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Tyra_ outotomo.
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I'm very fond of -Marra eldest hoz
. But -no one for a monsentcan, suppose -
pl_easant, when he drops a heavy toy- -
-Upon the-worst.or WEI/1y gouty toes.
• dote.on little-Sitty, ehe's- a Iambi.
Batin allkindlinessiX beg.to state,
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• I'm not -enraptured to ftn.d raspherrYiani z
• Benevolently spreactOpon my pate.-
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There's Tommy too, 'ho, bless hirn has a
• tura • .
rot Chemistry,andft: times. through the
- day. •. :
Bring*in. strange -corn °undo:that first blase
and burp, , - •
• 'Then bangi and there's on eyebrow blown
While Ar.thur who wotik like 0, be. a clo_wni
Will spank the baby'With a pewter spoon;
I can'tpersuade hi ni wItli-my fiercest ,frOwn,
That I was not brought up as -Pantaloon, •
While -they are homet•tbro schoollto in their
power,. :, ,.....• _.
For persecution seems theirchief delight ; .
The Poet tells us of the " Children's Hour,"
, But here's-an.hour that lasts.froto Morn till
.: -• night. • L' - '
...And so whet all the lioziclaya Fite orer,
- And they return to salutary -role; _
1 Brune to. think therilif -esterroe no more,
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Anatedprofoundlyt ankfulthere's a, schoel.
. • :CallarieetalaAtAisT ittarme.
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- - - -: _AVIlitatlatie laitaatei11itia nal Dein l•e
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" lam eat
tA Near /kirk- repot Of yesterday's: date )
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. nays :- A -little. group). -cif Chinamen Stoed
• around, On open Ocala n; the -establishment
• of :Undertaker aanies. Naughton,. at No. 40
, Mat staiati on, Friday morniog, and gazed
at the -features of its -tenant Wong -Tung,,
- a_young Mongolian, who, died of consump-
tion - oh Thursday. Wong Tung: was -at
stranger tomoit of- the_ company, and was
one- of thereeent .'arrivaiefrom Califerniaa
.. yet the membersof the little Chinese cot-
. , ,'enyin Mott street,. with -a epiritof ehatity
*atoll might -king a blush to the cheek& of
- -the . sootillerited : Ch- ins who hoot at
-.theta in the; streiets, had: subscribed,
oney eneugn to_giveltheir dead country:
n &handsome -coffin and a.decentharial:
' Al . ; the- solemn -visaged. group had sur-
. aline the remains_ foa ta- few moments in
. silene they removeci_the clothing from the
dead ongel and en:eased, him in_.e. new
bine: sue:'penterocins: and Chinese shoes,
• aridp t upon, hie. head -a- finely spun hair
ea package of title and fruits' was de-
• eded- in- the coffin; One of the party
took a. wooden. oomb 4n4, ,:holding it oaer
the coffin,. ntoke it in two, totting the pieces• .
fall upon. the body.: At- the same time he
horriedly. uttered OlChinese prayer and.
turned. his back to the °or*, -ati though
frightened at what; lie liaa . Ilene. •A
. peek of cards tised . ia . the Chinese -
game of • " hi - ki." IWO. placed - - Upon
the shoulderof - the deed naan and
-- tbehigheet: card in the pack was:drawn out
-and tbrown- upon hi breasta4 signal Of
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triumph. One of the Spectators suggested
• that the card was a delic-ate symbol of the
"last: trump...of: Gabriel," - At noon ' the:
a eoffie was placed in a ilearse and conveyed
to No II Mott street, ',where: two carriage
• loaaa of- Chnitemen fell inth line tad ea
_ ' eaprees. waggon containing the clothes of
- the dead man and. al*. Of Chinese prayer
_ 'papere bronght up the reei. •.A Chinaman.
•eat on the seat with the driver. of. the
. ' hearse, . and . att the "funeral • procession -
I started away. Itealicgon- to throw slips. of•
, p.aperto the rigiit and reit. This is done.
