Barry Herald

HERB is a suggestive light upon Post Office serv;ce 60 years ego. When Mr. Anthony Trollope left the establishment in 1867 be was entertained at dinner by a number of his colleagues in the General Post Office. He drew a picture of a large square room, looking out upon Goldsmit h's Hall, in which chamoer he bad-begun his official life 33 years before" as a junior assistant, probationary, temporary extra clerk,* condemned to 11 years' preliminary service without any par, the 12th Tear rewarding him with the sum £ 9 2». 6d.

MODERN MARTYR IN WALKS. At Waunirlwydd, South Wiles, a villus* Swansea, lives Mr. Jaii.es George, whoze fame Inn travelied fir a n d i ide. A repri't^tnrative of the South fl nl*s Drn], told off to interview hitn, H I went, to ft-e James George, it was a Drother. l'hillip Gt-orjjH. whom 1 encountered at first, and jot) whs willing to give me the fullest information. "Aiv brother, he biiirl, "baa been a great sufferer for two or three Neare. It began witha severe cold, turn fijIlo«f<i in- dIgestion and other ills, until from being hale mid act ive IIlan, be sank until most of his time was spent Cowering near the fire. I read of a 'iinilnr tc h;s having been cured by taking Dr. YtMiunif' I' nk iMls for Pale People, and got bun a box. Wry soon we saw an improvement. He began !o est' better, could get about a little, and by the time h" bad got through the second box he was as vigorous and active as ever. Those po- tatoes — point- ing to a heap of two or three loads were dug up by bun, and a sick ltIan could hardly do that, could he ?" At that, rtio- ment Mr.Jaines George,the sub- ject of the con- versation, e n- tered the house, and, eonfirming h i s brother's statement, said he bad derived such benefit, from Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills that he willingly consented to hi-ive his experience published. For two years," be said, I was simply a martyr to indigestion. I could not look at food, and seemed to be losing the use of mv limbs. My brother brought me a box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and from the first time of taking them I commenced to feel relief. Soon I could move about, and when I had used the second box I could work in the garden, and move about as actively as ever." The appetite of Mr. George was also stimulated by the pills to such an extent that his son said it was equal to two peeple's. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are famous for the cure of indigestion and liver troubles, anemia, rheumatism, weak heart, scrofula, consump- tion. and chronic erysipelas. They restore pale and sallow complexions to the glow of health, and are also a splendid nerve and spinal tonic, bavingcured many caees of paralysis, locomotor ataxy, neuralgia, St. Vitus' dance, and nervous headache. They are sold by chemists, and by Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Holborn-viaduct, London, at 2s. 9d. a box, or six for 13s. (Ict, but are genuine only with Jull name, Dr. NN'illiaiiis' Pink Pills for Pale People. These Pills are not like other medicine, and their effects are per* manent.

A JSEW ENOCH ARDKN. T'r:C story of a second Enoch Ar(lpn comes from Wi:ion, Boone county, in the free West. In IKtl, Ro»'and Griggs, a st rapping young fellow of 25 years, lefr >b home near Wilton to join the Confederate ari> He bade good-bye to his your,^ wite m d heir six-v eeks-oM daughter, Margaret, arid pro,ri,M r. to six-eeks-old daughter, Margaret, arid pro,ri,M r. to ret iirr. :11 a few short months. But, (.>,». red, ant1 years, and all the neighbours and trends wh" were in the armies on either title retimed. but Griggs came not. After waiting nearly lo years for her husband, Mrs. Griggs gave him up for dead, accepted the attentions of fiiley fiift'elo. n. prosperous bachelor farmer near Wilton, and mar- ried him. Of this union five children were born. A stranger came this week to the Wilton neighbour- hood- No one knew him, though he said he was born and reared near bv. He asked for Mrs. Griggs, and an old farnier told him of her marriage to itiffelo. The stranger said he bad known her when a gir), and would call on her. He did so, but was not recog- nised. He was invited to dinner. Then he announced his identity. He said he was Rowland Griggs, and that Mrs. Riffelo was his wife. He told his story, and proved it by documents and other evidence. He had been wounded on the battlefield of Murfrees- boro, andoaptured by the Union army. Remaining in the hospital and prisun until tho close of the war, he heard his wife and child were dead. He did not return, therefore, to Missouri, but went to Iowa, where he has been engaged in farming. A longing to look on the scenes of his earlier days seized him, nnd be came back to Boone county. After mutual recognitions followed a problem-would he claim his wife ? She seemed happy and content in her new relations, and the first husband would not disturb her. Accordingly, after a visit to his baby, Margaret, now married for the second time, Griggs left for his home in Iowa.

THE INVENTOR OF THE UMBRELLA. The question of who invented the umbrella will probably never be solved, but it is almost certain that this useful appliance originally came from China. In Europe it was unknown until about the middle of the 18th century, when the English explorer, Jonas Han- way, brought the first specimen to London from the far East, The prejudice against the innovation was so strong in London that for three years after he first appeared in the street with his new-fangled umbrella Hanway had to employ police protection every time he ventured out with it. Passers-by thought him a lunatic, and, in spite of the rain, boys and men would rr.n after him hooting and calling hitn all sorts of names. When the umbrella made its first appear- ance in Paris it precipitated almost a riot on the part of the porte-chaise and sedan-chair carriers, who con- sidered this invention a deathblow to their trade a fear which proved well-founded. But, despite opposi- tion, the umbrella slowly but steadily made its way through the world, until now it is known and used in every civilised country.

