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KERSHAM MANOR CHAPTER XVIII. - Hot uneeuditionaJly. You will find 4 . l*".rm de*k telling *> what I sbouM * you ">pi-tly if y.m like," S* -'th Ui, pith**, . ' U P ln "" illumined and tor ever on Sebaatiao'i brain i "it kut " Pree my tl " nk "No never, never I" exclaimed SebaatUa. I ihould never a*k you to do what WM bl " id 8ir *** * - I .hould oot deprive you of -ttiLg right what E.7C5; "n my opTni ' n r a great wrong." Ther. was a silence 5 he relinquished 3e- baeiian * band and turned hi* head on the pillow a* if to deep, bat hi* mind wa* still t'U*y with th* .abject, for after the lapse of some momenta be mid, rather absently : "The Neavee have left Woodbury. You might find out what has become of them by inquiry in th* town. Th.y must have left friend* behind. Jlenry Wyatt ran away with Alice Neave." There wa* another long silence. Seba*- tian took a seat aMihe bodiids, and thought aver hi* uncle's cuinitunloalion. It did not *eem him thai there would be mnob difficulty in tracing hi* mining cousin. Th* loe* of the moneyfdid not affect him at all. Hi- mind npidly diverged to other ubjecta, where Nina and Sir Roland held the pro .am nt place.. He wa* almost tartled when hi. unc'.e .poke again. ' It is a pity," he *aid. "that I matt RO hence brf ore I have finished my book. I have been at work on it for some years now." "Isiinol nearly done?" " Ver> nearly. I hav* named you my literary executor, Sebastian. Will you see that it u brought out V " Most certainly. " " I havr not tied you dowa to time. Do il when you have leisure Wot for a year or two, perhaps. And then there i* another little matter you will find a mas* of paper relative to my own life and ex pen enoe* : there is indeed an autobiography, whi.-h may not be without interest to the -rid Rut these I leave ia your hands, Sebastian. There are certain view* thai I should lik* to hav* indicated, but it is evi- dent that my hand will not accomplish the work 1 had mapped out. I leave it to you." 1 it is not exactly in my line," aid Sebastian hwiutingly. ",f I feel lhal il is beyond me " " Thon choose someone else to do ie. I do ool want to tie your life down to mine, dear boy. Only rhe priva'e paper* the autobiography they must remain in your hands. If you do oot put them into shape let no one else." 8*lsti*n felt aa unaccustomed thickness do not chronicle my movement* (save in tb lioo reports now ami then) M tuny did yours in your mere active dayt. I .uppos you are now permanently locate.! at Ker hem. I laugh to myself sometimes when think of the cotun, ,t between u. If yo w m* in the d*P* which I inhabit, wher what you aad *uch as you call via* reigns triumph*, and ran. riot, you would laug! too. A contrail to the peaceful preoinoU of your Manor Home, indeed ! " I have not uok lo tins level without struggle. You know well enough that . have been handicapped ia life through no fault of my own. If you are as rich as ruport <1 "Sj* r ** you to b*, you will not mia* a sum sufficient lo set me on my foot again. I will not whine and cringe for it : you ow* me something, and I merely atk for what 1 consider mine. Send your enoloiare to th* addreu given abov* : I expect to be here for some time, a* I an ill and not di. posed to move. Your cousin, in his throat a* fin replied. What he said he never exactly knew, for al lhat momont a sudden faintnes* attacked th* luvali I and all further thought of anything but remedies ami stimulants was mi possible. The fainting fH luted for some time and left Sir Roland exceedingly feeble. Hi* eye still brigntoned with a smile when He- bastiao drew near, bul he wa* toj weak to peak. Once or twioe 11,* Harm of HI* leaped up ; it wav*r*d, flickered, aank again, and then want out forever. Sebastian grieved for Sir Uolaid aa not many (on* grieve for their fathers. Stephen Malet con-owed with him, and Kenhs.iv' Manor wa* a hous* of mourning (or, -i^'y *ayr HSM:V WrATT.' The date* were somewhat surprising. Th letter had been written on the thirteenth of November, but not dispatched (a. the envelope teetifled) until the twenty-ninth. Sir Roland* Utter had beenaenton ih* tie* of December, and returned to Lin on sW seventh. By that lime he wa* prostrated by illness, and had been able lo do nothing more in i he way of inquiry. Both* bad pen- ciled a few line* on a (heel of piper lo this effect: " 1 charge my dear boy .Sebastian to find this man Henry Wyatt, and to give him oiie-lhird of the money tht I have left. For Sebastian will hsve enough, and Henry ha. been wrongfully deprived of what was due to him. Fiat justitia. Hebastian know, my wi.haa.