LADYS LETTER FROM LONDON.

iniD) ne Facts, Fancies, nnd Frivolities,

(BY KI.ISK.)

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London, August 12. ■■ (, re at" MacDormott, music hall lioro , .<We Don't Want to Fight" and a thousand similar lyrics, is bankrupt. I sco b the pope" that at hifl examination the therday lie sWore t0 earnin£ about £G0 a l- when in London. At present ho is * ,mi-it three halls—the Alharabra, which *"„, Der ,voek for his scrvicoa; the Cth London, £20; and the Paragon, £15. lot bfld pay for warbling throe songs. £°there eeems every prospect of Mac- Cmott ending up asi vi'oly and miserably ooor" Champagno Charlio Ley bourne. During tho bad weather here there has , " „ groat deal of talk and nowsimper rraepondeneo about innocuous tlritilia («■ qninchioß thirst. Wo tried roiue of Iho Z^ea eiven, and found them oxcellont, Children especially, a capital cooling Irink cm be made by pouring tho contonti of n ainal' JM of black currant or other hj.hly flavoured jam into a muslin bap, and .taoDing " thoroughly in a largo jug of ".in,- water, squeezing the bag well to .vwant i)l possiblo juieo beforo removing ? 'iiie juica of half a lemon with a bottle ! I ;leinonado(notsodawntcr) poured on, also Lkos a capital thirst-quonchor, and is less worin'' than the ordinary "lemon ian4sh."Neetar Supromo—when success f«l-is very nice. To mako it, pour into . c ] ean dry cask three pounds of lump sugar, and ono pound of good raisins stoned and chopped tinoly, 2oza bruised oincor, tho same of cream of tartar, tho rinds and juice of two or three lemons, and a jnrje of borage. Pour ovor tho whole threo "allons and a half boiling water ; add ff hon cool half a cup of yeast: bung tightly till it ceases formonting, then bung clogely for ton daya and strain the liquor ; add to tho whols half i pint of whisky, and bottle and wire down. Tho cask must bo full to begin with, and a little should be reserved for filling up, ns it oozes out in a state of fermentation. Here, too, is a rocipo fora lovely sand wich. Slice some fresh crisp toast, buttor very slightly; put cold moat and chutnoy on it; pepper freely, then wrap its produce in lottuce-leavea steeped in white wine vinegar. It is " Madge's " notion, and, a3 «ho says, sounds a nice littlo hungry morsel, dosen't it ? 7ft laid in a largo stock of novol and other frivolous literature to take with ua abroad, and I confess I got through a good deal of reading during the long hot days one couldn't budge out. I think the stories 1 like best wore poor Hugh Gonway's "Family Affairs " (now out in 3 volumes-) andMisa Gerard's "Waters of Hercules." The latter is a delightful book, fully equal to the same clever author's " Roaki " ami "Beggar My Neighbour." By-the-bye, did I ever tell you how Miss(orisi6 Ure) Gerard became famous? She wrote " Roata " tftera tour in South America, but for a longtime had not tho courage to submit it to a publisher. At last, in a wild frenzy of desperation, anxious to know the worst at once, the young lady posted her book to Blsckvrood's most critical and difli call to please of all great house*. Judge her Burprise and delight when a week or two later prooi sheets of tho first chapter arrived with an intimation that "Roata" was accepted, and would, in tho rir<*b in stance, be run through the same world known magazine which formerly introduced "Adomßede" to the public. "Roata" jmtified Blackwood's confidonco by proving agreatevicce.'s, and subsequently "Beggur My Neighbour" was equally well received Noip "The Waters of Herculee " has set the seal on Misa Gerard's reputation

The Hercules-Water it supposed to bo a email cm-bad in Hungary, on the border of Roumania. To this wild valloy with its' hoalth-giving springs oomo various families, German, Hungarian, and English, for the summer. Of course, much love-making and dancinff anil excursions take place. The story itself i<> of the slightest interest throughout, but it is as a descriptive writer Miss Gerard excels, One can poo the itrange, weird beauties of tho Horciile-) Waters na if they lay photographed boneath one's oyes. All oi you who have read Mr Winter's dalijhtful "Booties Baby " will, Ifoel pure, beenly too pleased to welcomo the com panion srory, "Houp La," in a similiar eon- Ttniont form. " Houp-La" is a littlo circus acrobat whom Booties rescues from a cmol taak.raaater, and converts iirst into a tiny "tiger" anil nfterwarlla into hip personal servant. How the hid worshipH his protector, pliidcily follows liis fortunes through an Egyptian campaign, and even tually iaj'9down life itiolf to Rave him, is very effectively and touchingly told. The sartor's "Regimental Legends" and "CavalrjLife " were fairly successful books, and in the 2s form are well worth buying, but "Booties Baby " really introduced him to the great general public. Very different to " Booblos Baby " and "Houp-La" in Miss Helen Mather's most recent contribution fo the "shilling dread ful" teriea, a novelette entitled "Murder or Manslaughter." Berl Booth, the heroine, murders her husband -at least we aro ox pocted to boliove po. She is found one fins morning senseles?, with Mr Booth in her arms, quite dead, and on tho tabifj an empty gla?8 of prussic acid. She peisijteutly declares she murdered bin, and a chemist dop3sC3 to selling her the poison, Moreover, husband and wifo have been on chilly terms, and a gardonor vow 3he saw Madame making love to a. myiterious stranger in tho greon-house. Hete 13 a lovoly embrbglio for an author to get her heroino respectably out of. Miss Florence Warden's " Vagrant Wifo," which is also procurable at ono shilling, waa written before "Tho Houso on the Marsh," »ad cannot bo compared with that work, X"a Prince of Darkness.' It is wnshy, stuff of the ordinary "Family Herald "type. The following two ehillir.fr reprints are ju?t out : — " Hearts," by David Christie Murray ; "BlackandWhito," 'Collection of short tales by Oeo. R. Sims; ( 'AII in a Garden Fair," by Walter Beeant ; Mabel's Progress," by F. E. Trollopo ; Miatress Judith," by C. Fraser Tytlor ; 'Under St. PaurV'byßichard Dairling ;and Honest Davie," by Frank Barrott. Three S M9 wor'Cß of note announced include The Law Forbids" by the author of Wen of tha Regiment," Tho Verge of flight" by Percy Gray, whose Christina? •wry "By Death Boleagiired " made such a Mjind "My Wife's Nieco" by an anonymous "ritar,

Extraordinary Charge of Annoy ing A Lady.

OsJnly 20th, at Westminster Police Court Ifte" Home News " report?), EdwarJ Row (lon' s^i<l to bo a Justico of the Peace, resid ing at Jermyn-street, Piccadilly, wasobarged m a summon? before Mr Partridge with annoying and obstructing Mary, Laity tonyers, and her daughter, tlio Hon. Violet "Wlyn LanoFox. Mr Georgo Lewis Prosecuted, and Mr Goodrich vww counsel 'or Mis ilefcndunt. Boforu t.ho case was opened, Mr Goodrich said lie desired on the Mfcndant's part to offer an apology to the •wies, and tho expression of Mr Rowdou'a Jjpet for pa 4 conduct. Ho hoped Lady wayers would accept tho defendant's assur jnM that he would notrepeatthennnoyanue, TIT j'' ne '"^ not moan t0 Sive her offence. lfte defendant would enter into his own BMiniwncos and hia word as a gentleman j u .° '"fther molest the ladies. Mr ;,'corgo jWis.'iiidLadyConyerswasuiiablctofioßept jno ap'.loiry, and tho magistrates must hear . "» -sst« of the caio. Tho defendant was a Fi«t stranger to Lady Cnnyers and ttU?"1 f ' but in ISS<!'!lt Homburf?, ho n«i to force an aquaiutanoo upon them, """^followed them to Pali*, ami stopped «™ '«ne hotel for 10 days. When they turned to London he travelled by tho f'T.inin. andsinco that time ho had never "«M to annoy them in' the street, in the U *■ f MTepbions, and by correspondence. win"I', rautioned over and over again (V gootl result. and at last Lady Zjyere was determined to rid herself of the noyanco by coming to a police court and 22 ? r Promotion. Tho defendant hid • eady been in HoU.nvoy Prison. Mr Par till. • !t waa hardly rts'>* t0 mention «!,circumstance. Mr Lewis thought the defenl * ld knOTr something of tho \L , ~' nt> He had never ceased to trou bla tod riff 108 Wlth letters of * most impertinent Bon. LenJ lVO character, and since the sum- WritL ! beon taken <>"* had aofcually ftfirt ♦ enn S an "Pology, qunlified by o e"atem L enttkat ho would not speak to " for six month?, ft. iv?V reaßonab'.e period." Writing in wira person he proceeded, "This, he

