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The date to v ' “id is denoted by the number on the bio paper di .comizmcd um“ all area. at the option of the proprietor. JACOB KRESS. Miscellaneous . :3 mutant!) “banning u apeohlty. .IWE MAKE -' M an, to ensure Insertion in cuncm ought in not but than 10:55.» .semnu {unis-bod o. tangers mm ', Agent. Showers of Trouble Somewhere All the Time. ' A despatch from Washington says: h-Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from the following text, “God shall wipe away all tears trgm their eyes."â€" Rev. vii. l7. What is the use of tears? Why not ‘ substitute laughter? \Vhy not make this a world where all the people are well. and eternal strangers to wins an'l aches? \\'hat is the use of an Eastern storm when we might have 1 perpetual nor’wester? ‘thn a family in put together why not have them all stay, or if they be trans- planted to make other homes. then have them all live. the family record telling a story of marriages and births, but of no deaths? \Vhy not 11:ch the harvests chase each other without fatiguing toil. and all our homes afflicted? “'hy the hard l'iUOW, the hard crust, the hard struggle! It is easy. enough to ex- plain a smile or a success. or a con- grululation; but come. now, and bring all your dictionaries. and all your philosophies, and all your religions, and hvlp me this morning to explain a tour. A chemist will tellyou that it i; salt and lime, and other com- ponvnt parts; but he mlsses the chic! ingndicnlsâ€"the acid of a soured life, the vipcran sling of a. bitter memory. lhl- fragments of a broken heart. I will tell you what a tear is. It is agony in solution. Hear me than. t I discourse to you tours, and of the e iatry, when God 8 away. First, it is the minist‘y of tears to 8 keep this world from oeing too it" attractive. Something must be 6 U done to make us willing to quit this 1T existence. If it were not for trou- gv ble this world would be a_goodlc enough heaven for me. You andlI’d would be willing to take a lease of ,3 this life for a hundred million years i “ if there were no trouble. The earth 3 cushioned and upholstered and pil- fl lared and chandeliered with such an ‘1 expanse, no story of other worlds could enchant us. We would say: a "Let well enough'alone. If you want l I to die. and have your body disinte- grated in the dust. and your soul go , ‘ out on a celestial adventure. theniI you can go; but this world is good ‘1 enough for me." No man wants to l go out of this world, or out of any l house until he has a better house. 'l‘o .‘ cure this inordinate wish to stay here. * God must somehow create a disgust ' for our surroundings. llow shall he l do it 3 He. cannot afford to deface his. horizon. or to tear off a fiery panel .‘ from the sunset. or to subtract an’l anther from the water-lily, or to| banish the pungent aroma from the mignonette. or to drag the robes of the morning in the mire. How then are we to be made Willing to leave? Here is where the. trouble comes in. After a man has had a good deal of trouble he says; “\Vell. I am ready to go. If there is a house somewhere ; whose. roof doesn't leak, I would like ‘ to liVe there. If there is an atmos- phere. somewhere that doesn't distress the lungs. 1 would like to breathe it. If there is a society somewhere where there is. no tittle-tattle, I would like to live there. If there is. a home circle somewhere where I can find - friends. I would like to go there." He a used to read the first part of the l Bible chiefly; now he reads the last part of the Bible chiefly. \Vhy has’ he changed Genesis for Revelation? Ah! he used to be anxious chiefly to i know how this world was made. and all about its geological construc- tion. Now he is chiefly“. anxious tOt know how the next world was made: and how it looks. and who lives there, and how they dross. He reads Re- velation ten times now where he reads Genesis once. The old story. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." does not thrill him half so much as the other story. “I saw a new heaven and a new earth." The old man's hand trembles as he turns over this apocalyptic leaf, and he has to take out his handkerchief . to wipe his spectacles. It was not until Job had been worn out: with be- reavements and carbuncles and a post of a wife. that he wanted to see. God. It was not until the prodigal got tired of living among the hogs that he wanted to go to his: father's house. It is, the ministry of trouble to make this world worth less and heaven : worth more. ‘c t 4 H‘U‘ A l Ittlod shows them that they can no nothing at all. \\'e lay out our great plans and we like to execute them. It looks big. God comes and takes us down. As Prometheus was assaulted by his enemy, when the lance struck him it opened a great swelling that had threatened his death, and he got. well. So it is the arrow of trouble that lets out our great swellings oil pride. We never feel our dependnce upon God until we get trouble. Can you not tell when you hear a man}, pray whether he has ever had any trouble? I can. The cadence, the phraaeology indicate it. Why do wo- men pray better than men? Because they have had more trouble. Before i a man has had any trouble his pray- era are poetic, and he begins away up , among the sun, moon and stars, and gives the Lord a great deal of astron- omical information, that must be high. ly gratifying. He then comes down gradually over beautiful table-lands A an.