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York Herald, 27 Mar 1879, p. 1

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Ah 1 those wern reg :1 joys and times All fair with prmnise, radiant, brith Our souls were full of Lnging rhymes, And life was rich with umber light. Wh w bonnie queens were always hadâ€" ~ Maud,ou Mullie,and little Sue : The realms they swayed were broad and glad, And we, their ulave’e, were always true. Yes. they're married, or (19 1d, or lost ; And we ? Ah, we take little hood. Who plays with are and counts the rest ? We drown our 105; in winu er weed; And now we meet us sunuv smiles, Andlin sweet as we worshipped then; For life gives only mvrry wzles To cueless, world-tossed happy men. What X GIG fellow. not married yet, After the many 11 mm We’VO Ipent Siggiug (31‘ eyes_h_ke vi_ul(=t.s_ “(eg Of eyebrows like a. bnw full hunt, or lips that via l with June’s swevt rose, 0! cheeks that held a, d Liuty bl‘nom, 01' small hmde Whi’ue as Alprne snows, And hair that made a. godeu gloom. We work and laugh, and sing and play, Just as We used no ye Lrs ago -, The sun shines bright and clear to dayâ€" Who cares it soon the high winds blow ‘I We’v-a had our loves and kisses sweet, The tundur clasp 0. Jim 9 hands : Here. drink to joys we used to meet In youth’s delightful summer lands. Ah old fellow, the years fly fast, But. then, the davs are still as long. And now, on in the 59 [ions vast. We have our feasts. our wine and song. , Lnd life and love are just the same 'I hough hair grows white, and dim the eyes Only we’ve « uid good-i ye to fame. And claim f- r wealth gold unmet skies. Maybe we've thrown our lives away, As we ne'er bought a. wedding ring, And now are bachelors turning gray, Owing no love but that we sing; ; And yes, we’re free fr m dust and brooms I So fill your glass, let’s (1min n tuv st To wine and smokv. and cos» rooms, Active Efforts tar the Relief 0! the suflt-rers. 'I'I'IE SZEGEDIN GALAMITY. Several Hundred People Have Perished in the Water- MISERY AMONG THE SURVIVORS Pmsm, March 12.â€"-Great excitement was caused here by the Szogedin dxsaster, but as preparations were mn-le beforehand it is hoped no serious loan of He has occurred. PESTH. March 12.â€"Latest telegrams an- nounce that the flood. with a terrific roar. is rushing from two Sides over Szegedin. The horrors of the situation hnflie all (lescrlption. The town is in fact destroyed. Two-thirds of it are now submerged. including the citadel and post and telegraph ut‘fices. Whole lows of houses are falling. The Orphanage and Synagogue are deatro) ed. and all the in- mates of the former buried in the ruins. Two manufactories are on fire and the inhabitants are flying to New Szegedin and more elevated parts of the town. The municipality of Pesth is making every effort to send assistance to Szegedin. Two relief trains have already started. Accommodation for the fugitives has been provided in the barracks and public huildingnuf Peslll. SZEGEDIN. March 12.â€"The synagogue has fallen in, burying numbyrs who sought refuge in it. LoNDnN, Mural] 12,â€"An official talegram. dated Peuth, 6:30 p. 11)., confirms the ropons of the terrible arpeut of the town and the d:- etruction of hundreds of house-s. It states that the removal of tlmiu habitzmtsis proceed» ing without dlSOI‘uGX‘. Sn fur only four corpses have been found. Dams me being cut in several places to allow the wnte)‘ to run ofl. No excesses are rl-pm'trd. bun precau. tions are being taken for the protection of prgperty. LONDON, March 12 â€"A dispatch from Pesbh says that a hundred square miles j‘u tue neighborhood I‘L Szvgr-din are fluode 1. The crops in this district are lost. The Gov- ernment has sent 40,001) florins for the re- lief of the inhabitants. The Radicals in the Diet to-day vialeutly attack the Government for neglecting to take precautions to prevent the calamity. Lennon. March 12.â€"A correspnndent at Pesth describing the calamity at Szegedin Pays : There was at first a false alarm at 9 o‘clock Tuesday evening raised by workmen on the embankment. who “'ifilli‘d to dent. Towards miduzght the workmen in cuuse~ quence of an increase of the gale wme con- tinually overtaken by the \VflVl‘F. They were only kept at. their pasts byu. cordon of suldiers. The water repeatedly pie-reed the embank- ment at smgle points. Abuut 1:30 Wednes- day morning the embankment was found to be yielding at several points simultaneously. The general in command then ordered the abandonment of the works. A Path dispatch Ptntes that the latest‘ report from the special Government Commissluner at Szegeuiu says tlmt besides the four corpses brought in thirty more are reported from other quarters. Several fires occurred, and there are suspicions of inven- diarism. The water i=4 stJl firing!” but cum- munlcation tuwmd Trxueswar is still open. The irruption of waters came at last so sud- denly that the workmen [nu-er had time to reachthe town. Ample provirion of boats had been made throughout the town, but it is feared that such an mutt 9 ion, happening in the depth of night. cnuuot but have drowned many persons, Telegraphic Cull] municntion with Szegedin Seems to have been interrupted dunng a gleat part of Wed- nesday, untll evening. LONDON, Mulch 12.â€"A Correspondent at Szegedin telegmphs (7 p. m) mnce my last telegram the water ha»- risen m the town five feet. Our situation is bwcomluu worse and worse. Over 60.001) p( rsous are at present without a. roof to cover them. It is feared the loss of Me has been Very great, and will incxease during this terrible L-igth. Aecnunts of the disubter recviw d from Vienna my the upper floors of all houses are crammed with people in momentary fear of death. It. is thought some few houses which are built of stone may stand. A large portion of the suburbs of Szegeden are below the ordinary level of the River Theiss. Instead of five or six hours which it was calculated the flood would take to spread through the town, scam-1y an hour and a half passed. Some hopes are entertained that on account of the timely alarm the loss of life has not been very great, but the victims must be numbered by hundreds if not thousands, nor is the havoc yet complete. All Wednesday dull sounds were heard in all directions, indicating the fall of suvcesdve buildings. The poorer classes were extremely unwilling to aLundon their homes. In many cases iorce had to be used. All cninmuniiies vie with each other in sending provisions and Open- ing their houses to the re-uyees. Uompim- tively few avail themselves of the latter otter. The working clussus especially prefer abiding by the nearest safe spot in the lawn ; thus thousands are encamped on the high embank- ment. To let the water from above and be- hind the town run into the river in front could be imperfectly carried out. "nu, “mu uluvn". uAAu uu.) v “mum vAnd spirits light tor guest and bus}; PEBTH, March 14,â€"The Emperor Francis Joseph will foregu his intend‘ (1 visit here to receive congratulations on the occasion of his silver wedding. He desires Hlut the mnuvy mtended for fustivjtirs be ui‘trjbmetl among the sufferers by the timed. The Eunperor and Empress also awe 4U,UUO flurinsA L’ONDUN,1\IL1‘011 13.