imagines, is as much as her ladyship will get from aoy magistrate. If, however, Liidv Umyers will not consent to any terms of com promise which would bo better arranged without flic further intervention of solicitors, no is ready to take tho consequences of his acts.' Lady Conyors deposed that sho lived at 10S, Queens-gate. The defendant was ii stranger to hor and her daughter, tho Hon. \ idet Bvelyn Lane-Fox. In August, 1883, they were in Homberg. The defend ant was there, and tried to spoak to them on several occasions. The witness mado it evident to him that she would not know him, and did not desire his acquaintance. *Rom Homburg she went to Paris with her daughter. The defendant followed thorn there, and stayed 10 days at tho same hotel. rt hen thoy camo to London they travelled by tho same train. During the last 18 months tho defendant had persistently fol lowed both her and her daughter. Ho had spoken to thorn in tho streets, followed them into shops repeatedly, waiting outside till they returned to their carriage. She had reqnostcd him timo after time to cease I the annoyance. He had evon followed hor to friends' houses when sho had gone to a ball. Mr Lewis asked hor when tho laat unuoyanee of this sort took place. Lady Conyors said sho thought about Eaator, at Lady Salisbury's ball. Tho defendant was not invited. He hud also followed her to Lord Bntoinan's house, and to Lady Borth wick's. In tbo Park he had frequently fol lowed her, and on one occasion while thoro he threw himself on his knees boforo her. Mr Lowndes, a barrister, and a friend of the family, had .-ccii him and warned him rostop tho persecution. Lord Batomun had also intervened to protect hor. She had been obliged to write to Sir Edmund Henderson tor police protection. Both she and her daughter had been greatly annoyed by letters addressed to them. Mr Lewis said he had a bundle of lottors in court, but would merely read ono or two. In March last, after a representation had been mado to the defendant, ho wrote from Palermo : —" Mr Rowdon presents his compliments to Lady Conyore, and begs to say that, having had time for reflection, ho must admit that ho had acted improperly, und perhaps in an unfeeling manner towards hor daughter and herself. On nearly tho last occasion ho saw hor ladyship sho waa pleased to say that ho ought to bo ashamed of himself. Ho foels, indoed, that it is so, and begs to express his regret. At the same timo ho hopos that Lady Conyors and hor daughter will try to iind in themselves some measure of forgiveness for him. It seoms to be much easier for them to do so than for him to deserve such. He writes this as he will shortly be in London again, and desires to say as much boforo his return. It in impossible for him to closo this letter without saying what great pleasure even tho thought of hersolf and hor daughter gives fcim." Another lotter ran as follows:-" 51, Jermyn street, S.W., May L' 4, 1885. Dear Miss Vi jlot Lane-Fox, —I wished this morning to ask your mother aitor your health. Her ladyship's woids, howevor, woro not so alluring as her presence, boing roatrictod to ' Get along- get along.' I could have hoped oho would havo added, ■ Get along do, for you are so nwfullv awful, you ar^.' "(Laugh tor.) As a latelamonted noblohian of my acquaintance said to me, with a voico that would havecarriodconvictiontoany hearer 'Lady Convors is a fine woman, and a plea- Bure to behold.' I need not say how heartily I endorse these words, and that anything her ladyship says will always bo received by me with respect, especially as I do not believe sho means to be so severe as she sometimes seems. I havo told you before, or rather have boon obliged to write, saying how over since 1 frst saw you I have boeii obliged to tako foreign tours in consequence of failing to obtain your regard. 1 havo boon so dull and depressed aa to bo scarcely bareabje, and now lean got no sloop or rest when I imagine you may bo dancing or walking with other people. I cannot givo up my intentions with regard to you. 1 heard a respectable old gentleman in tho park tho other day say to his companion, another old gentleman, a* you passed, ' Oh, Ido so like that girl.' 1 felt inclined to .it onco ask him to dinnor, though if ho had been young I am afraid my desire wouldhave boon of a very opposite charactor. I do so hope that you will try not to refuso to speak any more ; you must romumbor that you and your mothur have given it mo pretty hot, whatever I deserved, and tlmt I cuuiiot bear tho idaa of any more tours by myxulf, though it seoms to mo that unless you will havo a word to say to me it must bo ?o. While Vte, howevor, remains thoro is always hope.—l am always most truly yuurs, EnwAßn Rdwuon'

■L<uly Conyera saiil many other letters had been received. On tho 11th instant, tho day mentioned in tho summons, she was in the park when tha defendantfilraoat pushed himself against her. He would not go away, and who rawed hor parasol to koop him oil. Sho \va.B obliged to got a stranger to fotcli ono of tho park-keepers to hor assistance.

Tlio Hon. Violet Lane Fox corrobrated hor mother's evidence, in reply to Air Lewis, she said that for two yoars the de fendant had made their lifo unpleasant, lie was constantly following her and writing letter." to hor, which blio never answered. Mr Willoughby J. Lowndes,barri3tor,truatee to Lady C'onyers and her daughtor, said that in June last year ho called on tho do fendant on their bohalf. Ho told him that his conduct was intolerable, and that he would bo prosecuted if ho persisted in it. Tho defendant said he did not see why ho should not piy his court to Lady Conyors's daughter. Tho witness told him it was ridiculous, and that any ir.an in tho street might claim equal right. Mr Goodrich again offerod the dofendant'.s apologios and assurances never to molest tho ladies further.

Mr Partridge said tho doiondanl's .void could not be tak6n, and his idea was, act-

injr on a recent precedent, to send him for trial. His conduct was abominable. Mr Lewis paid it wa* not desired that the ladies should attend another court. If good seeuri-

ties were given by tho defendant ho would bo satisfied Mr Partridge said ho would not part with tho case liko that. He would remand tho defendant for a week in custody, and at the expiration of that period he would decide whether ho would accept re-

cognisances for his good behaviour for a lengthened period or send him for trial.

Tho defendant was thon emit to tho House of Detention.

MONKEYS' FAMILY LIFE.

Tho Malo's Sovereign Power—Tho

Mother Monkey's Solicitude.

AMOSfa other mammals tho fomalo olemont wields tho pceptre in family life, but in tho realm cf apes the male is invested with the sovereign powor, not by general .so ffragQ i but by tho right of force. Tho oldest and strongest malo of a troop proclaims himself chief and leader, after having vanquished all his competitors. Tho lonpesfc teeth and strongest arms decide in tho question of supremacy. All thorfo who show reluctance to submit aro chastised till they como to reason. To tho strongest belongs the crown ; in his sharp tcoth resides hia wis-

dom. The ferocious tyrant understands his duty as a leader, and' performs tho snino with di-'tiity. Hit) subordinates flatter and Fondle him in every way. As a gonuino rvinha lie accepts this respect with a kind ot languid acquiescence In return ho watches care fully over hU vassals, and show« tho con tinual anxiety for their welfare and security. Tie orders' and directs raiimto detail? in daily life The foinalo monkey gives birth to tho voun" one, very seldom to twins. The novv born monkey is a little, ugly croature, bare of hairs, with spindling limb? and aropulsivo ■oiiilo face. But tho mother i.s passiouatolo fond of hor monster, and caresses and nurses it with remarkable dovoHon. .She does not leavo it for a singlo moment ; sho presses ifc to her heart, rocks it to mid fro, and takes tho utmost euro to keep it abso lUh!ytt°hrst period of life tho baby is apathetic and almost insensible, but begins gradually to play with urchins of its age. The mother is a patient observer of the first stops of her beloved, and watches carefully thnt no harm may befall it. In the'meantime she trains ifc, and the first virtue inculcated in the mind of the youngster is obedience, obedience in the strictest souse of the word. Men havo ridiculed tho materni.l affection of the brute, atid speak of " apish lovo." In our eyes the ?endc?ne ?H exhibited by the monkey may havo a rid'cnlous sido, but where is the man who could, without deep emotion, wit- SSS the anxiety of a mother-apo nursing hor sick child? 1 must confess that, to my "ye, in such cases she is at least the equal of the human mother. ~!,•„„ If the young ane dies, the spectacle i* a piteous one The mother cannot be Peparafe,l from the dead body, rotusmM food and frequently perishes from grief. In such a crisis tho apo proves certainly his congeniality with tho^man '«». °™ in hi, moral affections could stand as an ex ample to many men.-Naturahat s Letter.

THE AFGHAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION.

Visit to Herat.

CAM]' O.USIIA-RAHAT (NORTH OK HERAT), May 24. —There aro signs that tho Amoor is not lotting the grass grow undor his feet. It is of littlo moment whether Russia binds hersolf by treaty not even to attempt to seize Herat. Such a treaty will bo torn up and infringed on tho first opportunity ; therefore it behoves tho Ameer to *mako good use of the breathing time that is now allowed him. The boundary is not yet sottled, and may still provo a fertile source of illwill between Russia and England. Supposing, however, that this frontier bo delimited without further collision, the Ameer has still no timo to loco. Herat cannot be mado a strong fortross. A description of the town and ita de fonces would at this momont be of un-

doubted interest to the British public, but unfortunately it would also be of high value to the Russians. It is, however, no longer o^ seorot that on tho 10th of this month Colonel Stewart, Major Holdich and Captain l'eacocko (Uio two lattor officers of tho

Royal Engineers) publicly entered Herat by the Ameer's invitation. What they did and saw and noted and advised I no not propose to detail. Suffico it to know that

tho time spoilt thore was not spont in vain. Tho reception was satisfactory. Thoy wore lodged in a house adjoining tho Chaharbagh, »9 the Governor's I'alaco is called, and en

tortained as tho Governor's guests. They wore roceieed publicly in durbar by tho

Governor, attondod by tho Sipah Salar (commai)derin chiof) and tho Afghan Gonorala of Division and Brigade. From the houso of tho 3ipah-Salar in the citadel they looked on at a parado of tho entire garrison. The manners of tho people gene rally weiecordial. Tho Kabulisoldiery were as friondly as could bo desirod, and the priestly olement was pleased to extend the

