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The New Era, 1883-08-24, Page 3-AL1.1.gt 24 1 88311 J VG OE BATA ET'S 11[0111tO1s.s. The Oriental 1 rimages to 'Puri THE LA.DIES' COLUMN.' • Scenes ot ra Wretelkednesss and lilisery-An Annual Otterlifice el • Sixty Thousand Lives. Isaeese Curiosities in. Fasbei onable A correspondent of the New York Times • APPailel. writes •: ahe Temple of Juggernaut is in the town of Puri,- about 250 mile§ south of -Calcuttess-onsthe east coast ofeHinduetan, 11,--AaEIPTs FoR utittsEHOLD, ese., If it were on the west coast, near Bombay, , cholera would be gont to Europe, and , perhaps America, almost every year, unless (compiled by Aunt Kato.) the British, Government pleased Or was forced by other powers to interfere with these .destructive folliee. The easiest way would be to !suppress the temple drummers. !The, people are not naturally eo anxious to go to Juggernaut, but abeut 3,000 emissa- ries, or drummers Of the tenaple, are hired ,to go to almost every province and district of Bengal in- search 'of dupes.'.. These they .drum up from almost every .`t own and • village: The, , different bands or pilgrims flambee from twenty ,to 300 or more persons, and at .the time of the great festivals -these follow each: „ other SO closely as almost to touch each other. . At -least five -sixths are "females; and 95 out of eagle 1:00 on foot, but dna. 'smuttily Some big rajah, or great nabob,' sweeps along with 40' or 50 palanquins, 300 bearers, and -50 baggage -carriers, or with scores of eleplaants and.huildreda of camels ot horses, in all the indescribable. noise, 'confusion and dirt:of Indian Magnificednee 'Twenty-four high festivals take place at Juggernaut every Year. At one of them, ,about Easter, 40,000 devotees indulge in opium and hasbeeeh to,a,degree thatehccks the observer.' The great car festival takes :place in Jude, and for weeks beforehand the ,pilgrinea come trooping in by thousands every day. Day and night, through every month ,of_the year,troops of pilgrims upor along the great Orissa road to Juggernaut. and the villages for 300 miles in every :direction all have their pilgrim encamp- ments. Theyoften travel from 1,000 to :.1,400.nailes, now a large portion of the way by railroad, but neatly walk or ride in carts .300, or 600 Miles, and are always forced by the drummers to make full dare 'March. Manya delicate child, girl., woman ot' man, deiseis by the . wayside, and . almost all arrive at Juggernaut lame, and theft' feet bleeding and bound up in. tags. Then :they rushinto the,sacreci tanks or into- the sea, andecerne out washed, to, dress in clean garments.. They bathe every day, , and at the great festival 40,000 run together into the surf, ag :Juggernaut is quite near: Every child shoula ise repeatedly told the Bay of Bengal. , that in escaping froth a burning house it is When the weather isfine the -spiritual better to go on all -fours than upright, howe army can sleep outdoors, and- in the Offsets • ever great the haste, as the cold air falls to and. neighborhood of Puri it :eleeps:atnight the floor, and one cart breathe there when in hundreds and thousands, covered only. it is impossibleselsevthere , and thatnwhen by the ..one Cotton garment that clothes . one must . pass' by flames,- the month and. Ahem- by day. But,unfortunately; the. nose should be protected from their iphala: natural drainage of the -place is obstructed tion by Wet bandages; °thy a•thick woollen by sand ridges which run parallel to the: muffler that sifts at least it portion , of the :coast, and.not downward, toward .the s sea. emoke and fire. Should not every girl, also; :The chill of the night and the soaking- of who is ever likely to bear •any weight of the dews -aro bad enough, but the great Car responsibility, be forced into acquaintance feetiVale take place at the beginning ot the with certain itemsin the Management of . ndemsoon or greatraine,'aad the water pours diet, of advantage not only to !herself, but .down from the skies in great, solid 'sheets. to whomsoever may come into her hands.and Every lane and ally and and :gully then is - under her caro? She will remember•then invaded by torrents of water, and many that if one falls ill in a dark room, one Can- weak and dying pilgrims are washed about:: not get well in it, but must be moved to.a. they are too weak to rise, and many of room where the sunlight enters With heal. them- lie, throwing their arms and legs ing onite wings that it is well; moreover, around in agony., -Smile of them aro --toshaverassfew-grewir-plreits—eins-ser-sromMe"-relleddebent-hylluntorrent-untiltheyshave. giving out oxygen . and „inhaling -carbonize elost-a11-7thair-clothing;--whiele is always acid, but that many will produce a scut of mere wraps. Others lie quiet enough, hav- malaria ; , that a:roomlmay be ventilated by bag apparently died without much strug- • pulling up the windoveasath and filliogall gling. !Great dams of dead bodies are often' , the open space with box or board, letting formed, behind which the . insufferable. ' air in without direct draught through -the filthfrom- thouaandsetif- --other . -pilgrims-- open line between the two Sashes ; that a aceumplates. , fire will always -ventilate by its Own The bishop of. Calcutta says. "the hor- dranght, but that, in case of infectious ill. rote are unutterable." There are -so-called ness, one r.aust not,estanct between the corpee-fields, about the town where those patient and that fire.. .