I thoroughly enjoyed the whole trip {Am Ogden to Denver, and even managed tosleep soundly in my berth, although the (ensation, on turning in, was very much tot of being tossed in a blanket. Follow ing no particular order, geographical or Otherwise. I jot down a few of my impres sions as to places seen and circumstances of travel. The Pullman Sleeping Car. A great deal has' been written about the _uierican sleeping cars, the Pullman espe- Ci__y having been " cracked up" as the acme of luxuriant comfort. I venture to join issue herein, considering that even the ..Pullmans aro capable of material improve ment. Our American consins would seem to have, a rooted objection to fresh air and cold water, and the conveniences of travel include neither in profusion. The cars.fitte. with double windows and heated with steam pipes, have no permanent outlets for foul air. fley are consequently abominably hot and stnffy, and the atmosphere in the morning - trenty-four people being tßer. nuMber of sleepers—may be imagined. Any attempt toopen the ventilating shutters in the roof is at once resented, and /generally these remain closed through day and night. The interior of a Pullman looks very pretty in a picture, but the reality, when .tho berths are made up, is hardly so: pleasing.- The passage between is barely wide enough to sidle along between the thick curtains which {all from the roof te the floor. Thore is no division of the sexes, nor any place to dress and undress except in the berths, in which there is not always suffieieTitr 'height to sit up. How the ladies manage is a puzzle. The upper berths, are. about. ire feet from the floor, requiring acro batic skill to get in and out of. Two Email hand-basins at each end of 'the car, forladies and gentlemen respectively, con stitute the entire "washing conveniences, and ablutions can only be of the ""lick and promise" description, and must be Mmis&rzmrnrpiiMim. :: :Now-llJ"iati-t De iemembered that railway. travelling I alwayi {flakes' one exce^dirigry 'gi'ih.^j cense que__j: existence in a state of dirt is inevi* tette^hen the travel is for days .without a ___u J*__ls. cuff., fronts arid metaliid coto litem to-be the rulo with the pefe^^tory American, '' arid there is at least a snspicidn th_t," b/ey>oM tbe coat, tisyvfehot take off' their- clothes' at nigh. It is to be hoped they bathe when they geiKom'e !:I ventured to Suggest to several ieUoW-pa-sdhgers at various jjoiffis afihe-jourh.ey the desirability of veriti.ati6n Sfiithe dh'imng/Offthd, cars' at night; bub they illwere of opinionthat existing arrange ments cannot be Improved upon 1, rln con necMbn with the sleeping; cars, there is ahofchef consideration—namely,- tbSt of eix pens./-Bjr the.rottte and train I tddk, the extra charges,, beyond the railway fares -ionnfecl.to 25d01. In nddition to this, the at!__a_t_/m"_ach :case—and there were ionf.ohafige.VhAye.to he fefed kbdUt./hai.f s-doM each/ "The >meals- throughout the journey, at refreshment tootai 6f in dining care, are good, ahd charged from 6n6 dollar Mfiree'quarters of a dollar ; total for the Wgh i^urpey," at least 18361..' without waiide foil liquid refreshment Travellers .must therefore calculate that, in: addition to -o'&i-'cks.' railWaj?'fa'rej it Will east flfofl 'foi'" the ' through/ trip ;&t least fdol : . for!:', personal / expenses,'".' '. exclu sive 6f;„hy . charges connected .with .^gage; i - These need, not bo much if care is taken to have no more than two or three packages In form eAsy- to be handled'—for instance,a'_m_ll valiSe and bag.,, It muSfc wloriie._i'__ha that hacks icarriagefi) and portersfeeih.dbllars 'in. the United State.., *i&_&b6ay does Anything for notliiftpf. Md at lessthafi hall a' dollar, even "f6r, the most trivial service; the/nose m the free dti^ii'ls at 6xt6_. turned ttpj • ; The than 6f hear.&iindinusfc heeds have ft lively t.__d_ '.'/ '-'' ii ''„]'„

• -.- /.->!-.Hotel*, ../%."':.:;: ;; Iwas struck, and t think most strangers WM be, by the unusual development of p Hotel sy.tem 'throughout the' conritry'.. Iwniships little more' than a. collection.,of «hantie3 have in their midst "buildings lit «% palitial,."Which;pnj!_le, One as to hOW % c.tt be'ke|)t'Up' of p'^sibly fif. in.ter/- upon cost of construction^ At one place where We stepped for- Supper»- arid had & taarvelloMy good One, td6-"the hotel. & J^mfieent 6ne, brilliant .with electric 'Jpta, stands absolutely alone ih the wilder m aiid Im told that it pays -sVell.-' This 'f.ambng the many things " no fellah can "MerstandV/./r Aa to the grand, edifice. *M I sawiitid visited in Sftn Francisco, Lh Bgo, ah'dj New'YOrk, they Are veritable paces replete"'-with: every irriagiriable i^ty; but the charge for accommodation, 'Itifito be ■ re6ollect.edv is pl'opdrtioriatelj|, m There'areV" however, if you feno^r were to find them, more humble, establish oiente where'the same material odmforte at & third '6f the charges; :',

Checking 3_ngga,ge. There fa one, matter, in connection with Wjmk in the United States which espe- itself p namely, the1 system L 6h,e6Wrig ' luggage, which "relieves the »„.6?.aU,trouble and bother. ~Fdr iph(*» jh my bwn - case, the luggage WMrfcd; from sight' /and /.care at *J. «ancisco, and I- never. Saw/ ;}t _W_2W alongside ■< the S.s, • SerVia Pf Ydrk, AVhen I ' it <ni. to &fffi_b.to carry on board./ »; l^ctntieoted with this is trifling. What M'ihto ihohey is tiie- cAm'lligi ,f Jgais'SA.' wbnt to do, a btthdlb df sinajl EN;in,:the railway: carriages With, S^'ch' huvb to bo shifted at every, ._v, tK? lilie or change of carriage.- \,.\ y-j !.,!';:.iC___ri.6tir/ £iketciie_. -'/ ~,/ Sll Varied as tlio tsworumft which; S^ By%e"caiTla'ge winctoSVs, is the #ii- SW travellerswith whom ono ii 2Sj^ : I was fortunate In: meeting »1 wtjlhinfohnecl gentlemanly tton.-btte S«vtih ii riot bf such., in thb E«si •T TO thero was a marked dbtenova-

