THE STORY OF THE SIEGE OF KHARTOUM.

i fioidon's Gallant Defence of tho __.«mo* which fell by treachery on tho"; X A -v 'BSS was attn^cd in force | -fith January. --"-a> * J 'i_» first timo on March 12, 188.. . ftrtB l Gordon, charged rfth M* tt.*ion J «l,e«*rfthedog*BtKl, leaving behind | hio his *«tchwoc_ "No runic," h,d; arrived st Khartoum on Feb_-._ry !.. -ml _• . m/> between that _ab* and tlie ' jjwtaw' in «end_w -own women r ._ , -hiltlren, 2,000 of whom trero wnt safely j fWK h to Egypt, in addifloi. to 000 sol im . It was stated by Sir Evelyn baring L there wore 15,000 pewms in Khar- ; y ,t!-,acktoE,->-pt S_ pews, civil servant-, wirf- „. und un. and .1 LTarn-nti of c*. thousand £ on-thW Of whom ~« disa.lbcted. Sort these people out of Khoi-touh. was ~,i,al Gordon's _rs. duty, and .fto tirst Edition of evacuation was f _o establish _ «fa stable govornmc .', m thc-oudan. fl man who could establish that Lyernment was /.ebohr. Gordun d.o ,ii_ed Zebdhr with evor-incrc.-iwi.; cm __ie. a"1"1 !u' q ro." est WR? "OCisivuly Scd. Ro had then twe alternatives— Aber to surrender absolutely to the Mahdi Ito hold-on to Khartoum nt all hazards. H'Hle he "'"s3 strengthening his position tto Mahdi sottlcd the question hy suddenly uanaing the offensive. The first stop in tiis meraorablo sioge was the daring march c.OOO rebels to the Nilo, by which on the Nth of March thoy cut off the SCO men at n",|L_, a village to tho north of Khar toum, from tho city. A steamer was sent h*a to reconnoitre, and th. Moment she niched the front of the Ycb-.l position a i-olley w*3 fircc* *nto cv' wounding an officer and a soldior. The steamer returned the.re, killing fivo rebels. Thus hostilities began. "Ouronly lustiticationfcr assuming tta offensive," wroto Goner.Vi Gordon on March 13, "w Gic extrication of tho Hal ;,,a garrison." The vebels, however, did „ a t give him the chance. They cut off (kee companies: uf his troop, who had gone M ttocut wood, capturing eight of their tote, and killing or dispersing 100 to 150 m. -key entrenched themsolvea along tie Kile and kej't up a heavy rigo lire. Eetreatte tho garrison was obviously im pjffiible when tho rebel force covered tho jjvtt, the only lino of retreat, with their lie, Twelve hundred men wero put an fcoud two grain barges, towed by thre. \ stemers defondod with boilor plates, and ditjbg mountain guns protectod by ; vvA-» mantlots ; and, with the loss o"f ' killed, they succeeded in extri- ] ol'iig the 500 men left of the garrison of ' Bißij-a and capturing 70 -camels and IS doit-, •ith which they returned to Khar- , tjw. T_e rebels, however, hold Halfaya, . jjlsaMarch 16Gordon tried to drive them , any. Advancing from a stockaded position coraing the north front of the town, 2,000 troops advanced across tho open in square _ rapported by tho lire of tho guns of two j ■ -earner. The rebels were retreating when Hasan and Seid Pashas, Gordon's black J joerala, redo into tho wood and called ', tick the enemy. The Egyptians, botrayed ■ bttheir officers, broke and. _cd after firing J iraele volley, and wore pursued to within. , i mile of the stockado, abandoning- two Muiitain guns with their ammunition— "sity horsemen defeated 2.000 mon " —and ! leaving 100 of their number on the field. . liter thia affair ho was convinced thot he c toild not take the offensive, but mu.t remai- qniet at Khartonm, and _s.it till ! 4s Kile rose. j Six days later tho black 'pashas were ' tried by court martial, found guilty, and ( Act. A very determined attack upon c-.e ' ■I the steamers coming up from Berber, at ' tie Salboka pass, was beaten off with great ! t'nafliter.Goidon's men firing no fewer than j 15,000 ion-da of Remington ammunition, j j Ms-H-Ue his effort, to negotiate with the i Kahdifaßed. " 1 will make you SaHr.h of ! Kotdofan," ho had said on arrival to the ' ML ."I am the MaHi," replied j Makitst A.chmet, by emissaries who wore "eueefagly cheeky," keeping their hands J mx_ their swordr, and laying a filthy' ptttai demsh _ coat boforo hfei—" Will' ' S.\»B)_nMussiilnian?" Gordon Rung ' ttietrandV- across the room, cancelled the J ___'« St/tuship, and tho ?.ur was re- , mid /__ that day to tho day of the : ktapt m day pass-d without fc. 'tots imppnfihto Khartoum. " G-T-Jn now set to work _, earnest to ' «oe Kiartoiim in a defensible position. Im tatand of tho Jtahdi's sympathisers ' __urtotim and joined tho onomy. Tho j *-_!- kept Yip a skirmishing tight on to KBes. All tho houses on tho north ' »- of Khartoum wero loopholed. A 10 ---i«i_te Krupp was mountod on a barge, ' «it»ire was stretched across tho front of ' Jbitockade. Tho houses on tho northern ! atkofthe Blue Nilo woro fortified and pnisotied by Bashi-Bazouks. Omdurman ' wield and fortified on tho v. ost and Buri «otha east. On th_ 25th March Gordon '-_ 1- to disarm and _Hsbsmi 250 Bashi htait, whorofased to cccnpy stockaded te_ in » village on tho south bank of He Blie Nile <Bm-i ?). The I'ebels ' ti-K»d Da Hadji Ali,-n villatre to tho Dorth d&e Kile, and fired into the pilacc. They 'mAetled ont of their position, but con <Wy returned to harass tho garrison, ntyaeemedtoGordon mere tag-rag and '_ W_.l>ut_edarenot go out to meet thorn, "fear of tho town. S.ve hundred bravo JW could have cloored out tho lot, but ho wwt a hundred. The fighting was «a- Wto trtillerv fire on ono srdo and Wtey rile shoo .ing on the other. This •atonantU tho ond of M»«h. Tho rebols »"*red mare closely round tho town ™Apnll9 Gordon telegraphed that he had Nsions for fito months, and if he only "«2,000 or ~000 Turkish trooDS ho could **Mh the robels. Unfortunately he »*•- not one fighting man. Shondy ™Hto the hands of tho rebels. Berber ™»»ed, and thon for months no word this country from Khar- On tho 29th of September Mr Power's JWjjJk dated July 31, was Teceivod by * MB-,*- From that wo gather a *™>ly clear notion of tho way in which ffWcwaat on. Anything more utterly *« than the accusation that Gordon ««a fighting on the Mahdi cannot be •wwehred. He acted uniformly on the ywive, mer ol y trying to clear his road ff'Wiil! force, and failing bocauso ' "tad no fighting men to tako tho offen ,!-, found himsolf in a trap, out of ™*hoconldnotcuthisway. If ho had ' P««- ft singlo regiment the front of "WMm might have been cleared with J"> hut his impotence encouraged the jj^iand they clustered round in over- numbers until at last they J™« ha resistance. After the middle Jgffl the rebels began to attack tho f*° a force, having apparently estab- on the north bank. The 2a f was chiefly occasioned by the ex ™™°f Mines devised by General Gordon, 1, *Paced as to explode whon trodden on Of all his expedients those £Si _! re *^c most Buccessful and tho open to any accusation of offensive C°ns. The rebels closed in all round gj* the end of April, and General *M oanied himself with a forniid- Vtok. rrlw of -uncl torpedoes, over Hj"*«e strewn broken glass and crows' *h- Wlrß entan_'emont and a formid ifa.] 6Ta,]x **° fr!ee enabled the garrison tev _"_ S hat Beoum 0n the 27th of i_,l'* leh, Bey surrendered at Mesalimen, %Tte, y ' vh* eh General Gordon lost ti 2^ -^seventy shiploads of provisions, Cm.! 10? 1.-* 01- was now entirely cutoff •_«_- i ld6 world, and compelled to Wt Z my "Pen Mb own resou rcos. He "*«- tn DegT °eS t0 entice tho elave3 of tho 4* an_ co ™° °vor, promising them free '-C-" 0- 8- Thia ho thought would -wT-i J- 8* 58*8 more thril- h-llets. It -Wnni. c b «Kinning of the end of i lajJiJP herß. and the robels would desert ftftO E° dfngorous to their hold on **-___!-*-* 0n APril the2Gth he e_-«at of _? J ft 88uo, of Paper money to tho °lWin-'i_ °> re(le6*nablo in six months. "•fiOlSft- d "stn to £26,000, besides -*»«£__. bi rrowedfrom merchants. On *SSdB. hostruck decorations for tho fflt «t.eflt . j mm> for officers in silvor, "WSt T? Pew-er for the Private "*1« skr -I? meda' 3 bear a crescent Sl** _______worda from the Koran' H,r^ wjtn an inscription-Siego of tttitte. .r R an ,-* ? hand-grenade in the ***tote <<i chi'dren and women," I1*-1*? I_» received medals ; conse -% of X^ Very PoPnlar with tbe black fheatt i urn-" s_*Crttl th? rebala were --eP fc «» % 69, ft ? the beginning of May. On with __S attack °° Buri was re- of U-e- chi«fiy fT c8' On May 7th the (-*>•&__ * V n force from the north ii' "tee d«„. hoi* Reß and holding them "^"loinin.' P otw'thstanding the ex nin« mines, whifah cost them 115

