New-York tribune., 1876-10-14
CURRENT FOEEIGN TOPTCS.

cnt % me London Times wnung from Belgrade, Sept
20. says "Dcligrad is becoming more Iursian every
hour The imncdiatc uoiphbnibood Of Gen. Ichc:uaY-
es hcadquart,s sWauns with Russian OH ttr. am lh'
Co--a,k element n prominent among The c'tly y'!n'
teera. Bl thcif Own UNIFORMS Wt'h Lo' 81 ~, '
time u wear, can Distinguish them iioM The EUs-
SLAMS Of ST. Petersburg or the other great Rue t;an towns
VINO also are arrNed ~ theiS when not
regularly enrolled ia scryian bIttallonf. TIC
proclamation Of Milan as King Is treariri
- purely Russian InoycnrHt. AI1"tuy
IL meant as "A defiance 20 iurary Whcth,r the
guaranteeing Powers. Who nt The request of Prince
Milan ana bis government aT' ncdihtir h' i"cth h'INn
ana turkey may not regard aa defiance To tru
matter which, rb'p-. WIS not CONSIDERED anna thc -
ioicug- 10y winch the event Was celebrated. bl sNNe
~ cannon and fireworks Ou the evening oi hr ION, the
Turkish camp was informed that Dcgrii was en Je'e'
ana 1,n ichcrthyh, tue heacguartci hihu' ana re
party OF Russian officer. assembled he the c'cinns io
drink prosperity to the kingdom they had 80 sunhnai.y
Among other classical rcvyas II would b strange II the
ancru; method OF dispusing Of o." dead were not in
have hs body consumed by fire, and recently citc"tpn
wac call, to the lfacti'c OF cremation n Germany Ivy
the somewhat terrible ordeal to which vclu0wn Lu-
ghHEuhh sunmucu: lHr Ifu"tH du'h"flrA Wo"I'
sanction the innovation ON orthodoX only on con
dtOn that II should be regarded Hs strictly scientific
became the subject OF description and comment IN
The medical journals. Tie Dlcly Ci sAoOtha hao nov
announcer lIt, II WIZ tAoct res H'ln c"hlitiohH ill
1t would seem that The town o G0tla has gone far ~
10 undertake 10 ct the necessary appaIats Tor which
II las received SUN OF $1,000 mark from nc German
socieiy for Promoting Cremation. The mode IN wlicn Il
body snail Hc ~ NttpG bis death mat
reason to itself; bGt 10 is clear that what
ever may be the advantages Of cierHion sanitary or
other grounds, II IL open TO the objection that u might
readily bc made cloak for crime. Accordingly the
Otha police have very properly received sici In
stIcti1s To- forbG crcmttion oi any bodies where
dOubt exists az 20 the cause Of death In all cases tc
bodies 10 be- subject 10 examination by competent
medical officers before they permitted 10 De burned,
and f. Is added that bodies sent ol abroad arc subj .ct
10 the same or even more stringent rules Al hrrt "
body Is to be burned unless The deceased person d
rcctcd and his friends Lave given their cOusc gh'sc
precautions appear iG Do Proper aHd reason sole, ana The
progress of cremation Ia SaXc-6CtBa viii DC OBJ
served with lLtc!Cst.
ANTI-PIGTAIL MOVEMENT IN CHINA.-A very
uneasy feeling has Dccn excited m luiuc.c fashionable
circles bY doincs Of society founded.
rather revived for the purpose Of c ting or the stas
which every Chinamdn Who rcIrctts himself makes u
point Of displaying The earliest raYcltrs u the FOWcl
Empire have told MS Of the winch The Chinese BE-
STOW upon then hhr which Ii pai id with great adfn't-
ness au" pcrfuncd profuicy tht cres being tied with 4
Ike the ladies ~ countries nearer home resort even
10 artificial means 10 icr-hcn thc-' pigtaA., Tilch
the nearer To perfection n proportion thcy come
nearer 10 IN" ground IL seems Nat The secret rnt'b
whose mission 10 Is 10 remove these bIublt uH nO Neen
formed With view t1 gam, Is % acting n tins WY
as praciiral Joke Tho member of The society believe
that tic habit OF wearing pEtails tends 90 cCuc't =
and thcy hope hy chipping them on ~ tlo weaf
10 a scse of the dGiics which they go the. com
d-auuCarCC ~ r by euchanmcnt, that they were the
victims OF some evil genl The Chinese "Authofties
more matter oi fact, al once arrived at the con,
cluipn Tint The ancient sect OF pgail cutters hGu
been reconstructed They have II II said, accordingly
dcccci thai any person found with scissors IN ms hand
crowd shall bc strangld and 10 Is hoped that IN tls
way the evil may he stamped out. The operations OF
tbs scct commenced III the south OF China several
months ago and have since been extended to the north
e!u part Oi the Empire, and the terror Is general
Cbinanan who suddenly dscOyers that ms CHERISHED
appendage las vanished while he IL taking his wall :
invariably disappears around the nrst London
Daily News.