Show EUROPEAN TOPICS A law has just been passed in italy which provides that whenever a clergyman of any church sho shall speak against the king or th the e government 0 av of italy he shallie shall be au suquet eat to removal this seems to ba a 8 hardship for the priests now dare not speak against the power that pays them their stipends two weeks ago alexandex alexander garft zi better known knowd in eng england and america as father gavazza at the afee of ol 01 passed suddenly away le eighty by the provision 0 of his h t will the body was cremated and Is 1 one of the first instances of orem cremation among those holding a big rank in society I 1 it is said alt that the pope who just one year younger th than an gavahi Ga vaai hoped to the last laet that return to the bosom of the churell never was there a greater laudon atton many of the so called protestants rote stants of italy are only so in name oae in order to court favor with the 1 l ruling powers not so with a he died irue true to the prin opples he had advocated what a wonderful career was his at the ae oge of sixteen he was a in early manhood a professor of 01 rhetoric at naples so eloquent that oat it ww was often remarked so lib edtl that he made strong friends and equally dually strong enemies the then eluting sting bourbon government and the he priests raised a hue and c cry ry a enst him just at this crisis the death of gregory XVI and the elevation of his influential friend the liberal minded pius IX to the ponti acial throne brought gavazzi into prominence when it was known aw at P borne orae that the lombard revola tiou on had broken out gavazzi at acted the people to the colosseum and there within that historic rena pronounced the funeral ora au wn DIM of the italian patriots who had fa pen aleu in the strife the unity of italy tal Y was as strong in his mind as in i t that of manzini Mau zini then for two months he preached in the ruins of that loat grand old amphitheatre eloquent quent tand and patriotic sermons next t the he newly elected liberal pope gavazzi was phelion the lion of the hour plus s IX at length determined to abud end a legion of troops to aid the dional cause from rome borne gavazzi went to I 1 V venice enice and there by his fervid bence quence excited such a generous V pim irit that all made great sacrifices veu en ladies took off their rings and bracelets rao elete and gave them for the good of the national cause plus pius LX IX was s at last frightened by the deac fonaries gon aries and recalled both the nan legion and gavazzi latter however would not return but ut went to florence and stirred up tale he with thoughts of freem doin here the grand duke and the ae clergy raised up against him wid aalde he was obliged to to retire to genoa when the republic was pro aimed under garibaldi gavazzi aa appointed chaplain general he tot not only stirred up the people by his bleaching hing but was also practical in w humane efforts he organized a bind nd of ladies under the leadership of the celebrated margaret fuller to ro succor the wounded on the field of battle attle he ere himself inspected the hospitals petals and even accompanied 04 ribal dl to the field of battle in WOO he went to england and the rit ax year to scotland where he ab up the people by his elof italy lugrace e in portraying the wrongs of AI Glad gladstone stones letters letters to lord aberdeen berdeen oer deen had just then made their 14 aluce no wonder then that was glad to meet gladstone ba his i italy y during the last few weeks of lag I 1 in n politico religious spek speak crewmen few men surpassed gavazzi he the was wa a Roa boanerges nerges thundering against ff des despotism irn tie that hd had kept down he heil ni ln the latter days davs of his hia life 4 iffe ia seems to have been more he events which have taken twe in lands beyond the rhine during the past week are deserving of more than a passing notice the germans are a good pe people 1 3 full of honest manly ste sterling ng qualities and homely virtues but they have one great fault that of never being willing to admit that they are in the wrong they have I 1 a word to express this feeling the only one b to my knowledge that exists in any known language to embody this idea this word is only considering your own side of the question never looking at the points made by an adversary ver sary or going over to his standpoint for a moment to see how it looks from there insisting on being right no matter at what cost to yourself or anybody else this is it is this which makes the reading of editorials in german newspapers such a pleasing exercise to the mindl mind the greatest living german prince bismarck seems to have little of this defect and herein lies the secret of his superiority the policy of bismarck changes to suit the exigencies of the times while the german edito editors rs have been denouncing france bismarck has shown himself the conservator of peace while politicians on both sides of the atlantic antic have bee been u waxing inguarm warm over the samoan question bismarck seems willing to act in a spirit of fairness and moderation the anniversary of the emperors birthday jan was a red letter day in the calendar of berlin column after column of the leading german newspapers are filled with the names of new knights of the various prussian orders while those already possessing the coveted honor or have been advanced a peg 99 the shower of stars fell on the army the navy the church and the civil service officials with wonderful liberality so it is when princes are young the decorations were presented to the recipients by general von rauch bauch the ahe emperors adjutant after which they were ushered into the hall of knights where each in passing made obeisance before the young emperor who surrounded by the members of his family and the visiting royalties stood before the throne in full generals gene raPs gold embroidered uniform holding in his hand the helmet surmounted by its beautiful tuft of snowwhite snow white plumes across his breast was the black and white ribbon of the prussian order of the black eagle and around his neck the golden chain of the older decoration of the hohen zoll erns on his right stood his young and handsome looking empress already so many times a mother her costume was a silver colored gown trimmed with ermine while a diadem of diamonds glittered above her blond tresses she too wore the ribbon of the order of the black eagle aslant her breast while on her left shoulder shone the star of Den marks royal house her own there were signs of mourning however amid the dis display lay the emperor wore a bans band of crape around the left arm while the em press did not wear on this occasion the go gorgeous us aurple purple scarf embroidered with go golden den eagles but no queen of prussia has hitherto ever failed to wear it on great state occasions on the ath of march next field marshal count von moltke intends to celebrate the anniversary of his active military service this is a jubilee of very rare occurrence in any army during th the e present century the late emperor william it is said was the only one who cele rated it in france the boulanger excitement cit ement for the present has died away while it lasted it very much resembled an american presidential campaign now that the paris election is over both victors and vanquished conclude it was not of so much importance after all before this election boulanger was a deputy now he is a deputy from paris only this and nothing more that the election of boulanger is due to the influence of the royalist party combined with the ME mug bumps of french republicanism there can be but little doubt though boulanger is not yet in active power still his election on the of january is regarded by leading european europea n journals bourna Is as a danger to the french republic the world of axt art last week lost one of its best representatives alexander cabocel died at parts paris aged 66 years he achieved his first success in 1844 by painting jesus in gethsemane 11 the next year he studied at rome with guillaume barreas Bar rias and victor masse and took the first prize for jesus before pilate his death of moses brought him the second medal in 1862 1852 among his celebrated portraits may be mentioned chofe of napoleon III empress ress eugenie and victor masse we he felt his end approaching and asked for his designs and sketches that he might sign them his niece mme ame saint pierre prevailed upon him to put it ot off and death came so quick ick that they remained unsigned 91 he was a good man as well as an artist his remains will be interred in his native city montpelier the dispatch from austria announcing noun cing tile the death of the crown prince rudolf may not bring great sorrow to many for his wasa was a worthless dissipated life but wide aside from this it will have impo important t political lotical tre results francis joseph JO the emperor of austria has indeed suffered much out of the revolution of 1848 he barely escaped with his crown As a result of the terrible battle of austria was driven out of the german confederation and her power forever curtailed with the growth of italian unity she lost the rie rich h provinces of lombardy and venetia or only dy a few months ago austria celebrated the jubilee of the six hundredth anniversary of the reign of the Haps burgs fa today the only male heir to t the arone throne of austria is dead when francis joseph shall pass away the crown will descend to princess gisela and the house of wit Witti esbach the royal house of bavaria J H WARD lauffs CASTLE CAsT LF february |