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other liquid nourishm were administered to
him occasionally
noon in the various churches. All the edhces
were crowded and the congregation Joined
fervently in the prayers. Many persons sobbed.
The scene in the Kaiser's sick chamber be-
tween 4 and in the afternoon of Thursday
was impressive and affecting. At about 4
o'clock his Majesty was quito given up.
When he rallied from this attack some
sixty persons were standing around his bed,
among them being tho Prince and Princess
William, the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess
of Baden, the Crown Prince and Crown
Princess of Sweden. the Princess Frederick
Charles and her son Frederick Leopold.
Prince Won Bismarck Count Won Moltke. and
several ministers of state. The old monarch
was full OF fortitude. He felt that his
the last moments OF life. Court Chaplain
koegel offered up prayers. in which the Kaiser
Joined fervently. and then he took leave Of
everybody. speaking individually to many Of
and his ideas were quite consecutive. For
nearly half an hour he spoke with scarcely
a pause. sitting up In bed. Then he
Lay down for r., While received some
versed with those around him. When he
was besought TO husband his remaining
strength the Kaiser made the characteristic re-
ply: No; feel have not much more time to
live. Iprefer to say all 1 wish to say Al
dressing many Of his remarks directly to Prince
William, the Emperor went on TO talk in mi
mute detail of various civil aud military AT airs
He referred also to foreign matters and spoke
OF the relations of the empire to France
Il am told that the effect OF this marvellous
recovery and no less marvellous discourse on
doctors were astorished at the display OF
strength. Meanwhile the room full-in-
deed. much too crowded. and Prince Bismarck
demonstratively drew back in order to keep
others from pressing too near the Emperor
bedside. His Majesty did not exhibit the
slightest fear of death.
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is full of dangerous shoals, reaches and
bends, and navigation in the night
time at low water is an impossi-
bility. Consequently we had to
anchor near the mouth of the river
over night-a night I shall not
forget in a hurry. The country about
gle from which issue great armies of
Indian mosquitoes. My friend, the
much abused American mosquito is a
civilized, Christian institution after the
heather monsters who board vessels
unfortunate enough to be caught on
the Hooghly River at low water!
However, early in the morning we
got out into deep salt water, and very
pleasant was the light, fresh breeze
filled with oceanic ozone, after the thick,
clammy atmosphere of Calcutta BY
the way, Calcutta is simply unbearable
to Europeans during one half the year,
and the vice-regal court, with all the
paraphernalia of government. Is re-
moved, during the heated term, to
Simla-nearly thousand miles away
in the Himalaya Mountains.
On the second day from Calcutta we
WtTt vi Il OOItt, WncIo 10 lOchttu tuo
notorious temple of Juggernaut. There
is still kept the terrible sixteen-wheeled
car, which once year drags Mr.. Jug
gernsut through the streets OF the
town. Formerly hundreds of fanatics
would throw themselves under the
wheels of the heavy car and be crushed
to death, but this Is now prevented by
the English Government. Our steam
er did not go into Pooree, and q day
later we passed the city of Vizagapa-
tam, from whence we get the finest
kind of tortoise-shell. Right back Of
this place are the famous diamond
mines of Golconda. where have been
found the greatest gems in the world.
A little over four days from the time
we left the Hooghly. we cast anchor
off Madras, an important city contain
ing population Of four hundred thous-
and people. Those of MS who wished
to 60 ashore had to trust ourselves to
the mercies OF peculiar kind Of boat,
s.hs planks of which are setced together
by n stout cocoanut fiber.
Outside Madras there is ALWAYS O
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year. As n boy he was sickly and his life was
often despaired Of; but he grew up to be strong
and manly.
He certainly has, up to the present, had any
thing but pleasant time in Berlin. He has
never been able to agree with Prince Bismarck
and his policy, and is not in sympathy with
the military party at the court, which knows
that with his coming to power he would devote
moro attention to the commercial, intellectual,
and artistic development of the empire aud
endeavor to relieve the country as much as
possible from the present burden OF militarism.
Not that he would weaken the strength Of the
empire, but he would certainly strive to bring
Germany moro into harmony with the pro-
grcssive spirit of the nineteenth century. Hith-
erto with the exception of the brief time In
which he was m ade regent. after Nobilings at
tempt upon the life Of tho Kaiser, he has been
kept much possible in the dark as to the
policy OF the Government.
In 1873 Jan. Oh the Prince left Berlin for
England, where he wns TO wed Princess Vic
toria- He was accompanied by the Prince and
Pdncess q Prussia, Princes Frederick Carl. AL
brecht, and Adal bert. the King OF the Belginns.
and the Duke % Coburg. The marriage took
place on Jan. Is, and prosy Baron Stockmsr
houses OF Prussia and En- gland joined in more
intimate relationship. Prince Albert wrote {;
"The young people seem to be heartily In love
with each other. and the innocence and unsel-
fishness OF the young man IL very touching
Tears flowed freely"
The Princess never became very popular
with the Prussian aristocracy. Her influence
on the Prince, however. has been remarkable
To her must belong the credit Of making him
what he has long been, q model husband aud
father. which was not always tho with
the Hohenzollerns Soon after the marriage it
will be remembered that the Princess ran away
from Berlin on discovering some rich present
she had seen In her husbands sccretaire, and
which she had imagined was intended for her
self as birthday gift worn by one of the fair
ladies Of the court She got as far as Cologne,
en- route to England. before her flight was dis
covered, and there a telegram from the King
ordered her to return at once to Berlin She
mad reluctantly 10 obey the royal command
When she returned she was kindly received by
the Empress. who il said 10 have made the re-
mark
