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Markdale Standard (Markdale, Ont.1880), 26 Oct 1882, p. 5

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Opposite, with a space be- tween for the march of the troops, was the feneral's staff, with a bodyguard of marines in britjht red coats and white trousers, (leneral Wolseley took up his place in froi^t of the Khadive's raijed dais. At fi-iur o'clock tha march-pist began. At the head cf the cavalry division rode Gener- al Druiy Lowe, with his stafT. His hand- ling of his troops during the Mar places him ejn the rol! ol disiintfuiblied cavalry let^dni. r.oirodaile's battery of Horse Artillery livl th'j pl;.cc or \,ouo.-. Alter the Horse Artil- lery 'Jii-nc thj scateiy Household. Cavalry, ^.•ith drav.-u wo;ds, in sectiots ot f jurs, all looki.^.g in tb'^;ir tigliting kit very dilftrent fi-o;n. but certainly not 1' ss effective than, the yory.^oin c ivalry who file before the the (^'uc'.-n at W n kor. S :arccly inferior in size of m^-n or ho scs wtro the Fourth and .Sjventh r)ra_;;oru Guards. Following th(S2 canie the Xin tuenth Hurf^ar.:, perhaps tLc nioat smcitly turned out body of cavalry upon the ground. Following the HusBars cnme the Slount^d Infantry, rifles at rest. From the fifth of August to the end of the war thii little body has been in almost daily contliot with the enemy. In every fight they were the first to begin Jind the last to liiiish. The Indian cavalry next filed past, a splendid and picturesque bodyj the curs- ed swjrds of the Second aad Sixth Bengal caval.'-y flashing in the sun and the pennons of f e Thirteenth Lancers making a gay show. Their array was no whit less steady and disciplined than that cf the bett Kuglish iior-erntn, anrt the ctl'ect of the f-i).ctaele on the K jyptiar.s in the pavilion and upon the crovvd i!j the souare was very m rked. After ill 2 cavalry thirty guns of the Horse Artil- lery â€" no liner coulel bo seen ia tlu world â€" ruinblid tlirough the sfjuare, tlieir eiuict, businos.i-LUe leok being all the more tti'oct- ive iiftcr the gay sho.v of the Indian h jrse- men. The bin.us, whi-jh had hitherto been play- iiig a l.voly cr.valry trot, cow changeel th-3 time-, and a march h-^ralded the approach of ihi; blue jackets contingents, that from Isinaila under Captain Fitzroy, that from Alexandriaâ€" chiefly t'lC men who hael done •fLoxl service in the armor clad train â€" under Comnnndcr Henderson. The blue jackets have done biidiint seivie-c eluriug this war in a great variety cf ways. Upon the pre- s£nt occasion they pre ved that m a march p;i.st they can rival the r.ioit perfectly drill- e'll infaniiy anel a (iernian olliccr who was prc^-jiit iniduded them as among the bet troops on tlf'3 ground. Xext to them came the garri;oa ot marine a tiilery umlcr Colo- nel Te wson. Ihe appearance; af the Dake of Connaught with his staff now indicated the approach of the Brigaele of Guards. No need le critise their marching, as, with ranks closely locked, tht-y passed in soli I column to tiie "British Grenadiers March." The leading company cf tha Scots (Uiards attracted special admiration, the men avei ag- ing six feet two inches in heiyht â€" certainly the highest average in the British army â€" anel the whole brigaele is a remarkably fine one. After the (luards the fct^adj' stream of British infantry fio.^eel past in unbroken or- der, the regiments deploying into column as they entered the square, forraiug coluu'n cf route at ihe double as they emorgvHl from the narrow streets with perfect and unvary ing discipline. After the Guards came the Eighteenth lloyal Irish), the Fifth (West Kent), tl'.e Eiglity-fourth (York anel Liii- caster), unel the Eighty-seventh (Irish Fu- siliers). Tlie baitalion of Koyal Marines followed in new red tunics and brilliantly white helmets, the troops quit3 eclipsing in appearance all which had parsed betore, and presenting a splendid spectacle. The mar- ines comploteii tlie line of the first elivision. (Joneral Willi-;, whose Avouuel lia-i quite healed, now left the side of the cuuiuaiiler- inchitfaud fedlowed his Jivision, aiitl (Gen- eral Hamley and his staff approached. The elrums an I bagpipes next hcraldeM tlie coiri- ing ot General Alijon's Highland