BULGARIA AND AUSTRIA, The Standard Vienna correspondent says the Austro-Hungarian Charge d Affaires at Sofia has been instructed by the Austrian Foreign Minister to ask for his passport and to leave the Bulgarian capital. should the Bulgarian Government refuse to give full satisfaction for the language used by the Premier, M. Stoiloff, concerning Austria, in course of an interview which was published by a Berlin paper a fortnight ago. It was owing only to the energy of the Austro-Hungarian Consul at Phillippopolis that the murderers of the Hun- garian singer, Anna Simon, were discovered, and further, the incident would have been hushed up bad not the Austrian Representive in Bulgaria emphati- cally insisted on the case being brought to trial. These efforts of Consular activity caused considerable bitterness against Austria, and M. Stoiloff, in the interview referred to, gave utterance to the suspicion that the Austro-Hungarian Government had insisted on the punishment of Captain Boitcheff, the Prince's Aide de Camp, only from political reasons and from enmity to Bulgaria. The indignation is all the greater because Prince Ferdinand in advance took upon himself full responsibility for his Minister's words.

MEN WHO WILL RISE. History has taught us that no circunce8 are too humble for a child born in them o rise to eminence. It has also taught us that poverty is frequently a help rather than a hindrance, and that the right kind of a man will make circumstances bend to his purposes, and not let circumstances bend him. There is a breed of heroes, which is never extinct in any age of the world, who delight in obstacles, and who make poverty, disadvantages, and youthful deprivations only serve as he rounds of the ladder by which they climb to greatness. They do not sit down and whine because others are more fortunate than they. They take fortune as it comes, unmurmuringly, and by a k,nd o mysterious alchemy, as it were, transmute misfortunes in o benefits. But few great men have been developed from among the poor of cities. The dwellers in the wretched tene- ments of the large cities do not tram children to great- ness. The fresh air, the healthy surroundings, the wholesome influences of the country are lacking. The crowded tenements of the city too often, alas, train up their children born under the evil influence to lives of degradation. Toe germs of greatness rarely flouris h then.

THE aiiiils recently discovered at Brandcn, 111 Suffolk, are of several tYP" flome resemble the new stone age long barrow" skulls, which are long in shape, while others are broad in shape, but are not the broad skulls of the round barrows." The newly-discovered broad skulls appear (the Glob,, says) to have belonged to a fairly widespread "Romano-British" pe. Among the long skulls are some like the Row-Grave type of Germany, and the low-crowned type of Batavia (Holland). It is known that in 372 A.D. some Alemannic Bucinobantes came from Mainz, and they appear to have setMed at Buckenham, in Norfolk, 20 miles from Brandon Onlv one Saxon skull was found. On the whole the evidence of the Brandon skulls goes to show that, a people of mixed race occupied the district prior to tne Anglo-Saxon invasion; that, in fact. Teutonic types inhabited this part of England (the old "Saxon Shore"; before the Romans left, if not even before j they came to the country, which is very probable.

•BKIBES IN KXETEK GAOL. WAKUJCKS EXroSKIl BY ("'>N VICT. On Friday of last week, at Exeter Police-couri, Thomas E. Jenkins, a warder at Exeter prison, was summoned on information iaid by Major MnrheHm, the Governor, for conveying 11. letter and two ehequell out of prison contrary to regulations..lames Turner, assistant warder, was summoned for convening a leiter Mid one cheque. Mr. of Exeter, « ho au- pvared for the Public Prosecutor, said the two men had been in service at the prison since I.^SS. From what, be overheard, a convict, named Hole, undergoing a sentence of five \ears' penal servitude, carne to tI". conclusion that these men were receiving money frlllll prisoners' friends outside for conveying in and out. tilings wb ieo were not allowed, and I hat. he would be doing something to benefit society if he got at 1 he bottom of it. Hole first, ppoke to Jenkins and asked him whether he would convey something out of prison, and Jenkins said that if money were planked down he would stick at nothing. Hole then asked him if he would post a letter for him, and Jenkins ar;?were'l he would do so if Hole gave him Hole answered that he could not do that, but. he would givp hitn a post-dated cheque for £5, and redeem it uhen he got his liberty. There was i he qnes* ion as to how Hole managed to get the cheque, but it teemed that, he was a bookbinder, and had access to the prison library, where he obtained a book elltitled, of the House of David," the tlyleaf of was of peculiar pattern. He tore this out, and, being a good penman, wrote cheques which were almost like lithographed copy. Subsequently Hole wrote another cheque for two guineas. After that he wrote to the Prison Commissioners, and a trap was arranged to catch the defendants. Letters were written purporting to come from Mrs. Hole, but really they came from Mrs. Clements, wife of a sergeant of police in the Devon constabulary, nnd were posted at Winchester-place, at which Hole's wife was supposed to reside. These letters, purport- ing to come from Mrs.. Hole, expressed her grateful- defendants for kindness shown to her husband, stated a desire to redeem cheques which had he>n giren. Appointments were made to meet i:r:rr at Queen-street Station, nnd Jenkins at St, Divid's Station, where the latter was arrested. i'urner "nt his sister-in-law with a letter and a :hpui,e, which were delivered to the supposed Mrs. I lolt, who sent for the police. Both defendants pleaded giiihy. Jenkins,inareport he was called upon to :>:a he by the prison authoiities, admitted taking the •Sje jue and posting the letter. It was the first time II" done it, and he asked to be forgiven. Turner inftiie a similar answer. Jenkins said on Friday the sin eo.ent made to him by Hole was to the effect that wife was destitute and that he wanted the letter potted in order to get some friends to help her. It was false that he had taken any money. Turner said hut he posted a letter. Hole a few days after gave a piece of paper to take home and keep it, saying rhat i;e would hear about it later. He did not see what it was at the time. Jenkins was fined £3 and ■i.^s in encl^pf the three cases, or one month's im- prisonment fd?>*each, and Turner and costs for each of the two cases, or one month for each.