my dear. you should not have married a
Hohenzollern II you had expected otherwise. =
THE ORIGIN or HIS MALADY.
The Crown Princes malady IL EVIDENTLY Of a
hereditary nature, hts grandmother. the boau-
tiful Queen Louise OF Prussia. having died OF
cancsrous tumor in the neighborhood OF the
heart. This fact ought TO dispose Of the
-umors which seek to attribute hts disease to q
diszracefui source. Never has q more un-
founded charge been made an few men have
ever led purer and more wholesome lives tina y
@Uusor Fritz I"
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the spirit aud character of Frederick the
Great They have succeeded far in pro-
ducing young man who hates everything that
IL not German. and who will be source OF
danger TO the peace OF EUROPE should he come
the questio rs to what will be the result when
he is Emperor says, There will be war"
HE HATES HIS coUSTRys RIVALS.
Ii is only few years ago that at a banquet
given by him to the officers OF his regiment he
refused TO drink champagne, saving: Il drink
nothing but German vine" His hatred OF
1t 10 said, aud for England he is known to have
no great love. His boon companions have
been the Crown Prince of Austria and Count
bismarck, botn of whom are young, high-rolling
bloods.
Prince William has been we'll educated and
tions in classic languages. mathematics. phys
les, religion. and gymnastics. He was then
sent To the gymnasium at Cassel. where he
passed his examination for the university with
credit. He was then sent to Bonn. where he
studied diligently and was very. popular
with the students, joining with them
biographer OF the Prince chronicles
the fact that he not only loved military history
but ate black bread for his breakfast. and was
in the hsbit OF exchanging his white loaves for
il on every opportunity. Life most German
boys, he was fond OF botnni Ing. He loved
mountain climbing and every kind Of sport. He
very skiilful ON skates. He is also said to have
peen a great admirer of Hector. and liked to
imagine the SNOWFALL contests in which
he engaged as Homsrlc battles. 1t Is re-
corded OF him that he had a youthful passion
for writing dramas and had them played by his
fellow-students One OF these productions was
on the subject Of Charlamagne in -Aix-la- Cha
pelle." He also translated some of the odes of
Horace. Finally he took his degree. and then
leaving Bonn returned to Potsdan. whore, in
1877. he was Immediately placed In the military
service Premier Lieutenant in the First Reg
iment Of tho Guards.
HIS MILITARY RANK.
The Princes military rank at present is Col
onel Commander OF the hussars of the guard.
He is very popular with the army, and doubt
less has the capacity of a great General From
all reports he Is very anxious TO have an oppor-
tunity OF proving himself q second Frederick
the Great At present. however. he is only a
reckless, hot-blooded soldier, continually get
ting into scrapes.
He married Feb. "a. 1881, Princess Augusta
Victoria OF Schleswig- Holstein. His Oldest son.
Prince Wilhelm. was born May q, 1852. This
child has now the prospect OF soon being titled
crown prince. There was curious prediction
made years ago. I'm which the Emperor 10 said
to have implicit faith 1t was TO the effect that
he would die ut the age OF % aud that his son
would not succeed him This Is said to ex-
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and the seat of the Anglo-Indian gov
eminent, is SO much visited and writ
ten about that will pass it by for the
time being.
took my passage one fine morning
in October on an enormous steamer
bound for Sydney, Australia She was
not, however, gong direct to Sydney,
for she had cargo to pick mp at Mad
ras and in Ceylon; so that 1 was
promised long voyage IN tropical
seas; but, however, this gave me an
opportunity to view additional points
of interest.
The boat was on-the Linlithgow
was not built with q principal view
to the accommodation of passengers,
and the cabin accommodation was ex-
ceedingly limited. Not more than twenty
first-class passengers were aboard, yet
/ mad to share my cabin with by no
means attractive Hebrew gentleman.
He was unattractive only so far as his
personal appearance and habits were
concerned, for he had travelled extern
sively, and could give most interesting
accounts of his travels. He appeared
to know New York and London as
nople, and Melbourne; while he talked
SO many languages, and each quite
fuently, that 1 could never quite To-
cate his native country. did not like
to ask him. and finally came to the
conclusion that he was German-Jew,
born in London. But this theory
of mine suffered considerably when
1 learned that he was quite
familiar with several Irish cities and
an enthusiastic admirer of Parnell. and
even of ODonovan Rosa! l should
have remembered this cosmopolitan
Hebrew for long time had he not
shared my state-room, for we had not
steamed far down the Hooghly River
when leaving Calcutta-before our
friend, in some unaccountable manner,
fell overheard, his rescue causing
quite commotion.
The Hooghly River, which forms the
port OF Calcutta, Is one of the many
outlets of the sacred River Ganges.
Alas for the holy river! The Hooghly
is one of the dirtiest, muddiest and
most ill-smelling streams in the world,
exceeding only in its size the renowned
Chicago River. Near the city of Cal
cutta the river is filed with all kinds
of nondescript craft (navigated by q
motley throng of boatmen), from the
rude boats of the natives, covered
with awnings of bamboo and mat.
ting, to the palatial steamers of the
British Peninsular and Oriental Steam
ship Company. Below the city and
its suburb of Garden Reach the river
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@The Chrisfiaa Herald has for many years
had full permission to publish my sermons
I shall continue to revise them for this paper,
which 10 growing with miraculous rapidly In
circulation. influence, and moral power.
The same paper n also authorized TO pub
lish Rev. O. H Spurgeon's Sermons, which
are cent direct from London every week by
special arrangement Every issue contains
the portrait OF one or two eminent persons,
with pictures and biography; . summary. Of
the weeks news from all parts OF the
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card for free sample copy 70 the manager, 6|
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Changing the Voice.

