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According 10 Tho Echo 90 Madagascar @
French magistrate, while pgesidins recently
over q court IN that island geve evidence
before himself and % secured tbs c5nviction
Of . prisoner TAe nssistsats had been pres
snt a. q street nshs bcsWsen tive natives. Who
were arrested and brought 70 his court; and
a. there was no other witness 10 asttls the
question Of aERrcssion no lefe Tho bench and
swoye himself In. He 10 alleged % have gone
scismniy through chic dialogue. replying 70
'"Your nsmsi Soc %. Your prossss!ons
.,s Justice q she psses. Swear TO toll the Whole
After sivins his evidences hs returned 70
the bench and pssssd sehtsnce.
Bohemia has ceased 10 sxiss In the Latin
Quarter. according to Alfred Cspus. ths play
wright. who may be resafdsd 40 On. author.
w on ths point. In lecture delivered on
behalf o. the "Maison dEtudiants.' which
10 TO be the headquarters Of enc General Asso-
citation Of pAris eeudsnts. hS remarked: I'VE
must not bs afraid 10 acknowiedse that our
students are no longer bohsaisns.'
1rhs recent municipal ssseesons In Paris
were remarkable not only for The csndidature
Of Milo. Lalos. who was seumdIy beaten. but
for the arst recorded caudideturs OF donhes-
tlo servant. The Iivsfied eribA 70 bupposef 10
take Oh the political color OF ~ strro0nd-
inga and 10 be- ultra-oonscrvative - f1Is.
but this candidate stood - Republican
Socialist. and he u said to have been strongly
supported b. ~ kind.
A polios museum b bsins organised q the
Prefecture Of Hellos b Psfis uadsf the difsc-
tien Of N. Dsrtilloa. bad Of shs Msntincetion
system IN Au its branches. n1uetSations OF
various phssos Of medical jurtspfudsnce,
and othsr matters pertaining 10 The detscticn
and prsvention Of crime. It win not b open
TO the public It b int4ndod solsly for the
education Of the police. Ths Municipal Coun.
oil hss voted 10000 francs for Il.
rAmsnnais Il being claimed as forsrunner
Of Modernism" on the strength OF soms re-
oently published lettars Of his. In ons, dated
April. 1853, he Gays. 'CAtholicism has grown
to be vest Protestantism. hsvent met
two Catholics Who believe the same thing.
This sssms 10 ne striking symptom Of what
may be sxpsoted In tho future
The Flemish popuietioa Of belgium 10 vsfy
careful 20 preserve its language and racial
identity. leo Representatives IN the bilinGual
parliament OF that country seem indeed 70 be
almost exorbitant IN their claims for their
native tongue. The ofnoisi French report Of
the. proceedings In the House on April 20
contains this passage:
N. Daeu On Fiemish,-The Minister aecuses me
Of having said tho satne thing eight times over.
That 10 dscredltssle 10 the Minister.
N. Le Paige tn Flemish,-on. ohi
The Republicans In France. eager to gather
all their great dsad into the Pantheon, are
urging the Government to bring Gambetta's
body from Nice. Gambetta's 3 nephew. Colonel
Of regiment stationed In Africa. writes to the
Tempe that this cannot be done without the
consent Of his mother. the sister whom the
statesman made This executor. The Colonel
hints that she may refuse on account OF the
very strong wish expressed by Gambetts that
his body should be buried where Il H.
The severest criticism Of the stupidity and
10. In NJ Marcel Prevost's opinion. the almost
universal indifference Of women on the sub
ject OF voting. Neither the representative
nor ths voter says this expert Ia feminine
psychology. "excites their envy. They do
not oven think about the vote, and II mon
offer It as Q gift they pay no attention. burst
out laughing or refuse point blank"
scheme for erecting monument to Homer
In Paris is opposed by some prominent French
writer's on two grounds: Il that Homer never
existed: z, that modern poets would suffer
through the scheme. The poet 0ustave
Kahn writes on the second point: We shall
question OF site comes up" The number
Of good vacant sites In Paris 10 rapidly
decreasing.
A revolt OF the natives in AMMAN occurred
last March and there has been another this
month On The former occasion q French
sub-prefect was killed, and one is beseRed at
present. The Cochin China papers explain
that the troubles have bsen caused BY tho
Introduction OF direct taxation. consisting Of
Q poll tax and property tar, payable half
yearly. All taxation previously wac indirect.
and the Annsmites hardly noticed II. % II was
collected In infnitssirnsl dues. Another and
the chief grievance u that the nsw taxes are
collected Tor the French by nandarins. who IN
crease them In order 10 secure . raksoff,
The native prcss demands that 1t sD events
these middismsn shall bs suppressed.
An English traveller in northern Nigeria
describes an istsrestinS custom connected
with marriage which he came across among
the Fulsni, tribe Of WANDERING herdsmen
who show no trace Of negro blood and are
supposed to bo Of Asiatio origin. One might
almost suppose that they had advanced IDEAS
about the relstions Of tho sexes. Before
man 10 allowed TO marry he has to stand q
sound thrashine without winoing. In some
parts Of Europe this test Of fitness for the
welded stats might more reasonably be ap.
piled to the woman. One II reminded Of
Thomas Edgeworth's friend. who IA selecting
Q bride dropped hot sealing wax on the airls
arm and fred pistol on near her ear.
French communication SCENE 10 be cor
rupting the British Sabbath. The sunday
Society hse pleaded the increasing number
OF visitors entants oordsallists from across
the Channel unscoustomed to such ssvsrS
observance. - . reason for opening more
galleries and mussusns on Sundays. The
request has been granted. with special view
probably to tho Freneh invasion which Il
expected during the Frsnco-sritish exhibi-
tion this summer. A distin suished French
journalist sxpresees hopA that other places
besides nuseurus and galleries will be thrown
open-restaGrants. for Instance.
Ths Jshnssn Bssm In New jersey.
Fyss, he Neeerk Star.