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THE I (M NATIVES, Hun wa>* Firm 4'omlnct- ed. WHEN MONEY WAS UNKNOWN. II.. Ikr %ll - Ir re " the I'roml.c I" MI uf>T.UNH*JIIl Of HI AVKKV. 1 l.\ I among Bakongo people for some yean, inducing them to carry up from I'M- coail loads of merchandise for illation* in the interior. 1 >i then- set i ices they rx i\ d payment at a known rale ill piece* of eloth, mii-li as striped calicos, blue ludrgos, trips of handkerchiefs, each consisting of a d.'/nn uncut gaudily colored squares of cotton, or such other cloth as my stores con- tained or their fancy dictated. Handker- dhiefa were, aa a rule, the fashion, although a check known a* " nkrlele," or the gninca fowl, by reason of il* white spot*, ran them hard. Money wat quite unknown. I myself Mver a it, never poaaciised it, never long ed for \ny for a period of close on three years upent in tl.is life up country. 1 rum an elephant's tusk, worth ?.Vn in Kurope, to a linglu purple nsafu fruit of an unknown absence of value, cloth such as I liave described, blue-glass beads, or brass wire iu eighteen inches lengths, alone served for the purpose. Sometimes it happened that carrier* ar- rived, and my paying store was empty un- til fresh supplies of cloth ihould reach me from tin- coast. In these nassi each carrier readily accept- ed a scrap of paper "good for ' the number of piece* due to bun, to be redeemed at sight. A smiling circle of gazing, wondering faces would BUI round me as I wrote these " mmkanda"or"skins,"ui the nativei term paper, helieviug it to be toe skin of sonic unknown creature. Turning them round and round in their fmgeri, or holding them upside down, each native in turu would take with a gnu Ins billet d ech.uige, Some, more bold, or more full of fuii than others, after having drank in their fill of the strange lucr >glyphic my pen had traced on their "hou," would hold it toward me, and half laughing, hall doubting, would gasp out ally show three pieces would-be forger disconsolately turned tin* self-inspired infant attempt at African forg- ery round and round in his hand, striving to detect wherein lay tbe difference, evi- dently so apparent to me between it and a genuine elloi t of a while man's pen. The past in tropic il Africa is a blank the future an unknown p>ssibiliiy, peopled in each savage mind with horrible fears of wit. horaft and spirit world deviltry, mingl- ed with fleeting hopes of more wives, mor ; slaves, mure " zimbongo," or white man's goods- and visionary glimpses of unknown quantities uf palm wine yet to be consumed on market days -while over all hangs the ever present shadow of death, that lo lin- age mind African of all his enemies seem* the most unnatural and uncalled for ! for wliy should dealti come to man if it were not for the infernal malice snd ingenu- ity of the witches who lurk in every com- munity and" eat the souls" of men by their hiddeu art. Age ha* succeeded age, generation gener- ation, and Central Africa is to-day pr.<ba>dy exactly what it was when the I'haraohs ruled in Kgypl the same frail hut* mhi'i it. .1 by the same dusky people pursuing with similar utensils and identical weapons, each their only round of domestic happiness and unhappineas savage love-making, sav- age warfare women holding the ground and preparing food, while their husbands Inhed on the broad, calm rivers, or hunted ihtoii/h the dark impenetrable forests. The land, too, is the same ; no single re- cord of tbe past, no solitary memorial of the age* that have blindly staggered into the tomb of lime, mark it* surface. Nature has stepped calmly, with urchanK ed feature!, through the long years, spread- ing a thick mantle of deep forest over the dark bosom of Africa, which pulsate* sil- ently and forever in ihe flow of the great stream* welling up from it* hiddeu heart. Domestic slavery has existed no doubt since Ku sold bis l.irl'. right to Jacob, and | on the ( 'ougo to day we have tne strange light of one brother selling another. The elder brother is tbe Nfunui or chief of his younger brethren, and must be con suited by them and treated with deference until they reach years of discretion a term synonymous with the taking unto themselv es of wives Fathers and mothers don't count. I have knowu a ease where a strong-minded mem her of a certain fkinily sold off all the re- latives he could lay hii handi upon, until at length, moved by one common fear, ihe scattering survivors of the clan leathered OW A BBIli WAA < t r i i K i i> together from the outlying district! and If the theft lie a particularly revolting one, such a< l>y breaking into a hut to roll And does this n of ' handkerchiefs?' Then gravely would I point it all out, out the head of the family The had obtain wm d for word, tra..ini: which of the line* ed that height by success in sales of senior represented tbe liearer s num.