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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9185, 15 October 1888, Page 4

Cablo communication with Europe was restored yesterday evening, and we are able in consequence to publish this morning a number of interesting despatches. It is announced that Mr. Lark worthy, the managing director in London of the Bank of New Zealand, has retired from that position on a pension. It is rumoured that other important changes in the London Board are imminent. There is a great demand for the new capital of the Bank, and it is expected that the amount will be subscribed threefold. A petition signed by nearly all

the Dissenting ministers in Ireland ' been presented to Lord Salisbury in of maintaining the Union. Lord Rosebt i speaking at Leeds, said , that if Gladstone returned to power he would ntablish legislative independence in Ireland so far as control over local affairs was con. corned. The United States Supreme Court) has issued a decree dissolving the Mormon Church, and confiscating its property. Tho British navy is to be increased. Lord Roseberv advocates that the colonies should have a more potent voice in the shaping of the Imperial foreign policy, and that their influence should be paramount at the Foreign Office. Up to the time of going to press the mail steamer from San Francisco had not arrived. She is now fully due, and may be expected to put in an appearance ariv hour. Recently Mr. Moat, M.H.R., telegraphed to the Minister of Lands urging the reappointment of Mr. Elliott to the post of Sheep Inspector. On Saturday lie received the following reply from the Hon. (!. ] : \ Richardson:—"Just from trip. Elliott's dismissal is a matter which I regret beinir unable to re-consider, also Bayley's appoint 1 , ment, both cases having been determined on after careful consideration." The decision has given the greatest dissatisfaction to the sheep farmers. The annual race meeting of the Pakuranga Hunt Club took phice on Saturday afternoon, at the Ellerlie Racecourse. The weather was lovely ; and, notwithstanding the counter attractions of the Athletic Sports at Epsom, there was afaiily good attendance of about 1000 people. The whole proceedings went off without a hitch, and there was no serious accident during the clay. A sum of £1.313 was put through the totalisator, but there was no other betting of any consequence. A detailed report of the races appears .in another column. It is anticipated that the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Point Resolution business will be concluded to-dav. Mr. Napier, who has represented Sir Geo. Grey at the inquiry, does not, it is said, intend to call any evidence, the additional evidence Sir Geo. Grey promised to submit having been elicited from the various witnesses already examined. Among the passengers who arrived at Onehunga from Wellington yesterday by the s.s. Takapuna were Sir Wm. Fox, and Colonel Eraser and Major Jackson, M.H.R.'s. A large number of people assembled on Saturday afternoon at Shelly Beach to witness the Trial Five Races of the Ponsonby Rowing Club. Fivecrews competed. The first; heat was between Dickson's and Stichbury's fives, and the former won after a close nice. Whitticombe's arid O'Brien's crew then measured strength, with the result that the former was beaten by a length. Scott's crew rowed a bye, and then rowed the second heat with O'Brien's five, which placed a second win to its credit. After a brief rest, the final spin came off between O'Brien's and Dickson's boats, and a splendid race resulted in the latter carrying off the trophies. The names of the successful oarsmen are J. W. Dickson, J. Cole, Agges, Adamson, and Graham. A Coroner's inquest was held on Saturday afternoon, at the District Hospital morgue buildings, by Dr. Philson, Coroner, on the body of George Herbert Ludlow, clerk of the Court, Helensville, who shot himself with a revolver on Wednesday last, and died of his wounds on Friday last at the District Hospital. The evidence revealed no new facts of consequence beyond those disclosed in the account of the aliair alreadypublished. Constable Foreman gave evidence as to finding Ludlow lying wounded on the highway, and who acknowledged to having attempted his life. The letter which he wrote to Mr. Clendon, Resident Magistrate, announcing his intention to commit suicide, was also put in in evidence. Mrs. Ludlow, wife of deceased, deposed that her husband had lately been in a state of melancholy, but she did not know the cause, and he did not assign any reason. On the day in question, when he attempted his life, he did not say anything about intending to lay hands upon himself. Oil the previous night he obtained no sleep, and vomited blood, and on the following day was very sick, taking no dinner. He suffered from sleeplessness and indigestion. Up to July last he had been clerk in a store. There was 110 written agreement as to salary, but the settling up had been disappointing to him, and from that time he had lapsed into a state of melancholy. Dr. Lindsay, house surgeon of the District Hospital, deposed to having made a post mortem examination of the body of deceased. The liver was in a diseased state. