“B132; the best lonEflpuilrl‘ih'g is done when the ï¬mt boat get a. harpoon in and the ï¬sh has to tow it while the crew rest on their DRESS AS THEY G0. The boat that get the ï¬rst harpoon in gets an Eng‘ish pound for their harpoon thrower, and when several ships sight the same ï¬sh and each ship sends off several boats you can believe there is:some good pulling done. The he) pooner m the ï¬rst boat generally encourages his crew with the promise of a pound of tobacco out of his prize money if they_get him to the ï¬sh ï¬rst. , _ D- “I have seen a. crew all asleep in their berths when the cry of ‘a. ï¬sh’ was given and in one minute and a. half the boats were pulling away from the ship. Their clothes hang in a. bag beside their berths, and they grab it and “But we got the moat excitement out of our ï¬shing. Talk about )our fresh water regattas. If you could take a cxowd up there to witness a. whaler's crew gut away after a. ï¬sh it would be some-thing worth seeing,†said the old sailor, as his storm- dimmed optics seemed trying to flash youth- ful ï¬re again in the mental contemplation of a. spirited picture he had once been a. ï¬Ã©rure “A big thing on ice," puggtsted the n- er, inst to show he was lutenine. - “No, we never had a. vessel ground up in the ice in our voyages ; always had the good luck to get out 01 the way. The way we did it was to make artiï¬cial harbors in the shore ice. When we saw a big ice-flue com- ing, and the wind was crowding it to our side of the channel, it was ‘hurrah toys 1' I tell ye. We carried long ice saws with pulley attachments and trestlea to support them overhead. When put in position for sawing a part of the crew manned the pul- ley ropes while othu‘s held the teeth 01 trio saw against the ice. The rope and pulley made the raising of the saw easv. and its own weight carried it down. We would start three saws at the outer edge of the ice and out three scams, starting a hundred feet apart and verging toward each other. \Vhen the two shorter seems met, and a small tri- angular piece of ice had been shoved out in- to the current it was easy to losen the larger piece and send it adrift. Then vse unship- pad our rudder and hauled our versel into the harbor we had made just in time, acme- times, to see a. cake of ice tea to twenty miles in area go grinding past our little har- bor of refuge. The ice we sawed through would be ten feet thick, and the sawing toolgus ï¬ve hours sometimes. Fine place for a landscape painter that, but I suppose they prefer to draw on their im- agination. Them pictures of the ï¬nding of the Greely survivors in the illustrated pa pers‘ahow ail they know about; it. “Talk about your Niagara Falls I I have seen nothing prettier than some of them mountain cataracts in the Arctics. The rc’s variety about: ’em, foo. They are always breaking away and forming in new shapes, 30 "Do you know how icebergs are formed 2†he asked, by Way of turning the subject to something he had more deï¬nite knowledge about. "You know an iceberg is made of fresh water while the waker they float in is salt. Some people think that theialtinesa is taken out by the freezing. That's a mis- take. It is the spring water falling down the mountain sides that make icebtrgs. It runs from the springs in the mountain and freezes as it falls until its aceumu'ated weight breaks it (fl and it goes diiiting down the channel, if it fall into plenty of water. I bme seen icebergs grounded in 400 feet. ' “Well, that is pretty near it. About the only bare spots are the perpendicular faces of the rocky shores, thh here and there a bit of stunted vegetatiln during the Arctic summer. The west shore of Davis Straixs is very mountainous, only bu ken here and there by a ‘fewer’ (flord) as we call Arctic rivers. I don’t know as anybody has ever been on those mountain tops to see what they bear, but Ic‘on‘t think they’re up to much. Wouldn‘t care to own a farm there, anygay. " "Can you give me a. general idea of what the surface of the country is like up there ?" as the reporter. “The general idea, I think, we have is of a surface entirely and always covered with ice.†LESS SHIPS AND MEN LOST, Of course we kept a. weather eye open fcr any relics of the Franklin crew that might be drifting about in hope of the rewud of- fered, but we didn’t go out of our way in hunt for ’em.