' nocercling to the Chinese_ auperetition that
the dealt, having- his ,, attention atttaoted,
• etops-to _pick up the .. papers and cannot
' overtake_ the hearee. There. were enough
fragments of. paper ,tflying 'in • the.. -air
• to keep his, satanic; majesty. quite
- buay„ although the.paesiega spectators *ere
astonished at the alah- The reMainS. were
• • -taken to a plot inthe-vergreens Cemetery,
• whioh was recently-. =Chatted by a rich
• it
. Chitutitian, residing a . Newburg and pre-
- Seated to the Chinese . lub. The coffin was
- lowered. it the gr Se anathe moartiers-
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scattered iicea and f agrcienta of chioken
alongside �f- it. ' en; the grave was
• eleiled Up the, clothingof the dead man -was
pliteed On thereetinciend burned. Handfuls
-�f thed paper slips, each one • beating - a,
_
prayer in Obinese C11aactors,. were thrown
- inte_the ilainesivtvhilalotnea the_ mourners
• held' lighted a- Jess"' *inks to their hands
• -and 'muttered._ incantations ::._ in _ their
'• native tongue. It pies a. remarkabler-
sight, this . groupof . heathens oharit• -.
ably a burying their 40cl...brother in a
Christian oneetery, itz)d 'breathing piques
t� Lord Buddha with the marble cross of
Chriatetid-canuprearingitself upanall sides..
• ITO tearswereShell: bat the -faces of the
mournersavereenfficreut proof of their ear»
nestnete. Fiiiiilly, the thanea burned low
and the "Joss" sticitaiwere planted in the
a. monad.. The party' then placed a Small
-,_ board inscribed, with ehitierie hieroglyphics
at the head of the gra4ein lien. of a head-
: stone, end_ retired, leaying a. heap. of -amok,
ing ashes and adozenburning "Joss"-stioks
tia testimony that,: whatever faults Wong
Tung might. hive, had; he lived faithful to
- -• his :religion - and was, a Candidate for the
• "Seyentla Heaven.!' ' i
-,- Coutirtnatioa tit tfte fli ce ot Walesrsons.
•• The cOnfirmatiou. 0 tinee Albert Vator
'ti wit 9, , gt Whipping-
- and Prince George_ of rs took place. yes-
terday afternoon„ A
,_. ham -Charon,Newpoat, Isle of Wight, the
" cetemony. Teeing pert ' reed by the Arch-.
in
' °bishop of Canterbtaya *thavlione werethe
Dean - of- Windsor tid Canon Connor.
OcouPying seats in the claineel Were Her
•' Majesty the Queen, the Prince andPtiocess
. of 'Nava -the Duchess of Cottnatight;Princess
Beatrice, the Duke o Albanya•Princesses
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Victorio, Louise and , Maud of Wales, and
PrincessesSophie and 1 Orgaret ot PrUSBia.
The. chancel was beantifully decorated
with floWers, and on the isonemunion tieble
was an 'exquisite cress of white lilies.
• Princes_ Albert Victor 14.nd George wore the
• - uniformaef midshipmen Of the royal navy,
, and by special -desire io -the` Queen every
Id
rank on Wien': Her a jesty's ship Bac-
chante Woe represente aCapt. Lord Charles
• 'Scott and the other officers. being in 'full
uniform. • .
Canon Cjianor read Inthe pie:fade to : the
- - Order of Confirniation after which. the
- Archbishop .impressiai;ly. addressed the•
candidates; and ' en performed the
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- perem.onyof laying on f. hoods: By Her
3 ty'S Omni:Land', e Musical portion
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t .6=40e -was rendered by the choir of,
henna' -ackuto14 Newport—Loudon
'tete get from! te »45�a day at
es, have been , plentiful
• itert, at an • average_ price_
utia.•'
A. BABBA*01Jsi DEEP.
Aa Old Ban nude to Sit on a Bed Hot
-• stave..aud Afterwards snot.
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On the.I0th of next month the trial of
Frederick Vinten, alias- Fred Ward, and
alums,Finnegan_, -Who are jeintlY indicted.
for burglary -in the -first degree 41;ha feloni-
pull assault,. Will take 'place at• Suffolk
County 'Court House, Riverhead, .L. I.
The facts of the case, avkiiish read like a
ohapter froro.the life of Jack _Sheppard,' or
that of Vidoeq, the-reat French detecitive„
are as follows Ah011t two O'OhiCh on the
Corning of the I5th of December
Vinton and Finnegan -broke into the toil
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deuce -of Chtletophet RoynoraofGreetipert,
L. L, one oftheWeelthieat :far -tilers of that
place, and demanded his Money,: Rayner,
who IB 72 yeats old; refused- to -tell them
where it was. 1 Vintonseized a. lanap whioh
was • in -» the teem, and removing the
covers feom a stove which - Was in • the
remit, poured» the oil into it andset it On
fire.. . They then -deliberately 'forced the
Oki -gentleman to:sit:down upon ,the burning
fluid. • The Pain waS so great that he was
foroci to -tell them where the money was,
which only amounted -to about17. The
_heartleseasillaine. then_prepared_ttaquitathe_
houee . but before doing SO Finnegan drew
a..revaver„ and handing.- it - to-Vinten, told.