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that tieceased committed suicide while in a state of temporary insanity. After deceased had shot himself, inquiries were made of him as to the whereabouts of the bocks of the Court, and he replied that they were at his residence, but the most important of them have not as yet been found. The young man Michael Sheehan, who rashly attempted to commit suicide on Friday night by cutting his throat with a razor, is reported from the District Hospital as making a favourable recovery. A painful accident happened to a young man named Ernest Driver, at the Saltwater Baths, yesterday morning. The following are the circumstances :—Driver, accompanied by Mr. J. Rogers, upholsterer, of Ivarangahape Road, with whom he lodged, visited the baths about 8.30. After swimming about for some time, they came out and went to the spring-board (north end) to have a dive. Rogers dived first, and Driver followed, when it was noticed by the spectators on the platform, Messrs. Robert Hardy and Good, that the latter had struck the bottom, as the mud was coming to the surface. He came to the top of the water with his hands in front of his head, in an apparently stunned condition. Hardy jumped in to his assistance, and he and Rogers assisted the injured man ashore. Dr. Hooper was sent for, and concluding that Driver had injured his spine he ordered his removal to the Hospital, where on making enquiry last night, we ascertained that he was progressing favourably. It was Driver's first visit to the baths, as he has only recently arrived from England. He was, it seems, told by some of the bystanders that there was only four feet of water in the baths, but being a good swimmer he paid no heed to the warning. Although the depth of water is indicated at intervals in the baths, it is stated the figures are getting very faint, and should be renewed, to prevent incautious bathers from injuring themselves in this manner. The Kumara Times states that Mr. Seddon, M.H.R., has apparently recovered from his late accident, and is now engaged in his usual business affairs. It says, 11 During his prostration he received many telegrams of sympathy and condolence, and anxious inquiries as to his condition from present and past Ministers of the Crown, including the Premier, also from many other members of Parliament, and it must have been very gratifying to him to experience the universal esteem in which he is held." The Feildiug Star tenders its congratulations, in a somewhat mixed fashion, thusly : —" Everybody is glad to learn that Mr. Seddon has got into shape again after being kicked by a horse, but (there is always a but) it is a sad reflection to think that everybody wished that horse had been about at the beginning of the session. A deal of money would have been saved to the country if it had." The police did a little smart work at the Dunedin Police Court yesterday. Just ;'S I the Court was rising, a passenger by the i ship Nelson came to the station to report i that his boxes had been robbed. At that j moment a seaman of the vessel, who hud I been convicted of drunkenness and discharged, was passing out with with his swag. The police official's eye fell on the swag, and suspicions were aroused. The swag was searched, the missing articles found, a fresh charge-sheet made out, the man was brought again before the Justices just as they were going, the case tally proved, and the culprit sentenced to a month's imprisonment, all in the space of a very few minutes. This is what might he called red-hot justice. On Saturday afternoon Professor Anderson, the Wizard of the North, gave a matinee for children, at which a very agreeable and amusing programme was gone through. In the evening he gave his closing performance of the season, and performed some of I his best tricks. A number of gifts were I also distributed. There was a fair attend--1 ance. ;