-‘-_-.. --J A-‘- n“.. .’ n“. -'..’ I»... mvâ€"‘ Again: It is the ministry of trou- ble to make us feel our complete dc- pcmicncv upon God. King Alphonso said that if he had been present at the creation. he could have made a better world than thia. \Vhat a pity he Wasnot present! Ido not know whatGod willdo when some men die. Men think they can do anything, until God shows them that they can do of “tor-Jan and ever amen." But after 5 man has had 'trouble, prayer in with than, lhix morning, while to you of the ministry 01¢ of the endmg of: that min- !) God shall wipe them all him a taking hold of the at gand crying out for help. I {1118. my friends, that makes 1 i dependence upon God. We do ,our weakness or God’s stren 3 the last plant breaks. It is gible in us, when there is ac ito take hold of. that we ( ‘01 God only. Why, you do ‘,who the Lord is. He is no ' crat, seated tar up in a pa {which he emerges once a :Zceded by heralds swinging clear the way. No; but a It ‘ i ing,_at our call, to stand by ‘ low; their furr'ows. O! that great. w-eepcr is just the one to silence all earthly trouble and wipe out all stains of eathly grief. Gentle! Why. his step is softer than the stop of the dew. It will not be a tyrant bidding an incarcerated wretch bush [3 Al--- up his howling. It. will be uk‘athcr who will take you an his left arm. his face gleaming into your face. while with the soft tips of the fingers of the right hand. he shall wipe away all tears from your eyes. Have you any appreciation this morning at the good, and glorious times your friends are having in heaven? How different it is when they get news there of a Christian‘s death from. what is here. It is the differenee between egbarkation and “I‘L‘l§v“vv . coming into port. Every thing de- pends upon which side of the river you stand when you hear of a Christian’s death. If you stand on this side of the river you mourn that they go. If you stand on the other side of the river you rejoice that they come. 0! the difference between a funeral on earth and a jubilee in heavenâ€"be- tween requfiem. here and triumphal march thereâ€"parting here and, re- union there. Together! Have you thought of it. ,Thoy are together. Not one of yom‘ departed friends in but together in different rooms of the same houseâ€"the house of many man- sions. Togothefl} never appreciat- eh 'that "thought when _we' kid 80 away much as m her last number my sister Sarah. Stand- ing there in the village cemetery I looked around and saidâ€"there is father. there is another, there is grandfather, there is grandmother. here are whole circles of kindred. and I thought to myself, “together in the graveâ€"together in glory." I am so impressed with the thought that [do not think it is fanaticism. when some one is going from. this world to the next if you make them the bearer of dispatches to your friends who are ‘â€"â€"-- A- on." W'ervvwvv gone. saying “give my love to my parentsâ€"give my love to my children Tgiv-a my love to my old comrades who are in glory. and tell them I am trying to fight the good fight of faith and I will join them after awhile.” I believe the message will be deliri- ered, and I believe it will increase the. gladn-ess of those who are before the throne. My trieinds take this good cheer home with you. Those fears of be- reavement that course your cheek. and of persecution and of trial, are . not always to be there. O'I‘he mother- AL__.‘ -II HUI. “1"“19 UV vu '_v‘-‘v ly hand of God will wipe them all away. What is the use. on the way 1 to such a consummationâ€"what is ‘ the use of fretting about anything! 0! what an exhilaration it ought to be in Christian work. See you the pinnacles against the sky? It is the city of our God; and we are approaching it. 0! let us be busy in the few: da 3 that shall re- main for us. The zoos and the Britons; went out to battle. The Saxons were all around. The Britons had no weapons at all, and yet history tells us the Britons got the victory. Why? They went into battle shout- ing three times “ballelujah!” And at the third about of “hallelujah” their enemies fled panic struck, and so the Bni‘tona' got the victory. And my friends. if we could only appreci- ate the glories that are to come.