lot of $? c and- ma? n<*and the commdttest' betweenU- r6 m th„ "Limited Express," tbe f,,L ICT »ndNevYo *. l« "widen ■'-Xe_S_t_lwk- "i^^S-car charges are turning y hlghi Gdrte{« dele|kteSte offrbS g-,S°m * a co?ven«°n of brewers bore ditiZ Vf m f°l; noi, s°. slang, vulgarity, and deanfm^r cVT dently t&ttitf. ST J ™S to,d ihafc they repre rlohfrc WfF^ a fab«loi,s amount of thi^S of .i- 6 G°lden Pig" is manifestly' fht Srf «*!&_? 28? nM Specially among hL£? tmt, #? 6^ «cqi t _int4iifel Was ___p^ffiSg ciurin^ J°urn«y m™*s I„ T' I:iw«; *<** three who struck me as being types of 2X_ aSf_T I k no conldencein tho slight sketch I shall give of them. Mr A was a member of Congress for a Southern btete, on hie wedding tour, having drawn a pme in the matrimonial lottery, his bride being not only pretty, and to all appear .anpes especially amiable, b«fc avery Wealthy SSSSs i m |« a lawyer by profession, but politics, he told tne, absorbs the most of his' time. Belonging to the Democratic party, and being a man of shrewd intelligence, he realises the danger to which the fiscal, .policy, of the United .States }c tending, but recognises at tho same tame the almost hopelessness of bringing about a change. President Clevelancfhas done wonders in purging the public service, m; opening, for- settlement. the enormous tracts of fcduntry in the WesteVn States held on- very dubious occupation titles by the ranchmen (,-. e ., the great cattle-owriers), and if re-elected may bo in«lin.d Ed more vital reforms ; but it is by no means oertain that he will be able to secure nomination for a second tefrn ef omc_, the cabals-ami rings which thrive on corruption being set against thorn. Tho Republicans, Mr A says, aro in a fix, and. as yet have _Ot Been dbleto decide On a candidate.. Blame is, talked of, and liis nomination, a..'a nre'-eatirtg' Abdsot of ißiigland>. would please the Irish elen^ent,' and possibly draw that vote away from the Democrats. Mr A states, and I find this generally confirmed, that tho Irish are i» reality almost detested by bona fide Americans, whilst their number and organ isation make them everywhere a factor in politics which has to be reckoned with. In New York and some other great cities they absolutely rule the rooet, and neither newspaper nor politican dare attack them. Even in staid Boston they have managed to obtain control of municipal affairs. Next te the Irish the German element is regarded as most objectionable. The Socialists of this nationality are with out the restraining influences which,; through the Church, keep the Irish within certain bounds, Rnd, however dangerous to the State, prevent them from being a menace to society. Intelligent Americans deeply regret that technical naturalisation has been made so easy, and that the rights j of citizenship are po.scs.ed by mon who practically remain aliens. I discussed other questions of interest with Mr A——, and was surprised to find the almost entire ignorance ofjjhe...Australasian colonies which he, a man of the world of chlturea.net edu cation, displayed. This absolute want of knowledge of .the colonies in the Pacific I subsequently foundtbbe universal. Nothing is known in the States as to their geographi cal position, boundaries, constitutions, population', or product., eScept, c_ course, by the comparatively few who have visited Australasia on duty, business or pleasure. I pressed Mr A' on the subject of the present prohibitive duties on Wool. It was evidently a new revelation to him that" New _;&&la"hd „ad " wool: to export, and Of a quality not to be touched by the.; American growth.; Mr B-j—.was a horse of a very different' colour". A" young man, not certainly over thirty, of gentlemanly bearing, with a cast of coun tenance markedly intellectual. The son of one of the Judges of the United States Supreme Court, Mr B is minister of a fashionable Presbyterian Church in New y6fk.-cdfl_6.e_d -with thr.oldest- Presby? terian body in the States, the constitution of which elate. hacß 6vßr 170 y*eafs, to thfe old colonial times./ Mr B.—^—is'more d-kiid-d ev6n thati A—p^in deploring the sway and influence of the Irish and German elements of the papulation,, which teiid itb make itfew York in certain strata aiid phases of Society a veritable Pandemonium. The Presbyterian And Bpiscdp-l denomina tions are very .strong Jn the Csity. and he states that the Church . bf Rome exercises most beneficial influence over classes of the community* which Much', require lb ;be kept in cheqk.'; / Mr * B-: —was . mtfoh interested Ih, the adcbuiit I gtiyb. him oi OtagO, and the.-history, of. the settlement 6f theprovince. - The rich endowments for fteligiouS^purpose. Wait a/fi6W idea to him,,aiid' he seemed to. think that the lot of the Presbyteriari Church of Otago and Soilthlaiid bad ' indeed fallen - in • pleasant places. In regard to. the Jsolltieal futdre of this great land, Mr H—~ is hopeful. The tboA sense of the-Country, K6 thinks, is awal<e_ir.g to thejjateftt evils \vhich exhibit thehiselveß in the manii^i- in politics, are and have been n_inipnlated. . He con siders, the millionaire class—^for it is, a class ih Americ_^>t6' be a Stfthdin^ mischs6f/ of cmrrse,exceedingly difficult .to.cope, witb- ThO country ' is^ uttlddd, ~6ui.se4., '*i'th; git^ntieirlertopOli^.^biGh Gontroli-iaurottds, tefegiapK-i stedmbdats,. _ndj' ih fdet, most popular institutions. •'",'. Syildlcates.'.'. c6ntrol almost every branch of business, aftd the ftlrnighty d6llaf is nOvet lost sight df, being as much in contrast in • ethics -_s •Veil a« | amoutttto the^onVentiohal ';hqneßt : penny; •' So mhohior the reverend gentleman wi&n I have detfominatedMr B^-^-.Mr C— made hittißelf kiio^ft ,W toe as (.d^pnetOT. a.Hd one 6f the .ditdri /of * NeW VYork] seieritiflc journal, and wo joined, hands in feiiamhlp--'_» brothel, df the quill. ; A doctor by pt-ofeSsidhj he .has had to j .elinquish practice oh ac66iint : . of his health. A nian Of varied attainmOnte, h6 iffip^ssedii-e as pdi.essing &h a6ute lntelli t(en66, \ with..large1 pdWerS. 6f iibseryatiOr-, Like Mr. A^-r, however, he *as bui.saintriy informed' as to ; the.AuStral_sian: colonies ; ; a. to New Zealand,' he had ha^ ideas ds to where the islands dre sittidted.• we discussed, inter alio., protection, the laboUr, que_tion,.a_a ffiipi6ipal : gM^metiV f The estaiilishhient of free trdde, m the United States he rsgatdg a. qM6m the rfeope of pra-tidal polTfcie^. a^ .'eiprmed ..sarprise that ShL'hshdnd colonial statesmeft do not seethe h.«_P 6"?^f^uL t>o._l free 'torn between th 6 . WW Country and hor dependencies, and strict protection against foreign ptodticte.-le Emitted that nhd^t the protective tar « all manufactured a^ietea arei, cJceetUngly dea*- in the State., wbn§t^agf§ are.no higher; if 80hi£h. OS-iti IvSw Zealand, and bolse rentsr-taking^he-ftyerage-of M >lo?gO cities and their suburbs, quite a* M^M .e^ec. ofihe/labohr <p«Bt_6tt**A ««toe^*J compiicated aad "dry subject ml will only iustnhW ndte the extremestonisbniente^ r_____a' WWG-— (as.U biay toy, by Ml _SS_S, We.tf|nd Eiat, to, whomJhd fdctw&rhehti'&hed by M >t MP I°fo n ™*- l r .ion-that the Government., of » Zealand and ofchSr 6f the colonies, interbred in m& •■ of " In this cotwtry, UM Mr Q___-^ahlo-bodi«^ inch hateeith^to find work for themselves 6rto isno sympathy whatdvor among th| g^fM o\m& 'wWffi&fe who eit with MM arws waiting' da ProWderiee, or w)i6 dechtto ■It-mlftttflitt'r /'finding their, Imve hobdeg to look to ■« but: theinselvesi i woh» as ■A matter 6f fact, fliUl. /ftpmethingi to »Ml|^ tlw door Mr.C— SW uiUch Irttereetedji tiS description;! tt^^f*K^f «g fivfttent in the coldme_., lii the JJmted StatStbppVincipiebf'hhl^ propoi-ty^ownor., consequently, dro tej, 'iomnm is eKtiended by the ol^Mf the mob The.resulte , /uffioiently no^ Srl6lis, parildtilfti'ly W f fftffil^-_

irruption reign* ~-': 3fork/,i_ •scamped, and the streets and pathways are left to a terrible state.- Just now several New York aldermen are in gaol, having beeft Convicted of.' receiving brfbcs;,lfr6m a" railway syndicate who desired authority to' lay down a line through some of the prin oipal Streets. Another alderman has been tried, and is to be tried again, as the jury .disagreed. This worthy is the janitor of a set of offices, which will give an idea from what class eyep the New York city fathers m tak6h\ i We may well be" thankful for small mercies in New Zealand.

-.There is; one; speciality in respeot Of, the Amorican railways which may be noted, Ramely, the universal absence of station platforms. There are convenient steps from the car platform- io the _ra6k, arid- passeii gers may please themselves as to aliehtina and sferetcfiln^ their legs whenever the train stops. As, ordinarily, a start is made with out much notice.! it behoves to have; a wary eye. so, as not to be left behind, /Etut, on a long journey, the occasional alighting iM looking round considerably relieves the tedium, and is a most refreshing change from the close atmosphere of the ears.