A LADY SMOKER'S TEBR1BLE END. Bessie Jackson, who is a young and pretty Ameri- can soubrette of 23, had a bad habit of smoking in At six o'clock on Saturday morning she got out if bed in her residence in New York for the purpose 3f having a matutinal cigarette, but in lighting it, she also set fire to her nightdress, which blazed up iTid er veloped her in flames. She screamed for help, tnd threw herself upon the bed in the hope of extin- juii-hing the flames, but only succeeded in setting the bed on tire. She leaped from the bed to the floor, wht" eo dis rolled in her agony, and in doing so knocked over a small table on which a kerosene lamp was burning. The lamp exploded, and the oil, scat- tered all over the room, made it a mass of fire. The woman, with her nightdress still burning, rushed from the room into another, where she rolled upon a lounge, setting fire to that also. The maid- servant aroused by the noise rushed into the room, and seeing her mistress rolling in agony on the lounge, tore the remains of her nightdress off her back, and tried to check the flames. Jackson, half mad with pain and fear, ran to the door of the flat, and dashed downstairs naked and with the skin peeling off from her shoulders down to her knees. She was given a refuge by some neighbours living in a flat on the floor below, but was found to be so shockingly injured that she was conveyed to the hospital, where she now lies in a dying condition. She was living with a pseudo-husband, but he is absent from New York.

At. RUSSIAN TOUR. The official programme of M. Faure's visit to Russia was published in St. Petersburg on Sunday. He will arrive at Cronstadt early next Monday morn- iDg, and at the Peterhof Pier will be welcomed by the Czar. The Emperor and the President will drive in an open carriage to the Palace at Peterhof, where an Imperial reception will take place, to be foliowed by a lunch, at which a distinguished company will be present. A State dinner will be given in the evening, sind there will be a theatrical gala representation and illuminations. Arrangements are made for festivi- ties for the three following days.

THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN. News has reached Suakin that Osman Digna has been called to Omdurman by the Khalifa. The Jaalins between Metemmeh and Berber have been plundered by the Baggaras. They are in great dis- tress and dare not leave their homes. Colonel Cochrane baa replaced Colonel Parsons as Governor of the Red Sea Littoral during the letter's absence through illness. Colonel Parsons is expected to re- i turn at the end of the month.

A POSTMAN'S GALLANTRY. Egham was the scene of a noteworthy act of gal- (antry on the part of a local postman. A deep, disused well, in an out-of-the-way corner of the parish, is much frequented by school-children. A number of these, it appeared, were playing about the place late on Saturday afternoon. In running near the edge of the well, one of them, a little girl, missed her footing and fell down to the bottom. Her cries were heard by a postman named W. G. Earle, who was passing the spot at the time. At considerable risk Earle lowered himself down the well by means alone of his hands and feet, and succeeded in bring- ing the frightened child up to the surface.

FAILURE OF THE IRISH POTATO CROP. The potato crop in County Limerick and County Clare has been so severely attacked by blight that it will turn out an entire failure. The portion that can be saved will not last longer than a few weeks, and already prices are three or four times what they were this period last year.

A NORWICH TRAGEDY. Bainthorpe Hall, near Norwich, in the ownership of Sir Charles Harvey, Bart., has been the scene of a shocking crime. A gentleman named Bovill had rented the place for the shooting season, and, with his wife and two sons—one of whom is an invalid-had been in residence about a fort- night. On Friday night of last week, after retiring, he left his wife's bed-chamber and wen downstairs. Three-quarters of an hour elapse an then Mrs. Bovill, beginning to feel anxious as to is whereabouts, sent her maid in search of blm. hlø young woman, on entering the library, wa9 °rtf to find her master sitting in a chair, with ° 18 head blown off and covered with blood. xfces ing near the chair was a recently-discharged fowhng- piece. Medical assistance was at once summoned, but to no purpose, as the unfortunate gentleman was past all human aid. He was a man of fine propor- tions, standing 6ft. 2in., and was evidently in good circumstances.

EVICTIONS IN WALES. Much excitement prevailed at Kidwellyi Llane y, on Saturday, when over 60 families wereevicte from their homes for non-payment of rent, the arrears amounting to £1500. The local tinplate works nave been closed for three years, and great distes has prevailed in the district, the wives and rami les of the tinworkers having been supported for some time by a fund raised from public subscriptions.

SIR WiLFRrD LAURIKR, on his way from Rome to Ireland, for embarkation to Canada, stayed a fa hours in Paris. In conversation with a brench journalist the Canadian Premier said be believed and hoped his journey to France would not have been useless for the two countries. The Canadians were quite ready to develop the commercial intercoursti j between them. j CONSIDERABLE irritation is being caused at Twicken- ham bv the fact that a wall which is being erected on the Duke of Orleans estate will block out the beautiful river view formerly visible from the road. A protest is being organised, to which a number of well-known artists have given their adhesion, MR. FRANK GOODENOW, owner of the yacht Karen, built at Yarmouth, in Nova Scotia, has been informed by the Treasury Department that he inust pay duty at each United States port visited by his yacht. The only way to avoid the payments is to remain in the tame customs district.

