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, 1880-09-18
THE NIB s.

A Correspondent of the Vienna Auqenteits
Zeitang, writing from st. Petersburg, says thst
Count Loris Melikof, on receiving the appoint
ment to the high position be holds, resolved
to put an end to Nihi,ism, in a practical, bust
ness-like manner. Melikof, knowing the oharao.
ter Of the people he had to deal with, felt
confident 10 the efficacy of bis plans, and the
resul is be has achieved certainly show that he
was not mistaken in his estimate. One of the
first steps consisted in opening negotiations
with two Nihilists of high rank who were con.
fined at Fort Paul. After personally communi-
eating with the prisoners lie released them from
confinement. At the same time they received
q pledge from Count Melikof that the persons
whose names had been divulged as being pro-
minent among the Nihilists should not be harmed
10 any way whatsoever. 1t is needless to
say that Count Melikof adhered to the pledge,
and it enabled him to penetrate into the secrets
of other persons. The question was how fur
Their to employ these persons, who belonged to
thai intelligent, but indignant GLASS of persons
so numerous throughout Russia, in order to
render them harmless, as it were. But Count
Loris Melikoff achieved a complete sue
cess. One after thu other the persons were
secretly invited to enter into arrangements in
good Russian fashion. No one had a know
ledge of the others doings or whereabouts. by
far the larger number Of persons were senC
out of the country in secrecy as political agents
to Roumelia, ser,ia, Greece and Constantine
pie while others were retained ON stlpends
until an opportunity for employment should
offer. They may be seen moving about freely.
In conversation with others they profess to
favour Panslavism to the last but they assert
it is essential for Russia to solve the problem
of forming a union among allSlavs; that be-
ing accomplished, the great measure of re-
form may be attempted. The fact that no.
thing is to be apprehended now from Mill
lism needs no comment.
, 1880-09-18
THE BUsHRANGERs IN AUSTRALIA.

An event has occurred in Victoria which
has for the moment quite eolipsed the interest
felt in the political situation. The Kelly gang
of bushrangers, who, not Notwithstanding their ex-
traordinary career of murder and rapine. have
so long defed all the efforts Of the police to
capture them, were run to earth the night be-
fore last at Jones's Hotel, Gleurowan, a town
on the northeastern line of railway, about l36
miles from Melbourne. For very many months
special parties Of police, assisted by black.
crackers, have been securing in vain what has
been called the Kelly country, in the neigh
bourhood of Beechworth. Proclaimed outlaws
for the enormou crimes they have committed,
many thousands of pounds reward had been
offered by the Government for their apprehen-
sion, and it has been stated THAI they have
cost the country upwards of &45,OOO in the
various efforts made to bring them to justice.
They have at last somewhat precipitated their
own fate by a daring attack on a hut In which
o party of police were assembled. ln this nut
was a man known to them5 a member OF the
police force against whom the gang had a
special grudge, and by q stratagem he was
induced to come from the hut, suspecting no
harm, when he was shot dead In cold blood by
a rufian named Byrns, one of the gang. The
bush rangers then demanded that the police
0uUulu OUtu0 Outs ou0 Ou eu0 ~ aSa~SS6t
many shots were fired into the hut, fortunately
none of them taking effect. As the night was
dark, the police could not see their assailants.
and therefore any attempt to return their fire
would have been useless. After an Intellectual
attempt to burn the hut over the heads of the
inmates, the gang retired and made for the
place where the police finally came upon them.
Apprehending that a special train would be
employed for the purpose Of pursuing them in
the direction of their we'll known Businesses in
the mountain country, they caused the rails to
be taken up near G%leprowan /; but this was
discovered before any catastrophe could ensue.
The public.house in which they had intrenched
themselves was some time afterwards surround
ed and besieged by the police. many shots
being fred on each side. The man 'Byrne
was shot dead, and Ned Kelly, the leader OF
the gang, was taken after receiving several
wounds. He was 10 a sort of armour made
out of ploughshares, and 1t was some time
before the shots of the police told.
, 1880-09-18
CONCERT IN ST. JOHNS SCHOOL
HOUSE.

