The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-10-07 00:00:00

Littraturt.

Tlss Boy's Own Paps', London : The Leisure flour
OtHce, 56, Paternoster Row. This month ends all those
excellent serial tales, which have been going on for the
last twelvemonth, and on Saturday, October 4th, com-
mences the first number of a new volume, and in it four
new aerial tales, one of them by Jules Verne, the popular
author, entitled "The Boy Captain" In the present
number there is is very pretty coloured illuatration of some
typical British butierfliesi, as also an article on the same
!subject. It also gives two chapters of Stanley's adventures
in Africa, which are very interesting.
Sunday at Rome and Leisure Hour. Religious T
Society, 56, 15ccadilly, London. Magasinm realityarsTzt
profesaion of good wholesome reading, these bring the good
work of the catholic society before the religion, public in
ways most pleasant and impossible to set aside. The ends
of the earth have been searched by the writer,. who seem
equally at home in France, liar-land, the Ancient World,
Norway, Germany, Palestine, and Wales, ea well as in
old England. Sick people compelled to stay at home may
also profitably read. " The Pulpit in the Family," or
" Sabbath Thoughts." Here is an ever-fresh supply of
poetry, and of pages fur the young, so that you may
without even exceeding the Sabbath day's journey roam
over the earth, ever finding good lessons suitable for the
pearl of days. The Leisure Boar is perhaps not wider in its
range, but freer in its iailections, and science is muds use
of to add lettered. Thus there is • moot attractively
realistic scientific foundation for Jules Verne's otherwise
most imaginative tale, "The Ilegum'a Fortune," while It
is specially French, even to a full flavour of bitterness
against the Germans. The beneficent Frenchman who
founded them odel city of Frankvil le has the satisfaction of
his city being Keyed from the man of blood and iron who
despotises at Stahlstadt, the City of Steel. Schoolboy's
adventures, elekiliants. Alexander's soldiers, dower,," The
Indian Mutiny," How to make a Microphone," with a
piquant MAU of variet.es, all make up • remarkable
part, which again proves that purity, brightness, and
smartness go well together.

The Gemlesisaa's Moraine. Chatto and Windus,
Piccadilly, London, W. '' Under which Lord" continues
its highly interesting tale of the evils of ritualistic clerical
influence, which having resulted in the perversion of
two ladies of the Burnish church, is now about to
consummate the separation between the ritualistic
wife—under priestly thresh; and insidious "direction"
at home,—and the agnostic husband- The character
Mrs. Everett we would wish an impossible one yet,
we have in our mind a lady who in a country village
thrust her influence and her personal denunciations
against outspokeueees in church matters, as if
clergymen ought to do all they choose without criticism.
This is hew Mrs. Everett threatens the lady whose
heart is divided between her husband and the priest :
" He told me to-day," continued the widow carelessly,
" that he could not bear the strain here any longer. And
I can understand it. A conscientious priest has difiicultion
enough when he is helped on all sides. The sins of
unregenerate humanity are hard enough in themselves to
cope with; but when it comes to a person in your position
helpinginfidelity, giving confessed atheism all the
influence of your money, all the pr-stige of your position,
then the thing becomes impossible I And Superior is
quite right to shake the duet off his feet and leave you all
to yourselves and destruction. Perhaps the next vicar
will be a Protestant "—contemptuously--" or a cloaked
infidel calling himself a Broad Churchman ;nr one of those
heretics who pride themselves on being Evangelical'—
still more contemptuously. "1 hope so. lie will be
better fitted for the congregation, so far as I can judge,
than • devoted priest like Superior, with his faithful band
of followers and helpers."
" Does he talk seriously of going I" asked Ilertiflone in
dismay.
" Certainly be doom." Mrs. Everett answered, as if she
had been telling the truth. "lie told me to-day that if
you continued impenitent he would give up the living.
After the shameful disgrace iii which your daughter took
such a prominent part, I must say, Mrs. Fullerton, I think
you owe him more consideration than you show."
That is just what I feel about my husband," she
returned- "His distress about Virginia is so great and,
after all, she was the youngest of them, and entirely under
the influence of Sister Agnes"
" How blind and mad you are cried Mrs. Everett with
temper. "A. if her father'. awful infidelity was not the
primary cause of your daughter's perversion ! You speak
as if he waste he pitied, when it Is by him alone, in the
first instance, that this awful crime was committed I
look on him as the ruin of your child, not in any 'ewe an
the sufferer. All Superior says, that man is the direct
agent of Satan, and all his natural good qualities, which
we do not deny '—"We !" thought Hermione jealously—
"are so many more snares eat by the enemy of mankind
for the destruction of souls. You know all this as well as
I do, and yet you uphold him, and do your utmost to
strengthen his hands. Never call yourself a Christian,
still less a good daughter of the church, again ! You are
the comforter and abettor of infidels ; and I only hope that
Superior will leave Cromholme and carry his precious
ministrations where they will be better approcleled and
do more good"
Dr. Andrew Wilson discourses concerning Protoplasm,
and trim to show that voluntary motion supposed to
distinguish animal from vegetable life, is a property of
protoplasm though locked up in plant-cells : thus is argued
the common origin of animal and vegetable life. He
concludes thou—" 'There is grandeur,' to quote Darwin's
words, 'in this view of life,' which, whilst it satisfies the
demands of scientific faith, leaves behind it no doubt of
the existence, as the source of law of a controlling, all.
directing Mind."—" The Drama of Cervantes" open, up
strange wanes of past lite, "Trout-fishing in Sutherland.
shire, is redolent of the fresh country air, the heather,
and country meats and drinks, beanies dwelling on the
gentle sport in pleasing un wearying style. "A Fllgri usage
to the Birthplace of Nelson, " and' Recent French Poeta,
Part 1, ' fol,ow, while the reader may always be refreshed
by a bit of the concluding " Table Talk."

