Meanwhile another gendarme held to the middle of the wretched man's hands the glowing spit. While his flesh was thus burning the victim shouted out in agony : ' For the love of God kill me at once !'" We must refer our readers to the pages of the ' Contemporary' itself for the rest of this awful story. It is not a piece of uhat is called Mutational jour nalism. It is taken literally, Dr Dillon assures U3, from a report of the British Vice-Consul of Erzeroum, and copies are in possession of the Ambassadors at Constan tinople. The scene occurred, be it remem bered, before the recent massacres, and during the normal condition of things. "a choice morsel"

With" regard to the state of things during the recent massacres, newspaper readers have supped already on liorrors upon horrors. We will quote'only two incidents :—"ln Trebizond, on the first day of the massacre, an Armenian was coming out of a baker's shop, where he had been purchasing bread for his sick wife and family, when he was surprised by the raging crowd. Fascinated with terror, he stood still, was seized, and dashed to the ground. He pleaded pite ousjy for mercy and pardon, and they quietly promised it; and so grim and dry was the humor of this crowd that the trembling wretuh took their promise seriously and offered them his heartfelt thanks. In truth they were only joking. When they were ready to be serious they tied the man's feet together and taunted him, but at first with the assumed gentleness that might well be mistaken for the harbinger of mercy. Then they cut off one of his hands, slapped hi 3 face with the bloody wrist, and placed it between his quivering lips. Soon afterwards they chopped off the other hand, and inquired whether he would like pen and paper to write to his wife. Others re quested him to make the sign of the Cross with hU stumps, or with his feet, while he still possessed them; while others desired him to shout louder that his God might hear his cries for help. One of the most active members of the crowd then stepped forward and tore the man's ears from his head, after which he put them between his lips, and then flung them in his face. 