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rrâ€"V_â€"° -uu»... .u. W‘ant of space about it â€"apace which could not be easily obtained, for just here are three roads of equal importance passing out of the city by three gates, not more than two hundred yards apex-t, and advancing into the country in nearly parallel lines. Between two of these roads lies the Par- liament House with a side facade abutting upon each. The ground in front is approxiâ€" mately a square, with sides of the length of the main front of the buildingâ€"obviously too smell an area to furnish proper setting for no lugs I building. So excellent a dc- aign was worthy of I“ the embellishment _. _v_a-.. ..., N yubvlluq; Lu‘i :ulvusuvlu, UUL on looking back at the viewfinde that ii the embrasures were filled with cannon they would be pointing at him. and that he has already puaed through end beyond the for. tifications. The real esteem in which the present inhabitant regards these fortificae tions is betokened by the doing away with the lower gates and the building of the new Houses of Parliament just outside the Walls. Tue site chosen for this building in a com- mending oneâ€"almost or quite the highest spot inrthe city a but‘the 'nuilding suffers for The lower gates having been done away with, the visitor does not realize that in mounting 1he hill from the steamboat land» ing he has passed within the walls, and when, not long after. he comes to the gates rebuilt by Lwrd Dutl‘eriu, he imagines that at length he is entering the stronghold, but THE UTTER ABSURDITY 0F “'ARS and conquests is very suggestively present- ed, aud the audaciova claim of the handful of men that could be gathered there in pre- tending to hold the vast outer territcry in subjection, while there were a thousand other points which other group; of men could occupy in the same way without in- terfering with the actual living rights of any other group. finds a perfect parallel in the practice of pagilists and common who give themselve out as “ champions ” of this or that, and feel that they are so simply be cause a stronger or better man does not take the trouble to convince them that they are not. St. Augustine and Quebsc are the only fortified towns in this country where the help of the real military engineer was bought into play, and in both places the fortificw tions are amongst the most attractive paints of interest, yet, as one looks at Quebec, with its natural advantages re-inforced by the works :of the engineer, and reflects how small a. spot this is compared with all the vast country around, \\"ANT 0}“ PREVIOUS PERUSAL of guide-books the gentleman could not be historically placed. Evidently, the painters who had been decorating the interior of the church with some $50,000 worth of their handiworkâ€"end very creditable work it was tooâ€"conceived that this military personage would winter more comfortably if he were furnished with a thicker coat and had acted accordingly. The statue was not half a bed one, but being placed a. plain pied, without a pedestal, and seemingly bursting his way through the tall and tangled grass in his eagerness to get at the priest, perhaps. the efl‘ect was somewhat provocative oflsughter. But all the some, one does not encounter such memorials as this in non-historic towns. No, it does not do to visit Quebec without first refreshing the memory as to some of the events in its history and the particulars of the histories of the men whose thread of life has been several at one point or another of America's most famous battlefield. If one would be spared the humiliation of won- dering who Montgomery wasâ€"when the house where that really illustrious American general breathed his last is pointed out, he must have skimmed through a guidebook at least, and not trust to inspiration and the long forgotten studies of his s:hool days. A proper course of investigation might pos- sibly mitigate the surprise with which he would encounter in the charming little vil- lage of Beauport, near by, the life-size and animated wooden statue of a French colonel, who, in all the glory of freshly-painted coat ‘ of gmy with white facings, cocked hat and plume, curling black whiskers, polished boots and waving sword, is advancing with vigor- ous step upon the main door of the Church of N otre Dame just across the footpath. The driver called him Colonel Selliereâ€"or some such name, but for THE EMBODIMENT OF SOLEMNITY. Its brevity tells a longer tale than would many and high-sounding words. Its lack of title or particulars of any kind is the most flattering tribute that gieat achievement could seek at the hands of posterity. It quietly sets aside the possibility that any one in any age might ask “ Who was Wolfe, and what did he do ?" It is a noble and a fitting record, and perhaps helps to keep his memory greenâ€"fresher than that of any soldier that ever died on American soil. The inhabitants have a way of speaking of him as 01 a. man they had themselves known, in whose exploits they had a personal share, whose fame sheds a reflected glory on all. HERE DIED WOLFE \‘1cromovs SEPT. 13, 1759. strikes the reader as he stands beside the lonely column on the verge of the Plains of Abraham as the most impressive (pitaph chisel ever graved. Its very simplicity is Never was there a greater