How to Wear Diamonds

On Thursday evening we spent some pleas anthours *Hhp/ Lyric, Club. ,W.e-sat just behind Mr arid Mrs-B_riordft. The latter wore, red brocaded silk and lovely dia monds. In fact, there was endless jewellery tojb^S|ehM|_%]BH3_6me one would give a lecture on how to wear diamonds. It is much needed. For instance, h>e stars badh-. groiiped m 6h6 side/'&f'the Dodlc. ai-eVtot effective. A butterfly casually pinned on somewhere savours of a reckless arid cruel efttom.ldgjst. • ■ i_tobutterfly, should bearhong flowers, ;or alight Upon the. head of .beauty, liayinf mistdUoii Mcten'Ka'ir for „lie».cßf auriferods hue,:, or nutsbrowfi: loclt_! for; autumn foliage. . Diamonds ought not to be w&rndri fcheM.ro. t*B .Ho._,ias':a''6_?_4ih French actress once wore them. She had to faint every night and be carried off tho stage, so she incrusted the soles of her shoes with diamonds. I remember reading- that crowds used.to go nightly to see her bedia mond chaussure. But they may be worn as buckles on tho shoos, or even grouped in a monogram on the toes. This is a subject on which I should like to dilate ; but I want to tell you about a rather odd, though pretty dress that I saw on Thursday. It was worn by a blonde, and consisted chiefly of pink silk sewn over with white beads. A drapery of white silk gauzo waa held at tho side with a spray of pink roses with foliage. The fan was pink, with lace and roses. There were roses on tho left shoulder and a diamond buckle on the right. Folded green velvet formed a sort Of necktie, held by two diamond clasps.—London " Truth."

A Song by Princess Beatrice.

, A saw ..song set to Hein-'s hnes, "Im wunderschoenen Monat Mai," by H. R. H. Princess Beatrice (Princess | Henry of Bat tenberg), has just been issued by Me«srs Booeeyand C0.,0f 295 Regent street ; and at the present time, when ah extra wave of loyal expressions is passing over the land, it Jft likely to attract special .attention. Princess Beatrice, :hke her 'father.' the Prince Consort and her brothers, the late Duke of Albany and the Duke of Edinburgh —compositious by all of whom 'are'already before tbe world - is an amateur musician Of no mean pQwet;s. "Her Royal Highness is an accomplished pianist., and performs on the harmonium and she likewise, wo believe, plays the organ. If we are correctly in formed, the Royal circle at Osborne and Balmoral has already been interested in several trifling works from her pen, and a composition of an altogether higher class— a Kyris in E flat—was early in 1883 intro duced into the ordinary eerrice_.at_ St. deorge's chapel. Windsor, where■ some of tho church, music of the late Prince Consort iS'stili becdiibiially -used. The song which Messrs Boosey have just published/is neces sariiy.ofa less pretentious character. Heine's original text, lias been--gracefully1 -adapted by.Miss Francesco ,J». E6rrnTh .ttnder the title of " The Sunn^, Month of Ma^.and both/the Eii^lish /arid German wArds'are priii.ted... In- a|f fMi... and,- -.captiViating melody.:and ftri adb^mpariimbrit which|is .iriiplifiity itself i Princess Beatricev-has exactly .caught,. the/.bright '.pirit of the lines; and has produced a" daifity •littl^'.dhg Of .which,;ih thecourse.of the seasoit, /.draw irig-robni,audiences aj'elikelyte.h.ata'good de_l'^i-libri'doi_N6\V_;,.'i-<:. "'''''-. Z-%/ . .

The "Templar Colonies."

T„j_ " Aiiegefiieme. Eyangelische Kircheri -2eitung-" of Leipzig gives an accOuntof the.preseut condition of the,' "Templar colo nies ", in the lioly land. The new, Germ<an " Ternpiar'.," who are neither knights, nor lawyers, .possess four, colonies, ' - The first, Jaffa, was .founded by Christopher .Hoffman ih 1869 ..the second, the /Kalpna colony, on Motirit Carmblj in. 1875; the third at Savoria, ifi 187? f tbelast was setup in 1873, at Jeru salem. Ih all these colonies' /there are steam-mills, .apotheeariee' shopfei beer-brew eties arid Virievard culture. ■ Since the last RU._iarifTdrki-h' Wat- there /has ' be'eri a'/de cyrie.ari.their commercial prosperity. -, The M6h_mmedahs look. Upon the coloriiete with ail evil eye and discOuritetiance, ali;.tra_ic yMh tK. 'feriiptars., ¥ue', German Ooverri nient;h_s iiitei'teried.at times for their pro teetlbh,"_iia they have received ati itnperial g_arit- of Ahbiit .4,6oo,.'niarks/ toward. their Sehobip., All -their meihb'jrs coihe-..from W_fterob.r^;- the p^uliftr larid of "^ic iKH_l? The T6_iple coloriy on Moflfib Cnr rrifel/hIS. latel/ had' A dispUt. about lftlid With'the,riionki. which was. carriecl before the law.court, at AtVcs. Jridgtrierit was oV^hJrt.f^V6Ur df the riidnks. Ther- have beeri rimny. little feuds between the orthb dOx.. monks and the et„ngolicAl Tefflplars, Mi their relations ate riOw, friendly.. Hoff man, original title for his colonies, was '.f The Institute for the Preparation, of HU jnaiiity for the Ringdon. of Gpd 6« Earth." arid he conceived that this '',Chri*iariisa fioh of the holy land" v^as to be/the/first etep towiirds the stiipeMouf:result^ member.' Vcere called f/Erierids Of Jeru«a lerii" arid 'f teinple-bmlderis." .They are now between 1,300 and ,I,^oo ih mimbor, and appear tohave been nwtch rriore -Ucee^ful dbfniriercialljr /fchan,,reli&iously. Hofhrian has resigned the title of " Bishop "which he fdrriierly asSuined;' arid hb1 has Since Sbolishea the, sacrament 6f baptism among the Temple cbidnies, .ttbHfcifcdfcirifr fdr it: a rite of " pfb^efttaeiofi ot the now-born;*'

A Strange Story about Bis marck.

WM-6dttQt 6i iho '.^.itepheh's rt.Vi#." makes the following :re„iarkabl_ '. t< I ftrii about to' make a startling. stnteJ merit, and one that I krldW b.fore_arid,w,iil yedettiadj'rJut I fimptettysureofmy facte. It has often beeh^aid that Bism^rek Wdiila 1 pot yerttor-' iiit'o. France.-.j &s }. it -Would; pc- distinctly .dangerous for lii|n. i)6e. anybody:remember soin^ two: yeais ago tithtifc ;■ thO'itfl-eafe German Chanoellor aUowod his bc_utlto^^ro\v, aiid; that wltei} flt'tbe ■._ftiotime;',,!Se.'*St-phe'ns" wofithe flfist. 6i jmfeli.h his latest; portrait, with his beard-fully>developed, it ; mi (pronounced by tliosewho did not kflow.fthihi nstupid iikouesß^ SVeiUf the beard, was grown for ft piirpbie. Prince Businarek,'-disguised with klieaM, notoriiyeriteredFranee, but Paris} motive -was 'I dtj^rio't) prefilrid to know.-lnit'tlutt be: had ;a:inot(v.: is' liricon I tenable. at)d fiiftfc life was,not reco^iiscd is 'il-obeycind all /doubt./- './ /v ; ; ; -. iV';-/ ■ | i ■ :i' iWhSro were the: Pans, correspondents • of fcV._ _ortdon pdpmt Natui-Ally the' farife corresjionde'ritft of ihe.,C6tn'i&ii^prt|i6,rs sad ' h'olhlrig;-ifthey:fcnaw,.whichlijueßtion;'

TABLE TALK.

Social, Theatrical, and Literary.