-R.M.- Sir Roland had been curiously free from the taint of **lfis>met* or wondline**. He had lived in a region where the** lower vice* could not touch him, " Les default <le sea quad tes" were not altogether want- ing. He had a slightly exaggerated disdain for the lovu of money, and wa* completely unable to understand the miods of penoos who loved it. It i* not therefor* to be wondered at that ibastian should feel little concern at ths lo* of a third of his fortune or that h* should aUo b* a trifle ilack in going to work to find hi* cousin, Henry WyatU In Ins spare hours he plunged eagorly into ihe tuuilnographiosl paper* which hi* uncle lad lefl behind, and began lo arrange and in not ate them. He would have to return o hi* post in early spring ; and h* wa* inxious to lix hi. marriage-day. Hut MY*. La Tonche was too prudent to let it be Milled yet. She said that u would look ike disrespect to dear Sir Roland's mem- ory. So Sebastian went back lo Russia in March. Before hi. departure he saw Sir Roland's solicitor, and comulie 1 linn si to the best means of finding Henry Wyatt, Th* solicitor, Mr. Col burn, a man very learned in the law, pointed out lo I guide her wita witdom, .he did a lng that .be afterward, regreue 4. Sbt accepted J Urn. La Touche'. niviutiou to become the children', leeldent governeea, gar. up ih. luaely little houee at Kennet'* Ure*n, nad went to live at the Dower HOUM. "I would not on any account y \u to Oti poor girl, 1 Mid JJrt La Tonehe, mak- ing a virtue o/ her reticence, "bat her motli- r* death wa* really , f uit providential. She would alway. have beet a drag on poor Mi*l>eni*on ; and I.houl.i have had to get a retldent governea* for the children aooner or later, .0 that, really, thing, fit into each other exceedingly well. I am .nre Mia. Dtaiaon ougbt to be thankful for ben mother*, release." Mr4. U Touohe thought hortelf very mentoriou. for the pun. ehe took to "keep op her poeition." It wa. all for her daughter.' sake, .he said ; and p*hap. t wa*. I'.ut whattort of a lif* would aha her.elf hare led had .he been deprivnd of her pretty home, her flowen, her dil- ettante music and painting, her light and avi.h .kimmiog of the lateet review., the amen i lief of aocial lite and triumph, of uceet*. When Either and Nina had been at ,rt ft!iL g - f N'be.t fear. I rnot/ nn( , lt> for , h . WM not tish nature, and sorrow coon led her. Hut they were mistaken. In love-timo, a girl's nature liai ^n odd sensation, however, 1 '-i.ison and to find that she 'self for Sir Rols.ii l asksd to Kereham writ* for Sir *oome dear on the Hy he had better prooeed cautiously, -thu he was not legally bound \. gyr. . w y any of the money al all, lha) fl ne ,{ w .tt to b* a man of De/pcliaracter It would be better to pay li/ M ll waaoe in.tad of handing over*,,, thon.and pounds for him to M r iSr" " Dtl dr ko <>< ,~iX" urn WM * n '""'t man. He I" 1 ' "yi'Vrlisemenls into th lea ling daily 1 **.. slating that Henry Wyatl, formerly ersham Manor, would, l>y applying to - Oolburo and Horsley, heir of sumo tu Ins advantage. Uul no Henry appeared. Parish register* w->e >n*ult>*d, hut no record of hi* deuh was found. Of a n*'er-do-we*l like Henry Wyatt nothing could be predicted with sifety. " The ndd thing i* that a fortnight should have elapsed between th* writing and the posting of hi. letter," Mr. Col- burn wrote to Sebastian . "A gnat many thing, may have happened in lhat time. I senl a young man lo ManoheiUir lo make inquiries ; bnl he failed lo ascertain any- thing of importance. Wyatt was known in the neighborhood, and so wa< a young woman who lived with bin whether his daughter or hi* wife doos not appear. They left the neighborhood suddenly to- ward the enl of November, and have not boon lean or heard of ilnoe. Mr. Wyatt wa* a man of' drunken habits and dinipated life. It Is quit* pos- ibl* lhat he hat com to a sinldeu and >ii'nt end. All we can do now is '.o '<ue advtr'ising, if you do not I iin-. and wait to *o* whether- '* reoeive.1." lilied, "Couttiine advnrtis- upyet." S> Mr. Coll urn ig. A man like SslMts- always be> coneulied. irv* lhat sum V.T. And Mr. 