him to !hot the old man., Vinton imniecli-
Oily did so; theloall striking -Raynor it the
the right breast._ The *oiled proved not -to
be fatal- one, but the old man has Aever.
fully recovered. from the effectsof thetreat-
• moat he received that night, and has ever
sinew been -partly demented. 'Vint* was:
for this offence on January
consitable of _Riverhead; and was
confined in the jail at that place. He
escaped in the -latter part Of February, and -
by the -use of forged letters .of introduction,
obtained employment on- the Elevated Rail-
road of Ne*Yerk, almost immediately -after
his escape. Capttilii Wiry, of.the New
• street station, »who was tufotteed' of the
escape, placed. Policeman- -William-X.
Norton the nese. • alle succeeded in
tracing Vinten-, and arrested liun in the
engine house of the :EleVeted Railroad
Cempany's pita - at Sixty-seventh street
and:Second:avenue, im May 6t1I. Viten
was sent back to Riverhead -jail, where he
was on joinetl- by his compouion, Finne-
gan, whowasarrested byPoliceman.Norton
on - board of a fiehing-smaalk on. May 15th.
Oo Jaiiy. llth Vinten 'again _managed to
escape,by meaxlia -of false keys made -eat
of tin and: Wood.:- Captain Caffry. again
placed- Policeman Norton On, the case,
Detective Sergeant Heidelberg - being -
detailed by Inspector Byrues for the same
• purpose. After 'about a . month's Chase
Vinten was again arrested and jailed., •
:Short cuts Astioss tile Atlantic. •••
Persons who dislike long voyages will be
ale& to learn that a project -is in. -hand -by
whiah the.alreacly short tithe taken to reach:
Europe from this country they be still fur-
ther reduced; That plea contemplates- the
eastert coast of Newfoundland ssfurnish-
ing a starting point and the Western coast
Of Ireland is providingthe _point of ter-
mination, tnuti- embracing a distend -re of
only 1,600 Miles. 'That "the: enterprise: will
aome day be perfected .quite probable,
and it is already calpulated thatit may be
put in operation by. 1888 or 188'T. This
seems e 'rather long. while to wait
-for • People who have never . been.
to.. the - Old _World and who Went,
togo. But if such: peOple- dread the Sea
they will naturally stole that. It is. much
better to wait for a few years: than to run
the risk of prostration from the tdreadful
mat de . For those who Rae -.remote
• 'froth Newfoundland of course: 'a long rail-
road journey: will be necessary,. but railroad
journeys •of whatever length are less
• abhorred by inapa personethen thehorrcirii
of ocean travel. 'As the passage atiross the
Atiantio has already • been out down- to
• seven days; it is an. interesting speculation
as to- how much further it, Call he red -octal!
According to our present rate *of» progress,
itproterses tobeccime - a mere .bagittelle by
1887.
idnyerioritr of Afternoon yr Owspaporit.
'Pau aptly illustrating the truth of the
.statenient-- that the'. aftettoon, papers get
thefirst mention' of art iinportatit piece, of
news,the U Hee. Obseruerreay that it Ayes.
the afternoon papers that teinounoed the
nets 'of -Congressman epafield's eominia
tion at .Chicago; thenews' of President
Garfield's nominatibm and of Robertson to
be collector't. the news" OftheresignatiOn of
NetYork!s, two- senators, the .neWs of the
assaseination of the President at Baltiniore
&Potoraec depot, the news of the sente.noe
of the . issassin, and- the news' of the
assassin's execution," -.Of not one: in_enior-
able event in history- Of the peat: twelve.
mouths did_ the Morning' papets.maketlie
&et mentiona—Reflato Comaterciai. .
The Bev. Phillips Brooks, one of- the
most eminent-- tareaohers in America, and
kundoubtedly the most eminent one in Bos-
ton, is travelling inEurope and.will shortly
be in Londob.
