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 i I I s- i « i .1 35C„- wUefc are leqvired to •tepatoeri to little ThiBfpi we ao aad but Ncwdjar kw An tte doorway, fovnd to are teatpiod havd^yoa lounr. Ther are suefa now, yoaoff liTCS Hnrelr their u»WMj a» itarirea Themweilofaajriaa. Tbcj That, beiaff hUDortal, thqr would toaeh Thii»tf«h0r«aah We must sot ddde, Imt taoch. icfa Ttmr aro such foad,c'ear eyea IkM open wide to sanviae At erery tam thejr are so often held To saaa or By looking in yoor face. Lore aaka for such, much grace. duiksUed* Thejr are sodi fair, frafl gifts Unoertain mm the rifu or lis^t that He along the skrâ€" That maj not be here hj ana bfâ€" Gire them not lore, bat more abore And harder patience with the love. OLD POPPLEWELL'S WILL 1 ittn W Ik a Iml. It was a great shock to the fee! ings of Mr. Silas Popplewell to discover that his father had beqaeathed a legacy of £2,000 to hit boucekeeper, a pertain Mrs. Drarcott. The woman had entered the old man s ser- rice only about a year before his death, ^d if there bad been anything remarkable in her demeanor towards him it ooosisted rather cf scant coartesy and want of atten- tion. She had never apparently made the slightest attempt to ingratiate herself wi|^ her master, who, oa his part, had always seemed to regard his attendant with calm indifference. But Silas felt doabtly aggriev- ed because his father had scmpaloosly con- cealed from him that he had made a will, leaving him to believe that he was bound to inherit everything as next of kin and heir- at-law. Silas Popplewell came across the vill quite unexpectedly while going through the o.d man's papers a few hours after his de- cease. The document appeared to be per- fectly legal, and had evidently been pre- pared by a solicitor, whose name was ap- penried as one of the Witnesses to the testa- U;r'ii signature. Except the legacy to t!.e liouaeketper it left everything to Silas Pop- ;,lfewtll and appointed him sole executor. Cir.H:leriiii; iLat old Joseph Popplewell was rt;,uN.a to j.e a v.eahhy inan most persona in ^i:laa' jK/titioa woula not have Bufft.red the unrxpcct^d legacy to di«turlj their equan- imity. But .Miaji I'opplewe.l was one of thoifc moan, i/ia-'f.-ncr, avaracioua individu- al.^ V. ho can ii-^t b..ar tlje thought of losing Silw atij ' i ' kiiMk^ wM£ thdsk, but begaase they wo|dd DO dow»t make pattMolar inqoirie* afao«$ the dcatination o the lAA. Bsao^ pr o p ijL ' it is to be feared that Silaa sofferedfiu niBd to wander a good deal frofa him old lather's obaeqaiea. He may hare had a soft crmer in hii heart for tLe lAA. man'a memory, bot ntrronmrm and apptehrnsioB rendered it maoeeasable on this mf^aann The Boleiim words of tiie burial acnrioe fell unheeded on his ear, for his mind was dis- for An\ .i.n is H. IV an I juo v,Tch i-age pI.VJ.'-it :.ii-.i'..s:u'i he wa.^ both legal- ,• vi::'.t\*:'i lo tii«i wiiole cf hia ai.d ugurJed the legacy a I it-id u;r»on Liiijust .*•, t.*:tvUjte, ovtr'A hclmel i s pp /intr.iciit, ai.d works 1 •,«.::-^,z e.^ry. v.rtaoui in- 'j.l U' II-. iiijil him.'.fcif into a digTiation. in the fr.idstof his tribulation it bndli.-r.ly o'-cuiredto him that but for the sheet of pa.psr which he held in hia'hand he A'ould Uj a ri' l.er niai by two thoasacd pounds -:eibny. 'i ilia eminently practical view of the oiCciati'^n a'ou.icd hi^t worat passions and he f-0"n found hixnaelf w oudcriag what would prob.ibly Happen if tnc will were not forth- C'tani.'^. Supposing, for iostance, he were to leave the document where he found it and hay nothing to anybody 7 The chances were, lie thought, that the housekeeper would be- lieVe the testator had revoked it, assuming »:«; had ever been aware of its existence, while it was quite p-^esible, considering his late father's habitual reticence concerning hia atruirx, that the woman suapected noth- ing. J I the worst happened, and a hue ani cry were raibed, the will could be con- veniently found or better still, who could gainfiay him if he were to declare boldly that hia father had deliberately destroyed the will in his presence Such insidious reflections as these are apt to blunt a man's moral perceptions, especi- ally when he is laVjoripg under a keen