-, which stood claimants) up to public auction lor the magi, al number "three" piece., Hu wi.s knocked down for quite a small aud showing where the "handkerchiefs" in sum, and no he went to join the great in* eiu'thened characters sprawled across the jority of his relatives. page, finally pointing out the letters at the | Petty theft, when detected, renders the front that stood for my uwn name, aud c u prit liable to be sold as a slave by the which gave to the paper lU value a* a person robln-d. " bon." A pleated sigh, half of wonder, Imlf of intense longing, generally greeted " Hand- the a' .sent owner of the slowly accmnulal kerchiefs." ing pile of cloth that wo* to have been the I hen, turning away, they would smack mean* of purchasing unto himself a wife, tlieir thighs aud break into peals of laughter the, i justice may not deem herself righled as they tied up ihe wrap* of paper in their ' until the offender has Iwen done to death, loin doths, to lie treasured up until the day Burying alive after the limbs have been win n they should return to demand the all broken, leav.ng the head only above pifinnod piyn.ent It thus happens there ground, n .1 favor ite punishment for it crime il often "paper money" lloaling round Con ' of such magnitude. go villages bearing perhaps half a dozen sig I'osnibly because no common forthe swag natures of dillercnt white men. At limes gcring, boasting freem in of to-day mas ti- the wrong while nian will be requested to the hundsman of to-morrow, African domes- pay on the strength of some dirty ihre.l M -lavcry emails on ils victims few of Ihe paper dated yean previously and signed honors usually associated willi it iu the posvibly by u comrade who had long since ! public mind al home. journeyed the long, long journey op|xir- I he Congo slave, owned by Ihe most ex tunity not having offered to the native oarli- I acting of masters, would open his eyes in er to present the draft, anil though time honor and ama/cinenl .it the lot of the so- had killed the drawer of it, tin: bearer's I called free t. nli ,. in ihe I '.as tend of London, failh had waxed stiong and blossomed with : or elsewhere through the world's great cen the yrais. The would-be recipient's face grew longer and longer as Ins mind gradually grus|>ed through a move oi questions aud exidana inns, the fact that the paper he held was no longer negotiable, and turning sadly away he would ga/e ruefully on it. v, l.ile In. hand still firmly grasped the bond lor '.S\ yards of Red .Saved list, payable to Lutete Mbnn/ol.y John Williams, .'Ird .SeplemU-i, IMH4, ' which now could never l.r presented save in the courts of death. Hut MU h cases were very ran ; the claim wa* almost invariably acknowledged by the while trader, or missionary, or govcrmnci.l iilboial, a the case miglil be, ami an infinite failh horn of past experience in ihe while man's bond rendered the payment by "Min kanda," when a temporary lack of .loth compelled it, a tnraus always accepted by if not always acceptable to the native*. One bimy morning, while engaged in pay ing a newly arm e.l caravan, Maquala, Ihe lui-l n m pin 11 ..ml successor, mat died gully up, as was Inn Wont, with floating cloth of blue and red and, offering me the preliminary /'..Hug of Mbole Nlurmi," presented me Hiih nonchalant manner an apparent "l*.n," . ai .lully ful. b-i! tin as if it had just emerged from its resting place in the loin cloth, und then -tood awaiting payment I iin.-lnng with the .-airier*, I tinned my attention lo , sowly unrollinu the aome what greasy morsel of pa|>er, I ih< cuere.l it to be tbe off sheet of a piece of note paper, luch as one tear* away and keens when destroy i ngthe written half of one's old letters. Across it wandeied a straggling entanglement .t ink strokes, spluttciiii^ and thick, somewhat as though n bird had trixl in sn upnet inkpot and hopped across the page. Round ami round the pi;.