R:t.GD1"NTAL COLO If KS IN BATTLE. A strong prj.jouncement by the Commander-in- Chief as to the impossibility of carrying colours into action has brought the subject of these emblems into considerable prominence. It is not easy, re- marks the Array and Savy Gazette to inv8t a dis- cussion d this sort with any particular novehy, but, it may be convenient to group under two heaos —sentiment and utility — the main arguments of those who accept without demur the official decision that, colours lire never again to be carried on the battlefield. To take the plea of sentiment first,, it, is a mere truism to say that the history of colours is the history of the British Army. Jso words can fitlv express the peculiar signifirance of such a chronicle, wr'tten as it is in letters of blood. Viewed from almost any standpoint, the colours of a ngi- ment, whether themselves the actual relics of many a strenuous battle or the successors of others laid to honourable rest, in some great cathedral or the church of a country town, must necessarily be sur- rounded with associations, the splendour of which is mingled with strange pathos and solemnity. Custom, moreover, has done much to surround the colours with peculiar sanctity. The habitual military salute, the doffed hat when in mufti, the largesse to the drum-major of the old days when the newly- joined sub. carried a colour for the first time on parade, have all combined to maintain the goodly belief that the colours are to the regiment something in the nature of an African fetish. TRADITIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS. Apart from this there Las always been associated with the colours a glorious notion, sometimes gloriously put into practice, that when the tide of battle is flowing strongly in the wrong direction, they shall form a rallying point round which the British officer and his men MIl gather in the proud con- sciousness that in such a neighbourhood death cannot but be honourable. Traditions and associations of this sort are simply beyond the reach of argument. To attempt to analyse them would be as futile as it would be to characterise the precise motives that lead a man to win the Victoria Cross, to conduct a forlorn hope, or to do a variety of things which very possibly in his sober senses be would never dream of doing. For many generations regimental colours have been to the British Army what no other institution could have been, and it is undeniable that if they are never again to betaken into action a certain amount of the sentiment hitherto attached to them must inevitably disappear. Yet sadly, bitterly, as one must regret the severance of such a tie between the personnel of a corps and its battle history there is no room for serious argument against the now definite renunciation of the colours as a factor on the battlefield. As Lord Wolseley Bays, to ask a man nowadays to carry a colour into action is equivalent to asking him to get himself assassinated. Nor does the objection end here. If it did it would probably not carryall the weight it might, as there are hundreds of officers sufficiently imbued with the spirit of the past to willingly under- take such a deadly responsibility rather than see an old tradition sacrificed. RELICS OF THII PAST. But it is essential in modern war that neither individuals nor units shall be unduly conspicuous, since, however desirable it may be on occasion to draw a hostile fire, it commonly happess that it is extremely inconvenient to give a determined enemy any sort of distinctive mark on which to direct the deadly fire of modern weapons. Not only that, but colours must be carried by officers so long as there are officers to carry them, and officers to-day are not such a superfluity that to enter upon a warm engagement with two short is either convenient or desirable. Fire discipline requires the keenest pos- sible attention on the part of everyone holding a commission, and war wastage will probably make the supply of officers one of the most serious pro- blems of the next great campaign. Half measures, such as carrying the bare poles into action, would with English troops assuredly prove ineffectual. Let us, then, be content to face the situation as it lies, and to regard the colours in action as one of the glorious relics of a splendid past which un- fortunately the exigencies of modem war will not permit us to retain. Not a few other traditions, naval as well as military, have had to go by the board" owing to modern requirements. In the matter of regimental colours the change has been long impending, and comes as no sort of painful sur- prise. So far as the army is concerned, the clear recognition of the inevitable will, perhaps, even come as something of a relief after years of more or less uncertainty. In any case, the fiat will be recognised as one that has been arrived at by competent autho- rities who have given the matter earnest considera- tion, and who certainly would not have sought to practically abolish a grand tradition unless abso- lutely compelled to do so by motives of humanity, prudence, and military policy in general.

JUBILEE AMNESTY IN BURMAH. In a recent resolution the Government of Burmah has published an interesting statement as to the re- sult of the application in that province of the rules for amnesty of prisoners made by the Government of India on the occasion of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Ninety one persons were released as having been originally sentenced to less than a months imprisonment, and having served more than half that period on or before June 22. Five hundred and sixty-seven more were re- leased on June 22, in consequence of various classes of remission having exhausted their sentences. Thus half the sentences were remitted in all cases of a month's imprisonment or less; IS days were taken off all sentences between one and six months, a month off those between six and 12 months, and a month for each year in sentences be- yond 1J months. In addition 7526 prisoners got re- missions under these rules, which, however, were not to apply to persons convicted moie than twice, or to those whose release would probably lead to the re- newal of blood feuds. There were no prisoners in Burmah to be released under the rule for the remis- sion of all sentences under six months for offences attributable to the scarcity 65 women were released as female prisoners whose offences was not of a serious character. There were only seven civil prisoners to be released as non-fraudulent civil prisoners, confined for debts not exceeding Rs. 100 each, while 126 were released as political prisoners who might safely be set at liberty. In 1890 a large number of these political or semi-political prisoners were released, but since then there has been various minor risings, the prisoners from which received the benefit of the present amnesty. The rules applied to all prisoners from Burmah, whether incarcerated in Burmah or in other part. of India.

ONLY SEVEN WIVES! The Chicago police are engaged in JnTestigating the numerous matrimonial exploits of David Bates. He is in custody under two warrants, each charging him with committing bigamy by marrying different women, while his actual wife is still alive, and recently another warrant was served upon him by the father of the lady who became the third Mrs. Bates. The police, who describe Bates as being by no means pre- possessing, says he has been married no fewer than seven times, that only once did he go through the formality of securing a divorce before looking for another wife, and that all the seven Mrs. Bates are living. The sheriff of Wisconsin ^ays that Bates's real name is Austin Crown, and that while living at Waupaca in that State he was indicted for the abduc- tion of a pretty girl named Olive Vosburg, aged 15. Her photograph was found in Bates's pocket when the pohce searched him in his cell.