sense of ifij'JBtice. Silaa I'opplewell's standard of morality v,as not a high one, and he would any day sooner have done a ahibby trick than lo.se a sixpence. The consequence was that after a little hesitation he yielded to an uncontrollable impulse and conaigned the obnoxiom will to the flames. When the paicr was reduced to a l.cs, Silas suddenly awoke to tiie lactthat he li^d oomniittcd a felony and rendered himtelf liable to penal bcivitude. He turned dead- ly pale when be tliou^h; of tlie dia greenble contingency and for a nioinent was inclined to rcpint lor what he al done. liu' when he rtllectcil that hia wicked act had not been wituosed by any mortal eye, while the only cvideiic* cf hia guilt â€" the charred paperâ€" was rapidly disappearing up the chimney, ho boon recovered hia spiritcf. Having waited patiently uniil there was no longer any traco left even of the aslica of the will, he lockcil up tiie atron;^ hex in Mhic'a he ha«l f^und it and left the tor;iP, feeling tolerably easy in his niind. No.hing occurred during the next few days to arouse Silaa PopplfcweU'a apprehen- sions,- and 03 he Mas not troubled witba con- science he began to congratulate hi:iiself up- on the decieivo step he had taken. The housekeeper went about har duties as u«ual, and did itotaccm to trouble her head as to whether "her n aster had left a will or not, from which Silas 'athc ed with heartfelt satisfaction that snc knew nothing about her legacy. He could not, retrain, however, trom watchint? her furtively, knowing what he did of his father's intention toward her. She was a vulgar, illiteratt;, elderly woman, singularly devoid of personal attraction and apparently not posaeissd of much intel- ligence. Wtile striving in vain to account for his father's extraordinary predilection for her as manifested by his will, Silas wss struck by an expression of determination on the woman's face which seemed to indi^te a desperate character. He began to t aspect thst she had forged the will by the aid of accomplices, and was waiting with calmness the issue of her machinations. If so, she was doomed to disappointment, thought Silas, and he chuckled at the notion of hav- ing fmstrated such an infamous scheme. When the day of the f tmeral arrived Silaa felt strangely nervous and uncomfortable. tolled fej th^ vnapeef of kanii|( to to tda frieada ttiaihia father hadd^Bd^ tata. »ffia pewly- di eeoTe r ei katmtem were apatnfnny rw^ut aad ooavw-sil^ set, aad aereral fragmenta of eenrenatioft eef er- riag to the father's supposed testa*nelirtar7 intentkas had zeachcd him. The idea that the rid maa had left a will seemed as general as the extzmragaat notion that each indindnal monner had been named in it. Tfcouirh he was ^aSMum as far as they were all ooDcemed, Silaa Popplewell, being agi- tated and unnenred, aanak frem the tuk of answering their inquiries, while he was seized with eadden terror lest the house- keeper dMrald take the o pportu nity to give ntteranoe to unpleasant aaspiciona. When the mourners letnnied to the house Mrs. Diayoott was standing by the fireplace in the ntting-room conTcramg with a prim, piofeasifioal-looking gentleman, who, on per- ceiring Silas, adranoed to meet him, rubbing his hands. ' Mr. Popplewell, I bdiere," he said with a slight bow. "Yea," replied Silas uneasfly. ** Yon will doabtleas know my name when I mention it," replied the other "1 am Mr. Eeeves, of Grays' Inn Square." Silas tamed very white and his knees trexbled, iar Mr. Keeres was the solicitor who had witi^essed the execat on of his father's wilL "1 â€" ^I beg your pardon," he said falter- iugly " I think the.e must be some mis- take, I hav) cot the p'easure of your ac- rpaintaace." "liniagined your housekeeper TiTote to me by yotir instructions," said the solicitor, slightly embarraaaed and glancics at Mra. Draycott. "I wrote because the late Mr, Popplewell told me to In case you did not," said the woman, looking toward Silaa defiantly. "He wished the will to be read at the funeral." " Will what will " exclaimed Silas, with feigned surprise and thea he added, as though bracing his nerves for the ordeal, "Pray be seated, gentlemen, and take a glass of wine and biscuit;." Each person selected