-. ilie> wandered, ami ended in a grand climax of circles and blots near the bottom. I studied this composition for some time snd then raised my eyes to Ma.pi.ilua calmly and leposcfully looking back into mine. We regarded each other in silence for tome moments, and as I slowly shook my head and handed luck thekiippoaed " hon, a broad Mini, i ipple.l and spread over Ma- quula n youthful cotinli IKIII. c a smile ol amused flUappointir.cnt. 11 won't pay it, ch?" hn rpicriod, still looking at me, a* the mule deepened and In omb-ne.l, while a dying gleam of lu.pe yet lingered in his eye*. No, Manuals, not that one," I said with finph<ui>s, as I vainly struggled to keep my uonntenun.i- in f.oe of this genial, hojieleisly ilishonent, yet, " hoping nil thing',' heir apparent to an A fin HII . As Mar|ual joined u group of other lads wl o had been waiting tor him he ihook Inn head laughingly ss he held out tbe re ppi r i \.-|'nmiK : No gof ; he wouldn't pay it," and shriek* <il lu.ight<-r arm* fitun all as thu ten of civili/ation. Should ho work for his mister he must lie pud, even as a free worker would be he cannot lie foieed lo perform menial duties at his owner's will. Hii scr\ itinle < i.n*>'!- in the fact that In- c his m liter lues, there must he dwell also, and if lighting IK to U- done or public palav era to lie attended m Hint", he must by welling his lord a train, add to its strength 01 import-luce. His wife is his his children his though alway* slaves -possibly his wives, for he may be clever aud active, and by keen trad- ing have amassed more wealth than his elm f possesses ; and it is no uncommon spectacle in a lower Congo village to find the chief a mere cipher, and tbe rent, openly exhibited authority, entirely in the bauds of one of hii slaves. lly far the most important n\ttve |rion age from Stanley I'ool to tbe Atlantic 1 1 -, an Is Maklto of Ngond>e, not only in actual wealth of ivory and of K irnpran goodi am assed liy its sale to traders, bul in inn, gum, and personal inltuence. Ills village is large and well built, his ..n bouse of snbsia.ilial 1 in .pcan planks, the ouly one of ils kind po**s*-.-d by a Con go native save, that of the King ( San Sal lador and when Maklto sallies forth to fight, neighboring potentates Ueinbli- in their shoo* -or would do if they owned shoes. ili.i< nun* tniilrim Heard Hh I p. On tin Till of la* I month, the sailing hip Itegent, of l.i\ei |HIO|, In. in Calcutta to New York, put in at St Helena reporting that the captain, had thai momini{ locked him self ii> hii . a'un. and then discharged several shots from a revolver. The p .1 1 authorities, going on board, found the captain lying in a state of unconscioiixness, with four bullet wounds in his head and liody. He was at once removed to the hospital on shore. Aflerwardi he made s .-.tatcmeiit to the effect that the crew, head- ed by the chief mate, were in i state of mutiny, and had threatened to kill him. When he saw them, as ho sup|>osed, com meneiiiK to let tire to the ship, he went lo his cabin and tried to blow his brain* out, pi. 1. 1 ring ilt-nth in that way to lieing mm dei il. The captain has Iwen pronouno U insane by the authorities at St Helena, and he has been sent home in the mail Dunbar I'aitle under ihe uare of Dr. Kideal, whosucceeded di.nngthe voy igc i acting the two remaining bullet*. The , ipiain was lauded in Ixunlou on Wednes- day and handed on to the Hoard of Trade. In liiu imaniiuin the Urgent ii detained at M Helena awaiting the. unival of another .apl.rn, the (lovornorof the inland not ilccmin^ it desirable to send the ship home in charge of the mate. Kraatim Wimaii says railroads will >on l.o run by electricity. Tke Casuals'* Wife Harassed n Ihr Coast Mhlsa. There is a sailor employed by a ship chandler in Montreal who attr.u-ls attention by hii walk on the street. His right leg seems to be a Hitched to hi* body for walking sideways instead of the usual manner. At ihe first glance you would oall it a natural deformity, but if you followed him for a hundred feet you w uld feel quite certain that some accident hail happened to him, und that be owed his condition to the igno- rance or carelessness of those who practised surgery ou abroken leg. I will call his name John Lee, and I will reel off his story as he told it to me not a fortnight ago. In the year Isii.'l, after the (Government of the .Japanese islands had put down the ie- hellion which had been in existence for two years, many heads were loppt.d off and many rebel* banished from the country. Among the lattoi were a score or more adventurers who wet*> not natives, but Kuropeans. Some had gone in with Mw> *bcl# for the sake of advcnlure