lives. 'On th. ..th, hC-ove-*, "the*, won driven out, and after th-H, although the hriilgno\_-_ cc__.d, _-3_; Was a compara tive cei-Mf.ti<?_ of attacks in force. On Ma> VM-., Colonel Stewart was slightly \Vot;nded m tls. nr-in, wiien working a fait.a.lleuse V-Q£i' tho Palace. -A grin *.'»_ mounted on both the Palace and .ho Government House, and at a m'jsequcnt period of the sice General cordon built himself a tower, from which ho watched over fH» <i„uio of the tortifkatiofis. AH t_*_ough May and Juno his steamer- _iauo foraging expeditions t— and der?. tho Nile, shelling the .--ots when they showed in forcu, •_•_ -ringing buck much cattle te t.'-_ aty. One midsummer day, Mr l_*___j__ formerly Gordon1 * incuts at -.-.-jcr, but nowa prison _.vif thoMahdi's, v. as sent to the we. »■ _o announce tho cap ture ofßorh .v. It was sad news fo. _,o throe J-lgiishmcn alono in t?."i uudst of a lic_'u!e Soudan. Und».ttntcd they continued to stand at b.v, ;-o|oicing greatly that, in one Saul,-: r<_y they had at least ft '"-".. and i-arr.'.-iu ollicer. Saati br.-" .'.uirge of the steamers, and for <_•;_) months ho had un intorruptc.l'-.'.'vicss, in spito of tho twisted tologi-ptl wires which tho rebels stveteliod across tho rivor. Unfortunately, on July 10, Saati, with Colonel f_.waft and 200 men, after buVp."-* Kalaka and three villages, ntt:«_._d Gathrnulb. Eight Arab hor.ome- rode at tho 200 Egyptians. The 200 lied at onco, not caving to lire their Remingtons, and poor Saati was killed. Colonel Stewart narrowly escaped a similar fate. " Be assured," wroto General Oordoc on July :i(), "that these hostilitiesaiT for from boin^ sought for, but w _ _aVo no option. Uotreat is iriipossibl", Unless wo abandon the employees a'.rf thoir families, which tho genera' feeling of the troops is against." Two days before writing that despatch, Mch.mot Ali I'asha, with the Soudan regi ments, mado an attack from Buri upon tho rebels, who had bee. firing day and night into our lines. It was brilliantly successful, it a.loss ol only four killed. Tho noxt day Mr Power went up to GarefT, on tho Blue Nile, with five armoured stcntr.oi _ and four nf the armoured barges, on which General lordon had raised 'castles 20 feet high, ■rivinj; a double line of lire. t_'tv/con Irarcff and Khartoum tlie robe!. ha'U lined tho river bank with no tower t'.ian thirteen small forts, nil of which thoy cleared out. ;Yt GaretT thoy iv.Vmd two strong earth .vork fort., bound together by trunks of 'aim flee*. Ono of them was defended by wo cannon, The Krupp gun disabled ho cannon after a bombardment of eight lours. "You is>ay rely on this," said rcneral OoHc-.i, "that if thoro was any I iossiblc way of avoiding theso wrctehefi j >;;ht-, I should adopt it, forth" w_oio war s hateful to me." Fortr.Sately, however, -though two of hh steamora had received 170 and SOO Kits on their hulls respectively, .nd hi_ men had fired half a million s_.t-.idgo.. in four months, he calculated hat ho had lost only thirty killed and ixty wounded sinco the action for which ho black pashas woro shot. All the ammunition was stored to the irgo mission premises on the river. At ho beginning of Au^'j.jt .ood was thirty imes its usual __._e. Tho poor wore ationcd. Thi conduct of tho pooplo and roops t__ oxeollent, and they lived in con fer., expectation cf tho arrival of relief rom England. Gordon repeatedly do lared, " I will not teVe those poople after 11 they have gone through. I shall not _avo Kk-V.oum until I can put bodi. cno n." Again he said, "I stay nt Khartoum ocauso Arabs havo shut «_ ",'p and will not it us out. I also t»<-d that oven if the road ,as opened the people would not let me go nless I £_vo them some government or nnk them with mo, which I could, not <_■- After July 31st thero i: r. sudden cessa ion of regular pc__munications. Power's . urnal break. off then, and we are left to lore cr '__s meagre reference in Gpt-C^s . spa'tches. On the 23rd of Affgisto ne sent characteristic mo.snff-p. '". which he an ounces that the Nib r.aving risen, he has ent Colonel Mr Power, ,md tho 'rench Ccf'sul to tako Berber, occupy it 3r'"_ een days, burn it, and then return 4 Khartoum. Colonel Stewart was to iroceed to Dongola. Wi.ch tho steamers eturn to Khartoum General Gordon would end to tho Equatorial provinces and rescue hoh- .. "rt-ons. He wroto :—" I will look frir mo troops in the equator, Bahr-el hozel, nnd in Darfur, although it cost mo ly life." Again hesa'd : " The prosperity f Egypt can only follow tho rostora ion of ;'eaco in the Soudan " In prden's opinion it was tho dread of *.o appearance of English or Turkish i-oops which alone led tho Mnhdi to retain ) lonjj from attacking Khartoum with an verwhclming forco. As month after mouth rolled by, and rte Dlioving forco made its appearance, "wo ppearedoven as liar, tc thc^copioof Khar tum," said General Gordon. Ho had pro lised themZobehr : Zebohr had novor como. le promised them relief: no relief arrived, lo had borrowed their money to food the tarving, and now his papor moiioy soemod sif it wonld novor bo rodeomed. Tho out _)ok was black ; but the Nile was rising, nd if Onco Colonel Stewart gift through to )ongoln much might fee dofie. At tho be iuning of Acgnst, with threo stoumors and .art of the garrison, ho seized 5,000 darters of grain, and replenished his almost xhaustod granary. Ho joined hands with he garrison of Senaar.and thus severed tho obols in two by tho Bluo Nilo. On August 2 a determined attack was mado by 5,000 ebels upon Khartoum. Tho exact locality of ..'.l those lights is omowhat obscure* but this prolonged tiugglo—in which ultimately tho attacking _>rco of 5,000 was beaten back with a loss . 1,800 and two shoikhs—was fought for ho possession of tho loopholod houses to ho north of the town. From that timo nward communications with Gordo_ wore cry litful. No npws wts ever allowed to iass the robe" lines. Messenger a.ter icssengor was seized. All tho late mes ages from Gordon except a long dospateh f November 4, which has never been pub ished, were written on tissuo papor no liggor than a postage stamp, and cithor oncealed in a quill thrust into tho hair or ewn on tho waistband of tho natives mployed. Gordon seems to havo been lost activo in August and September, when ho Nilo was high. Ho had 8,000 mon at Chnrtoum and Senaar. He rcoceupied lalfaya, drivinc out tho rebels, who lost wo sheikhs. He sent Colonel Stewart and ho troops with the steamers to recapture lerber. A eteamer which bore a rough fligy of Gordon at the prow was Baid to be articularly dreaded by tho rebels. On mgust 26, ho reported that ho had provi inns for five months, but in tho forays iade by his steamer on tho southern Nilo o enormously replenished his stores. On no of these southern raids ho took with im 0,000 mon in thirty-four boats, towed y nine steamers. Roused by this activity, tho Mahdi him olt left Obeid and advanced in person to he siege. Arriving before Omdurman bout the beginning of November, he sum ioned Gordon to surrender. To the pre iouß summons, Gordon had replied: "If ou are the true Mahdi, dry up the Nile nd come and take mo." To another sum ions Gordon replied, " Surrender Khar oum? Not for twelve years." Tho Mahdi, vho had 25,000 men and four Krupps, .ccording to one account, and 30,000 foot .nd 2,000 horso according tc another, hereupon bogan the attack on Omdurman. Jordon, with twelve steamers, replied with uch effect that after eight hours' hard ightinc tho Mahdi was drivon southward ,o El Margatt. This appears to have boon ho most decisive victory gained by General iordon during the siege. After his defeat before Omdurman the dadhi is said to have mado a very romark iblo prophecy. He retired into a cavo for hreo days, and on his return ho told his fol owors that Allah had revealed that for sixty lays thero would bo a rest, and after that ilood would flow liko wator. Tho Madhi .a. right. Almost exactly sixty days after hat prophocy thore was fought tho battlo of \b\x Klea. Stewart had by this timo been killed on lis way down from Borbor to Dongola. iordon was all alono. The old men and vomen who had friends in the neighbouring •illa-'es left the town. Tho uninhabited jart was destroyed, the remainder was en ;losed by a wall. In tho contre of Khartoum le had built himself a tower, from the roof if which be kept a sharp look-out with his iold-glass in tho day time. At night ho ivent tho rounds of tho fortifications cheor ng his men and keeping thorn on the alert i:'ainst attacks. Treachery was always his -.reatest dread. Many of the townsfolk Sympathised with the Madhi; he could not depend on all his troops, and he could only rely on ono of his pashas, Mehemet AM. He rejoiced exceedingly in the news of the approach of the British relieving force. He illuminated Khartoum and tired Balutes in honour of the news, and he doubled his ex ertions to fill his granaries with gram. On the 21st of November his steamers brought in thirty boat loads of grain from the Blue Nile, the pricefallingatoncetoSOsperardel). The last detailed message arrived from Gordon November 13. It was dated Novem ber 4. and was addressed to Lord Wolseley, and contained SOO words. It gave many directions as to what should be done, and

