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tasty and nourishing. But there was keen, The turkey, it was clear would no sigu of Suzanne, and consequently not be able to resist it for a moment. no sign of an omelette.

"I shall be fit for nothing at this rate," said the bishop to himself very sternly. "I feel positively fainting. I shall not be able to get through my work."

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"Yes, on the original transgressor," repeated the bishop; "it is through him alone that this complication has arisen."

Then he took up the fork.

"There is no one else to do it," he said; "it has been forced upon me. It would be wrong on my part to let him escape the natural consequence of his error. Discipline must be maintained. I alone in this diocese have the power to grant a dispensation, and I hereby to myself."

And still the turkey steamed before him, and every exhalation was a fresh testimony to its succulence. Poor, neglected bird! It seemed to provoke the knife of the carver- -to implore the attention of some kindly eater. At last the bishop was so much dis-grant it gusted with things in general that he plucked the fork out of the creature's breast. What business had one of his clergy ever to have stuck it in? Discipline must be maintained, especially in his diocese. He must give the curé a lesson but how ?"

There was a half-bubbling, half-hissing sound as the trenchant blade made a deep incision in the turkey's breast; then there was a slight clatter of the knife and fork upon the plate as the bishop began the sacrifice. He ate slowly and sternly; he was discharging a duty, and he discharged it conscientiously. The dining-room door was still open, and Suzanne, peeping from the kitchen, glimpsed the solemn scene.

At the end of a quarter of an hour the bishop rose from the table, looking sterner than ever.

"It is Rousseau," he said to himself, "who advocates the doctrine that in education all punishment should be the natural consequence of the fault committed. In this case, for example, I suppose he would say that this mau's fault would be most properly punished by some one else eating up the dinner "I cannot eat it all," he said to himhe had criminally ordered to be pre-self, "but I have done my best. I pared for himself. It is a pity Rousseau | have at any rate succeeded in reducing was an infidel, for there is certainly the temptation. The choicer morsels something in his theory.' are now removed. I think the legs are probably tough."

"Yes," he repeated, "there is certainly something in it. But it could not be carried out in this case without a certain sacrifice on the part of some one else. And who is there to make the sacrifice ?? ""

Rapt in meditation, he bent forward across the table, as if he would consult the turkey itself confidentially on the subject. The odor that the bird sent forth was indescribably delicious. The bishop sighed.

"Some one, it is clear, must make the sacrifice," he said. "If there is anything wrong in it the guilt must rest on the original transgressor."

He took up the carving-knife and felt the edge with his thumb. It was very

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| 1890, on Ascot day, he lost control over
the younger Tories, who tarried on the
racecourse and nearly sacrificed the
Compensation Clause to the Local Tax-
ation Bill, which was only saved by
four votes. Mr. Akers-Douglas remains
chief Tory whip in the House of Com-
mons, one of his juniors being Lord
Arthur Hill, whose wife is the com-
poser of many patriotic-or political

CHIEF of the government whips, the Right Hon. Edward Marjoribanks, is credited with an 66 iron constitution," and he needs it. A whip has most onerous responsibilities, and they are not diminished when the majority of his party is a slender one, and possibly might be swept away by a catch vote. songs. He was controller of the An instance of the vigilance which the household during Lord Salisbury's adgovernment whip must be prepared to ministration. The second Conservative exercise was to be noted recently, when whip, however, is Sir William Walrond, Mr. Gladstone's majority was tempora- Bart., who has twice acted in a similar rily, on a division, reduced to thirty-one capacity when junior lord of the treasby the action of one of his own sup-ury under the late administration. He porters, Dr. Hunter, who opposed the has been in the Grenadier Guards, and proposals of the premier with the object is often absent from the House. Mr. of limiting the debate on the Home Rule Bill to Tuesdays and Fridays, and obtaining a day for the discussion of the payment of members. On that occasion the evening of February 27 Mr. Marjoribanks might have been seen in close consultation with the leader of the House of Commons, rapidly calculating the strength of his available forces and that of the enemy, hurriedly making sure of the support of the Irish allies, and fetching up every Radical from below the gangway. The numbers, after the members returned from the lobbies, were very esteemed for his genial manners; and close indeed, but justified the principal whip's forecast. Mr. Marjoribanks possesses tact, energy, and good temper, and has always been popular. In 1885 he was appointed controller of the household an office associated with "whipping;" but when the members of the present government were in opposition, his chief was Mr. Arnold Morley, who, as whip to the Liberals, was considered a martinet of severe demeanor, and very "stand-offish "chief whips are in the confidence of even to his friends.

