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The Liberal, 28 Jan 1897, p. 3

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Ill/ill ‘I‘HE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Interesting Items About Our Own Country. Great Britain. the United States. and All Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. CANADA. Burglars are operating in Guelph. Ottawa is to have a new $100,000 op- era. house. St. Catharine's total assessment last year was $3,560,800. [Hamilton City Council starts year with an overdraft of $10,000. The total real assessment of the Pro- vinoe of Manitoba in 1890‘ was $71,643.- 914.32. The directors of the Bank of Ottawa subscribed 8500 to the India famine fund. Hon. Mr. Liiurior has subscribed $100 to the fund for the India famine suf- ferers. The Allans of Montreal have purâ€" chased the steamer State of California for £50,000. The Markets Committee of Hamilton will recommend the Council to pass a curfew by-Law. Mr. Robert A. Robertson. rancher. of Pinchcr Creek. Alberta, was found dead on the prairie. Sir Samuel Strong. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. has been appointed a Privy Connoillor. W. Hespler. \Vinnipeg. has been ap- inted sole liquidator of this defunct ommercial Bank of Manitoba. It is now pretty certain that the Dominion Parliament will not meet until about the middle of March. Mr. Edward Gurney was electedby acclamation on Monday to the position of president of the Toronto Board of Trade. . The Ottawa City Council has resolved to petition the Legislan to abolish civic exemptions on manufacturing con- cerns. Dr. Gaindette, medial offimr at St. Vincent do Paul penitentiary. recently suspended. has been reinstated by orâ€" der of the Minister of Justice. Councillors of Niagara Falls have pe- titioned the Local Government not to ant the extension of time asked for y the Canadian Power Co. The Bank of Montreal has subscribed five thousand dollars and the Molsons k fifteen hundred dollars, to the ntreal Indian Relief fund. All'the Manitoba land companies reâ€" fill; increased inquiry for farm lands. y of the correspondents live in the northern and western States. lRev. Father Lacoste, D.D., of Otta- wa University, has received the news of his appointment as a member of the \Academy of St. Thomas, in Rome. It is rumoured that Parliament will be asked to pass an address to the Queen, inviting the Duke and Duchess of York to visit Canada this year. The James Bay Railway Company will apply to Parliament for an act ruth'orizinsg the company to extend ts Ime from Parry Sound to Toronto. Mr. Laurier has cabled, in reply to an invitation from the LiverpoolI Cham- ber of Commerce, that he woqu not likely visit England for some time. Mr. Arthur Brophy, formerly of the Dominion Express Com y at Mont- real, has been appointe private sec- retary to Hon. Mr. Scott, Secretary of State. . The analysis of a large quantity of stnained honey, collected in different parts of the Dominion shows a large roentage of came sugar and glucose, Iiisteaid of the pure honey. The difference of opinion between the Canadian Pacific railway and its con- ductors and brakesmen. which at one time threatened to end in a, serious rupture, has been amicably settled. Judgment has been given at St. Catharines in favour of the estate of Henry Rolls in their suit against the Nialg'ar Central Railway for pay- the a merit of the first mortgage bonds of $2,500. The Nova: Scotia. Legidlature was opâ€" ened on Thursday. In his address Lieu- tenant-Governor Daly referred to the success of the fishing season of the past year. and stated that the output of coal during 1896 was the largest in the history of the province. 'John Busby and James Quinn were arrested in Guelph charged with Ibe- ing the authors of a number of in- cendiary fires there recently. Busby burned Queen's evidence at the pre- iianary trial, and .‘gave evidence dharging Quinn with at. least one of the crimes. GREAT BRITAIN. The opening of the Imperial Parlia- ment took place on Tuesday. The Earl of Kimberley was elected Lilberal leader in the House of Lords. ‘Sir Isaac Pil‘man, the inventor ofthe Pitman shorthand system is dead. Mr. John Dillon was re-elected leadâ€" er of the Irish National party in the Imperial Parliament. Limitâ€"Governor ~Kirkpalrick. who underwent an operation in a. London hospital. a few days ago. is progressâ€" iing wall. It is thought in London Royal Commission will quiry into the liefland. 