) r.epudbvte'cj toes, 'el_p_4Hcaiiy the idea that i thfe ekjfcdi.roh wa_ Jcoiping td i-sctio him. " You are Co_ii_g," ho wrtitei " not to ' relievo _i_, but t'd rt5SCl_e the. garrisons which I wds unable to withdraw." Ho ha i previously i-e'ceiVod a, toeStelße frohi Wolse ley of Oct. 14, .so that at.this time Khar toum and Dcngo'ia were within ten or fifteen days _f each Other. A subsequent message received on Dec. S gave furlher news of his operations. <*or_cn was then making powdo'.-, impairing disablod steamers, and actually building two new one?. His Ad miral Knsham Amct-j, frith live steamers and 500. _qp .-, had driven the rebels from the HatiKs of the Nilo as far as Shondy, and had brought in largo sum .'e_ Oi grain. The Nilo_ from -"c.'ftai- to Shendy wa3 pitrollcd by..- steamers, and, although the Mabdi had 15,000 troops on tho w<j*t !_auu of the Nile, all was ccfe'* well inside, with one excci. _c_. On the 14th of December a letter __s received by ono of his fnon"." in '.iairo from General Gordon, *ay'mg : "Farowoll. You will jiovel' Hear from mo again I fear there Will bo treachery in the garrison, and all will bo ovor by Christmas." It was this melancholy warning that led Lord Wolsoloy to order tho dash across tho desert. Of tho origin of his forobodini-: nothing is known. Sir Henry Gordon appears to boliovo that tho 500 men who joined tho garrison of Khartotlin from Iho forces o' ll'/o iiahdi in Soptombet- n.ay hare ~c'_ii tho traitors. Of this there in no ovidonce. Ono Faraz I'asha was (.he man who oponeil the gates, and he probably was with Gordon from tho first. On the 16th of December came news that tho Mabdi had again failed in his attack on Omdurman. Gordon had blown up tho fort which ho had built over against tho town, and inflicted groat loss on his assail ants, who, however, invested tho city closoly on all sidos. The Mahdi had returned to Omdurman, where he had coticontratod his troops. From thence he sent 14,000 men to Berber to vecruit tho forces of Osman Digna, and it was these men probably that fought us at Abu Kle?. After this nothing was heard beyond the rumour that Omdurman was captured and two fcVief messages from Gordon. Tho tirst, which arrived January 1, wiih ns follows : " Khartoum all right. —C. E. Gordon. Dec ember 14, 1854." 'The second was brought by the steamers which mot General Stewart at Metammoh on .la-vary 21 : "Khartoum all right; could hole 3ut for years. C. E. Gordon. Docembe. '".)." On tho _oth Janiu. y Fava. Pa .ha o"oncd tho gates of tho city tij *ha e'.'.omy, and one of tho mort L.'.„0'.l- sieges in tho world's history rfim'c to a closo. It had lasted from March 12 to January %— exactly 320 days

What a Recent Traveller Saw in Central Africa.

L.MTnighfc. f.'-te Anthropological Institute, Mr R. _~ Johnston, F. Z. S., F. R. G. S., read a paper "On the People of Eastern Equatorial Africa," namoly those inhabiting tho district lying betwoon tho first dogroe north of the equator and five degrees to the south, and bounded on tho wost by tho 34th dogreo of oast longitude, and on tho east by tho Indian Ocear1, a'.nong whom ho has recently so!'cu'."__d for six months.

I I" C'JSl'ward appearance tho Wataita j'.eoplo, who inhabit, Taita, which lies not far from Mombasa, aro, ho said, Unpre possessing. They arc about tho medium height. In facial aspect there is much variation. While many have little pug nosos with no perceptible bridge, and a much-rounded projecting forehead, other* exhibit an almost rod Indian physiognomy, with aquiline noses, high '-hookbonos, and retreating for. Kiads. Tho body is disposed to b-c '..airy, but is carefully depilated all iver, ovon to tho plucking out of eyebrows, eyelashes, beard,and moustache. The _6lour of the skin is generally a dull, sooty black. Beards aro tho adoration of the race, and are wort, in immonso quantity by men nnd women. There are but slight traces of re ligion among them, but thoy aro in groat dread of spirits that aro believed to inhabit large forest trees. The sun is their true conception of an overruling doity.