'that H j chnol together, th* younger girl had shown ome taste for various af Tier lighter (Indie* nd Either hoped that they might return* hem together. ' If you can find time to ad wilh Nina a little, 1 shall be pleased. Esther used to wonder a little whelher Mr*. La Touche thought her .Institute of II the tastes and aptitude* of other girl* of her age, when *ho convened wilh her o glibly about th* children's -studies aad boot nothing else. Common report .peak, of 'private gov- rnesse* a* poor, persecuted creatures ; ml common report as usual, lies. Kiiner -ra* " well treated " in every eena* of the <>rd ; she had all the luxuries of life en >yed by her pupil*, a pleasant house to * "' much larger and finer than she ad ever occupied before ; (to wan treated itb reaped aad consideration, and *be received fair, if not largo, pay for hor services. Ksther had rather drifted into this life than chosen it involuntarily, and wa* per- haps on* of the persons leas'. tted to en dure :t. She wa* sentilive and proud ; she had, like hr father, a highly strung ner- vous organisation ; an I she bad a thirst for knowledge and for experience which made her impatient of restraint. In *uch oircomslances a vigoroui nalnro must rind food for itaelf. The turn given to KstherTlhougbu by her mother', drain led her to religion. But her pareut* would have been ihocked by the ort of religion* teaching lhat attacke 1 her. Mr. Wright, Ihe Curate, wa. a atrong High l.hur.-hmin. He was delighted to Bod in Kuher a promising suhjeot for hii minis- trations. Mr*. La touch* wa* quit* con- tent lhat Miss Djnison should altoij/ a class at Mr. Wright's house on S^rtrday afternoon* (oh, the bleise.l chaooa*of get- ting into somebody else's ho^* for even one hour of a half-holiday !JL tnd here iho went through a coarse ot " iastruclion,' whic'ijftsultejLw^jr^^ing mlo tn u ^ fn , with R:'u;itiic lean ng. He tame ! and itw her coming tow'. HIM over the shining grave*. She did not see Mm. She had juil left the chargb withth* 'ilkct worehipen ; Iwo liitl* book* wore lain. 1 in her ungloved band. Mh* saw him before she reached the frrav*, '>i the iifii i caused her to ctopskort for on* 'Tif moment. Si* nsitner Unshod nor ullerad an ezelamation ; indeed .he turned oven paler than it.s bud boon before. The sight of Ins cross of nrirarose* gave him courage. " You laid it htr*?" be said, ooming to her side. Kslher bowed hor head. " I brought one for my mother and one for him " " It wa* Kood of you," sail Sebastian. " Very goad." " Oh no, no ! You forget : I knew him a little, and I loved him. He will alway* stand to me aa th* type of a gnat man : th* uoblait and greatest man that I ever knew." And to ine loo," Stbsteliao responded timply. " Will yon come with me to my mother'* grave too ?" ahe said. He fallowed !.<. in .ilencf, and in ri'enee they .tood be*ide th* .bun* on which wu re -.irded Margaret Deniaon'i name. A great tear fell from Kitiier's eyes as the knelt down to rearrange some flowers that had been blown staid* by the morning brexe. Sebastian *aw it, and a* they turned way, he sii'l impulsively : " Don t grieve." " 1 don't." *aiil Either, with a trenulous sinila, For her sake I am glad." They did oatspeak again iin-.il they near- e<l the churchyard gaM," and then Shtian a*ked, "How ulten do you bring il ( wen here f " Kverjt Sunday moraine." "Have you any difficulty in getting them ! Kor I could tpeak to tb* gardener at my unclc'*>Bd he wouli alway. enpply TO COMKT IIELUI A r>p..lIU. ( Ba IMnTuacl Irtahftea. Amonjj tae other startling proposition* is one to shorten tin disUnoe between New York tod Ku.