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At Buffalo Mrs. Mary Miller killed her child
bj throwing it under an" engine. She then
tried to-comrait suicide by throwing herself
nder the train. The child , about four years
old , was instantly killed. Mrs. Miller's arm
was ' hurt and amputation will he necessary.
It'la expected that she will recover.
A. M. Dawson , of the commission house of
Dawson & Snook , Chicago , has skipped with
V all the available cash of the firm. He doctor
ed the bortcs and drew out whatever cash was
in bank. The amount of his grab Is placed at
. $600,000. His partner stated he had no Idea
What route his partner had taken , but sup
posed he intended to winter In Canada.
Judge McConnell , at Grand Falls , Dakota ,
has sentenced Geo. Miller , who murdered
Mrs. Sncll and her children last winter , to be
"banged on October 30th. The prisoner re
celved the sentence with the utmos't indiffer
ence.
GOT. Marmaduke of Missouri , has issued a
proclamation offering a reward of $1,000 each
for the arrest and conviction of the four men
engaged In the train robbery at Blue Springs
and calling upon all sheriffs and peace officerc
ftf the state to aid in the search.
In the sir races at Sheepshead bayN. . Y.i
on the Stb , the winners were Avalon ,
Farewell , Frank WarJ , Jouqulta ,
Dutch Rolle and Baurke Coch-
ran. In the sixth race a steeple
chase , Revenue jumped short at the double
and broke his neck , throwing Ford the jockey ,
V
Baurke Cochran came over on the jump ,
striking Ford in the face and crushing his
skull , when picked up'Ford was dead.
Camden county , Mo. , advices statethat , the
cafe of the county treasurer's office In the
town of Linn Creek w as blown open by bur
glars and robbed of seven thousand dollars'
In money. Several stores were also robbed by
the gang , none of whom have been arrested-
Lincoln Smith and James Schuster were
both fatally shot near St Paul ,
Minn. , by Joseph Under , a farmer. The men
were stealing fruit belonging to Linden
when he fired upon them , Killing them all
most instantly.
Peter Whit'ock , recently married Into the
family of E. P. Coe , a farmer , near Danville ,
111. Ilis H ife on account of his dissipated
habits , left him and went back to her father's
home. Whitloek went there and after shoot
ing her and her two sisters , committed sul"
clde. Two of his victims will not recover.
Miss Margaret Hatvker , an old lady who
lived ulone in Columbia county , N. T. , was
found dead in her house with cuts and bruises
on her head. The house had been robbed ,
rherc Is no clue to the murderer.
Muncle , Ind. , has followed the example set
fc' the neighboring town of Anderson with re
gard to tramps. A few days ago six tramps
were released from jail and made to run a
gauntlet of nearly two hundred men and boys
armed with whits and cJeos , formed in lino
and ran into the river which was not very
deep. All emerged safely on the other side ,
and soon disappeared.
Rev. S. H. Brown , a colored minister at
Memphas , Tenn. , confined to the workhouse
and serving a term for bisamy , succeeded in
making his escape. He was pursued by three
guards who ordered him to stop. He paid no
heed to their command and all three fired at
him. He fell dead.
A dispatch from Lima , Ohio , says an at
tempt was made to blow up with dynamite
the hotel , saloon and residence of Neal &
Bldwell , in the village of "Westminister. The
saloon was recently opened and its presence
was hotly opposed by some of the citizens.
This opposition is credited with inspirinz the
effort The whole front of' the store was
bloun away , and the interior wrecked. Nea.
and his family occupying the upper story
were blown from their beds and somewhat
iiralsrd.
N.jarly four hundred Mormon converts
bound for Utah landed at Castle Garden ,
New York , on the 9th. Half of them are wo
men and children , and are Scandinavians and
Germans. Tiiey were received by the Utah
emigration agent
The annual convention fof bankers to be
held in Chicago on September 23 and 24 , will
he largely attended , delegates have been in.
vited from all the banking institutions hi the
United States , including national , state and
private banks. Lyman J. Gage will preside.
The greater part of the first day will be de-
TOted to the discussion of the silver question.