‘ we lshould be so filled with enthusiasm that no power on earth or hell could stand before us. and at our first shout the opposing forces would begin to tremble. and at our second shout. they would begin to fall back. and at our third about they would be routed forever. There is no power on earth or in hell that could stand be- fore three such volleys of hallelujab. I put this balsam. on the recent} wounds in my congregation. Death‘ “has swung a sharp keen, swm'd through this church since I have . been gone. I was not here to com- _ fort you then. Rejoice at the ; thought of what your departed ' friends have got rid of, and that you have a prospect of so soon making E your own escape. Boar cheerfully the ministry of tears, and exult at the l thought that soon it is to be: ended. is the accurate collection and distri- bution of mail matter in the: shortest possible period of time. By a recent linnovation the letter boxes in the ; principal thoroughfares are now ‘ cleared every fifteen minutes during the busy hours of the day. Illustra-I ' tive of the perfection to which the de- partment has attained is the follow- ‘ing story. , Also it is an instance in 'which stern ofticialism saved a hu- ' man life. A young girl wrote to her l, parents expressing her determination 'to commit suicide. and incidentally mentioned the place where her body would be found. She mailed the let- ter. Her father received it within an hour of its being posted. hurried to the epot in the Thiergarten, where l the body was to be found, caught his T‘ daughter in the commencement of her raah attempt. and tool: hen home. tenor Boxes Are New ('Iearul' livery Fifteen Minutes. Although Berlin's postal service is the unattainable model for the rest of Europe. the excellence already at- tained does not satisfy the postal authorities. The problem, of course, BERLIN'S MODEL P. O. SYSTEM. BUT HE KEPT THE GOLD. Two young men drew up in. a tour- wheelcr opposite a famous exhibition in London. One, having alighted, timidly approached the cabman. and tendered him one shilling and six pen- nies as his titre, whilst the other no!- lectcd their sticks and parcels. preâ€" paratory to following his companion. Cabby', deserying a half-sovereign amongst the coppcra, whipped up his horses, and drove frantically up Bak- er Street. Hearing cries from the man. who ran after the cab, he had an attack of deafness, until, nearing Oxford Street, he was stopped by a policeman. The man. much out of breath, soon came up with the cab, and cabby mentally bade good-bye to the half-sovereign. I ain't got nothin' of his! cried the driver, turning appealingly to the policeman: \ rv-vaâ€"wvvâ€" Ye hevl gasped the man. Ye ran away wi' me feyther! Sure enough, there was the old gen. tleman still in the cab, and staring, pale with fright. at the crowd and policeman. fl...»â€" DENTIST'S MUST ms CAREFUL. A man in my profession,.remarked‘ the dentist. must be careful in select- ing his assistants. ‘ I shouldn’t think they had much to do with it, said the listener. . Well, they have, continued the den- tist. I remember I had one once who had been working in a photographer’s gallery, and the first patient he had to handle was the most nervous old chap in the town. I never thought about what he was going to do, and Lsimply told him to arrange the pa- ! tient in the chair. He did it, and Ethen he said. as he stepped away, "‘Now look pleasant.” And the old fellow rushed out and never came back. \ HIS \VAYS. Why do you neon to dislike Mr. Simpson. Mr. Hopkins! Oh. he's the man who never comes to your house without pulling up the broken windowâ€"dado. sitting in the disabled chair or getting the cuck- ed teacups HIS MAJESTY’S UNIFORM. one It as ones as as can ? Continental Olen-AlwaysWau-M Unitas-n in Dublinâ€"Ono. a m Always a sexual-mama Imps. One of the first of Earl Roberts’ acts as Commander-inoChiet was the issue of an order that all officers visiting Pall Mall as officers should be attired in the uniform of their irank. That order strikes the right inote. Some day, perhaps. His Ma- jesty may, through the Commander- in-Chiet. inform his officers of the sister services that it is His Royal will and pleasure that they shall cease to disguise themselves as civil- ians when oft duty. But is an officer ever really “off duty"? In the other armies of the civilized world they do not think so. The unitorn of the Kaiser and the Tear. of the French Republic and the Emperor of Austria. is not slighted in this way. In all European ser- vices it is a military offence for an officer to appear in public. save by special permission and when unoffi- cially visiting foreign countries. without his uniform. and even it this were not the case. no European ot- ticer dare brave the ridicule and con- tempt with which his comrades would visit such an insult to his_eountry. They are never off duty. They are soldiers from the