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THE AFRICAN SCANDALS.I
THE AFRICAN SCANDALS. I WHY MAJOR BARTTELOT WAS MURDERED. Mr. H. M. Stanley, oa his arrival in New York, was received by a number of friends. He gave an inter- View to some Press men. He said that Major Bart- Mot's offence was inhuman treatment of those under his orders, but charged nothing immoraL Major JBartfcelot, he said, beat men to death; killed his little Ustvant boy, a mere lad, by a kick; and beat the de of a chief until her shrieks attracted her hus- band. Major Barttelot was thoroughly bated by the Mtives. He would grin with a fiendish grin in their faces, and beat them with a heavy, iron-pointed cypress staff until the poor wretches shrank from him with fear. Two men were so cruelly beaten that thoir ulcers measured 7in. in diameter by nearly lira. deep. Siau.cj ;.<ga?n described Barttelot's death. He sayfl they were awakened by the beating of drums and singing, it being the fashion among the Manuema tribe to bait the dawn with music. The major then went out with a loaded revolver and a cypress staff and commanded silence. The woman was defiant, and he knocked her down, prodded her with his staff, and also kicked her. Her screams brought her husband, Who was near by cleaning his gun, and the latter, teeing Major Barttelot abusing hiB wife, shot him dead. The act was committed in a fit of anger by the chief, acting in defence of his wife. Mr. Stanley, says a Reuter's telegram, intends to bring an actios against Major Barttelot's brother. A SIGNED STATEMENT. Mr. Stanley was subsequently seen in New York by a correspondent of the Times, to whom be dictated a statement,, which he afterwards signed, repeating his story of Major Barttelot's cruelty, and says the de- ceased actually entertained the belief that he (Mr. Stanley) would poison him. Major Barttelot and Mr. Jameson had picked up a skit from some irrespon- sible newspitp^r to the effect that it was odd Stanley had never returned from Africa except alone" Mr. Stanley next gives an account of Major Batttelct's treatment of the natives, repeating some statements which have been already published. He says: I WAS tola that Major Barotelot's life was saved twice by Mr Bonny, once when Major Bart- telot had suddenly seized a woman and fastened his teeth in her shoulder. I was told that with a steel- pointed cypress staff he Hal ran abint the cam p prodding bis p opte with it, and then flourishing the stick ant1 hitting a.')')ut h'm indiscriminately. And ail this wttaout app irf-as causv A Manyuema chief, a comrade of the man -»r>ga reported to me chtt he had been prodded IT rimes' • <Í't" only a (ixy or nro oeiore tne maiof was (tinea nv The little boy Sotfcsy, wLoie deach h»t e r<f.ortisd in Darkest Africa.' WAS » little ft-How ten y !tre! o'd and of him Mr. Rarttelo'. says in his O'v.fe, In a general way, that be was a clevor little ieliow,' while I have de- Scribed him in my book as a wise-headed little fe!tow.' Major Burttelot, irritated with little Soudy one morning, save him a kick witb his heavy boot, and fiom the effects ot that kick the boy died. John Henry, a mission lai, was Hogged with 300 lathes, and died eo->n alter." Without any idea that it might have been said in jest. JIr- Stanley brings the charge auvnut the ill-fated Majftr that h-ii the <if serters from the advance column reached Yarru>uya, "lid rold Major Barttelot a graphic tale about my having been killed, he ex- claimed, Thauk God! 1 shall be made a colonel aow." MR. STANLEY APPROVES THE MURDER. Mr. Stanley repeats 'he circumstances under which Major Barttelot. was sbot in the same terms that were published previously, and adds that if Sanga, who Shot the major, bad been brought before him, and If the story, as reported in writing and orally had been confirmed, he would have acquitted him. A HORRIBLE STORY OF CANNIBALISM. But the most horrible charge Mr. Staot; y has to make is against Mr Jameson. He believes a man when he swears he was an eye-witness of the foHow- ing Mr. Jameson, returning from Kason. got into a con- versation with Tippoo Tib and another Arab about cannibalism. He informed them that he did not believe th-re was such a th:ng as cannibalism, be- cause, although he had beard much, he had never Seen it, and no white man had ever seen it done. Tippoo Tib replied that it would be easy to prove it if he liked. Jameson asked how that was possible, and it was answered, -1 If you will pay for a slave, and give it to those men there, they will show you." Iwelve cotton handkerchiefs were then given in ex- change for a little girl aged 10 or 12 years. She was given to the cannibals, and Jameson is said to have then exclaimed, Now let us see what yon can do The girl was tied up, and Jameson took his