Asked to explain some of the myster-
les OF ventriloquism, q professional said !:
Il have made my living by it for
over quarter of century. After
twenty years experience of it had
! a severe illness, and was examined by q
specialist His opinion was that the
forced changing of the voice did not
affect the lungs at all, which 80 many
people seemed to think. He said, lust
what / told you, that it was peculiar
formation of the muscles of the throat.
Now look we'll at my face and tell me if
you notice anything additional to what
most folks have. No? Look again in
the vicinity of my mouth.
Yes, there were two extra muscles
distinctly visible at each corner of the
mouth. They had become gradually
formed simply through keeping the
| lips closed while speaking.
"Now, / am coming to something
interesting. just try and say the letters
M 'p' and 30, without moving the
lips"
In vain 1 tried, but could not sue
coed.
"Ah there's the rub. Words with
cult to pronounce, but by incessant
practice l have found out means OF
getting them quite naturally, and they
are produced with the tip of the tongue
and the teeth.
g. ONE ventriloquists substitute 'slur
words in difficult sentences, Il wish
mama was here would sound Il wish
mana was here,'' and he illustrated his
words as he spoke.
The ventriloquists of bygone days
all wore big mustaches IN order to
hide the movement of the lips, and
don't mind admitting that the first time
/ opened in the business was some
what nervous and wore q false mus
tache myself. 1 will show you thor
oughly effective sample of ventrilo-
quism which anyone can test for them
selves.
Remember" he said, "this art Is q
natural gift; there is not the slightest
trickery about it. We will suppose you
are not naturally ventriloquist. Very
well, then. Here is capital little
method whereby a very good effect can
be produced. Are you ready?"
He then took from the table an ordi
nary tumbler. saying: "See there il
no deception" and placed it on the
cloth again.
Standing about couple of feet from
the table he commenced:
"Halloa! how are you getting on
down there? Eli! what say CAM
you hear me- speak little louder p
And coming nearer and nearer to the
tumbler, he continued speaking unit
his mouth was close to the edge of the
glass, when somebody seemed to answer
down in the cellar and in quite differ
ent voice-@Ohl I'm pretty well-hov
are your"
tested the simple plan and found i
remarkably easy to accomplish. TIL,
whole effect is produced by speaking
into the glass; the voice is compressed
into small space, and it is perhap
the most practical illustration of wha
ventriloquism really is.
This idea can be easily developed
by the making of small table--sucl
as conjurers use with q hole in tn,
center to receive the glass, secre
sliding lid to hide the opening, and
with fringe of cloth to prevent the
tumbler being seen, the apparatus il
complete. -LO71dO71 It'd Bits.
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Loss OF Sight In Russia.