-She may also be Wh,o. die .daily.and-M,the ordinary coarse taught a fete medical facts or !surgieisl of human events are thrown., Carrion -birds . facts, that a atm:Mg magnet will draw out a: are seen sittingaronnd, 'gorged,- and wild' broken needle from -the, flesh it has perieL 'dogs-dotinge .aroundesfilled With the. flesh :trated, and distinguish between-li'kendden of. man.. When the ;weather ,becoineetoce atteek of apoplexy and.drunkenness by hid, those PlIgrined who can afford it are.' tickling: the soles :of the •feet, which in foroedin-cloors into model lodging -houses. • apoplexy °awes a spasinodie drawing up eThe town 'cent's* a resident population:of the whole limb, and in 'drtinkennesii causes ' 25000 in 6,393.,houses, and 3000 of these " no effect at all. . houses are arranged for the' .acicomthodation The Crinoiette.'of pilgrims. Tfie scenes.of agony and suf.. '. focation which take place in: theee denB baffle description. , Dr. Mouat eexarained the best pilgrim -room, in which 45 persons had sPent the previous night. It was 13 feet hong, 11 feet s broad, andfii feet high, There were, of course, no beds, and each pilgrim had only as much rem as he or she could cover • lying down. In another' room, 12 feet by 20, 80 persons had slept. Each house is built upon is sand or -mud platform '4 feet high.' Ip the centre of this platform is a .hole or cesspool, which receives the'lllth of .the household and the dischargesbf the residents. Sometimes. this cesspool has a drain to the street out - eat, through which . a. blab's, stinking heZe or pestiferous slime trickles into the street. -Sonestimessthere is no drain,stand-alltshieF around a deep, open cesephol. The. tem-. perature of the room varies at, night from 85 to 100 degrees, and: those who live in temperate zones can form no emiception .of the suffocating stench. which prevails.. Here are also bred these malignant feverse ,which,sometimes accompany, and complie; cate chi:dere,. Sometimes ninety thousand -PeOple-a,rierirammecl-intotheee-fivethousand- lodging houses. The food Of the pilgrims is also very bad.. The temple .kitahen has the Monopoly of -:cooking for. the vast' mtiltitudes. When 'fresh it is not alwaye,. absolutely unwhole- some, although often Made of poor rice and worse ghee, or isaelted butter. But it is.re- garded as too Sacred for lite' least part to be thrown away; all must be. consumed. • In the bet seasons large,quantities soon under- go' abid and putrefaotive decomposition, and in 48 -hours much. of His a' loathsome mase, utterly unfit for' human use, but it .nauut!be eaten. The rieher pilgrims .give this toethesindigeentilantsit.d. itienageenns-even- IOThe Strongest man in 'Elie most rebtist health,and most of the *tryworn pilgrims reaqh the temple with some forth of bowel complaint. This spoiled food, . is the soul nourishment of -the large army of beggars that follow, the pilgrim bands. But on the return journey the Misery of the pilgrims retichee its climax. , They have, been pima= dereel-by.-the spriests-and--landlorde,-ande sta,gger.along with heavy. burdens of the - holy lboti, which is either packed in beskets or heavy earthern pots, or merely ' wrapped up • in more or less dirty clothe. Every • stream is flooded in the rainy season, and they often :have to sit for days on the 'banks of rivers and brooks before any boatwill venture to crose. Then corpses lie thick around, and their filth accounts for much of. the bhelera whioh haunts the preoincte of many brooks, streams and rivers One Englieh traveller rsaw forty dead bodies on the banks of one emall etream. Sense -drag their weary limbri along till ' they drop from eheer fatigue; others °roved into the villageo and halting places, blocking up the streets after every available sleeping -place hasliebeen eratureed full to overflowing, and t eve r night thousands haste no shelter from th ,pitilese; pouting ram. Miserable groups gather under the carts, those less fortunate 'huddle under the treesshundreds tit on the .wet ground; without shelter, not daring . lie down, and rook therneelves to a menet' Oddities in Bonnets. The fashions of the present season are certaiely eclectic. There appears to be no particular style which has become univer- sal either io the Cut or the material of the dress, and as to bonnets there seems to be no end to the variety. Pokes of many names and kinds, capotes, toques, melon