Krigaele. When the detaded report^ of the battle of Tel-tl-Kebir, now on their way home, are receivcil I think that it will be allowed that the advane^e of this brigade will be consider- ed as one of the finest instances of military discipline, under the trying circumstances of a night imrch, in our military' histejry. The Black Watch went pass to ihe lane of " Highland Laddie." Since Foutenoy, when this regiment covereel the retreat of the English army, it has taken part iu near- ly every event m HrA h military history. After the Black Watch the Cameionians ?tiode past to the " Pibro.'h ef Ooualel lhu,*' which has been Learel upon the scene of many a British victory. Tue first man who surmounted the entrenchments of Tel- el-Kebir was Private Donald Cameron, of this regiment, who fell dead, shot through the head. The Gordon Highlanders anel the Seventy-fourth, equal m physique and appearance to the leaeiing rei.'i'itnis, c jm- pleted the brigade. Then cam2 the fourth brigade from Alexandria, le»l by General Sir Evelyn Weuxl, upon whose breas; glit- tered three lines of nieda s. The Sixtieth rifles completed tiie march jwst of the Se- conel liivision. The Indian contingent, umler Gen- erals Macpherson and Tanner, finished the display, The Seventy-second (theSeafortb Highlandcro) headed the division, nearlj' every man wearing the Afghan medal and Candahar cross, and they were generally pronou' ced by the specUitors to b^ the fin- est bDeiy cf men on the ground. The wiry, seasoned soleliers looked, indeed, almost a different race of men to the comparative youths cf the otht;r corps. The Twentieth Paunjaubecs, almost entirely Sikhs and Af- ghans, and the Second Belooches well re- presented the Imperial Indian anny. The latter regiment, in its red Zouave trousers and green tunics, with Ion? hair and tall, square built figures, had a particularly war- like mien and attracted the admiration of all onlookers. But little sign cf feeliag w.s manifested by the crowds in the streets, who watched the display in gloomy s lence. The great majority of tbe iopulation probably view with a ii«nse of relief tbe end of tbe war, but it is (Xftmrnly xioitik!^ciJ tJbttJlAieir syo^atyks »re vith us, or with the Khedive, wnwn the txbops have brought back. Much of the credit for the success of yes- terday's review must be given to Major Gen- eral Dormer, who had the chief arrange- ment of it. The passing of 17,033 troops ti^-ongii the narrow streets and small square witho.ta single halt or hitch was a vastly more dilScult matter than that of getting four times tl.e number ranged in review or- der i:i Hyde Park. The tntire march past took exactly one hour and a half. There were iu all 781 ofli- cers, 17,2GG men, 4,320 horses and GO guns. « FACTS Ain UiC NTS. T:ie Cbila in tbe Printing Cfflcc. Vv'ho is the Man that is looking so ha-d at the P.cjc of Paptr He is an Intelligent Compositor. Why dots he hold the Paper .•io close to Lis Eyes Because the Corre- spondent that wrote it makes Hen tracks. What is be saying He is saying, " I can't m'lke out this'stuff." And who is the Other M;iu going to the Casi That is the furi- ous Foreman. What does he Want? He is gcii'g to Help the lots ligent Compositor dec pher the non-Tracks. Ho you Think heC't;a do it 2 J. don't know: he cm do most AnjthinA^^bit T Guess that wiii be Too Much fK \i±kf ^»w i see an Ofchej man Ccmiug. What is he Going lO e o? Thai is the Precise Proot itac'er. He is G;in'^to Cust hisc-.gleEyc over ih*? Heu Tracks to ";e^ a 1)»-i.i they L^ad to. Do you think He can Find it out? Xo; not with- out a luide or a Calciuin light. Nov.*, here cnns Another man â€" who is the Man? That is tiie Able l^Jitor. Where did he cjuie From From his Ddi. Now all the Men are cles3 togetherâ€" s-.-e 1 their Heads most touchâ€" and they arc Looking every One of them at the Pie^e of Paper. What do they do That for? Because thc-y Are Concentrating their (.Jiani intellects upon the piec(; of Paper tJ see Wh.at the heh- Track Corresponelent means by his Hiero- glypidis. Have they Founel out? No, they arc stumped. Now they are gcing Av.ayfromtheCdse. Yes. And one of the Men has ct.uckcd the Piece of Paper into the Stove. Why eloefe he do Th -t Because he can't read the hen-Tracks. Who i the Small Boy that has a Grin on his face, aivi his Hat tnraed up in Front? He is the Oliije Boy. What is the AWc E litor Saying to him He is telling him to go aftar th Long llango shot Gun. What for? Because the Able Editor wants to go hunting afier the hen- Tiatk Corrcsponilent. Will he huit him? Yes ho ^vill, if he Catches him. D.