†We could talk among ourselves about the east and west shore all the way up lo paral- lel 71 jult as familiar as we could about the English Channel and the Merszy, but after you got above Lancaster Sound we Were off. We left that for the scientiï¬c chaps to navi- aate and give all our attention to whale oil. The was more money in it and “I don": suppose you’ll ï¬nd it on the maps. We Whalers had names of our own for Arctlc ports and didn’t bother our heads much about what the explorers called ’em. “But you have seen a good deal of life in the Arctic regions, neverthelexs?" said the re orter, by way of drawing hxm out on a su ject which the ï¬nding of the Greer party has been made interesting. "Where is Coddling Bay 2" ' _ He had all the marks of “a life on the ocean wave and a home on the rolling deep." A weather-beaten and browned skin, India ink tattoes, and several scare, the result of blows from capstan bars, boat ears and bar- poon hooks. "No, I never went on an exploring ex edition, but came very near doing it once. am told that Dr. Hall makes mention in one of his bcoks of his meeting with (not. Parker, of the old "Truelove," in Coddliug Bay, in the fall of ’61. I was one of the two men he mentioned as volunteering to join his party and winter with him in Dnis Strni a. Hall had lost two of his crew and one of his small boats, and he wanted 10 mike up his deï¬ciency from the whaling fleet when they were ready to leave for home. I was a young fellow then, and me and my chum were ready to face any climate and any hardship, but C‘pt. Peiker said he felt him self responsible for our sufe return to our friends in England, and he wouldn’t let us go with Bell. But we let him have one of the “Truelove’s†small boats. That was the nearest I ever come to being an Arct'c explorer." THEY NEVER LOOK T“ ICE THE SAME “Yes, I have Had some of the news about the ï¬nding of the Greely party,†said an old salt, who had been in the Arctic re- gions in his earlier days. A Talk With an Old Whaler IN ARCTIC SEAS. Be ink-quiaitive about‘ aï¬airsViï¬héf‘EgnEIe}; the public.â€"[Gorham Mountaineer. W A good editor must always be in his write miniâ€"[Merchant Traveller. And have a ‘peq-qhaut‘fplj workâ€"[South and West. And water should be drawn before daylight on St. John’s eve, and the pilgrims came pro- vided with every class of vessel to bring away the precious fluid. The well is in a recess under a wall, and candles had to be used to light the people down the steps, the scene thus presented being of a. weird char- acter. The people dispersed about; three in the morning. About 100 yards from Kilmaiuham Pri- son, Dublin, Ireland, is the ancient Well of St. John. with which an old tradition is at- nached that water taken therefrom on the eve m the 2421. of June posatsaes curative properties. This is ï¬rmly believed by many people, and quite 5,000 persons assembled at me well on that day recently, having made a. pilgrimage there for that special pur. pose. It is regarded as easenlial that the Strange, to my, Chim, that nation which of all others holds literature (that is to say, its own dry-as-dust classics concerning a. re- mote past) in highest honor, has so mull a thirst for news of the present day, that it; products fewer papers than any other na- tion with the smallest claim to civilization. The proportim of newspapers to population is in the ratio cf about one publication to 2,000,000 inhabitants. The Chinese Empire produces only 2‘2 periodicals, of which 12 are in Chinese, 9 in English, and l in French. Even of this small number, the circulation is extraordinary small, and. as a. rule, a. new spaper may be said to be a thing unv knonn to the 400,000. 000 inhabilaums or the Celesuul Empire. The combined annual product of Asia. and Africa amounts to 227,000000, which, in proportion to the population, would allow one copy in ten years for each {ersom Of course the newspaper circulation of Africa. is conï¬ned to the extreme north and south, with a. very feeble commencement on the west coast. In like manner Asia. has neither supply nor demand except in parts of Tur- key. Pexaia, China. and Japan. Not a news paper of any sorts is to be found in Arabia, Arghmistan, Beloochiatan, or Turkestan. America, leaving little over 2,000 for all the rcst of the world 1 South Amenca mly issues a. :uflicient number to allow each of ita-inhabztants three