New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-22

tho Empire recommended. among other
oe''e n representative assembly should be con-
"a determine for the future all questions relat
"a'" IN. management and development VI the lines.
IDA !" =, ,cudaiion has met with imperial approval.
'"' Jus, nav well be called railway parliament win
~ ,.hishcd. the members OF which, 100 IN number,
".,,ssen. the Government, the railways and the
WI r,,,s Of the latter The president Will be tie
vsnVu u,, ster of Ways and Communications, Nj. Pas
70 whom the Emperor Is reported TO have said IN
relation - ibis ~ th ,rasent svssau, a ~
pns.ia who heisNes ~ '"o f'N' ''S''"i va i''4""''
and OF administrator.
~" %ro romance of young Bostonian who
- a Nm WORK lady last winter is told by
"ndut a; The Chicago Times They went abroad for
'l tr,,, OF SIX months and after their Of
-. o,rsintauces said to the bridegroom Well, my
how suppose YOU are delighted with your pretty
- Var ,b,nk her radiant goddess doubt. Men
.ss do have extravagant notions of their wives the
-, car NJ marriage" The Bostonian smiled rather
.ari,y ~ he replied: We'll, the fact Is, my wife has
.a many clothes Tor every possible OCCASION and they
70 al Of such rcspleuden' pattern that my time has
been mainly aken ny IN adm,rlnS ihen nave mol got
s,sv acqu nJed with my wife yet But dare say mat
IN tae c0rsc OF year or SO shau ger uowh 20 INC
; sst1', "0'''H' queer ''''' ''''' cav 49,
Mr. Harrison, the architect of the Cathedral
,card,u c ty makes the amusing remark mat the
o. ME .cnt and APP preciatve visitors whom be has
TAX over edlfce gradually approaching com
nIe.,on wy, 4 pair OF deaf and dumb men. They went
% the al few DAYS ago, out thu cearest
ra most -nted questions that have been pus 10
,,m urders ood readily the replies thai made and
evirced mark critical talent aud appreciation o.
orciic ar THIS incident illustrates the general prin
cioe tha whrn is deprived OF the OF certain
senses the I ains faculties pressed into service
..d rea,jred 10 do double duty. The eyes
n these deaf and dumb critics did the
work Of ear aad tongue well their own.
The work on the cathedral is advancing rapidly as
the richness OF the designs and the delcacy OF the
treatment permit One OF the most brilliant effects has
baen produced during the week past in the bapusry
where four steps OF highly polished marble black dark
lad rs the entrance from the nave. The marbles anu
carving III baptistry almost a rich as IN tue
Ssf anisncd the cathedral IL visited daily by travel
lers frOm q n sections OF the country
The dory Little Western, in which two
youns Am.ric seamen have comp eted risky voyage
across the Atlantic left oucester, Mass on June H.
encountered strong gale which blew it back seventy
miles and made the whole passage az linst succession
Of strong ca siey winds high and what American
sailors call fall weather, instead of the pleasant time
that IL was fair 10 expect IN midsummer When the
wind lued little the TWO seamen found themselves a.
tended by party Of sharks, which swan round ana
round eye,ng them in unpeasantly Suggestive a
style that they hauled in their drague and jammed their
little craft on wind preferrng the chance OF getting
swamped 10 remaining such company. The best day
work was performed when in midOceaD slant OF wnd
enabling them TO log l60 miles the days rum On this
day the Lille Western bOwed OF nine knots an hour oI
several hours in succession. showing that II sne hal
bee favored with westerly she could have made
n good passage AS 10 was, she was forty-three Gays
from Gloucester 30 scly. distance OF about 27OO
miles This gives daily average distance made
of nearly three miles, which FOR so small Doat
against high winds and head seas is very credtable
performance The men had sexiaDt, but no chronon-
eter and the stopped the ouy watch they had
They gated. therefore by dead reckoning checked
by meridian attitudes OF the ard considering theiI
difficulties made a wonderfully good lanifall, lift III
the haze about p. on July % showing them the
Bishops Rock lighthouse just whrn, by cacuauon
they should nave been Within sight OF the Islands
Thence they had pleasant OF two DAYS 10 Cowes
where they anchored. and were the objects OF c0nsid
cradle yachtsmen. After much-needed rest
and they up the Channel ana through
the Downs London where they propose TO rem ain as
long o. the Little Western attracts They then pro
pose TO visit Antwerp, Brussels, Rotterdam, Am
sterdam Hamburg and St. Petersburg, sailing her t.
the different ports ana returning home by steamer from
the Russian capital.