a chair and sub- tided into it with a good deal of shuffling of leet and coughing, but no one accepted the proffered hospitality. The dead silence which ensued indicated breathleas interest and excitement. " My father has left no will," asseverated Silas, taking up his position on the hearth- rug and endeavoring to speak calmly. •'I think you are mistaken, Mr. Popple- well," eaid Mr. Reeves, politely, but firmly. " Your father executed a will in my pre- senc'w which I prepared for him about a year ago. Ue certainly has left a will â€" unless, ot course, he has deotroyed or otherwise re- voked it." '• The will ia locked up in the iron box in the Btudy," interposed Mrs. Draycott with decision. "J repeat that my father has left nowill," cried Silas angrily, " And one ia at liberty to search the iron box if he likes. As Mr. Kcev-s suggesta, my fither destroyed the will." " I don't believe it," exclaimed the house- keeper, excitfclly. "Why, 1 saw it with my t Ao eyes not a month ago." "When did he destroy it Who see'd 'im do it " inquired a voice from among the mourners. " He destroyed it in my presence last â€" let me see â€" last Thursday weeli. I fetched it at his request from the iron box, snd he put it in the fire at his own free will," said Silas, lying glibly. Though affectmg to recall the date pro- mis juoualy. Si 'as hafl been "careful to pre- pare this story beforehand. On the day named he h.vl sat with hia father alone for more than an hour during the afternoon, while Mrs. Draycott had been sent out on an errand. If the deceased had intended to dcitroy the Mill he would probably have got the woman out of the way on a similar pre- tence, and the suggestion was plausible er.ou;;h. Thehouekeeper gave a palpable start, and was evidently impressed by the ccinciilence, but among tho rest of the audi- c cc there waa a general expression of in- credulity, with a good deal of heudihikiuar and "ome murmurs. " Well, genflemen, I mast say that Mr. PopplcwcH's account is perfectly straight- fcrward," interposed the lawyer, whc, what- ever his private opinions might have been, probably thought it prudent as a matter of business to side with Silas. " Testators fre- quently revoke their wills in the manner de- acribc'i. If it is any consolation to you, gentlemen, I may mention that as far as you are concerned the existence of the will would iiave made no difference to you. " " Will you tell us, Mr, Lawyer, who will get tho money, supposing what Mr. Silas says is true?" *• Mr. Popplewell will inherit everything as next of kin and heir at law," replied the lawyer. This information elicited a loud chorus of indignation, and many insulting epithets were levelled at the head of the luckless Silas, who. pale and trembling, realized that his triumph wan dearly bought, even at the price of £2,000. Suddenly the strident tones of Mrs. Draycott became audible above the nproar and compelled attention. " The old villain has broke faith with me and a sneaking scoundrel he always was and so he died," cried she, r peaking under strong excitement. "Bat I'm no longer bound to keep my secret, and I won't. I say. Bill Allen " she exclaimed, appealing to one of the mourners, " you ought to know me, though its thirty years and more since I was rappoeed to have dieu. Y'ou recollect BdSandcia that old Joe Popplawea aiar- riedwheahe waa worikaf at tiiinilway dowm l i fe sp oo l wayT" f. "Why. anelyr ejacahtedth^iadiTidBal nfaraadto. ** Aje^ itTa Poll, auvaawMghr he atfed. ahadiag Ua cyaa witkhia -•awM hia lawful tvife, Mr. Sear«r. it," die expbiaed, tmaiactolka olicitDr. "Ha daMrted aae «co and maxried ladyâ€" Mr. SBaa' Hound him out again hy acrifaifc itly, and preaibwil to keep hia on eondition that he wouM provide byhiawilL But he haa been falae aa 6e waa years ago, and now I wont hei^ Hlcmoeany km.cr.' **Thisi«]aoatserioiia»*'8dad theacdidtor, turning to SUaa, who atood a^^iast with horror awl aauaeaent, 'ifthiaâ€" tUa lady can prove her marriage." " Oh I hare proofs. I took care of tiuO," interpoaed the aoi-diaant Mrs. Dray- eott, drawing an wablong alip of paper from her boaoai and landing it to the lawyer. "Bead that and look at what Iiaade him aign oa tiw faack," 'Ita a marriage