The second day's session will be devoted to
an inquiry into defalcations , the means of
preventing loss to monied institutions and
similar crimes ; papers will be read by leading
authorities on the financial system of tue
country. Arrangements have been made on
a liberal scale for the successful result of the
dc liberations expected.
CABLE.
Wlsceltaneotts Matters of Interest Pertaining
to Foreign Countries ,
The Spanish Iron clad Aragon has landed
troops on the Pelew Islands and the Spanish
admiral has beeen ordered likewise to occupy
Yap , Babelthnap , Poponapl , and other islands
of the Caroline proupe. German officials in
these waters have been instructed not to in
terfere with the carrying out of the Spanish
admiral's orders. It Is reported that King
Alf ouzo will ask the emperor of Austria to
use his Influence with the German govern
ment in behalf of Spain to persuade Prince
Bismarck to abandon his scheme of occupa
tion of the Caroline islands. King Alfonzo
it Is further reported , says that the affair has
< o aroused the Spanish people that he would
lose his throne If he should recede from the
4lalm and Spain would be rained If he should
push his claim.
A bitter spirit has hastily manifested itself
between the Germans and Czechs , In Bo.
hernia. Outbreaks are continually occurring
at the military camp. At Pilsen the riot
broke out and many persons were Injured.
Berlin advices state that Spain hasn't re
plied to Germany's sugcestlon to refer the
Caroline Island difficulty to some friendly
pon er , nor its demanded reparation for the
. Insult to the German embassy at Madrid. Bis-
jnarck , after long discussion with German
.houses , having a large Pacific trade , prepared
plans some months ago for the occu , ation by
Germany ol the principal islands in the Mar
shal , Pelew , Gilbert and Caroline groups. The
Spanish officers on various islands in the Pa
cific ocean have for many years called the at"
tention of the home government to the In
creasing German influence in the Pacific.
The Xondon Standard's Madrid dispatches
confirm the reports that Spain informed
Germany that reparation for the Insult to the
German embassy would not be made unless
Gcrminy agreed to renounce her intention to
establish a protectorate over the Caroline and
Pelew Islands. '
It Is scrai-offlelally announced that Spain
has not yet replied to to Germany's suggps
tion to refer the , Caroline question to a
friendly power for arbitration , nor has Spain
replied to Germany's demand for reparation
for Insult to Germany's embassy at Madrid.
Joseph Chamberlain , In a speech at War
rlngton , Eng. , gave a full definition of the
radical platform radicals , who he said now
comprise the great majority of the liberals.
The party will oppose Parnull tooth and nail
[ Prolonged cheers. ] If home rule is granted it
means the ultimate destruction of the empire.
He ( Chamberlain ) when in office had pre
pared a moderate scheme for a domestic gov
ernment in Ireland , which at that time met
the approval of the national leaders. If the
liberals do not like the radical platform tney
must sever their connection with that party.
The radical platform In addition to a local
.government and the land nationalization
question includes planks favoring free schools
revision of taxation , a game law and mineral
royalties , and a declaration that public Inter *
est in land Is paramount to private rights.
La France and Le Paris say that King Al _
fonso will be overthrown unless he heads
the war party. Le Paris says editorially that
France has no reason to meddle with
the Spanish-German quarrel and
France shall recollect that De Freyclnet , the
French minister of foreign affairs , has tele
graphed Baron Des Mlchels , the French em-
oassador at Madrid , to observe the greatest
prudence during the difficulties at Madrid
over the Caroline affairs.
Spain , it is reported , has finally declined to
have any arbitrations on the questions as to
which power has the strongest claim on the
Carolines , holding that this question does not
admit of discussion. The German officials
still scout at the idea of war between the two
countries on occount of this difficulty.
The riots between the Germans and Czechs
In Bohemia , greatly disturb the Austrian gov-
erment. It is feared that Germany may take
umbrage at the state of affairs nnd demand
heavy indemnities for the Germans injured.
Many riots occurred , but the majority have
been hushed up by the government officials
In order to prevent the hostile spirit between
conflicting parties from snreadins.
TTTK BEAT OF
jmscenaneovf matters of Interest at the
tional Capital ,
THE September report of the department
ol agriculture contains an article showing
the production , consumption nnd distribu
tion of the wheat of the United States in
eight years past , and others' demonstrating
the excess of the commercial estimates ol
the Pacific coast wheat production and the
completeness of the assessors' returns ol
the western states as to area and product.