newspapers a. yearâ€" exhibiting the curious contrast in this, as in all else, between the great Northern and Southewn Cominpnts. Takihg' the, n‘ationaiiéyii the 34,000 papers of the world we ï¬nd that: close upon 32,009 at? pgbllskxeq in Eu}: pa and North peipled North Americ; and Australaiia. Tue German “.083 rank second. the French third. and Spanish fourth; but, inasmuch as the latter tongue is the Iingun franca. of Mexico and South Am arica, it is probable that it will ï¬nd a more extensive circulation in print: as these nations advance. Mean- while, tha proportion is as follows :â€"~Eng. liab, 16 500 publications; Germain, 7350; Frinch, 3,850 ; Spanish, 1 600. a matter oi course Enghsh heids “the list, Inasmuch as English apenkipg ‘races have 1 must not omit to noiice we point of in- terest, suggested by the languages which chiefly predominate in this vast newspaper literature. Though there are comparatively few tongues which are not In some measure represented, we ï¬nd that an enormous ma- jority are published in tour languages. A As But while London shows a longer cata- logue than any other city, Paris, with a po- pulation of less than 2 000,000, issues 1553 periodicils, and these have an annual cir- culation of about 1,000,000 000 copies; so that, in pornt of fact, the citizens of Paris are far more liberally supplied with daily rr weekly literary provsnder than their British neighbors. In fact it is estimated that the journalistic products of Paris amOr‘nt annually to almost one-tenth of the laws of the entire press of the globe. New York and Brooklyn (which bear to one another stmewhat the same relation as Birkenhead to Liverpool) have acnmbined population nearly (qual to that of Paris. They produce 587 publications, with an annual ciiculation 0! about 516,000,000; B rlin produces 536 ; Vienna, 4S3; Madrid, 253 ; Rome, 211, showing a. gradual diminu- tion till we reach St. Peteisburgh. with a population of 601,969 and only 57 periodi- cals. The latter, howewr, are exceedingly varied. and offer something for all tastesâ€" literary classes, medical students. horse. breeders, stock-rearers, musical societies, law, mathematics, horticulture, agriculture, the drama, commerce, satire, history, e:- LIBSlRBllCIl questions, scisnce, and a very limited allowance of polities. The Newspapers of the World. London, as might be expected, with its population of 4,000,000, takes precedence of all other great cities in its list of publica- tions, which very nearly approaches 2,000 These have an annual circulation of about 1017000000 copies. "Did I enjoy that kind of life? Well, I did. If I had my time to come over again that’s just where I’d goâ€"on an Arctic ex- pedition. Healthiest climate in the world. Naver heard of any of n: being sick. They either freeze or starve to death up there. Only those two ways of goinz to Davy Jones' locker in the Arctics. No yellow fever and cholera. as we get in the tropics. Don't wonder at the Greelv survivors being ready to go again. Would do the same thing myself if I hadn't got my anchor down in fresh water in the shape of a wife and seven children to look after. There’s no money in Arctic expeditions, but it’s the independenrcst kind of a. life." cars and watch the other six boats pull to catch up and get a line on. Then they bend to their oars, and keep it up ten or ï¬fteen miles. This generally happened when we ntruch a ï¬sh that had her young with her. At 0 her times they dive immediately they are struck. But a young ï¬sh must blow oftener than the mother. and a ï¬sh with young skims along the surface, carrying the young one on her back if too youthful to keep up with her. We once had a. pull of twenty miles of that sort, and it was the prettiest reg ttta you ever seen. Don’t know now much further we would have gone it the young devil hadn’t: slipped off its mother's flipper, and she turned around to ï¬nd it. Then the man in the second boat struck her again, square between the eyes. If the harpoon thrown had missed his aim there would have been trouble on that boat Nobody cares to get in front of n maddened ï¬sh. I can tell you. but that one turning back‘cnme on ’em unexpected like. A Curious Custom. V§H~-' L no “1->» W-WFâ€"- Lover of the Antiqueâ€"“What‘s the price of that antique Louis XIV. cabinet '3" Bric- a-Brac dealer~“ Five hundred dollars,†“Mercy! Why, a friend of mine got one just; like that for $150." “ Where .7†" At Milburgvillo, Conn.