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 l-.'rif^j-.; ,.. •.•««M«*SWJ«W,_ '*-«'" ii»i.as«,t»w»H^^^ ki*«--»K«»i«--4i,»i.f»^»'--»«.»fw^»,-jj!)Sj» .J..- ' »â- " "»»?' "J Jl â- T- r»^ N A HUTSHat. MINUTES SEUICT RXADINO. I fi^ ' y eX Foreign. Dcmeatic. ana War i-"**^ Piiby. ConclBC and PolntecL „ ,rti J that eight thousand Afphaji- •• " " V- ba^ e teen defeated by the GWl- â- ;, n.tt'tiii^ has been held at Neuf- j^, ' i7:ai:d the txpulsicn of the ' ' spaDi-li ^liciater of Foreign Affairs '"' that fv treaty haa heen entered into by |.m;o ,ith t.urniany. J Uy,,r;irian I'rim'-- Minister has pro- "^.^, plan icr the settUment of the escut- ,,yeitirn in Croatia. â- .,een hi:).'"re^l dollars has been received I 'yncrictll I! 0^1 'I "fw York committee •' int'ed t' f-"' funcis for his defence. V-e llriti-ii CoEsul at Scutari, Alabaiia, L- nrei! at \vhile hunting recently. He J"!,f,f 1 urt. The intended astassin escai- ;„„ to iepea,t£d anti-Jewish disorders -Fkat'eriroslsy and other districts of South •s£°ia. martial law has been proclaimed Frcir. 2 il;=pa-*'^h from Xew York it would J near that the Democrats of America are brtra :y '"J ^^"'fr ' the tariff question being IJeJ. -J [3 reratt'l tliat the man who bought ., (.(-nititfS'l of the noted Bfnder family ci 'ud Vo'J.OOO buried en the -•jrii-rt r- i.: I norrji'.scandrei ^•trawbernej 1 I j-laErlishman is \vi;e of eiaki dichiganto\'i'a( the old ceatlea onis. painfaiciJn ar'l corns, coroi in (I few days s Cora Extract auses pain, nel ore annoying tS ic Putnam 3 Fa j;ewareof3uM ?-y\vhere. ViA ucft and Pfjf" )r Wjles'j Cai .â- u'.i: i- 'i ""tcil to hav3 again broken ^. "aiiu.1!. the natives considering the '^i-hnit-nt i!ilii'-ted on the tide-waiter not 'â- â-  jitntly icvere. [;ne i;,'rr, an Government is stated to have i'res^iLi a diplomatic not'-! to Fr-^nco. pro- '.itiEL: ni-i-r'ctical'-y against \\\.: hcat;le re- T.";ifin of King Alfonso. 7nc DLsiiop of C'onfert, at a meeting re- riv, as-'ivted that millions of Catholics si been Inst to the faith in America, and :;icurcel tate aided emigration. revort comes from Ottawa that Col. :,';ll;an:3 lias made a formal complaint ,3iast Majrir (;e]ieral Luard, and that the â- V.ter i-i hcfcrc the Privy Council. A lar^e Nihilist depot containing arms, ,v2:iiiit-' and other explosive materials has ^-n di. ivt rtil at Charkoff in connection i:d: 'â-  c iiu:i,( reus arrests of KusEian ctficers. jtcrutary I'idtjcr has decided that green vjn.i are ;ii.i,' I" f duty under the new tariff T.. Tilt re i:-^ considerable trade in this :..: ;-;tuti;; Canada and the United States. Ti:r ir.a'.ti r -â- â- ' the cxliumation of Shake- ;-::i'3 re;nai:i-; has been settled. The city â- xci' (: Sa:t!ord-upon- Avon has passed a so".:;i'/u 'â- ' Mitininic^ any disturbance of .;- ^rave. 'i ' //. W?((/, a League organ, states :;i: 2:1 I i.il intimately connected Vv-itli the ;e;fit;'ii 1 i crime in Dublin has been sus- :ni!ui. 'I iic causeof his susperBion islike- v.u itate a sensation. Aa urdiLT has been issued regulating the .:;:;;: on the C.PR. which prohibits the akiDgo: any kind of a parcel into the pas- ieojcr coaches, even a lunch basket being akocd. There is no injunction restraining â- .:e8:ze cf the pockets. Al; is 'luiet at Canton. Haiphong advices :atethat "lO French troops under Colonels Athot and Hadens st.irted on the 29th ult. â-  Tor.. rain lliver for IJacnimp. It is believ- that a:i expedition left Hanoi at the same -le :c.r Ihcninip. Al.r.iuch congress at ICeading has discuss- itne I'roposed alterations in the marriage iT5. 1: V. Dr. Coleman, of Ohio, on behalf tl.e .A^mrican Church, appealed to the .:arca r,: Idiigland to maintain the existing 'irria.e Ln\s. A'.vic-j iruii^. .Madagascar sta*-es that Ifako- " n.mar.ikr of the liovas, has-cffered re- ^Lria ii v -Liu,- slaughter of the captain of any :.,L.!i I;:an•of-^var which shall wreck or :ra ai ;. vc-Kcd. It is reported that the rnv-ii _::ni.^ons at Taiiiatave and "Majaaga â-  â- â€¢ irtardi}' l.dockadsd. it i.i siati.'d that the informers in the â-  :/:. parii murder trial.-, who v.'tre not Kiai::.-.! t.i iimd at Melbourne, will go to ^:.;a. V Lire Carey decided to ?o until he â- ^a; A- â-  a.lril by his wdfe. It is reported -It li.r. â- ; was I. llVred a clerkship in the new â- â€¢:raj-:s :.: l\urrachee. â- ' â-  ^; /..