INSPECTOR GENERAL NELSON H. DAVIS is
to be placed on the retired list. He will be
succeeded by Lieutenant General Roger
Jones or General A. Baird. The former is
the senior officer , but the latter is said to
have a more brilliant record and stronger
endorsements.
THE president made the following ap
pointments : To be consuls of the United
States , H. W. Gilbert of New York at
Trieste , James M. Ross of New York at
Three Rivers , Canada ; Moses A. Hopkins
of North Carolina , minister resident and
consul general of the United States to
Liberia ; Irwin Dugan , to be supervising in
spector of steam vessels for the Sixth dis
trict.
Secretary Bayard has been informed by
cable that the cholera is increasing in Pa
lermo and Cicily generally.
Washington special : Commissioner Sparks
and Chief Clerk Walker , of the general land
office , commenced a few weeks ago a new
system of'"checking oif" the business of
each local land office , instead of sending the
inspectors hither and thither to look after
isolated cases of fraud brought to the at
tention of the office. The inspectors take
one township at a time , examine every
entry without exception and ascertain if
each individual entryman has complied
strictly with the provisions of the laws re
lating to homestead , pre-emption , timber-
culture , mineral claim , etc. This new sys
tem is a virtual "clean sweep" and the re
sult is that many hundreds of false claims
are swept away and the land restored to
tho public domain. The opportunities for
perpetrating these land frauds are open to
everybody and the temptation catches
scores upon scores of people , good , bad and
indifferent , who want land. In New Mexico
the revelations are frightful , the entire land
operations in that territory having appar
ently been steeped in fraud for years past.
When it is stated that 90 per cent ol all
entries in New Mexico will be held for can
cellation , it may be surmised to what ex
tent frauds have been perpetrated. Re
ports from California are very bad , while
the Devil'sLake , Dak. , land district is reek
ing with fraud and perjury. In Kansas and
Nebraska 70 per cent of all land entries are
crooked , and will be cancelled.
THE commissioner of internal revenue re
ports that the. amount of distilled spirits
that has gone into consumption in the
United States during the fiscal year ended
June 3 , 1885 , is 69,156,902 gallons , and
the amount of malt liquors on which tax
was paid during the same period is 19,105-
953 barrels. The amount of wine con
sumed in this countryduring the year 1884
is estimated at 20,508,345 gallons.
IT is said that when the postmaster gen
eral returns next week he will proceed to
consider the questions that have arisen in
connection with the establishment of the
immediate delivery system and will issue
an additional circular to postmasters con
taining full and explicit instructions for
their guidance in inaugurating the new
scheme.
THE September cotton report of the de.
partment of agriculture shows that the
presence of hot and dry weather during Au
gust , caused a shedding of balls and a de
crease of vitality resulted quite generally.
The condition declined in every state. The
average is 87 against 96 % in August last
year.
THE issue of standard silver dollars from
the minta during tho week ending Septem
ber 6th was $457,291. The issue during
the corresponding period of last year was
$348,497.
ADJUTANT GENEitALDnmihad a conference
with the president in regard to the troubles
iu Wyoming territory and gave him an
account of the steps already taken by the
war department to suppress the dis
turbance.
PBESIDENT CLEVELAND arrived at Wash
ington on the 8th. A carriage was in wait
ing at the depot and conveyed him at once
to the white house , where , after breakfast ,
he at once settled down to work. The
president is well tanned by the sun and ap
pears much improved by his trip. He says
he had an excellent time , enjoying perfect
health. He baa not been ill a single day
since he left and is at a loss to understand
how the report of his serious illness origi
nated.
Sona EON MAIN , of the Marine hospital ser
vice , has reported to the surgeon general at
Washington the details of a visit of inspec
tion to Tampico , Bagdad , Sanfernandino
and other cities of Mexico near the border
line , from which it appears that there is no
danger of the introduction of an epidemic
of any kind from that quarter.
THE EXPEDITION TO ALASKA.
Report of Iiieutenant Btoney to the Ifavy
Department.