Their marriages aro arranged first by purchase, tho intending husband paying tho father of tho girl three or moro cows fixed as the price. When these preliminaries are settled tho girl runs away and affects to hide Sho is sought out by the bridegroom und three or four of his friends, and carried oil'to the hut of her future nusband. Tho Aknmbu people, who live on a broad stretch of country to tho north of Tuita, are f rc-»t hunters, and, on tho whole, v good-looking race, A certain Etriightnesa of hAir and ■ight Bkin shows an intermixturo of Gall^ Clood. Tho betutiful forest district of Tuveita is inhabited by. two different colonies, one a Kivaoi peoplo of Massai ori gin, and the other knd more primitive, tho Wataveita, who exhibit niarked pecu liarities in their langoago and ideas. Thoy are of fair height, and often models of sym metry and grace. Murriago is oE course a tViatter of purchase but no sign of imitating capture seems to bo practised hero. Tho greatest laxity of manners prevails among tho woinon after inarriago. The Watavoitu pooplo number about 2,000. The Wachaya tribo share with the Massai a curious habit of spitting on things or peoplo as a complimontoisign of gratitude ; though, having very little religious boliof, they aro vory superstitious, and have great dread of sorcery. Thoy are clovor smiths, and forgo all kinds of utensils, weapons, and ornamonts from tho pig Iran 'o'liey receive from Usanea, but it is ih thoir husbandry that thoy mostly excel.—" London Times."

Sonic Consequences of Free Trade.

A si'EAkER in tho Kensington Amateur Parliament recently introduced in his speech the following amusing skit: —Yesterday morning I rose early; my hot water was brought in a Belgiun zinc jug, and, as is my wont, 1 worked half-an-hour in my garden with a Belgian fork and an American hoc. I then took off my french boots, put on a pair of Algerian slippers, and went in to breakfast, which consisted of bread made from Odessa wheat, Normandy butter, Russian chicken grilled, American bacon, French eggs (poached), Mocha coffee, and Swiss milk. Comparing my Geneva watch with tho American clock, I found it was time to set forth ; so I put some American tobacco into a French pipe, and, having lighted it with a .Swedish match, I went to the railway-station, wit i its Belgian iron framework, from which a German engine drew mo to tho City ovor rails made in Belgium. Hero I worked for four hours with an American stylographic pen, and then went to luncheon—American wheat bread, butterine from Canada, Australian mutton, Swiss cheese, Vienna beer. Tlie knives were American, and tho waiter was a Swiss. I consolod myself with a Havana cigar, and continued my toil. In the mean time I dispatched a box to a friend, closing it down with French nails, fl_d further securing same with Russian cordage. My friend was advised on Belgian paper. Through stopping I found I had lost a button, which was promptly replaced by a Dutch one. At seven I prepared for dinner by drinking half a glass of Spanish sherry with Dutch bitters. My dinner was made up of Portugal oysters and Chablis', con somme soup (which came in a powder from France), tinned entrees (from the same country). Norwegian hare, Swedish blackcock, American beef, and Belgian potatoes, Italian cheese, and French wine. A trifle of Chartreuse and a Manilla cheroot followed, and a cup of East Indian coffee brightened me for my journey home. Arrived there, I entered by opening an American lock, which was on a Swedish door. To please my wife I bought her a box of Dutch confectionery and a French straw bonnet, and for my little girl a German toy. Here I found my wife playing German music on a French piano, with a French shade on tho lamp. I took out my Italian violoncello, and having applied some tine French resin to my new Leipsic bow, played for some time with her. Abruptly breaking off, I told her my adventures during the day in much tho same language as above. She grew excited (being a Fair Trader), and as sured mo that though men might havo such experience, the case was different with women. I replied by reminding her that she got her bonnets, silk for dresses, trim mino-s, ribbons, lace, gloves, boots, and most of her clothes from France, mantles from Germany, her hair from Russia, and her teeth from America. We got to high words, so, putting on my French boots and f loves, seizing my Malacca cane and 'rench folt hat, I left the house, hailed a hansom with a pair of American wheels, and spent the rest of the evening at the French plays. Going home in an American tram-car, I arrived to throw my self in an American chair ; from whence I noted a great blot of ink on my new French wall-paper. Ere retiring I partook of some Belgian rabbit, curried, washing it down with brandy and water sweetened oy French refined sugar. Finally I reposed on a bed stead of the same nationality.

EL MAHDI.

His Appearance'as Described b^ a Tan-

glers Newspaper.

MohamMEd Ahmkd, tho religious head of

tho Soudanese insurrection, is c. man about -10 years of ago. Ho is a native of Dongola, ono of tho oldest town., of Abyssinia. This town, situated on tho Kilo, had its days of .splendour and power in the middloages, but now it ha., ohly 'MO or -100 inhabitants Mohammed Ahmed was born of poor parents, I His father was named Abdellahl, and his mother Amin.i. One of tho few Europeans i who know him personally -M. Ponoy, o_ I Khartoum — gives us the following _9f9tyn| [ of th_ '„-!*_ j When 7 years of ago Mohammed Ahmed | commenced tojattond tho Mussulman school, and when 12 years old ho had completed the ( ."huly of tho Koran. For the means of pur suing his religious education ho was in debted to his brothers, who were established as carpenters and borttbuiklors. They en abled hiirl td piiraiio his studio:' in tho neighbourhood of Khartoum under tho in struction Sf H'-ich-bio !i:as,toi-# sis Elllom auhpm and Ai'dul Ayliii, soli of tho famous ehoik 131 Tnyob. When his cililcution was completed he removed to the island of Dabo, on the White Nilo, Ho li.-id lived there liftcct) yoars, venerated by tho Baggarah, whon he announced himself ,-is tho Madhi, or Uivino Mossongor, destined to regenerate Islam, This enterprise has up to the present tully succeeded. Has not tho East always proved a propitious sphere for till religious inno vators . Tho new Prophot enlisted in his train tho majority of the population nf tho Kgyptian Spildatij tad in tki'oo years of warfflW ho succeeded in expelling tho Turks, who had occupied the country for sixty years. Tho insurrection burst forth with fury in ISSO. Tho Governor of tho Soudan sont two suocossivo expeditions in 1881 against tho Madhi. Both met tho same fate -. the Kgyptian soldiers wero annihilated by th * " :. isans of tho Prophet In ISS2 a third i volition followed, but tho insurrec tion hud ;__ .ten in strength and Importance, and 700 1-'•:«_> ptians were encountered by r>o,ooo Ara'- '■•'■(.. i:cgr-.;cs, Commanded by Moh-'c-incri's two brothers. Thoy wero necessarily annihilated. Tho whole uf Sonuaar then uprose. The Madhi marched on El Obeid, and, after a vigourous siege and a bloody light, captured that city. The succeeding ovents arc in the memory of all—Hick's expedition and his defeat at Kasgcll i thet o f Baker I'aslia at El Tcb • tho departure of Gordon for Khar toum, his blockade and vigourous resistance But it is chiefly to the personality of the Madhi that this articlo is dedicated, and we conclude it by reproducing his portrait as drawn by M. Ponoy. Ahmed Mohammed is a man of middli stature. His complexion is copper-coloured. his board vory black, and on each cheek h' wears threo parallel scars. Ho is extreme!} sparo, the prohablo result of the rigouroui fasts to which he condomns himsolf. Pro vious to his ontcring upon activo lifo hi used to dwell in a subterranean cell or cave whore, according to his follower-, ho wai continually woeping over th. Volvo'.-"! car ruption of h's rii.o. Tho Madhi nlwayi wi'ais as his invariblo costumo a shirt am drawers of dainoni, a conrso material o native manufacture. His feet arc clothci with sandals, and a small turban surmount, his head. Such is the man who now leads tho Egyp tian rebellion. Like all Eastern agitators ho burst forth suddenly from the groatcs obscurity to assumo tho united roles.of.ro termor and conqueror. Yostbrday but ; poor man, to-dry w'.sa'd him at the head o en Innumerable army. What is the secrc of thia rapid change of fortune . It is fount in the fact that tho Madhi has appoalod t< that sentiment which, as history testifies, ii every ago and in ovory clime, has been th parent ot the bitterest rancor, led to th most savage wars, and deluged the earti with blood—religious fanaticism.—"L Kovcil de Maroc."

