The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-19

for two years at London school board
school, had never heard Of God, and cOulC
neither read nor write, drew some very severe
reflections from coroner's jury 10 Lonaon
and civilize Zulus off the face OF the earth
and yet grossly neglect the edueatlon OF oul
so-caIled civilized white brethren In LONDON.
| A Scotch lass was recently sent to prison
| for twenty days for cheating three diasRoW
lawyerS-an unprecedented reat. one was q
domestic servant % years OF age, anu repas
| a considerable fortune, giving eacn 1nstruc-
| tiOns how to dispose OF her prospective prop
erty," she induced each OF the astnte gentle
man to advance her small sums fOr present
necessities But OF course this sort OF thing
could not go on long among lawyers, and
this the domestic servant OF ~, with great
expectations, found out.
tits reported from Tifils that Colonel DanOff
has arrived there with an expedition for
effecting survey Of the Caucasian peninsula
with view to reporting whether It is Dracti-
cable to join the Black Sea and Caspian by a
nayigabie canal. TheEexpedition has been
set on foot by the minister OF ways or COM
munication himself, who also is evincing
great interest Ia the scheme for diverting the
success OF both projects would be to open up
Central Asia to Europe, and TO allow OF goods
to be conveyed by water direct from the
Black sea to Bokara and the Afghan frantier.
An officer who has just returned home from
Zululand says that the 1mperialists OF France
are Indebted to Zulu superstition for the
preservation OF the chain, crucifix and other
relics worn by the Prince Imperial, and which
were found intact when the otherwise stripped
body OF his Imperial Highness was dis
covered. The witch doctors attached to the
army Of the savage king carry their magic
materia medica round their necks, and 1t 1s
believed that they entertained a supersti-
tious dread of touching the trophies, believ-
Ing that they contained magic power that
might be used to the destruction of any one
meddling with them. 1t was in all proba-
btlity thus that those simple relics were pre-
served.
The establishment of system OF horse
passports is under consideration by the Rus
sian government. The measure is suggested,
not IN view Of any political danger from the
equine race, but In order to prevent misfor
tune that often happens to the horses them
selves, namely, horse-stealing. According to
this peculiar project, the birth, peculiar signs
and death OF every horse must be recorded,
furnished with q horse passport that will en-
title him to the legal possession Of said horse
or horses. Now, as hOrse-thief cannot DOS
sibly steal both the horse and Its passport, ne
cannot sustain his right to the possession of a
stolen horse.
The list of Alpine accidents Is long one
this year, and contains more than one Amer1
can name. A fortnight ago as party of tou-
rists from the United States were driving
from Martingy on the way to Chamounix,
their carriage was overturned, and Mrs.
Wright, q lady from New York, fell into the
gorge which borders the road and was killed
on the spot. A few days previously some
ladies from Paris met with similar mishap
between st. Cergues and Morez, when two OF
them were badly hurt, one so dangerously
that she Is not expected to recover On the
same day two mOuntaineers, father and SOD,
were killed by fall from the Leissgrat. and
Prof. Leuenberger, OF Berne, met with an ac-
cident In the neighborhood Of the Schynige
Platte, which endangered his life and caused
him serious bodily injury.