Sir James Fergusson's daughters have re cently proved themselves to be heroines. The Robe correspondent of an Adelaide paper, in a recent communication, says :—: — "In my last it quite escaped my memory to note the following instance of ready courage and sisterly love in those of tender years. On Thursday, the 24th April, while Charles, the son of Sir James Fergusson, aged ten years, was bathing in the sea opposite the summer residence of the family, he swam rather too far out, and retumingtowards the shore found the swell running too strongly for him to contend against. His sisters, Miss S. G. Fergusson, aged about fourteen, and her younger sister Edith, happened to be on the beach at the time with their female attend ant. This boy was seen struggling against the swell, and appeared to be getting ex hausted. The domestic attendants cried out to run for a boat, but Miss S. G. Fergusson, who is an expert swimmer, seeing plainly j that danger was imminent, without a mo ment's hesitation, tucking her clothes tightly about her, and fearlessly dashing into the sea, followed by her sister Edith, swam to her brother, and laying hold of his belt, helped him into lan 1 safely. But for this timely assistance, there is no doubt the boy would have lost his life, as a boat could not have reached him in time to be of service." Austin, the long distance runner, contem plates attempting the difficult feat of walk ing a thousand miles in a thousand hours. The arrangements are such that should any unfairness on the part of the walker be de tected, he will forfeit the sum of £25 to a committee appointed to conduct the carrying out of the match. Men will be employed by the committee to watch the performer day and night, and a reward will be given to anyone reporting unfairness on his part. A tell-tale will be used, to be attended to every hour, as a check on the watchers. Ed wards, Austin's trainer, will be tiis attendant. Austin has to walk one mile every hour, and will thus, at the most, be able to have an hour and a half of continuous sleep. The, •time of starting will be fixed by the walker beforehand, and advertised every day, and by it he will be bound. 