sketch- book in his hand. The witness to this stood a few feet behind him. When all was ready a knife was plunged into the girl's heart, and Jameson stood still sketching while her life-blood spurted over her body. Be made six sketches during the different stages of the affair, from the murder to the eating of the body. Mr. Stanley is careful to add: I expressed my doubt of this story; but a European came forward and told me that he had seen Jameson's sketches. Another person whom I asked also said that Jameson had shown him the sketches. It was reported to the authorities of the Free State, and they took evidence, which was shown to me. I wrote to Mr. Jameson a letter, which I sent by a courier, saying," Before you can join our expedition again I hope you will be able to disprove this." MR. STANLEY'S APOLOGY. In making such charges Mr. Stanley himself recog- nises that he occupies a no very enviable position, for he excuses himself as follows: No one can regret more than I do the disclosure of the revelations made to me confirming the sad story of the rear column. I Tiave told these facts as they were told to me. Whether every one of them is true or not, I have no meanB of knowing from personal knowledge. Some are attested by affidavits, others are stated in official reports which 1. being bent upon saving the expedi- tion from scandal, tried to suppress. Under the cir- cumstances, I should have been only too glad to have pone into court, where the facts could be ventilated. THE TERRIBLE CHARGES AGAINST MR. JAMESON. "Concerning the story of cannibalism connected with the name of Mr. Jameson, I first heard (Mr. Stanley says in a supplementary statement, published by the Times on the 10th fast.) of it, of course, from Mr. Bonny. I was quite Incredulous and inclined to suspect that there was some animus but Mr. Bonny said to me, 'But I have seen the sketches myself,' and a Zanzibar!, who had been at Stanley Falls, cor- roborated Mr. Bonny's statement. I was also, in- formed that the Congo State authorities at Stanley Palls intended arresting Mr. Jameson for his action, and the story, as Mr. Bonny told it to me, was not only current in the camp, but it was current all along the Congo from Stanley Pool to Nyangine. Even this was not sufficient to entirely satisfy me; but at the same time I wrote a letter to Mr. Jameson, laying that I hoped he would be able to disprove such a tearful story. "1 heard no more about the story until I came to Cairo, when Assad Faran, a Syrian Christian, and formerly an interpreter of aur expedition, delivered a written document to me, on reading which I saw that the details were so circumstantial, and related with such wonderful clearness, that I asked him if the facti were true which the documents contained. I asked him if be bad written them himself, and he answered in the affirmative. Two witnesses were called, and in their presence I asked him again if the facts in that document were truthfully related, and be answered, Yes.' f As a Christian,' I said, remember that these men are dead, and whatever harm they may have done you in Africa, they can never do you any more. Therefore think well before you speak. Are the facts contained in this paper true?" Yes,' he said, f I swear it.' I said to him, 'Write your name down in the presence of these gentlemen if the paper is true,' and he signed his name, rand the two witnesses signed theirs, attesting the fact that Assad Faran had solemnly sworn to the truth of the document, and bad attached his signature with his own hand to It. On reaching England I asked Mr. John Rose Troop if the story were true, and be said, I have seen the Sketches mvself, and Captan Vangele b s ..111< i-e-u them.' A few days later & gentleman toid me tbAC do elerpvman had Sfeentbe head and neck of a negro whicu bad been sent home to London to Mr. Jameson lo be stuffed. The clergyman was reported to have odd- that, if Jameson bad such a morbid Jove for such monstrous curiosities, there might be considerable IsOb in the other story. I was told at Banalya that Mr. Jameson, ascertaining that the public feeling and the Arab sentiment at Stanley Falls bad been roused by Ms action, had said, • Well, if ever I am charged with it, I will deny it.' The document in my possession Is a very circum- stantial story, and presented la such a vivid manner, without any affectation or pretence, and is such a plain and simple story that one does not know what to say. You are swayed with a feeling of incredulity, but, if false, Assad is the most consummate and ac- complished liar in existence, because, as far as I know, Mr. Jameson had never done anything to inspire such devilish malignity in anyone as to incite them to invent such details. Personally my opinion will be just like that