-ope by mean* of a tan- Del connecting Ireland with Gnat Britain, Several year* ago plans were drawn (or ft canal to connect Inland aod a^dand. The distance i* aboat twenty-one mile*. fete coet would be $30,000,0(0 or $35.000,1 XJO ad the number of yean ili work would Uke wooli be aboat lix. Thi* U another of the proportion* which have been revived during the lut few wtek*. aad it is tren gleaned or boUtered up by the phil - - - - ' *"f "J > pun osophical suggeauonsa* to the imprond relation* that would exiit between Knglaod and Ireland if railroad connection were possible between the two countries, Th* canal acroe* Scotland, which has been rom time to tima talked about, has been restored to a lire subject by the completion of the great English canaL Ons of these proposition, t* to connect tbe Firth* of Moray and Lorn, nuking uaa of the chain of lake* m th* way. Another i* to casv nect Glasgow and Edinburgh by a canal which would alao connect the two ocean* few hills intervene and there i* *o moon water already in the way that it ie thought probable the project would oot be expensive. Ku. il remain* lo be eeea bow much traffic could be obtained for canals of thi* character, and whether there would be any possibility of aji evenne infficient to juitify the expendi- Few. if any, o f theae project* are likely M lead to any active work, though soms ol 'hem are quite a* simple and ea*v a* the Thank you, but-I don't kaow if you i Su* Canal, th* Fourth Bridg. or the Man ,11 un.lor.tand. th. feeling-it ^ema a, chu, CanaL aU of whiohw.ro once do- nouneed a* the outcome of crazy intellect and wild fanaticism. I'nder any circum- stance* the Mcceasful completion of a task so generally denounced ss impossible is almost inevitably the forerunner of gigantic enterprises likely lo moke or looe imoieaa* sums of money for Iheir projector*. VVBUTT CLI4 7 raIICtC~*J v ;Wa. __ though II would ba spoiled for m* if I had the flower* given by any one else. Tht why I often g*i wild fl >rs only. But I forgot perhaps yon would like him to have your (1 wars ; bul then then you must get omebody else lo mak* the cross," " I want no ons bui you to make it Eathsr. Do aa you pleaae, I only want to make thing* easier for you." said Sebastian; "Oh, it WM very wrong ot me lo aiy that,' she crie.1. It waa all my aslf-will, my wif indulgence. Please forgive me. I ball be glad of the lower* ; 1 am very much obliged to you. ' " X, I would much rather see your wild rtowsn, Hither, and ho would have liked them more. My offer was a blander; forget it, I thank yoa a thousand time* lor what you have dona. When I am out of England I shall he glad to lemembtr it. My uncle */* father, brother, teacher, playmate, to me, all in one. " Now tell me," he aai.l. "what make* The haulage problem is one which ha* re- ceived the careinl attention of mine owner* at a 1 time. For yean mole* were me 1 in the nines for hauling, ami in some oa*e* are mill u.d ; rope cables replaced mule* in many plaoea, aad now w* have the elec- tric locomotive taking the place of both. A model electric plant tor this purpose ha* lately been initalled at Rock Spring*, Wj-o. The economy attained by the us* of ibe electrio locomotive i* shown by the fact that by iu a. i it i* reported that thirty can were run from the loading point in the and she wa* f 1'ossibly toV. wt show* bow hard prastaj CHAITEKXX A MI.KST ur. let du solUt eni behreu." GomiE, When Sebutlan cmi home in the fol lowing spring for hii mirriixg-; he wu struck with the change in Kr.her's appear- ance He questioned Niaa when he wai alon with her Wh.l have yon been doing to Ksther ?' D>ing to her '" aald Nina, rather pet- , - I .i.in't know that we have done An I, Sebulian, mauima doee 'Ksther'^iow. 1>< tishly. anything. , like hor to beoalled call hor Mist Deniaor. 