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f-: ^ A VANISHED IDOL Situat«<l about seventy mJUeB from a wcU-knoWQ seaport in thteStraits Set- tieoienta are aMne very pretty islands. A|)|yruai:ib|e<l by sea the eceovery is beau- tifiU, tor tie foliage it green and lux- uriant, fern^ and creei>ers mangling in wild con<u«Kkn. and Uhle featiiery j»iraa a<nd bamboos crowning tj^ undergrowtb •dd bbeir grace and charnsi to the land- â- cafie. In tbe calm waters of the inland â- ea near one of bbeee i^ands a ateam.- Ikuncii wan lying at anchor, frcon which » party had already dwmibarked and rowed away In a amaJl boat to the iftiore. A government officioil was on one of bis visi'ts of inspection and had broughit with him a f«w specially se- lected cDin|!ftnioci<) to Elhare the plea- Kure of tihe trip. Tbe said official bad gone off to tint copitail to transact hia bu.«iii«es witli the Chinese Ca{>tain. wiita was tiw acknowledged head of tbe ooobes on tihe ielaad, and miean while two of his guests were strolling along tjiB shore o< a large lake which they i)ad ccme uixxi quite olose to tbe sea, pictuxesqueily situated, and surrooiMl- •d by Bteep-«ided limestone hills. It looked inviting for a faabhi but hav- iag inquired whether any crooodilea were likely to be hidden beneath its placid snrfaoe and received a doubtful aiVTwer frdu ooe or two natives who tiad follo^ned at their heeU. they de- cided that discretion was th» better part of valor and turned their faces for further exploration towards the bills. One of them was middle-aged, with a rather tired and worn expres- sion, the mark of a lon^ reavdence in * tropical cliioAte ; the other was about five and twenty, oC medium height, with a ffctx mfliBftaohe and bright blue •yes. broad, atrong, and aetive look- ing. His diees aad military bearing beafioke himi tc be a soldier. "This wUl be your laat ezpeditioo to* some time in this part of the world, Wtn't it, Vikard t You are going on leave, shortly. I hear." "Yes; I aao, c<f un a few days, by the next P. oad O. mail, ap d I shan't ecmie back again." "Hotr'a thMI" "Why, did;n-t I tell yxmt I'm going to be married, and only came out for a time because her people imaisted on a year's eogagemetit. The fact is. Mias Harshall is an only daughter, to they wouldn't lieat ol her ocming out East, and I expeot tier govarnor won't rest Mitidfied umtU I've chucked the anny and .settled dofwn M a country gentle- nan somewhere in their part of the world." "Lucky fellow I I wish I had the •banoe. But it's getting unoonunonly bet now the sun is up. If you want mere walking I think I'll sit down here and rest for awhile till you oome back." "Well, I'll go <wr a bit further. They tell me there's a joes-house Just beyond this, and I should like to have a look at it. I mte^ pick up aomething quaint to take to Mias MarahoJl. She's dead nuts oa curios;" and with a nod and a laugfei he went on his way along the Jumgie pajth which they t»d been traversing, ka tie ascended the path nojTowed and eventually oomie to an end before the ahrine he waa leek- ing. It was oumuitakabl^ a Chinese Jaae. cut out of th» rook, aotd a very routfb a|)eoim«n ef it* kind. There waa an outvr lettge oe which were placed flowers add offerings, and bits of ool- ared paper wihich had beein partially burnt we're scattered on the ground before tihe primitive altar, on which •tood an image of Buddha hewn out «f the stone. At the aide was a further smitll siirime, a square bole out in thiB rook, and i>n.side this bole there stood aji idile in the shape of a triune god. carved in ivory, vnth jew- eled eyet, and evidently accounted pre- cious as some bars bad beedi fastened acruis the <.4)«aiux. apparently with the idea of kee(>ing it seoure. As Malcolm Vizard examined the quaint specimen of wuxkinuonhip the toought passed through bus miiod that if be could get Iwnsesaiwi of iit for his lady love it would be an ai.