mistake than taking *‘ ' trip to Quebec so hurriedly and without ning: it would seem as if any half-educated person would know better; would be more conscious of the eternal pro- prieties than, without proper study and pre- paration, to thrust his ignorant curiosity into the midst cf surroundings whose small- est part savors of history, real and legend- ary: Indian legend, French romance and English history, history Cmadian and, above all, American history, for one of the keenest pleasures the place affords is the sensation that this spot is American; that the landscape, with its autumnal glories in their height, is such as can be seen only on the American continent ; and, while gazing at the varied views, far-stretching and dis- similar on one side and the other, with broad reaches of water and hillsides both rugged and those which lure the climber through promise of much reward for little toil, onefcrgete political distinctions between Canadian and Yankee, and feels at once at home, and yet, when the eye leaves the work of nature and seeks that which man‘s hands have produced, the feeling of being a stranger in a foreign country is overpower mg. The placeis rich in sensations and -im presuona. A DAY IN QCEBEC. BY “AMERICAN.” f To TAKE CARE or HIMSELF ‘as he passes their houses ; and as the best relief the circumstances afford and the best protection they can give their own walls, they use iron conductors with holes about a quarter of an inch in diameter drilled in the pipe every three or four inches up the whole length of the pipe. The system has in some cases been carried farther, and some pipes are used which have a slot running the full length of each joint, the cylinder being complete only at each hub. Little building seemed to be going on, so that nothing could be noted as to local methods of building practice. The directory, how- ever, contains the names of thirteen archi- tects, all but two of which were French, so that there is probably a good deal u work goingon, and-judging by the Par‘irlment House and the Church of St. John t‘ : Bap- tist, just rebuiltâ€"work of extremei; (good character. THE BOLD EFFROXTERY of the gilded saints and crosses mat crown- ed some of the buildings. Attention being called in this way to the tin roofs, it could not escape notice that the local method of laying a tin roof was peculiar; the plates Were laid with a simple locked joint with- out solder, and were laid in inclined courses, the angle of inclination seeming to approx imale the pitch of the root, though on some steep roofs the inclination was certainly less than the pitch. However tight a roof this manner of laying the plates may give, it certainly produces a very ugly effect, as the whole roof covering has the air of sliding with more or less rapidity into the street. From the terraces and the Place d’Armes there is an admirable chance to study the roofs in the lower town, which lie just below and wisely have no glrzzd sky- lights to irresistibly tempt the small boy to drop missiles upon them. Whether he ab- stain from throwing things down the yawn- ing and unprotected chimney flues may be doubted. From this point could also be discovered another local custom which may be enforced by law or aivocated only by experience; against almost every chimney was reared a wooden ladder, while another led from l5 to the scuttle or to the eaves {or the use of the home fire brigade. The only other local peculiarity noticed, for natural- ly a lookout was kept for any device which had been found useful in this northern lati- tude, was the trea'ment of the downspouts. The inevitable is frankly ecceped; water will freez *, cause a bursting of choked cm- ductors and when the thaw comes do dam- age which is as likely to befall the walls of the house as the clothes and person of the unwary Wayfarer. Like prudent souls, the inhabitants prefer that their house walls shall be kept as dry as posssible, and con- sider that it is their neighbor’s afl'air Here, again, the chaxming effect that, a; certain stages of its existence, an unpainted tin roof may give to a. spire or a. dome could be noted in every direczion; it seemed a1 together a noble metal, and its modest sheen was quite superior to an integral partflof the landscape, to be $1; outgrowth of the soil itself, and not an im- po‘sition upo_n int Building material of all kinds, sn‘e iron and terra-cotta, are used in the most catho- lic manner : stone, brick and wooden build- ings stand cheek by joWl and have a home- like air, vastly different from the melancholy formalism of Montreal. The stone used is of several kinds and colors, the most common a whitish limestone about the color of Concord granite. Other than this the most notice- able material was an exceedingly agreeable dark green limestone, too solid in color to be called serpentine, of which was built the. large jail just beside \Volfe‘s moument. It had just enough color to seem to be Descriptions of any particular but lng can be found in the guide-books in quite as reli- able and interesting form as it would be pos sible to give them here. It was pleasure enough to drive about the town without Lle- finite itinerary. turning down one street or another according as the first glance seemed to promise something of interest; now driv- ing down