certificate** and Mr. Eaevea, ghinring at it aad tozuac it otrer hereadahMdaa UOammi "I Joaeph Pop- plewell, do ackaowledge that my house- keeper, Mia. Diayco^ ia my lawful wife, which I marrried under the name of Mary Sannders in 18â€", and 1, Mary Poppleweli or Draycott, do hereby swear that if my haaband, Joseph Pe^plewell, leaves me £2,- 000 by his wL'l, I will keep his marriage secret." "This extraordinary document parnprts to be signed by both parties," added the lawyer, handling thepi^Mr reverently, '^and 1 most say that upon the face of it, taken in conjunction with the certificate, it appears to be incontestible evidence." "Who gets the monsy now, then?" de- manded the same person who had aaksd the question before. " Well, gentlemen, I am sorry to say that Mr. Silas Popplewell, being, unfortunately for himself, nuiliusfihus, or illegitimate, can inherit nothing," replied Sir. Reeves. *n^he estate wiiL, tiieretore, be divided be- tween the lawful widow of the deceased and the next of kin, according to the statute." The excitement of the aadience at this announcement found vent in a hoarse cheer, ia the midst of which poor Silas sank into a chair in a half-faintirg condition. He now understood â€" too late, alas I â€" what Lad canned his father suddenly to make a will, ahtf he was alao keenly conscious of the fact that, having borne witness to •tsall^ged revocation, it was out of the queetion to en- deavor to set it up agaiii. He waa aroused from his bitter retiections by the touch of the housekeeper upon his shoulder. "Cheer up, my lad," sne said roughly, butn-t unkindly '"I did not know it would be so bad for you as this, but I don't pity you less b cause I suspect you've brought it on yourself. Now, I won't make any rash promises, because I don't know how much moi.ey I'm going to get. But you shall have the £2,000 you grudged to me, even if I don't receive a farthing more." Poimlarity of the Tricycle. The tricycle ia evidently becoming a favorite vehicle of the velocipede class, not merely amongst those who ride for pleasure or exercise, but aUo among those who re- quire some means of getting over ground quickly in the pursuit; of their business. In the case of families living in the country who can afford only one velocipede, the choice is readily made, for while the bicycle might suit pateriamilias and the boys, it is useless for the girla. The disadvantage of the three- wheeled machine is the greater labor re- quired to propel it, especially on country roads, where the three tracks made by the wheels add considerably to the resistance, while the bicycle bowls easily in a rut made by a cart the advantage of this tricycle is that the rider can stop without dismount- ing, and can also carry a number of parcels. The Post OfiBce has appreciated the latter fact, and many rural postmen are now pro- vided with a machine, but when the parcels post cornea into full work there will be a greater demand for the useful carriage. Con- siderable use is already made of the tricycle iu London by "town travellers" who have only small samples to carry, and we have seen it utilized by enterprising "news agents" for delivering newspapers to the shops in the suburbs. ' ' Niggers " and other peripatetic entertainers are also investing in tricycles, as they find that mode of travel- ling cheaper than the railways, with the great advantage that it leaves their move- ments independent of time-tables. A Bljind Man Who Se^a. The case of Prof, Fawcett, who is a mem- ber of the British Cabinet, has olten ejcited the wonder of those who think vision ia in- dispensable to the transaction of the work of life, Ue writes books, makes speeches, and ia one of the most efficient heads the post office of Great Britain ever had. Now comes to the front another remarkable blind man, M. J. Plateau, ot the Royal Academy cf Belgium, who for the last forty years has been so totally blind that he lajj direct his face to the sun without being sensible of the least objective clearness. His researches in- to the phenomena of light have excited the admiration of his fellow-Scientists his ex- periments, for example, on the wonderful colors of soap-bubbles are exquisitely beanti- fuL