- 1 that the Chamber of Deputies â-  ha\: tc iadi;e between MM. (Jrevy and :ry: 1, tl'ic Ministry carry the day Presi- .•::t I tv-.- V ill issue a message and retire "0 rruato life. Some of the papers des- â- n'ce Deputy Antoine's arrest as an answer â- Jtae r. .cut anti-(;erman cries. The steamer Melbourne arrived at Mar- â- --^•3 :rcin Xew Caledonia with .loseph 'Aaitl], an informer in the Phojuix park mur- er trials, who was not permitted to land at 'idbcuine. Smith was recognized at Alar- sdiles, when he suddenly left the vessel, it â- 'tclieved taking passage for China. Five hund: ed letters were deposited in the 'ewV,„k ]. st-ctfice recently for despatch â- oforeis^n c.,ur- tries, each beinjf prepaid by a •"ocer.t tait.p, indicating that the public i-"e under li-e impression that the foreign as *dl as tr.p domestic rate of postage has been "Hiuced. This ia not the case, the foreign 'â- ste %\\\, being five cents. ,.The London Ti'^is has a report from an ^-fpernavik correspondent of a Copenhagen iownal that Creely, of the American Arctic â- spedilicn, was murdered by a mutinous -;'w. The report comes from Hans Hen- i"k an Idsquimaux with Dr. Nathorat. "drik states that he pot the news from â- â€¢'•e E.(|.ainiaux at Caj-.e Y'ork. The Timvi ganders the report improbable, as Dr. ^ithorst never mentioned it. Alarming reports prevail that the Spanish -alinet wul demand of the French Govem- ^5nt a public apology for the insults to the ^l^ and that the German Government will ^*ke a diplomatic remonstrance at the in- .^'gnitiea to which the King has been aub- iected. The Radicals violently attack 'f"y anl Ferry for the course they have Pursued. The Cabinet ia divided as to ita policy. Contentment is a pearl of great price, and ^•'â- oever produces it at the expense of ten "^Jsaud desires, makes a -wise and happy '-• chase. -_^j^/j„i,,_ ' .^ .N«f»«*tkt#d^«iat, tAl^e A Galway genqeman wai won^Wt fjllowing humorous story of unexpected resascitaticn "That ncany people are bur- led alive, is Tjeyond a doubt. I know an in- stance that I will relate to you, which I may »y happened itt»rwa«rtabli.b»,ea*, lor oar humsman, Jack Barie, was the f ab- ject of it. Jack had a aaiig»,rou8 illnesSâ€" a fever,- l-ttlk itas-aip. to all appear- ance died. He was duty coffined, and as duly waked and such a wake and funeral was never remembered in Galway for Jdck wf a a universal favorite, a character and a wap. and crowds came from far and near to the burying. The bewailiuR cries were so loud as the procession moved alon? the road, that they could be heard a mile oflF; and by the time they reached the churchyard, all were hoarse with crying. It is the custom in these paits to carry the coffin, three times around the church, after which it is laid by the tide of the open grave. All present sink upon their knees in praver, the men rever- ently nncoveting. The "immediate relatives of the decease close round the remains, and for same minutes there is total silenca. 'xhe contrast between th-"=. dpath lik" hu^h and the loud cry of the luoeral wail is striking, and the appearance of the motionless kneei- ng crowd very impnssive. " On the prssent occasion, the path round the church was rocgh and story, and the ground uneven with graves »o tliat poor Jack, while being carried ids three rounds, was badly jolted in his aoffin. "A rousing leap we had to take, surely, when we came to Tcm Grady's tombstone," said one of the bearers af ber-vards. 'Eoough to wake the dead, it was. We couldn't put our feet upon the new clean grave, and the dacent man not a week inside so there was nothing else nut to hop it.' " Whether or not cousoiouscers was jolted into Jack by this ' hop,' is uncertain but certain it is that the dead silence customary after laying down the coilin was broken, cot by the usual smothered sobs, but by vehem- ent thumpings at the lid It was quickly opened, and Jack sat up. After staring arDund with an air of comical bewilderment on his astonished friends, a great-coat was thrown over his graveclothes, and he was helped up on a jauntiug-car, and in this plight driven heme. '•The old woman who had been left be- hind to keep the house when all M'ent to the funeral, and who was