moment they enter the army till the hour in“ which they leave it. To them their uniform is a. great deal more than a mere suit of more or less gorgeous clothesa It is the outward and-visible sign of the fact that they have devoted their lives and energies to the service of. their country. and the wearing of it is to them not only a duty, ‘ BUT AN HONOR. Why does not the British officer think the name of the King’s uniform? Why is it to him merely a livery of service, to be worn, as a footman wears his livery. only when he is di- rectly serving his master Fu'lrther. one might ask. without impertinence, why the private soldier and the non- commissioned officer is compelled to wear His Majesty's uniform both on and off duty. While those who hold his commission are permitted to get rid of it, as though it; were something irksome and disagreeable. at the earliest possible momentâ€"just as the footma-n does with his livery? ‘wvmwu â€"" It cannot. of course, be that the British officer holds His Majesty's uniform in anything but honor. though his European brother-in-arms sometimes thinks differently. It would rather seem to be partly the result. of a pernicious tradition. and partly on that amateurism which so deplorably interferes with the effi- ciency of our Army in the field. The fact is, that the average British, officer does not take his profession1 seriously save when on duty. and therefore the moment his profession- al duties are over he makes haste to return to civilian life. He has. ap- parently. a rooted objection to be- ,ing recognized by the Man in the Street as a bearer of His Majesty's commission. and he likes to get in- to mufti no that the men of his own regiment may pass him by in the street without saluting. With us it is not the officer who is saluted, it is the uniform. On the Continent it is both. for the: man and his uniform are one. Once a soldier always a soldier, is the rule fromi end to end of Europe. Why should it not be so in this country? It would be a welcome sign that the British officer had ceased to look upon the Army as a gentlemanly oc- cupation. and had come to regard it as A SERIOUS OCCUPATION. He would live physically in his uni- form. just as. mentally. he ought to live in his exalted calling. This may not seem to amount to much. but remember that navaVand mili- tary officers are human. and thatt the force of visible association is every potent force with all of us. The wearing of uniform would abolish what is now an invidious and a senseless distinction between the commissioned and the non-commis- sioned man. Reduce the matter to its lowest possible terms. leave the honour of a glorious profession en- ti ely out of the question for the ti o being. and we find that! both are . paid servants of His Majesty. Why 1 should the one be compelled to wear the garb of his service during! his cv- ‘ery-day life.‘ yvhile the other is alo : lowed to wear it as seldom' and for las short a time as possible? The reverse ought surely to be the case. The higher the rank in the King's Service. the greater the hon- ! or and the more imperative the duty I of wearing the King’s uniform. It muSt be admitted that'the Man iin the Street has the right to be able to recognise and to admire the men who have devoted themselves to the noblest of all secular ceilings. the defence of their native land. We cannot all be soldiers or sailors. but all of us who are worthy citizens of the Empire which these men have won and kept for us love them. and and therefore we like to know them. To the vast majority of us, our heroes, the men who, in our‘ own gen- eration, have willingly risked life and limb, starvation and disease, to ups hold our splendid traditions and to preserve our magnificent heritage are only names that we read in the newspapers. We see portraits of the most famous of them in shop-windows and in the illustrated jonrnals: IWhy _‘._. “a“ b.- ..u ---â€"‘-â€"_'__ should we have to pass the other: by in the Street with no more chance of recognising them than it they were well-dressed City clerks. or mere lou'ngers about town? Wifeâ€"I somehow just feel in my bones that we will so to Europe this I guess VERY LIKELY. in which bone do you feel I, Idoh't exactly know. it'a my wishbone. 80MB B0808 BRITISHBRS. “ SUBJECTS ” WHO IAKB GIEAT BRITAIN HATID ABROAD. ' «Riga. Jon lull in J: American Plays the Briton In The-re is nothing like pretu be a Briton if [you are in I: undertaking, (or you have t There is nothing like pretendins ‘0 be a Briton it you are in [or a his undertaking, tor you have the [our of the Empire at your back. The most successful of recent sham John Bull: was Buy Lopez. the famous South American filibuster, who found it more convenient to be called John Philips. 