:vgu of its favour and goodwill to tho visitors, Everything wont off woll. British custom required that the valuable presents offerod by tho Governor and Commander in-chief should bo doclined, and this doli oaey of conscionce is a mystory boyoud Oriontal understanding. But oxpoct so trifling a contretemp* all appoar3 to lmvo beon smooth sailing. Consoquout on this visit, tho Afghan authorities have sot to work zealously to repair tho fortifications ami strengthen weak points. Of tho guns and rifles recently presented to tho Ameer a vcrv largo portion id already on its way thithor. it is oi courso satisfactory to see those stromuous efforts boing mado to rendor Horat n tough nut to crack, and one can only hope that the Ameer and his Afghans will show themselves allies worthy of such generous aid. If they make a gallant defonco in case of attack, they will have done their duty, and sorvod a good purpose. Seemingly tho policy of the Indian Government is to sostrengthen Horat that in the ovont of war it will ongago tho attention and delay tho advance of a con sidorablo Russian force, while tho British forces are Deing marshalled at Kandahar or on tho north west frontier, and the British Hoot and army eoiubinod (whothcr with or without Turkish and Persian allies) are carrying havoc into the Black Sea and Caucasus. It is not intended over to send a British forco to raise tho siego of Herat. Tho garrison knows that unloss tho Ameer can dotach troops to their reliof, they must look for littlo or no external succour, - From the Special Correspondent of tho " London Telegraph."

A WEST AFRICAN MANDI.

Operations of a Great Army Against

African Tribes

Wasihnotojj, August 24.—Secretary of Stat« Bjyard is in receipt of a despatch from Sierra Leone, giving an account of tho movements of an army of 100,000 men in tho interior of Africa. Thodospatch was dated July I-Ith, and was sent by United States Consul Lewis. Mr Lewis tays : "I haro tho honour to biing to tho notice of tho Department of State tho fact of an ex traordinary movement among the Moham mediins of tho regions of the NMgor, extoml ing from Timbuetoo to tho West Coast, it appears that a Mandingo nnmod Sammluc, of extraordinary intelligence and energy, poncoivod tho idea that liv was called by God (.) wage a war for tho Huppiwtfon of pagan i»m, and for tho purpose of opening roads to the coast, which in certain districts have been for generations subjected to excessive blackmail and to tho plundering of vaga bond tribes. During the last rivo years ho has collected an army, consisting of foot and hon<o, of about IOO.dOO men. Tho Mohammedan youth, wherever ho goes, Hocks to his standard, anxious not only to sl'cuvo tho roward hcrcAftor protnNad to those who fight for their religion, but to cirry oli'tho rich spoils which tho^o exped itions that battle for their faith arc sure to win. " It issaid thatSamudua's army isdivided into three portions, one of which is operat ing near tho headwaters of tho Niger. This portion rocontly drove certain French troops from tho goldtiolds of tho Boarso, of which

they had taken possession, and aro now be sieging Bainmak, a largo towu on tho Niger, occupied for about throo yoars by the French, who havo orccted fortifications

there. Another portion of tho army is operating in tho rogiona of East Siboria, and by suppressing tho disturbing elements,

ur.fettoring trade and introducing tho knowledge of religion and letters, is in ono sense opening tho way for nefjro im migrants of intelligence and energy from America to push out from tho African American republic to tho healthy regions of tho interrior, in another sonso, it is fore stalling tho whole region for Mohammedan ism and making ifdidrult, if not impossi ble, if indeed it is desirablo, to convert that country to a faith imported from America by immigrants. Tho third portion of tho army is approaching tho coast a fow milos northwest of fierra Leone. It ha? cecurcd submission by forco or by voluntary sur render of all tho tribes on tho way for 500 milos back.

" The largoiit and moat important king dom this filo of the Niger was Soolimann, of which Falaba, n largo commercial city, \va? tho capital. For tho last sixty years the Feelan Mohammedans had been try i»t; by diplomacy and by arms to subdno this city to the faith, but it hai always suc cessfully resisted both diplomat and warrior Last year Samuduo's army in over-whelm ing numbers surrouiidod it and called upon tho King to surrender and profess lslamism. This ho refused to do. Tho town was thon invested, and, aftor a terriblo sieeo of livo month?, tho King assembled thn royal family and principal chiefs in his powder-houso and informed them that thoy could hold out no longer, as his ro sources wore exhausted, but, having for more than 200 yoars belonged to tho ruling olomont, ko was determined for himsolf and family to dio rather than como under Mohammedan rulo Ho gave the chiefs their choice, either to dio with him or £» out of tho town and jivo themselves up to the enemy. Thoy decided to dio with him. Ho then set fire to tho powder, and they wero all blown up. Thus onded Soolimuna's power, which for more that seven genera tions had influenced tho trade and politics of exrnnsivo districts, and hnd commandod tho principal highways to the coast. " Another very important, achievement of this nrmy was tho dostructian of the Hoo boo powor, nn irresponsible organisation which for thirty years lias bo^n tho source of annoyance and lo?a to caravans passing, from the intorior to the coast. Kamudjijo, gavo or.lors to attack thorn in tho mountain strongholds, which until then had. proved, inaccojsiblo to neighbouring forces. ,'J hoy wore surprised, their chief, Abul, wai pap ttircd and decapitated, and his arms apu logs, severed fro.n his trunk, woro tcrit.toi the various countries whoso inhabitants had suffered froim his doprodations- ond.mgr-. derous proceedings. Tho JJopboos,are,do scribed as ronogado Tulahs,, in robellion ngninst King Timboo. Tho.roads have now boon cleared of these thiqvqs apd inurderor* so that nn unprotected child or femalo may travol in, safty all through that dis trict. Theso operations will not bo without a salutary effort upon American comraorco, fur thera is in that couii.try an increasing demand for American productions, and many of the articles produced by the people .ire valmiblo in the American trade. Samu due's army U now only a fow milos from the coast, northwest of Sierra Leono_ It ia said to be its purpose now to deal with tho Timuch and Sherbro countries, whose con stant M-ars keep the maritime r3gions in such a stata of ferment that often after caravans liavo struggled through obstruc tions for hundreds of mileo tlipy find tjheir greatest dilHculty among the : poast,tnb.o=, to whom thoy often fall victims."

An exchange saya that by stretching a string near tho ceiling of a room, Hies will ii.-=o it to li^ht upon instead of the wall?, which can thus bo kept all tho summer free from fly specks. We have noticed this frequently in the case of string? of dried apple 3.

SUGGESTIONS TO NEW ZEA LAND ARTISTS.

iMthoeourao ofhialectureatveek ortwosince, on "Turner, the Cokmrist," Mr R. A. Mac kochnio addressed specially the following romarks to Now Zealand artists, and offered certain suggestions of picture subjects that are well worth consideration :—" Your motto, as I tako it, points to tho study of Nature as sho appears in this new land, and calls upon you to devote your talents solely to represent hor as sho is or has been here. There is endlesa scope for your pencils in both directions. But since the days of the first discovery of these islands ' tho old

order changoth,' and so rapidly that it was

thought advisable to form your Association to arrost on canvass tho old scenes of their once familiar surroundings before they vanihh for over. If you dosipe to call up the past you must think, for thought has been said to bo of more value than minuteness of imitation, , . , , Now, instead of adopting the fables of tho old world, our artists will, I imagine, make uso of those of the now. My meaning may bo rendered clearer if 1 suggest ono or two subjocts for pictures from tho accounts given of tho habits, traditions, and super

Btitions of tho native race,

In ' Surprised

by a Taniwha ' (if I may be allowed so to entitle ray first woid-picturo) tho artist

might dopict a dark, undefined mass rising in tho midst of a lake. Around it a vast wator commotion, and in the eddies of which might be eeon a canoe whirlod violently round, hor altrighted crew power-

less from abject terror, whilst, in contrast to such wild tumult would appear the othorwiso calm lake, reflecting in dark shadow isle and margin laud on its smooth surface. Under tho title of ' Tho Tattoo Pattern' might bo shown a young Maor; examining critically his marked visage in a pool of water, whilst near by might bo soen the tohunga seatod holding forn-itick and bono implomont in hand ready to cominonce operations should the pattern be approved of such a picture would enable the artist to spread out a magnifiantNew Zealand land scape of river, hill, and wood, besides pre serving a native custom with a faithful roproaontation of tho rude implements em ployed in carrying id out, '1 ho custom of interpreting onions to the tribo by tho tohunga, foreshadowing victory or defeat, might form '.ho subject of two most interesting pictures—ono, ' The Falso Omon,' representing the old priest, tho victim in his hands .standing proudly erect, his features olato 1 With tho Btt.ru joy that warriors fool,' proclaiming to tho as.«orabled tribo a victory. Tho othor, ontitlod 'The False Queen's Last Victim,' might ropre font tho aged tohunga standing alone amid the slain with a spoar, thrown by an advancing onemy, quivering in his body ; whilst, in tho distance, tho remnant of his tribo might bo shown hastily rotroat ing. Such Bceuos could bo produced in any number, showing amid varied pconery tho customs und su|>or9titions connected witlt tho pooplo's tribal tighta. ' Slaying tho Makutu Man ' might roprosont with tragic force un old man stricken to tho oarth by a death blow, hiesing out with his latent breath a deadly curse upon his murdorer, whoso torror-Htrickon aco and shaking limb* would form a h'ne contrast to the triumphant look of tho dying wizard, the wholo lighted by a singlo beam thrown liko a red brand across tho picture 'Tho Keinga—aftor a battle,' would bo a marvellous tit subject undor proper treatmont. Tho bold headland, rushed by furious wa'-o«, whono white spray, showing out agnin-t dark wind-driven clouds, might bo tho sole light, and, amid tho storm, tho shadowy forms of stately warriors slowly descending in counties*

numbers to the depths below. ' The Land of thoTapu ' might disclose a scene ot silence and desolation with every circumstance of

in ami decay, tho whole enshrouded in a

mysterious and awe-inspiring gloom. Rut enough of word pictures. Such subjects for your pencil*, 1 say iigi>in, aro ondloss, and, if faithfully drawn and coloured, would bo prized as paintings, and would presorvo for future generations tho distinguishing feature" of tho Maoris and their land as thoy

ipearod to the early European Battlers."

