The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-18

which become a source OF constant anxiety to
them; Others again, with patience worthy of
noblor preoccupation, have been known to
obtain an almost complete collection Of postage
stamps. But M. NestorRoqueplan, the author
of "Parisine, ETC., has hit upon line of col
lccting in which he has certainly had no prede-
cessors, and in which, for n time at least, he
need fear but few rivals. And thus he may, we
hope, obtain cheaply the objects of his search.
NJ. Roqueplan colleCts-not the manuscripts OF
old plays, or the wigs of great actors, or the
Touge-pots of dead actresses, but simply-warm-
ing-pans. In his apartment in the Boulevard
Haussmann he has devoted a gallery to the ex-
hibition of these utensils "de la Uie tntime."
There you may see more or less authentic warm
lng-pans of Diane dc Poitiers, Mary Queen of
Scots, Catherine de Medicis, Gabrielle d Estrees,
Madue de la Valliere, Madlle de Fontange,
Madame Pompadour, and Marie Antoinette.
ChdCUn q son qOut.
"A correspondent of the Times of India,
writing from Malwa on the 18th of October says
that the Mawaree exodus, which slackened
somewhat during the rains, has now set in again
as strongly as ever, and, judging from the
stream OF people passing through, it would APP
pear as if the whole population was bent on
clearing out of the doomed land. The mortality
amongst them continues very greats the roads
are strewed with their bodies, and in the towns
OF Mundisore, Jourah, and Ruttam the dead may
be seen lying everywhere in the public roads till
the sweeper drags them away and buries them
or throws them into the nearest nullah. A small
sum is allowed by the native States for burying
the dead, but in many instances ii is approprt-
ated by the sepoys whose duty il is to see this
done. The poor people experience no difficulty
in dispOsing of their children, the young girls
being generally purchased by the MahOmedans
for their zenanas. The durbar authorities take
| charge of most Of the orphans, who arc en-
| ployed about their courts as slaves, certain
number being allotted to each rajah's family.
The natives of the Nile basin must wait
| little longer for those blessings Of annexation
and compulsory labor which Sir Samuel Baker
| and the phlianthropc Khcdiye have in store for
! them. A correspondent of the Daily Ne11S re-
| ports that fifteen large boats and six steamers,
| all intended for navigating the White Nile, and
| sent up in August last, have stuck at Walla
| Halfy, below the second cataract. Further,
! Mr.. Samuda's steel steamers have been sent out
in such large sections as to be unfit for carriage
| across the desert on the backs of camels in the
| ordinary way. Forty gun carriages nave tncrc-
| fore had to be provided for the packages, and
| the two thousand camels already collected for
this part of the expedition will have to be in
creased by several hundreds. The track across
the desert is said to be SO bad that the CaVacate
must march IN single file. The whole caravan,
it is CALCULATED will be more than eight miles
long. AS a finishing touch to the picture, the
writer adds "Thc natives here, too, arc treach-
! erOus and savage"
The Russian papers continue to speak Of the
| necessity of sending an expedition against
| Khiva: An article published In the Moscow
Gazette declares that Russia, ''iE order to secure
| her commercial interests" cannot much longer
| postpone placing Khiya in the same relations
! towards her as Bokhara and Kokhand.' AT the
same time the Gazette considers that the con
quest of the two latter countries would require
too great q sacrifice on the part of Russia. and
that all purposes would be met equally well il
she maintained her relations with them on the
present footing. "Of late" it says, "a great
Change has become visible in the disposition o.
the Khanates of Central Asia. They fear NJ
power so much as Afghanstan, especially since
England has given her a subsidy; and in vie" o
the danger witch thus threatens them thcy res
their hopes on Russia