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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 124, 27 May 1891, Page 2

■'.*'-. A'.marfaamO Bngentf .D^ just been releas^rM^ tiaryfeWb<>|ai?sM prwidfint of ihe^lUl&ftls'Stxwl \<ffitfffl t t& Chicago. olaim{nppO,<P^ U9\i% alle^edl^ r rP B 's* th^ ioiityjM^^A.U^y^^iwx''^ {tjfrenftifc vendor ofl uefcitfipersj* and : jpHwl y m >r«e iv the n^lghbo»6d of tit Pdfc t/<. WB . fl?A«>«io«). *: That^n'tleman's daughteir: •'<] JW »rt»pi«ed with a v fomantio attachment to tM poor neweveridor— a sediment v wbioh wait, very lav irom baing enooutftged by' . the young lady's parents. Durinlvant. appoars .however, on his own showing,, to havo returned Miss Porter's amotion/ and to have been determined upon winning her for lua wife,. . This is "the rprologoe ' of his tale of woe. The serious portion of Ms story begins^ with the allegation that Mr Potter, in order to get rid of him, entered into a conspiracy with the captain of polioe and others to have the newsboy obhvioted'df burglary. It. is alleged that Mr Potter's daughter aotually supplied a lawyer with funds to conduot Dunnlvaut's defehoe but that the " conspirators" were too strong, and the love-Btruok newsboy 'was sent to prison for four years. He declares that bis health and prospects in life haye thereby been shattered^ and olaims coria^h^ilo-a ":aocbrdihgly, '*' v y"~' / ']y The Melbourne correspondent julfr the Dunedin Star writes;— "The tfooufc" at tbe Alexandra Theatre is the most cional and realistio drama that I^7<fte t been presented in Melbourne. A huge tank, 40ffc long and 12ft long by 9ffc deep, oo« cupies fche baok part of the stage, aud ifc is made considerable use of throughout, tha piece for bhe > purpose of illusthktiug incidents of Indiau life. Afc one time ib is a plaoid lake, at another a rushing river, and men and horses are continually plunging into ifc wifch a daring, disregard of the cold weather. The miih feature ;bf the pieoe is desoribed by tbe Argils' oritio in the toU lowing fashion :— " The soene represents au Indian euoampinent, and we have the satis* faotion of seeing • the braves' great a teepee coram publico, for fche speoial benefit of Miss Lily Dumpier, who has been taken prisouer in an Indian raid at the end of the firsfc act. Presently the faithful Carver paddles his canoe— % real biroh bark one—aordsfj the lake. To brain, the, Indian SeritihSl-'and gag and bind the villain are to a man of. bis physique bufc the work; ■ o^tfrfe'vr minutes, fhe moment ia propitious. The braves are away banquettiug on dog. The horses are obuoealed in the gtoge- of the oanyon on the O.P. side/ What - Remains but to fly? .Nexc: minute Miw.'LUy flapi-* pier oanters aoross the Btag'e ona neat little brown, pony, and thejEyil Spirit, ;of the Plains follows on a, barebacked and bony, bronoho, , A moment later and tbc pony re* appears, pioking its way oarefully aorosejtMV aerial bridge high up in the borders, and aa the prairie belle reins up on, the opposite side Or Carver, on his bronoho, • attempts the perilous puss. Bufc the alarm has beeu given, and fche Indians are swarming the rooks and popping away with rifles;., and revolvers afc fche fugitives. . Miss, ©ampler for a moment stems the onslaught with a nkkel-plated Derringer. The bronoho is halfway aoross when there is :.a rush; and a soream, the wholo .bottom, of the -bridge * gives way, and down drops the bronoho. 14ft? into, the lake, and swims away snorting and screaming, leaving ithe rider jhanging.too.th and nail to the parapet." ; , ■, i ,../," Tbe , Otaao ■ Daily. -.i'imes . says ;~A - very large speoimeu of the blaok ahjtg wias reqeiyed in town yesterday by Mr Wi Oarlton from Mr F. Lisbner, „wb'j shjfc it on.fche Lqmahaka river while it was iv ths aot of swallowing %• five 21b female troat. The fish was still io fche Btmg's throat when it was delivered to*Mt Oarlton. Evidently ' the _ Aoali-m*»|wation Society will have to take steps to' lessen iha number of these birds. - v