The Lick Observatory, in » California, is
• under way. It is -on -Mount Hamil-
ton, thirteeu mites from San Tose; and
-nearly 4,500:feet abaci sea level; with an
unobstruOted view of the heavens, except
a small part • of the northeastern herizon,
shut out froin-iew by a nePahbering moun-
tain peak. There are to be two &mei, in
one of 'whiClia twelve -inch - equatorial
• telesope now erected. The other is to
• contain the great: thirtyanx--inch telescope,
• the glasses for whioh are now being grciund
ateambridgeport*,_ Mass.- The observatory
is of the most substantial character, and
will be completely equipped, and, although
removed from- -centres of population and of
Scientific Work, it will be easily accessible
froth Sin Jose_ by a maintain road. »con-
structed for this purpose, •-
AlloCkland worean has Made a1 quiltcon-
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taining 3,69Er pieces.' It is unnecerisary to
' say that this 'Rockland woman is nigh on
to 100, - near wore glasses,' milks all the
cowl on .the farm and makes all thebutter,
besides doinglierhouseWorkahelaingin the
hay fieldigoing to market- every other day -
and getting through O thousand and One
other duties lathe courseaof the twenty-
four -hours. Of °puree - this Rockland
Woman is' no exception to the general rule
in the inzininerable raceof patchworkers.
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It is; reported in -England that- Ogres -AI
mason of Daniel Defoe is in indigent
eircitirestatioes, old a- penitY- subsoiption
from readers of "Robinson Croce" iapro-
posed for his- elief. •
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WAS SHE BURIED ALLIVE4 _
A. . Ifi orrIbte Possibility. Begarding a Lady
. _. Who Was Jac -eel -sly intessednr7Wasit.
•.luatin. .. •- - 1
As the atm was going dean amid orinisOn_
and amethyst--, eplendots last Sundiy,1 O
scene -so,appalling q to blanchthe -faCes
and press' the liferfbr the rnionienti frcen
,
out the hearts of: thine who. -witnessed it,
took place- iir-CongreisiOnat cemetery. The
relatives of a tleoased lady' were there to
remove the body frOM the. receiving ' vault
where it had been -deposited to await. the
return . of the husband in order to interit
with kindred dead.' The cirounestantiee t-
tenaing the illnessaand- 'death- of the- 1e4i3r
were unusually sad; Mrs. Baiter had butata -
oently retuned home from a sotatheriastaa
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tion - where she went to join her- 'husband,
. ,
who is master's mate in the .11nited. States
navy. A eciiiiplioation. cif ameladies 'ren-
dered her such a sufferer ' that, opiates -
were resortedto in order to alleviate' pa n.
When.her recovery -Wei despaired of t e
husband was telegraphed for, but was ii ,a7
ble to return jib= immediately, -He ar--
rived - th.e latter. part of last week :when
arrangements for the final ' burial- were
, .- _ ,
made. ''' • • ,• , 1
When the casket lied bete:Aitken from the
vault the .husband- expressed the desire to
look for the lot time - apon.hie beloved dead.
The attendant: lifted the outer lid-ao -that
tlie faoe Could -bestowed through te_gbasia
The Changed positionof -the body 14. dis-
arranged -condition-of the Olothieg at Olee .
excited the ago:tieing suspicton that a
living -body had • been placed among the
dead:-• The • . carefully arranged hair -hid
been .torn frern its fastening rand laid o'er
the shoulders in. disorder,- , The floweire
that had 'beau placed on het boom *were
Scattered._ The folded hands: had been
Wrenehed -asunder onal , the palms were
open and fingers' strained -apart and the
-eyes were started frOm: their sOckets. -- The '
Changes which would neutrally - ocout
after elapse of eleven days , fit= death
might eoCcitint for some Of the alterations
whipli had bleu plaiee, butthe.dielieveled
hair,the i appealing expression':of hancla
and features! -create the horrible fear that
the -unhappy lady sunk away intathat
counterfeit of ,deathauspended.- aniMa-
tion—and revived to fiaci herielf coffined
and: entombed as dead.
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. . summer Wen's*. -.
-There, wines a loud OrY from our great»
watering' places for fresh and more ab tta
dant supplies- of eligible menthittaa s
unmarried mezi anywhere this side of: 50,-
with impales ranging from twenty Multi.