†“ O, of course : you can't expect us to compete with Milburg- ville.†“And why not 2,’ "That’s where hey make ’em." More money can be made by one day's strict attention to one'a own business than by ten day’s minding the afl'airs of one’s neighbor. The argument of ignorance is often based on the force of bigotry. Clothe don’t always make the manâ€"un- unless he sells them at. a. good proï¬t. No tombstones mark the graves in the cemetery where lost hopes are interred. The world is a. great barber shop and every mm waits his turn to be shaved. Men and horses differ. The latter is worth- less unless he is broke, and the former is worthless if he is ditto. The bee that is loudly proclaiming that the world owes it a. living goes honeyless to L..,I The key to wealthâ€"luc-key. Many are comfortable only when other: are not. The lookout and the other members of the steamship‘s crew who saw the creature corroborate the chief ofï¬cer's statement in every particuIaF, and the affair is regularly entered in the log. The lookout status that he ï¬rst saw it when its head had risen above the snrl’ace, and his attention was di- rected to it as the only object in sight. resembling both a. dog’s bark and the lowing of a. cow‘ The noise was one of the most horrifying thing's imaginable. and involun‘ tarily all (n the deck of the “Silkworm†trembled when they heard it. ghlping in a, supplf j¢wa gave vent to TWO TREMENDOUS FINS. stuck out from the body, extending for sev- eral feet on either side. Fortunately the creature rose to the Sui-lace again and was seen by Captain Read and the passengers, or _the serpent might have been set down as the fruit of the imaginations of himself, the lookout and the What Iman. As a. matter of fact he remarked that even with so many reliable witnesses as to the genuiness of the serpent he would not have believed in it, had he not seen it with his own eyes. He had, he said, given the matter serious cvnsideration sinJe sce- ing the serpent, and he is now unable 1:) ac- count for his previous scepticism on the subject of sea serpents, as it is easy te sup- pose that see eels are capable of attaining a. gigantic size. The serpent on the second cccasion of rising was about half a. mile dis~ taut from the ship and well within the range of the night glans 1t rose in the some quiet manner as before and was ex‘ posed to view altogether about three min utes. Before sinking below the surface itl opened its mouth to its fullest extent, as if ‘ gulping in a. supply of air, and closing its 1 got on deck, howovzr, the serpent hul dlS‘ appeared. It appeared suddenly to sight the ship and sank beneath the water w1th the same steady telescopic movement with which it had elevated itself, although quick- er. The pzrt of the brute which appears particularly to have impressed i'selx upon his memory was the mouth, which much resemblcd that of a shaxk. About two teet below the head STEIPED LIKE A MACKEREL with black and light czlored bars running round the body mingling in black at the back and a. silver gray at the belly. After looking at the creature through the glass aulï¬cmully long to comprehend what it was, he ran an to numfy the captain ani a. couple of pustngers they had aboard. By the time tney lmad hurried into their clothes and looked like 8. mil. Without giVIng any par ticular attention to it, he thought it. must be a. vessel, but jokingly replied to the hail of the lookout that it was probably the em serpent. He assured the reporter that pre. vioue to this, he looked upon sea. serpent yarns as the sheerest nonsense. A second glance at the nbjzcz, however, showed him that there was something remarkable about it‘ a.an this prompted him to take up the night glasses, and he brought them to bear upon it. The result was a perfect surprise to him, for there undeniably was the much doubted sea eerpe us. It rose BETWEEN TWENTY AND THIRTY FEET from the water er. the lent. It appeared to rise perpendicularly from the sea by a movement which resembled more the open~ ing of a. telescope than anything else he could name. As it appeared above the water its body seemed to expand as if influ- ed with the air, and the body tapered ofl from the surface of the water towards the ‘ head. At the water, as nears: he could