M. Plateau has just published a little paper on the sensations which he experi- ences in his eye' which is not only interest- injj but calculated to be of practical value. The lesults of his researches ai e too.tlabor- ate to be given here, but are the wonder of scien ists whose sight is unimpaired. TlwKhadiwwillgivsaiedala to thaoH tire IKtiah amy Q^a«d in tiie ^gypttaa ff^HlMftii 11«oaa of ttM eoldiera will ha •f cofipcr, aad the olficen of ahrer. On Aag. 21 the King cf Sweden, ptcaii* ing at the ansaal foafival of theOidv of St. .0^ in hia pslaaa^ caaceOed the knight- hood of Bmm Botfmmm of ViaBaa» dia- rwiHfahly iaipiifrd in oertain financial 'â- mder^ingi at Tknna. Mr. K Dndanx, a French ahamiirt, thinka that he haa dJacovered tiiat ih» flavour of cheeae is detennined by germain thaatmoa- phere, which takca the form of fungus moold. In which caae it may prove prac- tieable to inoculate chaeaea. ** Herbert Spencer," aaya the Boaton (?/o aomewhat irolegantly, "la aloaohiag around amongBt the people of this country, asking questxona of anybody he h^pena to meet, and the chanoee are that he will learn monedxNitita than any KngJiahawm who hMi crOased the Atlantic for yeara.** Oa S«»teniber 23nl, Prince Bismarck cele- brated the twentieth anniveraary of hia en- trance into office as the head of the Prus- sian Minirtry. Among the tokens received by him on that day was a magnificent silver punch-bowl, with stand, ladJe, and six gob- lets, from the Geni.»n colony of OdesHk The ancle of laru. I'olseley's great grand- father was the Colonel Wolseley who, in the old "No Popery" days, gained the battle of Kewtoiibntler, and caused the Mayor of Scarborough to be well toeeed in a blanket in the market-place for making a speech in favour of King James. There are five Peers in the House rf Lords over eighty â€" Lord Sh-d broke, who is 88 Lord Lverstey, 83 Lord Moatyn, 57 Lord W^emyss, 86 Lord Albemarle, 83. It iM the fashion to picture the House of Lords as a body of feeble old men. The great ma- jority are under 60, with a contingent un- der 30. Leclancbe, the famous French electric'an, who died the other day, was only forty- three ye^ old. He left an enormous for- tane to his young wife and two babies. In politics he waa one of the most irreconcilable Radicala in Rochefort's clique. It is stated that he bequeathed to the Louvtc a buperb art collection, on condition that it shall be placed in a hall bearing his name. The Londcn IV/aro says that Adelina Patti ia rep«)rted to have accepted an en- gagement for South America daring the season of 1884 at so high a rate that, should she economize her salary during her 1SS2-3 seaso 1 in the Cnited States, and her bouth Anericaa fees, her fortune will be large en.»U£/h to enable her to "reject with scorn the paltry few hundred guiccas a night she is likely to be promifed elsewhere." Edmund Yates, editor of the World, ia hia daily ride in Rotten Row,i8 described aa "a tall, powerful cavalier weighing at least sixteen stone, mounted on a powerful black horae. The rider sits his horse fairly well for a paik practitioner, appears to enjoy his exercise very much, and to know nearly everybody worth knowing. The Prince -of Wales nods pleasantly to him, gold. sticks and silver-sticks chat with him, members jf Parliament, and peers of the realm, cross- country baronets like Sir George Wombwell, Royal Academicians like Mr, Frith, actors and managers like Mr, Bancroft, M' Wynd- ham, and Mr, Hare, are on the be it of terms with him as he canters along totus, t^.ren atfjue. roiunqus. A Prussian provincial •omposer haa pro- duced what he calla an "Egg Polka." Its purpose is eminently practical, as may be gathred from the following " Du^xtions for Use," printed an the back of each copy "Let the polka be placed, open at the first page, upon the pianoforte desk. Then drop the egg into a pipkin half full of boiling water. Set the pipkin on the fire. Then play the polka through in s*rict time, as per metronome indication. On completing its last bar the .egg will be cooked to a turn â€" that is, its yolk will be fluent, and its white about as yielding to the touch as the flesh of a ripe plum. Those who wish their egga hard set will play the polka