New-York tribune., 1879-12-23

stands but when dinner everybody would get
hrs own hat Even when be called away and
entering the dining-room would set down their
hats themselves this coIorrd servant by species Of
cairvoyan intuition would he able hall hour after.
ward 10 select from rho two hundred bats the gt
for the right although be had not " ad aside
man with sucb talent for identifying fneee and silk
hafs ought TO have - many terms OF office ~ he kes
From VI. Hansens book. Behind the Scenes
Of Diplomacy" appears that GaDbetta Is anxious
learn The German language. and like All the children
Of Southern Europe experiences great diculiy IN
pronunciation The author relates that one dav was
endeavoring 20 teach his famous pupil tho prOnun-
clation OF the words Ich habe" could get moth
ing from him but Itch abe" Cambetta could not
ssoiritc the The end of t that they laughed 80
loud and long that the HuDt OF Gambe quite uneasy
al bearing such noise rushed Into the thinking
that somebody was going 10 assassinate her nephew
Complete details Of the attempt to blow
the Gar and hts suite give better idea OF the
amount OF work done 10 insure successful result The
young who purchased the Gotta &c o.c0w which
he decorated with portraits OF the Gar the Czarina
and pictures OF the sants contrived without exciting
suspicion 10 excayate with his associates
thirty and three feet high. and brick ia
from end TO the other The OF the bricks
the most extraordinary part Of the whole scheme bur
probably II was found that nothing less would keep the
earth from tnmbng I'm upon the excayatOrs. At the
end Of the gallery run from the cottage and fvo
feet from the ine chamber was built sufficiently large
20 hold the explosives.
building bad started day las, week. Illinois
farmer sprang TO his feet and screamed; :" Ny GOdI
where am goingl" The elevator was moving slowly.
and the transom over the door the bottom sti
visible In desperate endeavor to escape, the terrified
threw himself OF t head first, at the same moment
that the boy with Of mind Jumped TO tho
rope and the movement. The action Jus,
in tie ascending elevator caught the passengers
head between the floor and the easing of The transom
and pinched 10 slightly before the machinery was
struck the floor OF hall leading 70 tho street amid
Sodea cd to he rect aSd rushed oa. Of the s and
Chesinurst. IKE the wind.
The snow fall in Paris fortnight ago was
the heaviest known there tor many The cold
intense and the quantities OF snow Accumulated In
the thoroughfares that there little
circulation for vehicles. Omribuses, though drawn
by three and In cases,y four horses, only moved
az funereal pace the tramways and circuit railway
ceased running. and very few hackney carriages wers
In the streets. To the suburbs the snow lay the
ground TO an average depth OF foot. but 10 places
where II lad been drIfted by the wind or accumulated
by efforts Of The armies OF swsepers was three aud
Yards IN binding showers tie few out refused
TO take fare at any price. and the benghted had ac-
the deep snow and piercing northeast wind
The escape of the British India steamship
FL Dorado from hurricane the Bay Of Bscay three
weeks was almost miraculous. There were ninety
five passengers board when this terrible storm
All sail was taken IN. haehes battened down and
headlight. closed when the hurricane at its high
est tie ascars abandoned their in despair eav-
Ing the management OF the vessel entirely 20 the few
Europeans. At this time OF the ventiiatng shafts
away. and water poured into the engine
room stoke hole drowning oU all the fires, and OF
course stopping engine. The decks OF the vessel
were flooded by every even the POOP deck being
swept and with means OF stfadying her, the ship
was IN extreme peril. Every effort to rally the crew
having failed Captain Kerr called up the passengers.
Their bedding taken TO stop the leaks but with
slight success the saloon having become flooded The
officers informed the male passengers thar with the help
OF all hands the ship might be saved. Though most
were suffering sea-sickness, the response to the
csll was nearly unaBImous. Nor there any panic
among the ladies. Passengers formed lines from the
upper deck TO engine and stOke-hoe baling with
buckets. With food except occasional biseuit
mOistened with brandy the passengers kept at their
task throughout the night Two gentlemen succumbed
to exhaustion, and fcar" distinctly "a to
quit his post prepare himself for what should hap
peu." When The waters appeared 10 be ginning the
work urged on In silence, but with returning nope
sin F1ng was heard Except for occasional moment
to al ow OF change of places In q rush 10 saloon,
which also required to be baied ou he hours pazsedin
un wearled toll In these changes several Passengers
were swept on their feet, and two Of the officers were
disabled wind the day did not abate,
but there rain Late the night 10 was found
pOssDle reght some OF tho fires. and donkey en-
gine worked During the night there were ocea-
lus and by the morning the engines were sci In
motion