The Concert advertised ia our columns to be
given last Wednesday evening with the view
of starting a fund to purchase an organ for st.
Johns Church came off with considerable sue
cess, and We have no doubt will be found to
have laid o good foundation for the contempla-
ted fund.
The piece selected, "Schillers' Lay of
the Bell" is a long and difficult one, and
great credit is due to Mr.. Rrisooe and the
smateufs who assisted for the degree of success
which they had attained in the mastery of it.
According to the Programme the singers
were Mrs. A. Thompson, Miss j. Meyer.
Miss NJ. Burke, Miss E. Motha, Miss A Furey,
Miss G.. Carril, Miss FL. Jackson, Miss F.
Bryan, Miss G. M0rch, Rsvd. R. de M.
Dodsworth, Mr.. P. Thompson, Mr.. D. Ste-
vens, Mr.. J. Thomas. Mr.. s. Smith, & Mr..
J. 81. R. Briscoe.
Mrs. Dodsworth accompanied the singers on
the Piano, and the part taken by the Rector
aud herself in the performance must have
shown their friends that they deserved to have
an organ, and would know how to use it when it
was obtained.
The different parts of the beautiful poem,
som glad aud gay, others full of tender pa
thos, were effectively read by Mr.. Dodsworth,
and these prelim mary readings greatly assist
ed 10 the comprehen sion of the performance.
Two ladies' from West En- d, Mrs. Du Bots
and Miss Junghans, added considerably to the
pleasure of the evening by playing some admit
ably executed pieces on the Pianoforte.
The audience, though not a crowded one,
was numerous. and appeared to apr rec'a
fully the creditsbls performances of the M
teurs.
, 1880-09-18
81 CAMBRIDGE.

The operations for the raising Of the fallen
Orders of tho Tay-bridgs have now been oom-
pleted without accident. All the girders and
pillars have been removed. About 5000 tons
of iron have been recovered and besched at
Broughtyferry and Tayport. The work vas
iutrusted to Mr.. Waddell, contractor, Edin-
burgh. and was superintendent lby Mr.. Arnih
who has accomplished it in about five months
The costs will be from el0,0OO to &l2,00O,
but a considerable proportion Of this cxpendi<
ture will be met by the sale Of the irons
, 1880-09-18

this article appeared, advices from
Ireland unfortunately in a very sad
manner confuted the rose-coloured
picture in the Times. As Mr.. Boyd
with two of his sons and a relative
were driving to one of his estates in
Ireland last Sunday, he was assaulted
by three men with masks on, who
fired several shots which killed one of
his sons. and wounded Mr.. Boyd
himself and his other son. Several of
his tenants were at once arrested on
suspicion of having committed this
assault and an examination has been
instituted. BY a telegram from Lon
don we learn that a Norwegian vessel
with arms on board has been sacked
in Cork Harbour by Irishmen. There
is thus every reason to presume, that
matters in Ireland are taking a wrong
course, and that the population, driven
to the utmost limit Of desperation and
evaporation, no longer hesitates nor
considers the consequences, but wants
revenge upon its tormentors at any
price. 1t would be very much to be
regretted, if the Irish again take to
arms, the only prospect being to uc-
cumb to England's superior forces.
Although 50 much is said about the
interest Europe takes in the progress
of civilization and humanity, still it
is not likely that a European on
cert" in behalf of Ireland will be es-
tablished. Nor is it likely, that n
or more of the Great Powers will
represent to England how aggravating
to the credit of the highly priced
nineteenth century it is, that a whole
population, especially in a country,
that prides itself on being at the head
of civilization, should take up arms
against its sovereign, because it is
tortured and feeced to such an extent
that it sees itself exposed to die from
starvation. If the Irish should
again rebel, Europe no doubt will
quietly look on, while English
soldiers shoot them down. What
is most disheartening, however is,
that had the English Government
only shown a small part Of the ardour
which it has displayed in behalf of
the subjects Of the Turkish Sultan,
towards the sorely afflicted Irish sub
jects of Queen Victoria, the fight and
bloodshed the scene of which Ireland
may again become, might have been
averted.
, 1880-09-18