telling her beads over the kitchen fire, was nearly frightened out of her senses at ihe apparition. There was some difficulty in persuding her that it was Jack himself, and not his ghost, she saw. " Meantime, Jack had draitaed a bowl of milk tbat was on the dresser, and now look- ed wildly about. " ' Is it wanting anything ye are, my poor fellow ' sai'd his friends. • Lie down now, and compose yerself. A drop of spirits, with a bit of nourishment aiid a stretch on the bed, wUl do ye good, after the start ye got, tindirg yourself â€" God save us -in the cotiin. There now, be aisy, do ' "But Jack would not 'be aiay.' He kept glaring about him and searching for something staggering here and there, look- ing behind doors and shatters, and peering into cupboards. " ' The saints be good to us ' whimpered the old woman ' his mind i« gone â€" gone with the fright. Masther, darlint, what ails ye Is it the hunger, the long fast that's putting ye stray Sit down, for the love of ihe blessed Vargin, and I'll fry you a shave of bacon, and mix a tumbler of punch in a second, to rife your foor heart and put life into you. Do now, avic ' " 'Arrah, will you get out of my way, and lave me alone,' cried Jack. 'It's my stick I'm looking for â€" my stick, for my wife, bad luck to her when she comes home. And if I don't giv-e her such a lambastin' as never mortal woman got lefore, my name isn't Jack Burke, that's all !â€" Look here " he ex- claimed, plucking at his shirtâ€" which had seen better daysâ€" while he panted with rage and weakness. ' Six brand-new shirts, whole and sound as the day they left the weaverâ€" without rent or tear, patch or darn â€"I left behind me and look at the rags she dresses up my poor carcase in making a fool of me in the ccllia when I'm dead and gone, and bringing me to shame before the neighbors and the country. Ah the stingy one I to grudge the dace at linen to the boy that owned her Only let me catch a hold of her, and see if I don't make her four bones smart for it ' " With much ditiioulty, poor Jack s wrath was calmed, and he w.-s got to bed by his friends, Mrs. Jack in the meantime wisely keeping out of the way. He never forgave her the ragj^ed shirtâ€" to Kan, im feature in the aSaii-. â-  â-  " To ' make an appearance " at their ouri- al is the ambition of the lowest orders of Irish. They will undergo privation, sooner than pawn or wear the sacred under- gar- ment laid up to ' dress the corpse in.' Thus it was that the indignity to his remains was so caramount in Jack's mind, that ever alter, it completely set in the background his nar- row escape irom the dreadful fate of beiug buried alive."â€" CAamiers' Journal. Double Duty icr ite Baggage Man. The other day a woman shipped her hus- band's remains and a dog over the Central. At Albany she appeared at the door of the baggage car to see how they were getting along. .. „, "How does be seem to be- doing? she asked with a sniff. ,, "Who, the corpse ' inquired thebaggi^e master, kindly. "No, the dog.' " Oh, he's comfortable," replied the b-ig- eage man. 1 • «.; " Anybody been sitting down oq him "Who, the dog?" " No, the corpse." "Certainly not,' answered the bjg.'.age man. • v c '• Docs it seem ccol enough in here lor him?" "For who, the corpse? "No, the dog." " I think so," grinned the bags. a;e master. "Does the jolting appear to aff 3ct him any?" •' ASect who, the.dog?" " No, the corpse." Z\^ " I don't believe it does. "You'll keep an eye on him, wen 1. you she asked, wiping a tear away. V On who, the corpse "No, the dog." And having secured the baggage man s promise, she went back to her coach, ap- parently eDntented.-Ctrt. Sal, Niaht. Aaotber KncUsh Znooh Ardea. Upwards of twenty years tgo a husband- man, a native of Oomberland, married a girl belonging to the county. The newly married couple_^went_^ to reside with the bride's friends. "Th'e ffi3egf 00m,' Bloweifei' icdiild not agree with them, and in the coarse ot a few months he left his wife and went away, no one knew whither. The woman had reason to believe that her husband, after leavin? her, took his passage in the ill-fated steamer London, which in the year 1866 foundejcsd on h^r voyage to Australia.