FOOD ADULTINATION.—Dr. Tripe, public analyet
of the Hackney district, report., 'that all the samples
he examined, except one, were sold as mixtures of
COCOA, avowrook and sugar, the exception being
Cadbury's Cocoa Essence, which was genuine. The
quantity of starch in the other samples varied between
ft 7 and BO per Gent., so that allowing for sugar, there
vraa not to some of them more than IS per cent, of
coma. An article like this was comparatively value-
leen aa • food."
TUN RAILWAY SYSTIN CND TRADE DirazastOg.--Chi
the whole survey, it cassia be denied that the elasticity
of the system under • period of general depression has
been surprising. It should be remembered that one
unseen element of diminution of net receiptt,, to the
railway companies may be traced to thir depression, and
that is, the gravitation of the passenger traffic towards
the third clam. It does not necessarily follow that this
is • net loss to the companies. For example, it is probable
that the third-class passenger traffic to such • place as
Bournemouth pays letter than the first-class, because a
carriage may be run the whole distance to carry only two
or three of the latter, while that which conveys the third-
class passengers may be filled over and over again in the
journey. This, however, is rather • matter of competition
than of neoessaiT cost, as no COM way ought to run
carriages that see not on the average fairly filled, and, as
, • rule, only do run them in order to divert
I from other lines. Elasticity is visible evervwCar:.enci:
I thing wanted is to develop their resources aright, and.
above all, to nip in the bud the over-active elasticity of
capital outlay.—ffisader.
ADVICI To Moritz= !—.4.r. you broken in your rest by.
• sick child suffering with the wad of cutting teeth, Go at ,
once to • chemist and get a bottle of Ma,. WINSLOW'S
SOOTIUNO Brace. It will relieve the poor sufferer immedi-
ately. It is perfectly harmless and pleasant to hate, it
produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the clad front
rain, and the little cherub awakes "as bright ma • button."
It soothes the child, softens the gam; allays all pain,
relieves wind, regulate, the bowels, and lath, bait known
remedy for dysentery and diarrhata, whether arising from
teething or other causes. lin. Wittelor's Soothing.
Syrup is sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at Is. Ili
per bottle. Manufactured in New York, and at
Oxford-strset. London.