(From Our. Efepok Goßa^spo3iD_;^*r,)

The Easter Holiday . TKAFFjo-ANTr-CoEB CION T L>KMOVSTR-\Tlok-^§6i/SE-ik HyDK P.KM —Mr GLAnsTO\B and this Prockssion'ists —The Bx-Premikr at Harrow—RudSnkss of tub; Boys—A G_*S3 ay Water Thhown AT M * GLADSTOffK.i: Cc;r_e__'_ Crj.\*l'-&^STON— THK KIXG OK THK Bbloians in Parliamicnt —Thk Late Sir Owkn Lanyon -."The Pltli^T'fK *S» •mUttWfU'Blit. Do'curss op Norfolk -Mr Nkwdegate -"Thu Red , Lamp"—Black's New Novel — "1_a tioht '' BRHAK."i-'A JEWl,ri iD'Vit. '■' '• •"■ "

, ; . London, April 20. (.toafotjs'.pririg Wedther—the first we have had so far—accompanied.the Easter recess, and enabled holiday-makers to oujoy them selVe. _h6rdugh"lyV "ThS Ml way'traffic on Monday was :henvfef tha'h'hds ever1' been known at this time of the year. To give you some idea of the difficulties our great lines have to cope with on such occasions, I may mention that the Brighton Company alone despatched sixty - six long special trains, most of which were dragged by two engines. The South Western Company, in addition to its ordinary service,'sent thirty seven specials to Kempton Park, and several to Windsor, as well as numerous relief trains to popular suburbs like Hamp ton, , K.w,, and, Richmond. There were over .W-OOtJ {iertoft „fc Chingford (Epping Forest), 40,000 at. the Crystal Palace, 100,000 on Hampsfcad Heath, and enor niotis crWdl /at] OJympia, and the Albert and Alexandra Palaces. f''NbtiVithfe'fiaricHri^'this wholesale exodus of/the hifetropoli-ii'f.tho masses " mustered in wonderful .force at the Anti-Coercion' Demdn^i-atioh^iii'Myclc Park on Monday, afternoon. Opinions differ ns to the pre-: cisc number present, but it probably ex ceeded 150,000 peopie. The crowd was: wonderfully good-tempered, thereby pro-! sen ting a marked contrast to the angry mob; which made " Intimidation Monday of 1884 so ominous. Tho only name really vigorously hissed was Joe Chamberlain's ;j enthusiasts groaned a little ovor Lord Hart ington, and cheered uproariously whenever• a epeaker mentioned Gladstone, but refer ences to Lord Randolph Churchill merely provoked laughter.

Infinitely the most popular speaker was; the irrepressible " Labhy," who (for the timo being) gleefully adopted the role of "peoplestribune." He had arrayed him self, appropriately enough, in an old " sack" coat ana low crowned " pot" hat, and looked for all the world like a working-man holiday making. Mrs Gladstone occupied the balcony of a house in Piccadilly, and in company with Master Herbert and Lady Mujoribanks bowed greetings to each, cheering the contingent as it pOssed along towards tho Park. TBe:6ld'lady. has a rare spirit; oven Conservatives admitted, for though the pro cession took cvor two hours marching past,, she remained to the last, ancl greeted tho final sections as cheerfully and courteously as the first.

By-the-byef there has been a rare " to-do " at Harrow over Mr Gladstone's visit to the school. He went there, it seems, to chapel. Afterwards the boys wero formed in two lines, and the veteran statesman and Mrs Gladstone passed down between them. Hardly any of-the young boors (so 'tis said) raised their hats. That was bad enough, but W6"rß~e rbninms behind, for (according to an eye-witness) one little ruffian abso lutely tried to immortalise himself by throwing a glass of water at the ex -Premier. TheG.O.M. luckily paw what was coming and stepped aside, with the result that one of the masters received the intended com pliment -full - in his - waistcoat. — The -most deplorable part of the story, however, is that the lad's conduct was not considered reprehensible by his mates. Clearly things ' are very, ."had' form"; at-Harrow or this could not be. Currell 'has- c>3nf§ssed, to irriUrdering his sweetheart." Ho says'he Was under the in fluence l of f ouium at .the time*. arid/ has i no notion why he committed the crime. . Another dynamite scare has taken.'pos session 6f ! Scotland Yard, ftnd the police protection/Of .Westminster, Palace. 'tind other public biu'ldirigs adjaoent lias been cloiiblied m -onsequenoeJ -•'■'■ -■"■ - ■ //•The' "King ' of /th6':Belgiari.f. o.cctijMfed ' A Seat/ifti the gallery of the H6u§c»of fC'qiriirip.n6 during ■ the:!animated- discussion! • oh the Grime. 'Bill last Tuesday week. /On being interrogated sub^e l 4u^htly^'A^.•fo^/^rih^tb6t he had,heard any. debates, His Majesty eriiilingly,obseiwed, "__A .' dii'betts'i >:dm,\U fy iii ditiilptilM&Uffit 1' :■'.''''■• •' '/ ' '■ ■- ; . .Sir. Owen.X<anyon, : ,.who. l died/the' other day, was, perhaps,,the.aiost;popuiar mem* ber of the unpopular Wolesley .clique;'/ His rise,'th6hgh'well'des'elwed, SVas irapid,. arid when, after returning from Egypt/'fiiU 6f honours, he married the great beauty and heiress!, pfefche-eeasori-J(Mlss LawsOn). the of flood Fortune seeiried tohaVe little left to bestow oh him. ' Alrfs !' a ".year Idtei* his wife and infant son died, suddenly, arid Mtliiri;'a fevf.day. of oMO another. The'ri ft slight' affecitioh '■ of \ the .throat began - to trouble-him./ -tt seemed a mere Spot, but Sit Owen thought perhaps he had better _6ri_uit a specialist; "Can you bear th* worst.?" tasked.t)r.,Mor6li McKenzie. ' ',''l cart." was the brief reply.. / It proved to be maligrifthfc 6arider ■ of! the rtorish_, whioh: is praetiealiy irieiirable!' At any fate it b/roVbd to be sO.in: Sir Owen. base. When his doom " ibeeame a certainty/ ■■■ the gallant SOldief bade far.Well to hi_ frieftds Arid werit off to^^'America to dieralbrie;!.. . ':f' ':,'■£ / Ristori, iwho -is now .living' quietly; in Bdirie'. has just fidiehedtho first portion of h.'r aUtobipgl,_ph^.' It Will be.pU.bllshediri ; four languages simtiitariebusly,' :\,' > ' ■'! .:,_■'./ Readers' 'of thef more serious- papei*. ihay' remetiibe'r a bitter eontroVefsy cm '< TK6 '.Priest ~iri /,tli.;; iTjarAilyJ'' Vyhich ragea* for several weeks . some six months agdi'/ It Was/started by a Captain' Gdrlile, Who. cbriiptairied id 'ratiief immoderate lan ghagb qf the obridudt of a Roman, Catholic priest who. had broken up his home and rttined His itiarital happiness by secretly eon v^ting' Ui%. Cai'lile. , The'priest, defended himself fairly, successfully, but the wrathful • Cariilp"refused to .be appeased,' and prO- . tested in mbviii^ ;torriis ft^ihst the' unteij .forenceiof .ißoman; .Catholio/priestewmth Protestant families. • We now read.that Cat^tein Garlilb Himself ,ho* jtiStbeen' " r6 beived infcb the Oli'tirdlf ; '/h^ Mi* ningi:;-'' •' ',::=- '.-•-''■ ! ■.> .■•--:-".. \!'■•'>'.' J, death of the Duchess' of. Norfolk, who succumbed to -„;: painful complaint dn Easter 'Monday, was by no "means iinex-; pebt-d.J/;;Shb.hadlbeeh ib|po6r hfai«for years; 'in fact,;iievor'"srh<sUld have'ma'rfied. the Duke.'Hvhb/haSlhitris^tfiipper physique.: ,The .match j was,, Strongly disppunteimnced ' bbin' by' the' HdWords- and^ %W 'Hastings, but the .youngj.coiipletwere-deeply in love, , and had their/own way. 1 Tiie birth of the; poor little d.foi'm'M child khb'wii a 9 "Earl of ■Arundel and SUrreyprpvediterribleShoSk to -both. • The' Duohess,: indeed, never pr6jierly:g6t;over"it.:/;The Dake/ahVaysas much monli' as1' liian./be'earne iri'ore.pf a recluse than ever, giving .up. his life aliuost entirely to' Mother Cliurob.-' . He: is said.to be quite .heartbroken oyer tbe!'Diieliep9s ■ death.'.:;) -■.•.-»•:....-i ■:-•■. :,;• ;:•■-) ••:...< o-. , •"- Mr Newdegate, who:died lost week^waa for many years, a .cognate, and, onthe whole, a popular /iieiionage" 'in Parliameiltary circles.. He might havetaken a really good positiQu, but for ono thing—4ie,had'" a bee : , .'hijhjshoiiridt.^ Rotri^if;oiblies;Ve^jiirf abhorrence,/and in/oyery riio^omorit he di^ -11 tirus'ted he sniffed' a Jesuit plot: This.'craze grew to such a pitch latterly that ib bccAnie i alrhttftt a'mahia: Fdr o'xamplb, Mr Guildford r OtiMd* secured^.Mr'Newdegnte's..support I- mA ',•' Hit -BotWi'!: simply through i>er f .u'adlhf" him (the. ehampiOri:. of • ,I'r.dtes

