The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-11
TIMELY TOPICS.

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The marvellous accomplishments oil
electric telegraphy At the present day
ire seen in the following schedule OF
lines and places, rs given in Il French
paper of recent date: A Geographic
lispatch sent from Paris will reach
Alexandria, Egypt, in five hours, Ber-
lin in one hour thirty minutes, Basle in
)ne hour and fifteen minutes, Bucharest
n hye hours, COnstantinOple in five
hours, Copenhagen in four hours, Cuba
in ten hours, Edinburg in two hours
and thirty minutes, Dublin in three
hours, Frankfort -on-the-Main in one
hour twenty minutes, Geneva In one
hour fifteen minutes, Hong Kong in
Twelve hours, Hamburg in one hour
thirty minutes, Jerusalem In six hours,
Liverpool in two hours, london in n
hour fifteen minutes, Madrid in two
hours thirty minutes, Manchester in
two hours and thirty minutes, New
York in four hours, New Orleans in
eight hours, Rio Janeiro in eight hours,
Rome in one hour thirty minutes, San
Fancisco in eleven hours, st. Petersburg
in three hours, Saigon in eleven hours,
Southampton in three hours, Sydney,
Australia, in fifteen hours, Valparaiso
in twelve hours, Vienna in one hour
(orty-iive minutes, Washington in six
hours, Yokohama in fourteen hours,
and Zanzibar in seven hours.
In Mr.. G~ladstone's household, at
Hawarden, was an old woman servant
who had a son inclined to 20 wrong.
The mother demonstrated and advised
her boy, but all to no purpose; he
seemed determined on a headlong course
to ruin. At last the mother, in her des-
peration, caught the idea that If she
could persuade the premier to take him
in hand, perhaps the prodigal might be
reclaimed. "Screwing her courage to
the striking p~oint"-ior what will a
mother not do for her childP-sbe ap-
preached her master, and, In trembling
tones, preferred her request. Mr.. Glad
stone responded at once, and though the
affairs of the greatest kingdom in the
world pressed heavily upon him. with
genuine simplicity of character he had
the lad sent to his study, when lie spoke
lender words of advice anu remon-
STRANGE, and eventually knelt down and
prayed a higher power to help in the
work OF redemption. This kindly action
was effectual, and the lad became a re-.
formed character.
The recent earthquake at Agram,
Austria, was almost as terrible az SINH
lar commissions in South America. The
damage to private buildings in that city
alone amounts, according to the best
estimate, to upward OF 100000 of
forms. Among the minor inconveu-
fences consequent upon the disaster, the
total suspension of lighting by gas was
severely felt. But the inhabitants were
not simply deprived of light by night,
but ven Of fire by day. The chimneys
of most dwelling-houses fell down, and
though the cold was very severe the
citizens did not venture to light their
fires as usual. The loss and damage in
works of art and antiquities in the city
is very great. A most extraordinary
natural phenomenon was observed at a
spot about nine kilometers from Agram.
There a number of fountains of hot
water burst out from the earth. These
geysers, which resembled the well
known hot springs in Iceland, were,
however, only temporary. 1t was also
noticed that all the rivers and streams
within a certain radius Of Agram sud-
denly rose more than a yard above their
previous and usual level.