8ba*tian laughed alif . " Site look* like a shadow of herself. She ha* Inet all her color and ha* blaok -mirks ninlrr her nye<." How closnly you mnt have obaen-e 1 her?" .aid Nina. " I di>l not know that tnok inch notice of girU' look." My dear Nina, the change i* vm *vl to paw uaremarked by nay of Via* l)-iu<nni fri-nda 1 alway* oootidered, myself KslUi's friend : and *arely you do so too ?" Uf ooarse, S iliattisu. I was always Kstlirr't friend at school, and I am her friend still, I know aliedoes not look well ; l..i' r'nall her own fault." why r My dear boy." .,d Nina, " don't yon know that this is Ix.nl, and that Ksther ha. beoom* a violent Ritualist Tho conse- quence is, that she starves heroelf and goea to lOuiroh at every .par* moment. Mam- ma 1. extremely unity, but a lie can not do anything to .top it.' Sshaatian was surprised at this Informa- tion, but stid n i in ire, not quite likiog th* lone in wniuli It wa* conveyed to hii*.. H tnnk an early opprirtunity ol sneak- ng lo Hither him> li ; but it wa* noleaay .'t hifl a lime when Mn. l.i Touch* and Vina were not by. Hit opportunity came i a S, in, lay morning, whvn ha walked oat ween eight and uin* oVInck to look at iota's grave in- th* Keraham church- of th* grave* warn decorated with hioh bad bsn l>roaa;ht 04 the ght ; Sebastian wondered to see flowers *o freoh and bright ; look aa if they had lain In the hu Then il dawned upon wa* already going on ; he a voice through tb* half- harch, and remembered g at eight o'uiock. Ho <* eatly function* were in Keranam. But he run, -lung sen n, I of hi* ol of the path*, M ha >rnir wheie he knew nole'l grave. There v primrose* woven of a erne*. Who N on hi* uncle'* w anoiisr ore**, beeldes him, and at It lay In the '"re the name* ieon. Then U rnught them both T n Sir Itoland i* her lement'i doubu Hi* whole om th* Idea of treachery, iia, He loved Nina passion no doubt of that. And ..end. ,n| s - i w M*)L IIlAKffJal I j i_ ^W - you look so ill and pile T Nina pat* it down track, a distance of about 900 feet, " Ihtre dumped aad returned to mine in twenty minute*. To lho* persons whoa* sole idea, of elec- troplating i* connected with th^ plating of *ilv*r *ervioe. and kindred articles it may b* * surprise to learn that the aame princi- ple ha* been applied to the plalib. of ihe hull* of Yeses!* wilh copper. Veeeels with I are eome to your High Churchiim, a* she calls it. hope you are taking care of yourself?" " Ye*," the aniwered meekly. " You do not wcrk too hard? You happy ?" ' 1 like teaching," she naid at last. " I am sure that bright day. will foe you at la*t," h* said. " 1) >n't think that I am uohappy," *aid Either, " Why should 1 be? I bav* every thing I need ; far more than I deserve. If I amunhapvy, itii-it is my own fault." The hot tear* .tarted to hor eye*. "1 am not so doltful a* 1 look, ".h* aid. " PUase believe that 1 am happy. And when I falter I find great hWp and comfort m word* ling just us hand; lik* itioav words lhat I was raadi- now." She alid a little book into his __ it lay open at a marked pace, which glanctd down. " 1 hav* very flen untu the*, aad now again I *ay tb* , forsake thy if If, resi^a thyeelf, an 1 thoii shall hav* much inward poao*. (iive all for all i a*k fir nothing, rc<imre back noth- ing . , . them (halt be free in he in, and <l.rkncs< shall not tread thee down. . . . Then shall thoo be rid of all vain fancies, uueoles* perturbation* mod super- rluooi care*. Thrn also immoderate tear eball leave thee, and morUtawl* lev* shall die.- X 11. gav* hr back th* book. "Is that your rule ol life T" he laid, wilh a curious mile. I'.iher WM late for break fait, and Mr* La Touche, (Ming annoyed, *pok* of the uudesirability of these early "~f Ir^" nwwxjxj *t l l^t iron bottoms are easily fouled, causing an immense loe* of efficiency, a* a veawel cov- ered with barnacles, etc., well take twice s* much coal to run it at a given speed a* when the botlom is clean. It ha* been found lhat a difference of electrical potential of II-'.' volts and a current of 7 1 -'J ampere* per quare foot an sufficient for a deposition of copper electrically, and by the improved ntrlhod* which are now available a vo***I 1 400 feel long and having a draught of I twenty feet can be coated with it* S,B"0 Inlands of protecting copper in a week's time. Not be eontent with pUcing the ilec- tnc lightinginonr itreete, building* and almost every ether imaginable place, ike electrical engineer i* now about to under. take t he lighting of the ocean highway. It j i* propoeed in France to fight up the conn* usnslly t*krn by transatlantic vessels b*- iween Newfoundland and Ireland, the 1 mean* lo b* employe.! being too large lightships anchor*) about U) mile* apart, in*** ships to be connected to the shore and to each each other by elecui.