tantism) that tho claimant was the victim of, Jesuit machinations., ~Mr Newdegate would always spend any aniourit of' tirrie or nio'ndy to thwart ft 'Catholic Or an -atheist Itwas as,much his persistent..".whipping " as anything else chat kept BracUaugn out of the-House so long, <;ahd:'the-rifews-6f thab perrsisterit person's ultimate" triumph riea'rl| broke his heart. it ■ , .....-■,

. • 'The Prince'- of' Wales' has been twice' t6 the Hay'maricet Theatre.in" the bbjib of bolstering' up'Mr's'BrowhPotter arid " Man arid* Wife." '. Nevertheless, ihe : British pub' lie declined to follow Shit: The play pedple prdnouiice dull,' and the actress a failure.'-./ Mr B,eerb6hrii-Ti _c's forthcoming ii__.„_> gerial'venture at; the Comedy Theatre ex cites imu.unl;i_tere_t. frOrii' the fact that "The Red Larhp1 "-is saidtebe'the first ftt j teiiipfc at";drarria; of'!a highly"'sflcensfiil rfb\'_li_K,*'Tlse' ci.'6en| is-;laid entirely','iri Btissia;' arid: we are --promised art' absolute reproduction of " High Life " iri'St. Peters^ burg. -Lady Moriektoh acts the jSart' of '„ Princess devoted to her' husbarid'"find the Czar,1 but Cursed withl a brother Who'iS'a Nihilist.' Good-Parts haLVe also boeri found1 for Mr BrOOkfleld; Mi' Sugde'n, arid" Marion Terr/y.:.i ''■■ ■■■ '■ - ''-{'J'"' v : ---' Ia i ' .'*'Held":b^the'Eneriiiy," the new Ameri eantiiaydt the -PrincessesI, has hit the" X" opiilar taste'.'ahd. Will 'probably; run til! liss Grace JE_uw.h bfne takes over the hoUse fdr " Tlieod'oi'a," which -SardoU has pro mised to" superintend personally. ' ' - The novels'liio.b asked for at thellbiarie. ju.t' now -'ftfe Block'sri" Sabirta : Zeiribra " and Edna Lyall. >"' Khight Errant."' "'The latter, though ri6t'S6 good"as ''\Vo TwO'< orA'Tidnovari.'.' well deserves td be widely teach ' The hero its a-jfouri^ Italian named Carlo _)ohati, Jwhb,'La order, to' Watch over his weak'aiid frivolous sister's morals, gives up'both a^drturi.'and'his lady-love' and embraces the (to him) distasteful career of an opera singer.. . r Th,o,Conimon-sense of the proceeding, is rightly questioned by almost every.'pMsbhag_*ife;i/Hfe.b6 voTtf ■iOti.-.lnnot, however, help aclrrtiringDonati's character, whl.ll i i MiS§ ' Lyall; haS dfatfri' With'1' true itt_i_Mb Which. CoafSe,' cynical. rl'6pulSiVe] find yet ifi!all jj.bUability holTibty/tr'ueV ft th.: Verdi.t-'Which-', nlos'6 ' ped|>le ','will pass on' '<Dr, Phillip.;" a realistic fftudy of ittrida'l_i_lj_».'lift amongst' tho-Jews. which ha. Oteftted-'a'big stir both in Chris tian arid'Hdl-yraie* circles, and rioWeollfs like wild-fire. '_"__ writer giv'e.^ his'riafttd a. "Frank Danby," butUnieS'S thatgentleman and Mr Geo. Moore, of ."Mummer's; Wife" notoriety, prove td':be identical persons, I shall- be surprised. Dr. Phillips IS a popular Jewish doctor, %Vho, .nevertheless, despises-" Jews. •■ He i plays upon ■ their various -little .weaknesses, and- * amuses himself; hy introducing t6 his wife and her set as a widow','a girl who Is really his mistress. Of the' woman he eventually grows-do fatuously fond that he. killsi his wife with an injection of morphia, in order to many hor. The woman, unfortunately, has never really eared for him, and. when the -miserable man is making the culminate ing sacrifice for her sake, positively hates him. Tho story ends iri a yourig and' per fectly unblemished ■•Christian gentleman marrying this female fiend and carrying her ofTin triumph. ...TheDoctor.at.first contem plates shooting himself, but thinks bettor of tbo resolve,5 find ■^according' to the gentle author - finds consolation in the black eyes arid animal Guresses of a trim little parlour maid. : , - .- .

Sir John E. Millais on His Early Struggles.