'Lieut. Geo. M. Stoney , commanding the
Alaska exploring expedition , reports to the
navy department from St. Michaels ,
Alaska , June 30 , that alter leaving Ouna-
laska , June 9th , he visited the new volcano
on Bogosloo island and found the only
changes since last year's visit to be a less
discharge of smoke and steam and a small
point making off from the northwest end
of the new volcano. Birds had commenced
nesting in the new volcano. The party
reached St. Michael's June 26th , after en
countering heavy ice to the westward of St.
Lawrence Island. At St. Michael's Lieut.
Stoney secured nearly all tho fur clothing
required , also eighteen good dogs and three
good teams. The dogs cost about $150
each in exchange for trade. An interpreter
was also engaged , and shipped as an ordi
nary seamen. Lieut. Stoney intended tak
ing with him two natives as drivers , and
the wife of one of them. Ha expected to
leave at once for the St. Lawrence bay , and
thence to proceed to Hotham inlet. All on
board the schooner " " well
"Viking" were , and
showed great interest in the work ahead of
them.
CLEAJfUfG OUT TOE DISREPUTABLE *
SoutJicrn Regulators Looking After the Moral
Condition of Society *
A full account is published at Charleston ,
S. C. , ol the recent doings of bands of white
regulators in Fairileld county , that state ,
showing that their motive ? s the determi-
nation to abolish miscegenation. Their
plan of action is to notify white men who
live openly with negro mistresses to leave
the country. If they fail to do this , the
band pays them a visit and administers a
whipping to .all members of the family.
The same plan is also followed with those
who keep disreptuable houses for negroes.
Tom Davis , a rich merchant in Ridgeway ,
reported to be worth $45,000.was given
ten days to leave because he had a negro
mistress and family. He left his business
in the hands of clerks and put out for fis-
eissippi. *
Ross Williams , living near Ridgeway , "was
also visited , but showed fight and was
severely whipped , as was also his mistress
and both ordered to leave. About ten
families , all mixed , have so far felt the
power of tho regulators.
London Cabmen.
Saturday Ilevlew.
Cab drivers are usually honest , Anil
even if they do not invariably return
an umbrella you leave in their vehicle.
A\ey take it to Scotland Yard. Nou- .
Scotland Yard is an interesting , nrus-
reriotis place to visit. A journey to
the great centre of all the clues tluil
lead to nothing ought to be a pleasure
lo the curious. The statistician will br-
pleased by the enormous otacks of
umbrellas and bales of great-coats
whidi in Scotland Yard await their
owners , and mutely reproach the casn-
ahicss of man. Cabmen are notusually
cruel to their horses , A merciful cab
man. will frequently allow his beast in
umblf at the pace of three miles an
hr.nr , especially if you are in a hurry
to catch * a train. Thus our modern
hasto is silently rebuked , and a lesso
on humanity to the lower creation is
enforced by example. We never met
but one cabman whose horse would not
go at all. Did he "wallop it ? Oh , no ,
no , " as the ancient chorus sings. He
polituty confided to us thxt this was his
first day of experience as a cab driver ,
to which we could only reply that tho
circumstances was interesting as it ap
peared to be his horse's last day of ex
perience as a cab horse. Many n cab
man has a noblepride in his steed' J
pedigree and past performances. We
are acqiwinted with the case of a cab
horse which has known better days.
and actually ran into a .place for the
C sarcwitch. Another horse , almost
as distinguished in a different way , ran
into a place belonging to a rate-payer ,
carrying away some yards of a sub ur
ban "brick wall , and a good deal of the
covering of its own knees. Animals of
this sort are respected on a stand , and
gain a legendary repute , like the horses
of lUistiun and the Cid.
Mrs. Mose Schumburg is a very can
did woman. There were several lady
friends from Galveston at the house a
few days ago. Mose was not present ,
down at the store.
"How is hushband's
your pish-
ness coming on ? " asked one of the
visitors.
"Not so good aslvants. Every
once in a vile he gets one of his honest
spells , and then we hardly makes ex-
fenshes. You don't know how pad
feels ven Mose gets one of dose honest
spells. "
PAKSNIPS , carrots , Swedish tnrnips
and especially mangel-wurzel , will all
fatten pigs. These roots ought not to
be given in a raw state , but always
cooked and mixed with beans , peas ,
Indian corn , oats or barley , all ofwhich
mnnt be ground into meal. When piga
are fed on such cooked food as iee have
stated , the pork acquires a peculiarly
rich flavor , and is much esteemed , es
pecially for family use.