THE DISCOVERER OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA.

Ho Dies In Poverty,

By tlio last mail from America no lenrn thut Jamos \V. Marshall, t-iie discoverer of gold in California, died on August 10th atOoloma, State of California. Nothing is known nbcuit Marshall's death except that a luintor who lived with him returned to the cabin alter boiii-,' sb.-ont an liour and found the old man doad in bed. Marshall's discovery of gold was the incentive te that groat rush of people from all States and countries which has rnndo California to-day in point of general prvisperity one of tho lir.-st States in the Union. He was born in Hopo township,

Huntordon County, N* .)., in ISI'2. Ho re ceived tho plain education then obtain able in tho ordinary country village schools, !>nd at an early ago loarnod tho trade of a coach and waggon builder. At tho ago of 'il

ho caught tho infection of what was then kuown, and still is somotimee de?iguuted, as

tho "Western foror," and after travelling through India and Illinois, eettlod on a farm which ho bought, on what was known as the Platt Purchase, near Fort Loavonworth, Kan. Hero ho ro-

sided for eight or ton yoara. The climato or condition of tho soil did not agreo with him, and at tho end of that timo his health had bocomo so poor that hia physi cian advised him that nothing but oiiango

of air and surroundings could savo his lift). Acting upon this advice, he sold hie farm, and on May 1, 1511, at tho ago of 32, ho joinod a train of 100 waggons bound for the then almost unknown land of California. After a weary tramp across tho mountain and dosort the party camped at Cache Creek, about forty-five miles from the pro sent sito of Sacranaonto, on Juno, 1545 Thoro tho patty disbanded, Marshall going to Sutter'e fort, Sacramento County, whero he entered tho sorvico of General Sut tor. Subsequently ho took up a tract of about two squares of land and wont into tho busines* of stock grazing. At tho broaking out of tho Bear Flag war ho left his ranch and sorTod throughout tho campaign, until the signing of tho't maty of 1847 recognising tho indo pendenco of California. After his discharge ho gavo up his farm and made arrango monts to start in ths lumber business at Co loma, Ooneral Suttor, as a silent partnor, furnishing tho necessary capital. Work on

io mill was begun in August, 1847,

the evontful morning of January 18, 184S, Marshall, who was superintending the building of the millraco, shut off the water and went to tho end of the race to notice the progress that had been mado in tho removal of eand gravel, Looking down at tho mass of debris, his eyes caught tho glitter of something shining in a crovico of tho rock which had been oxpoeod by tho action of tho water. Boating it with a ham mor on a flat rock, he. found that it Mas malloablo, and. concluded that it must bo gold. A furji'tiof search, continued forsovoral days, resisting,ia.fho discovery ofsovoral ounces o£,f|)o precious mqtal. He took tho specimonfi ito Fort Suttor, v/horo his own opinion,, as to. rtho value of tho discovery was confirmed. The news spread, and soon from every quarter of tho habitable globo tjbfiVS poiyed, into California a, vast army of adypnturjOrs in search of the yollow, motal. TJjo history of tho mad rush of 1840 is an ojd and oft-told,, story. r Marshall's land was forcibly " jumped " by acrowdof miners, who pquattod an his property and appropri ajed his bor.sos nnd cattle,, and marked out land into town lots and claims which thoy distributed among themselves. Robbed of hia property,lio bocumo a proepeetor, but never met with much success. In addition to.his other misfortunes ho was persecuted by his neighbours, who bolioved that ho know tho sites of rich deposite of gold and withheld tho information. Hia title to the land which ho had purchased prior to hia discovory nf gold was litigated, and its loss filially reduced him to absolute poverty, from which tli3 flight financial aid which ho received from tho State did but little to rqlioyo him. At the time of his dcatfh ho was,.7-2 'years of ago. His declining years wore £pqnt at Colcma, within a short dis tance'of ,the scone of his great discovery.

KING LUDWIG'S CONDITION.

Munich, August 25. —The great financial catastrophe of King Liidwig' is rapidly reaching its climax. His Majesty is utterly hicapable: of appreciating the value of money.' He throws it about right and left in the most scandalous manner. It is now decided that the King's bankruptcy be pub licly declared, and His Majesty be placed under guardianship. Tho Land.=tig will devote September and October to the de tails and legal formalities of this vigorous but necessary action, which cau?es tho greatest sensation in al' it; 1 aircles throughout Germany,

A Clyclone That Left Destruc tion and Death in Its Path.

Great Buildings Swept Away Like Chaff

—A Ball of Firu.

Atkurifio cyclono Bwoeping up tho E°'a waro River on August 3rd struck Phila delphiaeity noar Greenwich Poiur,demolish ing a portion of the works of tho Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, and injuring several employe's. Then it took a course across tho rivor, wrecking tho river steamer Major Reybold and the farry-boat Peerless, The storm blew Pilot Emory Towsend and Captain Eugno Reybold of the steamer Roybold into the river, drowning the former, and painfully injuring the captain. Tho Peerless was swopt clean almost to tho (voter's edge. Whon the Major Keybold left the dock for Salem, New Jersey, sho had on board about fifty passengers, although, as no ticketa woro sold, it is im

possible to ascertain tho exact number, There woro also about fourteon officers and deckhands. Of this number of people upon tho wrecked boat it dops not appear that any Hvoa woro lost exeopb that of tho pirot, although it ia possible that some of tho passongers wore washed off and lost. A steam-tug coming up tho river after tho disaster reports that tlio body of a woman was soon floating near the spot whore the cyclone struck the steamboat, but sank out of sight and could not bo found when tho tug made search for hor. B. •!. VVarnor, one of the passengers, des cribes tho Bcone. He was standing on tho upper deck mud saw a black storm apreach ing, but ns it moved rather slowly he supposed it was a rain-storm. »V hen it struck the boat ho discovered that its immense force came from its rotary motion. Ho and several others were thrown through a hole in the lower deck, and all the upper works woro swopt' away liko chad. Tho confusion among tho passengers was indes cribable, and sovoral jumped into tho river, but Warner believes all were rescued. Whilo tho cyclone was upon the vowel

everything won black tia the blackest night. Sofns woro brokon to splinters and curpots uoro torn to ahreds in tlio cabin us if (hoy bail boon paper. The cyclone, he thinks, lusted about a minute, and utter it passed (.ho vessel rolled ami pitchoii fearfully intho groat waves and came noar swamping. The storm then passed over to the Jorsoy side, striking John Dialogue's shipyards below KaigUn's Point, and destroying the building of the establishment.

Thon it took its course along tho Now Jorsoy shore, demolishing all tho buildings in its path up to Bridge Avonuo, Camdon At this point tho cyclojie took as easterly course to Fifth street, Caindon, embracing in its path all that soction of tho city be tweon Socond and Third streets to tho Dolawnro River, which washo9 the northorn section of tho city. Passing over tho rivor, skirting Potty's Island, tho storm passed over to that part of the Twenty-fifth Ward, Philadelphia, known as Richmond. Tn its ravages in Curadon scores of houses were unroofod, and somo of them thrown down. Tho damage to business property along the river front is enormous. Hun dreds of families wore rondored hnmoloee. and ouo victim, Charles Uaizey, win killed outright, at tho Amorcitm Dredging Com pany's wharf, while another, Harry Stevens, had v leg cut oil' by a Hying pioce %l timbor, and will probably dio. Tho track of tho storm through Richmond was markod with death and destruction. It was almost duo north from the Fort Richmond coal wharves.