'Mucth interest is taken in commercial: circles in London in the development of trade between Canada and the Somli' African colonies. ’ ‘ It is understood that knighthood will be_ conferred upon the Mayors of tho principal Canadian cities during the dia- mond jubilee celebrations. In the Imperial House. of Commons an \Vcduesday. Mr. O'Brien's motion for: amnesty for "Irish political prisoners was defeated by a. vote of 204 to 132; Mr. John W. Donn. Canadian comâ€" mercial agent at Bristol. says that Canâ€" adian SIIIIMIIIPIIIS show a steady improver men: and are certainly making their own way. that the . pursue its enâ€" fmanciail relations of. Mcssrs Baring Bros, of London, of- fered for sulxscripiimi £400,000 ster- ling 4pcr cent. inO-ycar debenture stock of the Commercial Cable Comâ€" pany’. The loan was largely over-sub- scriubcd. A meeting of the bondholders and shareholders of the Chiguccio niariuo railway was bald in London, when a. rcsoluitiun was passed calling upon thd Lauri-r Govermmcui to aiil tlrc scheme. A survive in niciuory of Prince Henry? of Baltcnberg. husband of the Princess Beatrice, was ci-llubramd on \Vcdricsâ€" driy at noon in “Thippiugbrlau church. Thu Queen, Princcss Beau-inc, her chilâ€" dren. and other members of the. Royal. family were present. Official correspondence published on: Thursday in London shows that the pOWcrs have agreed to Lord Salisbury’s‘ proposittion to resort to coercivc monsâ€" urcs shouhd the. Sultan prove rcmlri- trout. and refuse to adopt the reforms unanimously recommended 'by the Ambassadors. The. Secretary of the Imperial Ad- mira’lity stated on Thursday. that it. would be impossible for the Government. to act: upon the suggestions of the Royal Society of Canada and securc_a unification of time, as any alteration in the astronomical day would not lie agreed to by the Continental powers. UNITED STATES. W'. P. Killner, aged 77. a wealthy citizen of Governeur, N. Y., hanged imsclf at that place on Monday. The New York Board of Health has formally declared that tuberculosns is an infectious and communicable disease. Liabilities of the wrecked First Na~ tional Bank of Nowport, Ky., will reach $250,000 in loans exclusively. ' One man was killed and several in- jured by a. dynamite explosion at- Greenwich, Conn... on Wednesday. The sleet, which gave the pavements of Chicago a. slippery coating, was re- sponsible for two deaths. 001. Robert Ingcrsoll has _. ivcn up the practice of law, and Wll de- yotc his entire "time to the lecture plat- orm. It is reported that errâ€"Governor Long of Massachusetts has accepted the secretaryShip of the Navy in Mr. Mc- Kinlsy’s Cabinet. Two negroes were blown to atoms and a number of persons seriously injured! in the explosion cfa powder magazme at Mobile, Ala... on Tuesday. Mrs. Sternaman, of Buffalo, has apâ€" pealed from Judge Coxe's decision in her extradition case to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The report of the deep waterways commissioners of the United States was submitted to the House at \Vash- ington by President Cleveland. The Baltimore Iron and Tin Plate Company, which operated one of the first tin plate factories established in America, “not into the hands of re- ceivers Thursday. The. First National Bank of Newport, Ky., the German National Bank. of Louisville and the Minnesota Savmgs Bank stopped payments on \Vednesday. Frank J. Palmer. of \Vest Parson- field, Me, aged 16, ‘hhs confessed at Sam), Mei, of the murder of Mrs.- Betsy R. Hobbs, because she made him pay for glass broken in her house. Joseph Jones. coloured, who claimed to have waich on George Washing- ton at the home of his former owner. died at Ridge-way, Ont., at the age ‘of 115. His widow is 1.05 years old. In the New York Senate on Tuesday a bill was introduced providing that whoever treats or offers totreat any person to an intoxicating drink ‘in any publjic place shall be fined or imprisâ€" one The Department. of Immigration at \Vashiugton has notified Inspector Deâ€" Barry of Buffalo, of the passage of the Corliss bill which provides that. only fullâ€"fledged American citizens Will be allowed to work on Government con- tracts. Tihc advices received from New York indicate no particular change in the business situation during . the Week 'ust closed. In certain lines a bet- ier demand is reported, which is, to some extent. counterbalanced ’by lowâ€" er prices. An increased demand for materials appears to exist in some d1- rcctions. The failures of the week have had little or no depressmg in- fluence. The Ialbour market is in a rather more saltisfamtory condition. as the demand for skilled Ia'bourus ini- proving‘. The market for securities is firmer and the money markets abroad are more settled, but loans are not easâ€" ily