THERE is a young lady who follows
the fashions so closely that she trill not
eat ysters unless they are scalloped.
SOME FAMOUS BIG TREES.
Australian Giants Overtop those of Call *
foruiu.
New York Sun.
"Here are the extremes of plant life , " ]
said a botanist , holding a microscopic
slide in one hand and a picture of a'
great tree in the other. "This is adia- '
torn , one of the smallest vegetable or
ganisms , invisible to the naked eye ,
while this , " flourishing the picture , "is
the largest tree as to height in the
world , "
"One of the sequoias ? "
"No , " was the reply. "Uncle Sam
has done pretty well with trees , but
when it comes to height . .the British
Lion takes the belt , as the loftiest
trees are found in the Australian do
minion. This picture is a photograph
of one found by a traveler in the Black
range of Berwick , and it is estimated ,
at 500 feet from the ground to the top
most branch. Think of it a moment , "
continued the speaker. "Five hun
dred feet means a good deal. It would
dwarf the Bartholdi statue. Trinity
would look like a telegraph pole com
pared to it ; the Brooklyn bridge would
be nowhere ; Strasburg Cathedral , the
highest building on the globe , would
be fifty-four feet below the bird's nests
on the top branches , and , if the giant
was placed by the side of the
pyrimid of Cheops , the leaves of thog
eucalyptus would still be twen
ty feet above it. That's the
kind of trees they have in Australia , "
and they are .undoubtedly the largest
on the globa , though it is claimed
that the California specimens are more
impressive from their great bulk. The
gum trees , as the Australian giants
are called , are a comparatively mod
ern discovery , and for a long time it
was impossible to approach them , but
now roads are broken , and travelers
can ride directly to the foot of several.
One of the first kno wna Kanni eucalyp
tus ( Euculyptuscolossea ) of botanists ,
was discovered in a glen of the Warren-
river , Western Australia. When found
by a party of riders , it was prostrate
upon the ground and four riders
abreast entered the trunk , that was
estimated at 400 feet in length. An
other species E. Amzgdalina , measur
ed by Boyle in the gloomy forest of
Daudenong , was found to be 420 feet
long , while another , uow growing on
the Black Spur , ten niiles fromHeales-
ville , is 480 feet high. These meas
urements , you see , are far ahead of the
California trees , one of the largest ,
that I think is known as 'The Father
of the Forest , ' only measuring 435 feet ,
and being 110 feet in circumference at
the base. The one called 'The .Moth
er of the Forest , ' measures 320 in
height , with a circumference at the
base , of 00 feet. Ween they felled the
famous 'Traveler' in 1853 , and , by the
way , every man that had a hand in it
ought to have been sent to Dry Tor-
tugas , it took five or six men nearly a
month to bring it to the ground , and
they had all kinds of tools to work
with , pump augurs , wedges , and every
thing you could think of.
"For a good many years the trees
were subjected to all kinds of indigni- ,
ties , and I have a list of over thirty
names of so-called civilized human be- '
ings that I copied from the bark where ,
they had been carved. Nearly every- ,
body feels called upon to do this ; but
, the rest , who have no knife or are too
lazy , have contented themselves with
buildingfiresaroundtheroots. Why , "
continued the excited botanist , "upon
my word I would as soon think of
carving my name on my great-grand
father's back , or of burning my grand
mother at the stake , as harming these
trees.
"Can the age of these large trees be ,
determined ? " asked the writer.
"Not to a certainty , " was the reply.
"In those extremely old fellows the
lines are not easily determined , bufc if
you want a guess , I should say that ,
when King David was flourishing , the.
seeds of these giants were sprouting. In
one that I have examined , two 'thou
sand annual rings could easily be
counted.but around the so-called heart
of the tree they multiplied so rapidly
that it was impossible to count them ;
but it was very evident that some of
the trees were much older than the
earth in which they grew , that is , pre
supposing that we go by Biblical time. "
In short , the trees may be all the way
from two to ten thousand years old.