About 150 dwelling houses wero wrecked, orso badly damaged as to be ronderod unlit for habitation, and 200 families wero driven from their homo* to bo cured for by neigh bours. A number of portions were seriously, some fatally, injured. A giii of 10 years, Liz/.w McVengh, w.is killed nt her home, 1721, Melvalo street, in sight of her mother, who was horself pinioned to the lloor by tho fulling raftnrs, a few foot from tJio dying child. The eyoloi cis described by those who witnessed its progress up tho river aa nn iminenuo black one shaped cloud with tho apox rot-ting upon tho water, and tho base mingling with the rain-clouds, which hung in dense masses from tho sky. It is impossible yet to estimulo tho n mount of damage done.

ilolin Dialogue of Cumilon, whoso works woro destroyed, saj>s : Luolung out of tho door u|iou tho river I saw the tornado ap proach. 1 could sen tho buildings of tho Philadelphia Salt Workman tho I'hiladi-lphiu »idt>, going oil liko clmir. Then tho ntoiin struck tho Mftjnr flaybnld, which was par tially upronstof my placo, and portions of her upper works were liurlo 1 fully 400 foal, into th« air A tromor.dons roar preceded it Tho moving fury reiicinbled a donso mass of rolling, black Mnoku, and it travelled within two feet of tho surface of the rivor. A singular phenomenon wits noticed not only by 'ny.-ulf but by all my mon in the yards. This was a Initxo ball of tiro 'ully ton foot ill diamotor, which aiviftly accompanied tho storm cloud. After play in;,' havoc with my establishment. I saw this ball of liro explode about '_•.")() yards north of mo with a report ho torrifie as to shako tho very foundations of tho buildings in my yard. Following this caino n miinbor of oxplo.'ions, hut of less force. All tho sky to tho eastward was unusually bright and hiil a sort of rainbow appearance. In fact this was ono ot t!io most remarkable sights of tlis kind that I had over soon. Tne ball of tiro whish exploded I am satis fied played the misehiof to tho American Dredging Company's place.

Short & Huron throo story mil! on S ilmon street, Kichmond, in this city, was oom plotoly wrecked and teattured in all directions, Thero woro about 80 pooplo employed at the mill, most of thorn young girls, and the offset was to throw them into it panic. A lnrgo number jumped from a socond-etory window and were only slightly injured, while others wero hurried to tho ground with tho falling wall" and struck by flying timbers and bricks. Bofoio tho storm tho air was filled with flying debris, and pooplo sooing the awful sight, Hod in terror by hundreds to their cellars. Tho cyclone lasted betwocn four and five minutes, and was marked with territie pull's and roars. A singular fact is that flat roofed housos smdercd most; the wind with tho ereatest oaso catching them under tho iffrWtea, lifted thorn as though they wero snoots of paper. Thoro is hardly an instance whoro a mansard-ioof building was wrocked. So groat was tho violonco of tho wind that fronts and sMes of housos and bay windowß wore smashed as though they wero ogg sholls. Roofs wero carried hundreds of yards away, shade trees ivero mowed down liko platoons of soldiery on a battle-field, and great monster tieos that had stood the storms of yoara wore up rooted or broken off liko pipostems. Tho ecsontrlcities of the wind could bo seen on every sido. Buildings which it would seem an ordinary storm would demolish and which wero in tho direct path of the storm woro sparod, while their neighbours, modern structures of brick, would bo gutted or wrocked outright. Smyrna (Dol.), Aug. 3.—A cyclono visited this section this aftornoon, totally destroying proporty for ;niles in a swath throo hurdued feet wide. Stock was killed and orchards, cornfields, otc, destroyed. No lives aro known to be lost.

Gambling Scandals in Italy

Writing from Kome, a correspondent .'ays : -Just before (ho summer stampodo society was shocked by a pad scandal, Tho Brazil ian' Minister to tho Quirinal Court was caught cheatingatbacoaraf. Tho President of the club, Duke D'Avollo (Don Fabrizio Colonna), discovered the dishonourable ao\ Without saying a word to tho Minister, ho set ten gentlemen, members of the club, to watch him. Neither one of those menib.ra knew of tho others' office. Each roported the sarno fact. Then D'Avpllo took tho Minister aside, told him and gavo him forty days to loavo Homo, promising not to disgrace him opqnly if he would go away, Of course tho Minister wn.s quietly tabooed. Ho very foolishly remained, hoping prob ably to'bravo the affair out. When his forty dayß woro over, mid ho showed no .»igns! of going away, he was again warned. A court dinner was given soon after, to which ho received no <lnvit<tiiaiu> Then his Go vernment ivm infornutl'iif inn dishonoi-tv, and ho was formally recalled. He is a niiiiod man. "You aro socially damned," said tb.9 Dean of tho Diplo matic (■' rps to him with German blunt ness. Tho J)onn is Baron Yon KeudeU, the German Amba.-sador. The wife of the Brazilian Minis'or ia a charming woman, and was verypipular in Roman society Luckily for her, she doss not believe a word of tho etory- adores her husband. "He ia the soul ot honour," fhe said indignant y to a friend of mine. "Itia a calumny invented by his pnernios." Their s'yle of living was vory handsome ; they gavo elegant enter taintnents ; their apartment, which was in Mrne. liistori's fine now palace on Via Na zionalo, was furnished most luxuriously. Ho had formerly boen Minister to China, and hud brought from there most gorgeous costly stufi's ami decorations. Alost of these beautiful objects were <)',! i fortnight ago, and the rooms were crowded, As it is the

dead season, those who coveted raie Cloieonnee vases and Jade ornaments, rich embroideries and carpets or rugs, hoped, with that, charity which begins at home characteristic to tho buyer, that the°e coveted articles would be sold at n great sacritice. On tho contrary, it was liko purchasing at a shop at the highest rates But a Roman banker, who had lent tho disgraced Minister a large sum of money in his heyday, was on tho ground at every srtle, and into his pocket went the results of the good sales. So it was no benefit to the Minister. It is said that tho infatuated man ia not poor. He also received 80,000 franc.* (816,000) a year from his Government. What were tho few hundreds he made at baccarat-cheating to him ': Both circles of Roman society have be/en agitated with financial scandals. Two ( young noble* of tho Vatican court—Mar chesini Pacca and Conte Vinci—have also gono to the bad thio season. They not only cheated at cards, but forged, swindled, and then flod from Rome. Young Vinci went to a leading Roman je.veller, Marchoeini bought diamonds and othor jewels of great value, which he immediately pawned at Mont do Piota, and gambled away tho monoy. Why Marchosini trusted him is a marvel, His wifo is a nicco of Cardinal Recce. Her family, it is said, is making applications to have tho marriage dissolved legally and religiously. Vinci is a nophow of Couto Giulucci, of Farono, tho husband of the celebrated singer, Clara Wovolla. I

romomber seoing him first twelve years ago, when he was a charming innocent young man just coming out into society. He acted linoly at a friend's house in one of Do Musset's beautiful littlo parlour plays, and, as he was a handsomo follow, ho showed to groat advantage in some tableaux ■uivnnls. Soon after ho made an oxcollont marriage and was supposed to bo hien range for life. Poor young man ! It ia all up with him now. Thoso who do not beliovo in eternal damnation after death must behove in social perdition in this lifo. Man is very relontloss and inflexible with his brother man when certain sins aro committed. Tho great evil hore in Italy ia fiio idleness of tho nobility. "Satan linds sotnO miachief still for idle hands to do" is a couplet our nursos tench us. There are at least TiO.OOO titled young men in Italy who are too proud to work, and many of them poor enough to steal. During tho pontifical timca gaming was not allowed at tho club^. Now bacca rat reigns supremo and gambling is at a perilous height."

DESPERATE FIGHT WITH A MANIAC.

Terrible Experience of Threo Sisters.

A special to tho " New York Herald '' from Chadd's Ford, Pa., says:—At a lato hour last night a thrilling encounter took placo

in tho bodohambor of tho highly rospectable and pretty daughters of Roburt Hodgson of Now London, Chester County. Tho family retired early, without any suspicion as to tho torriblo ovonts which woro to so rudely arouso thorn from their slumbers

later on. All tho doors of tho house woro socurely bolted and tho lights pub out. About midnight, when the whole

family wore wrapt iv. sloop, ono of the young ladie3 heard a noiso in the room. She loaned ovor the bodsido and saw in the dim light somothing movo slowly on all fours across tho room towards her. Tho light from the moon enabled hor to make out that tho stealthy moving figure was that of a man. Tho othor girls wore immediately awakened by tho loud serenms of their sister. The cldor girl jumped from tho bod, and with an uplifted chair beat oil' tho strange visitor and managed to light a caudlo. The sisters continued their loud alarm. Hor rified they woro indeed at seeing crouched near by, as if ready to spring upon them, tho bent form of v madman named William I'iorco, aged •!!>, who for somo timo had bo'jn known to be dangerous at times, but was kept at his homo under closo surveil lance, by his friends. The madman soomod to glare at them like a bjust at h.-iy. Tho father of the u'irL soon rushed upon tho scene and grapplori with the inani'ic Poarce was ready for the nttiick and do.'porntoly fought Hodgson. At times both wero on tho tiour, panting, and struggling withall their might. Poarce struck out wildly and dealt several severe blown upon tho taco and body of lit jlodi} fon, who tried to secure I he lunatic without. doing him any serious bodily harm. The greatest excitement prevailed for a timo, for it win feared that I'oaroo might be tinned mid kill Hodgson. Thealann quickly spread, and by this time throe men, nearest friends of the family, arrived upon the scone ami reached tho bedroom, vrhoro a terrible sight presented ikstilf. Tho chairs woro upset, tho tables kicked into corners, and bo!h men had thoir cloth ing toi-n, their f"<:os showinc marks of the strugglo, and both woro almost exhausted. Hodgson, however, had succeeded in linnly holding tho desperate madman till succour arrived. Ho waa then bound hand and foot and taken to tho Chester County Almshouso.. It is supposed that I'earco escaped from his people at homo, camo to Hodgson's at nightfall, quiotly gained entrance to tho houso without anyone seeing him and then socroted hinisolf in the irst room ho catna to. Tho young ladies, though torribly frightened at first, and nlarmod for the safety of their father, re gained thoir prcsonco of mind and aided their fathor's efforts as for as thoy could to to securo tho lunatic. Tho mon who Mad come to Hodgson's relief woro considerably bruised by tho kicks and blows of Poc.'Z? who is quite powerful and a dotormind man.