Sir John E. Millais recently distributed thei pri.es to fchoAiicd^ssful students of the Sliefliold School of Art, arid tebli advan tage of the occasion to narrate several ovcnt iul episodes of hia lilo* Jfifty years ago his parents brought' him from, Jersey to Southampton, and thence to .London..; As they approached the-metropolis on the top of a mail coach, he remembered that .he observed a great red glow/in the 6ky which was new to him. and he asked his mother What it was, '* My boy," she said, ".those are the/lights of London''--the London in which he -was te sink or swim., .Two; days later he was taken by his/.motheri to.• Sir Archer Martin Shee,. then President of .tlicf Royal, Academy,, who received tneni ,>vith old-fashioned kindness and politeness. :His. mother, who was. a, clever practical /wom/i'ri ( (ancl here, ho should ■ like to say _ that lie, owed everything,to.his .mother), lost', nAii. a moment in, tolling tho Pi'-esident the .object of their visit.," She told Kim'.'lj6%'_|toif' J neighbours, and fripnds, in. Jersey thought greatly of his talent"., 'that she would/riot tf.ust,/to the bpi ri ion Of *frich ds, ahc}: so, • sho had dome to liiin to ascertain frqni the' best source whether it .would l'6r his/ 'father /to/bring liiril up '.as ...an artist, -he first 'remark which Sir Martui Shbbmadeheshohldh.yerfbrget; '' He said, '' Madam,-you' had better briri& the boy up' tb' fee a 'chimriojKsweep.", / Th'b'y' . ccii'ild iiriaa'ine'thkt'his hbjics loekecl/'v&ry' black indeed. ttothirij d_.nt6.ci,Jlis .hibth.r;i.-, plied, " But stitofVj Sir Martin, you will lbbk at' "the b6y..cliwingi before ,701 V decide^"' TlierCu'pbn a ".va's brought; jjjMrom the hall and bp'bhed/arid inspected Ijy the Presideht.''After siting the''draw ings sbrAe''cai'eftil a'tterition the' President turned to him, placed his hand upon his head, arid looked. him steadfastly iii the face, saying, '"'You did rill these dra-rtdrigs Yourself, riiy'little mari?", Kb was too frightened to' answer, btit the President evidently thbught he' was riot sn impostor, fbr,"tiirhiiig to his mother', he* sald!em_bhallc-' ally,''' Ma'daft), it is your dhty 'to bring tHi_ Boy rip tb the profession." (Che'ors.'}/Foll6w irig'this advibe, he"w_.'_t Once placed \Vith Mr Sass.'iri Blooirisbufy, but 'Mr" "Sas's was urifbr'tubately '111;' arid' he;iriii*j6's'ayhb'got little or rib instruction frb.itt*'hirii.: / Blithe was placed among •ddm'pariibri's who'Wbrb' jttuAh olde^, than himself;-' ( ! sojrio. very hlevrir ■draughtsrneh' alnbrig' the imbiber,' arid - he.i.iriiproved'-'by ' looking';at; their wbrk '.arid /"/obtaining 'their' " criticiSfti upon hi*!, bwti ' -iVOrki" He could -riot tob' .trbrigljf; iriSisb ''upon th 6' 'advantage students might b'b'to brie atiother:-'At'Mr Sass's'lie WOrked. hard,'" very hard "foi' sb ydu/ri£ 'd;/b6y,:/arid':rriade:'great' ttroj^ress! From that 'school''heWent itito the Royal Acadeiriy'as'a'firobAtieri'er,- and 'S,it_r'-'p„s_i ittg! _ qualifying examination' he became ft '.trident;''//As the.'youngest student, 'he r6 J meiribered on.'duty in obnneetion with tliose' eMy rdayS.' -/He Wa. told ,off';by the. Other ;stride'rits/;daily to: obtain their luhch-oris for' them. ■ (Laughter.):"'He--had to obllect from ''40 •' to' >• GO . pence: ftern his: companions and' go with -that hoard to* .a'neighbouring • baker's ■ arid .* pur> chase as man^'buns. (Laughter;):weHe had an • eye to■ ■ 'business- even 'in those days, for he "got; a comiriissic_«u'pon the transaction;- '(Laughter.) I He always;gotn bun for himself gratisf(laughter.and ohcors); and - 'the • good-natured baker gavo .-hi m hisbest bun'•'a bath burt.r .value < 2d. ?In the very'first year -.f hia studentship he •entered- fori a- prize, a' medal 1 givennidfa the bestdrawirigihtlie antique, and failed byiohe Vote,'.so'that .he :could thoroughly syui pathise -with.those students, who win-tv not takingiprizes that night, b The nextyeubhe again,tried,.arid to:"his joy.andlastonish tnent he wori-a1 first-of thlee prizes.: Since thehhbhad .tried for many medals,.and,he hbped they would tnot think it immodeat in iiim.to say that he,had", always w.oniithem, because it was asimple fact; (Oheoi's.) ..

EXCITING SCENE IN THE COMMONS.

Sir Healey Suznendecl.

On '■■ April'l.s,' diirihg' the coercion debate, Major Sanderson (GoH-ervativo) ■' said 'that the National League -was supported mainly by • erlrtiirials,' dynamiters aiid murderer. acroi'SthO' Atlantic.' He did not charge the gentlemen opposite With imbr-ihg.'- their band* iiil blood, but lie did charge'them" with associating with meri wliori. they knew' to be hnirderers. "■'■'.". ' „:'.'.'''''''''''''.'

''Healey rose tea point Of order.' " ; ' The Speaker replied that 'Major Sander* Son had made'the gravest -charge.; but' that fchese-could be rriet in debate.- He' himself .wa'S'ufiable te'iiiterfere.^ ' ■ : ' ' ' ;''• ":

''.'Healey--responded that he' would '■■feay I \Vhat he/thought of"'Sttnd'erson legal-dies. of ebrisec(uencek If Major Sanderson re ferred to hiiri he had rio- hesitation in say ing that' Sanderson Was a liar:' This' re mark Was greeted with 'rousing Parnellite ahders. The Speaker called upon: Healey to -Withdraw -thei;'expfessiorri ' Healey re plied : ." I am' hot1 entitled -to rise ■ until you sit down." [Cheering renewed.-] The Speaker resumed'the cliair. . : »■ Healey again took the' floor arid said : " Fam 6hly able to ni'eej. the charge in one way. ' If yo.u rule Major Sanderson in order, my expression is equally in order. If you rule hirh"out of order I shall withdraw my expression.".,., . .■;.-.■ ~,-, ~,.'. /'.'.."'.',.; ~; THe Speaker^-That's not so.; Sanderson made a charge of th<Y gravest nature. "The responsibility test. entirely "with himself, It is his duty to. prove it, if'he can, [cheers], but I cannot allow the expression you used. Healoy repeated- that Sanderson'-'was a liar. A great upVoar. arose.,'"', The Speaker again called upon Healey to withdraw the expreS-ibrihg Healey refused to do so.: ii Thp Sneaker the'reiipon 'named ..hifri,/ and.'. W H. Sinith,,JFirst Lord^oi the .Treasury,, moved that Healey .be suspended.-;. Reclrriond jumped up and 'Shouted,;'•"_ 'say life is a liar, too 1" „ , ( _ ~/-.,,., my ....._ ...„._,. * ,<y The House divided upon the iriotiori te sus pend .Healey. The -motion was carried by a vote.of.llß te 52; / When'-'the"Vote\Vn. an nounced,' Healey.'w^l-eS/PUv/of thoHouse applauded by the I sarnpll'tes,, ( \yh6 stood lip, w'ayirig their hats arid pu&h'g. ctider after cheer. /.,'"'. '~"''..'" '; ',;,//, . jr.. '.'„, ' Sanderson,, urrih attempting' to'resume his speech, Wa.'interrupted by Idud ericS Of'," Withdraw !"',,',WithclraiV !" Sexton, interrupting) oiiker. Sander Son whether hi} (Saridefsori) persisted in hi? s'fcatQm&it -'dt would, withdraw it. Sarider'sbn /replied thatfeheridan was a member of' the Execu tive Gemmitteo, of Which the member i6t West Belfast (Sexton)'was also a, merhb_r. Lond cries of "Withdraw !" Withdraw !" 7i

Sexton--Did I know him-to be? Did! ever associate with t- man .whom I. kiiew te be ; > a. .murderer \ /[Cheer's, and a. Voice, fi Withdraw, yon murderer. "1 ■ • ST Sarider«bn--I s_id that Shoi-iddri was one of the committee, ancl against him.a true bill was found for. complicity in the Phoenix Park murders..; The eonimittee must have knem'n.Whit kind 6f a /m_n he waai j.". :: .; .'. / .'..'.„. ,'~ /; Hcroupon Sexton, springing to' his feet, shouted : " I/say you"ate a willful, cowardly liar." Then there, was another uproar. Tho Parnellite.4 all rose arid .cheered fran tically, waving their hats. As soon as there was a chance to be he<vd Sexton, 'again addressing Sanderson, exclaimed: "If I only met you outside the door of this house 1 would thrash you within an inch of your life."