â€"A correspondent at Szegeden scales: The vaexmuuut authori- ties report. that 3 )0 persons have been drowned. At. noon- there Wen: still people uu the roofs of homes and in trw 8. Some per- sons died from exposle to co“. A uumhur of incendi-uies h we been arrested. Tue towns of (anugrml. at the couflm nee of the rivers Theissnud Kol‘os, 32 m.l«s noxth of Szegedeu, and Saunas. two miles mare: Szegeden, are 3.150 threatened. Accounts from Vienna. say that 6.000 persons are still surrounded by wafer at, Szegeden. VIENNA, Maxch 13.â€"Sii steamerl and \i'l I‘ll A “Hi It“. â€"A correspondent at LONDON, March 13.â€"A correspondent at Pesth. summarizing official and private ac- counts from Szegedin, says the dead must amount w many hundreds. It is impossible to make a clase estimate, as the number buried under the ruins cannot. be ascertained. Houses built of sun-dried bricks continued to Collapse long after the first inrush of the flood. The work of freeing and removing the sulferers is now proceeding with the gre ate-st order. The sensational stories of hundreds buriéd in the synagogue and military hos- pital are wiiliout inundation. The misery in Szegedin is increasing. Rescuing heats centinually strike the ruins, so that in many cases the rescue of sufi'erers a impossible. One bout capsized by which seven women were drowned. A violent storm is raging, the flood is continually rising. and is now two feet above the level of Theies. The unsubmerged area. has been reduced to 600 square meters, which continually de- creases. At the first irmytion of the water 35 soldiers were drowned. The State railway carried gratuitously 10,000 fugitives yester- day. -â€"A Berlin baker was imprisoned lately for making a. gingubread caricature of Bismarck. â€"â€"Lady Roselnerry, the great Rothschild heiress, has received a considerable legacy from her aunt. Mrs. Cohen. â€"-Out of 17.000 guns made by Krupp. only sixteen have burst, and nearly all of these when being tried to test their power. â€" Mrs Anthony worked so elrnestly at raising the debt of a Providence chm-ch, that she became insane, and tried to kill herself. â€"The Runsian Government is about to» in- troduce obligatory msumuce of cattle against epidemics whlch are so disastrous throughout the empire. ter of Filnnce has left for Szegedin with 200,000 fl‘nrins to be distrlbuted among the sufl'erers by the inundation. The greater part of the town of Szegedin was destroyed, and several hundred people perished. Relief parties are activer at work succoring the 5nrviv0rs. â€"â€"Two children were lately born in Pitts- burgh which were joined together at the breast bone. They did not live, though otherwise perfect in utrucmre. â€"’1"ne Hotel Beau Rivage at Interlukwn. Swit zerlund. which was built and furumum at 9. cost of nearly $400,000. has been sold by auction for $60,000. â€"Fv.-r having accepted an engagement to sing in “Pinafme.” William Bladshmv, a. member of the choir of a Baptist Church in Philadelphia, was dismissed. â€"A member of parliament at Rome says that Italy is so dirty that one third of its pop- ulation “ould die if the plague should once gain a ioothbld in the peninsula. â€"-The Underwriter says that the first ten of the last fifteen years formed the halycon period of life insurance. The last; five have been the lean years, but things are looking up. twenty tugs have left Pesth for Szegeden. l haveâ€"are you aware that the good book says PES’EH. March 132â€"3711er Hungarian Minis- â€"er ~says that it is not g-g-good that m-man â€"A co-operative manufacturing city is deemed feasible by Senator Rollins of New Hampshire, wlm i133: bought Fort George In: land, on the Flel'ida, coast, as the place {or the 5ixp1‘k‘ilflcut. § â€"The Unuited ngés‘byterian Presbytery of Edinburgh has agrepgd to recnmmeud to the Synod that marriage with a. dvcuased wife‘s sister shall no longer be a bar to membership in the Church. -The principal centres for the manufac- ture of coral ornaments are Naples, Leghorn. and Marseilles. In the former. more than 1,000 women are employed in making coral beads for necklaces, &c. â€"A man may feel pretty mvau when he stands before an audiencu for the first time. but the sensation which revolutionizss him is expmrienced when he takes a bite of cheese and discovers it is soup. -â€"A great. statue of the republic is to be eroctodin Paris on the Place du Chateau d'Eau, on the site of the fountain now there. The name of the place will be changed to Place de la Republique. â€"â€" ‘ Look ahere. waiter." shouted a dis- gusted customer in a restaurant; " here‘s an old mustache comb in this pot-pie !" " Never mind, sir." said the napkin timer, calmly; “ juet throw it under him table. It‘s an old one. ’ â€"-Sewerage farms and modern manure- make surface supply water dangerous. and in England they are beginning to depend more and more on artesian wells. Tue London wa'er companies have sunk several in late years. â€"A widespread conviction. which has gathered strength fmm recent revelations beforelaw courts, prevails in England that the precautions against. sane persons being mmurrediu asylums are not, careful as base seem, adequate. â€"T|mes are slowly but surchv getting bet- ter. IuFebrumy. 