a. hill so precipitous that the car- riage threatened to turn a somerseult over the horse's back. the skilful descent of which won respect both for the sureiootedness of the beast and the soundness of his harness ; now winding about through the lower part of the town, destroyed by fire some six years ago, but still having an air of pictures- queness in spite of the buildings being little more than one and two-story, flat-roofed brick boxes of perhaps four rooms each; now taking along the water-front on the other side of the town, where the ocean- liners and some few vessels give the place QUITE A MARITIME AIR, while the little French corvette in the road- stead, With its white-painted guns. cream- colored hull, and white-clad sailors, give the placeagala air and remind one that the French sailor is considered by his English brother rather a. fair-Weather creature when all is said. From this lower level to the rampart above runs the inclined railway, or rather, elevator, which makes trips every few minutes, and which is a. most popular contrivance. that the landscape architect could give it, but it stems hopeless to expect that any- thing will be done that will he of much avail. One thing could be carried out which would probably prove effective; while the building stands on perhaps the highest spot in the city the land falls aWay more abruptly toward the ‘road that passes it on the west side, and if the main approach of the building were to be over this road and the ground properly terraced. and broad flights of steps, half the length of the front, built up from below, an effect would be gained which would be in conson- ance with the general type of THE SURFACE OF THE ISLAND. But now the building is nothing other than would be built in any flat country, and ‘ so seems a little tame and out of key with its surroundings. For all this, taken by itself, it is one that gives much pleasure to the beholder, as there is a general air of elegance and rtfinement about it bespeaking the work of one trained in French rather than English schools. To confess that no ‘ attempt was made to see the building from every side. nor yet to discover whether the internal treatment was as praiseworthy as the exterior does not imply lack of in‘ terest or energy, but only shows how po- tent was the feeling that the city contained enough of things unique to fill all the scanty hours at command Without spending any of them on an object which, however good in itself, might be as appropriately placed in Omaha as in Quebec. The desire to be penetrated by the spirit of the place as a whole stood in the Way of spending time in a conscientious architectural (xamination of the many other buildings of interest. Toe horse lived several hours and was then shot. At New London, Tyler B. Earl's livery horse not long ago nearly ended its ' life inscretching its ear with its left hind foot. The cnlk of the shoewu caught in the horse's teeth, and wedged in so tightly that it could not be removed. In its struggle the horse fell, and the force of the fall ripp- ed the shoe 03" the hoof. The shoe was dangling from the horse‘s mouth when its owner, alarmed by the tumult 1n the stable, ‘ arrived. There is a. man in Palatka, Fla., who im- agines that he is a teapot. He is perfectly sane on every other snbj ect, but nothing can convince him that he is not a teapot, and an earthen: one at that. He sticks out one arm no represent the spout, bends the other to represent the hanule. makes a hissing noise to represent the escaping steam, and then, if any one comes near him, is very un- easy lest they hit him and break off either his handle or his spout. Singular accidents have befalleu eastern Connecticut horses recently. A few days ago F. X. River’s fine pair, at “'oodstock, ran away with the mowing machine in a. field, and the keen saw-toothed blade, worked at a terrific speed by the furious pace, slashed 03' both the hind legs of one of the animals. The wounded horse was shot. The other horse was not scratched. Not long ago Henry Burk of Brockville while out driving, trotted his fast stepper, valued at $600, over a stable fork that had dropped in the road from a cart which had just passed; the horse’s hoof tilted the handle. and the ani- 1 mal was spitted upon the time. So fiercely was the weapon driven that it penetrated the inguinal region, backward through the pelvic cavity to the vertibrze, thence forward into the diaphragm, passing through the left lung. and nearly perforating the skin at the left shoulder, n. distance of four feet. on with the ducking an extravagant pan- tomime, portraying the hunt or the war; the music rose in the most frantic crescendos and savage discards ; the actors, bounding about, bent over and tore the scalps from their prostrate victims, while yells and groans filled the air. It was the ancient war-dance, lacking only the lurid fire on the plumes and bloody tomahawks of the naked, painted savages.