' The excitement was again renewed. The Speaker then arose and addressed the House, but bis voice was inaudible above the din. When "quiet was somewhat re stored tiie Speaker said that unless Sexton withdrew the. expression he would be com pelled to' name hiri-i. He appealed tothe Hohsb to assist him in his duty, adding that he Was Willing to do anything in' hi.' pOwer to allay bad feeling. [Cheers.] ' The Speaker then* asked Sanderson Whether, tie: Charged Sexton with associating with hiiriV ' derersi.' Sanderson", after several evasive' answers, which were interrupted .-hy loud cries of ''Answer !" " Answer the' Speaker's: question'!" 'eventually Withdrew the.word. he'h&d used. -.-'.' " • ' :: -''"'.■■-'■"'.' The Speaker theri asked Sexton te with draw l_i_ expression, kt the same tiift_/add ing : ' ''I caiinoif conceal frdiri niytelf; ttie! fact that the jjroyocation.3_a. tbeeri'• very 1''1 ■ [Cheers; ]': Sekten'1 formally with- di'eiy his exprefcuori.-' ■'.'•'.-"' .- ■ , '" 1 Leiikri, H "member for Lancashire, siib rri<ivte.l that HMley be recalled: !;*: j ''-"J ' r' "Tliß -SpoakeC submitted"that •'■ nothing could'be dcine in the tftuttel-until the next. Sitting. " ' ; ■ : -1'" ■■■ en 1 i :■' •-■' ■ gave rioticb that at the'hext sitM ting of the Horise. ho WOuld move that the suspension „,j?f_. Healey._....b.e., revoked. [Cheers. 1 »Sftbde_'_6'&:' aefriih/ .-esiirfted'"liis*'- _pe-_h"f ; chargingtheiiParnellites .With various' '.con nections with Egan, Ford and other advo ieates.bfimiirderil. Atitlie conchisidfirP/ r liis' speech Sanderson r jva« greeted with cheers from the'; Conservative" benches. *. Ad journed. •'••/"-'••- '■"';-'.- /'-''"" """' '">'""" ■ Healey wris _ U3pbrided _8f ft Week. ■'' i --?<.-.'•■

Varied Accomplishments of an Armless Man.

Tii_KE'receritly died at Potsdam. St.- Law* rence County, New York-.-. Richard Dono van,- who was in some respects one of ,-he" most remarkablb mon-;in. northern New York. Twehty'years, ago,, when a ,boy, Donovan, '.forked in a flour i mill. One day he was caught in a belt arid received injuries that necessitated takihg off both arms at the, shoulderst This didriotdiscouragehilrir and after recoveringbis health he set/about earns j ing his liviilg .theibest he could-;without t;he use'of. arms, i Part, of the.,time he had lived alone, and from the necessity of help ing himself he became wonderfully .adept in, performing all kinds of .work,- using his, feet and mouth principally, ~He QW"lied a horse, i of. which he took,.the.en tire, care, harnessed it, fastened and unfastened the buckles, with his teeth./and, drove with .the reins tiecl .ftt'ound his shp.uidei.. Joeing jin need, of; a waggon, he bought wheels, .and axles,. ami .built a box. buggy and painted/it. .He; wpnt<:tb .the barn/, one, winter/ clay, and .built a., cpw,, stable,,-; sawing ; .the. timber with his feet, and, with the,hammer, in., one.foot,and holding,;the nail with .the. other,, lie nailed, /the/boards on/ aa well .as jnpstjmeneould;d6 .with' both, hands.;/ He. dug a well^wblybifeetj.deep oria/farrn.iri; this ; .tpwn, and it himself.,. ; ~HPi could,, mow. aWay hay-by holding the fork', u/ndeiv .his chin .and. letting it rest against' his"Bhouldpr.!../rte,would pick-up. potatoes/ in afield as!fast afe,'a_man,.pbuld /dig tJVerii.!- He. wouldl dress' himself,, get/his meals,/ write, his letter's,* and, in _fact, do, alrabst ; anythir_g that a/nian with, tV,o.,'ar.r_s : . 'cpu/lil db'.~f!.-_}p's^bh Transcript".".•.//'"/.; ".'.i i '.]'. ,',i/ :

Wonderful Surgery.

The new Bedford ~_ow__pond_nt of the j " CineinnatilE_quirer"",Bay_ J*???' The suc cess of ft wonderful surgical operation, performed'in- this hity nearly,* year ago, ling just been dbmbn.teated. Seventeen ybiirs.agb Edward K. Russbll mbt ,witli an liooidont in which the tendons iii I one of his logsT were- severed, jrondori ng tho limb itso lesti. Thp.aperatipri consisted of, the 'trans ferring, of two tendons from a dog,* which hod been etherized: for the purpose, to UussPl's limb' 'wbbre thoy were united with .tlio. Bcverbd tentlphe .in that • inembeiv i.sjtor tori months after the operation;Russell,was hot allbw/e_ to/txa'e'/lMV*!^^,.:Jbitifc'-^ifchin' a few i.dWS.hehad.ribt b.e4l"«ruhttect';;tb bkbrcis'e |'it..: 'iJe has now resumed his work, arid'lias I'bdriiplete control of the lhrib,'the operation I having 'proved to be ah entire success. This is the...fii'st.,time...that_,this operation | has been performed in this, country, though rithas' be'eii ■previbtidyiittempfc^,"Wth:'4nly tard.u.CeW' ' lrl * v-*!«^ ::>;---- nf 1 r ' &i&'-\ Mfl.'ipa_lwl vi

POETRY.

SONNET.-THE POETS WISH.

I often Wish it had beeri willed1 ttTFftfo ' ,:- - I had with mind more, equable beenbbm; Net riow With bfi.o dcSßir.6 a_n* ijo.Biohi '/,: .. '•' torn,—< ... •'-;,.-,..'.; . t ;,-.;•■ jit ':■■' Soaringahori on'Sdrapn wlngselat.' Now finding joy in. Madhews. Mittb (xn&X'Wfi: ! Anon depressed with heaviest Mejanchqlj',— Tllli(Sickittbeaft.jloii.vy:happyn>6rr&"e' Who lipvey venture from j^ceorum's portals, whose minds orfe pla'fcfftda* <inibt'J_Ke,'; "-, Where cloudy o£ glbftm butpasjaing Bhadow. niake! , . E'en suil&hirie were n&'ble-elnffVif it were : The h(SraM of coming storm and tl»iißdw» ~, . quake;, _ ~.;., .'.. ■,_ ■. ..: ;,..,., SO Joy is'joyless Whon theMrblnger ■: '" 1 Gf dirk Unrest that hovers in hor Mrii-Ci lOd! '.'.!-; •;.;; .-. I-;..-:; v.,: ■■ Jf. JEi. SMIHi '

POSSESSION.

't The time onovOrSis.brW. . Frorii the flr_t fair jbj- to the \gAH- ■■■, i That;tolls when love has grown oldi M-«. '■:-,■: ;.,\ -..!." . SWINDURN?. -Thesuri When attaining ;■',."•.'•' .'• ,t ' Meridian"might: ' , , :"' " '-' .;- Begins t6 sink SloWli :' :■'- ■' : "• : ~-,., Down ..from'his. height; ~ '~ h: •:; . ..And .roaes when _-lowi,rig . ..-,•.. ~ '-'In priindof their blow ,"" -> Begin to look fade'd-j '•••' ■-'.'- ;- - ,'/And soon arts lKio/lpwi :oiv(.*:J ;; , ' So love, warn* and f orrenti i-,,-, . ,' ' Aspiring arid bold,' " '" ' \Vheri, the fiiir prize isgairiod- • . ■.' Grows chilly and cold. - _ -.'.. i±.u •;.'. '-/ -i ,*\i ,*,h:iii ani'i :;..:°'E« Bu6<fc

LIFE.

1 Lik_td4'BtAr,oi ttdaflf& ' ' '■' '.■ , .. - WhloK ever, brighter Brown apAgmijr, t ... Doth shine forthilx..,.or dotuaspire.) . ..' Orto a fiance; o*rlt6a W;: ''i; ■''-''"■ ---lln Orwa'loWW-hftWfilS^rifigb* , : ■■•- '!'- i <•-. Whioh scarce his rise6ero itdie }■• >..! •<: '"' Qft6a bira; whose*'rapid'flight' ' /,.'".''"-' °■;'■ " ii l.l(iaerfth_da.M6b«e'tV6i'_si»Bt>-'i '■'-'■'■ *.'"'■' ..;. Or „ strdy .hafkof glancirigMjlht.,,. j , ''_,_at'b_e_fci_po^ ' V ••" WHi_l<vet. s.mo'JiWbhri&cntal tpriib, ''•'''" ' Ori sbme!.._*eec spriug iflowrirsifleswhe: ~~ , •-.,.b100m, ,-, ..: ,-._• \ ,/•. ... iff;.-: ~,-, -"'_-i_MiiMt'Afr._adn"isfe.ibetter; •"'• !'f ,-,t 0-p_laa«aplttttsiiro, jo.yaaagrie_/^": ' , As.c.an.eUU' as the spring-. anttbri,.f.r(.... „,., '' A.#aVb:.ft'bUauoV.''a;hreaih;a_tr_b.':' - >Witti-6hdn^ftdr_«li>_Ko.for**^rlfi.-i. ' '•■■'■: 1 Thia is tliotldngWe know asliffi ; liii'v ■■■ 1 li::': :/;•!!; liaWi- MObri_j 1 -

AT LAST.