- cable*. Th* laat number of the Scientific Ameri- can lells yoang men how to bscome elnclii. hadsooi Sj,,luu wslkin with Kuhrr throughth. v,llag...ndmaa S ,.T.ral.nap. ui.h and ,l,,a,re.*l,l comment, upon the act. KstheTcoiild not answer MrT " Toucbe. and diadamcd to reply to HlMa||_S '" but Ik* hot, and angry blood wounled to her brow, add she 'asked heraelf whether he could Uwig ixinlinne to live in a house ., ., , ith.-,,n,pa..i..i>. whower,. *o uncongeBJal ! '22?2." T. thorough mechanical and , (team engineer it will be lime (or him to tn I <>r. And when the angry moment* waa I think of computing his ednealion by special ov*r, she tok herself sharply to task* and. attention to the electrictl braachea. As for * J a. 1st . a. _ . - 1 . ...i f _..._ hifwllJt** nais>lk ASM&4 i ~- i .. . . . i i of i b* day i* large! v-Da econo- 1 1 utiuxation of * ---...- . H ust make up hi* mint! to acquire the fullest knowledge of team engineering and practice. When h* feel* that h* il a thorough mechanical . Uon * OE ' > lion told herself that she was unworthy of aoy tood thing, of any leve, or any joy ; If the wore Dot a t>*e worldly creators, how could theexr)iii*it* psaoe of that morninf ' oinmunion have been disturbed hy any- shiog so small as ib* wAr<l of Mr* L Touch* and hor daughter ? Thft coniidora- ion made her more irrtutble than ever : or faligueand hunger, a* well aa iheexoite- roent of her talk with S^ba*XUn, wer,? te|l- g upon her nerve. ; nd'she Kad several inarp ipsechea with which lo reproach her- iclf befoie lh day wa* over. (TO M CUXTIM Kl. ) A Bojral Kmg Lohvngnla alainalier. ha* tb* nputalic of telnga remark ably geo>t hand at making a thunderstorm, and lo tliia he gives way o no man. I remember on* day. in Jnno he month in the whole year in which you *Mt exptot rain some nati vee had brought a Urg* python into camp, and were ringing ome of thoir rain long*. It Hidden doath to any native in Metaboleland who, if he *e* a python, do** not by sogis moan* or other m*>nan to aacuro it and brine it n alive. Tho King look poesestioo of the reptile, and eaid h* mu go And maks rJn. I laughed at thi*, aaJ sajd I did not thin k h* oonld d* . to whish the Kin. replied : You will **>. " Tb* python wu ikinxtod alive, it* liver taken out and cobks'l, and h* usnal rain-nakUii rite* ptrformed. uriousry enough, junt Wore sundown the nky clouded over, aad aoo* altsrw.rd. BO* ol th* heaviest Uinnd.r*t*rn>* I had er.r oeenbrol.over th. place. ITeu nv>mlng heKio,askrd m* if a wftit* taaa could Oatke .k tbunderitnrm Ilk* that ? t eaid : He, King ! if we could get yen dowa nii'M.i; th* farmen ID the Karon (uarauUe you a fortune." ..... v *- ^ ss>ii i. iica. .11 iwr higher mathemaUc* Iu practical work, little more than elementary algebra ie neoeeeary. Hi. last and graduating course will b* an experience in the actual labor* of an elec- trical station. It ha* been found by a continued *eri*o M*xperisaeM t>ut miguetixed Iron wi'.l lose more bv electrolytic action than iron not so influenced. The difference is said to average t OUL :i per cant, under the condi- tion* of the *xprlmegt. Arc. I trewry r Beft r CeM-Kleia; l** , PreMferJ te r*ilrr. A London spoi l soya ; A despatch from Caps Town nay* that although reaf* of gold anviiible near Rnluwayo. late th* heat- quarlor of the Matabele Kin/ Lohengula, but now in poensaion ,o| th* forcee of the British South Afrioa Cnnpany.Bo prospect- ing i* allowed. Th* forces at For; Sali*. bury are being diebaodod, and th* breaking p of the loroas at the other fort* is com- mencing. Tbs remainder of the eeianaigu against the Matabele will be carried on by the MaUbeleland polio* fore*, which i* now belturorganlssd, Despatch** from Fort Victoria say Lo- . ogula ha* sent a letter to Major Goeld Adam* concerning tne termination of the Matabele war. The King admit* that he U willing to discus, th* trn of hii sur- render. Hi* young Uatatel* wtrrVwt, however, are itill anxiov* to fight, and h* feel* that h* may not bo akte to rettratm the*. Itroni Major Uoeld hope* thai a A.lam* et settlement will reached without further ho>iiliU*j*x More copies of lh UiU'.o have k* -M U.paal twsMy-nvegr.ars .han > ay o(hr book published.