â€"C. H. FARNIIAM, in Harper's Magau'ne. Asthedrummingquickened, they increased their grotesque contentious and their shout- ing ; here and there a man turned about to face his neighbor, and the two carried Theydanced as the men did,ducking, how- ‘ever, still more suddenly, and advancing still less at each step. They were ex- tremely funny, notwithstanding their great decorum, their rather heavy figures, erect and rigid as statues,withdowncast eyes and a shy turn of the head, bobbed up and down with overpowering solemnity. They soon Have place to the men again. The young Huron Indian now took the drum, and sang a. more spirited and a varied air to enliven the dance. The men closed up the file formimg a continuous circle of ducking figure. Their steps were longer and freer, and they begin moving their arms about, and grunting, “ He 2 he l he I" Their chief motion was therefore, ducking, asif the entire company in unison had trodden upon one another’a cams: and although they took three steps forward on each foot, yet by drawing this back, they advanced but an ingh or two in each measure, and their legs, like those of a dancing-jack, seemed to be jointed only at the knees. The keeping of time was in the ducking, for there was no stamping. Alter a number of rounds thu in single file about the stove they retired, and some of the squaws came reluctantly out to per- form. The first set was like all the rest in general form : a number of men came out of the crowd, and began following one another around the stove near the centre of the room. Their steps consisted in ad- vancing one foot, ducking, by bending the knees, then sliding back the advanced foot nearly to the other one. Now and then a. squaw picked her way among the crouching figures on the floor to the bed, hsuled out her roll of baby, and gave it to suck. The women wore their national caps of black and red, but the men presented more variety, wearingr felt hats, or red riandkerchiefs that floated about the shoulders, or letting their long. black, straight, greasy huir whip up and down on their cheeks. The band consisted of a drum like a. common sieve, hung from the ceiling by a string in front of the drum- mersinger. His score was very simple, and yet the low notes of the voice, atafifty and a fourth below the drum, were quite effective with a sombre color suited to the shadowy, fantastic scene. The Indians at Betshiamits, Canada, and at Moisie honored me with an exhibition of their national dancns. The ballroom wasabare log-house, dimly lighted by a lamp on a high shelf. Agreat shadow covered the tawny faces just under the beams of the ceiling, and fell aslent the circle of men, tquaws, and children squat~ ting on the floor In front of those standing about the walls. An aged couple and some dogs occupied a bed in one corner, along with a number of babies done up in rolls and corded against the wall. The old woman gave the dogs and her husband to drink fromneaucepan, and the old man often lay back on the pillow with one leg across the other to finger his toes. Quebec and its surroundings is A memory than will not lose lustre as time passes. even if one has seen Edinburgh, Gibraltar, Ehrenbreitstein or any of the famous Euro- pean places which belong to the same gene- rsl class. A little fact that came to ngnt in answer to a question about taxes seems to show how strong is the tendency to cherish tradition. The currency of Canada has long been one of dollars and cents, and no one thinks of naming a price in any other terms, but taxes are still assessed in pounds and pence. ~ If any one has any misgiving as to whether his nature fits him to enjoy and profit by a trip to Europe, let him take fifty dollars and spend aweek at Quebec. If he finds enjoyment and feels enthusiasm there, he can safely spend the larger sum a European trip “quires; but if he finds it dull, per- functory work. and cannot see what there1 is to admire or amuse in crooked buildings, steep and narrow streets and an unintelli‘ gible pnton'e that cannot be found in the slums of his own neighborhood, let him stay at home. Queer Deaths of Horses. Indians Dancing. I entered it, both on the part of army offi- cers, police and civilians, and I believe that no one, unless he is very obstreperous and bound to disobey the laws, need have the least difficulty in going everywhere and with the utmost freedom. Of course, with a swarming population, composed of such varied elements, regulations must be strict and obeyed to the letter; but would it not be well if some of the Americzn cities, which are similarly situated, were under discipline as strict? There is very little show of force here; one sees more armed soldiers in Berlin in an hour than in Peters- burg in a. day, and everything is more quiet and orderly here than in any Cana- dinn city of its size that I know of. We have been educated to think that the Ern- peror sits all day, cowering in his palace, entirly nnapproachable, and The journey from Berlin presents nothing of special interest until you reach the little stream which makes all the difference be- tween Germanv and Russia. \Virballen is the first town on the frontier after passing the border, and there of course passports are examined and baggage searched, but no more thoroughly and with quite as much politeness as a foreigner is apt to meet on landing in America. In fact, I have receiv- ed no mdre courteous treatment anywhere Ihan right here in Russia from the first day seem quite at home. There is one thing, howchr, that strikes a Csnadian very agreeably as well as strangely, and that is the suddenly increased length of the days. Even now the sun does not. set; until