Arizona republican., 1897-09-19

nationalist leaders are organizing meetings throughout the Emerald Isle for the purpose of expressing the keen sense of disappointment that prevails in consequence. of the Duke and Duchess of York having been per ritted to leave the country without the promised concession of amnesty in favor of the three 'Invincible' po- 1itical prisoners still doing life sen tences. Their release was to have taken place at the time of the queens jubilee, and when no announcement was made on that occasion those who had the cause of the men at heart were assured by the government that the act of clemency was only postpon- ed until the arrival of the duke and duchess of York in Ireland in order to render their visit more eventful. The royal visitors have now come and gone, after being most cordially well comed by the Irish people, while the prisoners still remain in jail.
 Menelek to Remain Neutra1.-It has now become known in London that the principal object of the British mission to Abyssinia was to reassure Menelek about the advance of the Nile
 
 ener, and to obtain from him a pledge of neutrality. In this respect the English envoy achieved a complete success, and since his departure Men elek has refused to entertain propos- als of alliance from the Mahdi, who. it may be remembered defeated and killed his predecessor, the Negus Jo- names.
 Foxes Made in Germany. ."-The last straw has been added to the many trials of the unfortunate British far mer by the importation on a large scale of fox cubs from Germany for use in the hunting field. The Teu- ton renard is denounced as being even more vicious and predatory than his English namesake. and in the midland counties particularly the farmers are suffering serious losses through his strongly developed taste for English poultry.
 Germany Retaliates.-One of the first effects of the proclamation of the Franco-Russian alliance has been the order issued by the Berlin govern ment for the exclusion of Muscovite geese, which have hitherto been inn ported into Germany at the rate of six million annually. This is likely to lead to retaliation on the part of the St. Petersburg authorities, and under the circumstances it is possible that the Russian gander may prove to be quite as important a factor in the history of the nineteenth century as in the older days when the geese saved the capitol of Rome.
 St. Augustine's Thirteenth Centen- | nial-The Roman Catholic clergy and laity of England will begin tomorrow the celebration of the thirteenth cen tenary of the first landing of St. Au- gustine on the shores of Great Brit ain. PonHifcal high mass will be sung in the morning by Cardinal Vaughan at Ebbs Fleet, near Rams gate, Kent, which is believed to have been the actual spot where St. Angus l tine landed.
 Uncleanliness, Then Gospel.-A new religious sect has been founded ir Russia in the province of Saratov, the main idea of the members of which | is that while the soul is immortal the body is of the devil, and should 1 therefore be neglected as fa1n as pos sible. In Russia this possibiH Hty goes further than any where else in the world. The leader of this sect is z 1 fanatic of the name of Panjackko, ant neither he nor his followers will con. sent to wash, change their clothes ol clean their house. Indeed, their gos pei is dirt.