Rest, here at last, Tho long way overpast*. P.e'at!h«reathotriift; .■•■.: Thj-.i-aoeJoriin... i.. 1 Thy dreary journey done, Thy last peak clomb.

,'T«-'ixtbirl3i:__(l death ..t,. il What day* of bitter _roa_v: We*.;!",! inertias! p sti^.isi Thy soul had sight i««1 To sod by day, by nights:.:! Strange phantoms pass--•---. ,-

-i i ThyTdstlesfiheaxt: w i>tv I. no gtnd things had part, But dwelt alone* -,-:. r. / . And njglitand daj;. In tho old woory way, :•■ mi Made tho 0:d tnoan. :m /.-

But hero is rest. For Woary braiaarid breast Deop rest, complete, -,-r- Andnevc-move,; j <■■: ,'-, Heart-weary and footsore, Shall .tray Iby feet.-—- tr'nii

Thy feet j hat went ■~,.-( . With such :o_g .discontent --. ■ Their wonted boat Aooutthy room,- --.-■> ; With it. deep-seated gloom— Or through tho street.' . .

Deith ec'ves them ease— w,y Death gives thy spirit peace-^ ' Doafh luls thee, quite— Ono thing alone Death leaver? theo of thine own— ,- >/,; Thy starless, night. , ■•.... -Philip Bol'rkic jMarrton- (recently deceased) in " Beribrier's Magazine " for M&r. j ..' •

YOUNG FOLKS.

RECOMMENDATIONS.

It is sometimes said that anybodydan jSro-' curb Wrifcteri .'redbhimerid_tio«S; htit ho. , everyone, though many eouldif they.wbuld^ carries such feo'omm_hdati6„_:a_Wdid th_ lad.bf the following driecdpte':/ ,', i: . ,/..,, ,~. ;Ai; gentleman, advertised? foi* ft boy^arui nearly fifty, applicants: presonted themselves to.him, and out of tlio number he.seleoted orie,aiid!disuii?'. <!.ed the rest./, -~'j. Ie t * ',-'■■. [,'' I should like to know,' said a frieijdi;. •'ion what greuhd/ypU' selected: ; "mat bpy, Who had not- a .single ?t*commendatioTi;'.', .. .. : . .V You are mistakeu,''. sajclthegeatlemarif' 'ihehas a great. many. ': He wiped hioteet when lib 'oairio.inland closed the doer tvfte hi m,; sh owing that he was careful,.-, ; He'gave, his: seat instantly, to.;.tliafc .l^ne qi_. m.aujr showing that be was thotightfiil. He took ■ off, h.is;Cap when he .camo. in,. and: answered lay questions, .promptly, .^bowing .tb^"-!_ he wpfi. gfmtieiriahh lie. picked up the ftpok a which I had;i»u-r»6Bely; jaid on the flpOr. arid replaced,it .on,the;. table,./'arid be waited . quietly;for liis turn, inatpad of, polling and crowding,. showing thathe, was honourable and orderly. ,-..„,., ■.-.— :■; , -. . ~ ,r'.., .»'-fi j /'^.When;t;tolked'ji»./h^';r..ripti«^. ) 'jSiia,fc . his clo_ies^ jyere. pi-ushOT./jms./hair ..well combed ; when he wrote his_amfe _ noticed that his. finger-nails Wefe elSSri/.; Donft you •call those things letters of. recommenda tio_¥,: : '' " '*■ """"■ •' ''■ ' ,!I!; l,! -:

Beware of Pa inted Toys.

PAiSttri toy. foi: :6"hildr.by ttfe'clangefbiis''. things. They are even inoreliKfei.f tomjure thevpaby-,than, tobacco. smoke; or -the.p.ro-., miscuous kissing of all cKo" wa-|'g__ria* triothbrsinthe"ri*eigihbotirliOod.:/.>-;).'•■ >. ■M'ak

EMIN BEY HEARD FROM.

His Vjlelt to a Youag Elng 'Wlta. a

A Somali trader from the pg^iida-country has'arrived' at' Zanzibar.' oe_r?n§' adsflOe^' from . Emm Bey. . He was' established,, when the i trader., loft,- ,-.»./■. Wadftlai, nc_-th'i 'of"Aibt ei;if N^ahza/'H ;Se. had: ' u iff'S r .s__tll*ato'ft_i&B.^ to Tonlftke..-...ilriNpyembor, whibh 'wasipui-v months later than the advices broughtby Dr.-Jrinkerj'_3min ; Bey visited -KingUnyijo ger. who was six days' . journeyv;from Uganda] '"'__ihih'Be^ #a_ Tac6pi^ the. journey by Dr. i: Vita.Hajari,! ten _3gy|»-;; tian officers, three C4reeks, andifoor'negroes. ' Sdhsequeritlf-hl&'*askedl! Wrti'gay Ririgoit tfganda. to rocoiy.e.him. r The'Kiri^'/s4id fehat 'he would 'willingly receive him 'il _c. came without follower..; __mi_ Be^ there-'I fpreowontT-to .King-.; Wanga»-- J ac.cpmpanied by Dr. "y*ita and the'tb'ree Greoks/ He arid :Kii i;bolnpahißri,s '.eihaihecl With' the"I,King seventeen days. '_&__&_ asked the Kihg for permission ro pass through hia territory" toward Zanzibar.!. The King,. upon hear' ing.this request, ordered the visitors to re-, turn the way tlicy'camo, and declared.'that' he would have nothing more to do with Europeans.,. , ....... , , : ~ _' . Kiiig'Wahga is a youth 18 fm'i.oi'^gV He has 1.000 wives. Sometimes.lie wears a , Turkish'ahd other times ah Arab oostti.M-i' and ~often rbverti ,to native'simplicity :ii>, the matter.of dress." Eiuiri Bey, wh^ri .s_£" King ordered him to i-eturn the way lw. came, wenb.buek,to Wadclai, ancl Wi__ gUv* to escape from W Tan^a'_ ecSiihtr.)../ /''' -'• ' TheSomftli trader states that messenger* dispatehed'frrJtn Zanzibar to carry i.nfosina' • „_h'to 'Eihiri' Bey that' Stanley Had '£bnr | with an; expedition..by .w^y.oj; the /CSkmw i river to 'effect his -'rescue were delayexOo' Unyanyeirib. Kjjig, ,whb' \ytf_ lndi». jwsed to'SllbW'thehi'tO prdcfee^ ,;' /,."', -! ,r I .VCOhSitJ ;a'ai!_ ; : ..-:„-;••. U:ti ij;%'

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j H_nkfact6k6. —c< When a board of. emin- I „ t phyHliilans ancl chemi.t. aivnouripcd.th..dls- '■ tovery- that by eotnbjniriß somo w<%kriowji valuable r'diriocUe"! a moat woi'idomil .D»edl6inc -,y_S produced;'whichWould'euro' sttch a wide range of. diseases that moat all other reiSodies i would bo dispensed with, niany:w,oro..BQOßUcal,' but proof, of its merits by actual trial lias dls ti6lidcl allddilbt. arid to-day the rtiscovorera'ot (lint iff oat metl iclno, Dr: Sonlea Ainorioah Cos , Hurt lHt''"r*i ai'« honoured and blessed by aH.,%9 bpnofuplC)ra.^itottd^, ; !j ~_, ;, y _• /.,,', a ',.,..; j