-» you tliiiik t'le Correep jndeut ougiit to be Kille I? Certainly. A TJir.mcs Launct Propelled by £UecCrlc.ty. Having been one of a privilegeei parly of fo r, the riiat ever propelleel upon the wa ers ot the river Thames by the motive power of electricity, I tliink someeictails of tliis latest elcpartuic iu t: e applications of electric Science may be of interest. At half past .3 this afternecu I found my- self on loaid the little vessel Electricity, ly- ing at her mooring ott' the wharf of ttie works of the Electrical Kower Storage Company, at Millwall. Save for the absence of steain and steam machinery the little craft would have been appropriately called a steam launch. She is 20 feet in length and about 5 feet in the beam, elrawing about 2 feet ot M'ater, and titteel with a 22-inch propeller screw. On board were stoweel away undt r the floor- ing and seats, fore and alt, forty-five mysteri- ous boxes, each a cube of about 10 inches in dimensions. The e boxes were nothing else than electric liccumulalors of the latest type as elesised by Messrs. Selloii and Volckinar, being a modification of the well-known Plante accumulator. Fully charged M'ith electricity by wires leading from the dynamos or gen- erators in the works, they were calculated to support power for six hours at the rate of four-lioi se power. These storage cells were placeel in electrical connection with two Sie- mcns's dynamos of the size known as D 3, furnished with proper reversing gear and regulators, to serve as engines to drive the screw propeller. Either or both cf these motors coulel be "switchea" into circuit at will In charge of the electric engines was Mr Gu tuve Pliillipart, Jr. M'ho nas been asso- ciated with Mr. Volckmar in the fitting up ot tlie electric lauuch. Mr. Volckmar liim- scli anel an engineer completed, with the wr.ter, the quaVcet who made the trial trip. Alter a lew minutes" run elown ihe river, anel a trial of the powers ot the boac to go for- ward, blavjken, or go a^ttra ht will, her head was turned citywards, anel we sped â€" I can- not say steamed â€" silently along the scmthera shore, running about eight knots an hotFr against the tiue. At 37 minutes past 4 Lon- eloii bridge was reacneel, where tlie hcael of the lauuch was put about, while a long line ot onlookers from the parapets surveyed the strange craft that without steam or visible power â€" -Aithout even a visible steersman â€" made its way against wind and tide. Slip- 1 iug down the ebb, the wharf at Millwall was gained at one minute past 5, thus in tweuiy-four miuutos terminating the trial trip of the Electricisp^. For the benefit ot electricians I may aelel tiiat the total electromotive force of tne ac- cumulators was 9(5 volts, and that eluring tiie whole of the lung run the current througu each machine was steadily maintained at 24 amperes. Calculations show that this cories- l o ads to aik tpcnditure ot electric energy at me rate of 3 1-1 1 horae-power. It is now forty-three years since the Rus- sian Jacobi first propelled a boat upon the water* of the Neva by aid of a large but primitive electro-magnctij engine, worked by galvanic batteries of tbe old type, wherein zinc plates vere dissolved in acid. Two yeai-s ago a little model boat was shown in Paris by M. Trouve, actuated by accumula- tors of the Faure-Plante type. The present is, bowes-er, not only the first electric boat that has been constructed in this country, but tbe very first iu which tbe electric pro- pulsion of a boat has been undertaken on a commercial s ale.â€" S«LV anus P. Thompson. â€" London Times. A Western Dkucact. â€" Toussaint, Ratte Co., Main street merchants, received 1,500 pounds of dried buffalo meat, about 600 pounds of pemmicaa and a large quantity of fur from the West yesterday. Tae pemmi- can sells for 35 cents a pound. Yesterday the firm sold nearly a bale of the nutritious delicacy to parties who intended sending it to friends in tbe East.