and plunder, and others had been forced lo join by circumstance*. Tbe tear of being involved with other I'ov- ernmeiits decided the Japanese authorities to spare tbe lives of these foreigner* and at the same time rid the islands of their pre- sence. There was in the port of Yokohama at the li.ne an Australian brig named the Robert May, commanded by Ca.pl. Henry Welles, and the was charters I to take f >ur- teen of these rascally adventurer* to the south and land them on an. one of ihe is- lands of the I; min group which should prove the moat convenient. As all of them WERE DESPERATE MR*, the Japanese Government wa* willing to pay a good price to get them out of ihe counlry. There must have been money in it for the brig, or the Captain would not have meddled with such a dangerous cargo. The brig had an Kng'.iih crew of nine men and a boy, and the Captain had his wife with him. John Lee, the sailor with the twined leg was one of the crew. The brig had part of a cargo of tea. and a space in her bob! under the main hatch, was tilted up to receive the prisoner*. A dozen musk- ets were brought aboard, the prisoners guaided the same a* convict* would have been, and Capt. Welle* sel sail in full ex- pectation of landing them according to in- structions. He was not the man to deal with such rascals, however, a* event* de- monstrated. Kvery man in the pen knew that he was to he landed without shelter or pi .iiiions, and from the first going aboard there wa* a determination to rise on the., crew and take the brig. It was ou the night of the fourth day out, and during a squall, which cam.- near dismasting the brig, that the plot was carried out. There are many things to be said in favor of tlie desperadoes. They desired to capture the brig without bloodshed, and but for tl.e dogged obstinacy of the Captain, that would have been done. He called the crew to rally, aud when ho found himself unsupported he rill i HIT THE UAXU Al.oMt and single-handed until killed by a musket ball. He wai the ouly one killed, though some ol the crew Were wouuded in the first ; rush. John Ix-e was alotl at the moment, and in his fright and confusion ha met with a fall which broke his leg. The mutineers s. t it .nd gavu him careful -mention, but in the selling Ihey twilled it around and the bone knit and left it in its present shape. Having possession of the brig the desperadoes were for a time divided as to what should be, the next move. They had bad enough of Japan, aud no one had any idea of turning pirate in waters where a man of-war was to be met two or three tunes a week. They decided to run to the luthwesl and land ou some uninhabited island above Formosa and enjoy a In c and easy life for a season. To that the crew of the lirig agreed. Some pleased v,i(h tin- prospect of tun h a In-- and other* reali/mg that opposition would lie of no use. Mis. Welles was aliout thirty yeun of age full of energy and resolution. Her tieat inent by t r mutineers did more than any- thing else to win the crew over lo then side. The fellowi were led by an Kiigllsbman named Tom Jones, who was, no itoubl, a ' thoroughly had man, but in this case he I should have due praise. On the morning after the capture of the brig Mrs. Welles was interviewed iu the cabin. She was told tint the men In I possession and that it was proposed tu get her OVT or TH* BKHi und nit of harm's way while they had con- trol. They did not dare to spunk a ship, noi land her at any port, bul would sel her ashore on some island and provide her with means to take care of herself. She agreed with them that this was the licit they could be c\pe. t. d to do, and for the uexl two days ind nights she was left entirly uudiiturlwd I in Ihe cabin. There wai plenty of rum , .ils. .ml. but between the mate, who waiact- I ing as Cipiian, and Tom Jones, who was the leader, nothing like drunkenness had occurred. The " good times" were being put off until they could find a safe haven somewhere. John I/ee was lying in his U-ith ith a broken leg, but was kept post- ed as to what was going on forward and all. On the afternoon of the third day the brig reached the island of Shnngweu, one of the Loochoo group, .ml abo.it was lowered and pulled ashore to investigate. It was only a small island, nearly circular and .iWil three miles across, ami was uninhabit- ed. John Lne says he begged the Captain's wife to taku him along, but she, proltably, either feared that he would prove a serious case on hand* or become a menace to her