» In reference to the colt Teksum, th dinner of tho Flying Stakes fl.i the Paku •ranga Hunt Club Race Meeti/ig on Satur iday, we rns.y mention that h J was bred b; tMr. Thomas Morrit>, from 1 /is mure Alba trass, and sired 'by the defunct Musket {There is a somewhat curious incident con >jiected with the naming of the colt X>uring the visit of Admiral Tryon tAuckland he paid a visit to Mr. Morrin' and was asked to suggest a nam ifor thisone of the last of Musket's stock He suggested that they should reverse th name of the sire, and hence the nann 'Teksum, which is Musket spelled back ■'wards. The usual meeting of the Devon por "Mutual Improvement Society took place 01 Thursday evening, when a paper 011 " Tin Present Depression " was read by Mr. F. J Hammond. Mr*- Boyd occupied the chair Mr. Hammond attributed our depressec times to the borrowing policy carried on bj the colony, the absence of land settlement and other causes. The paper was discusser by several of the members present, wht Sully Agreed with the views of the writer ■Lanr' speculation was considered quite a; im'/.oral in its tendencies as the association; <of the racecourse. The following paragraph 011 a subject o local interer has been Tampa (Fla..) orange grower experimenter in a small way with packing oranges in dry sand, and finds that some thus treated th Ist of last December have kept as fresh a? if just picked." Dry sand has been tried •here as a packing for apples, but was not a success. A church parade was held yesterday by the Royal Irish Rifles, under command oi Captain Leahy and Lieutenant Tobin : Waitemata avals, Captain Hitchens and Lieutenant Keesing beinjj in command ; and the Newton Rifles, under the charge oi Captain Robertson. The Royal Irish Rifle and Waitemata Naval Corps marched to St. Patrick's Cathedral, where mass was cele brated by the Rev. Father Mm lon. who de livered a brief address. The Newton Riiit Corps attended the service at the Alexan dra-street Primitive Methodist Church, tin Rev. C. E. Ward officiating. The asphalt footpaths in Farnell, and more particularly on the steep incline ol Alpha Road from the Railway Bridge to the Exchange Hotel, are getting into a disgraceful and dangerous state for want of a surface coating of tar and sand. The surface is worn as smooth as glass, and the greatest care has to be exercised in walking on it. As a case in point, we may mention that on Saturday night a girl of about fourteen years of age slipped and fell heavily 011 the footpath in Alpha Road, opposite the residence of Mr. Charles Kay. When she fell she cried out, Oh, ray head," and then became unconscious. She was taken into Mr. Kay's house, and it was a considerable time before she recovered consciousness, and still longer before she Could be taken to her home, near Dr. Wright's residence. It appears that when she fell the side of her head struck the pavement, producing concussion of the brain. The ceremony of the renewal of baptismal vows was held yesterday afternoon, at the Roman Catholic Church at Onehunga. About 100 children were present, and a number of parents and friends were also amongst the congregation. The children marched in procession to the church from the schools of the Sisters of Mercy, a beautiful banner of the Blessed Virgin being carried by Miss Annie Shaldrick. At the church the Litany was sung, and the usual prayer was then read by Miss Clara Brennan, on behalf of the congregation. The parish priest, the Rev. Father Paul, addressed those present, and the service terminated with the singing of the hymn, " Hail, Queen of Heaven. ' His Lordship Bishop Luck was present, in the church daring the proceedings. The care of the Sisters of Mercy in preparing the children for the ceremony was favourably commented upon. The girls were attired in white dresses, and wore wreaths and veil:;. In Saturday's issue we give an account of the clever spiriting of a horse out of the owner's paddock, at Ponsonby, on Friday forenoon, and of the owner, Mr. John Kane, subsequently finding an hour or two afterwards that his horse had been sold by auction at Buckland's saleyards. Fortunately Mr. Kane was able to secure possession of his horse before the new purchaser had paid over his money, or got delivery of the animal. From information received Detective Hughes arrested on Saturday a lad named James Henry Lawsoti, aged 16, residing in Wallis-street, Ponsonby, who, it is said, was seen leading the horse along one of the streets in the vicinity at the time it was missed, and which was subsequently found to have been placed in the saleyards. The accused is the son of respectable hardworking people. A Masterton man writes to the New Zealand Times as follows : —" A good many residents here are greatly exercised as to the nature of a metal which is found in many localities here, and which, while having the colour of gold, and is malleable, proves to be remarkably light and soluble in acids. It appears to bo useless to send it to the museum for a. test, for the reply from there invariably is that it is an artificial alloy. I know for a fact that this is wrong. But, then, what i? it?" The anniversary of the Beresford-street Congregational Sunday-school was celebrated yesterday by special services in the church, which was tastefully decorated for the occasion with flowers and greenery, the pillars, &c., being festooned, whilst prominent on the reading-desk was the word " Love," as a floral device. The Rev. A.. Carrick preached in the morning, and the pastor (the Rev. J. Chew) in the evening, and a children's service was held in