ehapee, princesse, and Langtry bonnets are all worn. The styles are not so exaggerated as heretofore, both hats and bonnets being of mOderete size, but apart from that fact everything in the bonnet line is to be met with. The latest oddity is a hat with a round low crown, thebrimslashed and turned back, and held with glittering jet ornanaente. The rim is lined wide black velvet, edged With narrow thread lace and trimmed outside with jetted feathers of a new descrip- tion, soft and willowy, and powdered with a glittering black vitrification Which sparkle like diamonds under gaslight. Bon- nets composed entirely of artificial flowers are in great fashion. They are of the capote shape and made usually ol one kind of flower, though some are snown with the crown ef one flower and the brim of another ; for in: atance, a bonnet whereof the crown was composed of velvet fern leaves radiating from the centre, the brim being covered with pansies. Bonnets in dark and light English violets are very popular, also others in velvet ivy leaves with a fringe of crimson -tipped whiteemotintain daisies and moss buds droopingirffin the brima A very pretty bonnet for a brunette is composed of very small, dark -crimson unmounted roses,: with a -bunch of cornflowers and golden wheat -heads set at one side, and for a blonde a princess bonnet entirely covered with white roses or white lilac, and edged with pale green leaves. Things to be Remembered. That mysterious article ofeethe, toilet known severally as the tournure, the orino- lette, or the bustle, has once again asserted itself, and is now acknowledged as indis- pensable to a correct toilet. It appears hi various shapes and dimensions, each Style of dress having its own special tournure, large or small, narrow or broad, long or short, to suit the light or heavy, short or trained dress with which it is worn. These are uow made of many different tissues,„, ineludieg Farmer's satin, marveilleux, net, white gingham or cambric, elastic cloth,- • hair cloth and grass. linen. Some of the latest styles have Louis Seize panniets continued over the hips, butthese`are not generally'worn, and arts preparedato_order_ There is also the skirt With the Andalusian tournure, trininsed around the edgewith a flounce of starohedbmelin,which can be removed at-pleaeure. • ' . . Seasonable Recipes. Fried Cabbage. -:Cut the cabbage very fine on a slow_ clutter, if possible; salt and pepper, stir well, and let 'etaticl fiVelmin- utes. Have an iron ' kettle smoking hot, drop one tablespoonful of lard into it, then the cabbage, amnia ,briskly until quite tender; send ' to ' tablenitomeditately.A.n_ agreeable change is to put one-half a oup of sweet cream, and three tablespoonfuls:of vinegar -the vinegar added after.the cream has been well stirred -into 'the 'cabbage and after taken from ' the stove. When properly done an invalid can seat it witheut injney, andethere is no offensive odor .from cooking. - An excellent authority in naediffine re- commends a little common sugar as a remedy for a dry, hacking cough, and gives scientific) reasons ' for it. If troubled -at- night or on first waking in the morning, have a little cup on a stand close by the bed, and take half a teaspoonful ;,,this will be of benefit when cough eyrupal Ole; If pieces of beefsteak are left over from breakfast or dinner do not throw them away. Keep them in the refrigerator until you -have-enough-for a mewl. Then_but them in neat little pieces, put them in a eaucepan or small kettle; pour water over them and let them stew gently for two hours. Ctit an onion in slices and add it with plenty of pepper and salt. Half, a lemon is a pleasing addition. Tapioca Puddings-aSoak two ounces 'of tapioca in one pint of cold milk the night before using; then put it in a saucepan with one pint more . milk, two ounce of moist sugar, and ten drops of essence of lemon ;put this on the fire and let it bell until the tapioca leeks quite clear, which will take about ,twenty ' minutes; then beat up the yolks of two eggs, add: to them two tablespponfula of cream; mix ' thews carefully in with the tapioca; pour this in a buttered digit, set it in the oven, and bake fifteen minutes. A great deal of wit often makes us wicked, cruel and unjust; it °epees tor - meeting jealousies, deceptione whir& spoil our triumphs, and a pride whioh is never satisfied. • onous chant through the long, dismal nights. It is impossible to compute the numbers who die going to and coming from Juggernaut each year. Biehop Wilson thought that fifty thousand died, and Hunter calculated that one in every five succumbed. Every year six times more die than fell at Waterloo. " AKE TilEt." GENUINE The Becalog ate From the .KAIlleiV bit4C0Ter ed Manuseeipss, • If Mr. Shapira' S portions of the book of Deuteronomy, which he offers to the British Museum for $5,000,000, are genuine the interest and importance of the discovery cannot' be woe -rated, andes.o far as varia- tions in the sacred text are. oneerned, there is promise of one of thegreatest con- troversies that scholars have ever, entered upon., The decalogue furnisher; a good example for comparison with thereeeived version. I quote from .the Shapira record: I am 'God, thy.God, which liberated thee rem the land of Egypt and from the house of bondage. Ye shall have no other gods. Ye shall not make to yourselyee any graven image nor any likenSes that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that 15 in the water under the earth. Ye shall not bow down to thein nor serve them. f am God your God, sanctify. In six days I have made -the heaven and the earth, and all that there is therein,.. and rested on the seventh day.. Therefore rest thou also, thou and thy cattle, and all that thou hest. - I am God, thy God. Honor thy father and thy mother. lam God, thy God. Thou shalt not kill the person of thy brother. I am God, thy God. Thou shall not einiamit adultery with the wife of thy neighbor. ' I am God, thy God. Thou shalt not steal the property of thy brother. I am God, thy God. Thou 13halt net swear by my nein° falsely, for I visit the iniquity of the fathers • upon the 'children unto the third and fourth -generation of those who take My name in vain. J am God, 'thy Grodt-Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy brother. `I ana God, thy God. Thou shalt not covet_hie wife or his -man servant, 'or his maid servant, or anything that is his. I am God, thy God. Thou ehalt not hate thy brother in thy heart. I a,rn- God, thy God. These ten words God spake. Dr. Ginsberg, the eminent Semitic scholar to whom Mr. Gladstone has just given £50 toward the prodliction of his work on the Ilasorah, has -deciphered the above, and is busy contpleting a transla- tion and determining on ' behalf ' of the museum the genuineness of the fragments. A supposed Moabite manuscript: 'of Deuteronomy on leather leaves, copied 70p years B. C., has been found. It has been submitted to the scrutiny of Dr. Ginsberg and other eminent Efebraist experts, The balance of opinion 18 10 favor of its genuine - pees. The owner, Shapira; a dealer of Jerusalem, asks the British museum $5,000,000 for the manuscript. N. Y. Dr. Ginsberg and other experts exam ining the Moabite manuscript sheepskins containing portions of Deuteronomy, including the commandments, have not yet given their opinionebut Mr. Clienery, of the l'imeseinsinuates that they are forgeries. - JY. Tribune. Gossip tor the Ladies. Iron- elders have the name of the laundretenelsroid silk,- witl\ crirosen-orcathe- \ rcl in oldgold floss nthr s A novel dsign for a garden party -invi- tation has a \tennis rack of blue in one corner and a flretty girl holding a parasol in the other. . May Laffan, author ,sof, "len. Miss Ferrara." aud ot er interesting weeks, has to a Scotels Profeiister Abroad, Lady Ho erton's divided- skirt is Much worn for ba ing intrposes, with a 'jacket of Jersey cloth ioming down below the hips. s Watteau morning fdres es have a double \ box plait from the neck below the waist line, where it merges into the drapery of theskirt. White cheviot dresses are mpnoh worn at sunimer hotels for morning. Thase dreeSes are tailor-rnade and have colla, waistcoat and cuffs of•velvet. - lately been inarri -named McNabb. : Rent Lightning. Prof. Tyndall has made observations in Switzerland which thOw that the silent flashes Called " heao lightning" are not, as generally supposed, harmlees, but indicate thunderstorms-V/11W' may not be twenty -miles away. Tyndall occupied a station upon the Bel Alp, whieh is connected by -elegraphswith-Monte-GettertisPrfifty rade away. "Frequently," says Prof. Tyndall, in Nature, " when'the 'wetterleuchten (re- ported to be lightning Without . thunder), Helen from the Bel Alp, was in full pla.y, have telegraphed to the proprietor of the Monte Generomo hotel andleained in every instances that our silent lightning co existed in time with a thunderitorm or less- . . . Jeterrifiesin-13pper-Italy.---F rsona-observ, ing these silent flashers to be repeated with increasing vividness may take them as dence of a. storm coming in their direction and possibly.no more than anhour -away." Effect of Brain Work on the l'etth. The French medical journals have recently been discussing the relation of the teeth to the brain,- and their oonolusione are of 'considerable importance to all brain workers. It seems to liaye_been clearly established that eicceersive and prolonged mental labor Causes the teeth to decay by sconsuraingsthe- phosphates-which-would- etherwiae nourish the dental !structures ; a,nd Dr. Championniere therefore recom- mends that parents and guardians should pay class attention to the condition of the teeth of those under their care, and -should, when any eigns of, premature decay are noticed, give their charges a holiday. ottewsiews iDabgater.