1878. there were sixty- seven failures In New York City aggregating $4.300Jllt0lmblmes. Last month. in the same city there ware forty-eight failures, amoumiug to 1612,699. â€"â€"N agar». ice mountain bears a striking resemblance to a mammoth loaf of weddmg c4ke. beautifully traded. It m uld be a good manninth to the mt-mnry of all the wedding cake uf all the brides who have ever Visitcd this Mecca of bridal parties. â€"An Oxford (Mich.) girl of 14, desiring to ! marry and fearing that her youthfulness would be regarded by the clergymen as an i objection. alzered the date of her birth in the family Bible, and took the muted volume , along when she doped with her lover. â€"“ ' ‘hank God for a. free Gospel." said an old church member suddenly carried away by the oluqmnce of the pruucner, “ Eve and Invent.) years have I 1» en a church mem- ber, and it has nut. cost. me as many cuppm's.” “ May the L m1 fm‘glve your snngy soul 1” sand the pruucher. â€"â€"-La(lv helps seem to be a success in Eng- land. The Landon papers contain such 2m- vertisenwnts as these: “Wanted. m lady to assist. a mutlnr in housekeeping and newer;- sn-y dunit sâ€"notlling menialâ€"in return lora. comfortable home.” “Wanted. a lady help in a curate’s family.” â€" The diligen ce carrying the mail between Algiers and Setif halted abruptly last momn on meeting a lion in its path. All hands were pretty well scared. including the horses. and there was a great relief when the king of beasts. after taking a good look at the party, qmetly walked away. â€"Here are same figures for onrsmen : At pres-Ant. a single squl shell costs $103 50; doubles or puns. 3144; four oarcd. $334 to $247.50 ; six-uurmi. $315 : eight-nured, $337 50 ; single scuH gig. $314 3 :30; puirnm‘ed c m. gig, $15? 5 I ; four-outed cox. 313, $270 ; c rx. gm, NM 5 I: six-owed cux. gig â€"-The Art AhEOCJflIiull of Sn] Francisco has vutud lhnt 1.0 man shall be zuhumml to L0 recepmous uniesa he wears a SWilli()W"tfla”ed cunt. The Luemm'e was not udnpted, how- ever, without Viull ut nppmhition, and n. was even charged that one of us members was in league \with u fashionable tailor. -â€"A bashful young man could defer the mwmentuous Question no longer. so he stam- mered: “ MnnLIJ-Iâ€"do youâ€"you must VOL, XXI. WORLD WIDE II‘EMS. 31 â€"The will of James Coming, of Arkansas, binds his executors to dlg five graves fur him aul set up five tombstones to his memory. Coming was not insane. He knew that the Ohio body-snatchers would be after him, and supposed that when they saw he was buried in five graves they would go away in disgust. â€"At a recent meeting of the French academy of Sciences, M de Lesseps declared. from his expelienue of plague in Egypt in 1834. that it is not contagious. The patients may be wait- ed on without danger. Ail the precautions he then took were to burn the clothing and insure a. tonic diet, tor the pest appeared only where distress and famine prevailed. â€"â€"A gentletimn, who has just had a. family tomb constructed, takes his wife to the ceme- tery, and she recalls with honor on behold- ing cut in the stone: “To the memory of my beloved wife.â€"eternnl regrets.” “ But I am not dead 1” she cries. “I know it, darling, but 1 wished to please you by showing you what. my inflection would lead me to any when you die." â€"A boy has died at Bristol through being struck on the head by a schoolmaster. The jury returned an open verdict. but the coroner strongly condemned as dangerous and disgracaful the practice of triking boys over the head as a punishment in schools. â€"Mr. Robert Templeton, jeweller, of Ayr, who died recently, has bequeathed his whole estate, some $50,000. subject to the life rent of three sisters. to rebuild the old bridge of that town, popularly known as the “ Auld Brig 0’ Ayr," and rendered famous by Bums’s poems. â€"The usual number of men employed to clean the streets of Berlin is 700. But dur- ing almost the whole month of January it was necessary to supplement the regular stafl by a corps of about 1 400 assistants in order to clear away the snow. During Janu- ary over 100,000 cart loads of snow Were car- ried away. and yet a great number of streets remained impassable. â€"A small boy, whose department at school had always ranked 100 per cent., came home one day recently with his standing reduced to 98. “ What have you been doing, my son 2” asked the mother. “ Been doing." replied the young hopeful. " been doing just as 1 have all along. only the teacher caught me this time." â€"»'Science says now that kissing on the lips must be abolished in the interest of health. Most potent, grave and reverer-d seigniors, scholars and philosophers, there are moments you know nothing of. when a man don’t care two cents for science and when he is going to plant kisses where they belong, if the laws of health are torn from Alpha to Beersheba. â€"Belleville Intvlll’gmcer: “Not a. little amusement was created on Uoleman street the other day by the sight of a plg harnessed to a hand-sleigh, which- though the whule pig family have a bad repumtmn for stub- bornness,“ drew apparently with willing- ness. The boys who trained the animal must have been possessed (f a very large stock of patience and firmness.” “Two morp‘Ch‘lmh of England I-lnrg mien Imvejoineu the Church of Rome, Mr. Stan- ley (brother of the lat-e Lady Amberley and the Hon. Lyulph Stanley. both of whom were Well known in this country) being one. He is arulative of the Dean of Westminst '1‘. Nothing has aggravated the Low Ch 1' h party in England more than the persistence with which Dr. Pusey has remained in the Church of England. â€"er «saythhat it is not g-g-good that m-mzin should be alone ?" “ Then hadn’t you better run home to your mother?” Martha coolly suggested. N r â€"-Nothing cm reach out further than a cough at church. It may come from the re- motest corner in the met. but its echo tickles the throat of those in front, and then creeps down the aisle. and touches the ushers. and floats from the choir to the minister, and never releases its hold until it has wrung a svmpathetic explosion from every victim. Perhaps you‘ve noticed it. â€"â€"â€"The Rev. William Newton, M. A , Vicar of Rotlxerdam, Yorkshire, went with his other brotlurr. Rev. Horance Newton, the Vicar of Dnfliuld, to skate on a. frozen lake in the park. and while skating the two gentlemen came in collision. and the Vicar of Botherdam fell on to the ice, breaking his left leg in the fall, and sustained so severe a shock that he died soon afterwards. â€"â€"The Gantlmn 'n’s Magazine. in an article on “Over-stimulation in Women,“ asserts that such cases are not only common, but so shamefully numerous as to constitute a grow- ing and terrible danger. It warns female tip‘nlers that their nervous organization is more liable to injury from alcohol than that of men; that the mental effects with them are more disastrous and more irredeema‘ble. â€"The Dresden Academy for the Teaching of Tailoring and Dressmaking was attended last year by 264 pupils, male and female. Of these, 187 followed the class for the cutting: of womvn’s dresses. 