andante maestoso. The contrary effect will be pro- duced by an allegro vivace rendering of the composition. " poQ fta»d Ke. tW ;^ with -^^ ChoBosry for loM lahanMvarratthe believe it to riddled, hon^-amhed by " ^tcaarved ifeariiape and ao long waa a myatc ofHfdliBandaeeaied^' toywrd^j nothtngneaa when it tnrbed. Of oootm^ ths presence nouivoroua verasia and their moli well knowB^and all availaUe iMda lor aiiri^ then a warm inien evicted. Nets were drawn aturdy men and boys stood behii armed with atout eod^ela, and blu«y aad dogs of all dcgreea, mustered fn? vwioaateina aiMfvillages of the S aide for milea around â€" sheep dogs, aetter^ pointera, apaniels, retrievert^ doffB even, with cura and mongrel* i breed and every breed and no breed »• Then the work began it was arattvi mare. At first little waa to be seen of but their tails, as they darted in f unh- towards the centre of their strongii cjcape from the disturbance but storming of the csetle proceeded, they i ed determined simoltan ously to d. and poured forth as if at a given sign*; gre.t heave, as my fortune â€" ecod or i 1, to spend something over t, in the service of the hite ui u ii J n J " ii^^i Pasha, as an officer » f eno black fl od overflowed the top. and nm JTIrmv. I lived in Cairo with m m torrents J black streams Bpurte] !JL daily m intimate association from the sides and weUed and tmbble.Ste population, and had charge from underneath the r.ck, the Kft^TSL 'fhird Section, of the gener thenets, the very air seeme-l alive SLlopographical Bureau leapmg, tumbing, rushing, tqueokui: gtce^e days of Mel which, with the shouts ot bystander •' barking and snarling of the do?3, the f excitement from their owners, aac blows of sticks and flaila made up' a pji mooium of sighte and sounds more Uij chaotic phantasy of some madmaa'g than any matter-of-fact rcaUty men forked with a will, and the resuJtMSiary"efforts have been most a goodly heap of battered carcasse I^Aires, 1 uecd only mention th get how many were killed, but they uicte«ii)le' catastrophes attending th represent one tithe, no, nor one twenutttOBipts atconquest in Abvssinia part of the number that got away «are ISTo and 1S7G. The* writer "' ' the nutortuuates who participat -• â€" ** â€" --»â-  inglorious undertakings, ami kn ATeaiperaaoe General of he speaks. The first cxped It w:« recently reported that iir G '^°' "'"' "L"^*" "'^- /}" v^?^,.i^., »„..» L-. â-  'Dajijsh officer ui theservicc or in ' My days ao briefly past. In siienoe, one by one What shadows have thej cast Benoath the sun Have jdlgrlms found them sweet J By leaKthened ways. Ana. resting weary feet. Thanked God with praivc Upon these hours of mine Hang great demands What task of faith divine Hath crossed my hands Have they drawn folds of calm Some heart around, Or touched with pity s baim A rugged wound I I am thine own, O God, To serve each day Wherein thyself hath trodâ€" Point out the way a^a^* -^-^^^ •♦^ â€" AN AMY QF COWARD oj Kgsrptlaa Troopaâ€" How they ^Moviout Wore and Were Bu of their Poltrooneryâ€" AH within. There was a Meheined Al warrior son, Ibrahim Tashl tirely lost iier military i ad no recent victories e In 1875 the Egyptian troc Pasha made a successful at X, a walled town of the Suina ^gJthla single exception, all of tlic li column of ti numbering about :i,.')00 n apparently excellent troops ised, well drilled, well equipped in ev. ry way, an» first enceuuter with the ntire torce engaged was lite Wolseley IS a total aostamer from i^imi i i „ icaung beverages. A man who ^t In commanded a side ot him at dinner found that he le: wine glass untouched, and that that hia hahit. Of coui-se, t.ie tenipe: people will make much of that alleaed The greatest, or at least the most succes English general oft hia day ia a teetoton^V,! existence. Only a few ^mZu.^ '" " ""^n'" " ' ^ded, maimed, and mutilate, stemiousneas, wn.ch la all the mo:â„¢ieft'as dead by their ru wm H^^ tl Vh 'f ' ""' I' ' '^% ^^ the survivors of that bl â„¢, ,^F^. V. 'l^l^'^P^ i. the E. SEe wretehed sufferers, wi S^rhrfPf '^^^.tly helr..,,j,^iity, crawledoft the field of the sobriety of the general la comn ^^iVes by day in the caves And they wdl have good reason for "Xn wild ffuits and berries, T c!a.ra L ndoubtedly a sober Gencrd u iSfcring limbs along at night, Sf^tfr. ^^^^.'