-oeptable gift to carry with him the following week. "A Cihinotnan wiU do auytning for dol- lars," he said to himaeU, and he looked around to see where the custodian of the pilace was to be found. After shouting once or twiice to attract at- tention and getting no answer he made up tiis niikid that thore w«u!i no one about. Loath to reJinjquinb the carv- ing he coveted he took bold of one of the wxwdeo bax.s and, shaking it gently, drew it out im his band, wheu be quiet- ly slipped the Ulol into his pocket, sav- ing to hiumeilf, "I will make a bargain with them whetn I get down to tbe Tillage," and, tuxniiig, he started to rejoin Us friend, to whomj. however, ke did Ckot mentiion what be had done at ttMJ jooB-houae. Wbeok they reach- ad the village they found that the of- ficial tiad c<.«i](>leted the work .sooner ibun ho had expected and was await- ing ttw«a with some impatience on the ^hure no as to get baaV to the launch bt^fore tihe turn of the tide .should make it too late to row over the shallow water which covered the noiud to with- in a short distance of where their ves- â- eil fvos miwred. In the bustle and tuurry of dejparture Vizard forgot all about the tiny idol which he carried with him. lyitig anugl; in his pooket, when a launch steaoued out of the bay; and it still lay eeoonced there when tkis boy parked bte l>ox«a for Knglajid, and, in fart, it n^s only discovered by him w^beo he took it out of tha coat half way on his voyage homie. "Mvsterisjus atteuipt at robbery. Mountwortb Park. tM residence of Sir Neal tVurdilloin was Imrglarlously en- tered the nigbt before last, but it is •upposed the thieves were disturbed at their work, as cothiiig of val-ue. so tar. has been missed. Tbe dogs bad teen drugged, as they were discovered next morning tying about in different ports of tbm house and garden in a comatose condition. The furniture in the drawing room was dii^ilaced. and the door of Lady CordUlon's boudou, which had been left locked on tbe out- side, was found open. The intruders had not gone away hungry, as they had dipped oo some jam which they fo«nd in the larder and carried into the kitchen, where they had evidently washed down their imipromptu repast with odd ooffee. a jug of which had been left standing on the table. A cartridge magazijie belonging to Cap- tain Vizard, a guest in tl^ bouse, and soBBie other cases which were In Sir N^aJ's writing-room; were carried out to a shed in the garden, and there ransacked and the uonients scattered on the ground, but nothing appears to have been taken. The police are investigating the affair." Such was the paragraph which Hilda Blarshall read out aloud to those seat- ed with her in the morning-room of their country-house, her m.other and her bride-maid-eJect, t'reda Birchett. And as she put the paper down she said: "Really, it i^s a most remarkable thing I MaJcolm has only been at home two months, and during these few weeks, besides the time he spent here, be has paid two visits, and on each occasion there has been an attempt at robbery in the house. Don't you think it most extraordisiary, mother?" "Well, my dear, it is certainly a strange coincidence, and rather an un- pleasant one for him. I hope the same thing won't occur when he comes back to us the day after to-morrow, or that, if it doe.s, we sbaJl be as lucky as the Oordilloas and manage to suipriae the thieves in tignie." Freda looked u(> from the piece of fancy work she was doing and said: "You rexnember, Hilda at the Grey Tholnpson's it was exactly the same. Everything ransacked: nothing taken. Very my.sterious, is it not!" "So much 90 that I begin to feel rather nervous about his coming. It is eoough to make one superstitious. and I almost wish we could put him off for a little." said Mrs. Marshall, as she took the paper from her daugh- ter's hand. "O, we cant put him off. There is so mTich to settle, I promised him this time I would fix the day," and, with a ha4>py laugh, Hilda rose and left tbe room, and running upr-staixa to her own particular sanctum, sat down to scribble a few lines to her lover, to ask by what train he would arrive on the expected day, so that she might go and mieet him. Hilda's sanctum was a aoull room adjoining her bedroom, and with a door opening twtween. It was prettily decorated with pictures, ornamonts and knick-knacks, together with thkfi ua&ixj curiosities she had col- lected by degrees, and in a conspicsuHiB place, oo a asoall table near the win- dow waa Malcolm's latest gift, the ivory idol from tile Joss-house in the far East. Under the window projected the glass roof of a small conservatory, in- to which tbe door of tbe smokiogKroom o|wned downstairs. Hilda