at the ill-treatment to which this coun-
try for centuries has been exposed.
It is almost incredible to think that
from generation to generation human
beings have been able to exist under
such wretched conditions as those,
which have been forced upon them.
IF this state continues the English
neutrality-suspicious. may at last be
obliged to import Chinese labourers
to cultivate their estates in Ireland.
The population at the time of Henry
VIII. was estimated at 16 millions,
but now only amounts to 5, and among
these, fewer voters are found than at
Birmingham, it is said. Through a
series of most a~ggravating conisca-
tons almost all the land has fallen
into the hands of an aristocracy con-
sisting partly Of Englishmen and part
ly of Irish noblemen, descendants of
those, that have betrayed their native
country. The surface Of Ireland is
calculated at 20 millions acres, fifteen
of which belong to 1000 landed pro-
prietors. Half of Ireland is owned by
744 aristocratic families, the other
half is divided among $4,000 proprie-
tors. The tenants who cultivate the
soil are subject to most arbitrary
measures and are feeced without com
passion. Circumstances are made
worse by the well known fact, that
most of the Irish proprietors spend
their income in England or foreign
countries. Personal intercourse with
a humane proprietor, may make up
for much unfairness in the Legislature
and in the actual state of affairs, but
''what the eye does not witness the
heart is not touched by" The tenants
have only to do with stewards and
attorneys, who are responsible for the
revenue, and these exact the rent
with barbarous severity. The rent is
raised to such a shameful rate, that
according to official Investigations it
exceeds by so per cent. the amount,
that with fairness might be expected.
The Russian serfs led under their
patriarchal conditions a happy life as
compared to the Irish tenants, and
agricultural labourers. The tenants
may be sent off ut six months notice
from those estates, which they cult
vate and what is more a~ggravating
still is that the owners are not obliged
to give them any compensation for
the improvements that they have
made and by which the yield has
been rendered more abundant. 1t
was to make up for this unfairness at
least, that a bill was introduced by
the ministry during this session, but it
was thrown out by the House of
Lords, and things have been left just
as they were. England does not like
TO discuss unpleasant matters, it is
only when a rebellion breaks out in
some place or the other of the world,
where England has trampled under
foot some oppressed nation, that it is
admitted, that things are not quite as
they ought to be. England always
stand on the brink OF a precipice with
a smiling face and only when about
falling TITO it an cutlery is made. On
this occasion it was however found
necessary for safety's sake to make
some arrangements, for Immediately
octox Al Dill l.. - H.
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something About Eggs.

AN old dealer in eggs has lately been
interviewed y, and responded rs fol-
lows Comparatively few fresh eggs
reach consumers through dealers. The
city dealers receive them chiefly from
brokers, who pick them up in every
direction, of all sizes and sorts, and in
almost every conceivable condition.
When prices rule low, they are held for
an advance, and buyer must be AN
adept to distinguish the stale eggs from
the fresh. Some eggs keep better than
others, owing to the state Of the shell,
which is according 10 the health and
YigOr OF the hen. The white of an egg
when fresh is clear and colorless,
When it has received a faint tinge OF
color, the egg has begun 10 spoil and Is
unfit to be eaten by itself, but will do
for cooking purposes. There is differ.
ence in the flavor OF eggs. A turkeys
egg does not taste like that Of a hen,
duck or goose, but excels them all in
texture and richness. The duck ranks
next, while the egg OF a goose is rather
strong and not priced for cooking.
Turkeys aud ducks eggs are both su.
perior TO hens eggs for the manufact-
ure of custard and cake. They are
heavier and possess larger yelks. The
difference sometimes noticed In the
flavor Of eggs Of different breeds OF the
common hen arises in a great measure
from the condition Of the egg, whether
I fresh or stale. The richness comes from
I the condition Of the fowl" We may
add that the food Of fowls has 70 dr
! with the quality OF eggs, as the food anc
{ condition OF cows has To do with tht
quality Of milk
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flannel hood, which I was afraid would
frighten Baby.
Elbow do you do, IomatoP'' she at
once saluted my nurse. I've come to
see Mr.. Babe. Myl bUt you re a little
one;n touching his moss with her little
brown hand. ssIie Aiht got no hair 10
speak Of. has hep Shaii / take finig',
"You may see Il he will 20 to you;
! bat beverF careful moi 10 let him fan"
Come along, Mr. Babe" she said,
holding out her arms know
YOU and I'll sing You Ring around a
Rosy.
But the baby. wsscAna'hgk Of words
was somewhat limited only onehed his
eyesverY wide. and made up a wry face
while he tried to say something thHt
sounded more like ~bug" than any
! thing else.
"Whags that he saysP" asked Dame
burden. ~ s'pose be wants my hat
but you can't have that, you know,
cause you might putt in your mouth. I"
Then, turning to me, II s'pose you're
awful fond Of himP'
well, yes; but don't you think he is
a nice babyP'
81 shouldn't say he was so a,ofrl
pretty, should youP'
Why, we think he is a beauty up
here. Just look at bis bright eyes, and
see how cunning he laughs And he
has six little white teeth
"My, would you 6'lieve it, and for
sure, they're for all the world like
Aiarthy Kerru's rabbits teeth. Did
you know Mis- Kerru Is a-goin to have
that rabbit for Christmas? To eat. My,
i I'd as soon eat cat. What's the baby Is
nameP"
"Alec,'' answered, quite sure she
would object.
my goodness! where did you get
that namoP Nancy is an awful nice
name. but then s'pose You wouldn't
like it for him. Why didn't you cal
him Charley? That's splendid name
Amt It. Mr.. Babe?n
Mr.. Babe had long since sunk into al
awed and submissive silence.
II don't s'pose you git any dinneI
here in the middle df the day. was he
, next remark, and, as | found, her las
one for that time. "Mebbe my moth
+ erll wonder where am. cause you sc,
, run away Goodbye, Tomato. Good
: bye, Mr.. Babe; mebbe I'll bring you
pair of red slippers when | come up to
! morrow. There gots that dirty Marth.
! Kerru. I'll hurry and tell her | saw tn
r baby tirst.N
= Then she literally flung herself dow
, the stairs, and saw her minute later
, her hands and feet and head and tongu
! all in wild pursuit OF poor Martht
Kerru.-S. W. BirHie in 81. Nicholas.
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HUMOROUS.

