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some time in the opening years OF the
next century, of their titles and proper
ties, as the French aristocrats were in
1893, by mobs of infuriated peasants.
Then, he at once remarked, ''the Victim
throne will be, overthrown and Britain
will become Republic. The changes
from 9 Monarchy to a Republic may pos
sibly," he adds. "be brought about by
the ballot box, when the days Of man
hood suffrage will have arrived in Eog-
! land.' Labouchere returned to London
from Washington and decided on be.
coml.EIg a journalist. He became asso
ciate editor of the "World," London
weekly society journal of the Tory type,
edited bv the late ldmund Yates. La
bonchere, after writing up the virtues
of the British arlstocracy, while at heart
he was hater of aristocratiG @1ams, left
the "World and started 'Truth,' q week.
iy journal which rose into such prom u
ence and had such an enormous circula-
tion among the wealthier and aristocratic
classes Of England, that it's editor reapsd
golden harvest. He hired confidential
T " several members Of the Victorian
Court to reveal the secrets of that gilded
sanctuary to him for publication in
Truth" There was not ducal palace,
or marquis's, where he had not a rep
resen tative to tell him Of the vices that
characterized the aristocracy-h object
being to show the people the corrupt
morals of their noblemen and gentlewo-
men. He also exposed many frauds in
the mercantile world of London. 70
show that he was a sincere Radical and
Democrat, he was legally entitled to he
called the Earl of Taunton on the death
of his uncle, who died without direct
issue; but like Hugo, who would have
been count, and like Henri Rochefort,
who was the eldest son of Bourbon
marquis, he repudiated lordly title.
Labouchere's country house, or, more
elegantly, his Arcadian retreat, is situ~
ated on Twickenham-on-the. Thames, the
old villa of Pope the famous English
poet, where he likes to entertain Ameri-
cans.
What we call the surname is, in China,
the clan or family name. They have in
dividually different personal names, at
tached to the family one. The Chinese
are very proud of their ancestral names
and laugh with contempt on those tribes
who have no surnanles. A boss OF
Chinese laundry in South Boston, who
speaks English huently informed me
that Chinese infant is called "milk''
name by which he continues to be des-
ignated until he goes TO school. This
is bestowed on him by his mother. Then
he has his school" name given him by
his father. With regard to the names
themselves they are always of a happy
import. A mob uncommon one is "Chiu
shui," "Happy Token" Another per-
sonal name is "HavinE Filial Piety."
The surname is never taken from that
of town, but town or district often
takes that of clan. There is nothing
in the Chinese language like Mrs. or
Madame, though the prefix "chi'' is ad-
dressed to women. AS soon as Chinese
becomes mandarin Ia noble) he is ad-
dressed as the grand old gentleman"
even though he may have been youth
of 25. The highest title Of all next to
that of the Emperor is that of ''great
man." which. translated into English, is
"Your Excellency."
1 beg to ask your Halifax correspond
ent were not all the dogmas of the Cath
olic Church passed by Ecumenical Coun-
ellis end proclaimed by Popes? In the
Council of Rome, 1870, the Supreme
Pontiff was proclaimed infalible, when
he spoke ex cathedra.
It is reported that towards the end OF
this month the three Greek Catholic
Patriarchs will come to Rome to present
before the Holy See the views OF the
dissentient churches of the East re-
Ispecting the projected union with the
Catholic Church.
According to private information from
Berlin the Gar is suffering from that
terrible and incurable malady, Bnght's
disease.
The wild and woody savage sovereign,
Menelek, Emperor of Abyssinia, is about
to visit Mrs. Victoria Victim, Queen OF
England. The poor old lady is deeply
grieved at this cad news. When the
Shah Of Persia visited her palace some
years ago it cost the penurious little wo
man S8nO 600 to clean the place after his
| ldepartufe Menelek can give the Shah
points On dirt.