20 that for the cutting of men’s linen, and 95 that for arithmetic and hook kiUpng. Among the fwreign pupils them are natives of Belguirn, Demumk, Holland, Russia, Sweden and Norway, Switzerland, Austria and North America. â€"â€"A painting that is greatly admired at Rome this season, "The Revels of Messalina," has a strange history. The man who painted it lived in an attic and kept body and soul together on a. limited diet of bread and onions. When it was done he gave it to an- other artist in pledge for 5300, and finally killed himself in utter despair. Now that he is dead. his pictures are selling. The artist to whom "Messalina” was pledged also killed himself. -â€"-VIy brudren, I was passin’ fru de paster dis mawin‘ and I saw a mighty fine, bush 0' huckk berries. and I thought I would tote sum of ’em hum to de ole woman, and I hadn't no basket nor nuflin to pick “em in. and I looked arolm’ and funu' a shingle. and begun for to pick ufi‘ de berries and put ’em on (123.1: shingle; but. dey‘d ofl‘ jes’ as fus’ as I put 'em on, and I bump; no berries hum to de ole Woman. Brudren, your prayers is jes' like pickin‘ hue- kluburnes on a. shingle ; dey roll right off; diy don‘t none of 'em go hum to de heabenly finder.“ â€"-The Deal. Eng., magistrates have sen- tenced a seaman named George Wylde to two months imprisonment for refusing to proceed to sea in the bark Umzinto, on a. voy- age from London to Port Natal. The man told the magistrates that he was satisfied with the ship. ofiicers and food ; but he had had a dream that the ship would be lost. and would not go to sea in her for any amount of money. Once. In fore he had a dream that a vessel in which he was sailing would be lost and is was lost. â€"An Austrian clock maker narmd Jean Winz is said to have invented a rifle with which from 401) to 6J0 shuts can he fired ench- miuutve. The mechani m of the weapon has 8011'“: xerenihlunce to the movements of a watch, and Lhe cartridges are so arranged as to farm a. 30115 i-f leligihqmd ribbon. The. handling of this piece is said to be a. very simple afiliir ; and the mvantor is engaged in perfecting those parts proved by expeiiments defective, in order that the arm may be used in War. â€"â€"On Feb. 22 the Pope received about 700 Roman Catholic journalists from all parts of RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, MARCH '27, 1879. -â€"The Michigan meteor appears to have been a large one. It looked like an immense ball of fire. and lighted the heavens luridly. It exploded near Traverse City with a noise so loud as to be hemd at. a distance of ten miles, and a. force sufficient to shake houses like an earthquake. A fisherman on the shore of Lake Michigan is the only person who saw the explosion. He says that the meteor flew into small pieces, which fell into the water, breaking a. hole through the ice. â€"The British Government has released Patrick Mauunmara, charmed with the murder of Patrick Carney, at Urusheen, in County Clare. in January last, on condition that he leaves the country for Jackson City, Michigan, where some of his relatives reside. and to which place the Government will pay his passage. Macnamam was placed on trial three timerâ€"twice in Clare, when the jury disagreed, and once at Cork, at the last win- ter assizes, when Judge Barry remitted the case back to Clare. -â€"The church of the Madonna del Milacoli. at Venice, a masterpiece of Venetian archi- tecture. is going to decay. Itwas built in 1587. Seventy yt ars or more ago it was resolved to take measures for its preservation, and 180.- 100 lire was appropriated to begin the work of restoration. For the last ten years, how. ever. this design has been wholly abandoned. The building is now no longer opened. It is water-soaked and crumbling. and whole flocks of pigeons have their nests in it. â€"When were the first novels written 7 The “Novella,” forming part of the Emperor Justinian‘s code. were prepare-d and published A. D. 535. The earliest work partaking of this character is a Greek romance called. “Theauenee and Uhariclen.” by Heliodorus, Bishop of Tricea. in Thes‘aly, who flourished about A. D. 390, and is called the “Father of Romances.” European romantic fiction may be said to have onginated with the legendary stories, of English origin. reln ins: to “Arthur and the Knights of the Round Tible.” which were reduced 10 prose in the course of the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth cen- turies. â€"â€"â€"Rev. E. B. Tuttle, the author of the re- port about the cause of difierence between Dickens and his wife. says that he received his information from Cruikshank. who said that the sole cause of the trouble was that Mrs. Dickens persisted in criticising and making suggestions concerning his writings. Finally he insisted on her occupying separate apartments in the home. She declined and left the house with her son. and went to live with Mrs. Cruikshank. There was no im- morulity anywhere involved. Dickens and Cruikshank parted solely on the temperance queetinn, Uruikwhank being an extreme rmhcnl, while Dickens punished all the brandy. The allusion to D.ckens'e haughty manner Was not Mr. ’Iuttle'e. the world. His Holiness. replying in Latin to the Latin address presented by the depu- tation, enforced the necessity of Roman Cath- olic newspapers as antidotes to Protestant ones. and gave an outline cf the principles which the Roman Catholic press should Vlndi- cats, prnminent among these being the right of the Holy See to its civil prerogatives. â€"The deepe<t mine in the world now worked is said to be the Adnlbert lead and silver mine in Austria, which is 3,280 feet deep. The next is the Viviers coal mine in Belgium, 2‘84] feet. l’t Ems-i F “r ‘tgrtlygglepth’ of 3.586 feet. but. no 00211 having been found, the working is at the former leVel. I‘lie dPep est coal mines in England are the Dunkirk Colliery in Lancasnire, 2.824 feet. and the Rosebridge in the same locality, 23158. The deepest mum in this country is the Yullow Jacket of the Comntock Lode. It is now 2,500 feet below the surface at the month of the main shaft. and 2 833 feet below the Gould & Curry croppings. The Savage stands second on the list. and. the Imperial the third. both being nearly as deep as the Yellow J ucket. â€"There was a, black fog in London one morning