The New York herald., 1879-09-24

gagements and that the urest way of getting rid of
this irritating question would be to come to an un-
derstanding with the young Khediye. whose credit
is stakcd the solution of pending difficulties and
on the faithful iulilment OF his fathers engage
ments, the burden of which he has accepted"
The Deutsehe Mer1av publishes account of the
seizure by the Hungarian police of young sharper
who has practised for some months past upon the
credulity of the population i'll the Tomeser and
years old, and gave himself out as the servant of
st Elias" He travelled from place to place pretend
was everywhere received by the peasantry. and
especially by the women as combination of saint.
prophet and magician. few days ago, however,
he arrived ut Nagafyla, accompanied by his twelve
deacons." and required that every person who
pay two gnlden as s access money: and provide
nourishment for himself and his "deacons." Tho
bottles of wine were brought in basketfuls. More
than fifty rich persons were introduced to him for
cure and but for the news that the police were close
upon his heels the business would have become
fur more fourishing. Now that he is in captivity
the people have changed their minds about him.
They no longer believe he is "the servant OF st.
Eas but, condding in the reality of his miracles.
they assert that he is nothing less than the Anti
christ.
Daily Telegraph the subject OF '.Bungling Execu-
tons." One Of them. who is evidently an expert.
says 1.-THE present hangman, in my opinion, per-
forms his work far better than any previous one.
and solong as the penalty OF death Is enforced in
that to hear OF mans head being torn Off to is
wonderful" Another. more critical. has always
gaded the long drop with the greatest horror being
il my opinion not only altogether unnecessary but
brutal. third, OF scientific bent writes :-''rhe
experiments OF Dr. Richardson the effects OF pow
erful electric shocks animals published lately in
the Lancet must be of great interest to those gcntle
men who suggest the employment Of electricity
for the purpose of lnhicting painless and nstapta
neous death. With this battery sheep were struck
down as by fash of lightning, but life not
tinct. The animals were killed in the usual way,
and 1t was noticed by the professor that tho con-
gestion of the brain caused by the electric shock
was SO much relieved by the loss Of blood as to in
duce him to recommend bleeding the most effec-
tua remedy for cases where persons struck
powerful battery would be attended with great risk
unless conducted by very skilful assistants, who
would probably object to act as executioners.
vassa Enendi, who has for some time filed the
recently published in Berlin pamphlet in the Ger
man lang uage Albania and tho Albanians, in
which he endeavors to correct some errors COM
monty entertained with regard to that peculiar
people. The author, who is himself Christian
of Albanian descent. seeks to show that the AL
bapians are totally distinct in race. language.
Greeks or Hellenes. Every day." he says, 1--WE
hear the Mussulmans of Eprus, Macedonia, &c
spoken Of as Albanians. and tho Christians Of the
same provinces described Greeks ana Hellenes.
Pamphlets and newspapers have constantly repeated
this description without any one taking notice of
its incorrectness The fact, however is that the
the samo blood flows in their veins. and
they have the same ancestors. Before the
Ottoman supremacy there here only
thodox Christians, who accepted Islam from in
cnation from interested motives. just in
Upper Albania thero only Catholics who be-
Mussulmans originally Greeks who became
converts to Islam" The author, at the conclusion
Of the pamphlet, states that the Abanians desire
1.-Two united under the Sultan. In 10 case will they
ever listen to proposals for the annexation OF any
districts of their native province to the Kingdom Of
Greece. which is to them SO foreign and so unsym-
pathetic