safety if he got well, and she decided that she would rather go alone. The boat which set her ashore carried all her clothes aud the personal effects of her husband, with lieef, pork, bread, wine, a musket and am- munition, so'iio books, and in fact whatever else she asked to be allowed to take. Jones and three men went ashore with her, and tin" not only found a good spot for a c;iip, bin constructed a shelter for her and put all her goods under cover. No woman could have fallen into the hands of more despor- ate men, and yet no womau could have been treated more ten lerly. The brig galled away just at sundown, and the was left to begin her Crusoe life. The island had s.-.u. e!\ been left behind Let. .ie the men on the brig brg.m their ca- rouse. Two days later they beached their vessel, in a cove on one of the iiorodine group of island*, and for many mouths peace and war reigned by turns. From tbe, vci\ In ur uf UridinK distensions arose, and it wasn't a v. -k beforn the crowd split in two parties and lived apart in fear of each other. John Lee, according to his own statement, was no better and no worse than any of the others. There was nothing to do but sleep and eat and drink. The brig wa* I'M MiKHhli AT WII.I., and a* provision! began to grow scarce there was more drinking and less eating The first man killed wa* the mate, about a fort- night after lauding. His death wa* follow- ed speedily oy that of a recond rnan, and afterward the evil pa*sion* of the living were not restrained. At length, tired and disgusted with their orgies, tne Jones party attempted to get the brig afloat and leave the island. They were discovered, snd a ; terrible fight took place, and 6ve men were killed. The brig wa* set on fire and des- troyed, and from thet time on until the British gunboat Foxhound touched at the island and tooti off the four survivors, the men hunted each other to the death. The island on which Mrs. Welles was ma- rooned lies off the east coast of China, and is still uninhabited. On the day after she had been put ashore she made a smoke sig- nal on the west side of the island to attract attention, ami it came near causing her de- struction. A native trading craft, with a crew of four men, stood in to investigate, and tlie Captain and a boy came ashore in a small boat. No sooner wa* it discovered that the was alone than a plan wa* concoct- ed to rob her of her possessions. Had that succeeded she would, probably, have been murdered also. Thank* to the desperadoes who had marooned her, she was armed, and the result of the affair wa* that she shot the captain dead and drove the survivors off the island. From that time on ihe was in such fear that she made no further effort to at- tract attention. On two occasions ships manned by European* came so near that sue could have signalled them, but she let them p iss wilhout doing so. It was a real Crusoe life the Captain's wife wa* compelled to lead, and while there were many drawbacks there wa* also a cer- tain amount of enjoyment in the situation. She first set abou building a house, and the men who inspected it when she WAS rescued agreed that few men could have done bet- ter. It wa* a framework of poles covered with one of the old sails, aud from the stone* along the beach she had constructed a fireplace which made her home comfort- able in the bad season. She discarded her own attire ami dressed in her husband'* clothes, and when first seen by the rescuing party she wa* supposed to be a man. Her second adventure occurred after *he had been on the island about four months. A native craft put in one day and landed a man who was e- identlv a lunatic. A* soon a* he wa* on shore the boat hastened away, and the man'* conduct proved that he was bereft of his reason. He be^an singing and shouliug and dancini, aud the woman hastened to shut herself up and prepare for discovery and attack. She did not hear from the man however, until next day toward sundown. Then he made a sud- den attack on her house, and in-self defence she had to shoot him. She ocly wouuded him, however, and he ran down to the sea and plunged in to his death. One must wonder what a woman, situated as the Captain'* wife was, could rind to do tu pa*s away the time. After building her house and getting tbe interior to suit her, she captured and domesticated n 11. r A ixi/.r.x I'M. ROTS. There was also a species of dove on the island, and she built a cote and ioon had half a hundred of them about her. Then he transplanted