â€" ITinn^g Ttme*. th.9 Notes of Interact from »U Parts of GlotM SutartalBiiucly ArranKcd. The revised census s^ve« the population of Scotland at 3,735,673, an increase of 11 per cent, since 1871, a rate of progress not cx- ceedeei since tbe third deciete of the present century. In 1880 the population was 1,600,- 900. Some nurserymen are so mu^ impressed with the eloquent nomenclature lately adopt- ed at a convention of tmdertakers, who re- Mjlved to call themselves henceforth "fu- neral directors," that they propose to as- sume the designation cf "arboreal manipula tors." Prof. Torinelli has lately exhi^i^.ed jjit.the hospital of Santo Spiritil iu ' Rome a «6rpse preserved by him. This bpdy, once in a state of incipient putrefaction, has been re- duced. by Mr. Torinelli to a state or fresh- ness as if it had been dead only a few mi- nutes. After six months the bodj turns in- to a complete mummifica'.iou with no odor of any kind. A man convicted of three grave crimes in one term of the Edtrar county (III. court. For one of these he Mas sentenoed to ten years' iinprisoumeut, for another fourteen years, and for the third the incarnation was to be " during the remainder of his natural life "â€"which would appear to elestroy his interest in the former two punishm:.nt3. A writer on odors and their recognitiou, in the Journal of Science, says " Take an ox, a sheep, or a goat to the cjuntry where tiora is strange, and he will browse upon plants analogous in odor with those which have formed his food in his native land. But whenever he perceives a strange efllu- vium given off, he av«ids the plant as doubtful." A 8uperfluo~3 boar at the Paris Zoo hael a bun with pnissio acic on it crfven him. But ijrui i was not to bo cautiht that way. He pushed it iiito the wa er, and not until the odor was entirel}* gone diel he eat it. The poiion had then lose its force. Animals have prouounccel tastes iu odors. The literal in "line frenzy rolling " of the cat ia catnip is notorious, while the pard and panther grow amiable beneath the in- fluence of lavinder water. A man of science and an epicure is sutho- rity for the statement that the reason of the superior t-aste of the fish serveel in Holland \fi that tlie Dutch fishermen kill their fish as soon as they are taken from the water, in- stead cf leaving them to dia slowly out of their element. He claims that this slow death softens the tissues. An invasion of Asiatic cholera from Egypt iind India is apprcheiuled in Europe, ami French stall it icians are prompteel to rcca 1 the devastations iniiicted by the pest in Paris in previous epidemics of the present century, la 1832 t ere were 12,700 eleaths in the grcai city in the one mouth of Apii' The epielcm c lasted altogether ISO days, and called lor a total cf 18,402 victimp. At that tim^ the population of Paris was only Gio.GOO. In ISiS thnre was an epi le.nij that lasteel 9 month j, and c rried off 1{,1G5 persons. In 1853 the chilera caused the death ot 9.210 victims, and in 1865 t'aore was a death roll of 12,000. During each of these epidemics there was great mortality also iu the west of France, and it is not strange, therefore, that the present reports of another approaching epidemic are receiv- ed with much uneasiness. The "difficulty" between Turkey ai:d Gieecs isover. The Turks who wished at first to "compromise" the matter by hanel- ing back two-fifths of the property which they seized, but which did not belong to them, have given back the whole anl thus settled the affair. Greece owes her success to her own Orm atti'^ude. She showed that she was willing, rather than give up what has been awareleel to her, to precipitate a struggle for which the Great Powers were not prepared, anel so, in order to prevent trouble, the/ Powers compelled Turkey to stand and eleliver. Greece's claims are not finally settled, aud she has learned just now to proceed iu ord^r^ to obtain satisfaction. Keep Ovit the dold Air. It is much better to hav« the ventilation of out- dwellings Under control than to have a constant impouring of air, no matter how cold it ma^ be^ -The windo^a, especially in houses bttm as clieapiy as possibTe^ let in all arouriH (and especially