M. de Lesseps as a Water finder.

As if the construction of tho Suez Canal and the gigftnKc onterpriso in tho Panama peninsula were not enough to ensure the fame of tho colobrated French engineer, he has recontly boenongaged —and successfully engaged—in operations for tho purpose of discovering wator in tho dosert tracts of Southern Tunis.

At a rocent meeting of tho Fronch Geogra phical Sooioty, heW in July, M. Fordinand do Lossops gavo an account of his labours, and stated that aftor tho do'ith of Colonel Roudaire, the Fronch Minister of War authorised Commandant Landais to resign hie duties at the Military School at Saint C'yr, ill order that lie might continue tho schemes set on foot in the rep ion of tho Tunisian Shotta. At this timo those who bolievod in tho suc cess of theso undertakings directed their attention chiefly to tho establishment of a harbour at Gabes. Tho nacossity for a port whoro vessols could put in on tho southern coast, and for a town through which tho traffic of Tunis and Tripoli could bo «on ductod, was [apparent. It was determined to commoncooperationsat the mouth of tho Wady Molah, and to mako tho station established at this point the basis of future and mdro oxtonsive operations.

Two years ago, M. do Lossops, in company with M Koudairo, visited tho rogion of tho Shotts. They observed thero, on tho banks of tho Wady Molnh, a lako in which the lovol of tho water never finks. This wator was excellent. M. ,de Lesneps thought, although thero was no visible confirmation of tho fact, thit this wator might bo in communication with a deep sheet of wator. In consequence, ho requested the engineers to mako borings, or to .sink a well at that spot. Thoy have succeeded admirably. At a depth of !)l metres thoy reached the sheet, of water sought for. Tho tlood niched from tho ground with such velocity that it raised with it stones weighing 12 kilogrammes, find threw thum to a urea! height into tho air. Tho well yields S 000 cubic metres of water a minute.

M. de Lo^eeps stated that when the fact was kno«'n in the country it cauiod great cxci emenr. Tliofc for whom he acted lost no time in securing thoir rights. Tho Min ister of Foreign Affairs wrote to M. Cumbon, recommending him to watch attentively what was going on, in order to avoid retro spective claims to property in tho suf water.d by the now stream. In tho.->e countries such a supply of water always implies fertility, prosperity, and wealth. M. do r.es?eps said that his friends previo usly obtained the concession of the tract; adjoining their works, which did not belong to private par-ons. There wore, he added, moro than -100 hectare? which would be planted with palm trees, and on which an attempt would be made to rear ostriches. They posse.-i-ed a solid bat-is of oporatione, which would enable thorn to develop their enterprise. The President, M. A. Milne Edwards, nmid great applause, congratulated M. de Le.qseps on his success,remarking that water in these desert regions represented «ovo ineiit, life, and wealth, which M. de Losseps carriod everywhere with him, ■

All farmers, gardoners, and fruit-growon? who do not want to stick fast In the mire of old-fash loner! ignorance, while the march of progroßU leaves them far behind, should take neto of the fact that the Nkw Zkalan-d Karmek like every other good rural journal, i- published to koi p them moving alonK the path of prosrrrss with credit and proll.t to liiemaolvea and their country. Sond yortr subscription, 6e, for six montha, anl judco far yourselves.—H. BRE-rf Publisher, Stab Otlloo, Auckland

IN A HAYTIGN DUNGEON

The Terrible Experience of an American

Ex-Csnsul.

C. A, Van Bokeu:nt, of Now York, ox- United States Conmil-fioneral at Port-au- Prince, arrived in Philadelphia, August 28, as pas.>engor on the American steamer Haytien Republic from Port-au-Prince. He tell? a remarkable story of outrageous treatment at the Uands of the Haytion Government. While acting as Cousul General Mr Van Bokelen married a Haytien woman, and at the end of his term of office began dealing in paper money of the native C4overnmcnt. At this he made considerable money, and then deaired to invest a part of

his gain? in real estate, but this was for bidden by the law of Hayti, which denies that right to any but a native of Hayti. Ho evtuk'rl tlieluw, however, and purchased a piece of property in Porfc-au-Princo, which transaction reaching; the ear of President Solomon, the Chief Magistrate of the Republic, lie caused Van Bokelen's arroet and had him locked up in a wretched dungeon in a Govornmont prison at Port-au- Princo. Here his only companions were negroes of the moat dobaaod type. Many of them wore murderers and desperadoes, and very often tho prison, which is a email and wrotchcd structure built on low ground, was etowded with nearly 300 prisoners, Mr Van Bokolon being tho only white man among them. His dungeon was a narrow etono cell, which measured eight feet by four, and the walla wero constantly drip ping with water. Thoro the unfortunate ox Consul was forced to live from March, 1894, unalJuno 27, 1885. Tho pla«o was infested with rats and loathsome vermin, His health, which was robust when he was first imprisoned, ia now entirely broken down, and he has becomo a victim to both consumption and chronic catarrh, while his faco ia palo and haggard, and givos overy o'vidonQO of long suffering. Mr Van Bokelon says no attontion was paid by President Soloman to letters from Socrotary FrelinHhuysen, and he was not reloaded until Socrotary Bayard wrote to tho Haytion President demanding Ids instant release, stating nt the same time that if he nas n«t roleasod a United States man-of ivnr was about to bo despatched to Portau- L'rinco, with instructions to adopt severe ncasures if necossary. The truth of the story is vouched for by the Captain and pursor of tho steamer.

LORD COLERIDGE MARRIED

An Event Which Is tho Social Sensation

in England.

New York, August 16.—A London cable special says : Tho marriage of Lord Chief- Justioo Coleridge to Amy Augusta Jackson Lawford, which took place yesterday, has created a tremendous social sensation. Every detail of the affair is oagerly sought for, and retold as often as opportunity offers, with such embellishments as the

imagination can supply. The bride, whom his lordship mot on board the steamer while returning home from his American tour two years ago, is described as being a decided brunette about 30 years af age, with a graceful carriage, slender though perfectly moulded figure, and aquiline features. Her fascinating and yivacious manner so charmed tho loading dispenser of British justice that durfcig the voyage he danced almost continual attendance upon her. After his arrival in London, however, tho aged lover's ardour cooled rapidly, and in n short timo tho thermometer of his alFeotions rogiatered a very low temperature. •It was at this stage of the proceedings that the lady's mother came to tho front. She romindod his lordship of the fervour .if his love-making on board the steamer. The

tender and love-laden sentences addressed by him to hor daughter while under the in lluenco of hor smiles wore brought, baok to his recollection verbatim, together with many other circumstances connected with tho brief wooing which might havo a cer tain dogroo of influonco upon a jury. The

austere jurist, whoso very glanco has ofton silenced the voices of eminent advocates, and filiod witji terror the hearts of culprits, was powcrloss to dislodge tha match-making moUier from hor position, and finally, being confronted with tho alternative of an action ."or broach of promise, ho yielded, stipulat ing, howover, that the marriage should take placa secretly.

This stipulation being a very unimpor mt, detail in tho ostimation of the lady, was Hitlily assented to. A licon3o was obtained

and yesterday, in the back parlour of tho brido'n house,42, Ticfcoriaßoad, Konßington, MisaAmyAugnsta.laekflon Luwford bocamo

idy Ooloridge, wifo of the highest judical

ollicor in England. Two clergymen from S». Mary's Churali, Kensington, officiated at the ceremony. An altar was erected for

tho occasion in tho doorway, leading from tho back parlour to a email conservatory. Tho room in which tho marriage took plaoo is only nino feet equate, and its occupants, besides the clergymen and the contracting parties woro Mrs Baring Lawford, tho bride'j mother ; Mr Lawfsrd, her brother, and Mits F. Lawford. The room was deco-

rated with bric-a-brac, and its furniture was of an antique pattern. Tho bride wore a silver-grey satin dress, trimmed with bro caded velvot of darker shade.

Tho wedding breakfast was served in a room adjoining the wno in which tke mar-

ri»go ocuurrod, and Oho couple left on the 4 o'clock train for Potersfield, where they oc cupied a suite of rooms at the Dolphin Hotel. After dinner they drove with a carnfege and pair to Klberne and back. To-ilay they mado a similar excursion to Midhurst. Lord Coleridge's arrangements ts preserve secrecy in hia own household wore elaborate and successful, Every member of his family was ignorant of tho marriage. Lord Coleridge's wife is not an American, as has been reported!, but an Englishwoman who has travelled extensively in America. Sho is tho daughter of tho late Honry Baring Lawford, who was for many years connected with the Bengal civil service.

FORETOLD HIS OWN DEATH.

A Port Jervis Pioaohor who Prepared His Own Funeral Sermon.

