The true northerner., 1873-04-18

THERE is much suffering and destitu-
tion in Paris.

Foreign Items.
THERE is much suffering and destitu-
tion in Paris. -
The British Government publishes
weekly statements OF the public revenue
and expenditure.
FRIENDS of DIR. Livingstone, in Lon
don, expect that he will certainly be at
home by this time next year.
THE Emperor of Brazil rules 10, ,O0O,-
600 souls, 10000 600 being slaves, and
$4,000 Indians, scattered over a, territory
fifteen times the size of France.
THOUSANDS of Chinamer, are employed
at railroad building in Costa -Rica, and
have contracted to work for eight years
for the liberal sum of "a per month, three
suits OF clothes per annum, and free
passage home. IaU .arsrlf
The will of Napoleon III. has been
proved in England. His personal prop
erty is sworn at under 5000, 900, and this
he leaves to the Empress without re-
serve. TO the Prince Imperial there is
only one bequest-the Imperial crown.
RECENT news says that the Khiva ex-
pedition will consist of 10000 or II, 600
men, commanded by Gems. Variofkam
and Markozoff, under Gen. Kaufman.
It's march will be concentric.
A PROPOSAL has been made for the
establishment of an afternoon theater in
London for performances every after
noon for the convenience of country resi-
dents and such Londoners as prefer
afternoon air to night air.
ALTHOUGH the Right Hon. John
Bright has reappeared III Parliament it
is stated on good authority that the state
of his health is still such as forbids him
to undertake any labor or undergo any
excitement, and that he will not take any
active part in the debates of the present
session.
THE circulation of London newspa-
pers is stated upon good authority to be
as follows The Daily Telegraph, 170,-
000copies; the Standard, lac, 600; Daily
NeWs, 100000; Echo, $4,000; Times,
10000. The morning and evening papers
together give sum total daily of $685.
600 copies.
THE trial of Mary Cotton at West
Auckland, England, accused of poison
ing eleven members of her family, has
ended in verdict of guilty upon the
first indictment, and the woman has
been sentenced to death. The other in
dictments against her will not be tried.
THE woman once known as Lady Ellen
borough has at last died in Damascus.
She had nine husbands, of whom Lord
Peterborough was the first, and Sheikh
Abdul, an Arab camel-driver, was the
ninth. To him she was married after
the Arab fashion, and for whole year
she accompanied him on his journeys
between Beyrout and Babylon, fulfilling
the duties of an Arab wife even to milk
ing the camels. She grew tired of this
after while, and built for herself a
lovely palace at Damascus, where she
has passed her last years, old,. but still
beautiful and very rich.
THEY must be hungry indeed in En-
gland. Food is so scarce that the oldest
propositions for its greater supply are
made. Among the notable schemes is
Frank Buckland's plan for raising large
numbers of eels in the ponds. Now the
Food Journal, in all seriousness, pro-
poses turtle soup. Turtles, we are told,
are plentiful enough in the tropics, and
could be captured by tens of thousands,
while fully 250,O00,00O of eggs are an
nually sacrificed. 1t is also suggested
that, TO save the cost of carriage, the
turtle flesh should be prepared and tin
ned in South America and a turtle
soap manufactory on the Amazon il con-
sidered not improbable establishment.