was an ideal specimen of a thoroughly bright and pretty English girlâ€" dark hair and brown eyes, with a fresh rosy cumt>lexicin, and small but well-shaped features. Two days later, as she turned out from the avenue leading frucn thedr house into the hi^t road towards tjie station, she looked indeed a winsome lassie, going to meet her lover. As she waJked briskly along her mind Imtent on thoughts of love, she did not notice until close be- side him the figure of a man mated under the hedife by the roadside. Her long reAidenoe in the country had not quite sufficed to eradicate her dis- taste for any stranger who might be taken for a traiii4>. and ihe shrank as- ide frum him ajid po.'wed mon^ quicldy 00 her way. The mometary glance she had given hitn in passing showed he was dressed like a conanon sailor, but there was sccaething peculiar about the eyes and face, the latter being of an unusually yellow color On her return absorbed in conversation witih ber lov- er, abe forgot all about this man, who had in the meantime diaapp4>sted from the place where he had been sitting At dionrr that evening there was a ootLsiderable disouasiun anent the "bur- glary" paragraph of a few days before. Malcolm said it wu.^ very remarkable tjhat in each case no valuable.^ had been lost, and that he began to think he was rather a Jonah in tiw matter of house- breaking. "We were very nearly writing to en- treat yoc not to come on tihe principle that "prevention is better tbanoure," .said Freda. "O, third time's lucky. Perbope. if they do make another attempt, I shall be the fortunate person to catch them at it. Anyhow, 1 assure you I had notjhing to do with the previous affairs, or I promise you I would have solved the mystery.' TJ:at night the two girls retired to Hilda's room. ost«nsi<bly for a confiden- tial ohat, but in reality because the talk down-stairs hud somewhat unset- tled their nerves, eio that as they pass- ed along the coxridor they looked for shadows at every oorner, and crept to- gether into tbe same bed. Before tbe moid-.servant tapped at hbc door with the matutinal hot water. Hilda awoke, and, shaking Kreda, exolaimed: "O, do wake up ! I had such a horrid dream. 1 dreamt I was going down-stairs in the middle of the night, and met a man coming up tihem towards me." "The re.sult of our last: night's coi.- versatioo, ny dear," said Freda, with a yawn. "Fancy ruthlessly arxNising me from my slumbers to tell me that." As slup spoke the servant came in. 'If you Mea.se, Miss, Raiihards says as there's been someone in the house fast night ; the winder in his pantry 'as been forced, and ;be things in mas- ter's nioui ;md in the drawin^ruom is all of a higgleKly>-piggiedy. ISut we can't find out as they've took anything and the plate's all safe enough." "Good gracious, Freda I" said Hilda, as she sat up in bed, ber face gradually assuming the hue of the sheets that covered her; "then they have oome. What can be tike meaning of it I" "Richards says as 'ow master 'as sent for the police, miss. But by the some token, be will 'avo it as 'ow someone's a-playing a practical joko on Captain Vizard, he ses." "I expect Richards is right, Freda. But who oo earth can it bet And I don't quite see where the joke comes in." Nor did abe after breakfast when her father asked to see her privately in his study, after the constable had been and gone, and, with Mrs. Mar.shall â- seated beside hitu. boKan to brcxich the subject in a ver/ serious lone of voice. He told ber brieHy that It was the opinion of tbe dietectives who had been employed in the other two affairs of the same sort that the extraordinary proceedings hod originated by some inmate of each respective house, and that the decision they hod one and all arrived at was that the perpetrator of ttie.se iaexpiicable doings was no other than Captain Vizard him.self. "My dear child, your mother and I have sent for you to tell you this, and to entreat you under the circumstances to postpone the day you have fixed for your marriage. We are convinced that somethingâ€" the effect of a tropical cli- mate, or possibly a stroke In the sun â€"has temporarily deranged his brain; perhaps he is a sleep-walker of an alarming kind, but in any case, we do nut feel t hat we could trust our pre- cious and only daughter to his care