of most men but these facts and detaits were quite enough to cause me-to draw up that censure upon the officers of the rear column because it seemed to be the general belief that some terrible act like that related had occurred. If Mr. Jameson had not shown the sketches and bad not appeared to take a pride in the fact that be was the only living European who had ever sef-n this atrocious act of cannibalism, Assad Faran's story, however I might baVt; been struck by ttao manner of his relating the details, of itself would never have been deemed pufficient evidence to cause me to believe that any liviag white m'ln could be c»nab!e cf such an act. Had Mr. Jameson lived to reach us I would certainly have inquired into the rruth of every article of the accusation against him. but unfortunately Mr. Jameson died at Banea'a station on the same day that the advanced column reachi-d Banalya. The clergyman who is reported to have seen the ghastly trophy of the negro's head in London is a gen- tleman very well known, but for the present I have no right to mention his name." WHAT MR. HERBERT WARD SAYS. It is impossible for me to remain silent (Mr. Herbert Ward writes) after perusing Mr. Stanley's extra- ordinary communication to the Timet. I have already stated in public, and am prppared to* maintain, that, although I lived in the rear-guard camp with Major Barttelot for eight months in intimacy necessarily far closer than the ordinary companionship of civ .;isation, I saw nothing in Major Barttelot's behaviour during the whole of that time derogatory to his reputation as an officer. I do not tuink that any person who has deait with native troops would condemn the shooting of the Soudanese soldiet who deserted. Mr. Stanley himself has shown no hesitation in hanging Zahzibari porters for similar offences. My position as regards the allegel atrocities was, geographically, somewhat similar to tbtt "f Mr. Stanley. I bad left the camp and was hundreds cf miles away at the time. But, unlike Mr. Stanley, I should prefer not to attempt 50 injure the reputa- tion of the dead by the use, or misuse, of allegations based on report only. For it should never be for- gotten that Mr Stanley can at any time cast the whole responsibility of this degrading controversy, as it affects the dead, upon his informants. When Mr. Stanley cornea to deal with the living it is not difficult to answer him. The statement that I abstracted br&Rs rods (the currency of the country) is a ti" 1^22 till fCI CCCv urass roaa referred to the rods paid by the Congo State to the Bangala natives who assisted me in my canoe journey down the Congo with despatches. LIEUTENANT TROUP AND MR. STANLEY'S STATEMENTS. Lieutenant Troup, referring to Mr. Stanley's state- ments, declares that he challenges the latter to prove that he was present at the sombre scenss depicted by Mr. Stanley, or that he failed to protest. Lieu- tenant Troup says: It was impossible for the rear- guard to advance, as they were the scum ot the ex- pedition. We protested against Major Barttelot's conduct Mr. Stanley thinks we ought t;o have bound him with ropes we, however, preferred death to such a breach of militarv discipline." MR. JAMESON'S WIDOW SPEAKS. I should feel greatly obliged (Mrs. Kthet JamAson writes) if you would kindly state that the accusa- tions brought against the late Mr. J. S. Jameson are founded entirely on the misrepresentations of a dis- charged Syrian interpreter (Assad Faran), who denied his grossly exaggerated assertions to the Emin Pasha Relief Committee, and Mr. Jameson himself wrote a full account of the facts to Sir William MacKinnon. These I trust to be able to publish with the com- mittee's permission. MR. BOVNY'S STORY. Mr. William Bonny, who ia the only wh'to officer of the rear column of th" Emin Pasha Relief Expedition personally acquainted with all the terrible events connected with the misfortunes at Yambuya Camp, has made a signed statement for publication, corroborating in all but a few trifling particiilars Mr. Stanley's terrible alii gations concerning his rear column. Of this, and Mr. Stanley's supplementary statement, the Times says: Whatever the value ultimately set upon these amplifications of the fright- ful story—and few, indeed, will accept the evidence. even yet, as conclusive—the effect must be to deepen and darken the extremely painful impression left by this controversy upon the public mind. As regards the almost incredible brutality and inhumanity with which Major Barttelot is charged, one thing is clear. If we are to accept Mr. Bonny's narrative as correct, it is absolutely incompatible with Major Barttelot's sanity. This conclusion, which Mr. Bonny himself accepts as irresistible, would modify the amaz-ftent with which the world has heard such