about 9 o'clock and rises no one knows how early ; and soon the longest days will have reached here when the sun is only nominally below the horiz )n from one-quarter past 10 till one quarter before 2, but really the twilight is so bright that one can read with ease all night. No doubt: this has much 10 do in maturing the harvest so rapidly in the few months of summer. If it is May or June do not come to Russia without the heaviest winter clothing and the heaviest of winter wraps, even tho' you may have left England all ablaze with hawthorne blossoms, Holland carpeted with tulips, and Berlin at summer heat. Remem- ber that the Russian calendar is twelve days later than ours. Remember that St. Pet-ers- burg is on the shores of the Balti: Se.i Remember also that you are on the direct road to the North Pole. Already I have seen two hard snow storms, and our teeth have been on a continual chatter since reach- ing here. In the country (May '28) the peasants are just plowing and sowing for their summer cro gs, and in the city “A fine stone bridge crosses the Rhine in from: of the city. A rapid night's ride through Dusseldorf and Hanover brings us to Berlin. As we pass through Charlotten- burg we can see xhe tower of the poiace which poor Kaiser Frederick made his home. 0f Berlin, something later on. 1 am off for St. Petersburg tic-night, and, unfortunately for us, the {use train has not; yet been put on, so we have a ride of two nights and two days before we can reach the “ Teal-'9 Win~ dow.” but forced to earn her bread by selling fruit in this same market place. He recrgiizes her at once and. of course, her life is sunshine ever after. You don't believe the tale? W'cll, the psople of the Cicy of Cologne did, at any rate; and the Whole story is woven in and about this lovely fountain rected by her citizens to commemorate the event; and there you may have every ves~ tige of your doubt removed to-day. About tlie year 1593 there lived a farmer’s boy, Jan Van VVerth by name. and he fell in love with a pretty serving maid by the name of Margaretta or Greta. They plighted their troth. but Jan was forced into the army and obliged to go off to the Wars and fight the battles of his country. Fifty years and more went by and in the meantime the farmer's son had risen step by step until he returned home for the first: time, a. C'zm- mandiug General. and right herein the year 1652 he finds his Greta, old, and yet with a. wonderfully I was fortunate in having friends residing in the city, who spared no pains to make my visit as interesting and enjoynble as pos- sib'e. They were very proud of the im- provements which are rapidly being made in ulldirectionsâ€"tho new streets. which have been laid out, the fine enbankmeut which will soon follow the Rhine for miles in front of the town, etc. But we have enough that is new at home : and we desire to spend all the time possible in and around the Cube- dral, which has given the city its world- wide fame, and through the quaint, old, narrow streets there is an old paved market place, in the center of which is a. beautifully carved and lofty stone drinking fountain, and we stop to listen to its story. .‘IAGNIFICENCE OF THE FISH.CARVI.\'G with which it is covered from the founda- tion to the summit of its two great towers. The interior is equally fine and the beauty of the stained windows and chapels and carved stalls and tapestries can hardly be mfpassed. The found Ltions of the Cathedral were laid in 1248, although it WM not: completed and consecrated until 1880. The engravings of it give little idea. of its length. breadth and ueight, or the An antiquarian would revel in Cologne, there is so much of the old to trace dowu :o the new. There is an old Roman tower and a part: cf the “all and many houses dating back to the thirteenth centuyy. From Amsterdam to the ancient City of Cologne (or “ Koln ")â€"from Colonia, an old ‘Roman colony of Agrippi'a timeâ€"is a ride of about sixty miles through a country, part of which is very beautiful, and part of which is very sandy, bare and uninteresting. But when Cologne comes into view and the great cathedral lifts up its tower above the city, one forgets all the fatigue of a hot, dusty day‘s trip. There is only one thing that I regret, and that is that the cathedral faces the town and not the Rhine. As it now stands the front is surrounded with old, tumble-down structures, which are so close to the towers that it is almost impos- sible to secure a view from any distance. However, this is being remedied as rapidly as possible, and every year a large appropri ation is made by the city, which is a very rich city, for the purchase and removal of these buildings near the cathedral, which are being torn down one bv one and replaced by gardens and beds Lf flowers. “11!: n Passing Glance at Cologne. HEAVY OVERCOATS AND FURS YOUNG AND LOVELY FACE A RIDE T0 RUSSIA. BY HENRY M. “'RIGE’E "Oh, I dcn’t doubt that, and I do like his sermons. But I don't think much of him for a pastor." “ \Vhy, what is the trouble 2“ The wrath and disappointment that has been increasing ever since the minister’s departure broke forth. “ Well, 1 don’t care who a man is or how learned he is, when he comes tomakes. friendly call at my house, and I have my baby all fixed up and brought in for hid special benefit, I think it's as little as the man can do to pay some attention to the child, ard that man sat hereafull hour, with that dear, sweet baby under his very nose, and never even looked at her, or asked her name. He don't seem sympathetic. and I know I sha’nt like him.” ‘ “ Why, '1» felt sure yo‘u 'fiould be pleased with him, he is such a thoughly good and earnest man." “Well, I'can't say thatr liked him particularly.’