New-York tribune., 1878-07-06

t, he had made the soup He requested TO taste
- and on doing So admitted that it had strange bitter
,e but he declared he had it usual, and that
,be servants had from the tureen before
vas brought the table without feeling any neon
o,;ence This was confirmed later, the soup set
,5e for the servants was found 10 I've excellent and
roduced IN effect The cook bCsOught his masters
ermisson to take the liquid at to laboratory for
ANALYSIS The professor at found traces of stych-
niDo A few drops OF the soup were injected into two
eDgs and given to little dog ana both frogs and dog
a1S handed 10 the police. The Count about sixty
Years old ana wife is about twentythroca beauti
fnI and accomplished woman.
Dean Stanley announced at Westminster
.bh,v fortnight ago that had been desired by the
imperial family OF Germany request that the congre
cation would unite in hearty Thanksgiving for the
mercy hitherto vouchsafcd them In the preservation
NJ the Emperors life and IN the humble prayer that II
might yet be prolonged to the glory Of God and the
good OF men In the of the sermon the Dean
said An act OF rare ingratitude and mcanness, the
attempt TO say in his unsuspecng confidence an aged
and venerable sovereign, who had raised ms country TO
the highest pitch national glory, may have been only
the deed oi one or Of few; but such deeds VIII OF
themselves vanish away in sOundcr atmosphere and
nobler agr in fuller sympathy with the highest ten
deucics Of mankind and therefore with the highest viii
Of Cod Here else"hee ~haI We @ ,iE We Co ., us TO
seek and 20 pray Is thai Ihe Sy may ne oHClGonG y
the good that the sense OF geuucueSS kindness anu JUS
pcan society; that the air may b. purified nom those
corruptius delusous which feed The passions OF the
ana lnfamc the madness Of the insane
The fiery Gambetta, who undertook to de-
liver France after sedan believes IN attempting
what is practicable and in leaving to the next generation
the duties win belong 10 It, In his recent speech at
tbe opening Of public library Montrouge he traced
the progress which the nation had made in political edu
cation SINCE its tragic fall In the paths OF despotsm
since them he SAID, France has reflected; she has
ued herself togchcr she has devoted herself TO self
communion and. thanks TO her Perseyerng efforts at
a. rf1a fHt.F af,rl vgNtf
intense vitality that the distinctive feature OF her
race IN establishing peace home and securing respect
abroad. Found schools love one another, combine,
associate read teach yourselves, and class hostility viii
disappear and shall have done with thelmpocnt
debris of past" No doubt he continued the fangs OF
reaction were growing agaiu bur il possible TO rem
der them harmless Thor representatives would see to
that The enemies Of the Republic were not TO DE
rrpo,e; because the Republicans did their business IN
broad daylight, with the fierce glare or the widest
IuoAciy i Ei',n f tb ,,,,t3 % yItbn15 which
there coUs De no real strength Democc' was not lht
steady aud patient labor.
Batimore's independence Day was a notable
anniversary this year. Fifty years to day ground
was broken that city for the construction OF the
Baltimore and Oho Railroad As the local chroncler OF
The san tells the story, il was a little road with bg
charter at was opened 10 Eicott City the 22d OF
MAY $50. operated by horse power track that
consisted merely thin strips OF iron lld Longitude
nal sls Iut il was nevertheless railroad, and the
next year a steam engine advertised for by the com
pauy ami which specified must not exceed three ana
half tons weight and must, level road I've capable
OF drawing day by day, fifteen tons inclusive Of weight
q wagons. miles per hour, introduced, rC-
mantle attempt to propc the with sails having
iguomulouslv failed. The road wonder then TO
everybody pushing its way westward through the coun
try sridug the rivers spanning the valleys and climb
iug the mouutaus with the same indomahlo spirit But
il was slow work bGI'dug railroads half century ago.
Al The thought Of laying rai across The continent from
ocean to ocean the boldest would stood aghast 1t
was until April l, 1882 that the road reached the
Point Of Rotas il was December J. 1884, when II
touched Harpc.s Ferry; November ., 1912, when II
tapped Cumberland and n0t till January T. le53 dd 10
the Ohio Wheeling But It's t1'uT" had already
becn anticipated 10y Charles Carroll oi Caloton then
the only surviving sicucr OF the Declaration OF Iude-
pcnoeucc hc lifted the first shovel OF earth al lhe
most Important acts Of my life. secondary 10 that Of
signing the Declaration OF Independence even second
u that"
John Forster, who had received vague hints
from Mr. Dickens in regard the plot Of The Mystery
OF Edwin DrooI,7 offered rather commonplace sou-
ton Of what had become most pcrpeN'ng literary
problem. Ills theory that Edwin brood had been
attacked and killed by Jasper and tnat the end Of the
story was TO turu upon the detection OF The crime by the
ouu-afgs hl- 1.-THE key To the ms .tery is so sim
Die It is 1aII 20 understand what NJ Dickens meant
when lie told tIr FORSTER that the main idea Of the story
was not communicable, or the interest OF the bo"A
would and rhdt the curious anu LtN l.ied
that had been kept for long time unsu>puCted, yet
al,,ays working itself ont" was very strong one,
tbougA .I.ult to work" The idea of q murdeIcr's
1lguu the destruction Of ms victims body by the cor
royp action o! Nmc aud Of the detection OF the crime
hv means oF ring which had resisted such action, Is
certainly a inadequate PLANTATION Of the plot of story
upon which Mr. Dickens had expended lunusual effort
Til, view which Thomas Foster has recently presented
in one OF Oh, lighter English magazines, is regarded with
favor b. Professor Richard A. Proctor. IN his jIdS
pct AS he states IN letter The Ecb0 the idea OF so
arranging matters that the defeat ana punishment Of
Iasuer should be brought about 10y Edwin brood him
self l far better with NIr Dckenss DrJciyities as
stnry1lcr with the tone Of the novel 50 far as writ
Ten and with the remarks made TO ms bOgrapIcr than
John Fors trr's view. The watching Of murderer bN Ills
srprocd victim was one OF the noyeiist fayOrie ideas
III his short story Huuted DowD." ne slightly worked
this vein From John Forstcr book II is plain that tac
assuuptlon OF Dick DatChcIy IN the h'th number was
distinctly connected with the main idea. The theory Is
that Dstchcy j, brood himself, and that vyy bcaui
fu and touching conclusion had been planned In The
last pages that were written Datchry encounters t"e
oiuu-aatpr and aurnks from sacrifice when ls very
bitter him: John Jasper lamp ls BihdItd' ana Ms
lighthouse shining when Mr. DdicIty returns 'i"H1
1roachiug an irOu-bOuud coast may look along J.e
beams the warning light TO TIE haven lNlHg beyond
that may never nc reached, so Mr. Dttchrf5 WlNtuI
g4Zs Is directed TO tils beacon and beyond i Dd'H'
ry is Edwin brood u !, the love OF E0sdhe Is 10 sac
mice and the haven that never be reached Is the
object his generous sacrifice IN HcNles favor Sloo
Pioctgr is natural and The cad suggested is noble anu
beautiful.
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