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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XX, Issue 43, 12 August 1892, Page 31

" When rognea fall oat, etc." The Sb James 1 Gazette and the London limes hate refrained for a while from reviling the common Yankee and Irish enemy, to pitch into each other and tall some very ugly troths for once. The Gazette says that McDonald, late manager of tht Tines, died of a broken heart, canoed by hia fruitless efforts to save the hononr of the Walter family from tht effects of the Pigott disclosures. This hypothesis is more ingenious than plausible, as it presupposes the existence of a heart in McDonald and honour in the Walter family. The Times' circnlation, the Gazette continues, is insignificant compared with that of the Standard, the Telegraph, the Chronicle, or the News, and is small even compared with that of many second-rate country dailies. After hinting that the Times slandered Mr Parnell, in the hope of xaising its dwindling circulation, by a libel which its managers considered safe, the St James' Gazette accuses Arthur Walter of swearing to affidavits containing untruths which he knew to be such. The reason of the Gazette's belated indignation is that the Times accuses it, with truth, of stealing a lot of scurrilous articles about America, written for the Times by Budyard Kipling. — Pilot. A strip of land nearly half a mile long and an eighth of a mile wide is said to be floating in the Pacific Ocean off Gape Flattery. Captain George W. Torrey, of the fishing schooner Alice, which arrived at Seattle the other day. reports that two weeks ago his vessel was almost run down by the floating island. The captain and crew went on it and made partial exploration. There was a hat and a small farm on the island and other signs of habitation, yet no signs of life. Said Oaptain Torrey, " I was prepared to find several fat hogs and water. All the islands ia the Straits have very abrupt shores, bat I was electrified to find the line playing out fathom after fathom and Btill bad no bottom. At last I held the end of the line in my hand, and although there were fifty fathomß of it over the side, the lead was not resting on the bottom. We broke loose as soon as we could and succeeded in getting away without losing any men, although two had narrow escapes from drowning." In celebration of the fourth centenary of the discovery of America by Columbus a grand Italo-American Exhibition will be opened in Genoa on July 1, by the King and Queen. The exhibition buildings which are nearing completion, will be of handsome proportions and artistic design. The general character of the exhibition will be that of a collection of samples of all the agricultural, industrial, and artistic products of Italy and America, divided into two great sections, one Italian the other American. A large number of visitors are expected from all parts of America. The Argentine Government has officially invited the principal artists and manufacturers of the re* public to Bend exhibits to the exhibition and will send a corvette to Genoa for the fetes attending the opening ceremony. All the South American Governments have expressed willingness to promote the success of the exhibition.