From notes of S24 cases of blindness
in his locality-5Ol being females-Dr.
Sergieff, of tho Viatski Province OF
Russia, finds the cause to be granular
lids in 245 cases, disease of the cornea
in 129, cataract in 10, smallpox in
1l2. Less than 5 per cent. of the cases
resulted from injury. Among Lie
persons sightless In one eve, 30 gave
the cause as injury, accidents with
straw during harvest being common. -
ArkansdiD Iraveler.
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CORNELIUS VANDERBILT is an out
and-out temperance man. and he is
strenuously opposed to the sale of liq-
uors anywhere near railway station.
He has observed that il men have any
time to wait for train they make bee
line for bar-room. "If had my way. I"
said he, Il would prohibit by law the
sale of intoxicants within an eighth of a
mile of q railway station"
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A DARK OUTLOOK.
Possible Effect OF the Emperor's Death on
tho Future of Germany.

Possible Effect OF the Emperor's Death ON
the Future of Germany.
From the Chicago News.l
The outlook OF the German Empire Is not n
bright one. Its Emperor 10 dead. The Crown
Prince. IL all reports are to be believed. IL
rapidly nearing his end, and can live but a
few months moro. Prince William. the
next in line, 10 hot-headed young
ing enough, 10 far from being OF
peaceful tendencies. and may plunge Europe
into general war within month after his sue
cession 70 the throne. Even she Iron chancellor
IN growing old and focb O. and his guiding pres
encs must soon DO withdrawn from tho coun-
ellis of the German Cabinet And, unless
the world gives him credit for, his career
without the Chancellor win be much like the
course OF ship without q rudder. IL 10 bis
marck who has shaped the powerful policy OF
the German Empire in tho past-no one but n
bismarck can guide the destinies Of that nation
with equal success In the fptru>
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A NEAR-sIaHTED man who lives no =
from Kingston, bad never worn or lod< i
through pair Of glasses until short time
ago. One day peddler called, and, among
other things. he offered Eyeglasses for sale.
He persuaded the man 70 try on" o pair.
After the farmer had adjusted the glasses
he looked 1t objects in the room with as
tonishment. Finally his eyes rested upon
then exclaimed: ~Jane, Jane, never woul8
have married you IL 1 had known you vi
90 homely. king ston Freeman.
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THE bones of animals were used as
skates and sledge-runner in prehistoric
Europe, and it seems they are shll 40
employed in northern Germany. The
sledges consist of board resting ON
the bones of horse, and the skates
have for runners the lower jaw-bones
OF cattle. Trdrei =.
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PRINCE WILLIAM AT THE HELM.

"a Royal Decree Investing Him with the
Regency,
The following imperial decree. which was
81 ned on Nov. IL and addressed to Prince VIII
liam. was promulgated on Thursday:
Considering the uncertain state of my
health. which compels me to temporarily alb
stain from the Transaction Of affairs, aud in
view of the illness and prolonged absence OF
my son Frederick William, charge your royal
highness with all cases whore believe repre-
lseutation necessary in the current government
business, especially signing orders, without q
special order being requisite on every separate
<nnoa
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ServM Hot.