1“. He was a restless adventurer of Ec- uador, and he wanted to become Pro- sident of the State. He had already made two attempts with a few hun- dred men at his back, to oust the reigning President, but had failed hopelessly. And, finding the party in Power was not at ALL AFRAID 0F HIM he disappeared as Ruy Lopez. (0 up again I: John Philips, Britisbcr. He disguised himself as well a: he could by shaving his head and mous- tache, and he looked that part hotter than most South Americans because he had black hair. He got hipself‘up vuw- â€"'w nâ€" â€" - u in strict British kitâ€"riding-breechen and while helmet. and even wore an eyehglass. Ilia rivals «did not recog- nise him. He could talk English (In- enily, and he gathered together about 1,500 men and a couple of maâ€" chine-guns. He went so far as locall all his officers and most of his men by English names, and they were in- slructed to speak only in broken Span- ‘iah and English when dealing with [the country people. All South Americans. as Lopez knew have a great sense of the superiority of the British. and his ruse succeeded. for it really was thought by his ene- mies that he was an Englishman, backed up by Britain. with British followers. and. of course, plenty at money. in which we are all suppt'm‘vd to be rolling. ,I A 1‘“ v-v The Ahgréhilips utterly routed the rival forces in three 81101“ battles, and carried everything lwfort- him. He made himself President Philips 0! Ecuador. and ruled for over six months before he was found out. Ton weeks after the discovery. HE WAS ASSASSINATED. ' Japan was badly “had" some time 880 by a counterfeit John Bull, who really came from Sweden. He was a big trader in the East, and came to Japan ~to_op_er1 up a big business. wâ€"râ€"â€" ' NOW. the British Ambassador of that tinic happened to be engaged on im- pou'tunt matters elsewhere, and when the Swede, whose name was Bjm‘k- man, found this out, he decided to Palm himself off as an influential Briton, and get a big “deal" out of the Government. He was as yet unknown in Japan. and he turned up at: State headquarâ€" ters with alleged letters from 3‘11] sorts of powerful British authorities. He wanted Japan to give him some big trading concessions and monopo- lies, the holding,r of which meant the acquisition of millions of money. He was as yet unknown in Japan. The name he took was Walter Ad- ams, and he said, among other thingS. that he was a nephew of the Prime Minister of Britain, and the heir to the. “Earldom of Miatley," which is unknown in the British peerage. The Japanese have :1 great rever- ence for EurOpean nobility, and Bjork- man, who was a ('lvver man. and a master of English. pushed his point so well that he obtained the agree- ments he wanted within twenty-four hours. \Vhen the British Minister re- turned, he naturally denied all know- ledge of the man. But Japan could not well retract, and the Minister, 83 looking into 'the matter, decided that it would make a bad impression on the Japanese to DENY THE AUTHORITY of the man, and decided that there was no way out of it, but to quietly wink at the sham. Bjorkman’s imper- sonation was one of the most fruit- ful pieces of humhug ever brought off in the name of Britain, for he 'quickly became the richest foreigner in Japan, and amassed over £2,000.- Americans have cits:- found 11 pay to become temporary Britons wucn trying for a big thingâ€"especially in Asiaâ€"and the mcsl daring of them all was certainly the notorious Lin- coln Forbes, who “ rushed" the Ameer of Afghanistan, and risked his life in doing it. His reason for be- coming a sham Buriton was simply DARING FRAUD; and he was very _near_ly supqggsful._ He picked his time for visiting the Ameezr’s Court at Kabul, just at the moment when nobody was present who could “show him up," and pre- sented himself as Joseph Arkwright, in the ne'rvice of the British Govern- ment.’ The Amecr owed the Govern- ment :1. 511m of nearly £70,000. which was ahout to be paid, and it was this that Forbes was after. Clad in Anglo-Indian riding-kit, he managed to get into the presence of the Ameer with a set of forged pa- peret and he actually succeeded in convnncing the [grim monarch of his genuzneness. He had some camels and an armed escort to take the money away. It was paid in gold. and the sum was handed over to him. He would have been impaled alive had the truth been guessed. He got over the borders. however, and tried the desperate plan of escaping through lKafiriatan, a deadly country; but the alarm was raised. and he was captur- ed by a British patrol. He is still do- ing time in the Andaman penal settle- meat. One of the biggest and most whole- sale pillaging expeditions on record wan made by a sham John Bull, who called himself Colonel Stoddart, but wag really a plausible Turk by the name of Selim Hansen. He organised a force of about twenty men. all rig- ged out in English CAMPAIGN IN G CLOTHES. and n1! urmed. With these. uni hunselt as their “colonel." he demanded on Armenia. where he represented hin- lLr" ‘- _ mmd it pay .