until we are assured that he is in a fit state to undertake your guardianship. And so we ask you to put it off for six months, at any rate. Will you do tbisl" Hilda's face had flushed, and the tears had risen M> her eyes while he was speaking. "Of course I must do so, if you insist, father. But it is very hard on Malcolm, who has wait- ed patiently for me a year already. As for his brain being affecte<l â€" of course that is absurd. No one knows better than I do that his intellect is as clear as my own, and far clearer. But sooner than have any trouble about the matter. I will do as you wish â€" only I don't knoiw how I can tell him." "I wUl do so, or your mother, if you pi«fer It." "O. nc ! I would rattier tell him my- self," ar!l she went out to find her lover and break xtta news as gently as possible. Of course he was indignant and an- gry also at first, bnt eventually be- came calm, wtiil'A be vowed to find out wiio was at the bottum of this burglary business before he was much older. A wv«k later he was no wiser than any one else, but tiiere hod been no further nightly vititation. Freda Bir- ithett had gone borne, as her services a.s brideamaid were not to be in im- Qwdiate requisition, promising, how- ever, bo return aa soon as she was wanted. Hilda had been feelteig worried all day. Malcolm Vizard was bent on urg- ing her to indune her parents to with- draw th«^ir prohibiiiom. and if they would not do so, to vaasiy him at once without tbfii consent. She was torn by conflictiiig emotions, her duty to her father and mother, to whom she was as devotedly attacAed. and ber love for Malcolm to whom she felt they were oot quite just. Hbe hod taken off buNr dress and slipped on a peignor. and in order to distract her mind from anxious thought had gone to get a novel she wof reading from ber bou- doir. She found an easy chair drawn up temptingly near to a small fire in the grate, and sank into it with the book unopened in her hand, and, womanlike, began fondly to mentally retrace what had ha(>pened since ber lover came home from abroad. -As she did so stm remembered how gladly she had gone forth to greet him that day, only a fortnight ago. when she set out to meet him at the railway station, ^ddeoly. like a flash came the recol- lection of the tramp who sat at the lordside. At this moment she raised ber eyes frvm the fireplace towards tbe wnndorw, and ther?, gaxing at ber through tbe panels of it, she beheld the yellow face and the peculiar eyas of tbe sailor. Just beneatn him was the little table on which the Chinese idol stood, and while ber terror kept her silent, with one blow he smashed the window, and thrusting bis arm through it caught up the image and was gone. With hi"! disappearance her courage gave her back her voice, and she screamed a succession of piercing shrieks, whirh quickly aroused the housebuld and (nviigbt them to ber room. In a few brief words she ex- plained what had happened, and tbe broken g^ass and em4>ty place on the table were corroborative evidence that the .story she told was not a dream. "But how in tbe world could be have |[ti* there V exclaimed Mrs. Marshall: "and, my darling, bow ter- ribly frightened you must have been." "I think tbe my.steries of these bur- glaries in explained at last," said Mal- (vlm. "Fnim HiMas description the man was a Chinaman, and I have no doubt that what be has sought for ever since I came home be has now found, and WIS shall have no mure housebreak- ing. The creature wa.s clearly an emis- sary sent to retrieve the stolen gotl They must have traced it to me, and probably be has bee>D following me about ever since I landed in England. ho|<ing to discover it. The Chinese can climb like cat.s, and 1 expect be got on to tbe roof of the conservatory, de- termining to Investigate the bedLrooms of the e-stabJlshnient. as he had al- ready ittsi'ecjetl ;he tower picmises, and when HiUla brought the light into tbe boudoir shu showed bijn what he bad been looking for alt this time You may take my wx>rd for it, that is the explanation of the whole thing." And after swne ix-nsideration Mr. .snd Mrs. Marshall came to tbe conclusion he was right, sod Freda Birchett was summoned to fulfill her friendly duty of bride.smaid at an early date. • • •••• »••» The tost rays of a i ropical sun were