England, Russia and Afghanistan

Twin; England has been driven to war in Afghanistan by Russian encroachments and intrigue. The first occasion was in IS 10-12, aud tho second in IS7H-7!). In both wars victory rested with tho English, but it was a -. icto.y socured At ttio cost of grodl blood shod and attended by dreadful massacres. To-day the samo influence., promise to lead to similar results, though the war, if war is tho outcome, will bo upon a far larger scalo, for England's antagonist will nut bo Afghanistan, but Russia herself. Tho pri:;o is still the samo, tho possession of India. To the maintenance of tho lr.diun Empire it has boen held essential by all groups of English statesmen that Afghanistan should behold intact as a "buffer" botweon the two groat Powers. Tho result of tho last war with Afghanistan was tho establish ment of a protectorate, tho A nicer agreeing to subject his foreign relations to the super vision of an English Commissioner at, Cabal, and England agreeing to kcop the Ameer in hor pay and to defend his territory from for eign invasion. But, .-ii»o this -'atllbment was arrived a.;. l--.-_.iii has continued hor steady anastoalthy advances toward Afghan istan, until now hor troops are actually with in what English gco^ruphers at all ovonts regard ns Afghan territory, and Herat, " tho key of India," ia almost within her grasp. Sho has absorbed tho Khanitos of Khiva and Bokhara, has gained firm possession of tho Morv oasis, and, pushing on toward Horat, now claims a slico of northwestern Afghanistan on tho ground that it is poo plod by Turcomans, whom sho professes to regard as hor proper subjects. Tho unsettled questions of boundary, which wero of littlo account so Jong as tho unorganised Turcomans woro on tho other side, becomoof vital consoqiienno, now that Russia has absorbed thoir territory and is pushing forward with somewhat tho samo to lentlossnoss of movement which marks tho advance of a mighty glacior. To deal with theso grave questions a joint bour.dry com mission was agreed upon in which Russia, England and Afghanistan wore to partici pate. Russia gavo a polite assont to this sohomo, and tho English and Afghan Com missioners have beon for months upon tho ground. Various pretexts, hovvovor, have availed to kcop the Russian Commissioner from joining in tho work, but this negli genco on his part has boon moro than atoned for by tho activity of tho Russian military forces, which have movod into and occupied a portion «f tho disputed territory. Russian diplomacy has always been marked by its tortuousnoss Russian aggrandisements have invariably beon preceded and accompanied by donials that any movomenta of tho kind actually in progress wore contemplated. The Russian protests that no mischiof is meant for Herat lose their weight, because it is remembered that only throe or four years ago she was making declorations, just as emphatic, that she had no designs upon Merv.—"Boston Journal."

British Generals Slain in Battle.

Tut; death of Gonoral Earlo calls to mind how fow instancos thero aro of British gen orals boing killed on tho field of battle. Sinco Picton fell in the hour of victory at Waterloo the casos havo been vory fow and far between, no instance occurrin"- until Sohraon, when that fine soldior, Major- General Sir Robert Dick, was slain at tho he.id of his division. Some of the old school of o-icera will no doubt recall General Dick, a hero of countless oscapos in his day, who had been wounded at Maida sovorely bofore Rosette in the Egyptian campaign of 1801, again in the Poninsula, and a fourth timo at Quatrc Bras, whon ho had command of the Black Watch. The only remaining instances are those ot Ueutonant-General Sir George Cathcart, ''blest,"toquoteKinglako, "with a soldier's death in action," at tho head of the Fourth Division on thelioldof Inkorman; Major-General Sir Georgo Collcy, shot through the head on that awful day at Majuba Hill—as yet unavenged; and Major General William Earle, killed in action at Dulka. That fino old Horso Artilloryman, Fox Strangways, also killed at Inkerman, held only Brigadier-General's rank. The threo general officers killed in tho Indian mutiny campaign, viz.: Sir Henry Lawrenco, Neill and Penny, belonged to tho Indian army, as did Sir Hugh Wheeler, slain in his old age in the massacre of Cawnpore. Havelock, Anson, and Barnard—all three lamonted victims to the dark days of 1857— were not killed in action, but died of illness contracted during the campaign.—" White hall Review."

It 13 Worth a Trial.—"l was troubled for many years with kidney complaint, gravel, etc.. my blood became thin, I was dull and inactive could hardly crawl about, and was an old worn out man all over, and could get nothing to heln me until I got Hop Bitters, and now my blood and kidneys are all right, and I am as active as a man ot thirty although I am seventy-two, and I have no doubt it will do as well for others of my age. It is worth the ___,"-(Fat_er,) Notice,

AN HISTORIC FRAUD.

How the Sank of England was Bobbed by

Clover Swindlers,

Tiik last great fraud *by which the Bank

of England has been a sufleror was that of Austin Bidvroll and his accomplices. On tho ISthof April, 1872, Austin Bidwollcallod upon a tailor named Crt-h, in C'avillo Row, and under the assumed name of Warren, gave him a handsome order. On May 4th he pahl. _l>- .r. '" _"oth _v vHt. Ho was then professedly on his way to Ireland, 2nd f having about, him a large sum of money, '! asked Green to lake charge of it during his jabsoticc.. '-rrcn b<-s!tajt_4 to tako tho re rjli'ii.-li'iiity, nut remarked G;d_. ...i '-'ranch Bunk of England was in Burlington Gar

JBaak of England was in Burlington Gar 3l j I dens, closo by, and offerod to introduce ,] J Warren thero. This was dono, and Warron lc l opened an account by n deposit of £1, 200. r . 11c gave his name as Frederick Albert VVar ,j. rou, and his addross as Golden Cross Hotel. , c | Ho paid in and drew out moneys to a con ,. siderablo iimotint, rtnrl shortly began to oll'or 10 bills for dis -_i:-t. I'hoJ- bor. tho best of ~ names and were d count _ci wiijiept hosita ,. lion. On Iho 17th of Juno, IoV.'J, a bill of ,„ lfothschild's for .1-1,000 was offered, and was 3 discounted in duo course. i Jiui.n;; th'ils /rained, by transactions in q genuine bills, the conildcnco.of.tho bank i authorities, tho supposed W'airc. com :' menccd operations of another kind. Bills _] camo in thick and fast for discount, still j bearing tho lirst-clnss names—Rotbs v child, Blydonstoin, Susc, and Silbeth, ) otc. ; but "thoy woro now cleverly executed fnrgcrio-. Tho bank continued to discount 3 without suspicion. Naturally, however, it _, payed in Its own notes, of which the num f bers xv.ra r.cor-_'l; ahel which, when it was discovered that tho bills wore forged, ' ; would be difficult to realise. Bid .all, in , order to dispose of these and to diminish , the chances af identification, oponod an I account in another namo (llorton) at tho , Continental Bank. Here he paid in I tho notes roccived from the Bank of England, taking French and Ger man money in exchange, Hills — undor tho namo of Noycs — acting as his clerk. Sous ,ti_es b? way qf variety Hills changed m.tos into gold at tlio I.ank of England itself, alleging that the coin was for export, but tho gold so obtained was brought back again by Macdonnell and ex changed for fresh notes, which, thus ob tained, would havo no obvious connection with tho original fraud. George Bidwell undertook what niay bo called .tho manu facturing rlopnitmont, namely, tho prepara tion of tho plates and tho printing of the bill-forms for the forgeries. My thus divid ing their labours, and working each in a dis tinct department of tho fraud, tho gang hoped to evade discovery until they had mado what thoy rcga.dod as a sufliciont haul, when they would doubtless have rotired to foreign climos to enjoy the fruits of their labours. How much fmtiior thoy would havo gone it is impos sible to say, for thoy had already offered forged bills totho amountof 1.102,217 19s 7d, whon a happy oversight led to thoir detoc tion. Two bills for £1,000 oach, pro feseodly accepted by Mr. Blydenstein and I payable thr.o -iontlla after "eight," wero not, " sighted " —that in, tho date of accopt- , anco was not inserted. A clork of tho bank , was sent, to Messrs I-lydonstcin's to get . the omission rectified, and was met by the , startling information that tho bills wore , forgorios. With somo littlo trouble the ' wholo gang woro arrested, nnd, after a trial i lasting eight days, were convicted and sen- , tonred to penal servitude.