^ See- ing in the list of those who perished a naine similar to that of her husband, the woman concluded he was dead. Shortly after her husband's departure she gave birth to a daughter, and the two lived together for a long time" without any particular incident occurring to change th3 current of their daily life. After waiting for many years the woman married a miner residing in a villege near Maryport, and the pair have since lived happily together. The daughter of the first husband is now married, and has gone to Newcastle tq reside. A few days ago the first husband made his Appearance at the residence of a sister in Wigton, and to her he hail stated that he had been for some time living in Newcastle. He then made enquiries respecting the wife he had left, and was surprised to hear that he had a married daughter living in New- castle, â€" the very town that he had himself been resididg in â€" and that the wife he had desprted was married again. His sister was unable, however, to give him the ad- dress of his daughter and after waiting upon some of his relatives at Maryport â€" to whom he bad anndunced his intention of searohing for the daughter he had never seen â€" he proceeded to tlie residence of his wife, not far from the town, in order to ob- tain his daughter's address. The second husband was not at home when the wanderer made his visit, and the woman was in the house alone. He knocked at the door. When the woman opened it she failed to re- cognize him and asked him what he wanted. The man asked if she had a daughter alive, and if so, where she was living. The woman wished to knew his re»son for asking such a question, and inquired if he was any relative of her daughter's husband. "No," here- plied, " I am a nearer relative than that." The woman then invited him into the house, and gave him the address, which he put into his ppcket ,a^d prepared to leave the heose. ' As he wa«i crossing the thres- hold he turned, and, looking her full in the face, said, " W'ell, Eliza, you have got married again, and I hope you will do' â- well by^pcr hushraiid and live comfortably, I am jjifur daughter's lather. " The poor woman knew him then, and, almost fainting!' cried in a thrilling tone, " Oh, Jim 1" but before she could recover her composure he had walked away. He has since left the country. â€" Marypoit Adver- tiser. TtrasMn^ a Prince. One day a young recruit was standing guard before the door of the entrance to Peter the Great's private chambers in the palace of Sc. Petersburg. He had received orders to admit no one. As he was passing slowly up and down before the door Prince Mentchikoff, the favorite minister of the Czar, approached, attempting to enter. He was stopped by the recruit. The prince, who had trie fullest liberty of calLng on his master at any time, sought to push the guard and pass hiuj, yet the young man would not move, but ordered his highness to step back. " You fool," shouted the prince, "don't you know me " The recruit smiled and said, â€" ' Very well, your highness but orders are peremptory to let nobody pass." The prince, exasperated at the fellow's impudence, struck him a blow in the face with his riding whip. "Strike away, your highness," said the soldier, " but I cannot let you in." Peter, in the room, hearing the noise out- side, opened the door and enquired what it meant, and the prince told him. The Czar was amused, but said nothing at the time. In the evening however, he sent for the prince and the soldier. As they came to- gether, Peter gave his own cane to the soldier, saying, â€" "That man struck j'ou in the morning now you must return the blow to that fellow with my stick." The prince was amazed. " Your majesty," he said, " this common soldier is to strike me " " I make him a captain," sail Peter. " But i'ln an ofScer of your majesty's household," objected the prince. " I make hiin a colonel of my Life Giards a'Dd an officer cf the household," said Peter. "My rank, your majesty knows, is that of general," prote.ited Mentchikoff. " Then I make him a general, so that the beating you may get may co e f cm a man ofyourrante." The prince got a soun.l thrashing in the presence of the czar, the recruit was next day commissioned a general, with the title of Count Oroinctf, and wHs the founder of a powerful family, whose detcandants are still high in the