effected except on first-class secur- ity. The commercial outlook is conSIdâ€" ered to be better than was the case a week ago. Commercial failurcs for the week in the United States have been 409, compared with 373 in the corre- sponding week of last year. GENERAL. IMadumc Carnot, mother of the late President Carnot of France is dead. The Counfless Castellane, nee Anna Gould . on Monday. gave birth to a son in Paris. The native rising in Griqualand- is growing more serious. and the whites are laagering. Two cases of the bubonic plague are reported at Kamaran, an island off the west coast of Arabia. Col. Seddon. of the firm of \Valier & 00.. Bristol, Quebec and Chicago, is dead at Penira. Portugal. Russia is said to be secretly treating with the Turkish Government for the use of a port on the Black Sea. The Italian Government denies that there have been cases of the bubonic plague at Massowah on the Red Sea. It is stalled in. Constantinople that the Sultan firmly resists European control of Turkey's finances or aidmin~ islration. A British syndicate has received from the Government of Dutch Guiana a concession of a million acres of gold lands. The British military post in Urnan, the occupation of which led to the acute trouble with Venezuela, has been abandoned. The Indian Government has ordered the stoppage on February 2nd of all pilgrim traffic from Bombay to Karâ€" achi, on account of the plague. The expedition sent by the Royal Nig- iA blue book comaiuiug the official:er Company a‘gainSt the. Emir 0f Nupe correspondence “hwy” the powers m, i found the I~oulah army dispersed and in regard to coercive measures in deal- ing with the Sultan of Turkey has been issued in London. gflight when it arrived at. Kabba. It is reported from Calcutta that the Bntish steamer City of Canbmbury glilmticn \\‘Iih ilie United at Roughly Point. were saved. It is learned Uiul France is medita- ting the moguiiulions of a treaty of ar- Stales simâ€" Lhe Anglo~Amcrican treaty. A (lespaich from 'I‘chci‘an says that two thousand five hundred persons per- ISIIO‘I as :i. rcsult of the earthquake on Indium Island. on the 11th inst. The} British Indian lLi‘oopsliip \Yart‘vn HnsLings was totally \vreckcrl off the Island of Reunion (in Thursday. The troops and crew were all saved. Dr. Bergmarnn. of Berlin has been wrcckcil All on board has lie-31 ilar In summoned 1.0 St. I’ctersburg to perform :in'opcration on the Czar, who is suf- fering from the results of a blow re- ceived in 1891 from a Japanese fanatic. HBRRURS [IILIHE PLAGUE THE PEOPLE ARE DYING IN THE STREETS 0F BOMBAY. llolnliay's Awful "lsltnlimi-‘l‘lie l’cslllcncc in flow. unrcnt House-An Eye-Witness of s‘ccncs In the Stricken City. A despatch from Bombay, saysâ€""A case of plague has occurred in the serâ€" vanis' quarlers, situated on the grounds of thc. Government House here. Imme- diately on its discovery the patient was removed to a hospital, and the whole row of scrvants’ houses were set fire and burncda "The plague has now assumed sui-hl terrible proportions that the resources of the municipal officials are completeâ€" ly overtaxed, people are dying lliourly in the streets, and mulch difficulty is experienced in obtaining corpse bear- ers to carry the bodies to the cemetery." The following dosintch respecting the suspected cases of plague at Hamburg: has been received: "It has been officialâ€" ly ascertained that the British sailing vessel Pirrie, which arrived here the other day from Calcutta and was placed in quarantine on account of having sevâ€" eral cases of illness on board, left that port September 29, when no disease was prevalent, Jhcre, All cases of sickness are due to exhaustion, caii’scd by over- work." 1 FROM THE STRICKEN CITY. Major iIEdward J, Turner, an Eug- l.is.h army officer stationed at Bom- bay, now on his way to England, gives a. description of 't‘he horrors of the plague now devastating Bombay and other parts of India. .“Tihc natirves are so wasted by starva- tion," said lie, "that they have no power to resist the plague. but panic stricken they fall a prey to thc hor- rublie death. In the outlying districts I found bodice numerous on the roads. 0n the banks of the Ganges, where theghats are all located, hundreds of bodies are Iyiiig waiting their turn to be buried. .