in- sensate acts of ferocity as the fixing of his teeth in a woman's flesh imputed to an English officer. As for Mr. Stanley's additional evidence against Mr. Jameson in respect of the most revolting of the whole batch of accusations, we must decline to regard it as carry- ing the case much further. Beyond repeating the testimony of Assad Faran, the dismissed interpreter —evidence upon which it is impossible to rely- he can say little except that the sketches depicting the alleged cannibalism in its various stages have been seen. It is obvious, however, that these sketches prove nothing. They cannot be supposed to be sketches, finished upon the spot, of what must have been a scene of great excitement, precluding the artist from effective work. They must, at all events, have been elaborated afterwards, when many amplifications of what he saw must have sug- gested themselves. It must be admitted, at the same time, that it is rather staggering to find Mr. Bonny declaring that Mr. Jameson had related the whole incident to him-the only discrepancy between Mr. Bonny's version and Mr. Stanley's being that in Mr. Bonny's notes Mr. Jameson is made to pay six cotton handkerchiefs for the girl who was to be eaten instead of 12." "We must insist" (tbe Times goes on to say), for the sake of the good fame, not only of the parties themselves, but of the British nation, to which they belong, and whose reputation the atrocities. charged to their account will cloud, that the whole mystery of this dreadful business should be cleared up. It becomes the duty of Mr. Walter Barttelot to print the expunged portions of his brother's diary, and the forthcoming diary of Mr. Jameson, which his widow is about to publish, ought to be free from any lacuna whatever." THE ATTITUDE OF THE BlIIIN BELIEF COMMITTEE, The responsible officials of the Emin Pasba Relief Committee absolutely deny that in their endeavours to rescue Emin Pasha any one of those associated with them was in the slightest degree actuated by any thought of personal advantages, whether of fame, riches, or ivory. The members of the com- mittee and their connection (Sir William Mackinnon and two of his colleagues explain in a letter which has been published) subscribed JE8650, exclusive of the sum contributed by the Egyptian Government, and those contributed by the late Mr. Jameson, the Countess de Noailles, and the Royal Geographical Society, and when these subscriptions proved in- adequate they added further donations amounting to JB5700. Th3 only stipulation they wished to make was that in the event of ivory being found at Wadelai by the expedition it should not be wholly retained by the Egyptian Government, but that a just proportion should be made over to the sub. scribers in payment of their outlay. The history of this stipulation is recorded in the Foreign O>nce Blue-book, Africa No. 8 of 188S. No ivory has tTn received by or for account of the committee. It is due to Mr. Stanley to add that be not only gave his services gratuitously for the expedition, but that he also threw up engagements worth more than £ 10,000 to him, and generoos'y placed at the dispoeal of the committee such sums as tpey m'gbt receive from the Press for his letters in connec tion with the expe- dition. These sums have amounted to considerably over £2000,
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. NEW DEAN OF WINDSOR.
NEW DEAN OF WINDSOR. Canon Eliot, who has been appointed to the Deanery of Windsor, was born in 1835, educated at King Edward's School, Bath, and Trinity College, Oxford ordained Deacon by the late Bishop of Win- chester, and Priest by the Archbishop:of Canterbury; and became successively curate of St. Michael's, Win- cheater; private chaplain at Collygatehouse, N;B.; and curate of Walcot, Bath. In 1867 he was ap- pointed first vicar of the new parish of Holy Tricity, Bournemouth. During Mr. Eliot's ministry at Bournemouth about j640,000 has been spent on church and school buildings and the whole has been raised by voluntary contribution. On last Easter Day the number of com- municants exceeded one thousand, and the offerings in Holy Trinity and the daughter church of St. Paul's were considerably over JE1000. As an example of bis earnestness on behalf of foreign missions, the Church Missionary Society alone has received from Holy Trinity parish over £7000. Mr. Eliot is an impressive and eloquent Evangelistic preacher. In 1881 he was appointed Hon. Canon of Winchester by Bishop Harold Browne, and in 1886 was nominated by the Crown to a canonry at Windsor. On Augnst 2,1883, he married as his second wife the Hon. Mary Pitt, daughter of the late Lord Rivers, and until her murlage Maid of Honour to her Majesty.
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A LADY'S LETTER.