casting deep ehodows .ilon^ the jungle path in the far-off Easter wland where our herio's purJoiiiHnent of the curio hod nearly brwight alKiut tbe loss of the lady tor whom he had done the deed. A yeJlow-robed priest of Budd- ha cafflii> out from .i limestone cave near. by. and proceeded with flowers and paper emblems to dress the shrine where, from the hole in the rock, once more smile<l benignly down on him and his fello»vs in the village l)elow. the Cbine.se idol of the triune god. STATEROOM ON THE SUNNY SODE. Rooms on the south side of tbei ebi-p as she crosses ta^ the best. That is the aide that the sun shines: oib, aud it always seems to b)» lem wav»4)eaten than to tbe north; one's chances of having tJie jiort upeut, iif the weather is tolerable at all, are, therefore, bet- ter. On t b* big Sibil's there are states. rooms on four decks; the promenade deck, from whiob one con slii> into the open air at once: the saloon det^k, w(b«rt> the public roorus »nd the officers' cab- ins are, and also uiivt of the bod smells; tbe maiin deck, given up al- iu<«t entirrel' to stattsrooius. and the lower deckb where peuyHe du out stay unless they must,! AWFUL PICTME OF WAR GHAPHIC STORY OP THE RETREAT FROM LABISSA. rkc Sreek'a Wild Buk Far taietyâ€" A Terrtbte Jaarser Ammbk WU4 llMsei. Preasted Hes sad i*abkla( W«mea aad <:klMreaâ€" A Carreapaadeal'a TkrUUag ExpertCBces-Aad Tkia Is War. The cosTespendent of the Associated Press at Lao-issa, who was with the re- creating party after the battle of Mati, has aavived at Athens. He says:â€" When I overtook the Greek infantry the latteir were in straggling order, footsore and grimy from fuur days in the trenches and long exposure to shells ennxigh to unneirve veterans. They weat along in silence, a contrast with the ordinoxy chatteritag in the Greek ranks^ The taight was pitch daj-k and the red glare at KiUari and Deliler In the diatanve added to the weirdoeas of the scene. Later I pass- ed batteries of artillery, mule trains, carts, waggons, crying villagers, women and children. Ic >vas pitiabte. All were hopelessly mixed up. There was njo attempt at order. All arms were intermingled and the contusion was completed by the ahotjj and rushes of tbe l->i zones and iirregulars in every style o* outfit. Their previous sulleo- ness gave place to the clamur of dia- appoiated and dispiarited men. They forgot their weariness in wild imprecs- tions against their (ienerals and other officers. The recreant became a rout. Our carriage was slowly picking its way through desperate men, crying wo- men and children, and hos'ses and don- keys, all o^-er laden, which were creep- ing along at a snail's pace or prancing with near'vous fright. THE TlItKS ARE UPON US. Suddenly, above the din of the con- fused masses un tbe road and in the adjoining fields, came a roar, develop- ing into a fierce, sustained yell, roUing from the diatau rear with lightening speed. 6ouo, in the midst of this yell, could be distinguished cries of "The Turks are upon us !" In a few mo- ments a dozen horsemen and as many riderless steeds appeared ontbelefl at full gallop, the men shouting with frenjy, "Run, ran, the Turks are here!" Into the night sir rose this agonized roar, fairly paralyzing the imagination. It will rirmaia in my memory for ever. The stampede was immediate. Tbe ani- mals were lashed into a gallop, and men. women and children and soldiers joined pell mell in a mad rush. Many wbofell tu tbe ground were tramped to death, and vehicle* were overturned, mixing up bedding, furniture, ammuni- tion, huraes, dumkeys, oxen and buf- faloB. lAccordiiig to one story the horsemea who so suddenly appeared and caused this tearful stampede were really Circaasian cavalry which de- bouched frum Boughazi, but ibis report ia not generally believed. Beside our carriagi.-, two infantrymen appeared with facee blanched from terror. Tbey jumped upon the steps and we tried to keep them out. One of them there- upoa levelled his rifle in our direction. But suddenly their combined weight on the steps of one side of the carriage overturned it, smashed it Cu pieces, aud 'The London Times correspuudeni and myself were thrown out. 1 was pin- ned by the leg under broken timbers as the pandemonium around increased. In a perfect insanity of terror sol- diers, irregulars, aud armed peasants began firing their rifles in every di- rection. From the front and rear, from right and left, tbe bullets whizzed but tile reports of the fireaniu* were scarce- ly heard above the roar of the people and the terror of the maddened ani- mals. Even in the Shipka Pass, or in the hottest port of the fearful fighting at Plevna. 