Austin Chamberlain and Mr. H. T.
Anstruther share the duties of Liberal
Unionist whips. The former models
himself upon his father, Mr. Joseph
Chamberlain, even to the eye-glass and
orchid. The latter was second whip to
his party in the late Parliament. On
the Liberal side the second whip is Mr.
T. E. Ellis, at one time, by some, called
the "Parnell of Wales," and who is so
national a Taffy that he makes his
speeches in Welsh. He also writes for
the Welsh press. Next to him in rank
is Mr. R. K. Causton, who is highly

the fourth government whip is "Bob-
by " Spencer, as the Hon. Charles Rob-
ert, half-brother to Earl Spencer, is
familiarly called in these latter days,
his former nickname, "Bradlaugh's
Baby," having been dropped.

Between the respective whips there
is frequently much negotiation'; for ex-
ample, the time of rising on the Thurs-
day preceding Good Friday was the
result of such consultation. Only the

their leaders. The juniors merely carry Curiously enough, the Right Hon. A. out instructions. On the government Akers-Douglas, the chief Tory whip, is side the chief whip is also chief patronregarded by most press men as unap-age secretary to the treasury- - a very proachable also, although he has been important office. In the absence of the called the "antithesis" of Mr. Arnold ministers on particular bills he takes Morley. He distinguished himself charge of the orders of the day, and he greatly by the majority of ninety-two is usually one of the tellers in great on the Local Government Bill; but in political divisions. A whip, in the ex

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nestly" requesting their attendance. Sir Wilfrid Lawson has explained the meaning of the underlining of the word "earnestly." If there is no dash it means that there is important business which may or may not come on that night; if there is one stroke under the

ought to attend; if the word is doubly underlined, it means that the member should come to the House of Commons; if there are three strokes, it implies that he must come; and if there are

found knowledge of human nature. He is responsible for making and keeping a House, and preventing a "count out" when it is not desired. The two junior lords of the treasury who generally assist him are expected to possess unlimited powers of persuasion in keeping the sheep within the fold on critical" earnestly" it means that the recipient occasions. They stand at the exits to the House, and no member of their party can escape their watchful eye. If an M.P. wishes to dine out, or to attend some private gathering or public meeting, he has to "pair, or gain permis-four, it is as good as saying, “Come, or sion of the whips, who give him liberty for so long, and he is obliged to say where he may be found at a certain hour. On an emergency a messenger will be despatched for the wandering M.P., to bring him from his dinnertable, his club, the theatre, opera, or wherever he may be. The whip has to cajole, to promise favors to come, to smooth ruffled feelings, and to talk over the wavering ones-all with the view of swelling the numbers of his party on a division, knowing full well that similar tactics are being energetically pursued on the opposite side.

stay away at your peril." Private members sometimes issue similar "whips." In big divisions the chief whip on each side is generally assisted by one of his juniors. It is the duty of the leading whips to act as tellers, and in the House of Commons their votes are not recorded, but in the House of Lords they are. The tellers announce the figures after the division. A government whip in due time obtains his reward. Mr. Arnold Morley is postmaster-general, and Mr. Cyril Flower, who shared with the right honorable gentlemau the duties of whip to the Liberals when in opposi On the occasion of set divisions of tion, is now elevated to the peerage paramount importance the leaders of under the title of Lord Battersea. the several parties issue written whips |