A LADY'S LETTER. Fashion (according to a Parisian authority on drestr, whose notes are published by the Daily Tt:Ugraph)% patronises all sorts of rough woollen cloths brocaded with rouad or oval spots, tufted with specks of wtnie, traversed by vertical or crossed iines of curly moba;r, or bordered with bands of textile, imitating astrachan, sealskin, or other furs. Some ot them are almost as coarse and rough as horse-cloths, which does uot pre- vent their being arranged in very becoming h)lds and used for quite smart visiting costumes. Those brocaded with large hairy spots look well cuf. in the form of a. princess tunic draped trom the shoulder over a cuirass bodice of velvet. Tbe sleevrs are in velvet, the cloth folded rnnnd the arm alfc"* the manner of a low evening bodice. A severely ,Bi[npie costume for morning walks in cloth tufted wirh white has a skirt draped in a few foli's on the hipll. s,;t in at the back in fan pleats- All the way round the bottom is a broad crosaway piece headed wi h a piping of white ser»e a lubit- bodice with lapels spens over a white waistcoat, and the sleeves are finished off with piperf cuffs. Th& astrschan woven woollens are a decided feature of? the seas-n. Sometimes the cross-bars form sqntreg measuring six or eight inches. These gigantic chfckg look best made up on the cross. The bodice may be pleated into & point showing a velvet plastron between the folds and the skirt open on one side over a velvet panel. In other cases the bands of fur-like tissue are reserved for certain portions of the dress* the rest being of plain material. Thus, an elephant- grey woollen gown has bands of black pile on the tablier,and front of the bodice only, describing a. double V of dimensions suited to the position of each. Skirts (says the Ladies' Gazette qf Fashion) axe worn just clearing the ground, cut with scores, no steels used, only tapes. Some of the skirts barely measure three yards round, the foundation only being two and a quarter. For home wear they are cut rather long, for evening with long trains. There is little doubt but that skirts will shortly be wont much fuller and draped both at the aides and baclr. A very fashionable skirt, but one that must only be worn by those who possess a good figure, is made with three folds round the hips, one fastened at the back. The tunic has a fan pleating, narrow at the waist and spreading out at the hem. Others have, the material cut on the cross, and slight drapery with small clusters of folds down the sides or across the hips in small panists. Some skirts are trimmed at the foot with gathered flounces, pleatings, borders, points, or battlemented edges. A pretty style for a dress, introducing a panier drapery, consists of a kind of paiu&r over-ore»u the 8hort round is taken in folds on the sides, the long back has ftQ the fulness drawn into ft very harrow space at th6 waist, the corselet of cloth comes up very high ova the bust, the upper part of the bodice, sleeves, an j plain lower skirt are of cloth a different colour. Leather pipings are introduced on skirts about half a yard below the waist, bands of fur on others sewn perpendicularly half way down the skirt. The paniors style is suitable for a slight figure, and often the effect of a Princess gown is given by ft band being fastened to the skirt and again on to the bodice. Most visiting gowns of silk and woollen stuff are made in this way-Princess at the back, but with a division between the skirt and bodice. Bodices are mostly cut to give a long waisted effect, showing few seams, whether draped or smoothly stretched over the liniog, and are fastened invisibly. In the rich fabrics for handsome reception and evening toilettes there are many new and magnificent silks, brocades, and velvets. The designs are mostly floral, such as a white silk, with diamond- shaped spots of white brocade, over all is thrown sprays of apple blossoms and pale green leaves, th& flowers and foliage in velvet. A gendarme blue has an inch and a half self stripe of velvet, interwoven with tiny frise motifs, the satin stripe covered with a tiny running pattern of mouse and heliotrope. The new shade of petunia is very fashionable for evening wear; this is shown in a ground of velvet with satin spots, the same colour covered with a frise network; shadowed spots are new, elliptic spots of velvet being shadowed by satin ones. A brocade of bleu de France satin with large pink flowers has the skirt made with a demi-train very close-fitting on the hips, opening on each sile to show a narrow panel of old rose satin covered witb embroidery, putTed sleeves of the same satin. a narrow edging of pink feather ttimming roun ) the front of the bodice. Feather trimming is quite the favourite for bal' gowns a gown of yellow-crepe de