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sand to fifty thogettatd dollars per annum:
The available stook on hand Of this species
of goods -a -never 'very largehas- becorcie
greatly- reduced.. EVen at Newport, whin, h
always boasts- of :a • very ..ohoice assert,-
ment the market is almost entitelrbaire. -
of desitable men - for matrimonial purposes,
Perhaps there has been anore rove made- at
'Saratoga and Newport this 'suromer.-than
ever -.before.. ` It is not, . - iteWeaet, -of the
kind , Which . =likes.. or prOnffites- ?her-
riage. - - H baud hunting • and ;wife
irr
hunting • , e • - supposed , to .• . be •the
serious . impatiens .. of - maids and
,"atia
bachelors at. watering places. Flirtations
are siniply delightful relaxations, and ini4
be. looked Upon as fleeting amusements, in,
-colitredietinction to- the heavy bitsinese of
payingwhit are tailed '.' serious - atten-
tions.'-' Men ' who ge-lo Watering places
nowadays are, ase, atile„ less' desirable as
htithendsthan those *he. stay • 'away. It
may bssafely predicted thet. there are. but
:few of the tougher ilex Who go. to Our fash-
ionable sunimet resorts for :their- own
athisement. Vathere mount guard *0 er
their daughters and • brothers loeha of er
their siliterii, r .- :"
* - In Newport the -bomPlaint is that t e
ball -rooms are filled with" Mere boys." iint
Out cif their teens, ,and that_ Men •-over 25
are rarely seen: .Theamen of Mature age
_whO frequent . the dance are, as: a rule, of
the evergreen Species, who - having discoV,
ered the 'secret of - perpetti;tyouth, aspire t-ci
no higher ambition. :They do -not meary.
the -middle-aged- individual, Whose - yoUth
was not gilded, and who aspires tobecome
a sodety man, ale; feature of4atering plate
life.- Be is, as a rule„ reputed riCh,:_blit. his:
• manner. andhis -adoent- are frequently lin
harmony,With his traditional antesedeh s
and fee this nekton:he is not peppier With.
the women• The Yet* blab Of fottuRe
am leisure,athe high - prizes ..in themittria
ainuaerrient ,.in • the, • inohotonotivound of
monist market -find, apparently, io-
viatteringellocie -occupations; ited when they_
do condescend to-pia:in enappearapeetke.
no pains to disguisetheir Weariness. Where
have they gone? Where arethey to feinia-7
1,5Iany arein HtirOre. '. 4. pow hignher are
cruising in their own or :their I. friends'
yachts-. _Many mote are -scattered-all. Over
the country, from. -Maine tO-,'Virginia aid
from the Atlantic; to the Pacific,- in quiet
nooks .where. "-society". is not and Where
fishingabothig, gunning, :arid' sea ,bithing
abound. - - ---:•''' ' -•f
',It is very doubtful •-if Many Men' delib-
• erately. setthemselves about itiarryings
theY:WoUld.deterraine to: join-- the: Churl*,
i .
for nstance. • The inesouline theory. ,ef
man's- tepee into matrimony is that he is in
the way of the flashatif lightning and is
.stiuok..- He might. have Staid SA home Or
under cover and he would...120e esoepod.
The:season thuS far, 'though -profitable for-
-suiumer hotel keepers, hap been _e very -bed
one:for mothers afflicted With marriageable
daughters.—New . Yong Telegram. - -
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The villain of the latestLond,:in inelo-
drima,_"Pluok," is a bigamist, a forgerFa
murderer, .railroad wrecker, and an
aendiary. Itisthrough him that Sonle
fine 'scenic displays are given,. notably -if a
smailmp on a railrea.din the_ mouth.°
tininel. The Stage is fairly filled Up with»
the broken oars, engines and baggagtasuitoa
ably interspersed with smashed men -*.and
• women. This( has. been arrangedby the
villein to kill 'off -the good people in the
play." Be escapes_ during the confusion of
the disaster, and gets -around in time to
_cone up smiling-fer a murder in the neat
-act. Here he slays a banker and 'buries
him in his own 'vault. Afterward, haVittg»
assembled most of theinnocent peoPle in
Ono. - house, he sets fire- to it and tries to
throw the hero- into -the blaze. But the hero:
has muscle, and nots only :flings the villein
into his own, 'fire, but pulis the good ;elks
out', - -
•-There are epideirdos of moblenessatairell
• as epidemics of disease.Frowii.
A 111ELAVE LADY.
Extraordinary Services of n Iron
Woman nt it Hallway .DIsater
- • Geeslin.
• Aalg-themanYindividual:
f
daring thereeltaeeideltlte
pioneer 4ixollVisibli train at Mud- 4az I
Creek, Ga., none (saye a despatch fro
Chattanooga) is --more worthy of . mentiou
than that of MiSB A.nnieMartin,of Augusta, _
who is now visiting friends at 4,.thp.is,:G1.,.-
NV hip the accident oecsurred Miss Marti
was. an occupant . of the, first ear. Whe
the cart had settled - upon the top of t
engine; and ' the: hot • steam- was ponri
into the coach, • threatenig death
all '--the - passengers, a gentleman 'thre
a . cloth over Bliss. Martin's • .faesi
proteother from the steam andassietedh r
olit_Of &window. She -was not content wit
being- saved herself,- but immediately e t
about- the taek of saving those :who Wer
not BO fortunate. She' :saved the liv
of two ladies and One gentleman' by dra
ging theni - _through the windows :Of . th
coach". .How this young lady accomplishe
feats at which the stoutest men: quailed i
• attributed» to an apparent- supernattir 1
streegth: the excitement she di
covered-4- ladywho" was being' tishe
beneath a coach, where death- . finis
•overtake her . in a few: monient..