VERY GRAND PRESENTS. 0' I am often mightily amused," said the manager of a very well-known jeweler and silversmith, 'when I read the lists of wedding presents—de- scribed as a whole as magnificent and costly *—in the newspapers. Why, a great many of these things are manufactured specially for yhat I may call the present trade.' A customer comes in and asks for a certain article, and we show the best goods we have In .that line, and name the price. Oh, I couldn't think of giving such a price as that,' says the cus- tomer I only want the article for a wedding pre- sent, and out we bring a different class of article altogether. There is infinitely more meanness about these society' presents than you could imagine, lbey are most frequently given with the expectation of something being given back in return, and we are every day asked the value of articles by the reci- pients."

A SOMNAMBULIST'S FALL. The son of Sir Gordon Sprigg, Preiser of Cape Colony, who is in England with his father, has nar- rowly escaped a seriousaccident. Be has been staging at Woking on a visit to Mr. H. B. Eyre, and a corre- spondent vouches for the following facts: In his youth Mr. W. P. Sprigg occasionally walked in his sleep, but it was thought that he had got rid of the dangerous habit, as he had not been known to walk so for many years. However, while visiting at W oking, his host heard an ominous thud followed by loud groans. On going into the grounds Mr. Eyre found Mr. Sprigg lying on his back insensible. An examination ihowed that no bones had been broken, but Mr. Sprigg was suffering from shock and bruises. It Beemed that he must have risen from bed, opened the window, and slipped down the sloping roof outside, falling some 25ft. Sir Gordon and Lady Spring came to Woking in response to a telegram informing them of the occurrence. Mr. Sprigg was on Saturday re- ported to be going on well.

DR. JAMESON'S OFFICERS. Mr. HAwksley has written a circular letter with the object of enlisting the support of the public in an appeal to her Majesty's Government to return the commissions of the officers who served under Dr. Jameson at the time of the raid. Afterreferrin to the statement made by Lord Lansdowne in the House of Lords that if the Parliamentary inquiry had bad the result of materially altering the aspect of the case, we should have been glad to reconsider our decision"; but "no facts materially affecting the position of the officers have been elicited, and the Committee has made no recommendation in their favour," Mr. Hawksley points out that the officers were not mentioned from the beginning to the end of the Report; that Mr. Rhodes was treated as the principal, and that even Dr. Jameson was only referred to when it was necessary for the Committee to consider his action, apart from, and perhaps in opposition to, Mr. Rbodes's wishes. Mr. Hawksley also draws attention to the statements made by Mr. Cripps and Mr. Brodrick that the officers thought they were doing a public service, more or less with the cognisance and knowledge of the Imperial Anthorities, and that at most they had erred hohestly. The letter continues: Now that the whole facts as to the position of these officers are known and admitted, it is right it should be stated that, although advised that a defence based on these facts would probably be successful, the officers expressly instructed me not to raise any defence which would lead to a public discussion of the circumstances. 111 giving me these instructions, they considered they were acting patriotically. There is no doubt Lord Hugh Cecil is perfectly correct that on the facts as now publicly known no conviction would be possible. The letter for the W ar Office which I prepaied, and which has been so much debated, was a private com- munication sent in the hope that an investigation into the position of the officers, as regards their commissions, would have been made by an indepen- dent tribunal sitting with closed doors. Unfortu- nately, this course was not adopted. The Select Committee was reappointed, and against the wishes of the officers the lettei was made public. Hinc iliac lachrymae!" Though the Select Committee does not say so, it must be taken that it thought there was not sufficient ground for t' ) assurances given to the officers. Let us, none the less, join Lord Hugh Cecil in urging her Majesty's Government to act up to "the very righteous and proper line" they disclosed in the Colonial Secretary's speech," and as a logical consequence take the popular step of extending to these the humbler offenders the mercy extended to others." The quality of mercy would not, be strained, and surely these officers have done nothing to merit a life-long punishment. It is not reasonable to suggest, that the officers under Dr. Jameson were entitled to assume, even if they had not been curious enough to inquire, that Dr. Jameson went in with authority the eventuality, that is an insurrection in Johannesburg, having, the force were informed, arisen ? It is further to be borne in mind that Dr. Jameson, though not holding the Queen's Commission, was in supreme command. As Sir Edward Clarke said cJ.t Bow-street,, when Sir John Bridge committed Dr. Jameson and the five remaining officers for trial, It is Dr. Jameson's, and Dr. Jameson's respansibility alone, that is to be found in the matter. He was tba administrator of the affairs of this Company, and under an Order in Council which gave the Company the power to have an armed force in order to main- tain order, that armed force was under his control and authority as administrator. He desires me to say that all these others were acting under his control and discretion, and that if there was, in fact, any breach of the law committed by those who ar- ranged and organised this expedition, that breach of the law was committed by him, and, as far as the others were concerned, was committed by them only in loyal obedience to the orders which they thought he had the right to give." Both Lord Lansdownw and Mr. Brodrick, as representing the War Office, laid much stress upon the fact that the officers when in the Transvaal did not return on receiving the urgent messages from the High Commissioner. Here, again, is it not obvious that Lord Hugh Cecil is per- fectly correct when he says that in the circumstances no officer could have retired at the moment when these messages were received- while bis supreme officer (Dr. Jameson) was going on? It has been stated, and not contradicted, that as a matter of fact it was physically impossible for the officers to return; but, be this as it may, it is certain that if any single officer had desired and endeavoured to obey the message and return to the Protectorate he would at once have been placed under arrest, if not shot. May we not urge that if this compulsory dis- obedience is held to be in the peculiar circumstances of the case the most serious part of the offences of the officers, that then indeed there is difficulty in finding adequate reason for refusing to restore the commissions? How can we act up to the spirit, em- bodied in Sir Gordon Sprigg's admirable letter, and let bygones be bygones, and forget the errors of the past, while these officers remain under her Majesty g displeasure? In conclusion, I desire to say that in making this appeal, which I do without communi- cating with any of the officers, I do not include Sir John Willoughby, who, as Mr. Brodrick says, alona had Dr. Jameson's entire confidence," and stands in a different position to those he commanded. But for the others it is my simple duty to speak, remember- ing that, as has been well said, it is sometimes better to be misunderstood than not to speak.

