, 1879-02-16

found, besides two pistols and poniard. a
whistle on the corpse. The police shrewdly'
fancied there might be more of the bandits
within call, and, concealng themselves, sounded
the whistle. In few minutes four more
bandits arrived, who, however, promptly Sub
| mitted to arrest without struggle. The crin-
lnals were taken to the nearest prison, where
they will soon be tried.
BEACOSSFIELD'S LIBRARY.
From sketea In 4se,o Fora World
The comfort which We are taught to look for
IN every English home Is found for the first
time IN the library. This apartment is half
library and half a drawing-roon. There are
plenty OF tonnes but no dust. The light is
abundant, and falls as often on brilliant hang
lhss as on sober bindings; and evidently no
hang1ngs are too brilliant for the taste OF the
occupant. Rich oriental ye11ows predominate
III the decorations, but there is an oriental haE
monS IN the fittings OF the apartments taken as
"hole. The hookbnder's lines OF gold on the
Fo!nmes here and there catch up aud carry
ous me colors, as an artist would say, from one
sa sn Of LII. aae room TO the other, and the place s
same end ionder huge knife In tts case OF
goIo IS one OF the owners memorials OF Eastern
travel. He was but bog tlleu and be had
marked ooy's taste for these glitterins TOYS.
Copcs Of the Revue dcs Deux Moudes Wing on
the table show, ii not the tastea at least the
necessities, OF his maturer age These two num-
bers are the very last books he has been con-
suitlng; The paper-knite, marks them. The
reaaef mas nat 1ust lclt them, to take them up
the hero Of the Berlin Congress desires to see
what his neghbors think Of his Eastern policy
who was it put about the story that Lord Beac-
onstleld knows no Frenchi Another lie gone the
way Of the rest!
Here as everywhere in this interesting bu;
melancholy house are pictures Of friends dead
and gone. That Of the poet Rogers hanging by
the mante}picce Is but pencil-sketch, amateur
justice to that nose aud chin which, accordinc
to Byron. "wouid shame knocker." Rogers
was very early friend Of Disrneli, perhaps biz
earliest. It wa, he who took the boy to be bap.
tized, at st. Andrews, Holborn, aud, In thus
giving him his start in Protestant Christianity,
gave him also his start in English political life.
There are other sketches, more amateurish still,
OF which the master OF the house is the subject
as he appeared when receiving an honorary de-
gree at Scotch university. The lady who drew
them did not spare hin. They show enough
feminine malice, II not enough artistic ability,
for Punch. His lort2ship seems to be quite
conscious how cxquisitely 1ulicrous he 1ooks In
bis baggy robe OF dignity, and With his demure,
downcast eye
Presentation books lie about on the tables.
One of them, trophy from Berlin, is q beauti-
fully printed and as beautifully bound edition
Of the rsalms in German, weighing several
leaves says that is from an admirer; there is no
other clew to the gircr's name. Near it lies
copF Of the parliamentary return of land
owners in England and Wales. the modern
" "Domesday Book brought down to date. It
is handsomely bound, aud an inscription on the
cover mentions that the return was moved for
By Mr.. Disraeii. 1t did not exactly answer his
purpose, which was to prove that the owner
ship oil the soil Of England was far moro
equally distributed among the people than was
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