Weekly News. — 1891-10-22 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL AMONG THE LIONS.  In his tenth letter to the Daily Graphic Lord Randolph Churchill describes his adventure with lions. He says: "We were riding along through a small open glade covered with high grass. Lee a few yards ahead of me, when I suddenly saw him turn round, cry out something to me,and point with his finger ahead. I looked, and saw lolloping along, through, and over the grass, about 40 yards off, a yellow animal about as big as a small bullock. It flashed across me that it was a lion—the last thing in the world that I was thinking of. I was going to dismount and take aim for I was not frightened at the idea of firing at a retreating lion,but Lee called out in succession five. or six times, Look, look! ' at the same time pointing with his finger in different directions in front. I saw to my astonish. meit,aiad rather to my dismay, that the glade appeared to be alive with lions. Lee now dismounted and fired at a lion about 50 yards off. I saw the brute fall forward on his head, twist round and round, and stagger intola patch of high grass slightly to the left of where I was riding. I stuck close to Lee, determined to leave the shooting to him unless things became critical, as his aim was true. His nerves were steady, which was more than mine were, though I do not admit that I was at all frightened. I counted seven lions; Lee says there were more. I saw Lee fire from his horse at one as it was climbing the bank,which he wounded oadly, and which retreated into a patch of thick grass the other side of the sprint, uttering sounds something between a growl, a grunt, and'X sob. The lions had now got some 100 yards or so ahead of us, and had disappeared into thick high grass. We knew that there was a wounded one behind us on our left,and another wounded one in front of us also on our left. Lee now got terribly excited. He was perfectly frightened solely on my account. He determined to go and look at the second wounded lion, who was lying away from U 8 mime 60 or 70 yards. He said he would go right away back to camp, if I followed him towards this lion. I saw him go up to within about 10 yards of the grass where the wounded lion lay. Fortunately she was badly wounded by the first shot, or she would probably have come at him. He caught a glimpse at her and fired. There was a tremendous commotion in the grass for a second or two. Lee's horse gave such a bound that I thought he would have been thrown, turned round, and galloped away. I followed as fast as I could. Lee now insisted that we should go straight back to camp and get the dogs, as the situation, he declared, was one of danger."  ft Is rumoured in Berlin, that on account of the recent disaster to the Zelewski expedition in German East Africa, Major von Wissmann has for the moment abandoned his intention of proceeding to the Victoria Nyanza. In German colonial circles the recent disaster in Uhehe is now regarded much more calmly than was at first the case. It is recognised that it is merely an unfortunate accident, and that it need not cause any radical change in the colonial administration or Government policy. For the moment, telegraphs the Times correspondent in Berlin, it is not intended to undertake any exp-dition to Uhehe, but rather to develop the energies of the colonial troops to the consolidation of the administration of the territory near the coast. The volume of trade. —A ledger. Maid of money.—A young heiress. The crow's epitaph.—Removed for caws. A court of inquiry.—Popping the question. Better a crust in comfort than Christmas fare in jail. The murderer's version of it—no noose is good noose.  If the mouth is the window of the intellect the toothache must be a sort of window-pane.  There is no difference between a dead miner and a live one, for in either case his dream of life is ore.