Year: 1876




The journal cle Paris contains letter
from an eye witness, giving the follow
Ing particulars of the atrocities commit
ted on the occasion OF the funeral OF
kamrasi. King OF Ounyoro. in Central
/ Africa An immense grave or pit,
capable of holding several hundred
people. lad been ;:ug, at the bottom of
which the wives of the defunct King
had been placed in the form of ring,
to be in readiness to receive upon their
knees the corpse Of their late tyrannical
| and barbarous master Several regi-
ments of the royal guard had been sent
on the preceding night TO silently sur
round some of the neighboring villages.
The first human being, be it man, woman
or child, that made It's exit from the sur
rounded buts was forcibly seized and
carried off, and the captives entrspped
| in this manner conducted towards the
pit prepared for the funeral. Here there
commenced the most horrible scene.
TIE limbs Of these poor creatures, arms
and legs, were broken by the soldiers.
The lamentations and cries of despair
cf the victims, iniermingied with the
shouting of the fanatical crowd. and one
by one they were thrown iiitoiht gaping
gulf below. Then commenced the beat
ing of drums, the flourish of trumpets,
the piercing sound of the whistle ant.
pipe, which, together with the violent
vociferatiors of the crowd drowned the
cries of the victims. The soil dug out
of the pit the pit the previous day was
then thrown back into the monster
grave. The fana;ieal spectators of the
dismal drama. as soon as it was filled
up, commenced to dance on the summit
of the grave. stamping the soil down
with all their might, so as to form
hard, compact layer above those buried
alive. All the lamentations Laving
ceased, nothing was left to indicate the
ceremony of the abominable sepulture.
The noise of the instruments had ceased
also, and the assembled crowd retired.
satisfied with themselves and admlring
the greatness of the King whose names
demanded such sacrifices.


YANKEE DOODLE. - Willard, the
Cleveland artist, has completed his
crowning success thus far in his
career, with a magnificent painting.
It is entitled Yankee Doodle" and
Of course has O. Centennial signiti-
canoe. Ryder, the publisher of
Pluck and several other popular
chromos, has reproduced this paint
ing in q well finished chrome, and it
is more than likely that he will be
more successful with Yankee Doodle
than even with pluck. The Cleve-
land Leaolsr says of this picture:


The artist has seized moment
wien all artificialities fail from q
mans soul, as the cumbersome bag
gage falls from his shoulders-in
that supreme moment when he leads
or is led to battle. But the picture
itself is in the centre, where the trio
of homespun musicians are furnish
ing. with all their might and power,
that music which has since been
'heard round the world and whose
shrill melody is SO full Of patriotism
that it is, and always will be, the
Grand National Tune Of America
glorious, grand old Yankee Doodle.
The old drummer walks in the cen
ter, bare-headed, grand in his fear
lessness, with his coat thrown off
and his back as straight as though
the years were not piled SO thick
upon it, with one sleeve rolled up as
though he had thrown down the
spade to grasp the drnm-sticks, his
white hair blown in the air and his
eyes set clear and defiant as though
he saw the danger but feared it not.


On the left of the old drummer is
the ffer, whose calm, collected face
wears look rs full Of heroism, but
Of far simpler and more patient
kind than that of the other.


On the right of the old drummer
marches boy-hardly in his teens
as clean and sweet as though Just
kissed by his mother before the daily
run to school. His drum keeps time
to 1.-THE music OF the other, and his
face is upturned to the old man
perhaps his grandfather-as though
to question the route of danger,


1t is picture worth seeing-in it
self an embodiment Of the hardships
of the Revolution.


A Troy Dec STORY. A carpenter
on Ida Hill. who has the misfortune to
be permanently lame from an accident
received in the prosecution of bis trade,
some years ago. has dog which is his
almost constant companion. This dog,
although perfectly sound i'll wind and
limb, invariably limps when in company
with his master, but a. all other times
is as nimbie and frisky as a colt. Whether
it is cnse f sympathy, fellow-feelipg
for fellow being. or not. we cannot
state, but respectfully submit the case
to scientists. assuring them that the story
is strictly true.


How to surrender forger grace
fully is one of the things on which
we cannot instruct the English gov
ernment, but, as ''he who gives
quickly gives twice, we would sug-
gest prompt delivery Of Winslow
as the most satisfactory and, per-
haps, the the most graceful thing


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