- 'The Pittsburg Dispatch s responsible for the follewing story: "Princess Amazula, daughter of the late King 'Cetewayo, re- sides at present in Providence, R. I. The Princess joined an Unele Tom's Cabin' troop et CapeTown, and thus she came to 'reach America. At present the earns an honest but modest livelihood •by letting lodgings and doing washing and ironing for the surrounding white trash. On being in- formed of the tragic) death of her 'royal father in South Africa the Princess Arno,- zula massifeeted no very poignant grief and will assume no other court mourning than that with which nature has provided her," Miss Fuller is a school teacher in Grand Marais, northern Michigan. She is also an admirable shot with the rifle, and, after isehool hours, goee hunting in -the neighbor- ing woods. The family with whom Fihe hoards is kept well suPplied with game, large and small. She is the admiration of the county, and all the young men arei,in love with her. v,Anictitivatisam ISLAND. • Tue,Dellghtful Climate which Unframed _ 1h Priluieess Lottie -Al Pima hl Seeder! or England. ' ! A 'corre,spotdentof the "Steldsmis Globe - Democrat writes: Pressing oyer the Straits of anan de 'Fuca to the .pretty city of Vic- tories we stisodon British soil aud enjoyed the, iar;lamed climate of Vancouver's leland. Seen from the see. the 'Whole place presents a different character from the raw towns elope Puget Sound, where shingles and shavings, peint arel portaa. becle surround nearly every finished ,oftrucs tore to tell ef it newness. ! brick warehouses frontiug alOng the harbor and. the • unmistakable !Signs ofl English. !solidity and stability en every hand- carried convincing proof of the 'Brachia. rale, With-, out the Union jack. flying from all :the official flagetaffs and buildings. There is a little bother with the custom house inepec- tigns if you wish to land any baggage at Victoria, butas duty Witt alike on artieles imported from England- or • thb 'United States, the stranger cannot grumble more than the colonists thenisel'vee. Whenever you hear any one deseant upon, Victoria, the drives come in for chief mention after the climate, and in thesetWo respects Viebotia is entitledeto precedence over any email - Elea on the continent. English rulehad nothing to •do 'withthe climate, which is mild and equable the year round; with an average temperature' of 42 degrees for the month cif , January ; and 63 for the month' of August, and every citizen relates with royal Pride 'that. the Priueees Louise came here to spend two days, and became so „delighted that she remained two months, and then ieft with the regret that she ,could not stay longer. English rule is demonstrated, however; in the exbellent roade tlifit extend in every direotion from the city,and the summer visitors who come _here from different parts of the Pacific coast neVer.finiitheir longest stay half l'on,g enough to include all the attractive • points Within easy drive from Victoria. CODViet labor.has been employed 'in Making raecadarnized highways, and con- victsara conets,ntly at 'work' nosiakeeping them ' in perfect condition. A. favorite drive is that leading ` item- Victoria to, the naval station on Esquimault Bay, Which is known. .cornreonly as tSquimo. The 'Squire° 'road 'follows pert` way beside narrow and curving - arm of tho sea, thrtinghwhich the tide rushee like the swift current of a river, and half of the way it Unrolls its length 'between' hedges of fern, and undergrowth and Walls of solid forest' trees. picturesque rocks, tangles of wild rose and sweetbrier, and forest nooks dap- pled with sunshine here' and there, Make one continual picture, along' the road, and the occaeional. red jackets of the English, martnes and soldiers illuminate the land- scape with brilliant touches ! of color. At 'Squime" the flagship . Swift, Sure, under command of Admiral Lyon, lay at smeller, with its 'port -holes open, and a gen,eraiivetr- like and business air:pertained to the huge man-of-war: and: the' leeser:' ships . and corvettes at the. station. On the Swif Sure -alone there are 600 men, and looking at the great vessel, even the Most ,patriotic' 'American must blueh for our own little aavy • andjoin in the 'chorus of "Britannia rules the sea." , •• Ali•Vietoria.beeathes the atmosphere of a pastand:greeter grandeur, and • the citi- zens feelingly revert to the time when British Columbia was a separate 'colony to itself, and Victoria the seat of tbe tune athirt isf the Governor•General. and Commander-insChief of its forces, Those were the good old days to which .no latter- day prcegeess can approach and it is with no heart -felt joythattho.. people' celebrate " DOnsieion day," when British Columbia and the two Provinces of , Canada Were 'made eine. t-ThEatecent visit of the Marquis of .