New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-21
GENER1L NOTES.

Vesuvius pOurs out lava slowly, but of late
with increase The new crater, which opened at the
base of the formed 1872, is full and the molten
stone is flowing into the large Medals already
being produced bearing the image Of the Director OF
the Observatory. which that worthy man sells to the
curious traveller. An eruption OF some Importance is
promised about the time OF the full moon.
An Albany confectionery Mr.. NJ. Cavanaugh,
on Thursday had ride like Jan Mazeppa's. he at
street corner with his horse wagon, and cOnclud
ing to give the horse oats he loosened the brde
At that moment passing object frightened the animal
and he dashed away in a wild and furious manner
Graspng him by the well az the Bride Mr. Cav
anaugh tried to stop him. but with success Seeing
that II he should let lying as he was against the
horses sde would endanger his life more than hanging
on he held his grasp firmly. Away went the horse at
his fastest speed spreading fright and alarm among the
people along the way. He not stopped until he had
place Then the animal came 70 nat through lhe eI-
forts Of several who gathered on the street. Mt
Cayanaugh his grasp sti hrm fell to the ground much
exhausted ana considerably bruised.
Who the "Three EmperOrsn of Chinese an
qutty really were is vexed question. Were they Fuh-
Ill., shin-nung and Huangti were they Yao, shun aud
Yul IL the former, then Fuh-hi an impersOnaton
OF the wind or was he identical with NOah II the latter
then was YaO real live he another name
for heaveni These some Of the conundrums pro-
pounded by The Celestial Empire. There have been
multitude of Chinese authorities TO disagree In their ac-
counts Of those Triumyirs of early antiquity. one
markabe theory that they represented the three pow
ers OF the unverse-heaven earth and man-but ruled
successfully aud not together. First there was the
reign OF T'en HuanR. Imperial Heaven,
which lasted. SAYS this authority, $4,000 years
Then came the reign Of ii Huang, or Royal
Earth, which comprised $4,000 years. Lastly
came J6n Huaug's reign, or Royal mans, TO
whom also allotted reign Of 5000 years. After cit
ing other theories The Empire concludes: Whatever
value however we may place upon theories OF any
school in particular fact remains that the Chinese
cherish firm belief In mysterious Triad who relgned
3 Of ee SG 10 S Srs s 9SSs by
ali classes with degrees of awe, and whom one
able affinity to those of a Triune God"
During the reign of the Lusignans at Cyprus,
Nikosia, the royal residence contained many mou-
aseres and about 800 Greek and Latin churches. or
these only but the ruins attest the spIendor
the churches once possessed. Around the once noble
cathedral church hudde. says He,es NOndonl cor
respondent the sQuald purlieus Of Turkish sum-
Fragments Of the OF kings and knights are
utermnged with the rubbish heaps and tombstOnes OF
a Moslem cemetery whereon dogs reyel among dirt.
The Gothic towers have been torn down, their mere
stumps left standing and the tracery Of the window
over the recessed doorway has been rent away In
patches Alongside the broken stump OF each tower
rises the incOn gruity OF Moslem mnare built with the
decorated Of the towers The slab on which
once rested the efgy of Christian knight, the In
sorption yet visible It's sde been prosuted TO
now occupied by the Turks as a Rranary. One little
church used by the Armenians has escaped desecra-
uon Every hagsone of the floor is the tombstone OF
Christian On most OF tue stones are craven iulength
portraits OF those who lie beneath them The knights
wear long bushy har and full short bluf beards they
are clad in armor, and wear spurs on their heels Inc
ladies' whose faces arc for the most part broad aud
snort OF the italian type have the halr lightly DIaaea
under fitting caps whence descend long fels lhat
enwrap the body TO the feet
Mr. Ho is a Secretary attached to the Chi
nose Legation in London Mr. HO has made considera-
bile progress In station INFO his native tongue OF
Blackstone's Commentaries and Is also engaged IN
transatng the works OF Shakespeare. writer In Ths
Standard IOndon is at loss to know what the aver
aye Mandarin will make OF such books Chinese play,
ON the authority Of Marco Polo, and Others who have
followed him. occupies about six months In Its repre-
sanitation II begins with the birth Of the grandfather
and grandmother on side of the hero and heroine
aud so traces their family history until it reaches the
point where the hero, either for his extraordinary
yaor against border tribes else for his marvel
ous acquaintance with Sacred Books Is elevated to
the rank of q Mandarin. Even here however. the
drama IL not ended It is necessary that the hero's
fortunes should be followed TO the time OF his grand
children and the drama concludes. as rule. with
visit OF these remote defendants to the ancestral tomb
on which they deposit the customary offerings, and
before it make the usual prostrations. The Standard
doubts II such people are prepared to welcome
Othello" Romeo and Juliet" Julius Caesar"
Nor does It think shakespeares eomedes az All nSey 20
capture a race in which the sense OF bumof does not
exist Fdlstd1, MercuO and DOgoerTy would npd their
loves labOTS lost. Blackstone. says The Standard Is
wonders how Mr.. HO or any one else can render the
principles of constitutional government ntelllgDle
an Empire whose administration Is stn patriarenai
and IN which the sole punishment recognized corporal
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