*^f °^^ ".^^ relie]E;owah. some of them wee stimulants to bolster him up wi:en the i,^ie, and told theliorrible tal sion IS try-Dg. Iso man ^n be truste 1: Xo wipe out this disgrace and wor^whicb requires cpodjadgment if :i^at, r large armv, Mhiclr much addicted to dnak. Afcohol veiy nmnb^red fully -JJ.OOO men, c.j- affects the balance ot the facultie-, appointed in all respects, as tile therefore the less people who need to. ;g]r sent into Abyssinia. Tl their heads about them take of it the I tho Abys.iidan plateau withou they are off. Drmkrng is the creat vi. ..a ^bout ll,UOO of them at on axmies, and yet nowhere else does a engaged with ihehonies of Kii reqmre that all his faculties shall be no: »liVat met the Kuig in the o more than when in the charge of tro-of very few returned to the two| th Irl the field, especially «hen he is high in fotied the flanks of tl mand. If Sir Garnet W olseley is a tec ler, he is a wise man. He is Arabi'a Chaaoea, Arabi says he surrendered to Engliahmen and would have escaped had he known he was to be tried by Egyptians. He and Toulba Pasha have been removed to the Gards Meubles, where eighty other prison- ers were al»o removed. The prelimen- ary examination in the cas3 of Arabi was held secretly. Hb formal trial will be public. He Us telegraphed here for counsel. The persons applied to decline to defend him becauae they are afraid of losing clients. Arabi will probably be convicted T^i^V^f^f A "*P" telegraphed the Fresident of the Court-martial by whi-h Arabi u being tried that during the war ^bi exerted himself to maintain the neu- t»lity of the Suez Canal, and protected the W and mtorests of several Europaaas in Judge Lawson, who has created such a sensation by the fine and imprisonment of High Sheriff Dwyer Gray, is low-sized, stout, very near-sighted, with a rather for- bidding expresaion, and waddles in his walk H3 is a native of Waterford, and 65 years of age. His career in Trinity College waa dis- tinguished. He was a scholar, moderator, and gold medallist, took double first honors, and succeeded the late Isaac Butt as Pro^ feasor of Political Economy in 1841. His career at the bar was equally distinguishsd He was called in 1840, took t,ilk in 1857, became sergeant in 18G0, Solicitor-General in 1861, Attorney General in 1S65, and in 1868 waa made J udge of the Common Pleas, from which he has been recently transferred to the Queen's Bench, He is regarded as being, with Sullivan, the Master of the Rolls, the best black-letter Uwyer on the Irish bench. He was member for Portar- lington, the smallest borough in Ireland from 1865 to 1868, but was a failure in the House, his style and delivery be ng weak. The Russian composer P. Tchaikovsky had written a new overture, •♦ The Ycm- 1S12, ' which is said to surpass all his pre- vious works. It was in 1812 that the Russians rallied to the defence of their country against Napoleon )ind the Grand Army. In commemoration of that event tne grand Cathedral of Christ the Savior was erected in Moscow, which took fifty years in building. Tchaikovsky prepared his overture espedially for the consecration I^5^tI^['1-. .Recently, at the Moscow InduRtnal Exhibition, "The Xear 181" waa performed for the first time, and the^Mus- covites were wild about it The overture IS composed exclusively of Rusriau nation- al airs. It begms with a grand church hymn, "God Save Thy People," and e^ bnioee a number of soldier songs of 1812 ThenfoUows ;The Battle," with the ring! ingof bells, the beating of drums, the shoutmgof the combatants, and the ^-oans noiJi^JwM^^^'^f^^S"^*^' which the noise of battle dies 4way, and the clergy lead the Russian people in a grand thanks giving hymn. Several Russian and Slav marches are also effectively rendered. The hl^I^^riLr*^ l^« """ian national by mn, *• God Save the Czar. " m better sical condition to stand the different urates to which military service may him, and intellectually he keeps hiniseL better poised than if he followed the dr lEg customs of the run of army officers. mind 13 clearer, and he can trust his j: ment. How many thousands of lives w have been saved in