A FIERY speech should invariably be
read hot. NJ Y. Net0S.
THE evil that men do lives afterthem.
Cows likewise do not give oleomarga-
rine until they are dead. - Graphic.
RICHES are called the "root' of all
evil because people cant branch out
unless they have the root. -BOston
Transcript.
The blind man should be the most
contented man in the world. because he
can have everything he SECS --Steu5en-
UiiIe Herald.
WHEN female contributor TO a
monthly magazine speaks of "the most
delicious, dclectabe, enhancing and
distracting of all nnocentiudulgences,
she means kiss. Hartford Sunday
journal.
BREAKING an awkward silence; Mrs.
Montague Smart (suddenly, to bashful
youth, who has not opened his lips since
he was introduced TO her quarter of
an hour ago)--" And now let Us talk of
something elsel"--Pupch.
/ OLD GUNNYBAGs--" So you want to
marry my daughter, ehP Well, sir,
what are your expectations, sir?'
Young Sharpy -" Well. l expect that
you Il do the handsome thing in the way
of marriage gift, and that viii last us
until you drop OF, and then of course,
you will make your will in our favor
--Aadres0s' Bazar.
! WELL-REGULATED hotels now set
special tables for the accommodation
of guests who prefer TO put knives
down their throats while eating. To
prevent accidents the hnives are 10 be
attached TO the tables by small chains.
Professional sword swallowers, how
ever, win be allowed to handle the
table ware in their own way.-NeD Or.
leans Picdyane
would you like to have a bowa"
said the bold young archer as they
sauntered down the tield, and she muir
INJURED "Yes, and the absorbed archer
said "What kind of a bow would you
preferPn She quivered a little as she
replied, archly, ~ think ] should pre-
fer yew,n and then the young man took
it in, and although he was an arrow
chested youth he went 70 the target ant
heayed a bulls sigh. Boston C0almer
ctdt Advertiser.
PRoFEssoR of Greek, who is out rid
ing with his wife, notices that the hors'
is thirsty and drives into stream b.
the roadside; professor remarks thai
there is evidently some weighty OBJ
struction which prevents the horse fron
getting his head down 10 drink, ans
says that he will make observation
with a view OF detecting the difficulty
Suddenly he eXclaims, "Ahl | per
ceive," and proceeds TO unbuckle th
crupper, --NeW York Observer,
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A Mouse on a Spree.

A MOUSE recently intruded itself into
a lady's chamber. and found upon her
toilet table small vial Of whisky,
which, II is but fair to say, the lady
used for the benefit of her crimps. The
vial was stoppered with paper cork,
which, of course, was saturated with
the whisky. The mouse nibbled of
the Top Of the cork. and finally succeed
cd in drawing it, and then regaled it
self with what the paper had absorbed
Under the stimulus thus secured il had
made its presence in the room very ey-
ident, and careful search for it was
promptly instituted. II was soon dis
covered in a drawer of bureau,
stretched at full length on a conlforta-
BILE bed, dead drunk, When 1t was re-
moved and thrown upon the ground,
the shock restored Il 70 partial con-
seiousness and to staggering effort at
locomotion. Moral; II Is not safe even
TO smell the cork of whisky bottle. n
NOrristoWH Herald.
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Personal AND LITERARY.