a fortnight ago. About half-past 10 o’clock a, remarkable wave of darkness Ruddenly spread over the city. and for twenty minutes it was as dark as on a moonlesn night. The features of pex'rons standing close to one another could not be distinguiahd. The darkness differed from that of an ordin. ary fog, as distant lzghts could be seen as clearly as on an ordinary night. A home nt- tached to a. provision merchant’s cart -one of the long string usually to be found stand- ing on Llnlgate Elmâ€"frightened, probably by the sudden darkness, became restive. and. wheeling suddenly round. dashed down the the street. The driver. after a. severe struggle with the runaway horse. turned the cart into a plate-glass jam-h-y window, in which it made terrlble havoc. ~Lundon 7‘7-uth:â€"-" A run on a bank is not altogether a. public calamity. To hear the sorrowful and contemptuous talk of banking people when referring to the things they have to endure one would think these banks did not pay ten to twenty per cent div- idends every your. pm cisely because the publ c knows better than to run upon them. N1 well managed bank succumbs without reason, anda run is not a reason for succumbing. for a. really strong bank can always fortify itself in time. I leave out of the question a. general kruch. as our German friends call it. But in ordinary times a strong bank can always withstand a. run and a. weak one can- not, I wish there had been a run on the Glasgow Brink before it managed to advance so much of its customers’ money to insolvent connections of the directors. An occasional run is better protection to the public than a. periodical balance sheet." â€"The Chaplain of the Alabama. House of Representatives is a colored man. ~Subscriptions amounting to 3390,00 have been made for the founding of n, Liverpool bishopric, and the sum of $60,000 more is asked for. â€"Bibles are not allowed to enter Russia except through the Hulv Synod. but the late war enabled the British and Foreign Bible Society to p1 we 3.):LOUz) copies of the hook in the hands of Russians while they were out 0i their native country. â€"â€"Amom: the English-speaking people of the world Episcoyalizms rank first in number, with 17.750000; McLllOdists are m-xt, with 14.000,000 ; and then come Roman Catholics with 13.500000 ; Presbytelitms with 10,000,- 000; Baptists with 8,000,000 ; Congregation- alists with 7,000,000, and Unitarians with 1,000.000. â€"At the beginning of the present century the number of Jews in Jerusalem did not ex- 09611300. but in the pant ten yedrs, owing to to the i’emovul of the restrictions of the Porto. the influx has been great. Nearly all the old houses, as they bewlum vacmt, have been bought up by them, while a grrat many new ones can he huizt in all parts of the town. Schools. hospitals and l‘ellginus ahHUCIELlthS have bee 1 hlz‘rll‘tx‘ll. and the population. whici was bll'ulv 3D I eigh‘y years nun, amonntml in 1575 Lo 13,000 in tho (My alone. A rich Jew of Vonico has founded and endowed a. school of agriculture with several thou‘wmd pounds, SH that. the. country m-ems in a farm way to recover some of its old fertility. â€"â€"Simple pity ain’t much better to a per- son than an 111511 11:; but to pitty him with a tin-dollar bill in Mutantâ€"J. Billingu. AMONG THE CIIURCHES. Loseos,Murch 13.-'1‘l1e weather is fine. aflording ample facilities for the preparations at Windsor for the celebration to day in St. George’s Chapel of the nut-tialsof the Duke of Uonnaught, son of Queen Victoria. and Prin- cess Louisa. Margaret. daughter of the Prince and Princess Frederick Charles, of Prussia. The marriage presents are displayed in the white drawing room of the Castle, and are being added to up to the last moment. The officers of the Royal Artillery. in which the Duke of Connaught held a commission. after leavnig Woolwich Academy yesterday. presented him with a handsome silver centre piece, representing a squad of artillery serving agun. The presents Were visited by many members of the Royal Family and party stay~ ing at the castle. Some of the most valuable jewelry presentedhad no cards. The room was filled with costly gifts and works of art. Diamonds blazed in one corner on a. special table reserved for them. The centre table was occupied by plate. and the candelabra. couches and guerdons had furs, cloaks. lace and embroidery disposed upon them. An ex. cellentportrztit of Princess Louise Mamet-st. by Von Angeli, stood close by the table of jewels. The Queen gave a magnificent dia- mond tiara. with brilliants hanging down in sparkling peaks Irom a cemr t1 wreath of brilliants. also It pearl and diamond pendant, the jeWel of the Royal Order of Victoria. on d Albert, a medallion of the Queen and Prince Consort and jewel of the Irnverial Order of the Crown of India. her Majesty‘s royal and imperitl cipher, “V. R, and I" in diamonds. pearls and turquoises, encircled by it border set with pearls and surmounted by the Imperial Crown, jeWelled and cnamelled in heraldic colors, attached to light blue watered ribbon, edged with white. The King and Queen of Belgium gave valu- able Belgian lace and specimens of the finest products of the looms of the Flanders, snll‘icient for several dresses. The Princess of Wales gave a. ring set with stone knowu as Cat’ 3 Eye. The Prince of \Vales gave a great mixrng bowl, silver gilts standing on an ebony plinth. The Crewn Princess of Germany gave a. fine oil painting by her own hand. The Princess Beatrice,a lamp lacquered in the highest style. The Duke of Edinburgh, sapphire and ruby solitaires. The Duchess of Cani- hridge.6 handsome ant'qne silver spoons. The Grand Duchess of .\leckleubergâ€"Slrelilz. fish slice and fork. in size and elaboration to fit them for the Royal table. The Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklunberg-Strelitz. claret jug. Prince Christian. pair of modern Eng- lish candlesticks. Princess Louise and Marquis of Lorne. 2 silver caudlrsticks. old desnn. The Duke of Tuck a candelabra and clock in lapis lazuli and orinolus. Maharsjnh Dhuliep Singh, silver gilt tea, service of the time of George the Third. The household gave [1. plateau of silver. The Earl of Ben- olnsfivld a silver gilt repousse plateau with seahorse. The M trquis of Salisbury a mus- sive silver tanlrard. Colonel Stanley, tvo silver gilt desert bowls, one of them older than the hall mark of the king‘sheuu‘. and the other made to match in 1786. Lord Napier, of Magdala, tea service, when richly chased. Lady Breadztl- bane. large album, with the monogram of the Princess and Duke upon the cover. There is a fine screen with places for photo- graphs. Mai-General Dillon sends the brittle repoussue and a parcel of gilt made in India for pouring lib ttions of water to idols, but in England to be filled with claret. Lord Clonmcll. a. silver box; Colonel Stannesley a breast pin with sapphire set in .dinmouds; gentlemen of Prince Leopold‘s l household, a mirror in a. silver frame :Lieut.