-Lorne and, all flattering things he folicd time to say have. .gone far toward reistpiingthe politipalcomplacency of these peopbo, and'it'.',reqiiires no insistence to Make thorn believe' that you consider Vic- toria the most 'charming spin in the Conn- etryt Englishtraits and. English , materna, are Maintained SSI well here as iu the home island, and Charming friendlinees; exists between this Colony and the United States.. "Dominion Day" falls • on • the . 2ud et July, and the celebtatien of it hardly exceeds the spirit With Which the glorious Feurth.of their American cbusina acrees the line 18 observed,' and the first week of July is the gala Season at Victoria. With only twenty- three miles of salt water separating' them from American shores there is one material difference that no one fails to observe. In Vfotoria'every one takes 'life easily, and things reeve itt a slow and asseristonied - groove, as if sanctioned by. the enstoins of centuries .,pn this mate apot. The stores close every afternoon at 6 o dock, although ab this season daylight lasts for three and four hours latereand business men go home to their comfortable roast beef and pudding as if the fever .and activity of American trade and competition were -far -away -ands unheard of. Every separate article. that you wishto buy igliept- in:a:different 'kind'. • of a store' than in emeritia, and between he chemist,' the stationer; the ha,herdash- .6ries and'ilie. green' ''gtocerieii. many of the ePerplexities 01 LoridateiihopPing aseaii you \VIcterili.: The filinstric genies, ,Inewever; _When the young Man at the poet -office win- dow tarns on you a look of surprise, and bids you go to the bookstore to buy postage :stariaps forsooth I ' A Florist's auisieserei. A Scotch florist recently stied a customer named Hunt for £6, the value of flowers Supplied to him, for which the defendant refused- to pay on the ground that they were not what he ordered. A part Of the evidence consisted in thirty-six verses of doggerel Which the plaintiff had intro- duced into his correspondence on the eubject, and which, on being read in court, provoked roars of laughter. One of the coupletssannouneed-that the -florist -would "hunt him to the gates o' hell, ia,nd eyne qtLY, Dlr. Hunt farewell."' Mr. Etunt asked bow the florist, who described himself as'es Christian and an elder in three pariebeff, eouldfjustify Binh language to his conscience, to which the florist retorted : " We canna hew milestones wi', a feather, and its some- times necessary to put on the screw, even on Christians." His nese not being a5p4rentlY-Sh-glied-fis7 rhy ix) es; ---t hi ir poetical litigant was non -suited, and ordered to pay the expenses of the action into the bargain. ' -A name that breaks his word -The stilt. erer. , " Cirourastances change, temptations di- minish, positions improve, misfortune becomes endurable by habit; but persons Who are disagreeable to us alwaye irritate us more and more. In the British Commons hist night 1 the Banktuptcy Bill and National Debt Bill paesed their third reading. The Tramways, in Ireland Bill passed its second' reading. The House agreed that £100,000 of the Charch surplus fund ahould be applied to emigration purposes. Mr. Trevelyan assented to the euggestion of Mr. Parnell that half the sum' be devoted to immigra- tion purposes, and promised to amend the ,Arreare •Act Bo that the grant to iiximi- i grants'n certain cases' be ridged to :,08, per 'bead. , , BA.1 'cue O TJLILINIDI, Tkc Stiliteh,loaniivEdIrt. lair hi ie. nu! nag. ICI it et terii7pyhos i s The Deelsen ,cotrestiondent of the Ism - don Stand+ra teiegrephe the " following details of Oetewayce last battle, .as told to him by a European who was an eye.witnese of the conflict : Usibepu'd impi arrived,within two miles of 1J1uncii very early on the morning of the 21st, after naarchieg the whole night. At Ulundi Ceteweyo -had assembled seventy :eorepauies, , of Mee, and was waiting far the arrival of Mnyeauane, and Abaqulusi 'With their impie, iusencluig to makea deecent'on Maublajazi, in conjunction with Somkela: add a herder of Topple from the coast. Halting for a , few moments to , allew all his fellowers to come up, Ueibepu a formed ceilmaisies and marched on Ulundi; without taking time. for rest or feed.. Cetewayeds. sceuns_ Boon annouuded the approach of the enemy, and the whele uf his forces tnrnect out and advanced th meet them. The attack Isom- ale:iced ou Usibepu's left wing, and for ten minute.a brisk lire Was kept up. ' By this tirne Ueibep.0 himself had brought up his right wing, and at once led them(into action. Thus movement, and, indeed; the whole attack, was managed throughout by Fleiberna in away that would -have done no diecredit to ft- European field officer. The command to charge was now given,andthe whole impi ..eushed 'dowrX 00 Cetewayo's airciy in.excellent style. In a few Minutes ali was over. Tbe TJsutus wavered, broke, and were aeon flying in all directions,, and within Iota ,than hall an limit alter the attaclacommenbed Tjlundi wax in Raines. The -enthusiasm and dash . of the attack Could not leave been .exbelled. ,T.Tsibepu himself seemed to be everywhere exposing himself wherever the . fire was tot - test ' arid • encouraging the • different cenapanies ! by eamee Notwithstanding the . brisk , fire' of the Militia the men advanced aa steadily as if on parade, -quietly closing in be rankii as they were thinned by the shots from -the Ring's arnay, .which was immensely superior in numbers to that of 13aihepii, Ceteway o. having 7,000 mea to the latter'e 3;000. Dabulreanzi tat at the -kraal gates' at first, watching the fighting, and occasionally, drills ebots from his rifle; but when Usutus broke, he fled. on horse-. hack, Carrying hi son nehied. him. Find- . ing, however, that. the boy hampered him in his flights he dropped. turn and left him to his fated BY this means Dabulalenzi eecaped, but the, boy .SI,:rati killed. When ahe pursuit reached Ulundi Kraal, Cetewayie who does not esein to have been aware of the -full iimport of what was going on, fled'. hurriedly. He tried to mount a horse, but was unsuccessful. He then ffed on foot and unclothed for about a ,tnbe. and a , half, when he was spied' by some of Ijsibepu's men, who stabbed . him twice: The men then became f righferied-at-Whift- they had done, and left' him, and immedi- ately afterward's,meetiug, toy:oars:aspen& ent, , they 'told • him they had capeured. Cetewayo. He told them not tO'harta him; and immediately rode 'atter Usibepu to inform him • that his vicepry: was com- plete. Usibepu at °bee sent , out a com- panye to bring ie `' beeewayo, but they wore :unable to find him. The victors eeopeed a con aid s eabl e quantity of booty in Ulundi. itty correspondent are'. ports that he hag:seined peasession; of. a eilver-mounted drinking 'cup, on which is engraved Presented • to bis Imperial Majesty King CeteWayo, by Lord 'and Lady Edw.ard .5. Churchill." One of UsibepuYs Induna's has the Malacca cane presented by the Prince of Wales, andUsibepu him- self has the three -handled mug. pr,esented: by thee_.Queeti; . as well as two eplendid! photographs of Her Majesty. .Cetewayo's fate is etill uncertain.' Themeanest woman in tiae - world has been found . in Scituah, MasS. Sho. sprinkles paris green on the huckleberry hushes to prevent the- neighbors !from, gathering -the berries. • The laiftllord ofd -the -hotel where the Princess Beatrice has taken residence, at Aix-le-Bains, wrote to the London Times offering to pay for an article puffing the establishment. The Titnes • printed the letter without :cerement., - THE BRITISIllt 1 AilitC1.(A4S POST. The Rages A '.Grent ILoon- What is Needed thenuire, (London Spectator, side es'e On August 1st the parcele, peel; will come into operation. It will be rather difficult for nabst p,ersone to realize at liras that they ciaa.L senda parcel of. etibetantial weight to any place 10 the King- . dons by isserely placing a few atamps upon. it and taking it to the Ilearest "eest office. The incompetence or peeve:sew of the railway co,re'Paniee has lett ):,,Lle,ile• traffic: in such a editien that private. persons ' `avoid sending, 'parcels altogether, if they - can. liad.the' mates for small tesi'eele been ' regulated like those for goods!, the anomal- ies of the companiee' tariffs. WOuideertainly have been ',less glering. However, possibly there would, have Open a 'less imperative demand ter the Parcels post', and it is :doubtful ..ehother the most enlightened railway managenestit could ever have, done for us what the post -Office may be expected ' to do. .1ie limit of weight by the new, post. is seven pounds. , This is slightly more than the maximum . .of the 'Ititeenational Parcels Post -three - kilogrammes, or about -eie-aUci three-quarter pounds. On the ' otherband, tbe iuternal parcels posts of : many couhtries-for example; of Germany, vslaer,e 'the eystem 10 most perfect, and of S wi tzerlarscis-erecognize .no limit of weight, lierly triiulre end goods . being transmissible. It is .obsfESus, how- ever, that when greet weights are dealt - With the ' conditions:. of the rvice are ' necessarily Altered :It 'boot:tote then a serious question whether .urailei'mity of charge for all distances eau. be ,rustutained ;' in Germany it is not. No oece . therefore, will be dispoeed te queeeel \vitt! Mr. Faw- cett for fixing at the -011t4,G t r ry mode- rate maximum, while they will ne.grateful that it is fixed soffibleittiv hiels so admit harmonious working With the general continental system.. Toe dimensions,: again, are neceesarify - 1buited.,' A parcel' . Of lo4th-6es migh rdaclik brs n rus size, while keeping •within the prescribed • weight, and one ucli parcel might inter-. fere :with ';the. convenieut deliveryof a whole mail. ,The dimensions ittippted are very simple and fairly elastic. Parcels must notbe more these three. feet eix • inches inlength: or six feet is, length, and ' girtlicombineda This mode , of measures' merit is highly conveuieut. AFe tbeefficial. .notices tell Us, all,that has to be done is to get a piece of tape six feet long -,S.ud to mark upon it the length of thrc-e feet .six inches. The first Step iu resting,' .a parcel . will be to 'apply the smaller weaaurement to the greatest dimensions of the parcel. 