judge, the diameter of the body must have been betwaen three and {our feet. The who'e appearance of the creature was that of 5 huge conger eel, the head, which wee an enormous size, resembling that of this species of ï¬sh in every particular, The head was the most prominent part of the creature and principally attracted his attention. The body of the beast appeared to be on the starboxrd beam." He Immediately looked in the direction indicated, and saw something about a quarter of a mile OE. It was a. remarkably clear moonlight night, and the sea was calm, and he could easily see what, in the momentary glance he took. ‘ In Canadian Watersâ€"PBSHed 011‘ the Galpe Count on the Way to Montreal. The much vexed sea serpent question is at last brought home to Cmadians by the appmranoe of one of these monsters off the Gaspe coast. The creature was seen from the steamship "Silkworm," of Sunderland, which arrived at Montreal recently from Pictou. N. S., with a. cargo of coal consign- ed to Wm. Muir & Sean. A reported vi31t~ ed the vessel at her berth in the new canal basin, and the chief ofï¬cer. a gentleman of wxde experience, very readily gave the par- ticulars oi the appearance of the monster. He stated that the point where the crea- ture had been sighted was alont mixisz between West Point, in Prince Edward Is- land, and Cape Gaspe, in the Province of Quebec. It was seen on Saturday morning between three and four o'clock. He was in charge of the deck for the middle watch an‘l was pacing up and down the bridge when the lookout on the lorecastle called out "Thtre's a SANCTUM-ONIOUS LEVITY. THE SEA SERPENT. A LOUD BELLOW QUEER LOOKING THU“ 'pent question is )madians by the monsters off the x was seen from ‘ of Sunderland, 1 recently from o of coal consign- Pleasant People. “'0 are sometimes surprised to ï¬nd how many pleasant people there are sojourning upon this planet, and how ready they are to do and say pleasant things, and ï¬ll the world with “swee‘ness and light †for others. Sometimes when we least expect it, when it has seemed to us as if almost everybody was made upon the bias, so to speak, we sud- denly happen upon one of these pleasant people, and the cobwebs are all swept out of our heaven and the whole complexion of things is changed. Thay make a. dull day cheerful ; they have something of the same elfect in a room as an open ï¬le or bouquet of flowers: or they are like the trill of a brook hidden in a. still wood, or the unex- pected whistle of a. bird in early spring. â€"â€"â€".m-wâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" A rolling stone gathers no mass. Neither does a paving stone for the matter of that. There is joy among the Armenian sarafl‘s. His imperial majesty has ordered the grand vizier to make some arrangement for the payment of the havallehs. For the beneï¬t of the uninitiated,itmyhrbauoxphined that a. havalleh is a bill upon a. provincial treas- ury. Them bills are given when the treas- ure-chests of the dep’artment are dry, either in payment for goods purchased or as sale.» rieJ to the army and navy. Usually they were discounted for cash at rates varying from 40 to 50 per cent. discount. Eventu- ally they were paid in full, so that the trafï¬c in havnllehs was very proï¬table. Recently the grand vizier obtained a imdeh. putting a stop to all further enoashment of these bills, and so they became a. drug in the market. The holders, however, have been vigorously attacking the generosity cf the sultan by petitions, and at last made a. formidable demonstration at the palace, which in the time of Mahmoud would have sent their heads rolling in the dust. A de- putation of some sixty per-one drove in car- riages to Yildiz, asking permission to lay a petition at the icet of their sovereign. After some parleying, three of their number were ‘ admitted to the prcsrnca of the thief cham- ‘ berlain, and they placed in his ha.an a. state- ment of their grievances for transmission to his majesty. The reader should understgnd that it is not the intention of the govern- ment to repudiate these papers. but merely to put a stop to the trafï¬c which hasbenéï¬t- ed afcw otï¬cials While enriching a lot of usurers at the expense of the army and navy. The idea is to obtain a. proper ac- count oi this portion of the floating debt by compelling registration before settlement. â€"Constmitinople 