the afternoon at three o'clock, when an address was delivered by the Rev. T. Bray. There were crowde 1 congregations at all the services, and special hymns were sung by the children of the school, who, in the morning and evening, occupied seats in the gallery. The children from the Mount Eden, Newton, and Parnell Congregational churches, attended the afternoon service. Mr. J. P. Hooton played the organ accompaniments during the day, whilst Mr. Tudehope acted as conductor. There is on view in the show window of Mr. \\ ildrnan, bookseller, a beautiful photographic sketchabout '24in by l.Sin—of the famous rercdos of St. Paul's, London, about which there lias been some legal proceedings, which are yet in abeyance. It cost £24,000 and was designed by Mr. Thomas Garner, cousin of Mr. Savage, of Parnell. The photograph is the first that has yet arrived in the colony. The shooting competitions at Hazard's fibooting gallery during the past week were very good, both in the first and secondclass. The prizes were : Choice of MartiniHenry, Winchester rifle, and a single or double breech-loading fowling piece.' The first prize was won by Mr. S. Mowbray, with 28 bullseyes in succession : the bullseye (since the extraordinary shooting of last week) being reduced to the «ize of a threepenny bit. For the second-class shots, a prize, a revolver, was won by Mr. Robert j Mason, with eight bullseyes in succession. j This week Mr. Hazard offers no less than i six prizes—three in each division—of the j total value of ten guineas, which should I bring out some of our best shots. ' The usual evangelistic service was held last evening at the City Hall. Mr. Battley I presided. The address was given by the i Rev. Thos. Spureeon, on the topics *" lie- ! {•entarice and faith." There was a good at- I tendance. ! A large number of yachts took advantage j of the splendid sailing weather on Saturday I and yesterday, and quite a fleet of " white j winded" craft was flitting up and down | thf harbour. j The third concert of the season of the Ponsonby Choral Society takes place toflight at All Saints' Schoolroom, under the comlueturship of Mr. Tallis Trimnell, Lac., Oxon. The first part of the programme consists of Mendelssohn's | cantata, " Walpurgis Night," in which the j «?los will be taken by Airs. Edger, Messrs. | Jackson and Taylor. The second part i opens with the overture from " Maritana" j (Wallace), the remaining features being j Aos. 5 and 6of " The Language 0 Flowers" ! v vl-ii) and the Chaconne and Rigodon j rom " Aline" (Monsigny), which are per- | ormefl for the first time in Auckland. ' J-he madrigal, " Let us Careless" (Linley), > 0 part song "Night, Lovely Night" i Herger), and the songs, " Will He Come" : ! I alhvan), by Miss Edmonds, and " Saving i : uie Colours" (Watson), by Mr. Chambers, j : npiete the programme. The concert i promises to be a very successful one. !' ■There were in the lock-up last evening j < nnt'' ei i !ons on c h' lr ges of drunkenness, a ' 1 horse <ui?ulb > swid Jos. flenry LiUVSOD ' I < to * corse-stealing. 1 ,

3 | The prospects in the other provinces o - 1 the North Island appear to be improving - * especially as regards stock. In Napier thi 7 ] lambing season is reported as remarkably - } good, the wool clip promising to be heavy . . and the summer pasture owing to thi - I season experienced likely to be excellent . I The North British and Hawke's Bay Frecz 3 I ing Company has recently commencec ? operations, works having been erected or } I the Spit, Napier, at a total cost, including . I land and plant, of £20,000. Two-thirds o 3 I the capital is found in Scotland, and thi 3 I balance locally. At the time our Parlia • j mentary special correspondent passei | through Napier, Mr. Knowles, proprieto t | of the Napier Telegraph, kindly chaperonoc , 1 him over the works. A start was being madi 3 ! with the freezing of beef till the sheep wen ' : available, the stock being brought fron ' ! Woodville by rail. The beef seemed to b< i! of magnificent quality. The works an . : capable of dealing with over (>OO sheej • daily, the freezing chambers taking a tota [ charge of '2500 carcases, while there is ; , storage accommodation for In,ooo carcases The works are very complete of their kind 1 i the machinery possessing all the latest iin . provements, while provision is also madi i for wool-drying and fellmongery operations • ! As showing how competition is the soul o ; business, it is stated that the reductioi ! in freezing, commission, and shipping ; j charges will be a gain to the stockholder: iof about a penny per pound—a very wel | come addition to their income. j There are still grievous complaints fron Waikato farmers of the rough handling o stock, in transit, by the railway depart merit. Nearly all lie mischief is done by the reckless shunting of trains which taker place. A settler says that, he has frequently seen ladies thrown