- ‘ General Parke, a clock hung on a. tripod of three eleplisut‘s tueks. These are a few of the most nothorthy in the long list of the curious and beautiful things presented by the members of the nobility and distin- lguijhed soldiers and sailors. ROYALMARRIAGE A Bright Bridal Day. THE PRESENTS. The procession from Windsor Castle to St. George‘s chapel was divided into three por- tions. The limit, conveying the members of the Royal Housvhuld, left the Cas‘fleconductcd by the Lord Chamberlain and Master Of the Home and escorted by a detachment or the Royal Home Guards. At 0. quarter to twelve the Lord Steward and other members of the housuh-ld who did not take part in the procession assembled in the chapel. At hill-past eleven the Archbishop of Canterbury and bishops of London. Win- chester and Oxford, and other prelates who officiated. took their ul‘we wishlu the rails of the altar. On their arrival the Royal family were re- ceived by the Land Steward and Vice-01mm- berluin. and canducted up to the chapel in prucessioualomer to thvir seats upon the dais. Her Majesty’s trumpetcrs announced her arrival by a flnurilsh 0! t1 umpets. Tue Queen’s procession lcft her Majesty’s en- traucu to the castle at 110011. I Cumpl'lfird three carriages. in the lust of which (landan drawn by four pouikfl) were her Majesty. Princr-sa Beatrice and Prince Albert Vlc‘OI‘ 0f Walns. [be field oflivera’ escurt of the Royal Horse Guards attended tue procession. The clerk of the Royal Chapel, Marsha}, equterries of the lu'idegreom and maids of honor met the Queen at the Clmpel. where her Majesty was receiwd by the great officprs, and was con- ducted to the dais by the Lard Chamberlain. “ Mendelsshon's M31011 a Ibahe " being played on the organ. A quarti-r of an hour after the departure of her Majesty from the Castle the bridegroom. accompanied by his supporters, proceedrd W|th their respective suites in the Queen‘s carriages from the Castle to St. (irnrge's chapel, attended by a captain’s escort oi the Guards. The bridegroom was roceived by tin: Lori] Chamberlain in full ceremonial and conducted to a, seat on the right of the dais leading to the altar. The bride left thu Castle as half-past Waive. accompanied by her father and the Crown Prince of Germany with a numerous suite. Tue bride was received by the Lurd Chambvrlain. The bridal procession immediately moved up the nave to the chuir, the train of her Royal Highness being borne by eight un‘ married daughters of Dukes, Murquises and Earls. As the procession] passed up the chapel Handel’s Occasional Overture was given. The bride Was conducted to a seat in the choir on the left of the dais her support- ers to seats 111 at her. while the bridesmaids stool behind. and the Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-Chamberlain next to them. The Archbishop of Canterbury performed the service, and the lni-te was given away by her father. At the cunclmiun the Ohni!‘ Pam: H-Lllehmh choruses. and Mendelssulm‘s We‘l- diug March mwnled forth as the bride, and brdegroum 1"st the chnuvl. \Vhllte iu the long: walk asulube of guns announced. the terminatiun of the ceremony. The R0; .11 Family and guests left the chapul in reversed order 1mm which they eu- tered. All the royal persnnages returned to the Queen‘s entrance of the Castle where the registry of the marriage was svguvd in the green drawing-mum. and duly attested by the Queen and other distinguisl'led personnges. The bride wore a. white bilk dress, trimmed with myrtle flowers and a long veil. The bridesmaids were limilarly attired. The Queen wore a. black corded silk dress, richly (From the Slabtown Gazette ) From the cradle up to man‘s estate my chief delight and happiness has hurl its source in the mazy ae‘rinl (lance. In the dreamy waltz. thv rollicking Irish jig. “ Nico- demus Johnson." in tulluch gornm there were few competitors that could ouu'ival me 11) the intricwies of the light fantastic toe. In my earliest years. when the bloom of in- nocence mmitlvd my bnyish clwek. how often has the puissant myrmillou of the law S'M‘pt down like the Assyrian uf old upon us unile‘ less street arabs and waltzed us elf by theeur when endeavuring to vluciilute a turpsichoreau problem under the glare of a corner htreet lump. How often has my rigid mnther 911- deitvured to reduve the structure of her fallihle olfspring, éo fearfully and wonderfully male. to chaos for an indu‘geme in those pedal accomplishments so disastrous in their 811133 to shoe leathir‘ Huw oft-en has my blue-eyed immaculate sister flppenled to my fears and intr-llectunl disci‘rumeut by de- claring that these bodily evinluvinus had their origin amongst bmi'nnruus mltiuus, the result of moral and spiritual darkness; that the constant manipulation of my nether extremi~ ties would ere lung: entail a. premature death. and a possible transit tuâ€"toâ€"Vesuvius. In vain “ere the endearing expostulatiuns of a sisteizthe corpnreal chastiseuwnt of 5). mother. or the sanguinary snlliea of the blue Coated QUEBEC, March 13.â€"â€"Flags have been fly. ing upon the px'inciyal public building here to day, and the Cathedral bells chimed merry pealn in honor of the marriage of the Duke of Connaught. " cops” essayed 10 divorce me from my idol. Did not the Rev. Dr. Chambers. an eminent Colored divine, formerly of Hamilton, justify the Lindangos of his flock at a. protmcti d meeting. by the biblical assertion that D ivid danced before the ark in the fidl glory of his nmnhood? In the face oF such authority coming from this tlitological oracle, was it natural that in this free and glorious Dominion of Ours I should renounce those pre Iilcctions. implanted by bencficent naiure 1’ Yet those piivileges that I would not relinquish, at the urgent solicitaiions of my nearest kin. were finally surrendered tln‘ouul) t e blundish- ments of "dear deludiiig Woman the joy of joys." Wiien it is rnnembered that Ingomitr, the barbarian. wilted and tumbled to the Wishes of his Dulcine~i,D:aliToboso : that SJ“!!