THE AFGHAN WAR.
THE ADVANCE ON CABITL.
From the Viceroy :
Reports from Kushi, dated the let, state cavalry
brig de would be at Zabidabad on 2s I. Supplies
were forthcoming by order of Arnim.. Padshah Khan
Gbilzai in camp. 'Probably by Bunday the whole
force IP iII be assembled in front of Cahill. Font
Infantry regiments from 'Turkistan Cr. said to Imre
returned to C•bul. Whether opposition will he made
there is still uncertain."
A telegram from lord Lytton, dated Friday, is
published by the India Office. It states that the
Ameer and his advisers have strongly urged General '
Robert. to delay his advance, fearing that the Afghan
troops may destroy the royal palace of Bala Hisser.
General Roberts replied that delay was impossible. An
attack had been made by the hill tribes on a British
brigade near Shutargardan on Thursday, but it war
repulsed with a loss to the amailanta of 20 men and a
standard. The British had six wounded. The
account. from other quarters appear to be satisfactory.
—According to a telegram from a standard correspon-
dent, there are five battalions of Afghan infantry_ and
four batteries of artillery in and around Cabot. Three
battalions of infantry, with 16 guns, occupy the Bala
Hilmar, which accounts for Vakoob Khan'a alarm.
Four regiments of those who marched towards
Turkestan with the mission of putting down the revolt
In Badakshan are said to have returned to ('abut,
probably to take part in its defence. The battalions,
however, are all weak, having euffered much from
cholera and desertion, and are reported to be utterly
disorganiaed.
. . . . . . . .

General Hughes's column arrived at Khelat-i-
Ghilzsi on September 29. Excellent arrangements
have been made there for provisioning the troops,
and there is abundance of grain. The country
between Khelat-i-Ghilzai and Cabul is reported
quiet, caravans having passed unmolested between the
two places. Authentic information received here
states that communication was cut off this morning on
both s des of the Shutargardan by the tribes who were
repulsed yesterday morning. Reinforcements are
being sent to Colonel Gordon in the Kurrum Valley.
Sums, Thursday—lt is learned from the reports of
the Sirdars from Cabul that the strength of the enemy
In and around that city is as follows :—ln the town,
or encamped without its walls, there are five
battalions of infantry and four batteries of artillery.
In the citadel of Babb Hisser are hosted three batta-
lions of infantry with sixteen guns, the latter in
position. Four regiments of those who marched
towards Turkestan with the mission of putting down
the revolt in Radakshan have returned to Cebu',
probably to take part in its defence, and it is thought
that their counsels may possibly induce the rest of the
troops to fight. This, however, is considered im-
probable, since the battalions are all weak, having
suffered much from cholera and desertion, and are
utterly disorganised. We have now further details of
the attack upon General Roberts's party by the
Shutargardan tribes on the 27th. The fighting was
very sharp, the natives stood their ground really
obstinately, and the 92nd and 3rd Sikhs, assisted by
dismounted lancers and native cavalry with carbines,
came to close quarters with them, and inflicted heavy
loss before they gave way. It turns out to be true
that Daoud Shah received several wounds while
endeavouring to ?Ave the Mission on the 3rd of

September.-.
Zanoum Mune. Friday. -- The force which left
Kuehl arrived here Thursday morning without incl..
&mt. All eorta of rumours are current of the state of
affairs at Csbul, but the balance of native opinion is
that we shall be opposed, and that the Afghans will
make a stand this aide of Cabal. Yalcoob is still in
camp ; but he is anxious to return to CabuL He had
hoped to persuade us not to go on, but finding that he
cannot arrest our prozress he wishes to return at once.
The general opinion is that he was allowed to leave on
his engagement to arrest our advance, and fears that
the troops will avenge themselves by an attack upon
his Palace. lii, believed he will not be allowed to
precede our advance. Wall Mellowed met the
General at this place, and reported that all the princi-
pal people and merclianta have left Cebu!. Our force
is in splendid heal h and condition. We advance
again Friday. The difficulties with the transport are
still very great, but are not permitted to retard our
advance. It is expected that the force will reach
Cebu' on Sunday.
(By Telegraph). _

The following telegram eves received at the India
Office to-day (Monday) trim the Viceroy, October sth:
—"General Roberts, detained yesterday at Zatddabad
in tranepot, ad.ances to Charsaiab, one march from
Cabal. All well.

Lieut. Gegeral Sir Samuel Brown, late' y Command-
ing the Afghan expedition, hag returned to London
and reported himaelf at the India Oboe.