"Msdam," pleaded the tramp, piteously.
81 am hungry to starving. May take o
few snowballs to eat from your side yard?"
Certainly, my poor man." replied the
woman with the big heart, kindly, 4and IL
you like I'll warm them MP for you "-New
York Sun.
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PRINCE WILHELM.

Life and Chnractcristics OF the Eventual
Emperor of Germany.
Prince wilhelm, the eldest son of -Unsor
Fritz will in all probability soon become EN-
peror OF Germany. According TO reports,
seemingly reliable, his father 3 malady is fatal
I'm It's nature and has reached such an advanced
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-03-14

THE first public school for the blind
was established at Paris, by Valentine
Haug, in 17S4.
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IN TIE ORIENT.
An Interesting Letter Describing
a Cruise in the Bay
Of Bengal.
A Trip Down the Sacred River Hoogh.
ly, Noted for Ib Bad
Smells.

Il is not my in
tention to say
anything Of the
city Of palaces,
Calcutta, al
though that was
my 8 tartin g.
for q trip
tn u gh the
tropics. Cal
cutta, being the
chief city of the
Indian Empire,
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The HEIR TO THE EMPIRE.
A Dying Prince Who Succeeds to the
Throne of GERMANY.

Frederick william, Familiarity known as "Un-
ser Fritz, whom the death OF Kaiser Wilhelm
raises 70 be Emperor OF Germany. was torn
ON the 18th OF October. 1881. in the new palace
at Potsdam, and he Is. therefore in his 57th
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-08-09

BEFORE he became a millionaire boss
and when he was struggling to build
up his great business, the Hon. VIM.
L. Scott of Pennsylvania, the presi-
dents favorite political adviser had
some sympathy with American work
ingmen. The democracy in congress
were then moving towards free trade
and he united with others in sending
to them a manful American protest
against reduction on iron. The Cir
cular contained the following strong
paragraphs:
Should the alternate be presented to
the manufacturer either to suspend OPP
erationS or reduce the cost of manufac-
ture by reducing wages to the Euro
pean standard? Such must be the
effect of withdrawing protection. Is 1t
not better that our own resources be de-
veloped, and our own people employed,
than that we should be dependent on
foreign capital and labor for the sup
ply of our wants. while our own re-
main uudeYelOped and unproduct1Ve!
Experience teaches that the interests
of consumers are best promoted Dy en-
couraging domestic productions; for
whenever the manufacturing business
of this country has been Frustrated, as
it has several times been, by unfriend-
ly legislation, or from other adverse
causes, the foreign manufacturer in
variably takes advantage Of the situa-
tion to inspire higher prices and reap a
rich harvest at the expense of our coun-
try, until our manufacturers are again
encouraged to resume operations.
We should regret to see the demo-
cratic party take false position on this
great American question by advocating
a policy hostile to American industry.
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SAID a Kansas republican TO the
GOssiper yesterday: "TO a person who
attended the late republican conven-
ton in Topeka the slush of the Com
monwealth and Capital about the
wonderful harmony and the good order
and above all their efforts to make q
point for prohibition by stating that
not drunken man was seen at that
time is very tiresome. Now j am re-
publican. was in Topeka and stop
ped at the Copeland, and i saw more
drunken men, talked with more half
drunken men than have seen In years
before g. Times GoSsiper.
Such sIush as the above may be con-
sidereJ good democratic ammunition by
the Kansas City Times. But to any
person who has ever been in Kansas
City, and who was at the Copeland dur
ing the convention, it is nauseating,
because it is deliberate and bare-faced
lie. Any person in the employ of the
Kansas City Times can see more
drunken men within one block Of the
Kansas City police station, in any one
hour in the day, than were seen at To-
peka during the entire convention.
The prohibition law is undoubtedly
violated frequently in Kansas, and on
such occasions possibly more than usu-
al. But the prohibition law is not
more frequently violated in Kansas
than is the larceny law in Kansas City,
and not near so frequently as the
eighth commandment is broken in the
Office of the Times when attempting to
cast reflections on our fair state.