Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-11

Albion is Times correspondent. He is
la9de prisoner by the Chinese, and taken
before the Emperor. The mandarins order
nun to PROSTATE himself before the sOver-
eign OF the celestial empire. Never" he
says, "the y Angieterre is the first ma
ton in the world" you shall be put TO
torture" cry his prosecutors. "Ho! you
can do this thing" he replies, unmoYed.
" / on snail be made to oEev." "HOl you
cannot do this thing" "Your legs will
be broken; no longer able to stand, you
VIII be obliged to PROSTATE yourself"
Break my legsl Ho! you can do this
thlng. Oblige me TO PROSTATE myself be-
fore this stupid little sovereign Ho mol
you cannot do this thing" He is taken
away TO be handed over to his tOrturer.
A little later he reappears on the stage,
staggering aud pale. "Prostrate your
SELF" cry the mandarlns. But, he, gath
erlng up all his strength, and mastering his
agony, casts cOntemptuOus glance at the
emperor and his mandarins, and cries:
IL Angleterre is the first nation in the
world" He is condemned to death. In
the next scene ne prepares TO meet his
Tate AS he thinks OF his poor petite femme
and his little children over there in dear,
fOggY England he is near giving way to
grief, but, happily FOR his dignity and his
honor, he perceiyes mandarin hooking at
him, and remembers that ne must dislike
Briton, no more give way to sad thoughts,
and, above all, let no one see that his
heart is near breaking. Composing his
features he walks towards his execution
ers with swaggeung, but resOlute, gait,
and once more deties them with the words,
''LAnRleterre is the first nation in the
worldP' These wrong genders, this old
pronunciation, evoked a few smiles, it is
true, but very few Of those smiling faces
were fearless.
THAT VIRILE AND THOROUGHLY ENG
LIsH MANNER
OF mastering the most poignant physical
and moral suffering, that internal
struggle, that tervent patriotism, that ma
tlonal pride, and last thought for home
and it's dear ones, all helped to move the
hearts OF the spectators, and the good
folks who had come to applaud NJ. Glenn
emit Just in the role OF the Englishman, re-
turned to their homes, friends and adj
mlrers of England. VIII the French
continue to represent, in their plays, the
English as phleRmatic and eccentric, but
good, patriotic, generous and brave! /
hope SO; but / am afraid some French
dramatic author, taking Mr.. Harris for a
serious author, will think of going in for
the revenge.
The reports which reached England an
nouncing the untimely death of Jumbo
caused a mild sensation. While taking
leave to doubt the accuracy of the story,
the daily papers all had, besides long de-
scriptive kilograms, leading articles or
paragraphs upon "Jumbo's life and ad-
ventures" Great, indeed, is the regret
for this famous animal on whose back so
many young BritOns have ridden. The
lady who sent widows cap to Alice
when her mate was taken away by Mr..
Barnum, will assuredly make some fitting
tribute to JumbO's memory, if 1t be but
bun-like rOsette Of Grape.
What a satire on royalty, the gather
ing of crowned heads now staying at
FredensboIg Palace in Denmark! The
Russian Imperial family are there, the
Prince of Wales, The King of Greece, the
Duke of Chartres and other members of
the ancient house Of Orleans. But the
Orleans family are royal only when away
from their own country. The Russian
family feel safe and happy only when out
of Russia. The King of Denmark is just
now at dagger's drawn with his own peo-
pie, having suspended the constitution to
keep an unpopular ministry in office, in
spite of the enormous majority against
them in the Danish Parliament.
FredensbOrg is palace to-day, remarks
an advanced contemporary; 1t may be a
prison tomorrow. MAX ORELL.