1 never witnessed â-º-ui-h wild firing. The whole plain was lit by tbe flashes of the lerror-atrickea soldiery and pe.v<ants. Eventually The Times correspoiuleiit and myself suc- ceeded in getting inside .i ditch by the roadside and thu-i proceeded slowly. In this manner we succeeded in pushing forward for a time, when we were thrown down by a ritsh from behind aad wvre tr.iuipled upon by si-ores of people. <Vb I aucceetied in rising to my feet an irregular who was rushing past deliberatciy turned, raised bis rifle to within three iuches of my head and fir- ed. 1 duoked ju«t in time and fall to the ground, thus ••aving my life. I had lust my couipaiviou in the mean- while aud walked on in the ditch re- ferred to or else ploughed my way through tbe thick of the stampede. A FREJJZIIOI MOB. The pandemoiuum had spread several miles. Wheii 1 returned to I he road, stumbling over dead and dyisn^t ani- mals, men and wotiien, the .-â- .tiu' was terrible. The way was strewn with ammunition boixes, broken cart.s and furniture, the be<ldi«isr of soldiers, blanketsand fin paunivans. The latter rallied under the horses' feet, blankets became entangled in I hem and the .-inir mats, frantic with alarm, galloped aliout azuvng the flying cruwd, man.v of them riderless and deserted. Guns and animunitiln. waggons and carts added to the obstruction. Their traces bad been cut in order to enable tlie drivers to mount the hor.ses attached tothi'm and seek safety in flight There were many struggl-* l>ctween the fugi- tives for the pvseessiun of horses, and in this manner the affrighted crowd struggled oaifor several miles, iire.sent- ingamost vivid picture of di.sjjster and fear. Scoie of the Greek offtcers.it is true, did their duty. They ordered the buglersaml trumpeters tx> sound "cease firiajg" and rode atvut calling upon the fleeing soldiers to halt. But others of the Greek officers lost their hoods and pu.slie<l coiward as terrtirized as the wJdiery. One brave officer tried to bring bis men to their senses by pre- senting a revolver at tfliem and shou t- ing. '^top I .slot) I" but he might as I well have cslleu u(ic<n a wbirlwi,nd to I shop. G«m. Mavromiofaaelis. who had evidently reached Lorissa acme lima before, rode back some distaoice in or* der to arrest the stampede. Two miles from the Lari.saa roatl is situated an embankment, w^bere the General «uc- ct'eded in inducing half a oompany of fiiotsore infantry to fall in. But uhou*> ands oontioued tbe pell mell rush for Loxi-sea. T^ere was a block at ths bridge acnos the Salambria River ac th«; enurunce of Larlsea. Another ter- rific scene woe tbert preseoted, guna, meix and horses struggling in a fearful masB. IN THE STREETS OF LARI3SA. In the streets at. Larissa yroM ind»- scribable confusion. Troiuw of all arma were mixed together, and they threw fhemselves down in utter exliauation. heedless of the cailifi of trum.pet,s aad bugles summonins Cliem to foil in. The iohaljitanLs lushing about tha streets intensified the confusion. Mera mention of the Turks was sufficient to c^reate a frenzied rush. .Some esti- mates of the number of deaths which occiKrreri during the Btamijede and ta- di»friminate firing say that from 500 to 600 p«r>><jnB were fciHed. But your correapundent tbiuks these fig^rauara exaggerated, though people declare Chay have seen many wagons bring- ing dead to Lariasa. .