A strange dooth has ooourred in the mallee oountry, Viotoria. A few dayß ago the manager of the Pine Plains Station in* formed the polios that about; eight milea from tbe homestead, od'thelioad eolKdlkine. and a little ofl the roadi. r ths ; deadbody^ori man had been fouud by some station bauds when' out looking Mr dogtkaps. One of tbe traps was missing, aud upon search being made the body ol the man was found a short distance away, with the fiogeraof oue -hand held fast in bhe missing trap;: There was soarcely any flesh on the body, ■ wbioh ap« peared to be greatly emaoiated. .The man appearei to havo been about forty years ot age. It is at present a tnystery.hbw.the man should nob have been able to get rid ,6£ the dog trap, whioh does not .weigh more bhan aboub 6lb, and under ordinary oiroum? stances could have been easily removed by a ohild. It is thought he had been suffering from drink. ... „ . ...,.,, The following pathebio inoident of a recent fire in New York has been recorded i-^a. little ohild was about to be lifted iv the arms of one of the firemen when she drew, baok and returned into the dense smoke i which was now, pouring. into the, rpqm..., The fire men saw her retiring, and shouted to her t« oome baok, bub as she did not return they groped after her, .and found her gasping lot breath and nearly smothered. She oould not be persuaded at first to hurry, away. She was dragging a doll's trunk, and said : " I oan't leave it ; my mother gaye.it to me." The firemen, in spite of the supreme danger, flung the box first through the window, and then took the girl down. • Tbe box on falling on tbe pavement burst Open,, and 'revealed, not doll finery, bub the deed for bet dead mother's grave. The ohild is thirteen yeats of aga.

Mr Rudyard Kipling (says the London correspondent of bhe Melbourne ;_lrfltM> i» advancing ab a rate to' whiob tbe only term equal (and in many respects peouliari* fit) is the Amerioan one of " booming."' 'Heia the literary hero of the hour. He has "jumped" the British publio as perhaps no one ever did before. He has already left Rider Haggard L ? a V*t b^ lna 7 Th , e ttfoiitf-ffiti-a toils after him in vain. Ia London draw* ing rooms, if you would be in the, fashion; you must talk Kiting. Young' ladies try to understand his Hindustani, and try not to understand his naughtiness. • The Simla grass-widow is the sensation of the dar : Not to know Tommy Atkins as ha ia painted by Kipling is to confess to* a deleet. in your ..education,, , Tbe ., three , soldiers, Malvaney, Learoyd, and QmnkThari, beoome as famous as tbe tbrea Musquetaire^ Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. The* EnglS language has besn enriohed with a variety ot new expressions, hiitfertb the 7 property ot the barraok-room. We are. nothto^now if nob blooming •' and things not bloomin? are ' baly," We take « whisky, pegs,' ESS are "chippy,- and. go ■.WaSEinth* rupee." VVe can tell a ancftsW. We chatter' about p2ii°£ the " tummy," and a •» blue funk/ 5w is a great deal of drinking and flirting anS figh ing and l generally tbe people whether in the field aga mat the unbeliever «J on the Mall among the wives isffi2Jto It is quite a new world to wbioh Mr BuSJft Kip ing has introduced the English i r3E2 world whioh is, perhaps, even mora^C? the Oentral Attioa a e Tpopulaled b? ff/l&K Haggard's baronets and hunters an/ mi„u queens and baboon ladies and ziU *"& Acuriouß atory is told of the peculiarities, of Oustom-Houfee procedure in Da" M appears thab the -British and a™ Jr* Congregational Ohuroh £ B?*w3E& to celebrate the jubilee of ita toSS? 8 * resolved, on getting " *, T±fljfe tbe erase of j6SQO/obfcained ?rsm jS,* an, ; !instrument, whioh duly B^t CtheSoaM^: There were forty oases, and SXZed io oome in two ships, thirty.two ii SRS eight in another. . Churoh organs ,<*» praotically unknown, in, .Russif, whS instrument known corresponding, to tha organ w one whioh is found %,. e Ver J or tea house, and is of the natuw of a mußioal-box ( with a ,few pipes.T,TW Custom Houae offloials olaimed the dutstZ six organs, saying there were pipe, enouih for ,ao many I After long negotiations th? protest, and is nowbeing.ereoted^rtder tSE supenision of custom House aSiff Two officials, with swords, are oh dutFafr the door, and watch every one going out to see that he does not take an orgfaT w iJ with him. During divine servioe i™iE3E thing is above board. •yXAy^y f ■ **? The great oo^nerati'vesi**&i«i^Mi._ _. a_ ■' We^Jnd had bis«fc%^^«V^gf jgta ««teuoeMd£iuMK >*ong *«sa^tfK^ [not produqej '?*stil^ffl^