The Worthington advance., 1882-08-24
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The four officers of the Austrian army
highest in command in Bosnia arc
1rishmen. The governor Of Liyno is
Major General o. Reilly. The second in
command of the cavalry is Colonel O.
Hershey, and there are two Captaiu O.
Sulllvans under him. One of the gener-
ais OF brigade is Rudolph Oliver Swans
ton, who comes of a west Cork family.
Professor Boycscn, who recently re.
turned from a visit to Norway, says the
country. is ready for republic, and
there ls some likelihood that it will
throw Oft the merely nominal allegiance
to King Oscar IL. Norway l:as separ-
ate par Lament, and is virtually an indie
pendent power.
The late General Skobeleff shortly be-
fore his death wrote to a friend in Paris
that the czar WAS abruti-bcsottcd bv
fear and incapable Of rel iyniny: The fact
is no ncws, but it is astonishing tl,at;,
letter bearing such assertions should
have been allowed to pass the Russian
postofiices: 1t recalls one of the Rus
sian possibilities of the Russian situation,
that the revolution may come from the
army instead Of the people.
Denying a report that the queen ''usu-
ally sits up reading dispatches and writ
ing till one in the morning. rcsuming
again at Il. IN. her rontinc Of the DAYS
duties" London Truth says: '"The o,,ecn
invariably transactS her public business
between breakfast and luncheon, and
hardly once in Il month does her n,aics-
ty concern herself with what Lord Bca-
consfield termed 'aii;.irs' ut any time"
In a breach of promise case in Eng
land, brought by Miss Emily Vysc,
daughter Of Il gentleman living at Ramet,
against Capt. Horace Wise, Il commander
in the Chinese steamship trade and be-
longing to the naval reserve, 10 wit
ncsses were called by the defendent. and
the summlngup Lf the court is the short
est on record. Mr. Justice Stephen said
ms summing up was comprised in two
syll'bles, 'H"w much" The Jury gave
a verdict for the plaintiff. with $5UO
damages.
Mr.. Ruskin asks his friends to refrain
from troubling him with unnescssar:
letters. There are good many other
distinguished veterans who will echo for
themselves the wisl, he expresses He
says: Il venture to hint to friends who
may ut any time De anxious about me
that the only trustworthy evidences of
my health are my writings and that it is
prettier attention to an old man to
read what he wishes to say, and can sly
without effort, than to require him TO
answer vexing questions on general SUBJ
lects, or to add to his days appointed
labor the burden Of accidental and un-
necessary correspondence.
Lord Duffcrin, who is very fond Of
yachting, has had Il direction yawl sent
out to him for cruising about the upper
Bosphorus. He meditatcs course of
adventurous cruises, also, in Natamora,
and would have commenced with visit
to the Princess Islands Il fortnight ago
but for the Egyptian business. His lord
ship in his more youthful days paid il
yachting visit to tho arctic regions. and
being clever with his pencil brought
away a few sketches. His contributions
to the Art Society, founded this year un.
der his presidency. was one Of those
small pictures, entitled the ''R. VS..
Foam ut Spitzbergcn."
The Princess Eugcnie, sister Of the
King Of Sweden. recently sold her dia-
mon'Is to raise funds in lcr to complete a
hospital in which she is interested. When
visiting the hospital, after its completion
Il suffering inmate wept tears ofgratitufle
as she stood by his side, and the eprincess
exclaimed: "Ah! now l see nv dia-
1,Onds again."