She turned to. a, young man wh
was standing near by and implored. -him t
rescue the lady, but he Cotardly.responde
that he would not .risk, his .- own life.
save that of any one. Then Miss Martin
with her OWn hands, extricated the sufferer
who proved to be: a- marriedjinly. Sh
continued to.WOrk Until alt the passenger
had been rescued from the car, end the
carried budketafter bucket of water unti
the laet spark. had been extinguished i
the engine.. _Theleroism of Bliss Marti
was performed in the facie of great clangs
•to herself, for it Was dirseovered after th
-exeitement had -eubeided-.athat she -ha
received :several:.severainjuries. Her ar
was dislocated in two pieces,. her. sid
seriously scalded, besides other bruises o
her person. Her name will ever been.
.deared• to the parties in the -ill-fated coach
a
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'21arriage in China.
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'Aniong the .pure Vhinese, and e_speoiall
emong the higher claSsee, the, affeir is -,
much longer and .more -.Serie-us one. Fro
the almOst.."Turkish.striiitneSs With:Whio
fenieles are :secluded, it isaaompatatiVel
rakethat a couple see each - Other previou
to betrothal, and still- -Mere _ s0. that, ther
'should be any acquaintansie betiveeathem
This has given rise . to , the . necessar
employment Of :a • character -evivalentt
the tuft-pa/on: Or marriage -broker. Of ancien
Brittany, to Mrroy'S.Perisian midrib:10
..nial - agency office, or the daily laiarrieg
advertiserrightii of our oivn. - papers.... I
your wish is for marriage- in the abstract
the broker will find:you a fittitig par bus
first and negotiate the tranifer after. -.I
you: are , less -_ purely :philosophical, -'an
. with to consult our own tastes as well a.
-the interests and "inorefnie of the .nation
•you are only -to Mune the, party,and z th
broker becomes year "-accredited; embessa
dor: , -There :is; however, one: :preliminat
,peint t� be. ascertained; Iles -your intende
the 'Hama- surname etc:yourself?. If :so, i
is ta. :fetal, aiffitailty; as the laws of -.Chin
Would not permit .theinerriage.: If, he
ever, she is Chun and :you are 'Issor sh
IS Kwau or Yu, - and•leii- rejoice in an
-Other 'patrOnylnlo monosyllable, gliVnex
step is for the broker to-btain .- fiena eats
-.a. : tablet. 'COntainieg the • nerme,". age; dat
end h'olir-ofbirth, etc. -Thera, are-. .the
al
tekentoe divinerand compared, to see
'the -union promises happiness ;' if the -
-liter is" favorable (and:. crossing the pal
-With: Silver -. iS found to be: aeaffectti 1
with fortune "tellers in China as it 18 e1
Whore) ' sad the -gates - are equal,Ilaatie
the station -and Wealthof, the two famine
• are similar; the,:prOpOsel, is made . in d
form,' The."Wedding...,tireaente are the
sent, - .0,0, ' if accepted, »the yoUng..Coup
are considered ».as . legelli: betrothed:-
,hicky ditylniist neat be flied fOrtlie we
ding, - and here oli r. -friend...the diviner
. - ,- - _
again: called Upon ::•--Prit,i1Oultn the great
. . -_
daYthe briclegroonageteaanewhattandtitk. B..
'a new maitte,'Wbit4.the lady, vhosp-liair h - e
hitherto hung down to *her heels in it Sing
• f
rn
heavy . plait, - at .. e : same time becos
initiated auto the -, style of • "hair:civil*
preValentemong" . . hinds!: inertia:- ledie ,
whichctinaistshatristing.the hair intal a
form of,an: etegge ated tea-pot, .and.'sh
porting - it in that - ,tiliepe7With ea 'narrow
•plated gold grim e over the _fotehead, an
1
aWhold system -of beditine behind it .
.. .. .