In tho Now York papers a short timo ago appeared tho particular* of a singular affair at Valley Cottage, Rocklsnd County. John Kyder, one of tho prominent residents of that place, one day not long ago made up his mind to die, and die he did after pre dicting his taking-off to his friends and relatives, signing his will and engaging an undertaker.

" Now, all this scorns very singular to a person," said Squire James Allert'on of this village, " but T am prepared to believe that it is an actual fact. I can tell you of a more singular case ;han that, in which doath was predicted for a long timo ahead.

" In 1874 my father, thoKov. Isaac Allor r ton, then in his ninetieth year, who had been living with me for a timo, went to Chicago on a visit to one of his sons. He returned along in the summer to Port Crane, Brooiuo Cuuaty, whoro another son was living. During tho hot days of July apd August he sulferefl very much from the bout. One day in the latter month he astonished his som's'family by announcing that on a certain day in the coining February ;in 1870 ho would pass to tho other world. Although tho family tried in every way to rid him of the peculiar idea, he insisted that his prediction would prove tnio. Ho was calm and composed, and said something soem«d to toll him that his final dissolution was near at hand.

"Accordingly, lio set about to wrjto his farewell sermon. He had. told his son that tho day of his death would be on Monday. On the day before, Sunday, ho would de liver tho farewell soiimon which he was pre paring, and en tho"follo\ving Wednesday ho would bo buried. The sermon was (o bo a review of his life work and his religion,and he spent a great deal of time upon it. The title was " Furowoll to Earth." He aUo selected a spot in the Savoyard where ho wished to be buried, and staked it out, also making all tho ne'icsfary preparations for his funeral. He oven went so far as to have the remains of his wife romoved from Port Jervit, where she was burief1, to the Port Crane burying-ground.

" As tho summer waned and fall spent Itself there was nothing in the appearance of father that would teem to indicate the approach of the silent messenger. At times he would appear grave and thoughtful, and would talk to his family of religious matters, but usually he was lively and went about in good health. You must not forget that th's time ho was almost fonr scorn and ten, but ha was unusually active, Well, as the time nearcd for his dcith, as predicted, he assured hi* friends that this prediction was correct, and that ha would pass away as he had foretold. But he had made a slight error in eotne way, and ho died on Sunday, tho day he was to preach his farowall ser mon, ini-tead of on Monday, the day he had fixed upon as the duy of his death. •'Another singular thing about it was that the day on which be died w_c u^u his ninetieth birthday, and ac near as could be

decided upon the hour of hia birth and the hour ot hi« death were identical. Father was not sick or in pain at any time after he predicted his death, nor when the end was reached. He ximply laid back his head, said he was going, and died." There have boon other similar case' in this section, notably tbat of Thomas Van Etten, father of Lovi Van Etten of this town, who predicted his death. In this instance it was only a short time before death.—N. Y. "Sun."

THE INCAS OF OLD.

People Who Wore im "Oneida Commu nity" on a Large Scale.

No man CRn see Peru without wondering at the grandeur, the industry, and the intelli gence of the Inca Empire. They had arts which the world hae forgotten ; knowledge wbiah the world never knew ; thrift which their comuerora could nevor imitate, and wealth which made them the prey of every adventurer of the sixteenth century. Their temples and palaces were built of hewn stone from quarries that the Spaniards have not been able to discover, and the means by which they lifted blocks of granite weighing hundreds of tons is a problem ho antiquarian kas been able to solve. They knew how to harden copper until it had an edge as keen and enduring as the finest of modern steel; thoy made orna ments of gold and silver and out jewels as skilfully as the lapidaries of to-day, and their fabrics of woollen and cotton aro spun and woven as smoothly as modern looms can make. They surpassed modern civilisa tion in many things, and had a system of government under which millions of people lived and laboured as a singlo family, with everything in common, knowing all arts but those of wanj and worshiping a deity whoso attributes woro almost parallel to those of the Christian God. Hemmed in on one side by the impassable snows of the Andes, and on the other by a deaort, lifted abovo the rest of a world un known to them, in spirit as well as fact, as peaceful and calm as the Andean stars, they established a system of civilisation in which, for the first time sinou creation, the equal rights of every human being were recog nised and observed. The great sea beating incessantly againft tho desolate coast was recognised by them as a symbol of the infinite tho omnipotence, whose feree and majesty their simple logic could not com prehend ; while the sun, whose' heat and light made existence possible, was recog nised as the source of all good. Hence these two elements, the sun and the ocean, were personified, and were objects of the neas' worship.—Lima Letter to "Chicago nter-Oeoan."

A Krupp Gun on the Cango.

"Tut!" they said. " Bula Matari is joking. It cannot be a gun: it bears no resemblance to a gun. It looks like a fine piece of wood with a deep hole in its belly." It was, therefore, decidedly necessary to fire the Krupp. They were turbulent through their unsophisticated wildness. Tshey knew no better. A bras 3 rod causes a war ; a drop too much of beer ends in a war. If they have a bad dream, some un fortunate is accused, and burnt for witch craft, or hung for being an accessory to it. A chief dies from illness, and from two to fifty people are butchered over his grave. When the chiof of MoytS -the next village to our station—died, forty-five people were slaughtered ; and only a short time before Ibaka strangled a lovely young girl because her lover had sickened and died. Two slaves of Ibaka quarrelled over their beor, and one shot the other ; the brother of the murdered man demanded twelve slavos, two bales of cloth, and 1,500 brass rods; one of

tho male slaves was beheaded, and a female slave was strangled, that their spirits might accompany tho spirit of the dead slave on

its dreary journey to the unknown universe. That we had not been more involved in troublo with such peoplo as these of Bolobo has been solely duo to our anxious care and largo forbearance. Notwithstanding their professions of incredulity as to its powers, it was observed that the chiefs took great care to keep at a respectful distance from tho Krupp, and whon finally the artillerist, after righting the piece to 2,000 yards, fired

it, and tho cannon spasmodically recoiled, their bodies also instantaneously devoloped a convulsive movement, after which they sat stupidly gazing at one another. A second phot was firod to 3,000 yards, and tho appearance »f a column of water heaved by it satisfied the most sceptical that tho implement was a gun of immense powor.—"Tho Congo and the Founding of its Free Stats," by H. M. Stanley.

ALL SORTS OF ITEMS.

A roi»ur,Aß letter—l.

A great seor—Tho telescope. 'f ho fly often occupies a ticklish position. Beef tongue and ox-tail soup make both ends moat. Many a Turk loads a harem scarehim sort of a life. A Terrible Temptation—A lonely umbrella in a church pew. " How caii I lay up something for a rainy day ?" Borrow an umbrella. " Weights that aro dark " — The coal dealer's. What is regard aa inspiration by tho poet is by tho editor regarded as insanity. Bradlaugh is not permitted to swear in Parliament, but hois no doubt doing a good deal of sweming in private. A Maryland coupie have named their firstborn (a boy) " pfeptune," because they beaame engaged while on a sailing ex cureion. The inhabitants of Burmah worship idols mude of bras 3. How they would gefe down on their knees if only a commercial traveller were to get around their way ! A kind word may tura aw,ay wrath, but it won't turn away a bulldog when he is after a small boy, and the small boy is trying to escape with tho contents of an orchard. An elastic langaage enables one to say that horses sweat, that men perspire, and that young ladies glow ; but it all amounts to the-samo thing when the thermometer is too high for society gossip. A Levant paper says they aro cultivating sponges with success. We haye great var iety of indigenous "springes" in this country, but we never +Jiink. of boasting about thorn. When Dr. Chapman was dining at an hotel ho was served with what they called barley coup on the bill of fare. " That is not barloy soup," said he to the waiter, "it is barely coup." " Gontlomen of tho jury," said a Tecutn seh, Nebraska, lawyer, " there wore just 36 hogs in tho drove. Please rememb3r the fact—just threo times as many as in the jury box, gentlemen." ". Why," asked Pat, ouo duy, "why was Balaam a first-class astronomer ?" Tho other map gavo it.up, of counse. " Shure," said Put, " 'twas becuuso he had.no trouble in finding an ass to-roid." Yoh can't tell the nature of a girl from the way she looks. Wo know one onco who looked.meeker, than two lambs before she was man ied who tried to pitch her husband out of a socondtstory window a week after. After dinner yesterday :—Old Friend: You ouj^htto bo proud of your wife, Tom. Most: Yos ? 0. i\ : She's a moat brilliant bilker. Host: Sho ought to be. 0. F. : I could listen to her for v whole night. Host (wearily): I often do. " Why aro they called pyramids, pa ?" asked Gporgio, who was looking at a picture of thoeo wonders of Errypt. "They are called pyramids, my son," replied his father, without hesitating, "because, you see they appear amid, tho gentle desolation of the : desert." Professor Proctor says that at least 450,000 meteors fall from tho hoavens and strike the earth every hour during the year. And yet when a man goes homo with a black eye and a damaged tile, aud tells his wife that he was struck by a meteor, she will not believe him. Women hivo ma* faults— Mt-H havo only two; There is nothing si>;ht they say. At rt nothing .hoy do. But if naught.? men do nothing right And novi-r aiy what's true. What pi eeious fools we woman ara I'o 1 jvc them as we do. "No, Henry, I havo no objection to >our going to the lodge, but don't you think the •fuolty to animals society would object to feeding that poor goat on whisky and to bacco?" Henry blushes like a girl as he cays that he will mention the matter to the moßt worshipful puiesont regent upon tho tirst convenient onportunity. At the station down in Indiana the Lake Shore Company employs a lady ticket agonfc. She is a go«d agent, and attends closely to her business, but eho is a woman still. The other day a lady traveller stepped up to the ticket window and inquired about a train that was a little late. " Will the train.be long?" she asked, moaning if; it would be long in arriving. " Oh, yes," was the reply of the fair tiqliet agent, "longer thin last season, but without so many TOtiu.., .^ound the edge"

ORIGINAL POETRY.