Chine has the ahirc bordered with two rows of grey feather trimming. The bodice cut very long on the hips is edged witfi the same trimming resting on the draperies of the skirt. The upper part is in folds, edged with the feather trimming, and crossing right over the bust to the left hip. To return to brocades t many black satin are covered with most handsome floral designs, and ovals of the Louis XV. period; others with a pattern resembling old point lace hi flame colour and black. The latest form of driving wrap which will be used in driving to and from meets is adapted from the old pilot or reefer coat. It is made in drab and blue coachman's cloth. The seams are wide, and are all over-strapped; the lining is of thick kersey, and the whole garment is roomy and business-like rather than smart and neat, this being the characteristic of the riding-dress which it covers. Skirts are made of tweed and of cloth. The rough-surfaced materials which were so much worn last year are not very popular thin. There is a strong feeling for diagonal ribbed cloths, and very smart these look made up., into skirts and coats, and are worn with waistcoata of lighter material and hue. Hats for hunting depend very much on the tradi- tions of the p&ck with which, or of the country in which, one hunts. Some hunts look askance on any headgear but the conventional topper;" others are in favour of the more business like "pot." What- ever the shape, it is necessary that riding-hats should fit well and securely round the head, the inside being either softly padded, or else flexible, so as to prevent the pressure from hurting the wearer's brow, and the top being hard and firm to serve as protection to the cranium in case of accident. Ladies continuetouseneat and handsome hunting crops, although knotty canes were much more generally used last season in London. An attempt is being made to introduce the Mexican "shamhuck (the word is spelled phonetically) as a riding-whip. It is like our cutting whips in shape, but instead of the tapering point has a double strap of thick doe-skin stitched together until close to the end, when two small tongues of it are left separate. These flap when the whip is applied, and make a noise which encourages the horsa without hurting much. They are also supposed to be very efficacious in keep- ing flies from teasing horses. The shambuck" will not answer very well for hunting, as the handle is not adapted for opening gates, which is the principal use of a thongless crop to a lady. Eats with wide round brims are becoming decidedly y favourite shapes (MrB. Leach's I Pamily Dressmaker tells us) this season, and certainly they forma change from the close fitting shapes which have been so much worn lately. There ia, however, one drawback to the extreme size of hats, and that is such ft lUgi .amount of trimming is needed to cover them, that they really become such expensive items of dress aa to be quite unobtainable by a great many possessors of small dress allowances. Thick plumes are much used for milinery purposes. Small round tips is bright colours enliven black hats or bonnets, while long ones form a handsome trimming for big hats. Flat felt plates, instead of being twisted irregularly to form hat shapes, are now left straight in front, being slightly curved upward at the back; a rouleau of velvet placed under the brims makes them fit the tMad. while some ribbon ftndfeftthers combined form the trimming, which is placed at the back of the crown. Pretty toques are covered entirely with velvet, while a cluster of birds or tiny sparrows, wings is artfully placed among the folds, and is airtt god In, iuch, a manner that it gives height to the otherwise aatahapea. Is it ft good sign or a bad, ftsks the Globe, that there is hardly any leisure left in the world t Even Koyal PnnceaMa, duchesses, and coun- tesses fall ill of overwork. In the midst of the rush and scurry of haste that is over us alt, aome of us sigh now sad then, for a lotus land, and dream longingly of a life where it is always afternoon." The very phrase, however, is swiftly losing its meaning, the afternoon is so despa- rately busy for the very idlest. During the last 10 years a social revolution has turned over much of the evening entertaining of old to the hours between lunch aad dinner. Instead-of the mote or leea deli- berate call of a decade or so ago, with perhaps three or four others iqkitlpg, out hostelssd attention, thereis now a crowded drawing room, very pretty with its ahtded lamps (Ch, the hot and flariug gas of those day. Fana. some dozen words with the lady of the house; a cup of tea, some super-delicious mouthful of sandwich, caVe, or something that It half cftke, h»lf bonbon, and "Good afternoon, do^t, forget that first Tuesdays are my days."