- son, through the reductive iinportunities of Dz‘llllth, revealed the secret of his strength. was it surprising that I. a weak tremulous cl ild of dust, should forego the naielivs of the bzlll-I‘O‘vm, alvjure tli can-vim and the hula- huln. in compliance wiih the wishes of Etlii-l Mcb‘liay ? To become the recipient of her be- witching smiles. to be countmunced as an eligible suitor of her heart and h old, it was imperative that I should withdraw myseli from the encliantinents of the flesh, and boy in submissive adoration at the loot stool In those (laysto my imqooliisticutod mind she was the embodiment of all that wits pure and wo'nnily, with 2!. heart like the renownld Salisbury “ as far from hand as heztven from earth.” but alas for the dissiinu- lation of the daughters of Eve 1 In the gloamin’ of our I‘ltllril] summer. with inv heart impaled by the shafts of Cupid. I would mount my tiusty bicycle and hie me on the Wings of light to her suburban villa. in the vicinity of Flainboro Gulch. Ali l those dear old times of rapturous bliss. of frivolous mirth and sweet content. The recollections of those innocent and intellictiiul pastimes indulged in dining our platonic courtship. the Lender associations connected with that brightest era of my earthly pilgrimage sllnll reiain a place in memory " till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest.” To the fascinating game of “ button. button who‘s got the button." with its attendant loifeiis and peiialties.am I indebt- ed tor that proficiency attuned in the line of "gum sucking," and the amorous embrace. Toismnd kindred amusements, was tlll4"l\il.ltl of uruel" seivul up by in) adoi'ablvEthi l as a. WllOleSUllle and delicious slili~titllte for the dance which I hitd so in turnfully mid rlldc tuntly iib iiidoned. Though my good angel denounced the "niazy" from ii. moral and Metliodisticul stand point. with the poignancy and vim of Demosthenes. still to my thinking there was s vine stronger reason which called i forth this bitterness of invilcive, leveled at the luckless victim of " hiin daldy.” My sni'mises in this respect were veritiiid. as cir- cumstances elicited at the inqurstdii id to Hi qu.re into the immediate cause of poor Etliel‘s sad and tragic end. Silblsfflchlll‘lly solve-d the cause of this deep rooted aversion. Oh, sweet seriiplnc Ethel, it was not my lot to lead ion to the nltar with the wreath upon your brow and claim you as my own. Gruil, rein-ntless fate decreed oihci- wisu. Coveting a flower so bin-ht, the "un- seen reaper” t0i k her by the hand and \Vlllizrd her over the swelling of the Jordan. Yes. miignaninious Ethel Mcb‘iiay handed in her checks wli le suocrintending the running of her father's threshing machine. Tuiil unci-reinonious departure to the land of spirits. necessitatingapust morlum examina- tion. reveiilvd the fact that the only portion of dcceased's anatomy left intact was the left 118'. which after a close and cart-fol examina- tion proved to be a cork one of faultless symmetry. Many a time since then have 1 thought. as I wended my wuy to the tomb of my long-lost lave to pay a. tribute of respect to (1"pltl‘lell worth. by strewing her lonely mound with iiiiinortelles and clam shells, how many there are who like the one not lost but gone biafore are afflicted with cork apnendages, and who. like the ingenious. humorous and hypocritical old fox. come to the soothing (101](‘lllbi0u that the grapes beyond their reach are sour and nouswus to the taste. embroidered and trimmed, white veil. tiara of diamonds. cloak of royal ermine, and the in- signia of the Garter. The Princess of Wales were a black dress trimmed with white. and a Hum of diamonds. The Duke of Gonnaught wore the uniform of the Rifle Brigade, the Prince of Wales the uniform of a. Field Mar- shal, and the Duke of Edinburgh that of an Admiral. “'llY I'l‘ \VA! 1‘" ‘1‘ EI‘IIELNEVEB DANCE”. rl TllhOSDPllIS l' \VUNDEBWVOKK Elt- Madame Blavatsky, the theosophiet, has made a. considerable impression among: the spiritualism Of London. Mr. Conway writes: “Them are excelient people in Lmidon who have dc aimed to me that in their own house-s they hue seen her take from the air 01' the flHOI‘ Whvtever one called fer. make “in blossom from the aware-mes of which she is so fond. causea things to move of them own ac- cuI-d. ewn di-‘cunb people whom >1“: desires to sw. It in a curious cuincidumw that many of the n‘mrvuls nurllmtvd to Madame BanuLHliy resemnle thusu uf Apollnmm of Tynan, wit- nesw‘i when he junrm-yml Lu h-arn the win- dom of the Bruhmaus. Mmlame‘ Ulnvntsky. following: in his fonthleps ovu' lighten-n oeu- Lurias later, bears Lhe same Iesklmony tuthelr puwvrs aver nature, which lie in a certain exerciae 01' the will. She ms learned {rum thvm 2113:» the poweruf Iumkmg llel‘sdf large or than. as well usufclmug‘ng hercumplexiou. 01m told me she saw her suddenly become a llindoo." â€"The colossal at mm of Prmce Bismark will he unvelled at. Cologne on April lst. WHOLE N0. 1,082â€"N0, 42. LUNATIro DE PBOFUNDO Most people imagine that there is but one, or at most two. cthles between America and Europe, while in fast eight telegraph cihles have been laid. The most northern cable troni Vulentit. Ireland. to Hem-L's Content, Newfoundland. known as the cable of 1865, has lieon abandoned. The cable of 1866 has also been uh llltllHJell ; the first ten years ago and the BE‘CIIIld three ytam ago. The cable of 1866 was talk! u up. Thu rem-lining two from vafoundlaml to Inland. laid in 1572 and 1874. are Workian only tolerany Wt ll. The cshles which connect Newfoundland and the main land are all broken except one. and this thin ad is at present our only communi- onton with Europe. The other lines cannot be repaired till spring opens. The French cable is broken in two places. one break in the main 1.119. one hundred and sixty miles out in the Atlantic, the other on the connect- ing line. four hundred miles from Rye Reach. The Direct Cable Company’s wire is also broken in two places. All the breaks will re- quire weeks of favorable weather to repair. The seventh. or indirect rtable. evidently be- leves that the longest way around is the quickest way to get to Europe. It is more thitu three times as long as any of the others. It goes by land to Florida, creases to Cuba, Jamaica, Porto Rico and a dozen little islands to Trinidad. thence to the South American coast. along which it runs 9. few miles