. _ . .
the _wedding. mo ning, .preeepts and ,ce
.gratulatiOns area. at :te . the ibridegrOo
and eracingthe:reit :a: pair - of -.geese ;- ii, t
sent, we Might:- rnagiite, 1)3:Peon:Le wicked
Wag or ...irreoliiithable 'baChelor as. AT. -pp
a
s'onal refiebtiOn oltheintelleottiel state f
.his. friend;but as iniblein _ Of 'demest c
unity and affeotion, %The ladies, -, too," .:
Chinaas well as e SeWhere, indulge. in -
little fashionabl'e- ' tying :oh »the- oceasio
. _ s - -
and eo the reledvee of the bride spend t
.
Morning with •her,,, Weeping -oVer-:her 1
pending departure, or, more probably, the r
own ispiniterhooc..—Froin --"..71he , Chinese ;
their Harmers .and. ..Citstontr," - is - . Poi*
-sc. i.e.:Tie, e 1.nt.i.ity. for SegtentOsr... . .
t
A very interesti g occurrence took pia e:
in the•First Presbyterian Church, Brod
villa, on Sabbathiast during the morni g
Service. • The ordinance of .baatiani w e
administered to ten children by the, petit r,.
ReV, G. Burnfield,'• the water used. bei g
brought from the Wordan:in Fale2tine. - •
. ,
Queen Victoria's %caddie -3,g present to t e
Duke of Westminster. Was a very Ilan
Some thoroughbred riding horse,
-'- Thirtaatwo Members of the British P r -
'lament, among whose naines.-Occiirtho e
of John Bright, ;Sir Charles Dilke„ Sir ' .
:Vernon Harcourt, _Samuel "Morley, Jose h
CoWen.ancl.H.-C. E. Childers, have adopt
total abstinence. . _ ,
Signor Sagambati; the Italian pianist, IS
spoken of as "Lizst's latest rival. His h ir
is bushy, and be: has one of those un o-
mantio combinations of straggling gott 0
and _ imperial- which are unaccounta ly
affected by a few' Italians. _
-. . . .. . ,,
-The Prince of,Witles is-, described by
:English writer_ai being very jealous of ti e
thilitoy reputatioo_ of his brother -hi -1
the GermaotCrown Prince.: He is Emile, s
to Perform- 1 ome Warlike feat,- hut Dip*
vented by h s pother% fears for his safe y.
' 'a-Alexatide g. StePhene, passes one he ,,r
!everyday iii reading -the proof -sheets -of is
_orthooming history of the United Stats.,
TEA. TABLE GOSSIP.
—Hungarian bands are popular in En
— The elligator at the Toronto Zoo is
—London World :--" Scotland lives by
the associations which Scott invented, fer
her." -
_
—St, ,Tcultes Gazette :--" The onion in
some form of shalot, ga1ie, chive, or leek,
is the basis of all gastrononiy."
• —In 1884 the Methodist Church of the
States will have ekisted onehundred years.
• —Of course, whip your children if yo
cannot govern themby moral suasion; that
Is to say, if you are stronger in the arms
than in the brain. .•
—The shrine of St. Charles 13:mimeo at
Milan Cathedral is of crystal and encased
in solid..gold. -On the outside of the shrine
is the single word Huiraitat.
— There ere slat 340,000,000 of Chris--
tians in the world at present •
—Five Roman Catholic priests are
attached to the British army in Egypt.
—The first republic was that of Phocis;
in Greece, whichwas established 1,000 B.C.
_ _ _
— Three thousand federal soldiers are
buried in the National 'Cemetery near,
Natchez. •'
.—A Virginianwho had waited eighty-eight
•years for tobacco to kill hirnhad to commit
suicide at last.
aajitalas Tobias,. of Philmont; has a cprn
on his .tep! , -Ere applied keresene recently
in =hopes of.. a oure The - corn became :
inflamed and his physician soya it mak be'
necessary" tO anipiitate the toe.
the Dublin • Exhibition 1 ai wise . of
, . .
razors of ,Daniel -0Vonnell1 the --kit.
e veriusekoreatesplich interest. - They are
large anol:.have, transparent bone 'handles;;
studded: with Ornamental' egair rivets. The"t
nitine-Of thefamous owner is neatly en-
graved * --- -
---,The latest joke played on Oscar Wilde
and the hotels is to advertise the apathetic.
-to lecture.: in ittown he never heard of and -
had no intention f of appearing. The .aa-
Niihoe:egeht whoputs up the .jobjnnipa his
board bill. - ",
ere are Paris dogs which Wear o:
their collars a medallion bearingthe photo- _
graphs of the f air miner or Some particular
-friend others. Cothumee atetall' bOote
made of doeskin. For •dogs they are fasa
toned with "rings.•of India rubber, and
-Should- beworn - by every respectable deg
741--W1- Lhoengaooens•.-,SQa4ttawadatalyki. tiRg:a : • f: We are '
a' &feting *little _f -rem the reaction which.