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LEAD POISONING IN IRON WORKS. The British Medical Journal publishes a communication from Dr. Fray Ormrod drawing attention to the occurrence of lead poisoning among men engaged at blast furnaces, in which that peculiar form of cast iron which goes by the name of "Spiegeleisen is produced. This is largely used in the Bessemer process for the manufacture of steel, and is got from a considerable variety of ores, some of which are apt to contain an admixture of lead. When this flows from the furnace, either with the slag or with the reduced metal, it becomes oxidized, and rises in a dense yellowish-white fume, containing 645 to 745 per cent. of lead oxide. This is very poisonous, and to it the men who are engaged at the "slag

holes" are exposed during almost the
whole of their working day, and those on
the "pig beds" at the time of casting, that
is every four or five hours.
All these men
are apt to suffer from lead poisoning,
often suddenly and severely. After a three
weeks' holiday it was noticed that four men
were soon disabled: A., after working seven
shifts, B. and C. three shifts each, and D.
four shifts. Some men have been laid up,
for a fortnight at a time, at least a dozen
times in two years. Obviously the men en-
gaged at these furnaces are exposed to even
greater dangers than ordinary lead workers,
in consequence of the much greater ten-
dency of the metal to volatilize at the higher
temperature required for the reduction of
the iron.

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To charm our Cornish caves.

Your ears, my love, no pink and white of pearl

Could carver set more deftly 'neath the hair;

They woo to wonder with their curve and curl,

In flowerlike. beauty rare.

Your nose in all its beauty fain I'd sing,
Its dainty curves deserve a stately rhyme;
But who in words could shape so fair a
thing,

And make those words keep time?

No opening bud's so tempting as the lips Which, archly pursed, await your lover's kiss;

And, ah! his joy when he that nectar sips! He thinks this queer life bliss.

Yet ill it is, my Daisy, when the heart

Yearns deathlessly for one so sweet of face;

But doubts much if the soul hath any part
In all the outward grace.
Public Opinion.

FRANK BAnfield.

ALAS!

A LITTLE thought of doubtful kin
Came housed himself my heart within,
And spied about, and furled his wings,
And tried my heart's long silent strings,

And to the sound he wakened there
I sang a song upon the air;

A song, and songs, and ever more,
I never sang so sweet before :

Until a whisper came and stayed
The sweetest songs I ever made,
And told me, 'twas a very sin
Had made himself so snug within!

And so I took that busy sprite,
That was my helper and delight,

And drove him far before my fears
And cleansed his dwelling with my tears.

But since I turned him out of door
I sing my happy songs no more.
MAUDE EGERTON KING.

BEFORE THE DAYBREAK. BEFORE the daybreak shines a star That in the day's full glory fades; Too fiercely bright is the great light That her pale-gleaming lamp upbraids.

Before the daybreak sings a bird

That stills her song at morning's light;
Too loud for her is the day's stir,
The woodland's thousand-tongued de-
light.

Ah! great the honor is, to shine
A light wherein no traveller errs;
And rich the prize, to rank divine
Among the world's loud choristers.
But I would be that paler star,

And I would be that lonelier bird,
To shine with hope while hope's afar,
And sing of love when love's unheard.
F. D. BOURDILLON.

THE SEA-SONG.

THERE is no song unto the sea unknown. With wild dance-melodies and laughter low,

Its happy ripples frolic to and fro; With passionate love-lays breathed in undertone,

It woos the quiet night; with wailing moan, It sobs to clouded skies its tale of woe; With triumph-song as o'er some van

quished foe,

It passes on with foamy locks wind-blown.

And dirges to the dying ear it brings,

And requiems chanted soft of waves that weep,

And strange dead-marches, as with muffled drums,

It beats on lonely shores; and when
night comes,

A tender, crooning lullaby it sings,
Rocking its own unto eternal sleep.
Spectator.
M. C. GILLINGTON.

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