Toilet of an M-teita Damsel.

Axn now let mo ask the gontle reader, who is sufficiently curious nnd not too bashful, to assist at tho toilet of a swell M-toita damsel. You may feel a littlo awkward and confused at first, and quite properly a becoming blush will heighten agreeably tlie him nf unnr .lin.lcj , l_( «_,_„ <1,„ .I-.1,

huo ot your checks; but soon tho dark colour of tho chocolate damsel will

ho found to havo tho effect of, shall wo say, skin tights, and you will line, your self quite at your case. As for tho maidon herself, she is unconscious of anything un becoming, smiles merrily und coquettishly at you, and does not blush, for . .10 has no mysteries of the toilet to hide. There are

no dte.-s improvers, sho requires no pad ding, and o far i: content to bo i'.s nature made hor. On entering tho low circular hut, and sealing ofirsolvos on whatever object may bo mado to servo the purposo of stools, wo at last, by tho glimmer of the fire, and through tho stilling heat and choking smoke, doscry our fair friend, who intends to givo a demonstration of how thoy "gild rclinod gold and paint the lily " in Africa. Tlio rial clothing of the demonstrator is alroady on, or rather has never been oil".

This is a coating of lam)) black and castor oil, which emits an aroma that gallantry compels mo te call pleasing, but which, us an "a -do" to tho reader, I confess to be simply awful. Sho adds a now coating for the conquests of tho day, a>td shines, in the glimmsrlng of tlio I'M, liko a snail fresh from its shell, and bont on an evening stroll Tho roador will hero tako noto that this

joating of grease and dirt is tho only pro .L'-tinn tho M-toita has against the oxces uvo boats of tho day and tho chills at night. ft prevents too oxcossivo perspiration, md wards off chills. Before rccoiving ler visitors, tho damsel has rlonnod a small

picco of hide, about the size of a lady's pocket handkerchief, and literally covorcd with beads. Behind sho soems to havo got possession of tho tails of a missionary's dress coat. Theso sho has lengthened out a littlo, and also covered with beads, in various patterns, and now they dangle and flap about her logs in tho most airy man nor. Some, howover, vary tho fashion, and in placoof tho two tails thoy rojoico in tho posterior half of a Highland kilt. Our equanimity being now quite restored, and decency boing satisfied, whon we soo an opportunity to assist; wo do so \vith

alacrity. Hound tho nock, and hanging over tho breast, aro noxt placed from 150 to 200 strings of beads. Ovor all a hugo ruff, composed of a solid mass of beads, throe to four inches in diameter, is tied round the neck, actually causing tho ohm to bo elevated, and filling up tho wholo de pression under it. The waist is noxt attended to, and wo view with admiration and astonishment tho physical strength dis played, and tho determination to bo in tho height of fashion at all costs, as she lays hold of from 200 to 300 more strings, with a variety of bead belts and bands, aud bestows thorn in that region which sentimental youths in other lands liko to oncirclo with

their arms. Wo draw a breath of relief as wo observe that tho main masses of beads are disposed of, and only tho arms and logs require to be sheathed in close-fitting bands. Thus having con trived to stow on her person from twenty to thirty pounds' weight, she turns horself round, to teceivc the tribute of ad miration plainly depicted in our faces, and then squats down to rest, after the serious labour of dressing. Having no other excuse to prolong our interview, wo lay our offerings at her feet, and "kwaheri" ourselves out, drenched in perspiration, and as sooty from tho smoke as sweeps.—"Through Masai Land, by Josoph Thomson."

The Wages of the Working Classes.

Sut Arthur Bass having commissioned Professor Lcono Levi to mako an inquiry into the wages and oarningsof tho working classos in the UnitcdKingdom, tho Professor has mado a report on the subject, in which ho says that in 1867 he found the number of workers to be 11,018,000. In 1881 they wore 12,200,000. Of theso thero were in 1881, 400,000 engaged in professional, and ■-,4000 OOOindonies.icoccupattons, rccoiving as is usual, board and lodging as well as wages, whoso earnings woro worth £40 a year, as compared with 300,000 professional in 1567, receiving £33, and 1,700,000 do mestic receiving £35. In ISS4 there wore 900,000, engaged in commercial pursuits at an average income of £60, as compared with 700,000 in 1867 at an average income of a trifle above £55. In agricul tural pursuits there were in 18S4 1,900,000, at an average income of £34 3., as com pared with 2,700.000 in 1867 at an in- Come of £31 4s. The industrial wage-earners numbered 0,600,000 in 1884, oarnin-' each an average wage of £46 2s, while in 1567 tliey numbereds,6oo,ooo, earning each £40. The total earnings of the working classes in 1884 were £«21,000,000, and in 1567 £418,000,000. Thus, with an increase of less than 11 per cent, in the number of earners, there has been an increase of 2404 per cent, in the amount of their earnings, being 1237 per cent, per earner. Professor Leone Levi, looking at the incomes of the working classes as averaging 32s a week per family, concludes that they are in a better economic condition than the labourin"' classes of any other country.

HE NEVER SHED A TEAR.

Tho Reason a Bough Diamoh- Di-o*. His Balance from a Banlr.

Ox a suburban theatre t.airi' the other nigh. a littlo party wero talking of pathetic

scenes upon ):ho stage, and how tihfly were variously affected by &e_i.