out in the Atlantic. stopping at Dema- rum. Cayenne and Porn until it reaches Per- nambuco. when it strides across for Lisbon, callingztt several islands en route. From Lisbon two cables run to England. The hm 21k on this line is between Trinidad and South America and it is complete. There- Oneonha flier-m Flt-3':de Mine Opemlorl and IM- lmcky Idle. 1 l 2 (From the Cincinnati Sun.) ,5 John Shaeâ€"or John Shae, as he is more ' familiarly calledâ€"who has lately brought hunsr-lf into pic-eminence by trying to perform an Atlas fast with the Sierra Nevada Mine, is a perfect sample of the San Francisco stock gum bler. He was born about 38 years ago in Windsor, Canada. a small town oppoaito Delroit, Mich. Having studied telegraphy. he came to San Francisco in search of em- ployment. and obtained a position in the Western Union (ffice. “hue. by keeping his wits about him and his tongue tied. he soon learned to profit by the scraps of knowledge picked up about the office. Having made considerable money in stock speculations, he invested largely in the Virginia City Water Company. and in 1867 was able to travel in Europe with his two sisters. having an lusuredmcome of 316,000 a year. He was alwai s famous for his good luck, and WhIlB at Badenoliaden and Wiesbaden eclipsed the brother of the Sultan in his heavy winnings at 1‘ mg on noire and roulette. It was ac- tually sad to see the poor men lose their inst son on the turn of a card. While the rich young man won at every play. He always has had a penchant for fmppe wine and pretty actresses. His never-failing good fortune made him reckless, and his recklessness made him a millionaire He had " worked" With the Flood dz O’Brien clique for a long time, and. it is said. wal looked upon by them as infallible in his predictions regarding the rise and full of the mining-stock barometer. He made a mistake, llkH (Amara and has been almost slain for his ambition. He tried to “ go it alone” in his light canoe. unaccustomed to the great ocean of big schemes, and. paradox cal a.) it may sound. Would have been swamped had not a. flood come to his assistance. fury, duu’n be mmnished some finemorn- ing the bottom should suddenly drop out. of foreign dispatches. The Daily ’1: legraph says ;â€"The name of a Mr. John Dunn is fieqnentlv referred to, and I may explain that the gentleman so named is of Seoteh parentage, born at Port Elizabeth, in the Cape Colony. and is about forty years of age. He is, or was. a. “Zulu chief.” with domestic arrangements suitable to the poeition, a sort of Piime Minister to Cetywayo, and also in the pay of the Natal Government (not in a political Way) to the tune of £301) per annum. He has his own krauls and his own tribe of Zulus; and by trading in guns. cattle, etc.. has amassed a pretty good fortune, i believe. About twelve days utter Cetywnyo received the ultimatum he sent a mesmge to John Dunn. who “as then at his own place, to this efiect : â€"“I am going to tight. I will out up emry Englirh soldier as a bit of mutt, and when tin-y are all finished my appetite will be keener than it is at the beginning.” John Dunn had decid- that he and his tr he woqu be neutral. and. ed he crossed into Natal and sought an inter- View with General Lord Uhelmsford, to inform him accordingly. The General re- ceived him at‘once, aud,in reply to the state- ment. informed hnn that. of course. he must (moose his own hue of conduct, but added. “it is only right. however. that I should tell. you that, when \varhas once begun. I shall treat every man I mieet in the Zulu country as nu enemy.” This soon solved any uouhts JOL‘ll Dunn may have had its to his position, and it was ngmed that Dunn and his people and cattle should come over into Natal. giv- ing, up their arms to the Gener‘ul when they came over, and tin-y would have land given them to live upon until. the war being over, tln’y may return to their old location. Ao- OUl‘dllluly. in the last days of 1878. Dunn. with his whole tribe, estimated at 2.500 men, women and chil lren, with about 1.000 head of cattle, came over into Natal. The men were disui-ined ".8 they lanoed on this side of the Tugelfl. Their crossing looked like no‘ thing else than a. “skedaddle” in double quick tinn ; but. fortunately. was peaceiuhy «f- lectcd, though a few men were drowned while driving the cattle through the river, which was then almost at flood level. A curious list might be made ofthe strange mi-Lhods employed in transmitting many im- portant historical memnges. The intelligeme which enabled Cyrus to overthrow the Mudinn Momtrchy was conveyed in the body of a. hare sent to him as a present. The instigutor of the Indian revolt against Persia sent his agent a trusty slave, With verbal ordeis to shave his head. when the necesmry instruc- tions appeared traced on the Ekll] beneath. During Mohamnn (1’s wiu's letters of this kind \nre l'iequvntly plilllt‘d in the long hair of female smvvs. The medieval Luliion of wr.tmg in ink which only became viable when held to the fire is well known; but Cardinal Richelieu x-urpsissed even this by his device of a LllSpitlL'h whose alternate lines made an entirely different sense from that of the letter as it whole. Une (If the French chiefs in the Frondc war concealed an im- ‘ portttut letter in a roasted crab. Warren Hastings, when blockaded in Benares by Uheyta Singh. apprised the English army of his situation by dispatches written upon rolled up slips of parchment, which his mes- sengers carried in their ears in place of tho quills usually worn there. The letter which “called Gen. Kuiifin-dnn to the relief of Sunmmaml when Lesieged hy the Bokhmiotvs in June. 1868. wan stitched up in the sandal of )1, lo) al nuiivo. It is even statedâ€"though the story certainly mvors of Munchaurenism ~tlmt 21 FM nch spy in 1870 curried I). photo- graphic I'l>|I;(lCll through the German lines in the hollow of one of his false teeth l '1 [IE A'I‘L INTIU CABLE BREAK. -â€"'I‘he present boundary of the northwest- ern pruviunes of Bruish India was established twmly eight. years agm, during which pm'i n1 there have been nineteul Bnici h expeditionsxo control the neighboring In- hullitaubs, rtquirimg the employment Li C0,- UUO men. -â€"A Lendvil‘e correspondent says that wages are Very high thereâ€"about 9,000 feet above the sea level. mm d4.” llin Surrender lo the 3mm- A SUBTUII ZULU CIIIEF. Ufllflljs NIESBAU-ES. A “IND-on But

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