001'. N Pu; Y or/c Herald. Not satisï¬ed with what he has already made out of the aï¬eir, to the prejudice of the Ottoman treasury, the lessee of the Roumelian lines now comes forward with an ofl'er which is no compliment to the acuteness of the Turks. The baron is ready to undertake the construction of the line at his own expense, and to work it. giving the Ottoman government, as his draft con- ‘ tract declares, a large share of the gross re- ceip’s. This sounds Well, but a very cur- sory examination will show that the propos- ed bargnin is all in favor of Baron Hirsch. The new line is to form a link in the general system, and as such is leased with the other sections to the constructor until such tima as the share of the receipts carried to the credit of the porte shall have reached the amount expended upon it by Baron Hirsch. The Ottoman government is to receive 47; p:r cent- of the gross receipts upon the whole linesâ€"so rum the proposed arrange- ment. It would seem. however. that before any division at all is mzde 7.000 francs per kilometer have to be handed over to the working company as cost of administration and working, etc. It may he safely pre- dicted that for many years to come the books of the company will show little in the Way of earnings beyond the 7.000 francs above referred to; and thus the new contract with Hirsch, if concluded, will tend to se- cure the pcssession of these railways to him for an indeï¬nite period1 construction of the required length of rail- way. The Turkish railway king is expect- ed here shortly to conduct the affair in person. He is sure to succeed, as no one knows so well how, when, and where to use the arguments that alone carry weight in Turkey as the wily baron, who has managed to have a huge railway nystem constructed in the name of the porte with other people's money. apparently for his sole beneï¬t. _-.w.... . “mu, with a. certain Hadji Achmet Pesha, who uptake Arabic well and has had much ex perience in dealing with Arabs, as his second in command. The anco-Servian railway junction may he looked upon as a settled thing, although it will doubtless be some time yet before a ï¬nal iradeh on the subject is issued. What all Baron Calice's inaistmce at the pnrte and Prince Rndolph's recent visit to Con- stantinople failed to effect has been brought about, apparently, by a timely present of horseflesh to the sultan His imperial ma.- jasty has a. real pmaion for horses. He understands their management well, and is both a good band at the rains and a. bold rider. The delicate flittcry conveyed In such a. tribute to his favorite pursuit as the six superb horses sent by the Emperor Franz Josef could not be withstood by one whose generosity is likely to pass into a proverb. and as the most pleasing acknowledgement of the tame in his power to make, the sultan decided to allow serious negotiations to commence with Baron Hirsch for the] v “0' proper and the subjugatiOu of the Soudan. Mouktar Pasha was to have been intrusted with the command of ten thousand men, with a certain Hadji Achmet Pasha, who a aks Arahic‘ W‘ell and has had much ex ._. . mun» vvulu be really effected it would be the act-eat possible guarantee for the preservation of such righti as the sultan has bee-11351; In] the (ouree of British action in Egypt. To them it wears the aspect only of an inde- pendent Mussulman state, created an the expense of the Ottoman empire, winch Hugh: eventually seek to becume its rival. Turkey was quite prepared to send troops, if calIe-l upon to do an by the conference. both for the maintenance of o der in Egypt rwnnnr anti 01‘“ ...‘L:.._-A:- ,.~ 1th THE TURKS AND EGYPT. A German scientist; says that every cubic foot of air contains ï¬fteen million in- sects, ands. traveling man says that the comm-y hotel beds he has been sleeping 1n must be built entirely of air. In Vino “Vulgaritaa.â€â€"~The earl of Bar romonger, atiflly : “Yea, Mr, Bullicrop, that is a. good glass of wine. as you say. It: is, in fact, sir, some of my ’39 port â€"a comet wine. as it is called.†Mr. Bullicrop. mem‘ ber of parliament : “Lor, bless me, my lord 1 You don't say so? Thutty-nine port! Whv that’s only three and three a. bottle ! Wherever d’ye you get it, my lord, eh? I ’aven’t a. drop in my cellars as stands me in less than ï¬ve an’ six, and that’s the truth.