" For my part," said a dapper" yOung 1 man, "I novor yot saw anything on th_ , stage thai cou-ol moisten my eyC. I leave i the crying to littlo bitfi ond w.mon." ; "Oh, you do, do you?" repl..:. .. bluff old irentleman, an officer of one of the ___ff- j roods j " -r.-O'1? time I hear a young man talk as you do 1 ;ct- _>c telling a little in cident that onco came usiclir ttty' notice in New York City. A party of (is *M_ m a bo::. ' Hnftcl Kirko ' was tho play. None of us had ever s.. > _.. I shod a tear or two quietly and unobserved, but rough old Uonoral Mcßae cried liko a hfj. Ho was t'rosiclent of tho Georgia Railroad thsn, and in Now York on business. He was a regular martinet in his profession, stern and unrelenting. Ho was an old bachelor, too, and, so far as is known, novor had tender feelings toward woman or kin. ?_> had lived o life solitary and absolutely non scntiffic..a!. "Wo wore all surprised to soo emotion in a'uif. a r_n_, but nono of us said anything except youn£ . corgo of Atlanta. I to laughed at tho o.'d -*or>ornl weakness." " 'Can you witness such a scene as that with dry eyes ?' inquired tho General with all his old sternness sf manner and speech. " ' Why, of course I cai.. I could laugh at it even as I laugh at you.' "Soo hore, Gcorgo ," said Gciii.d Mcßao, with great earnestness, "you aro cashier of a bank in Atlanta. In that bank my company has many thousands of dollars deposited. Immediately on my return homo ovory dollar of our deposits shall be withdrawn. Yen m'oy be an honest man, but I do not fool safe With onr monoy in an ; institution whoro one of tho responsible • officers is a person who talks as you talk | tonight," | Upon his return to Atlanta tho Gonoral did as ho promised. And luckily too, for ' in less than six months that bank was ' nearly ruined by a heavy embezzlement by I its cashier. i

Gen. Gordon's Views of Death

" Gon knows what my anxiety was. Not for my life, for I died years ago to all ties in this world, and to all itscomforts, honours,

and glories." It was on September 11, 1877, whon on his expedition to Shaka, '560 miles southwest of Khartoum, with four companies of in'liflerent troops, to break the neck of slave .-aiding in its very-don, that Gordon wrote these characteristic words, which may be fitly quoted at a timo when there is too much reason to fear he has actually laid down his life for those whom he had vainly striven lo save. Thoy brcatho precisely the spirit with which Cordon always regarded life and death. "(rod has given you," ho says, writing to his friends, " ties and anchors on this earth : you have wives and families. I, thank (lod, have nono of them, and am free. . . You aro only called on at intervals to rely on your God. I urn obliged continually to do so. 1 .-".in by this that you have only great trials, shell a. the illness of a child, when you feel yourself utterly weak, now and then. lam constantly in anxiety. Tho body rebels against this constant lean ing on Chid ;itis a heavy strain on it; it causes appetite to cease. Find mc the man -and I will tako him as my holp-w erly despises money, name, .glory, honour— ono Who ncv.er wishes to see his home again, one who looks fo God as tho source of good and controller of evil, onfc'-.bo h». a healthy body and an energetic spirit, and one who looks on death as a release from misery. If you cannot find him, then leave mc alone." That instinctive clinging to life which i. natural to .-ill men, Gordon seems to

mvc overcome as completely as Ignatius -oyola, or John Wesley, or Cromwell's 'uritans. When his poor Soudanese lambs iresscd him on every side with their coin ilainls, he wrote : ""I must not complain f they have no thought of what I have .Ire.-uly gone through. There is only one ssue to It, ami that is death, and I often

feel I wish it would come and relieve me." Ono can hardly doubt that if Gordon was in fact stabbed as ho left tho palace ho had so bravely held for twelve months, ho saw in the dagger only an instrument of deliver ance, in every reference to death, it was with him the great "release." "I valuo my life as naught, ijnd should onlt leave 'weariness for perfect peace."—" London Tclcgmph,"

A Yankee Fanner's Wife

Siik hasrecoived a certain amount of instruc tion at a public school, thon marries young, and begins hor, to mo, horculean labors. It is hor part lo perform all tho daily houso hold tasks with but soldom any outside aid. Sho must mako butter, milk tho cow, food

the chickens, and attond to tho kitchon garden, as woll as to hor special pot flower beds and vinos. Then she harnesses her horso and drives to a neighbouring town to barter (as no ono else can) with hor butter, eggs, and garden produce If anything io brokon or out of ordor in tho houso and farm, she mends it, and, boing a woman of infinite re sources, sho may oven construct somo of her own furniture or paint her fonco. Her "parlour" is adorned with the latest absurdities in tho way of worsted work or

pressed bouquets, while her storo closet is woll stockod with preserves, and hor garrot hung with dried fruits. It is probable that sho has children, and none aro moro thought fully tendered in all thoir needs, bo they physical, moral, or ornamental. The cloth ing of tho family, oven to thoir stockings and mittens, is hor handiwork, while occasionally a garment is mado for ono of tho village poor. But whoro is hor self-culture? say you. Ah I thero is tho mystery—how and when is it accomplished 1 And thero is no denying tho fact, a narrow, provincial education it may bo, but that is owing solely to hor circumscribod lifo.

If you wero to ontcr a small, common place, white-washed farmhouse in any of tho straggling New England villages, which appear littlo else than a cluster of huts in a wilderness to English eyes—if you woro so bold as to enter in, and so fortunate as to havo uninterrupted conversation with the mistress of tho houso, you would find her a plain, probably faded woman, clad in noat calico, sharp-voicod and sharp-visaged, per haps, butgontloin manners, nnd displaying as sho talks a well-cultivated intelligence, and moro or less familiarity with literature

in all its branches of history, philosophy, ecionco, nnd belles -lot-res. You would find her a member of the nearest library, and a subscriber to all tho leading periodicals. But in order to make this a strictly truth ful account, I must add that she seldom reads the newspapers, and is utterly devoid of that knowledge of current affairs that distinguishes particularly the women of New York and Chicago. But then consider how precious to her is each moment of time, and how far is she removed from the centre of life and civilisation ! Sho has no amuse ments, no diversions, no trips away; nothing but the dull, everlasting grind. And yet is she patient and never resting from ber round of necessary duties, and that, to her, no loss necessary one of self-culture. Some one ha 3 beautifully Eaid that " the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rocks the world." The children of Priscilla—or, more correctly, " Sairoy Ann "—will doubt less bo rich, and somo will call them parvenus, perhaps ; but as for hor grand children and great-grandchildren, what may thoy not be come ?—" Cassoll's Magazine."

Bis-marck Dat Qui Cito Dat.

Tin* Imperial Chancellor is to havo a " testimonial" on his seventieth birthday. Tho fiat has gono forth, and subscriptions both in money and in kind, are " thankfully received "in Germany. So far tho move ment is quite successful. A largo amount has alroady been collected, and tho follow ing additional ontries in tho subscription book aro hourly expected :— Lord Derby : A collection of threatening letters from the British Colonies.

Earl Granville: Ditto. Mr Gladstone : A lock of hair, and a pair of shirt-collara marked, "You must learn to love me." The Emperor of Austria : Collection of relics from Sadowa. President of the French Regublic: Trophy of arms collected at Sedan. Tho King of Denmark : Tho History of the Schloswig-Holstein Question in eighty five volumes.

The Sultan of Turkey : Appointment to tho Khedivate of Egypt—to come into force on the payment of the sum of five pounds ten shillings to His Majesty. Mr Punch : Grandest of all. A copy of his recently-published volume, containing his opinion of the very " honest broker."— "Punch."

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1885.