"INVISIBLE" WAR VESSELS, For some time past the French navy officials have been endeavouring to discover a colour which will conceal vessels from an enemy's sight as long pos- sible. The shades of grey and black adopted in the French fleet are considered t.o meet the requirelllen1,. satisfactorily during the daytime. At night, however, these colours are easily distinguishable by the electric searchlight. Much interest has now been ex- cited by the announcement that an inventor has discovered a "coating" possessing the marvellous property of rendering vessels alto- gether invisible. How much or bow little fumisterie" there may be in the report it is as yet, impossible to say. Meanwhile, one French journal ventures into details. During the last naval manoeu- vres at Brest, it is stated, torpedo-boat No. 61, repre- senting the enemy, succeeded in traversing, without being seen, the luminous zone produced by the elec- tric projectors, thauks to the special composition with which her hull had been coated. Possibly our con- temporary has been duped by some too ingen.ons correspondent,, or perhaps the writer really believes himself to have been an eye-witness of the invisible. In these days of Rontgen rays tout est possible.

THE COWBOY'S LIFE. The life of the gaucho, or South American cowboy, is spent on horseback, riding over the endless stretches of plains, corralling his cattle and branding them, and occasionally hunting wild game. His saddle is the most uncomfortable seat in the world, but he bestrides it with the ease and grace of an Indian, and is not to be dislodged by any trick of man or beast. He never carries any firearms. His weapons are the lassoo, a horsehair rope, the bolas, and the knife. The latter is the weapon of defence when fighting with human enemies, and the first twos are his weapons of offence I when chasing the wild horses, steers, ostriches, panthers, and even birds. The bolas is a weapon peculiar to these South American cowboys, and through long years of constant practice it is really a deadly instrument. It consists of two or three small iron balls, l^in. in diameter, attached to pieces of stout cord, 3ft. long. The other ends of these cords are gathered together in a big knot which jfives a cowboy a firm purchase. He swings it over his head once or WJce. to give it force, and then, with a twist of his wrist, hurls it with unerring aim at the object. Within a range of 30 to 60 yards the man can bring down any small game, and even at 80 to 100 yards he has been known tn hit panthers and rabbits. The two or three balls swing wide apart 'in their flight, and thus there is a range of 6ft. in which to hit the target.

GREAT INCOMES. The Earl of Derby draws, it is said, from his tenant farmers upwards of £170,000 a year. This is supplemented by his Liverpool property. In 1710 the waste lands of Kirkdale and Bootle, Liverpool, were purchased from the Moore family for £12,000 —a good investment, when it is remembered that £300,000 has been paid by the corporation of that town for strips of the foreshore as the dock extension became necessary. Bootle and Kirkdale are now mostly let out in building leases at so much a foot. This fortunate family also owns nearly all the town of Bury. The total income of the Earls of Derby must IJe close on £350,000 a year.

'4 AT GARIBALDI'S TOMB. The other day, when at sea in the neighbourhood of Caprera, the Prince of Naples suddenly landed, went to Garibaldi's tomb, remaining a long time in contemplation with uncovered head, and gathering a branch of oleander growing near before he left. The improvised visit was not known to the authorities o* the island till the Prince had re-embarked.

NINE HUNDRED AND 8EVENTTEN lighthouses dot the British coasts. There is a lighthouse for every 14 miles of coast in England, 34 miles in Ireland, and 39 miles in Scotland. The number of lighthouses in i the world is now 5927, with 250 lightships. And the numbers increase Tear by year, aad will continue te do 10.