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THE COMIC PAPERS. (From "Punch.") A LAMENT FROM THE NORTH.-tf And then the weather's been so bad, Donald!" 's Oa ay, air. Only three fine days-and twa of them snappit up by the Sawbath!" If A HIT! A PALPABLE HIT !"—CLUMSY SPORTS- MAN: uOb, I beg your pardon I did not see you, Sir PEPPERED DITTO: See me Confound it, air, you can see through me now QUITE THE KOCH OF THE W ALK.-Tbe great Berlin bacteriologist. MR. PUNCH'S DICTIONARY OF PHRASES, JOURNALISTIC. "Inspector —— gives you the impression of a particularly able and open-minded police-officer;" i.e., "an easy prey to the interviewing correspondent." It could not, of course, be expected that a par- ticularly shrewd and able young solicitor would be very communicative about his client's case i.e., Knew precious little himself, and didnt even offer me a drink." BEFORE AND BEHIND. (From a Thoughtful Grammarian.) Sir,-In the Times' Court Circular, I read that- Mr. William Nicholl had the honour of singing before her Majesty and the Reyal family." This was indeed an honour. I regret that the courtly circularist did not tell us what Mr. Nicholl sang before, the Queen and Royal family, and also what the Queen and Royal family sang (solo and chortiS ?) after Mr. Nicholl. But suppose before" does not here relate to time, but to position. It would have been a novelty indeed, and one well worth recording, if Mr. Nicholl bad had the honour of sing- iag behind the Royal family. And then, what a com- pliment if her Gracious Majesty and the Royal family had all turned round to listen to him If I am wrong in my interpretation of the court circular's circular note, wouldn't it have prevented any possible error to have said, In the presence of "? I only ask for information, and am, yours, FIDELITER. (Frorn Funny Folks.") THE Oyster Season "—Vinegar. STICKS which Should be Used when it is Desired to Give a Person a Sound Thrashing—Acou-stic(k)s. ATLANTIC Liners "—Those American reporters who board steamers which are known to carry cele- brities. T-AXING THE QUESTION.—("The first female tax- collector has just been appointed." 7 ruth. )-ADOR- ABLE TAX-COLLECTOR It I have made four final applications, Mr. Harduppe. I must now put the broker's women in possession." HARDUPPE «• Never mind Queen's taxes, queen of my ^,B- session of me, and send the brutal bailiffs away from your ownest own property, darling LET'S SOAP NOT.-[Mrs. Lynn Lynton says that the words woman" and It lady" have quite reversed their significance.]— MRS. STARCHER If the woman of the 'ouse is at 'ome, young man, will you tell 'er that the lady as does the wasbin' 'ave called ? SEALING WAXES UNPROFITABLE. [Seals have got so scarce that a number of vessell have bad to withdraw from the sealing trade.] This news from a person of feeling Should some sort of sympathy call, Since those who can't go to the sealing Will probably go to the wall! (From" Fun.") THE TRUTH OF IT.—FIRST CANDID GiBL "There, don't stay talking to me, our tempers don't suit." SECOND C. G.: 11 Perhaps not. But our dresses match so beautifully." MORE disagreements with Portugal respecting Africa! The only point, with regard to the Dark Continent, on which England, Germany, and Portugal seem to agree, is that the untortunate natives have no right whatever to their own country! WAISTS are growing. say the knowing, Growing longer day by ilav; Some girls who rue it say t,eits do it, Meanwhile men evince dismay. But much worse is-nay, a curse is- All that men now throw away. People firmer well might murmur, *« Waste is growing day by day! (From" Judy.") TAKTVG TIIB SHINE OUT OF TnEM.—M&ny an actor thinks himeielf-a great star when he is only a night light after all. ON A NEW LAY.—Our artist wtntato sell his studio effigy. He's going in exclusively for ecclesiastical subjects in future, he saya, and has, therefore, of course, no further use for a lay figure. NEW Beading—The tailor makes the girl. A BFRNE-ING Question-The International Copy- right Convention now assembled in the Swiss Capita!. PLEASURE IS AKIN TO PAIN.—"Got a pain, my puss ?" Yeth, mummy: it burth like anything when I touch it." "Then, don't touch it, dear." But, mummy, I want to thee how much it hurth." A NEAR and dear relation of ours is so invete. rately cantankerous, that he has even been known to provoke a smile. WHERE One Would Expect the Muzzling Order to be in Great Force—On the Isle of Dogs. PARTICULAR.—FOND PARENT Well, good night, Ethel: but, I say, what a pretty dress you've got, by jove ETHEL (in a shocked voice) Papa! It's not a dress, it's a frock." SAM WELLERISMS. I'm only taking a leaf out of your book." mentally observed the clerk as he helped himself surreptitiously to a blank cheque. "You are green enough to be taken in," as the sparrow said to the caterpillar. I'm on your beat," said the man as he belaboured the policeman. I'm in a brown study," observed the man who was dissecting a cigar. "Now look sharp," as the grinder said to the scissors. You are a bright one," asthe boy said to his new sixpence. Although you blow me up, I am always down," as the feathery substance wafting a thistle seed ob- served. "Multum in parvo," said the waiter when Tom Thumb had dined very freely. I won't have any of your chaff," as the winnow- ing machine said to the wheat. Don't burry to send in pur bill," as the ripe cherry said to the bird. Oh how you do bore me," as the piece of wood laid to the carpenter. "This is information thfct has been relied upon," as the policeman observed after listening to a string of untruths, V