â€"â€" flavfiâ€"‘O- --' self to the peasantry an an English Pmiflmy. who was sent by the Brilish Government to levy taxes. and collect whatever valuables the Armenia!“ bad. which would be aloud “Id pro- tected itcu. In return (or this. Britain would take the Armenians under her «90' cinl care. and protect them from the terrible raids by the Turka and Kurds. ‘Armenia at the time was ter- ror-stricken by Turkish maaaaorel. and had some hope of help from E land. Colonel Stoddart had no - dom need for violence anywhen. [or the people yielded up all they had to him in most instances; and he wal said to be the best. imitation of a Bri- ton ever turned out. He and his men fared sumptuouely. and altogether he 1eleared about £60,000. mostly from the country tradera. What he was not. given he took. Then he disappeared. and Turkey took no great trouble. to find him. He is peaceably settled now. in z: gorgeous house of his own in the Turkish provinces. FROM EBIN’S GREEN ISLE INTERESTING READING FOR ‘I‘III SONS OF OLD IRELAND. Duke of ( ”WI 5 Command - Dion-l- Iunmi: Cent: Papers-flue huh “no "BUD-l nut-anon sun-flex. Etc. The Shamrock League. as worked up. by the Countess of Limerick. assisted by Lady Clccvc. and oLhcx Irish ladieg brought an enormous demond for "tho chosen leaf of bad and chief. " and at the price. at which it has beenoellin. the cultivation of the Shumock ought. to be a profitable undcttak- ; 33?: four months. .1. nun u ... m"--- mm co uncanny. . 93 F 9f... WM... It is stated that the Duke of Con- naught is not. likely to nel'mquish his command in Ireland for some time- for a year at least. [1.3.3. and the Duchesa intend to pass a great deal of the Bummer at the Curragh of Kil- dare. The Duke is a great hvcgrite -v â€" â€"â€"_.â€" r'11;'I‘t:c21:u:d. and their} wz'u general to- gret when it was rumoured that ho was about to leave. Lord Ashbourne. Lord Chancellor ct Ireland, comes in for a nice pcrquisito by the acce‘ision of the King to tho throne. The new sovereign on com- mencing to reign makes an order (or the using of a new Great Seal and the "breaking-up" consists in the cov- creign giving the seal a gentle tap with a hamnmr. attar which it is sup- poaed to be broken up and has lost all its value. The men of the Royal Irish Consu- bulary were busy distribming the census papers all over Ireland re- cently. This is causing agrcal. feeling of uneasiness. as a visit from "the peolers" in tbs out-ofothe-wuy din- triets forebodes evil as a rule. Then is a general feeling on the part a! the people that any information given will be used against Lhemselvel LI some mysterious way. The shamrock was. as usual. the subj‘ct of :1 Parliamentary discul- sion. This time it was the Woolwich Cadets, who had been crushed in. their “wearin' o' the green.” Scale of the cadets appeared at church parade on St.Patrick's Day.with such enormoul bunches of the "chosen leaf" an to cause an amount of jocularity and unstcudiness in the tanks. and the, ot- [iccrs on duty felt called upon to di- rect. the removal of the shamrock in the interests of the respect due to diving service. A good story is told of an Irish sergeant who was wounded in tho head and invalided home from South Africa. The doctor who removed tho bullet accidentally removed a little bit of the brain with it. Promptod by alt-use of humour he wrote to the sergeant and asked him it ho would like this bit of his brain returned to him. The sergeant. with true Irish wit. replied; “thank you, no, 1 shall not want. it. as I have got u situa- tion in the War Office." The decision of EnrlCadogan to re- tain the Irish Viceroyship for another year it believed tobe not unconnected with a prospective visit of the King and Queen to Irelanl when the period of Court mourning is over. Kins 194' word is known to hold the View that a royal visit should be paid at [cant once a year to the sister island. 1.1:. Majesty is credited with the intention of making his first entry into Dublin :13 king in great state. Pnrtly un- der pressure from the coverea‘n, and partly to oblige Lord Salisbury, Lord Cadogan will stay on at the castle. An extraordinary occurrence took placein Dublin recently. A car driver named Bolcer had an nltercntion with two soldiers and assaulted them. when he was arrested by the police. and utter arrest broke wine glass in the Clarendon police station. lie wan brought before the police maciitfflfi whodeollned to decide the casLe. und- 1.118 it on for trial. uougvr. u uv "_. allowed out on ball. was greatly in- ceased. thinking himself badly treat- ed. and proceeded to Mr. llyrne'g house in Leann ctr-st. GJ‘niD‘ u. mittance. be rushed into I room a“ commenced demolishing the furni- ture with a blackthorl. Hg smacked it for Trix-giwliol'gâ€"er. W he}. “ urn M