where the two Sashes UiCfliti) an astonishing amount of air, so much th|^ in severe weather it is almost imposslMe to^ifcake the rooih comfortably warm; ' By chocking this inflow of cold air from witl^ oi4^ the same amount of fuel that befoi^e f fled to make. the room warm eno.i^h, will bekfo muc i more effective that considerabAy lejft' coal or wood will be burned. " Weather strips " of various kinds have been invented to' used around windows and dooris for tha purpose to which we have referred. TlM; essential part of these is a narrow stnip ef rather stiff India-rubber fabric, at^hed to a strip of wood or metal, whkm may be fastened to the window in such a maaner that the rubber will cover the cracks between tbe sashes and the frames, and else- wbere. Those strips are very useful, but are not to be had in all places besides, wiule not very costly, they involve an out- laf^wbich many would gladly avoid. iBefore thp rubber strips were introduced, woollen ones were in common u?e. Tbe material known as. " list "or " listing," the marginal stMs being woven on broadcloth and other goods, is conveni. nt, and costs little or noting. This material is not obtainable everywhere, nor is it the best substitute (or tbe window strips. By pasting strips of pajper around the sashes the current of air cat! be ki^«at qdite as coupletely as by any other method. Bown paper will answer as well as any, and if tae job be neatly done, it will not be unsightly. When no longer needed, tbe paper may be pulled off after it has been wetted with warm water. One sash in each room should be left lor necessary ventilation, and some movable strip, such as lath, covered with cloth, provided to close its cracks if neces- sary. A strip of board or plank, covered with some fabric, to be used to close tbe crack at the bo4tom of each door, will be found very nsefuL A VoETABLK Bank. â€" The iiank of Mon- treal has given orders for a portable build- ing, which will be shipped to Begina short- ly, and a branch of tbe leading financial institution of the Daminton opened there. Iiord Daff axin's The cable brings word that Lord Dufferin is to be made a Marquis for his dij^lomatic services. The career of Lord Dufferin, still a comparatively yonn^ :nan, hasbeeaamost brilliant one. He is the son of the fourth Baron Dufferin, his mother being one of the beautiful Slieridau sisters. He was educat- ed at Oxford, but left that university with- out taking a degeee. While still a minor he succeeded to his father's title, and under Lord John Russell's first administration he was lord in waiting on the Queen. He tra- velled from Oxford to Ireland, accompanied by a frienel, in 1847, and published an ac- count of his experiences. In 1859 he mace a voyage to Iceland in a yacht, and wrot« an account of the expedition under the title of " Letters from High Latitudes." He was sent to the East in i860 by Loid Palmerston to make inquiries into the massacre of the Christians theie, anel for his services he was raaele a K. C. B. In 1S72 he was appointed Governor-General of Canatla. His adminis- trations of affairs in the Dominion was most successful. Harvard University conferred on him in 1878 the honorary degree of LL.D. Since then he has been sent to St. Paters- burg as ambassador in a time of great diffi- culty, and thence to Constantinople. He has been the recipient, perhaps, of more ti- tles, distinctions, and posts of honor than a' y man of his time. He was createel an Eng- lish baron iu 1850, nominated a Knight of St. Patrick in 1883, appointed Lord Lieuten- ant of County Down in 1864, sworn a Privy Councillor in 1868, and was made an Earl of the United Kingeiom iu 1871. Of the adage, " Nothing succeeds like success," we have a strk ing illustration in the careers of Lord Daffierin and Sir Garnei Wolseley. Gea. Wol.elcy's Secret Assistance. Among other plausible attempts at rob- bing Sir Gcinet of his glory in winning the fight at Tel-el-Kebir, I hear it suggesteel that he was greatly helpeet by dissensions in the enemy's camp. There is no doubt to Orientals of all classes tjack-sheesh is irre- sistible and we know that in the last Rus- so-Turkish war, gates were openeel and stronge positions sold for money. If the secret Listcry of