on their faces in tht passenger carriages, by the violent jerky way in which the trains are frequently . started, and he states that on the Amen can railroads, such conduct by locomotive engine-drivers is made a finable offence He mentions by way of illustration of the . way stock is handled on the railway, thai in starting from one Waikato railway sta , tion, three bullocks got thrown down ii the cattle trucks. The owners at the nexl station got them out to save their lives, but bruised, and losing besides the turn ot the market. On another occasion he, himself, was sending some sheep down, and they had not got far on the journey till one of them was thrown down, in the truck. At the next station he offered a workingman half-a-crown simply to go into the truck and life the sheep on its legs again, but the labourer, in this state of " profound depression," simply grinned at him, and said, " He didn't do that sort of business." It is said that one of the Waikato auctioneers is now making arrangements to drive stock by road to the Auckland market, and at nearly half the railway rates. There is a likelihood of the Waikato farmers availing themselves of this opportunity, both on the score of economy and as enabling them to get their stock to market in saleable condition. Our informant also calls attention to another matter which puzzles himself considerably, namely, that although flour has risen in price, and Ms (id per bushel is the published quotation for wheat, 3s 3d per bushel is tho highest price the Waikato farmers can get for their wheat. Commenting on a recent case, the Wellington Press says :—" We have many times urged that the judges should come to some agreement among themselves in order to secure uniformity, or at least system, in the administration of the First Offenders Probation Act ; but we are more disposed now to suggest that they should begin by going through a brief course of study as to the history of the Act and the principles of justice upon which it is founded." The anniversary services of the Mount Eden Baptist Church were held yesterday, when the Rev. Thos. Spurgeon preached in the morning, from the passage in Ecclesiastes, "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth." There was a crowded congregation. The Rev. C. H. Garland in the afternoon, and the Rev. G. B Monro in the evening, preached appropriate discourses to good congregations. Collections were taken up in aid of the school funds, and liberally responded to. To-morrow evening l the usual soiree and public meeting will take place, when the chair will be taken by the Rev. T. Bray (pastor) and addresses will be given by several ministers and friends. The celebrated traveller and lecturer, Miss Lydia von Finkelstein, arrived yesterday ; and having hitherto seen only Wellington, Wanganui, and Nelson, the lady was surprised to find Auckland such a large city : the harbour and environs she thinks more beautiful than those of Sydney. To-night, in the Opera House, the famous delineator of Oriental life will commence her' series of costume lectures with the one entitled " Homes and Haunts of Jesus;" and as nothing like these entertainments has been given before in this part of the world, it may be as well to indicate what they are and what they are not. In the first place, they are not religious addresses. This evening's lecture, for instance, will include a description of the people with whom our Saviour came in daily contact, and their manners and customs, especially those of the women, which to European travellers are a sealed book. The value of knowledge of this kind, imparted by a native of the Holy Land, in interpreting and understanding the parables, most- of which are based on incidents of every day life, such as a woman losing a piece of silver, cannot be overestimated. The audience will be personally conducted by Miss von Finkelstein through the villages and country towns of Pales-

tine to Bethlehem, Bethany, Nazareth, ( Samaria, in fact from Dan to Beersheba. | The lecture will not be limited to the presentation of living pictures of the life of Jesus; many important events in Old ! Testament history will be elucidated by , dramatic illustrations drawn from the | habits and modes of speech of the inhabi- | tents of Palestine at the present day. Perhaps before leaving Auckland Miss von Finkelstein will have something to say about Dr. Sivartha's project for repeopling Palestine, a subject upon which she has already contributed an article to an English magazine. There was a good attendance at the children's matinee at the Columbia Rink on Saturday afternoon. A juvenile polo match elicited a good deal of interest. Professor Simmonds, the champion skater of America, so well and favourably known here for his clever skating feats, will arrive from the South on Wednesday, and gave some exhibitions of his art. Towards the end of the week the