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It will prevent :?n_)fflt any discaso it used at least once a uiontn. 15 restores the appetito, it removes tho distress caused by eating hearty food or over loading tho stomach, and wll.be found effectual is a Family Remedy where a simpfo purgative >_ly is needed. HAMBJ7RO TEA. HAMBURG TEA, HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. Alderafen Murray's Recommendation. "York-street. Sydney, February 13, 1881. Dear Sir,—l have been a sufferer from indigea ion and sluggishness of tho liver, and was, a ittlo timo ago, recommended to try tho Ham mrg Ton-. I did so, and I found an excellent •emedy. It is easy to take, and my children ound no difficulty in taking it. I found that a ew doses cleared my liver and greatly im iroved my digestive organs. I can Bafely re iommcnd Hamburg Tea.—Yours faithfully, _jo___ Mubbay." HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA, HAMBURG TEA, HAMBURG TEA. A Sailor's Verdict. " Well-street, Pyrmont, Sydney, Feb. 11, 1881. -Messrs Elliott Bros., Wholesale Druggists, ydney: Dear Sirs,—Allow mo to testify to the nmenso amount of benefit which I have de lved from Emil F. ese's Hamburg Tee-, I have ried, in my time, all kinds of nostrums and eo alled specifics for the relief and cure of chronic onstipation, but without permanent effect; in oed, when I had loft off taking any of the rticles referred to, my system was in- a much rorso condition than before. I now drink the lamburg Tea onco a week, and thoreby keep lyself in first-class bodily health. I have a rand appetite, and am always in fine spirits. rou noed not bo surprised to learn that I tako aro to recommend this reliable and sure remedy i all seafaring men like myself. It is simply lvaluable to sailors, who have to endure so luch from variable weathor and sudden hangeß of temperature. I will always keep a :ipply of the tea en board. lam now confident mt it is bound to becomo very popular among II classes in the Australian colonies. — Your rateful servant, John Laino." HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. HAAIBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. What a Journalist Thinks About It, "February 11th. IRS4.—Messrs Elliott Bros' ydney : Gentlemen,—l havo much pleasure in ;lllng you that your Hamburg Tea has proved cry efficacious in relieving mo of complaints iciiioiilal to a sedentary lifo. I havo given it fair trial, and have found it to be not only a ood regulating medicine, but an excellent inic. Many of my friends havo. I know, tried our Hamburg Tea, with equally favourable .suits. To thoso engaged in sedentary pnnmita ko myself, it will be found to be an invaluable , Binedy.—Yours truly, Alkiikd P. Vernon. ournallst, West-street, Darlinghurst, Sydney." HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. For tho Guidance of Others. " Glonmoro Road, Paddington, "11th January, 188_ " Gontlottten,—Somo few weeks since I was st everoly affected with indigestion as to rendei ay rising each morning a matter of difficult} icd pain on account of sovcre pains in tho back, .nd it had just become necossary for me tb take i holiday from my work, for the performanc it which I was by no means fit, when afriena nontioned to me the benefit ho derived fron ho use of Hamburg Tea. In the hope of getting : lome relief, I used it myself, the result being hat I was myself in three or four days, and lavo not suffered since. My friends have idvisod mo to write this for the guidance ot itners, and you are afrliberty to make what ust rou please of this. — Yours, John Kelly Uossrs Elliott Bros., Sydney." HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA HAMBURG TEA. Nausea and Headache. " February 13th, 1881.—Messrs Elliott Bros.: Doar Sirs,—Tho Hamburg Tea which you sent mo ontirely relioved me of the nausea and headaohe from whioh I havo suffered since the commencement of the hot weather. Its effect in purifying the blood was soon observable, and I continue to take it at intervals, whenever I_f eel the return of any of my old symptoms.— Yours faithfully, John Blakeny, Publisher Freeman's Journal.' Chester Cottage, Begg street, Paddington.'* HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. HAMBURG TEA. That the Hamburo Tea is most valuable foi the cure of headache, and othor distressing complaints of females, may be seen from the following lotter written by a lady resident in Sydney, whose address may be obtained at tho offico of tho Agents :— '•Sydney, 10th February, 1881.—Dear Sir,—For Borne timo previously to usinß your Hamburg Tea, I had been subject to headache and general debility, caused, I think, by the sudden changes of the weather. I am glad to say, however, that since taking it I havo been entirely free from these complaints; and I thttok it is a very valuable medicine to have on nand.— Yoni. faithfully; J. Hoban." hamburg tea. Hamburg tea. Hamburg tea hamburg tea. Hamburg tea. Sold by all Chemists and Stoeek__p_es. Price -ONE SHILLING & THREEPENCE. Price-ONE SHILLING & THREEPENCE. WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR AUCKLAND M. LEVY & CO., QUEE-T.STJ-EET,



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WOMAN'S TJ. R I END. MRS DR. STUART'S )N TjiAMOUS pEMALE J^EMEDIES. ' The following Extracts from Testimonials will be read with interest:— Symond-. street. Auckland, February 7.1885.— Sir. -1 wish Mrs Dr. Stuart's Ri-medicß a great success. I have not found an? thing to dome tho good that thoy havo. I won very w«_.k and BO unwell, but by taking two bottles of the Tonio I 103 am now well and strong again. I consider tho [50 medicine very usoful for young women.— Sarah . inn Parnell, Auckland, February 3, 1885.—Sin,— I can gladly speak lor Mrs Dr. Stuart's Pills; they havo done me the greatest possible good. _. _y are indeed tho female's friend, as provious to neing them I ouflered greatly from headache, a" langour, &c. but now enjoy the boßt of health. —Yours sincerely. Jane Evans. Ponßonby, Auckland, February 11,1885.—Sir, I had alrno-t despaired of getting my strength b- back again, when I purchased a bottle of the ■n- Tonic and a box of each of tho Pills, and words M cannot express my gratitude for tho good they o, have done mc. -Gratefully, Alice B . a Mount Eden. March 9, 1885.—Sin,—I have *■• used various drugs, such as Pennyroyal, Hiera d, I _era. and fcteel, but havo not found anything st bo certain 3»ml convenient as Mrs Dr. Stuarts ig Fills, which I can highly recommend to all fe id mate. They aro _ onSerf nl in preventing head -s ache and other painful troubles.—Yoars, &c„ 'O ELIZABBTH . J rjpHE T ADI-S* ATONICI 3e and Is 6d por P n This excellent Tonic oorichC3 and purifies tho ,p blood, improves tho npnotito. restores colour, __ tone, and Vitality, thereby rcmo-vlng hoadache. j debility, nervousness, wonkness. and tho de pression, from whlc . bo many fomalß3 suller. T HE J.ADIES' (CALENDAR (^OR^) PILLS 1 2s 6d am. to Cd por f box These Pills are justly esteemed for thoir great value in preventing discomfort, Buffering, and Inconvenience, and for periodical uso are the most reliable and rrompt medicine over brought to woman's aid. } rpHE J ADIES' A PERIENT piLLS, Is fld per box. For tho relief and preventative of headache* billioußness. giddiness, constipation, liver com plaints, indigestion, pains in the chest, back, and sides, &c. SOLE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL AGENTS FOR . AUCKLAND, N.Z.— MR S. GILBERT, 1 Next Lennox's, Stationer, Chemist, f QUEEN-STREET. MR T. A. CRAWFORD,! NKW TON Chemist, t r- filyi* JJ'-- To bo had of all respectable Chemists and Druggists, I KEATINC'S COUGH LOZENGES. ! COUGHS. J COUGHS. COUGHS. CERTAIN AND SAFE REMEDY. I ASTHMA. ASTHMA. , ASTHMA. ' CERTAIN AND SAFE REMEDY. BRONCHITIS. BRONCHITIS. BRONCHITIS. CERTAIN AND SAFE REMEDY. HOARSENESS. HOARSENESS. HOARSENESS. Composed of thejurert articles. These Lozengos contain no opium nor any deleterious drug, therefore tho most dclicals can tako them with perfect confidence. Their beneficial effectis epcedyand certain. This olfl unfailing family remedy is daily recommended: by the most emi nent Physicians. (In use nearly £0 years). Sqlu by all Chemißts, in tins, each having the words, " Keating's Cough Lozenges," engrave-on the Government stamp. HEATING'S WORM TABLETS. BEATING'S WORM TABLETS. HEATING'S WORM TABLETS. HEATING'S WORM TABLETS. HEATING'S WORM TABLETS. A pdkelt vegetable swjcktmeat, both in ap pearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of admi-istering the only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild pre paration, and is especially adapted for Children. Sold in tfriß by all Druggists. SAMDSL TAILS,] [JOHN DOUGLAS. Vailk & Douglas (LAin {.AMPUL VAILB), HOUSE, LAND, AND ESTATE AGENTS. 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