imperial servica of Russia. A Circns IiOv.ns Freaclier. A story is toll of a Toledo, Ohio, preach- er on a brother minister that will bear re- peating. Pi,ecently a circus was in the city, and the ministerial curiosity was so awak- ened that an outside view of the stretch of canvas would not suffice. The minister had compunctions of conscience against the gratifications of what he fancied might be a questionable desire. However, his liberality of belief would permit of the 'children going and of their seeing all there was to be seen, provided theyMd some good-sized maacnline protector with them. But, unfortunately for him, he had no children, and was, there- fore â€" to use an unorthodox expression â€" "in ahile." Finally he hit upon a plan. He wedt to his brother preactier and tried to borrow his 5-yearold boy ".s a companion to the circus. But it wouldn't work, the preacher remarking " I've waited a long time for my bey to get big enough to go to a circus, and now I want to use iim my. self." All censure of others is oblique praise of self. It is uttered in order to show how much the speaker can bear. It haa all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the re- proach of falsehood. â€" Addison. THE EMPEROR OF CHINA. Tha Alonareli in Bli Rlcli and Lnxorlons Homo. Saeredness of the Ye«as Xan's Pen*B. The ruler of the 250.000.000 of which the Chinese nation probably consists is now within five years of his majority, and is an I occupant, whda yet a minor, of thesime apartments iiv which lived the Emperor who preceded him on the Dragon Throne. There, says the North Carolina Herald, he eats with gold-tipped chopsticks of ivory. There he gleeps on a 1 uge Ningo bedstead, richly carved and ornamented with ivory and g 1 1, the same on which th" noMj- minded Em- perors Ang Hd and Chien Lung uied to re- cline after the day's fatigue list century and the century before. Like one of tb. se living Buddhas who m»y be seen in a Hmasery on the MoDgoltan 1 vteau, he is knelt tj by all his at'.eudants and honored as a god. There is this differenoe, that the respect ft It for him is more pro ound than for them. The seclusion in which he is kept also is far more complete. The bud ling ii which the Eaa- peror resides ia cj.ll'^d Yang H^in Tien, and is a little to the west of the Ch'ien Ch'^ng Meu in the middl-:) of the palice. At the back of the central gate, on the south side, is the great reception hall. When ministers of State and others enter for an audience, at four,five or six, in the morning, according to custom, they have to go on foot to the cen- tre of the palace over halt a miliifthey enter by the east or west gate, and when they get on in years they can appreciate the Emperor's favor, which tiien by a decree al- lows them to be borne in a chair instead of walking. .SEVEN MAIiNIFlCnXT COBirARTMENT.S. The rooms of the Emperor consist of seven compartments. They are provided with the divan or k'ang, the peculiar institution of North, China. The k'anj?s are covered with red fels of native manufacture, and the floor with European carpets. Toe cushions have all embroidered on ihem the dragou and the phceaix. Pretty things scattered through the rooms are eaol^jss in variety, and are changed in accordance with any wish ex- pressed by the Emperor. The rooms are all thirty yards long by from eight to nine yards deep, and are separated into three different apartments, the throne room being the middle one. Folding doors ten feet in height open into each ot these apartments to the north aod south in the centre of each. The upper part of these doors is in opeu work, in which various auspicious characters and flower.s are carved. At the back, paper is pasteel to aelmit light to the rooms. The. front is ornamented with gild- ing, sculpture and varnish of various colors. These doors remain tpen even in winter, because during that season a tiiick em- broidered curtain of damasr.. is hutig in the doorway, wliich by its weight keeps its place close t" the uijor posrs and prevents cold air Irom entering, i]^ summer this is repliced by a curtaiu admitting the breeze on account of its being made of very thin stripes of bamboo. The silk threads used in sewing the stripes of bamboo together are of various colors, and passing