“Thc ghats are small raised burning pilles made of stone. brought to the river if possible, beâ€" fore death. that he may die by the sacred stream. tlhcn whcn he dies his body is dipped in the stream, taken out and laid on the ghat with a pile) of wood under and above and is soon: reduced to ashes which are swept off into the river. NATIVE SUPERSTITION. “The natives look upon the plague as a scourge of their god that cannot be helped. and will not tolerate any inter- ference with their religious rites. "I look for some outbreak, and do not ex act to more than roach home. before icing summoned back to my post. The situation is becoming alarming. The proposition is being serioust considered of setting fire to the entire native quarter of the city, as well as the bar- racks of the native troops, in the hope of thereby burning out the contagion. “I don’t know what will be done. for the whole earth seems laden with the puison. and it is carried by rats and other vermin everywhere. Nothing exâ€" ccpt a furnace heat can purify the quar- ters where the plague has raged." OD The victim is ____.‘.>._ .me QUEER SUPERSTI’I‘IONS. ‘ In Ireland a. belt of a woman's hair is placed upon a child to keep harm away, and garlic salt. bread and steak are put into the cradle of a new born baby in Holland. Roumanian mothers tie red ribbons around Ihe ankles of their children to preserve them from harm, while Esihonian mothers attach bits of asafoetida to the necks of their offspring. \Velsh mothers put a pair of tongs or a knife in the cradle to insure the safety of their children. The knife is also used for the same pruposc in some parts of England. Among Vosgcspeas- ants children born at a new moon are supposed to have tongues better hung than others. while those born at the Iasr quarter reasoning powers. A daughter born during the waxing moon is always precocious. At the birth of a chbld in Lower Brittany the neighâ€" boring womcn take it in charge, wash it, crack its joints and rub its head with oil to solder th cranium bones. It is then wrapped in a tight bundle and its lips are anointed with brandy to make it a full Breton. The Grecian mother. before putting her child in its cradle, turns three times around before the fire while singing her favorite song to ward off evil spir- its. The Turkish mother loads her child with amulets as soon as it. is born, and a small bit of mud, steeped in hot water prepared by previous charms, is is stuck on its forehead. In Spain, the infant's face is swept with a pine tree bough to bring good luck. W BALDNESS IS CONTAGIOUS. The investigations of a French derâ€" matologist, Dr. Sabourzind. go ioshow that baldness is a Contagious dixeascduc‘ to a microbe which he claims to have isolated. It is spread, he. declares, by barber's brushes, and iis prcscnce is not recognized until the harm is done. In other words an ounce of prevention is worth several bottles of hair restorer. I vii ULD Mi. INDEE .ml pleadings and thrmis were of no avail. timy kidnapped their grandchild wth she was 9 years old. Fearing prosecu- tion. they immediately left England for JAMES J. CAVANAUGH. OF NASHUA, America. N.H., IS 106 YEARS OLD. Mr. Cavannugh has lived in Nashua sincx> 1989, with his daughter. Mrs, Bart- ley McSherry. He lived at \Vatcrtown‘ A Tailor I’lilll llc “'as 90, and was Once 313$” for some time proviuus to mm Sworn III by In": “cor-go l“.â€"Tclls ilnsrics of tho Long tgo. James J. Cavziuuugli, Nashua, N.H., celebrated his 1001b birthday last week. and notwithstanding his extreme age he still retains his mental faculties. Save for a slight stoop. and a deafness that makes it very hard to converse with him, he carries his ycars lightly and a stranger would place his age. at 80 ratihigr than 106. His friends believe he is the oldest man in New England. \Vhen George III. was King of Eng- land, (‘avauaughi was serving his appren- ticeship to cm: firm of the many tail- ors to tho King, Stutson & I-Iousley by name. Not only libs be seen George III. and put stitches into the brceches that covered the royal limbs, but he has also cut a coat for George IV., and was, according to his story, sworn at by the King for a slip which he made in assisting him to try on that gar- mcnt. He formed one of the crowd of men and boys who lighted the huge bonfires that were burned to celebrate the battle of Trafalgar. Mr. Cavanaug‘h was born in county Monaghan, Ireland. in December, 1790. He cannot tell the exactoday of the month except that it was a few days before Christmas. \Vhen he was 9 years old his parents removed to Eug- Iand, and he resided there with them until in 1837, several years after their death, when he came to America. Although an Irishman by birth, he became during his boyhood days in Eng- land, imbued with an admiration for all things English, which he. retains to this day. He is very fond of telling how easily England could have whipped the colonics had she not had more import- ant matters