the recent war ever be made public, we may find that AVolseley dil not lisdain a single chance of securing success, anel made friends of his foes when he could. The knowledge that resis'ance would be half-hearted may well have braced him to an enterprise which would otherwise have beeu hazardous, not to say foolhardy, in the ectreme. It has been proveel to de- monstration that the frontal attack of works defended by the breechloader is almost hopeless. We have seen i: in the last wars, anelthatof Egyptought to have been noexcep- tion to the general rule. Tel-el-Kebid--, with its double line of Klvilfall5--built well- armcel intreiichmcnts, v.-as strong enough to have cost us Ijalt the small force Sir Garnet launched so gaily against it for was there reasouablc hope of ul'cimate succloS, even at the price of a terriqle butcher's bill With- out being captious or hypeicrilical, I am inclined to endorse the suspicions of those who think that Wolseley fought vith other weapoi s than tho e of open Avar, If he diel not, he assumed an awful responsibility, anel, had he suffered elefeat at Tel-el-Kebir, would liave been forever disgraced for so lightly encountering 3U h z terrible risk. â€" London World. ausss suiciDsis. The wife of Adam Ellirg cf Union Depo- sit, I'a., lay down beside her dead child and cat her throat. George W. Foster, a i.rinter, killed him- self in the jail at Syracuse on account of thime at bis incarceration, III health caused .Tohu Maycrle of Dub- uque to shoot himself through the heart. His young wie'.ow is insane. Bronco Sam of Laramie City committed suicide through jealousj' of his Cherokee bride. He, however, shot her derd first. " To fin A rest," saiel Bernard Creamer of Baltimore, " I swallow this ounce of laud- anum." He had been in ill haalth for a long time. Mrs. Ellen Frazsr of Toledo, to escape the pains of neuralgia, committed s.uiciele by hanging hertelf over the table iu the dining room. Katie Dufield, the 20-year old daughter of Henry Dufield, of New Orleans, drowned herself because her mother insisteel upon her washing the I'.isbes before going to visit a siiter. Jesse W. Banks, a farmer 35 years of ago, near Decatur, 111,, could not live happily with his young wife and so he hang- ed himself. He had twice before tried poison and the razor, John Dill, a farm laborer at Cedar City, upon being discharged, spent a day in card playing and drinking, then went to his late employer's reeidence and in sight of his family blew out bis brains. As Carl Heining, a poor jewel! v 'f Den- ver, was refining $12 worth of g. .d dust at a stove it was lost by the break, ug of tbe refining glass. He instantly m ..-heel a cup clean, filled it with poison, ^«. Uowcd the dose, ard in an hour was de.T*-. One of the most terrible u..,l of suicides was that of Louis powder maker, of Alameda Coimty, 'Cal., who blew himself up with a cartrid.e which he made for the purpose. He probably laid it upon bis neck and then fired it. Near his remains was found a torn letter which was plainly written by a child. It read "Dear Papa When are you coming back I am very good. I have my five cents yet. Is there much fruit ripe in the coun- try " After taki ig a look at the moon, George Farrant and Ellen Hickman stood on the banks of the river in London ready to drown themselves. Relatives had thwarted their proposed marriage, and they determined to die together. George tied his wrist to HJllen'i and they jumped in. Tbey were rescued, though unconscious. After being resuscitated tney were imprisoned. At the trial their relatives relented, a marriage was arranged, and the Judge discharged the pair with a reprimand. determined Kompf, a "Elephant" Potatoks. â€" Mr. Hutiel Call, of Bolten, planted one peck of -s^Wbite Elephant' potatoes, got from New York, and dug sixteen bushels nice tubers as the product this fall. Wdo beats that ^.â€"St. John's News. ,^8eaaty. tngs»#i3'a Darfiij wotrm say," anu m-xh»* respect, too preeminence of the ancient Greeks' probably the 6utcome of their general p' cal and mental aimeriefity to their fe" men, though they theihselves bclicvejl the exi»t£acej of a chAwical. jtancosii] In the 4£aLM Aa.