ArnoldMr led x haPPY time certainly,
against our excessiVe satisfaction :with our-
.setires:androtir.„"Worlcs. Weareso -131;14 on
our guard -11-ONV against:. our old ;insular
-tiOraplateney that we. are in some d.enger
of running into. the opposite extreine." •
made a *igen:Ms - attack
on-Sir—Garnet Weiseley in the Hansa of
Commons lately Alluding -to Sir Garnet's -
pet 'officers as the Ashattee Ring," the
"Colonel &SA that outside of it there Was no -'.
Salvation. • If lie was.- to give: - advice:10*o
young officer about- to enter the army it.
would be to -Cultivate. that Ring: - .0ther.
wise heavould relegated - 'to:honorablei ban-
iihnient or hopelessly shilinid.
. _ .
—Pollok Castle, lately burned, was one
of themost"iiitereithig Country houses- in
:the west of, Scotland; • It was built in the-
pictiiiesque old .Soottisli: . baronial style
about 200 years ago- The walls and
• entratioei of the -courtyard' were very
quaint ;- everywhere were t� be seen Carved
Stone representations of the elephantand
thegreyhound, the supporters of the Cr-aW.
ford-Poilok families.
.The original Rebeeckin &tett%
hoe " 'was Miss RebeedeaGrate; a beentiftila
JewesSasid. the daughter' of• Michael Gratz,
an Austrian, Who settled in Philadelphia. hi.
1730„ and made Money in Mercantile pur
• She Was Very beautiful and feikin
love, but remained single- all her life on:
account.of her religion. Scott -learned of.
.her through Irving When the latter visited
Abbottsfordin 1817.. _ •
--London Saturday, Review; "There
large admixture .of -truth in the-apparentlya
paradoxicel - proposition that, • of • all
branches of study fiCtiOn is . the most':
instructive: No reader of novels of Senti,
nient and society *pan have hada personat-.
experience as Wide as the collective know
ledge
ledge Of -his novelist leachers. » To a -man
who'is.at the Bathe -time curious and colt
scieusly incapableof making shah' dietiov
erieS for himself disoresureii ." by female:
_wtttets :of feminine p.eouliorities furnisha
revelation§ whiell Would be otherwitie unet;
t.ainable.".. ' .- •
• - .111asOlite.'
- •
• The following mayibe relied on as a list
of old Masons; and -if the "oldest" is not
among them he must be old indeed :
Initiated.
Col. Nathan Huntoon, Unity, N. H 1803
James Franklin Chase, Nantucket.. .. ... 1807 r
Capt. Sylvanus Hatch, Chocolate. Calhoun -
County ... . . . . . . . ............ . ... . ... n69
Walt. Garret, New Hartford, Conn 1810. ,
George Lee Bowe, Agawan, Conn 1810 "
= Knight, Dover, Efig., January 1811
Silas Forn, Westville, Conn...... . . . .. 1811
PhillipChetham, 'Stockport, Eng., October=-
lion. James;Garland, Lynchburg, Vs 1812
James Scott, Middlebourne- 1812
Elijah Pratt, Castleton, N. Y ' • 1812
Arternas Hall, Bridgewater, Mass 1812
— Noyes, Croyclen,--Eng. •
18Lol
John B. Hollenbeek, Burlington, Vt 3.813 •
Elijah Stansbury, Baltimore.... .. . .. ......... . . . 1814.
Capt. Hiram. Ferris, Eon du Lac, Wis 1815
The Secretary of the Prefecture of Poi'
in Ilaris has prepared a report, in whic it-
is confessed that the preseht police regula-
tions are insufficient for the protection of
•the city. The number of police has not
increased since 1.871, though the population -
has risen during that time, chiefly through
•additions to the. dwellings- in thesuburbs,
by about 400,000. The weak point is the
more thinly peopled quarters between the
outer boulevard and the fortifications;
where the beats, Which increase in extent
as they diverge .from the centre of the
city, are, extensive. •The total force is
5,361.
• The -British army medical- department
reports that uniformly black troops suffer
-much mor6 than- white men from the evil
influences of tropical climates. For exam-
ple, iii,the Vest Indieslast Year, while the
mortality among white soldiers was a little
mbre than eightand ontaholf per thousand;
the caOldredinen died at the -rate of nine-
teen per thousand.