our war, for instan. the Generals had all been as sober as seley is said to be. We observe that an Englishmen of education and abihtv, who carry the load of extensive affiirs, tendency is toward increasing abstem: ness, and that even total abstainers growmg numerous. It is a tendency w: we commend to the thoughtful attentioi our men in public life, our professional busmeas men,â€" JVeu? York Sun. Claims for Compenaatioa. The icir posi: no intention of giving a descrij battle cf Cura, as it is called, b| al||wing the fighting capacity tiiH troops. The position occi £)0ptiaii army was an txcellei WO c on the open, nearly level ad^yes posted on the rising jrr W4ftc splendidly equipped witi bc^ch-loaduig rifles their composed of French niounraii Eiaglish steel guns, aud(^e;inai| aiies a fine rocket batteiy 'VMJI magnificently mountid ed thf y were commaiukdj der-in-Chief of the Egy; tij || best officers t!;cy haU Wt/lKre American and IvaroyMj: ti» encourage them, exhort tl tham a good exami 1 j. Kiii • them squarely iu iront, vit] naked, bare- tooted, barc-lic.i*. Vfhfo had but few fireanns, no oiqganization â€" nothing militarl courage. And yet, in one Iu att of 7,000 troops who were forts, except a bare hundred oaf tured by the Abyssiniiiiis Dublin Gazette contained rcce; further notices of claims, under the Tre tion of Crime Act, for compensation for rages committed upon persona in the c( ties of Roscommon, Cork, May d, Sligo, C apbn them with sword and Queen's County, Tipperary, Galway '""' ' "' ' ' " Leitrim. Amongst them ia a claim Icr 000 by .John Dillon, tf Carnacarta, il. for the murder of his lather a clai:: Mrs. Henry F. Blake, jf Rathvdlo, Gait on her own behalf and that of her chile for the murder of her husband and per? injuries to herself by being wounded a: time of the asassination one by J Connor, of Kilsauiff, Galway, on belial: herself and children, for the murder 0; husband one of £20,000 by Isadore William Bourke, of Rahassano Park, way, for the murder of his brother, Walter M, Bourke and a claim by V Dempaay, of Riverda e, Galway, o-i 1^ of heiaell aud family, tor the munkr o: husband. A Bint to Latter Writers. To be accurate in little thimjs is the way to become accurate in everything. no one knoAva how many of the great aa: ances of life spring from little habits ol" lessness, and the little inaccuracies of tail, which one is often content to let rather than make, at the proper timf, slight exertion necessary to complete seemingly unimportant duty. A hu"' this line may be drawn from a recent 1^ of a New England professor, whose le^ are always marked by cUarncss of pens' ship and minute attention to punctiu" He writes I do not know that I ever told yoa in subscnbing a letter, I write the of the State in full, I do so under tu^ vice of a post-c ftice ofiicial. " Sir," wi- " clerks in their hurry rarely look at thing but the name of the State. An^ letter gets into the right State, it willf get into the right town. 1 have io^ Che advice, and found mv account in i^' S. Timet. 5 HJ and slaughtered the.n like shambles. The loss of the Al about 150 men The bare statements ot fi â- lOntUL necessary. How it ia diflicaltto teil. Col. Dj the battle, wrote a boolc to did not sue eed, I think evonj iaiartion. Why it so happe^ aaiwer, and the answer la tiaKis will not, cannot figl^ eqfnally *omplete, but on OOaurred to a column of aader Manzmgcr Pa^ha, iics aaeously •with the Arcinirup' oolumn was maicliiug tl ro| ooontry to co-operate with when several days' joui ney 'W|te attacked at night by lutely annihilated. Th he victims of this catasi d because his wounds rtainiy fatal. He was rs. heevents thus briefly epij ^tanonstrate the lack o^ figt the Egyptians. Now, the n afises. Why a! e they thui as soldiers? That qu^ n object of this article two classes of soldiers] Egyptian army. The sist of Nubians, Darfui Berbers from up the it is said that most of er taken or bought from j ters and traders of tl rated by the late Kliedij plf ced in the army. Hoi constituted the only army in the Abyssiniai were vastly inferior ps of the Union army war. They have somi they arc strong, hard, i stand heat and hard) hes well they are doci, ed to learn the routii U