Oh, the rest of it-the relief from walking and thinking! What Lethean waters were these floods of telegraphed intelligence! He forgot his troubles, in part.

Here was a young, handsome woman, if you might believe the newspaper drawing, suing a rich, fat, candy-making husband in Brooklyn for divorce.

Here was another item detailing the wrecking of a vessel in ice and snow off Prince's Bay on Staten Island.

A long, bright column told of the doings in the theatrical world--the plays produced, the actors appearing, the managers making announcements.

Fannie Davenport was just opening at the Fifth Avenue.