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 self, and that as the duke was next in the line Of succession she could there fore look forward to becoming queen of Italy, and the equal in rank to her eldest sister, the queen of Portugal.
 Of course if the Montenegrin wife ot the crown prince had given birth to i child, all these anticipations on the part Of the duchess of becoming queen of Italy would have been dashed to the ground
 The crown prince and crown prime ess Of Italy, by the by, have returned to the royal palace at Naples on the conclusion of their three months tour in Scandinavia and the North sea, during the course of which they have visited St. Petersburg, Copenhagen. Stockholm. The Hague, but not Brus- sels. the prince having apparently neither forgotten nor forgiven the somewhat scant ceremony wish which his offer for the hand Of Leopoid's daughter, Clementine. was declined. The crown prince and crown prime ess only propose to stay a short time at Naples, and will then proceed north to Turin. in cTeier to take part in the festivities which are about to take place.
 For more than a quarter of a'century past the principal authority in Italy on all questions of honor, and in all problems relating to the duello, has 1 been the Marquis Paterno, member of one of the most illustrious families Of 1 the Sicllian nobility, and for years prominent member Of the legislature. Unfortunately he is, like so many of his fellow Sieilians, a man of uDgov- err able passions, and when fighting a duel the other day at Rome he lost his temper to such an extent that, refus ing to obey the seconds comman9 Of halt" he suddenly, in fragrant def ancc of all the rules Of dueling, seized hold with his left hand of his adver- saTy's sword, and plunged his own wea- pon through the neck Of the unfortu- nate man.
 ! The confusion which ensued is inde- scribable, and was brought to con- clusion by his owE seconds turning their backs upon him and uniting with those of his adversary in drawing lip q process verbal. Or report Of what had taken place. and to the effect that, hay ing forfeited by his conduct all further claims to consideration as a man Of honor and as 6 gentleman, no one from now on can ever be required to give him satisfaction Cn the neid of hCLor. or fight a duel with n1m. He ] has since been expelled from all the clubs to which he belonged, and arrest cd on a charge Of attempt to murder.
 Mirza AslIar Khan, known as Amin es- Sultan, or the trusted Of his sov eleign,'' is so familiar 9 figure at the various courts of Europe that wide spread satisfaction has been created by the news that he has been restored to the position of grand vizier, or prime minister cf Persia, which he held dur ing the closing years of the reign Of the late shah, but Of which he was de- prived shortly after the succession to the throne Of the present king Of kings.
 He is man of about 5 years of age, the grandson of an Armenian captive, and the son Of 3 man who w2s me nial attendant upon the late shah. He manages in spite Of his liberal and pro- .gressive ideas to retain the favor Of the fanatical Persian clergy, whose good will he has won not only by his piety, but also by his generosity in erecting at his own expense a series Of large hostels, or inns for the gratu- itous accommodation Of pilgrims to
 
 nol far from TeheTan.
 It was entirely due 10 his cieverness that the present shah was enabled to succeed cn the assassination of his father without the usual civil war and sanguinary conflicts which have char aoterized, the termination Of one reign and the beginning of another.
 But a few months later he was oust ed from office through palace intriSues and charges of having stolen some Of the most costly jewels were brought against him. Nc further action, how ever, WAS taken inA the matter, and his present restoration to his former hon ors and digrities constitutes proof thue not only has his innocence of the alleged robbery been recognized, but that likewise the condition Of the af- fairs Oi his country are in such a criti- cal condition as to render imperative the assumption Of the helm of the ship of state by man possessed Of 9 strong and experienced hand.
 ] It is but the other day a Russian general, with several staff officers Of minor rank, and bearing noble names, were scE.eTced to lifelong exile in Si- beria for selling to the Austrian gov ernnleni the plans fer the mobilization Of the Muscoylta army ln the event of war with the triple alliance.
 And new comes from Vienna the news that Baron Alexander von MaIschfe!d, colonel on the staff C. the Austrian army, has been selling to the military attache of the Russian en- bsssy at Vienna the Austrian plans for the defense of Galieia, and for the mo- biiization Of the Austrian army in that particular province in the event of an attack by Russia
 Tie colonel has been quietly tried. dcprived of his commission. as well as of his Eobiliary title, and sentenced by court martial to 3 term of penal seryi- tndc for ten years. while the Russian military atache a5 Vienna has been re- called by his government.
 i The latter circumstance. taken in conjunction with the fact that the Rus ..a1. officers sent tc Siberia for the be- tfayal of Eiuscovite military secrets to Austria carried on their nefaricus traf- fir tbraIIc-h f i,a