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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVI, Issue 11, 6 July 1888, Page 19

Lord Charles Beresford, whose opinion is looked upon with respec on account of his acknowledged ability and bravery increased the et« citement by a speech in London. He said that if General Boulanger got to the top of the tree he might within a week, in order to gain popularity, order England to clear out of Egypt. They wanted a definite standard of defence in order to enable the country at any time to meet the contingency of a war with France or Russia. Herd is a little chapter of contemporaneous history, told with siarthnj brevity by the cable. For obvious reasons it will not be used by Mr. Balfour as the text of a speech on Irish oatragea — and yet we may be vrnng : the attempt at lynching may constitute an act of " intimidation " not to be overlooke 1 by the compiler of agrarian dhturbauces — "Dublin, May 18. — A bailiff namid Sweeny, while escorting a drunken son < f Landlord Lloyd to his home at Temple* more, County Tipperary, fired upon a laborer named Thomson, and wounded him in the hip. Another workman named Kennedy interfered, and Sweeny nhot him also, the bullet c ttering the heart. Both shots were fired at Lloyd's orders. The police pursued and arrested Bv?eeny, aid with difficulty preveated the pv pie rrjm lynching him." Rome May 29.— Pope Leo has issued an encyclical of twenty* seven Dages dealing with the slavery question. After referring to the teachings of the Bible, he inculcated the abandonment of slavedealing m Egypt, the Soudan, and Zanzibar, and reiterates his condemna'ion <f the practice. He demands protection for missionaries in Africa, and eloquently refers to the labors of Peter Claver. In conclusion he praises Dona Pedro ior abolishing slavery in Brazil. A contributor to the Literary Department of the Snnday issue of our esteemed contemporary, the Providence Journal, writing on '• Some Curiosities of Books and PuntiDg, Co lectors and Binding," stifes the interesting f,ict that the earlii st piactitioner in the art of binning of books, 60 fir as is known, was Dagseus, an Irish monk of the early part < f the sixth century. He was also a skilful illuminator. His work was characterised by binding in, and ornamenting the exteriors with silver, gold and precious stones. j PROFIT 1200dols. I " To sum it up, six loner years of bed -ridden sickness, costing ! 2001o1p. per year, total 1200dols. All of t'lis expense was stopped ' by three bottles of Dr. Soule'a American Hop Bitters, taken by my wife. Sh» haß done her own housework for a year since, without the loss of a day, and I want everybody to know it, for their benefit." 1 " JST. B. Farmer."