AiS iJN 1 EKJLSTING MOVEMENT. Readers of Consular Reports, and even etill more, perhaps, readers of religious periodicals dealing with missionary efforts, have been struck with the evidence they afford of the growing tendency of the Jewish race to re-establish itself in the land of its fathers. It is believed by not a few Christian people in this and other countries that the "set time" of the Hebrew prophets, when Palestine shall once more be peopled by the sons of Israel, has almost come, and that the early years of the twentieth century may witness the setting-up of a Jewish State, with Jerusalem as its capital. This expectation mav turn out to be only a dream, but it is certain that it is very widely cherished among the Jews themselves, and the facts upon which it is founded are, to say the least, curious, and highly interesting. Twenty years ago there were but few Jews in Pales- tine; they are now numbered by scores of thousands. Agricultural colonies have been established, and the soil is being brought into cultivation by the descend- ants of its ancient possessors to an extent which has had no parallel since the great dispersion of eighteen hundred years ago. An interesting account of the movement is given in the current number of the Sine- teenth Century by Dr. Emil Reich, who is apparently well-informed on the subject, of which he writes, whatever may be thought of his conclusions. During the present month a congress is to be held at Bale for the purpose of taking practical steps to carry out the idea, and the names of many wall-known Jews are mentioned as intending to take part in it. Pro- minent among them is Dr. Max Nordau, the aathor of Degeneration," and other books which have a large circulation. The leader is Dr. Herzl, who last year published a pamphlet in several languages, in which he put forth the proposition that, in face of the Anti-Semitic fanaticism which has come to prevail in Europe, the only hope of the Jew is to abandon the attempt to obtain equal rights with Christians in the existing States, and to found a purely Jewish community in the Holy Land. The proposed congress is not looked upon by any means with universal favour among the I Hebrew people, but, as Dr. Reich observes, it will meet, and the question of a wholesale return of Jews to Palestine will be seriously discussed before Christian Europe." That question, as the writer truly remarks, "interests not only Jews and Anti- Semites, but also the rest of Europe. An exodus of some five million people who, for good or evil, have grown to be no inconsiderable factor in the material and intellectual, if not also in the national, life of Europe, must needs give rise to very grave problems of policy and economics." The new movement is comprehensively designated as Zionism, and it includes, according to Dr. Reich, three several classes of adberent¡;1, whose ideas and aims are by no means identical, and are, indeed, in some respects mutually antagonistic. There are religious Zionists, political Zionists, and commercial Zionists. The tirst class—" Lovers of Zion" they call themselves—are rather disposed to wait, upon Provi- dence than to take active measures to secure the fulfilment of their aspirations. "They do not want to precipitate the work of Him whom in their prayers they fervently beseech to bring them back to Palestine. They only want to send their individual members of Jewry not many, yet several; not shiploads of them, yet here and there a family or two." By so colonising the Holy Land they gratify their craving for the return to Palestine, which it is their duty to maintain in some corner of their hearts, without giving unnecessary offence in public." The political Zionists take a much bolder line. They proclaim loudly that the condition of their people has become intolerable in Christendom, and that they must become a separate nation, in Palestine, if possible; if not, in Argentina, or any- where else, where they may hope to dwell in peace. The religious party are sanguine. They have con- stituted local organisations which they call tents," have started a quarterly-Palestina — and have gone so far as to plant vineyards and cultivate farms in some parts of the Holy Land. In April last a special commission, under the leadership of Mr. H. Bentwich, was sent out to report on the condition and prospects of these undertakings. Mr. Bentwich has little doubt as to the perfect feasi- bility of taking back Palestine by slow but con- tinuous colonisation of the land at the hands of Jewish settlers." Not all Jewish authorities are of the same mind. Mr. Zangwill, the novelist, who was a member of the commission, "sees difficulties of an almost insurmountable character in any attempt at colonising Palestine on a large scale." On the other hand, we gather that the opinion of Colonel Conder, Sir Charles Wilson, and other Christians who have been consulted, is favourable to the project. It must be admitted, at any rate, that the quiet and well- organised work of the Zionists all over the world is— aided by some of the millionaire Jews, especially the Rothscbilds-proceeding steadily and legularly." The political Zionists—Dr. Reich tells us little of those whom he calls the commercial section—see their way quite clearly, at least if they are correctly represented by their champion, Dr. Hepel. That eloquent pamphleteer has sketched out a constitution and laws for the State which is to be created. The difficulties arising from differences of language, social customs, and so forth can all, in his opinion, be overcome, and a homogeneous nation brought into being. But how is Palestine to be acquired ? Not by any such slow process as that which commends itself to Zionists of the religious school. Dr. Herzl is not willing to leave the matter in the hands of the God of his fathers. He puts his trust in gold. Turkey, he alleges, will gladly part with Palestine for a substantial consideration. The finances of Turkey are in a shattered condition. If, now, the Jews offered the Sultan an annual tribute, to start at £100,000, and guarantee a sum of £2,000,000, the tribute and further loans to increase in accordance with the increase of the population, the Sultan would, Dr. Herzl, thinks, grant the Jews in return the right to settlement and the autonomous govern- ment of Palestine." Ooce in possession of the country, its new owners would know how to make it prosperous. Dr. Herd holds that a southern line of railway between Europe and Asia is a want of the age. That line must pass through Palestine* The Jews should apply for the concession of a railway from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf, and thereby immeasurably extend the mercantile openings of the new Jew-ish State." It will be of interest to note bow these ideas are developed or combatted in the con- gress which is about to meet at Bate..

HER MAJESTY'S PICTURE. A happy method of commemorating the Queen's Jubilee was hit upon in Melbourne. The National Art Gal'ery got together a highly interesting collec- tion of pictures representative of the progress in painting during her Majesty's reign. Historical interest of an unusual kind attached to the picture lent by her Majesty the Queen. This work, which was painted by Phillip, an Academician of a bygone day, represented the marriage of the Princess Royal and Prince Fredeiic William of Prussia in the Chapel Royal, at St. James's, on January 25, 1858.

A WATERLESS COUNTRY. A proposal to connect South Australia and Western Australia by rail is attracting attention. The distance to be covered would be 553 miles, and the cost of the line would be about As the country traversed is very arid and waterless it would be necessary to construct reservoirs every 25 miles along the whole distance. If West Australia would extend its railway system to the border, and so supply a through line to the goldfields from the Eastern Colonies it is estimated a considerable traffic would develop. The working expenses of running four trains per week each way would be £50,000 a year.

A NOVEL FESTIVAL. A midwife at Stolfe in Germany celebrated lately a singular feast. She had just assisted at the birth of the 6000th child to which she had given her services, and, in honour of that event, she invited all the chil- dren whom she had helped to come into the world to her country-house to partake of a banquet. Very many big and little children accepted the invitation, passing a pleasant afternoon. When they left in the evening they made a torchlight procession past their benefactor's house, and then took the train to Berlin.

ECCLESIASTICAL JUBILEES. Three Australian Bishoprics—Melbourne, Adelaida, and Newcastle, New South Wales, have recently celebrated their Jubilee. On St. Peter's Day, June 29, 1847, Charles Perry, Augustus Short, and William Tyrrell were consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first Bishops of Melbourne, Adelaide and Newcastle respectively, It is 23 years since Bishop Perry resigned his See, and 16 since Bishop Short returned to England. Both have since passed to their rest, but their names are still highly honoured at the Antipodes. The Baroness Bdett- Coutts found the money to endow the Bishopric of Adelaide, and the other two Sees were assisted by the Colonial Bishoprics Fand, which has been adminis- tered by the Society for Propagating the Scripture in Foreign Parts. The Venerable Archdeacon Hales, of Launceston, is the only survivor of the ordained clergyman who accompanied Bishop Perry to his See.