†_-_ _DVâ€" . u I from the torture chamber. The two othgr Arabs were afterwards punished in like manner. It was now past three o’clock, and his Excellency. putting on his usual pleasant smile, gave me his orders concern- ing the service of the police. I then saluted him and hurried away from the place where I had seen the practical application of a barbarous jurisprudence.††The tor-mentor raised his arm and struck with the regularity of a pendulum the up- turned feet ofyhis helpless victim. At the fourth stroke ‘the Arab uttered a cry of pain, and at. every fresh stroke the cry was repeated. Buts on the cry became ascream, the fligellated esh visibly shuddered, and the soles were seamed with red and livid streaks. Sitting silently on my cushion, chewing mechanically the tobacco of my extinguished cigarette, I ’coul'd not help shivering with horror at the sight of so much aufl’ering. I fell: as if I were under the in- fluence of some terrible nightmare. Osman Bey, his secretary,' the 'ï¬ve executioner-s, with their stern and sinister features, look- ing unmoved atlso cruel a sight, seemed for a. moment rather the creations of a disorder- ed imagination than brings of flesh and bleed; but the heavy thud of the strokes and the BOWL}!!! oi the victim recalled me to the sad reality which I was so reluctantly witn easing, Then the punishment ceased, and the Arab, with ghastly face, and body shaken with a feverish trembling, had to incline himself respectfully before the man by whose Order he had been so cruelly tor- mented. Helped by a guard, for his maimed and bleeding feet refused to support him, he _ . or ~â€" r W I coffee and a bundle of cigarettes. As I hand back my cup to this imposing servitor, three Arabs, escorted by two guards, are led he- ore the Prefect. These unfortunates seem to belong to the poorest of the people ; their feet are bare, their clothing is worn and ragged, their hands tremble convulsively, their eyes are haggard, and their faces twitch in apprehension as they listen in mournful silence to the words addressed to them by the Prefect. But they answer his questions with feverish vivacity. and after the exchange of a few words two of the pri. sons-rs are led from the room. Then ï¬ve men enter. These are the torturers, and nothing more fell or hang-dog than their looks cm be imagined. Four of them seize the Arab who is still standing before the Prefect, and the poor wretch, as he is cast on the ground, throws at him a glance elo- qnent with agony and fear, but the great man’s countenance rem-sins ï¬xed and im- paisive, and he makes no sign of grace. THE Vicrmr “ The victim was then placed on one of the slabs with his chest resting on the stone, in which position he was held by two of the executioners. Two others next raised his legs until his feet were in a horizontal posi- tion, a position in which they were retained by means of a cord fastened to either end of a stick. Each man held the stick with one hand while with the other he kept fast hold of one of the Arab’s less. In the grip of these four powerful and expert men it was impossible for him to move and almost impossible for him to writhe. On this the ï¬fth torturer, who had‘taken no part in the preliminary proceedings, came forward, holding in his hand a sort of lash consisting of ï¬ve strands of twisted gut or hide. The face of this man was singularly hideous and repulsiveâ€"the yellow and tawny skin, the low forehead, the round eyes, dull and ï¬x- ed, the thick black eyebrows. the unheard- ed chin retreating from coarse, thick lips, the creased and furrowed cheeks, imparted to the countenance of the chief executioner an air of ferocious and bestial stupidity. Irma TORMENTOR. A Terrible Pnnlshmrant Inflated on Two Robbala~Graphlcnscflptmn by An Eyeâ€" . ' ass. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 15 â€"~The villages surrounding Cmsranï¬uople are infested by robbers who have for so ne tima carried on their trade almost \Vlth impunity. The poiice have racemly made an effth ant‘ half a dozen of the thieves WU) papmred. .They morn xvnvnn n m......»__ L UONSTANTINOPLE. surrounding Cmsrau robbers who have for their trade almost THE BASTINADO. still moaning with agony, : chamber. The two other .erwarda punished in like 15 now past three o’clock, may. putcing on his usual :a‘ a me his order: concern- f the police. I then saluted