That this is not a wild statement you
can see by taking the case of the greafc
tree known as the 'Dragon's Blood , '
of the Canary Islands. Some one had
the curiosity to hunt up the history
of it , and found that descriptions of it ,
written several hundred years ago ,
agreed exactly with those of to-day ;
so that say in threehundred years the
tree has not changed at all in general
appearance. The legends of the na
tives say that the tree was worshiped
by the original inhabitants. In the
fifteenth century the Eoman Catho
lic priest stationed there used its hol
low , or partly hollow , trunk as a
room in which to say mass , and the
ruins of the altar can be seen to-day.
It was discovered , or revealed to sci
ence , so to speak , in the days when
the fatlier of Columbus was a child , or
about 1,402 and since then han not
changed in the slightest. When Hum-
bolt visited it in 1799 he still found it
forty-five feet in circumference , and so |
it stands to-day , hale and hearty , just
as it was 483 years ago , when first"
seen by a European , and how long be
fore it has been growing no one knows.
They slowly approached the house ,
he with a sad , dejected air and she
with a scornlul look upon her young
face. ' ! cannot imagine , my dear , " .
he said mournfully , as they gained the I
from , door , ' 'what has come over you i
so suddenly. I should at least know I I
my offence. I simply asked you if you I '
were romantic , when " A startled ,
'
look came over the girl's face. "You
asked me what ? " she demanded. "I
asked you if you were romantic , and
" "Forgive me , George , " she ex
claimed. "I thought you asked me if
I was rheumatic. "
The Connecticut Kiver , once a
igable stream for a considerable dis
tance , is said to be drying up because
of the destruction of the forests along
its watershed. " "
"POOROAELOTTAr
Carlotta , the widow of the would-
oe-Mexican Emperor Maximilian , is re
gaining her health. Herreason , which
fled nearly twenty years ago , is slowly
but surely returning. [ Cable dis
patch.
Surely the most mournful of all the
sad stories of modern history is that
of Carlotta , the daughter of that Leo
pold of Belgium , whom the great Na
poleon described as "the finest man he
had ever seen. " This same Leopold
went to Paris in 1815 , after the bat
tle of Waterloo. In 1S1G he was wed
ded to Carlotta , only daughter of
George IV. of England , and in Novem
ber , 1817 , both his wife and child ,
the latter new born , were buried.
In August , 1832 , after the revolution
which had separated Holland from
Belgium and given Leopold a crown ,
lia married Louise Maria second
daughter of Louis Philippe , tho "Citi
zen King" of the French. The fruit of
this union were Leopold , now King of
the Belgians ; Philippe , Count of Flan
ders , and the untortunate Carlotta.
The mother of Carlotta died when the
latter was but 10 years old , and the
child had an early tuition ia the hol-
iow quality of European court-life ,
without any safe-guard but such as
could be supplied by hired governesses.
A writer of the time immediately suc
ceeding thegreat tragedy of her life un
consciously gives an idea of her early
misery , when he says "her association
with her superiors in age was so con
stant that she seems never to have en
joyed the ordinary light-heartedness
and playfulness of childhood. " Poor
girl ! this was but a preparation for
the sorrows to come sorrows that
have had no parallel since the world
has agreed to discard the ax and gib
bet in dealing with women.
The poor young Princess grew in
favor and in praise till , in 1GG7 , when
but 17 years old , she was married to
Maximilian , younger brother of Fran
cis Joseph , Emperor of Austria. The
marriage was one of those customary
among the F. F's of Europe , just as
their small imitators used to .attempt
to make mere territorial maniages in
Virginia. The poor girl , no doubt ,
loved her young husband. Her subse
quent conduct showed how deep , how
absorbing , how unfortunate that love
was in its results.
Maximilian was a sailor by profess
ion , a philosophic inquirer by choice.
He commanded several " scientific
expeditions and has written and
published some volumes that are
still treated with respect by the sci
entific world. It was this peculiarly
liberal bent of mind that excited Ca-
vour's hostility to Maximilian. The
great Italian saw in the Austrian Prince
a deadly foe to Italian political free
dom. Austria , at that time , had com
plete control of Venetia and Lombar-
dy and , by marraige connections and
religious bonds , really governed Naples
and Rome. With a liberal Prince like
Maximilian to represent Austrian
ideasthe task of the Italian Liberator
would have been greatly increased. He
did not want a Maximilian around his
quarters , and said , "Maximilian is the
only adversary I fear , because he rep-
presents the only principle that can
ever enchain our Italian cause.