to attend to, and he in- sists that the United States would stand no sthw in a war with any of the great European powers toâ€"diiy. \VELLING'I‘ON AND NELSON are his heroes. and he never tires of singing their praises, and he thinks there were never any statesmen like \Villiam Pitt or Robert Peel, both of whom he. has seen many times. \Vush- ington is no hero to him, and he always speaks of him with a sneer. " When I was a mere slip of a lad,” said Mr. Cavanaughi, "I “as appren- ticed to a tailor in London. In those days a lad had to serve seven years before he became a journeyman tailor, instead of a. few months :is it is now, It look me nine years to learn my trade, for I wasted two years, about. a twelveâ€" month after I began my apprenticeship, amending Dublin University. It was tburc I learned all the. devilinent I know. and that’s all I did learn. too. I uent back to my trade after I hadlspcnt all my money. and worked at it in ihie old country and in this until I was 90 years old. Since then I have let my children care for me, Did I ever see King George 111.? Yes. sir, I haw, and many a garment of his I have seen in the shop where I worked. I have. seen him many a time, andI remember the day of hisfuneral as dis- tinCI ly as though it happened yesterday, I not only stitched a coat for George IV., but he swore at me because I didn’t ‘hold it right when I tried it on. \Vil- Iiam IV. I saw once, and Daniel O'Conâ€" nell a dozen times. “I how soon Queen Victoria many times. Once, when she about she was at DGVOI'ISIIII‘G Castle, on aVis- it, and saw her nearly rivery day for two weeks at least. You know the Duke of Devonsliirc was in high favour with her family at that time. SHE “'AS A SLIGHT GIRL then, and. so far as I could see. cared far more for a. good time and a romp than for books or anything else.” . Regarding the progrvss of the rail- roads Mr. Caninziugh has Ofit'll said: "The talk that all you people have about the opening of railrmils iriakcs me laugh. Why, I was at the ()[b‘lllllg of the first railroad in the world, the one llt‘l\\'i:ell Manchester iiuzl Liverpool Then we thought ihi- road a wonderful thing, but it was regarded (\S'IUO dan- gerous and complicach an affair iovver cl) sued by tho people- to any extent." It is in \iai'iikc ewuls that Mr. Cav- anziugli tuch lhc greatest interest. He' claims to have seen most of the great Generals of his tiiiie. Napoleon he saw at 'I‘orbay, England. “him :i short time after the biiitlc of \Vuiorloo, the Ein- pcroi‘ was at I‘hlit port on board the ship Bcllvropliiin. Mr. Cavauriugh, Iikc thous- au'ls of others l‘(l\\'(‘(l (ml in a sun“ boat and SII’W Napoleon pacing up and down the. deck, 7 Mr. (,‘avan'augh wont To the United States in 1837, and for twelve years worked in New York. Boston. and Philâ€" adelphia. Hc rt‘mcmbei‘s when [ins-ton ‘Iiarbor was frozen over and wood was hflulvd across the harbor to East Rosâ€" ton. On May I, 18-11. he married Miss Hannah Barrett. the ceremony taking place at ,ani on and being pcrfornicd by ’Illl‘ Rcv. Father Haskins at the Castle Street, Church. Henvas at that time scvcial years older (him his bride's fail)- or. and although the marriage was one of convenience. being arranged by his wife's grandparents, it proved a hop- y one. Nine chiIdH-n were born to IIIr. and Mrs. Cavanaug‘h. five of whom are now living. Mrs. Cavana‘ugh‘s early life is one> of the mes! IRI‘I'PStinE of Mr. Cavariuiigh's rciuiriisceuccs. Her mother was an I'Ing- lish woman of good family and her faith- er was anative and resident of Irc- laud. \thn she was an infant. hcr purâ€" cuts died and {hie grandparents on both sides wanted the child. Sich pushed their claim. and there wzis .; lawsuit. which rcsulted in ihc custody of the child being givcn hi,- thc courts to her matcrual. the English grzindparenli 'I‘IIEY \VERE “'EAI.TIIY. and installed her in thcir comfortable Ironic. The fact that the child was be- ini: educated as :i I’i'oivstaut instead of a Catholic irnulvlorl her pill-run] grand- parents excessively, and finding that ’ death of his wife. sixteen years ago, and then moved to Boston. living for a time with his son Joseph. He has never been naturalized, and takes but little interest in national pol- itics, except as they may relate to the country's policy toward the European nations. He is still able to go out each day for a short walk, and boasts that no weather can keep him within doors. Mr. Cavanaugh reads with the aid of glasses. and spends much of his time either reading or telling stories to his nephews and grandchildren and their playmates. MARVELLOUS MEMORIES. Some Examples of People Who Ilave Been Able to llcmln Things In Their Minds. There are many historical feats of memory that sound as impossible w you and me as would an account of the gymnastics of a Japanese acrobat if we had not seen them. Lord Ma.