vines and flower* to make homelike surroundings, and when time hung heavily on her hand* she cut away at tbe underbrush or gathered firewood. There was a iHMiitiful spring of cold water about a quarter of a milu from her house and on hu-li- 1 L'i'e.iii-1 With the axe left bet she cut down and hollowed out small trees until she htdaconlinuous liueof troughs from the spring to Ihe point near the houve with a MI i. ply of water almost great enough to run a null wheel. One m. n i- startling adventure befell the woman before she wan rescued. In fair we it her, when she had nothing to do about the house, she was in the habit of taking a musket and making the circuit of the i* land, which was a journey of half a day. She had returned from one of the excur- sions when she saw three Chinese sailor* from a junk lying off the shore. They had come ashore with an empty water cask, in March of water, and having caught sight of her house were plundering it. One of the trio had his arms full of goods and was on his way to tne boat when the came up. Her sudden appearance, coupled with the dis- charge of her musket, tumbled the fellows into their boat empty handed and left her the walei c.i-k as a trophy. The junk hung aboul ihe island for a day ur two, evidently anxious to land, but mystified and afraid, and finally sailed away and left her in peace. It was just thirteen mouths and a day from her landing before Mrs. Welle* wa* rescued. It might have been far longer but for John Lee and his companions. Wlicn they were taken aboard the Foxhound they told of the woman having been marooued, and after somu time spent in locating the i-l.nid she wa* found and taken off. Four men were left to be tried and punished by HntiMi law tor what bad hap|>enetl. When I asked the old sailor about t lint he refused to explain. When I preased him he became sullen and inorunc and would talk no more. He wasn't hanged, of course, but the recol- lection of a long term of imprisonment wouldn't be very soothing to him. Kxperiment* in hypnotism do not support the popular idea that yielding to the inHii- en c in ly make one a " mental wreck." It is, however, possible to see how the excite- ment of being hypnotized iu public might have such secondary eilect on the constitu- tion of a growing boy a* to actually induce a state of nervous collapse. Tbe account ot such an occurrence at Canton, O., calls al- ten' ion once more to the fact that no State Legislature ha* taken action looking lo the suppression of professional hypuotiam. This should be done al once. Kuropean (lovern- m.'iita have taken the initiative in this re- form and it would be well for u* to imitate thrm. There is no more reason why a lot of semi-mountebanks should go about giving entertainment* in which hypnotism npurea than that they should exhibit the effect of drugs or any other therapeutic agent on the human economy, lly pnolism belongs lo the domain of medicine, and its use a* a factor for healing should be confined to the regie tered physicians. To have ils phenomena exploited m every lecturesUge is a mistake tli.it may have many serious result*. FEARU < I Ml I II. Virtue'r guard is labor ; ease, her sleep. The truly great are those who conquer themselves. Three things to love courage, gentleness and affection. Do be ns'ural. A poor diamond ls bet ter th.in a good imitation. Genius begins great worux ; labor alon- finishes them. They sre never alone that are accompani- ed with noble thojghti. Weigh your words, and do not throw in too many for good measure. Rule yourself ; love your neighbor ; do the duty that lies nearest to you. Learn to read slowly ; all other grace* will follow in their proper place*. Indolence is a stream which undermines the foundation of every virtue. Virtue and laziness may live together, but they are not uaiiallyoa the besjt of term*. The man who does hii best in the place he has now, is on his way to a better place. Nothing is denied to well-directed labor, nothing is ever to be attained without it. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellencies and endowments of th mind. The light of friendship is like the light of phosphorous seen plainest when all around s dark. There is is no teacher like Kxperience, no scourge of fault* comparable to the hut Time places in the hands of Repentance. Some people's religion i* just like wood- en leg. There is neither warmth nor life in it, and although it helps them to hobble along it never become* a part of them, bat has to be strapped on every morning. Talk of the intense watchfulness of love for the interest of it* object, commend me to the vigilance of hate. There i* no sharp- ening of the perception like that produced by a:i intense, insatiable, unappeasable desire lo wound. Tke Teens: fch. .11 1 r . BeMness. A little over a week ago, Sir Evelyn Bar- ing who has known I'rince Abbas from hi* earliest childhood, and who hvi often had him romping with hi* own boy* at the Brit- ish Legation, happened to to out driving in the neighborhood of Heliopolis, and on hi* way back to the city called al the palace of Koubeh to pay a friendly visit to the boy Khedive and to drink a cup of coffee with him. Instead of being received at once, a* under the former regime, be wa* kept oool- ing hi* heels in the antechamber for about three-quarters of an hour. Finally a native chamberlain appeared, who informed him that the Khedive regretted his inability t-> accord an audience to the British envoy without being notified thereof iu advance. If Sir Kvelyu Baring wished to ae>; His Highness, he could do so at Abdeen during ofh'isg hours. The chamberlain ad.'ed that he had, moreover, received his master's in- structions to draw the attention of s.r Kvelyu to the fact that garb of the latur a gray top hal, gray frock-coat and trousers) was scarcely of a suitable character in which to present himself before the sover- eign lo whose court he was accredited a* envoy. " The Khedive," he added, " had learned during hii stay in Kurope that either uni- form or evening dress was invariably worn by those who had the honor of being receiv- ed in audience by royalty, and hi* Highnea* desired that henceforth the British minister would make a point of observing this par- ticular form of etiquette." Sir Kvelyn did not wait to hear more. Diunfounded at first, he became almost pur- ple in the face with indignation, und turn- ing on hii heel, departed iu high dudgeon, which was not diminished by the knowledge that a borne of native officials and retainers of the Khedive had witnessed hi* discomfi- ture. On the following day the Khedive caused an oili -i.il notice to be published iu the gov- ernment gazette, announcing that foreign representatives and envoys who desired an audience of the Khedive must apply for it twenty -four hours In-forehand, staling st the time the subject which they proposed to suhmil to the notice of his Highueas, so that he might have time to uiscuss the mailer wilh his ministers. This practically cut* off Sir Kvelyn from all personal communication with the Khed- ive, and cannot fail to bring aliout a very serious crisis, for S-r Kvelyn has in his hand* all th threads of the adminislration, and unless he is able to se Ihe Khedive daily al all hours without previous notice, he will no longer he able to keep up the pretence that the Khedive governs Kgypt. He will be forced to abandon the reins of power en- tirely into the hands of the Khedive, which, from an Knglish point of view, i* out of the question, or else he will have to dispense altogether with all further pictem-e of the Khedive's participation iu and sanction of his control of the Egyptian administra- tion. A few days after the appearance of thi extraordinary notification the British au thoritie*. Sit Kvelyn at their head were con- siderably startled to receive from the Khed- ive a demand for the evacuation of the Citadel by .he two Knglish reginiums, which have been quartered there uninterruptedly since Iss-.' The Khedive announced that he proposed to establish his otticial and per- manent residence there instead of at the Abdeen palace. Te Hlin.li r.. Don't drive, but lead. IHm't be afraid of any man. , Don't be anybody but yourself. Don't follow everybody's advice. Don't lash the sinner instead of hii tin. Don't tell all you know in one aermon. Don't scold, nor wear the capand belli. 1'on't put the hay too high in the ricks. Don't teed people witli unbaked dough. Don't offer manna you have uot tasted yourself. Don't ask any one to work harder than you do yourself. Don'l offer sentimental confections of in- tellectual shivings. Don't spare the people's pockets, for therein lie their hearts. Don't restrain loo much ; it is well often that steam escape*. Don't expect the Lord lo be always in as big a hurry as you are. l)on't live in the third century, nor in the twentieth century, nor in th< clouds. Don't despise the rich, dishonor i,ne poor nor esteem yours*.-.' wiser than your Bre- thren.