through the whole texture of the curtain from the top to the bottom are very agreeable to the eye. These summer and winter curtains are rolleel up to give air to the rooms when re- quired. Exit and untrance are effected on each sidf' of these curtains by side doers. Along the whole front of thirty yards tnere is a covered flight 6f steps fifteen feet wide. The roof-over this rests on two rows of pil- lars. The pillara sbiqe with fresh ver- milion, both within the rooms and on the S^na outside, and ^re decorated with sculptnrea work, partly ^ilt and partly varnished. The Hoppo who lately returned from Canton gave the Emperor a present valued at $8,000. It cansisted of chandeliers holding 50O wax c indies each. His Majesty has also some electrical machines and num- berless foreign curiosities. HIS MOTHER AND HI.s STDDIES. The Emperor was vaccinated when an in- fant before his high dignity was thought ot otherwise it would have been difficult to vaccinate him, for his person being sacred when Emperor, no lancet can touch him. His mother, the Princess of Ch'un, who is a sister of the Empress of the W'est, will be raised to the rank of Empress Dowager when he is sixteen, and his father will also be made T'ai Shang Huang. At least this is to be expected by precedent, so tha" after three years we shall again have two empresses dowager, bat in this case they will be sisters. The Princess, his mothtr goes in t» sea him once a month, and kneels when she first speaks to him, but rises afterward. Hii father does so too. The Emperor studies Chinese daily fpr an hour ann a htlf, and Manchu also for an hour and a haH. He spends two hours in archery and riding, and in winter amuses himself with sledging. He has a little brother of five, whom it may be hoped the mother takes with her when she goes to the palace. The teachers who in- struct him kneel to him on entering, but afterward sit. The Emperor has eight eunuchs who constantly attiind him, besides an indefinite number for special occasions. Hi3 has his meals alone, and the eight eunuchs wait round him, lestrain'ng him if he takes too much of any one thing, ilis schoolroom is at the back of the Y'ang Hjin Tien already described, and the hall for con- ference each rnorning with Mini-tcra ia a little to the east. Tbe Borglar under a Concli. Nine out of ten women probibiy look un- der their bed every night before retiring â- !o rest in search of the much-dreaded burglar, and possibly no woman in a thousand mil- lions has discovered that oftenlooked-for visitor. What happened on tliose rare cc- 'jasions history sayeth not, although, con- siJeriag the naivjciali^y of the search, some general rule as to the measures to be taken in case of discovery ought by this time to have been pretty well established. In dcfaalt of sucli standing orders th? ex- ample of Mrs. Cfolly, whose cue is report- ed from Dublin, may be conmeaded fcr imitation by the rest of her sex Finding a man concealed under a couch in her draw ing room, she imrmdiat^ly lockelhim in, sent for a coustab'e, aud then, without waiti.ng for the arrival of the polic-% ste armed iierself jwitii a revolver, ie-ent,ered the drawiug ni nn, aud :thrratened to shoct the intruder if lie stirred. Wj rer.iaiacd motioalehs undei- the sofa, under the cover of Mrs. Crolly s r .volver, until the arnvril of the constable, when he was carried oil" in custody. But how many women, it may be asked, have either the nerve or the revol- ver of Mrs. Crolly? Thos2 who lack either or both will probably console theinsel'.es ly retiectiug that ttiere is no woman who can- not scrciim and, with e./ exceptions, a scream is as efl'e.;tive tor sciriu^' a burglar off the premises as a doz revolvers. â€" P^i'l Mall Ouzette. WHO IS UNACQUAINTED WITH THE «EOCRAPHY OF THIS COUNTRY, V/ILU SEE BY EXAMINING THIS MAP, THAT THE Chicago, Rock Islainsd Pacific R'y, Being the Great Central Line, affords to travelers, r.y reanon of Its unrivaled geo- graphical position, the shortest and best route betv/ee.i rhe East, Kortheast and Southeast, and the West, Northwest and Southwest. It Is literally nd strictly true, that its connections arc all of the principal lines of road between the Atlantic and the Pacific. 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