- caulay found when by chance he tried it, that he could repeat the whole of “ Paradise Lost.” though he never tried to learn it; but then Lord Ma:- caulay loved his Milton, and had read “ Paradise Lost " many a. time and oft. So what was that to the actor Wil- liam Lyon, w'ho flourished in Edinburgh about afhundred years ago. and who one day on a. wager repeated the whole of the Edinburgh De.in Advertiser for that day, from beginning to end. ad- vertisements and all. Lyon could have but a few hours at best to study the journal; the matter was characteris- tically disconnected, yet he rattled it all off without hesitation or mistake. Magliabechi was the queer name of a. Florentine, who was librarian to Cos- mo III.. Grand Duke of Florence. and though he never travelled he informed himself about. ALL THE PRINCIPAL LIBRARIES. in the world to such purposes, that few of those who frequented them could have known as much about them. One day the Grand Duke sent for him to ask what were the chances for buying a certain particularly rare work. " You can never get it,” said the lib- rarian. " your Highness' treasury would not buy it for you. for there is but one copy now in the woi‘ld. and that is in the Grand Signor's library at Con- stantinople, and is the seventh book. on the second shelf, on the right hand side as you go in.” Sometimes these wonderful memories are gifts of nature, but some of thb most wonderful have also been acquir- ed, and it. is worth while to enquire how, because a great memory. is awon- derfully useful thing. Houdin. one of the most wonderful conjurors that ever lived, and a man of real scientific ab- ility, performed some of his mtst mar- vellous tricks with the aid of a son whose memory he had trained to be miraculous. He would take this boy when he was a. child post a toy shop, and then make him tell what he had seen in the window, and after awhile one glance would suffice to tell the youngster more about such a window than other people could find out in ten minutes. In this way his eye-sight. his power of seeing much accurately and quickly, was trained to be as wonder- ful as his memory. The father would write down the son's list of objects seen and then go back and verif . it. but soon one rapid walk by suc= a window would enable the boy to men- tion forty odd articles, and he almost NEVER. MADE A MISTAKE. Om- time Houdin was i0 give a per- formance in a private house. and when he and his son entered they were con- ducted through the library on their way to anoihor room. lloudin made the boy a. sign to see all he could, and af- ter this brilliant performance he said to the company. "Now. my son has sec~ 0nd sight, and can read through the walls of a housc," and with that he. des- ignating a certain shelf of books that they had previously agreed upon, ask- ed him what book stood third from the left-hand corner. " Buffon.” the answer came quick] . "And the one by its side I" quicklvy questioned an incredulous spectator whilc a rucmcuger was dispatched to verify the firsi assertion. "To the right or the left 2” ti}? lad. “On the right," "The Travels of Avacharsis the Lounger." came the prompt reply, "but if. sir. you had asked whirl was on the loft [should have answered Lamar- tinc’s Poems; a. little.to th'c right of this [sec Creiillon's works, and be- low two volumes of I‘VICIII‘y'S Memor- ii-s"â€"and thus he went on to name a dozen books. As all were found just where he said they were this was the most successful feature of the evening. It was all the outcome. of a trained eyesight and a trained memory. said AN OVER ZEALOUS SENTRY. A London correspondent relates the following remarkable incidan The story is that whilc walking iiia park at 'I‘zarkoc the Czar summoned to his sidcn gardener the saw working about thc grounds. The man obeyi-d with alacrity, whrn an over-zealous sentry, mistaking thr gardeners approach for an evidence of hostility. slim him dead wiihin a few feet of whch ilic Emâ€" pcror stood. \Vheilici‘ Ihc I story be true or not. the occurrence is unfortuâ€" na'ivly not [on iiiiprnbziblc, considering {lib high nervous .Ieusion of i'vcry ofâ€" ficiéll of the RUSSHLII Court. and the cvcr-gu‘csciit thought of Ibsrlsslll'flflfill ’\Vllll'll. if the fare is an; index to the fears within was ueyer absent from Ike 'mind of the Czar hunse’f.

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