101airefis found- 'Lot te "Overeteit the mark • the eonditieli its to leegth is eatislied. The .. residue c,f the .tap.e.no.t. eenelltried teee.Ealr- fng the actual length will then he available for testing the girth. it it-w:li ge round the "• epareelsatheteite.cond_ effituition Je complied_ - with. Thus, if the parcel oitly Measures -three feet in length, ,there will bo three feet ' of tape left to go reueei ,it at ite thickest e part ; . if ita largest alienensiictu is only eighteen ieches, itersaye lliop tour feet six inches.. ni the rhiins... onplicity of measurement Is as so peruse -1; ar:• Mace of dimensions a, etaiding, and no mere simple planthee that 'adopted 'could webhave been hit upon. " The Post -office does not propose to adopt aey Machinery for the pestieg of parcels .analegeue to letter. boxes. 'Parcels are to be posted by being handed in at a post -office. MoreoVer, the sender is to see that his parcel 18 acaepted, as being within thelimits of weight and • dimensions, and properly •stainted. • " ' Nery 'sr ard Indeed There are lo many things that appear unnecess and, which for.- the lire ,of LIR we ten see a . epither purpose nor encl. •11 'flay too corns are 3ust one of those thorns in the 1.1(4,0 the why.aud. the wherefore of wheel) we CI.Innot see.. Never- theless .,they are ,of the kindthat are easily. . ' retnoved. .P.utnam's Painless., Corn .8xtractor. makes short work oflthem. Try it 1114 see bow nicely it coaxes them out. Use none other than , Vutnain's Ceiu Extraetor. Sold•byJI•rugaists. • . A citizen, of Leroy, N. Y., intends' tO buy ' _Up 500 trade dollars:on&Wait for the govern. , • , rrient to redeem them at 100 cents. • , , An Illinois anake cha,rraffr. gave, a ;public. • exhibition With.a,copperbead,'..The,charro. didn't Work, ,but the enalte did, and weeks elapsed before theshowman kpew that he would recover. WHO IS UNACQUAINTED WITH. THE CEOCRAPHY.OF' THIS COUNTRY, WILL • SEE BY EXAMINING THIS MAP, THAT THE sae V , 00 ,emndeo °"!.. I jogres .ala• z • • s _ larr erAllem, Yeai h " 4114) •, S • kir._ -,,,_-...t,-. ,.,.1,, SAS C ilIVOI MI t2/005P.? ii' ,,,......,m,iw;ajeri:-: zik.2s et/11Mo ti101te se ef i e. s e ,.' " . :.•,:,ss.e. . e . e , ,e,-.....--,8 s e'''''%- s' - Me.s.... -- - = - ' s/ '777, 7 . - ' '• a . .. e s . . . - ....".--..:.......• e'..... s .. e.- ". -1 's - e P. ' . , ..•201, 14 HICACO ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC IVY Being theCroatCentral Line; affords to travelers by reason of its unrivaled geo- graphical prialtion, the shortest 'Orid bear emit° between'the East, Northeast, and Southeast,and the West,' Northwest and.Southwest., • , , .It Is iiteraily and strictly true, that Its connections are all'of the principal lines DI reaceb,etween the Atientio and the Pacific.' ' By it5 ,main line and branches it reaches' Chicago, Joliet, Peoria, Ottawa, Seneseo, Moline 'and 'Rock Island, in Illinois t. Davenport, NIuseatine, Washington, Keokuk; Knoxville; -Oskaloosa, Fairtieide Des Moines, West :Liberty, Iowa City, Atlantic, Avoca, Audubon, Harlan Guthrie Center and Council mutes, In lowa ; Gallatin, Trenton, Cameron and-Ilansas City, in 'Missouri, and Leaven-. w,orth_and Atchison. In Kansas, and the hundreds Cif cities villages and towns • interrnediate. The . . ".CREAT-ROCK1SLANICvROUTE" As it is familiarly. called, Offers to transfer:is all the, advantagea and comforts ' Incident to.a.Smooth track, safe bridges. thddt1 Depots at ail connecting points, 'Fait 'Express Trains, :composed of COMMODIOUS, WELL VENTILATED, WELL HEATED, FINELY UPHOLSTERED and ELEGANT DAY COACHES.; -.a line of the • MOST MAGNIFICENT itORTON RECLINING absdiR CARS baler bidit ; PULLMAN'S iatest designed and handsomest PALACE SLEEPING' CARS, and. DINING CARS that are acknowledged by preas and people to be tho FINEST RUN UPON ANY ROAD IN THE COUNTRY, and in which, superior meals ate serifed to travelers at the low rate of SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS EACH. THREE TRAINS, each way 'between 'CHICACO and the MISSOURI RIVER. TWO TRAINS steer!' way betVveen CHICACO and MINNEAPOLIS and ST, PAUL, • via, the fa ens d ALBERT LEA ROUTE.- , A .Newland Direct Line; .via Seneca and Kankakee, hasrecently been opened, between Newport News, Richmond, ,cincinriati, Indianapolis and, La Fayette; and Council Bluffs, St. Paul, Minneapolis and intermediate, points. ' All Through Passengers carried on Fast Eitiress Trains. For more detailed information, see maps and Folders', which may be obtalnetMs well as Tiekete, at all principal Ticket Orneee.in the United States and Canada, f R. R. CABLE, '• • E. ST. JOHN., VIce-Pres't & ,Oe.ill.Manager, • ,Gen'i Tlklt & Paselr Aitt, CHICAGO.