_’v;va.s the reply. H How did yéu’like M}. B‘atuiéé" 2313 her husband, over the tea-table. Failed to Suit. There are times when it behooves the wisest and musc dignified of men to descend to the level of more commonplace people. A learned and good but: very grave and reserved minister, making his first round of pastoral calls, visited the family of a member of his church, and was so favorably impressed with the hwy that he stayed a. long time. Unfortunately, he had not made an equally pleasing impression on her. “ I do not despair of Stanley even if the . mysterious white Pasha. of the Bshr-el Gha- zel should turn out to be Emir), which is probable. Stanley is um artist in the sur- prises, catastrophes, and properties of a. drama, as well as in its dewomment. He is, in fact, 3 sort oige’.)='l'iipll:&1S3rd0n. and when the world pulls out its crmbric hsndkerchief he will probably come up smil- ing and ask, ‘ what the deuce is the matter '2’ I mu a great admirer of Stanley. He is simply the prince of African explorers of this day or of any day. But as an adminis- trator 1 rank him below pir, and the best proof of this is that of all the new stations he has founded on the Gouge, at a cruel ex- pense and waste of life and labour, as wellas of gold, there is hardly one that has not been abandoned and left to {all in ruins. MR. STASLEYS m‘owsn OBJECT. “ On the present ocwsion his avowed ob- jec: was the rescue of Emln Pasha, who has distinctly and determinedly declined to be rescued, but Stanley's real object was to divert the ivory trade irom the long and ex- pansive Z nzbur line to the cheap and safe waterway oi the Cmgo. The idea. is excel- lent. By this means Belgium recoups the millions wasted upon expeditions and sta- tions. Zuz bar also, under the unprtjudic- ed annexetionist, cur cousins German, can have the profit of the slave exportation; nor would a Teuton of them all raises. hand against what brings grit to their mills. Stanley has thus, by one touch of: his magic wand, converted the Congo Free State, the ha} py hunting ground of Tippao Tip and his merry SA‘lahlli menâ€"absurdly named Arnieâ€"into 5 Congo Slave State par excellence. The great slave mines are now transferred from the Unyamwezi coun- try, the old Mountains of the Moon, to the Upper Congo. These fresh diugings remain to be exploxted, Tippoo Tib is made gov- ernor. (God save the mark l) of those new slave reserves, at a salary of £300 a. year, where he can easily make £30,000 a yesr,and where his followers are pretly sure to shoot him if he talks any nonsense about the abo- lition of slavery. You must not expect to to hear any truths of this kind in England, where the imperious and tyrannical (pin- ion of society subdues even the boldest spirit. hereafterras this letter {must g) to the mail. Sir Richard Burton, the vetevan African traveller, who is at prezeut std) ing in Paris, has written the following lester :â€" Qf all the” cities We have seen St. Pacers. burg is the most bewxldex‘ing, and one can scarcely be placed in a more confused posi- tion than to be set down alone in one of these streets. The signs are all Russian, of course, and look like Greek wriaten back- Wards, while the strange language on every side renders the pasicion still more dlflilul However, a! long as one can make signs 11% can manage in some way-bus more of this A VERY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. There are hundreds of churches besides the cathedrals, and atso lictlcbuildiogs forprayer in many places on the streets ; they are very careful not to pass one of any of them with out the utmost reverence. You are ridin in a street car when suddenly every hat will come off and all are crossing themselves. You look around to see what is the matter and find you are passing some church, though it may be at a distance from it. Even the “droka " drivers, though it must necessi- tate the utmost ingenuity at times to pick their way through the crowd‘d street at the pace they go, still are always on the lookout for the praying places, and seldom pass one without removmg their hut bowing and crossing themselves. co every side. Don't you believe it ! The facts are that he rides about the street in an open carriage frequently and utterly unat- l tended, except by his driver. Of course there are parts of the city where he proba- bly would not venture in that way; and are there not in London and New York sections where it would not be wise for anyone to go without prott ction! He is not only one of the most fearless but kindest h arted of men, and it is said to be a very common ocurrence for himself and the Empress to visit the hospitals and ssylums entirely alone. He seems to be very popular and his picture is exhibited in almost every window. So much for the facts which I have been careful to verify. A Sir Richard Burton's Opinion. SL' RROL‘ NDED \VITH GUA EDS