All the time from 1857 to 1863 ,
Maximilian and Carlotta dwelt , as in
an Eden , at the palace of Miramar , on
the east coast of the Adriatic. It seems
that their life there was a perfect
idyll ; love and literature supplying
its rythmic tones. Art in all shapes ;
music , sculptor , painting , words all
combined to make their brief six years
of happiness one of those delightful epi
sodes , the mere reading of which sug
gests happiness and love to all man
kind. But the tempter came. Maxi
milian was ambitious of worldly re
nown ; he knew the sweets of acquisi
tion as a scholar ; he was brave , a
sailor and a Ilapsburg. An empire
was offered him. The tinsel Emperor
of a gieat nation , the fellow who in
herited a name without a particle of
blood-right to the inheritance ; the
smaller "Napoleon , before whom the
Singe Tigres kneeled for a few years ,
gave vent to one of his grandiloquent
decrees. He would "create a Latin
empire in the West , to redress.the bal
ance of the East. " Plagiarist , even in
his orotund phrase , he blinded men's
eyes to his folly , and Maximilian
was seduced into becoming his instru
ment.
Poor Carlotta , the faithful wife and
brave woman , followed her Austrian
husband to Mexico , where the new em
pire was to be founded and maintained.
The scheme was skillfully contrived.
Napoleon the Little had money and
prestige enough , pending the civil war
in the United States , to buy up a par
ty in Mexico. They were called a par
ty , but were really a lot of stock-job
bers and speculators , who , with hearts
absolutely cold as to humanity orpa-
triotism , sought to make a profit out
of Mexican bonds , to say nothing of
Mexican blood. They went to Mira
mar , and in the name of Mexico of
fered throne and fealty to the hapless
prince.
Through one of those miracles of
blindness , which sometimes effects the
best educated men , Maximilian swal
lowed the bait. Napoleon III. not.
only needed a new Latin empire in the
western world but the prestige which a
political alliance with the Ilapsburgs
would give him. Maximilian became
his tool , and the faithful Carlotta fol
lowed her lord. But the imperial pair
( to use the phraseology of the English
court journals ) had"not been many
weeks in Mexico before the wife , with
true wifely instinct , saw and under-
stood the false position in which she
and Maximilian were placed. Carlotta
from babyhood , had been noted for a
peculiar sympathetic quality which
caused her infinite grief , even when
the smallest and most inconsiderable
animal suffered in her sight. When
she saw the doom clouds gathering
over her husband we may imagine ,
though we cannot describe her sorrow.
She fled from Mexico , having be-
Bought her husbsnd in vain to fly from
the death-trap. He , haughtily de
claring that a Hapsburg had better
die than fly , remained. She went to j '
France , to Paris ; saw the spurious
Bonaparte nnd begged ior aid ; begged
for the only aid that could save her
husband's life for military aid. Her
answer was a cole ! declaration that
France could not sustain the Mexican
empire , which .the Fre'nch Emperor
had created ; that a war with the Unit
ed States would be certain to ensue ,
and that instead of sustaining the
Emperor ot Mexico , the French army ,
imder Bazaino would have to be
withdrawn.
This almost broke the poor woman's
heart ; but , with woman's faith in tho
impossible , she sought for comfort in
Rome. A Protestant herself , she
deemed that the Papacy would come
to the rescue of her Catholic husband
compel the Catholic Mexicans to be
come Maximilian's obedient subjects.
She knew nothing of politics , notning
of the stern conditions of political con
test. All that she knew , and all that
she considered , was the danger of her
husband , who was all the world to her.
When her prayer was denied at tho
Vatican she stopped not to reason out
the right or wrong of her unhappiness ;
she could not. Reason swooned , and
from that time to within a few days
past , for nineteen long years , she has
been an amiable maniac dead to tho
world and all.but woe. That last has
been her possession all the time woe !