THK SACRIFICE ON THE ALTAR OF KNOWLEDGE.

The altnr was decked with bud and flower, Jewels and gold, I ween - 1 And n flashing light were thediamonds bright, i liikc mutoor'H (fleam on a winter's night; i And draperies grace, with crirason laec, i The throne set for a queen. 1 They will crown the fairest and deck the rareet- And hail her Queen of liny. For in pride elate showill hold in state A mimic court to-day. For this maiden queen has won the crown, The sceptre of knowledge she holds in hand— I And she is to Ijp robed a monarch Aiir— The brightest in the land. But woop-0 mother : thy idol lies A dead quw-n hereto day : And far iv the realms of Paradise Swoet birds have home away Thy little sweet love-our uncrowned queen— And only a martyr'd maiden lies Where the light of the soul has been! A weary heart, two aching cj"es, That toiled to win ii dream ! We shall always see her bright. fair face hit with an angel s smijc— And know she won a nobler race With throbbing brow the while. And on the altar of death we lay Our gem of promise-our bud of J1 ay. But why should the road be steep For weary little feet i Why should a harsh ami cruel tept. Be made (that robs us 3K: our besil Hut giants should compete' I So deok the altar with bud and flower, Jewels and gold, I ween— Let diamonds bright Hash out their light. We bury a martyr here to night - A murder'd, tmcrown'd Queen - We shall always sec her winsome j'aro, Her weary smile—her angel grace— " And know the road in grief she trod Leadsfrom the altar-up to God." W. K. 'wilts. Otahuhu, September 2-lth, 18S5.

THE SYSTEM OF "CMAM," OR THE MOTHER'S UNKNOWN.

(From the "Oddfellowu' MdUdwim," April, IRBS,

" Yore after tsVM, (hen, arc ye "! B:ic-'a Ihriv, see, utlH'uud cold, An1 died from 'over pressure' Id the Board Hchoal 1 am told. Iffolka but knew whatlbcow, thes'd bn asm monod every Gay Afore they'd let their little'una will learning waste away.

"Don't talk to me I Ik ow a sight more than you think I do, An' them as hSi the Tr, > "ement 'ill have just cause to rile At causing such a wr< ck a. that—why, bless her litHe face! She's etlll enough in .k-.tih. poor thing,but oh tftai'i.-xriice."

So spoke a iiothor to the man whs eivled out <h" nile And sought up little children when thoy stayed ii >vi.y from school. Her vi.i liad been away a week, and now was lifelees clay— She'd left ttria world of woe and toU for ono ot endless day.

" It's but a week ago to-day that dear departed lass Came nome and kept on talking or a ..tvdard Bhe'd to pais: Bhu murmured iji hor childish dro irr.a ' Make that and that »g-- c, Thes add up both the totals and divide th • lot by three.'

"Nay, I caunot tell jo. sir, I roulrfn'i sleop a wink When on Nelly's re"-t.>u9u drcar.s I ..on oegan to think It's come now to a pretty pass w i> .v oairna afore they're ten Should have to have their litile heads puzzled more than men.

'• That's what's killed my little Nell; you took, sir, hut it's true. For so the pariah doctor said, an' he's the man aa knew; Why,when he felt her feeble pnlao ho looked an slowly said That two days more would soarcolr pass afore hsjr spirit fled.

An' thero you Bee her, pile an' cold, die now has left rho fchoo! An1 gone to whore the littlo ones aro under better rule. She'll never more bo bothered wiih her lessons on a night. Bat help to sing tho anthems aa they sing in realms of light.

" It's not your fault at all, sir. but thelr'a aa makes you come. An' ask about the children if they stay a bit at home. Go back, and toll tho master Mio f aneral'a at threo. An' its tho only chanco he'll have tho lv.i of her to bco !

My other bairnn—God bloss 'am!—are soundly sleeping thero; They don't know what a standart is hoy haven't suoli a caro. I love them as a mother should, an' oh! I hope an' pray That If they to a Board School go, 1 tiny not *co the day.

To tho Editor : Dear Sir,—Having read of tho melancholy death of Mies Curolitio Stevens on Tuesday last, ot brain fever, caused by the present system of "oram," I thought the above verses fm.u tlia "Oddfellows' Magazine" of April, 1885, might porhaps cause public attention to tho system. The picture shown in the fourth vorae I have unfortunately ex perienced in one of my own little girls, but thanks to the treatment of Dr. Lswij, of College Road, and keeping the child from school, she happily rcoovered.—Yours, &c, H. J. SMiTir, Franklin Road, September 17th, 1885.

WANTED.

Wanted: Men. Not systems fit and wise. Not fdlttie with rigid ores, Not wealth in moun.ain piles Not power with graeSouß smilon. Not even the potent sen ; Wanted: Men. Wanted: Deed*. Not words (if winning note. Not thoughts from lift: remoter Not fond religious airs, Not sweetly lanKuii prayers. Not love of so'iiit and deeds; Wanted; Deeds. Men and DoojJb. Men that can and dare db;, Not longings for the now. Not pratlnpß of the old: Good life anil aotioti bold— These the occasion needs. Men and Deeds. DUNCAK MAOORKQOK.

A MODERN FIANCEE.

Hlfaki.^

She, with a milk-pail on her arm,, Turns aside with hor young nheekß glowlngy. And secß down,the lane the slow, duiltroud Ofcthe drove of novra that are homeward: go ing- " Bessie," ho mid: at the Bound she turned; Her blue opes tall of childish wonder:. " My mother U feeble, and lamo and olds— I need a wifo at my formhouso yonder.

"My heart is lonely, my homo is dreary. I nood your presence ever.noar me; Will you be my. guardian angel, dear, Queen of my housoho'.d, to guide aud: oheoi? roe?"

" It has a ploa9ant sound," she said;. " A household queen, a guiding spirit . To warm your heart an«l cneor your home, . And keep the sunshine ever near it, But I am only a simple child.

So my mother aays in her daily chiding; And what must a ftuarditw anprcl do When Bhe first begins her work of Raid fng f

Well first, dear Bessie, a smiling face

Is dearer far than the rarest beauty, Andmy molfcer, fretful, lama and old;

Will require a daughter's lcrving duty. You wiil see to her flannels, drops and teav And talk with her of lungj and liver.: Give her y<iur cheerful sf rvicc, dear..

The Lord ho bvetu a cheeiful giver.'

" You will foo that my breakfast id laping hot?, And rub thoclot'nes to a trnowy whttc-iees; Mako go'den buttor an»i nnowy rolls

And polish thintJP. lo a shining brightccM; Will dftru my stockinßs and mend my mwtp, And see that Ub buttons are sowed on tightly; You will keep thiugs cheerful and neat and sweet, Thai homo's altar firos may still burn brightly.

'■ You will read mo at evening tho daily aews, Tho tedious winter nights beguiling; And never forget that the Bwe'toaf. tuna

Is a cheerful facts that Is always smiling. la short, you'll arange in a general way Fora Bortof fublunary hcivon; For home, dear Bessio, say what we may, Is the highest sphure to a woman given."

Tho lark sang out to the blending tky, Ih* bobolink piped in the i Sliding rus'ues. And out of the tossing clover blooms Came the Bwoet, clear song of tho meadow thrushes. And Bessie, listening, paused awhile. Then said, with a sly glance at her uoigkbour, "Bat John—do you moan—that is to Bay, What snail I get for all this labour?

" To be nurse, companion, and servant girl. To mako homea alUr flreiburn brightly ; To wash and iron aui scrub and cook, And always bo cheerful, noat. and sprightly ; To give up liberty, home, and friends j Nay, even tho name ot ft mother's srirlng: To do all thlafor one's b :«rd and olothcs; Why tho life of an angel isn't worth living!"

And Boseio gaily went her way Dowd through the fields of scented clover But never again since that summer d*y Baashn won n glance from her ruatic lover The l'jrk singa out lo the bendSnu nky ; Tho olouds sail on aa white as ever; Ihe clovers toss in the summer wind. But Besßie has lost her chance for ever. , „ MeLiNB,Iu. —Julia Mills Dunn, in " Boston Traveller.

A girl graduate being out in tfce country, went into, the stable of a farm-bouse. wDaar me, how close the poor cows are crowded together," she remarked r " Yea, mum ; but we have to do that." "Why so?" " S«o they will givo condensed milk." She believed it. bont! rr ;:; the hoi/sb^-roiuh « v»' tlokn put rat* iuilv, UalW. roa^iM.'l^f-l'f'S". ">«•. «»la. Insects , m'">^nm& 1 >i:?l!f!&.VB» K r*C«.A,«*U.ArHUm4. .

THE AUCKjjahi) EVENING STAJt, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1885.

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