-A*l^- quack Cagli^ it came out that, during the twelve ^] from 1765â€" '77, he had re dized three J lion fraacs from the sale of his " Recipe Beaatjr," a^,r«;ipe .wi»ioh has been J eagerly searched foJ- than the philosopjl stfine.'orthe licitet'olf lofcjfevity, Andn Cisalpinus mr the notable eliscoverj' tl an ointment o. jfl^^i^ locusts and niig toe-juice would treble the charms of faio^woiniri. "What must! Jo to very* beatrtiftrt^ the' damsel in Quixote" asks tne enchanted Moors he **Que scan viuy honrada â€" bcvery coutiuea replies th3 head. Paracelsus reconnne nicadow-dew, gathered in the morninc wTJ the May-moon is on the increase and Mj taigne inquires into the habits of the well-favored tribes of every country, confesses that the problem is ratlurj evasive one, tha coast-dwellers of being as distinguished for the comeliness] the highlanders of Aragon, and the X| manely cider-drinkers ue)t less than Tuscan wine-drinkers. His only gecJ rule, however, still holds good thru o| door dwellers are never wholly ill-favon nor in-door workers altogether lovely we might say the fame of alcohol-drinkl and total abstainers the schnapps.^] shipping natives of the Tyrolese higlila make amends by their active out-door as Lowell factory-girls by their teetotalii There is a good deal iu race, tiiouJ ' Angell sunt: non An^U," Pope Ste-pj III wrote more ti.au a thousand year.; to Archbishop Cuthbert, who had send batjh of Anglo-Saxon neophytes, aai| tra:e of the same angelic feattircs may be recognized among tbe little ragainuii of many a Schlesw g-Holstcin coast-vill; where men subsist on branely, cheese' sour rye-bread. Their neighbors, the Fa eranians, are a manful if not celestial gea aticu, and. in spite of their dreary mooi lanJ very fond of out-door sports, I'ut larti] east Nature succumbs .to art, an J northern Russiani^ lue -about as oi rageously unprepossessing as iuuuorj and a combination of all vices cog make the image of the Creator. Extrcj meet, though, and their Enipercr Las honor of conmanding twelve regiiTumtsl the most godlike men of the present wnrlj the lance-cuirassiers of the body-gu.an;, cruited in the highlands of Lesghia Daghestan. Nearly all tho natives ef Caucasus have tliat fatil^ift of bof.uty MhJ made their Ian el the favorite hdnting-;.'roj of the harem-agente, and this gav i tht Cj a pretext foi- treating it as a Turkislu pendency. But no social elegraelation cjaj counteract the combined influence (f Caucasian climate, hardy habits, temperatJ and frugality, for the Circassian nutiintii eers are teetotalers by religion and ve^getar by preferenceâ€" figs, honey, barley-cii^ and milk, being the staples of their They are pliysically self-made men, for ttJ language proves that their ancestors vi Turanians â€" fir^t-cousius of the owl-fa nomads of the Mongolian steppeâ€" 'rtl ** Phyiiiojnomic Curiomtiefi," by Di:. L wali in Popular Science Monlhhi kr .\| t'cmber. 'â-ºâ€¢*i A Pitiftt Difenco. A Cairo despatch says tu2 eviltnc! Arabi's complicity iu tha June mass ere possibly insufficient to secure convictia but there is little doubt that "not proveJ rather than " not guilty," will be tne vd diet of impartial minds.' The 803 dojumeaj in the correspondence between Arabi vai-ious persons, M'hicli General Volselej captured after the battle of Telel-Kebil have reached the Foreign Otiice. At the pq vate invcstigatiins cf rebel prisoners, m« of them objected to bci g questioned in gard to events prior to tne outbreak, Aralj especially urging that they were covered i the Khedive's general pardon. Arabi il clares that the J une massacres were prea pated by the presence o; the British fleej and he was in no M'ay responsible for tbea The Alexandria bombardment, iu fact, ^\ done after a mere twen-y-four hours' notici which was entirely too short to allow tbj people te remove their goods or carry awal their infirm, invalid, aged, children, r\ produced a feeling of uncontrollable iudignaf tion among the natives, who believed ti Christians were in determined league to d^ stroythecountry and depopulate it of itsi tive people. Arabi alleges that he and hil officers did all in their power to keep jn^ieT control this dangerous feeling, anei woulj have succeeeled iu preventing the outbrcar if Admiral Seymour had not been iu Eud haste. It was the common