management will give a benefit in aid of the funds of the Auckland Ladies' Benevolent Society, and as the Society get £ for £ from the Government, those desirous of helping the Society cannot do better than extend their patronage on that occasion. The 46th annual tea and public meeting I in connection with the Auckland Abstinence j Society was held last Saturday evening in the Temperance Hall. The tables were presided over by the following ladies and J gentlemen : —Mesdames Carlaw, Hampton, Hill, Leyland, Mowbuni, Plummet - , and i Stokes, Misses Cherry, Kellor, Smith, Tre- j | main, .Messrs. Carlaw, Cook, Hampton, j Hill, Levland, Townsend, and Stokes. Tea j having been disposed of, the tables were | cleared away for the public meeting. The | president (Mr. E. Tremain) occupied the | chair, and was supported by Messrs. W. R. j Cook, .J. Robinson, and Spragg. The j secretary's and treasurer's reports were j read and adopted. Addresses were de- ; livered by the Rev. A. .J. Smith and \V. R. j Cook, the former's being specially devoted jto the children. The choir, under the | leadership of Mr. Ryan, rendered valuable j assistance, Miss Tremain acting as accompanist. The following musical programme was gone through in a highly creditable manner:—Glee, " Spring's Bright Glances," choir; recitation, " Lottie's Message," Miss Seymour ; song and chorus, " Come Where ■ My Love Lies Dreaming," Mr. Ryan ; glee, . "Temperance Choral March." choir ; read- | ing, "The Three Parsons," Mr. W. R. , Cook ; instrumental selection, Miss Pritj chard; solo and chorus, "Children's j Voices," Miss Stevens; recitation, "Chaj rity," Miss Seymour; instrumental duet, i Miss Plummer and Mr. Aldis ; glee, " We j Love a Good Laugh," choir. Mr. Smith, of ' H.M.s Diamond, briefly returned thanks ! for the kind way with which the men of the j Diamond had been treated during their stay in Auckland. It was announced that , next Saturday the programme would be | furnished by the Frith family. | A Maori prisoner named Epirahama Te i Kotuku was brought up from the East Coast j on Saturday, having been sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Mount Eden | Gaol by the Tauranga Bench on a charge of assault.

His Honor, Judge Murray, of New South Wales, the other day put the question of the employment of prison labour in a new light. He said that "If the prisoner was at large his work would be in competition with the same parties. The object of imprisonment was not only to punish, but to reform, and it was cruel and unjust to debar prisoners from the chance of learning a trade with the possibility of getting a living when they had their liberty." This is sound sense. Although the winter season for the more vigorous athletic pastimes is fairly over, the young men of Auckland do not intend to allow themselves to get rusty during tho summer. Cricket, boating, tennis, &c., are now all starting, and a meeting is to be held to-night at Professor Carrollo's gymnasium for the establishment of a class for light gymnastic and other exercises suitable to the hotter months.

To-morrow evening there is to be a grand concert and military display at the City Hall in aid of the funds for sending representatives to the Centennial meeting of the Victorian Rifle Association. The entertainment is to be under the patronage of Captain Clayton and officers of H.M.s. Diamond, and Lieutenant-Colonel Shepherd. An excellent programme, which will be found elsewhere, lias been arranged, and there is every probability of a most enjoyable evening. < At 110011 to-day Messrs. D. F. Evans and Co. will sell by public auction, at their Land Mart, next the Herald Office, a large number of desirable properties, details about which will be found in another column. Mr. Gabriel Lewis will sell at eleven o'clock to-morrow a large selection of handsome household furniture, ex Crusader. Particulars will be found in another column. Mr. W. J. Beale, of 170, Queen-street, notifies by an advertisement which appears in our advertising columns, that lie can supply the genuine \\ ertheim Sewing Machine, manufactured by Joseph Wertheim, 011 the usual easy terms of payment. He also notifies that Mr. K. M. Hallett is not now in his employ, and is not authorised to sell Wertheim machines on his behalf.[Advt.] It is surprising how far a little money judiciously expended will go. We had 110 idea that all the best of E. Wayte's stock of books, stationery, &c., could be sold so cheaply by J. W. Ellis, at the new shop 011 the wrong side of Queen-street, two doors from New Zealand Bank. Call and see ! No reasonable offer for the stock, &c., as a whole will be refused. Rent very low. A capital chance for anyone wishing to commence business.—[Advt.] Mk. T. HarleGiles, Professor of Writing, lias vacancies for a few pupils, ladies and 'gentlemen, day and evening, privately or in class. Good Writing guaranteed in 12 lessons.—[Advt.]