The Emperor William has Just given
Professor Nordenskiold q decoration. .
lucy LARooM was a Lowell factory
girl, and she is not ashamed TO say So
I SARAH BERNHARDT's price for read
Ing or acting in private houses Is $500
a night.
TEsNYsoN's last poem, " De Pro
fundis," is severely criticised by the
English press.
MRs. JANE G.. AUSTIN u crelited with
the authorship of the latest ''No NaneH
n04el, & Mrs. Beanchsml1 BROWN
Miss SIDNEY PAUL GIkr.. who died III
Newark, N, j., recently. was the author
Of the hymn, 81 Want TO be an Angel.
MARX TWAIN has two new books in
hand, and it is likely that one ot them
at least will make its appearance before
many months.
MRS.. FRANCES HoDGsoN BURNETT,
the novel writer, will pass the summer
with Mrs. Isabel Beeeher Hooker at
Hartford. Conn.
MB. THOMAS HUGHES sails for this
country August y, to supervise the or
ganization Of q Tennessee Land Com
pany. He will lecture during Septem-
Der and October.
I LoNGFELLow's "Mask Of Pandora"
! is to be brought ont as an opera at the
Boston Theater. The poet will proba-
bly, add some rhymed verses to its
blank verse. Wonderfully fine and cor
rect costumes are promised, including 3
ballet in flowing Grecian robes.
! 1T is stated that when NJ. Renan has
] finished the volume on Marcus Aure-
+ iius, which is to conclude his series of
/ the "Origin of Christianity" he in
tends to devote himself to writing a
history of the Jews, and hopes to bring
the work within the compass Of three
volumes.
( Or Edgar Poe. not long before he
died, Mr.. David Graham Adee writes in
+. the Republic: "He was below the mid
( die height. and dressed in rather rusty
black brOadcloth. His collar was turned
back, fully exposing the beautiful neck
and fine, intellectual countenance. He
wore his dark locks long and negli-
gently; the broad massive brow com
manded respect and reverence; tho
almost boyish face was ornamentec
with, in those days, the foreign append
age, only worn by officers, OF small
mustache; and the superb eyes, large
deep-set and lustrous, burned with th'
godlike glow of genius"
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A Monkey Hangs Himself.

ONE of the most novel executions
that ever occurred in North Carolina
took place recently at Goldsboro, the
victim of which was monkey, owned
by Mr.. Rockwell Syrock, The animal
was quite favorite with all of the
children for miles around, and knew
most of them. For several years past
Jocko's owner has been in the habit Of
visiting all Of the hangings in that por-
ton Of the State, taking the mlschiey-
Gus animal with him, and the brute al
ways seemed To take an especial inter-
est in the horrible details of such
proceedings. On the 25th of
June Alex. Howard, negro,
was to have been executed
for the murder of an old man, but
the Governor respited him. The gibbet
was erected and all OF the preliminary
arrangements made for carrying out
the negro's sentence, when the Execu-
tive interviewed his power and post
poned it. Syrock visited the Jail with
the monkey and examined these prep
arations. The animal seemed to be
unusually curious, and watched the
scahold and trap with wistful eyes.
Since that time ne has been playing
hanging in his masters barn. The
other morning he was found dead, sus'
pended by a clothes-line to one Of the
rafters OF the building.
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LrLAc BusREs.

UNfER the lllac bBhus,
Whom the bloom was at fts hpight,
Under The fragrant lilats,
We stood ON "a summers nl0hi.- ...
While he told mc the OLD, Old story
Old, ana vet ever new; t'"F
And listened, boaause loved him:
What eise could a womaptlo4
Under The lilac hushcs, >~4
Only ourHdves hi,me, - '
I hert g. his lighteEs whisper,
I thrllcdto his lowest tonc
He painted a glowing future,
Beautiful, fond and true,
And listened. because believed himi
what ciee could awomau dor
oh, such a dlofinns suulmori
Never iis Ike before;
Never such wealth OF pia,lnass
Had Hooded glad beRrt DER;
Never such Joy IN living
Under the heavens blue;
And bowed him. berduse | loved him.
What else could wunHn dor
Where is he nowf Why ask me?
For I am learning to-day
There are always two sides 20 a story,
Look at II as we may.
Some one will read the right side;
The wrong has fallen "a me,
And my heart has refused to question
Whore its false love may he.
-7N1fB -. Brilie, "a HaTpcf's Hee'd