Ic is not quite well known whether
poor Carlotta ever thoroughly com
prehended the fact of her husband's
murder by the Mexicans. It is prob
able that the tragedy of Querctaro ,
which occurred in June , 1807 , has
never been fully communicated to
her. It is probable that she has never
been in a condition to understand it
since her mental wreck in Rome in
1866. Should that be the case should
it happen that her restoration to
reason is but the awakening from a
dream how awful must be that awak
ening ! Think of it ! A night of nine
teen years , dreams of terror , and tho
reality ! Poor Maximilian sleeps in
his bloody grave , but his unhappy
consort , after years of a living death ,
awakens to a knowledge of her unhap
piness ! Who shall say which is most
fortunate ?
Premature Burials.
From thePhiladclphia jtforth American.
"The world would be horrified , " said
a well-known undertaker thfe other
day , "if it knew the number ot bodies
that are buried before life is extinct.
Once in a while one of these cases
comes to light , but no steps are taken
to prevent its recurrence.
"Something that happened to mo
twelve years ago has worried me ever
since. I was sent for one day to take
charge of the body of a man in
street. The man was a tailorand had
fallen over while sitting on his bench
sewing. He was a bigfleshy man , about
40 years of aqe.and weighed about 250
pounds. The body was warm and the
limbs were limp. I did not believe the'
manwasdead.andsaidso His friends
told me that a physician had pro- ,
nounced him dead. I was ordered to
put the body on ice at once , but I de
layed this operation on one pretext !
or another , lor nearly two days. Dur
ing this time the body lay on thebench
in the little shop. Finally , I could de
lay no longer. The limbs were still as
limber as when I first examined tha
body. I prepared the body for the
burial and the next day it was buried.
I do not believe that man was dead
when the earth was shovelled in on his ;
cofiin. If the same thing were to hap
pen again I would let somebody else ,
do the burying. {
"About the same time ayoungwom-j
an living up town was suppos.d to
have died very suddenly. A physician ,
was called in. He said she was dead.
An old woman who was present ;
thought otherwise and insisted upon itj
that she was in a trance. The body ;
was buried. A few weeks after the old
woman determined to satisfy herselJ
about it , and bribed the grave-diggers ,
to disinter the coffin. The lid was re
moved a.nd a horrible sight was seen.
The young woman had come to lifo
and had made a terrible struggle foe
liberty. Her hair was torn out , and
her tace was frightfully scratched.
She had turned over on her face.
"A person is generally believed to be
dead if there is no action of the heart
or pulse. But if a person is in a trance
there is no action of the heart or pulse.
A vein should be opened. If blood
flows the person is not dead. This
operation would take about thirty
seconds , butit is not often resorted to.
Suppose the person is suffering only
from a temporary suspension of ani
mation. Before hecan recover the use
of his faculties an undertaker comes in ,
and he is put into an ice box , where
whatever life there may have been in
him is frozen out. The Board of
Health should take hold of this mat
ter devise some means of ascertaining
beyond all doubt that life is extinct
before the body is buried. I have
thought of a good many different
means. A receiving vault could be
built in every cemetery where bodies
could be placed until decomposition
had begun , when theycouldbeburied. "
Suspicious.
We think that the negro called "sen
ator" in the following anecdote was
correct in his suspicions. He said to
a friend ,
"Mistah Waggonah , I tink I smell
one o' dem mices"
"You think you smell a mouse , sen
ator ? "
"Yes , sah , I done b'lieve I smell a
mice , sah. "
"How is that , Senator ? What un
expected developments have you found
now ? "
"Squiah , does you recommombah
dat gal I'se been cou'tin' down in de
scrubburbs of Stubenville ? ' '
"Yes , Senator , I know her very well.
What is the matter now ? She has not
gone back on you , has she ? "
< * ell , boss , I'se mightily afeard dat
am jes'what she hab done. I'se seed
two or free fings dat looks mouty'spi-
cious now , I tole yer , an' I'se feared
she's done frowed me ovah. "
"Why , what have yon noticed , Sen
ator ? "
"De mawnin' papah says she done
poneand married Sam Likely las'nicht. ;
Now wouldn't yer c.'fp dat a mighty
'spicious circumstance , squiah ? "
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