THE number of immigrants to the United Stataa during the last fiscal year was 230,832, a decrease of 112,435 as compared with the previous year. who furnished the greatest number, sent 54,431 im- migrants, England 9974, and Ireland 28,421. There has been a large and steady decrease in the numbo, of immigrants from Germany since 18S2.

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CLERGYMAN KILLED. The Rev. Gabriel Stokes, curate of Moreton-in-the- Marsh, Gloucestershire, met with a fatal accident at Lodore Falls, Keswick, on Saturday. The deceased gentleman was the guest of his brother-in-law, Canon Lewis, vicar of St. Ann's, Nottingham, who is staying with his wife and family at Thoanthwaite Vicar- age. The party visited the famous falls during the afternoon, and afterwards went to the hotel adjoining, expecting Mr. Stokes, who was a little way behind, to follow. A few minutes later, however, two visitors, after ascending the falls, found the dead body of Mr. Stokes in one of the deep pools half way up the slope. He had evidently fallen into it from the rocks above. There was a fearful gash in the head. The body was immediately removed to the mortuary of the Keswick Hospital to await the inquest. Mr. Stokes was 45 years of age.

THE report that the lJrince ot Wales's yacni Britannia is for sale recalls a hitherto un'old story of its designer, Mr. G. L. Watson, the Clyde architect. During Lord Dunraven's squabble with the Ame- ricans a Scotch reporter called up to Mr. Watson's office and besought a ten minutes' interview. "Ten minutescried Mr. Watson, "why I never had ten minutes to spare in my life." He then bounded out of the office with the unfortunate reporter at his heels, and the designer signalled to a policeman, who tapped the journalist, on the shoulder, remarking, Ye maunie molest the gentleman." Mr. ateon bad got a surfeit of interviewing in America! HAVING kept a vow made in June, 1817, not to speak a single word for 50 years unless allowed to marry the man of her choice, Miss Experience Guilford, of Blue Hill, Maine, now finds herself entirely speechless. At the completion of the half- century of silence, Miss Guilford, who is 69 years of age and well-to-do, invited her neighbours to come and be talked to. Dressed in her wedding-gown, she arose, at the hour corresponding to thaf in which she made her vow, to deliver a speech, but though she tried until she was black in the face, she could not produce a sound. Disuse had rendered the vocal muscles useless. Doctors offer no hope of recovery. TJIK ivirl of Carlisle's private chapel at Uastle- Howard, which was closed for a few years after the acceseion of the present earl to the earldom and estates, bus been re-opened for public worship. The servic, sure conducted by a Congregationalist minister. who has been engaged by Lady Carlisle as a temper- ance ortrs.niser. The services were formoiiy conducted bv the t hurch of England. A LARGE balloon is reported to nave been seen sail- ing over the mountain tops on the coast of Norway, It was at first thought that it might have been Herr Andree's, but subsequently this was thought to be doubtful. SERiors disturbances are threatened on the route to the Klondyke gold fields, in consequence of the regulations recently issued upon the subject of the Customs charges to be collected from the strangers who are flocking to the mines. The authorities are said to hare resolved to resort to force if the charges they make are resisted and there are grave symptoms of collicions being imminent between the miners and the Canadian police. IT IS sported from Havana that General Wejler'g suuitupr campaign has come to an inglorious end, and ihat he bus returned to the city, the rebels firing at his rearguard all the way from Aquacate to HavtriH. AN -)I)-n church service for cyclists was held at [Jarl mo ir on Sunday, and was attended by some hurt" fiiffis f H-onIA-

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I t., li. I" I ftklli, Of JNui Ileld, Surrey, litis received in oii-nr of £ 1<>00 from an anonymous lady towards •,h>- proposed London Anti Vivisection Hospital, n¡d¡rI"r.¡d upon nine other offers of a similar iiuiuint. AT the end of last month the membership of the Primrose League had reached the total of 1,390,000. This ti<eans that during the four weeks of July the ini-reose has been at the rate of 1000 a week. TIIK total receipts from this year's Military Tourna- ment at the Agricultural Hall amount to £ 29,620, an increase of more than £ 8500 over last year's; -£ 1 :2,( I(jU has been handed to the commander-in-chief for naval and military charities. A [)ENT at Dusseldorf states that it is proposed to arrange at an early date for another Hight of pigeons similar to that which took place recently between Dover and Dusseldorf. This time the Hiirht. will be from a point inland, probably near London, the next place proposed being Birmingham. I^KI.VIJIK HOUSE, Sir Alexander Mackenzies place in Perthshire, near Dunkeld, has, with the shooting and some salmon fishing, been let to Lord Clan- williHin for the season. Last year the Queen lent Birkhall to Lord Clanwilliam- There are about 3000 acres of ehooting. Delvine is a beautiful place, and within a short drive of Dunkeld and Blaii-gowrie. IN laying some new sewers in Church-court, Rich- mond, the workmen turned up a human skull and an almost complete human skeleton. Canon Proctor, on being informed of the discovery, made investiga- tione which brought to light the fact that the path originally formed a portion of the old churchyard. CoKSKacBNT upon the death of a police-constable at Birmingham after an assault by roughs, and the determination of the justices not to inflict a fine, the prison at Birmingham has been so overcrowded as to cause the authorities to remove several parties of pri- son erstoWRrwickGaofc

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