belief among ^\ staff that the British were well informed the elangerouE temper of the populace, anJ knew that bombardment under the circuor stances would drive the Egygtians lu'J frenzy. Arabi said all bleKuished »s( caused by a Maltese stabbing an Arab, wl-J was denouncing Admiral Seymour's cocl duct. In contradiction of the charges of rej bellion, Arabi produced evidence that kj was acting in perfect fealty to the SalUij and Khedive. Wolseley and Seymocr. Wolseley is an undergrowo and spare nia-'j lantern-jawed, with short grey hair and blooj moustache. He wears a yellow sun helrncj wound about with a handkerchief of wbi^ and violet check; his red coat is open^'d the chest and spotted with many btains grease, he has a variegated necktie, a wooll« shirt of "loud" pattern, grey checked troj sers, yellow riding boots and spurs, a opeij glass with a yellow case and strap, a yelH revolver belt, with cartridge case, yell" ganntlete,a violet pocket handkerchief stucj in his red coat, a gigantic pair of black sH tacles, and in his hand he flourishes a fo ' keep off the flies. Admiral Seymour is thick-set, of niidc" height, and comfortable round body, a"j his appearance at once suggests to tbe sf tator a life of eood living and little exer( on board ship. He wears a white " helmet, a blue coat, white trowsers, yeUoi laced shoes, a navy sword, a drinking a dirty lii.^a haversack, out of which P/^ jects a piece of cheese, and carries a walk"' sti^E ic •»* rit*y P9 3ckoltz U repj J. » sove ini r.i. r^i^'^f^jBidencarVV. F ^oftbeJara"««.«ri\!' Iivioportf °i,I»l has satisfied th '^JdS^ Montreal n^^ j r* t ot Customs tha- no P^ Uady McDonald gb t j2er-GeneraL P^ • -..^ the name ot .J.--i-= ir»«' "'"friistJd at Ainherstb ^*»^^.\S-lftobeatravcU ^B« of Tarns «^"""f* 'â-  |C Korth West mine n.aker L^tomeettbeimncrs,auauJ... 't:SoU Cvalry l^e ,. I, i ^n their return from i^.' i::e^:Se enthusiasm. 1 The preUminary elections for uKir Uhelming majority i.r th. 11-=.-^ Ijnd Secessionists. I SoltM Pasba has been appoin â-  --d cSder of the Dritisn Ord. iMickMl Mid St George. The Lord Lieutenant cf Ireland 1 Imutedthe death sentence et U aj Tided as accessory to the muracr |,tiblei}avana6h. to penal servitude The British brigantinc St. Georg Metzendof, is slra-ided off Bai yanij liaJ' The crew has landed. The tJ inived i atr Maypo t on. Sept. t'dX Qiebec, ' ' Admirfl Seymour has been C\t KDd a vessel to enquire coucernil fiiereakDaU of Prof Palmer and hij fiio, it is supposed, wcr j murdorce fiedoaiiiB. London, the delegated liootoe' at Caoference, says he always thouuhL am sabscribed to assist the victiinj I tyruLy of the landlords, not to givd nUriei to Irish members of Parha*ii| UNlTiD *r\TF.s. Preudest Arthur has arrive*" :it Poetmaster-General Howe -Icnies intends to resign from the Cabinet. Tker«,t|e(e 58 new cases cf yell ia Pensacolo, recently, and nine dej The chances are that the Dcmoc «»pbire the Governorship and Li Governorship of New York. O^hursday evening Juhu V\"ij M3|om|^4f Hew lrlear.s foiu »B«n vmh luiives and Julia was k 'J'fltBiilton, of New York, \ii \^^ for twenty-five tnousand il Jâ„¢^^9al atteadance on Pro8i ft ** ' ' Specials from Louisiana, Missisd texas renort Hpaw voimj f..r tlJ hoors, "Fw.»uirom Louisiana, Missisa lexas report heavy rains for thj ^wn, doing much daniagc to tl A Pitiable Heir to GreatnJ There U a little child in Engli jwttre has treated with oxceptiond JJ^J^oy"hocan neither cce, tJ *•*. There is scarcely hope, i\ J°^ to manhood, that it will be ll •T *a animated clod, with soJ ««tt« perhaps, but unable to tA *flSC !S-, r=^^^« of life. 1 J2S* «^JM »8 the heir to .. th7X?°^ England, and when h he^^gapd Duchess of Norfoll; By tK '"'® possessed of immet 5lfe*«o will then expire. \\ li^SyOi would enrich ten t«ae tJ:, â„¢* "^tiat a strange frJ 5j^«M. this unhappy child, wi) KOtod iK-*"^°^"'"ca^"»g with j^^\ should be in possess WlJSij* ^^^ ^h\c\ if he) ^JJjJguld make him one of thei ' \^* °« ^his oentiry. WtL*^ Turkey tool JNjr3« »»«^0%r to see how ^•5Srw^«: Seeing a H( •WfilLi: *^ "he Fondly In.j ^jS^u'*^^^^* Contents. f^ffaSJh*^^ ^^ Hatch oi SSlu^^*^^ithHumili= IWl through her Feather rw Count the number HoJ

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