^11 five newspa- per correspondents who were in the stampede bod m roculous escapes frum deutb The first hours of daylight were spent by the Greek officers"in as- sembling their scattered troo{>e and semding them to Pharsalos The troopa continued the m&rrjh without any re- tnfr.hmant. and It is alleged tihat many of them had not tastwl food since Frw day morning When it becanae known that Lajissa was tu be abandoned there was another panic. The women, and even the children, went about draw- ing their hand.H across their throats shuw-ing what thev expected oaf tha Turks, and in an incredibly short time the roads leading to I^^arsalos md Volo wore crowded with people, v^ hides and animala^ tbe latter heap- ing all kinds of household effects. A. special train of trucks took to Volo about Z.WU people of svary degree, tha paa?eagers banging to tbe ruofs and platforms like a sivarm of bees. But the majonty trU'lged along on foot ;:nd many of the refugees threw anxious looks back at Lar-^s^a and the Vale of Peuipo. fearng every moment a rush from the Circassian cavalry. By 1.30 pjn. Lariasa was emptied. PANIC AT VOLO. Instead of fonlowing the troops to Pharsalos, the oorrespundent. a order to gel off his despatches, pushed un to Vo.u. where theire wod a panic almost equalling Vhe one witnessed at Lariasa. t'ugUives were arriving at Voio every few minutes, and they spread the ru- mors that the TiLrk? wou.d enter tbe pace in a few boiLrs. In the absence of steameirs there was a general rush for caiqties, on board which the we.l- to-do cossee went to Kuboea or other islands. Your correspondent hired a caique and went on board of it with a newspaper oompaniun, Mr. Hoidall. In a minute there was a great oommotion. oruwds of peop> shouting to us to come out of the lx>at. Then a number of men made a rush on board of her, threw Mr HoidoJl out aud pushed your currespon<lent ashore. It seems that the iOMrer classes, panic-strieken, de- termined that if they could not eecapa from Volo no one. else shotild do 80^ and they cned, "^Ve must all die to- gether" 'TV such an extent did this feeling of panic spread iliat a Govern- mem steamer, which was emt>arking wounded soldiers for the Piraeus, waa obliged to l»ove Volo harbor owing to the fact that the frantic popuiatioa threatened lu mo^ a rush on board the steamship, which wouiid probably - have resulted in great loss of life. As it was, the wounded soldiers were taken on board the steamer in sma. 1 boats, and the vessel sailed fur the Piraeua in a hurry, leaving two F.nglish nurses and SIX wounded Ureek soldiers on the , quay. The nurses and wounded men were ta^en to thic British Consulate. The excitement continued all day Sun- day, but I secured a caique on the ful- lonving day and pro»'eeded to thte l.sland of Euliueo. whence by caiquiiig and driving, your correspondent reochr. ed -Athens to-day. having been five davs without removing shoes or olotb- iug. THE DURR LIuHT. Made Prem Prirolrsai, asd Will Bara te Ihr siraaaest Wind. The remarkal>le ligiit which has been brought forward in Germuny and known aa the LMrr ligh* is declared to be equally capable of use for inter- ior illumination. It is originated by automatic evaporation and overheat- ing of the vapMTs from ordinary lomg petroleum. The vapors, being i-on- verted into gas, when burned yield a light of from 3,500 to U.OOO cAmdle pow^ er. The apparatus consists of a tank ixmlaining the srupply of petroleum, which is removed sufficiently from the buraer to avoid all danger oC fire from tbe fl:»me. The oil is conducted by drops into a burner of speci.il con- struction, after the latter has U'cn heated for about five mioutes by means of oil which is burned ini small heating pans riirnished with the appraiu/i. Be- hind the burner from which the flame issues t h«>re is a second Inirner, w hich, after tbe heating of ibe pans bas )een removed, coatiuu-iUy produces the vap- ors and heots ihem to a high teiupera- tuTS, at iho same time completely sur- rounding the first burner with a strong flame. This arraugement is said tc make the extiu.iiou of the light an im- iH»sibility, Men in the strongest wind. Vresh air is drawn in between th« liurae* and the extcrual cylinder by the force of the fUuue rushing' out. and and by using this air in the burner a smoke'leise ftamo results on account of the air being heated. The oil used ia ordinary lUu proof coal oil, the cou- sumpt ion uf which is about 1 3-4 pinti per 1.000 caudle power. THK ORU'rAN NOT TOPULAR. The. demand fur oagau uiiusic in the l'uite<l States, outside of churches, seem^s to lie qiaile limited. Boston's great organ, once regarde*! as a won- ueff. has l>een stored in a shed for 13 veaj», aiul will so<.>ii be sold at auction. It was b(uilt in Gefftnaay at a cost of 960.0OO. One taxAil^le about a great orgiinl is th^it it is not easy to keep it supplied with a |ip-eat organ^'V