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like a healthy man, axil there is more
timidity taan braggadocio about his
bearing. It is haid at Constantinople
that ho dares not movo about
unattended throurb-the streets of the
Turkish quarter, und hs home is. on the
European side of the water. When he
takes a ride through iiis capital the
whole army at Constantinople turns out
to guard him. Yf How fand is sprinkled
over the road in Uer that his royal
bones be not jolted, and he has a couple
of the most noted of his (len' rr.ls in the
carriage with him. I am told that ho is
really fond of his subjects, notwithstand
ing tho dangers ofhis situation, and
that he would do much for the betlerinjr
of his kingdom if it were not for the
plots and plotters which continually sur
round him. His situation is practically
the .same as that of the other Asiatic
monarchs of the courts which I visited.
Not one of them felt secure and safe
upon his throne, and all of the countries
of Asia have their political 'factions and
thoi political intrigues. b G. Carpen
ter,. in National Tribune.
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
DtM-ae ha ravaged some of thn
prou pree;ves in Scotland to an
alarming xtent. On one unor nvently
out of -XO birds killed ail had to bu
buried.
Th government monojioly articles
of Honiuras are gunpowder, tobacco,
riirsand liquor. It retains completo
and absolute control, of the liquor
trail!;:.
Altho'i'h slavorr doos not exist,
properly iakin?, in China, in the eyes
of the law the largo boa ting-population
and actors All the position of slaves.
There is in Windsor cattle a gold
punch-lowl and ladle for which (leorgo
IV. paid lO.OoO guineas, and the invest
x ment is wholly profitless because there
is never a drop of punch browed in it.
When the construction ofu railroad
is undertaken in China the natives burn
a temple, and then persuade the pjoplo
that it is a manifestation of the wrath
of the gods against the road.
London lawyers now employ short
hand in their ofilce work. The entries,
drafts, affidavits and the multitude of
other documents they are called upon to
prepare are now taken down in short
hand at their dictation and are copied
from that.
In a village in thecanton of Lucerne.
Switzerland, there is a society of old .
maids. Itt numbers eighty, and, queer
enough, it is tinder the patronage of the :
"Sr. Catherine Matrimonial Agency.'
They perform acts of charity, and aro :
highly st emed in their neighborhood.
Then are now such a large number
of foreign olHecrs studying at Herlin
that the Isernmi Government has estab
lished an international military academy
for their accommodation. There are a
gi-eat many Turks and also several Chi
ii's otlicers.
An association in-London, called the ,
Sunday Society, occupies itself with '
arranging the opening of- private col
lections to the public on the Sabbath.
For two Sundays recen
Wellington lias oDyned
thoc who wished to see its treasures.
-king Humbert, before leaving .Na- am jn fir8t-cass condition. Ap
pics, ordered that a bronze . wreath , . . 1
should as -oon as risible !. deposited 1 Vl' at tllls 'ncc-
on Garibaldi's crave in place of the
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Our VI' LA NT A" Flour is the btstn the
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Something waits us dowu tr way,
Joyj, perhrps, Jor you and mc
Sorjo feu. I dn-urn.j to realize,
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Of the v:i TIiu 3 drops between,
Soraetuij wai's us, joy or v:co,
Throbs of hcirtacje, thrills of bliss,
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Life, or djalii. We do not know
"Wait, tiicu shrouded mystery!
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It is well we do not know.
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Cod, in mercy, Lidcs to-day,
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flowers he haJ put then. He said: ()ur
country ar. l my houso owe so much to ;
UaribaKH that this Islam! must boar .'
from my.'lf and my son a tribute of
everlastin - gratitude."
. lielgium Man uneomfortablu coun
try for rmlK'Tlers. A cashier employed
by the city of Ghent, who emlezzleJ j
l;.t)00 francs of the municipal cash, has j
j ist caught it very hot indeed. He has
lKen sentenced U forty years imprison
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cmlH'Zilevl, and will, in addition, lose
all his civil rights.
The power of one of the greatest ;
political figures of tho day. perhaps of
all time, is said to 1h on the wane. The
Kmprvs.s Dowager of China has been
shorn of .her prestige by the rolelious
indopondenco of the 'young Kmperor.
He nfas4J to see the b'ride which" she ;
forced upon him. and has len issuing
vigorous decrees on his own account. ,
lie has ben censuring tho old Ministers
right and lef particularly-Chang Chi S
Tung.
THE SULTAN'S POSITION.
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His Majesty, tho ruler, leads by no
means a happy life, notwithstanding his
int ojuo of $10,000,000 a year, and that ho
has hi wives by the score. His prede
cessors lived in a great palace on tho
banks of tho (lolden Horn, or rather of
tho llosphorus at the point where tho
Horn commences. In front of this pal
ace stands the yacht of tho Sultan, and
then is usually a jrunlwat or twq sta
tioned near bv to iruard it. The last
Sultan woke one morning to find tho i
puns of these ships sighted on tho pal
ace, and a set of Turkish rebels de
manded his surrender. Tho present
Sultan has a palaco away back on tho
hills. Tho grounds which . surround it
contain many acres and there are watch
towers built hero, and there amon
them. In these jruards are stationed,
who keep the landscape over before
their eyes, and who would at the least
hostile demonstration inform His Ma
jesty. He has thousands of soldiers con
nected with his own body-guard, but he
trusts very few, and like one of the
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former Sultans, he places itnplicU con- j I'EmiBLE CHLLLIaU BOISE AXD LOT FOR SALE AT
Science only in his mother. He has had f m-Tin
a number of revolutions during his riBLIC 11CTI0.1.
rein. and if you look over the history I will sell it public auction in front
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present quarters'are in two large adjbinlrg
rooms. Have added to my furniture, am
haviiig'elettric lights put in and fixing up
generally to, provide Oxford with elegant
and comfortable tonsorial parlors. With
vvha I have ordered and now on the way I
wifl have everything which pfcrtailis to a
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December 1st. 1889 .
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