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Show MINI AMI CilHMIUs. Tho grippe has taken a powerful hold upon almost titty country In l.urov, and Is attended with great mortality. These rr,iuu tlons of this prostrating tualajy are causing much alarm. There s ptars to bo no modification of lla Inroala compared with last lesson. This raises tho question with those whobollovo In the statements of rure-litlun, rure-litlun, as to whether this Is tho "ovi r-flowing r-flowing scourge" and "dcpolatlog sickness" sick-ness" which Is to"covcr the land." The , voice of revelation says, In reference to this generation: "The I.ord 'a icourg shall pas over by nlitht and by day, and the report thereof shall vex all people; yet It shall uot be stayed uutll the Lord come." The dlClcully between Chile and this country assumes a more warllko aspect now than It has dona from the lime of the occurrence of tbo original disturbing Incldsnt. Wo Hill believe, however, that tho quarrel will Ik patched up and a resort to arnu avoided. Chile will probably recede from her semi-defiant atlllude. The despMchcs stato that further operations of the llrltlsh troops against the Niger Irlla-s, in the i'amlt frontier, are completely blocked, abJ will not be rt aumed until spring. The cause of tho stoppago Is late Immense Im-mense snow falls. Bhould llussla, which la evidently behind the tribes, then take an active hand In tho hostilities, hos-tilities, there will be It. rly limes on thol.ait Indian border. Tha recent action of Fauce lu withdrawing htr minister from liuljntls, and till more recently closing her consulate aud removing re-moving her consuls from that country, may be taken asslmply another feature ol the Kaiternqueslloii. The later act of the French government has au actual warlike appearance. Bulgaria appreciates ap-preciates this faot; hence her ellort to uegotlate k loan at Vienna aud hor Increase In-crease of military strength at Inuvrtant strategic poluts. . If Franca and '.usla combined have real warlike Intentions In the Ks.t, It Is evidently thslr Intention to strike llrltlsh Interests at several points In order to divide Kuglaud's force, nud thus, as much as possible, wiaken her pewers of aggression or resUtauce. Tbo l'amlr dltllculty aud tho Bulgarian Bulga-rian rupture are evidently portions of the same International pleco of cloth. Wo observe In aumo of our New Jrr-sey Jrr-sey exchange! that ihabulltiof Mrs. Cleveland, wlfu of the ex-1'rtsldeut, Is quite feeble, and that she Is much emsclsted. This Information will be received with much regret. This dls tlngulshed lily, while prominently before the publlo oil nocount of the high ofllco occuploJ by her husband n few years ago, exhibited characteristics which eudeared her to manyiwople. Une of these traits was her rnodtity. Her position did not have the effect of causing her to be lifted up lu pride, The nervous strain upon the Uurope-an Uurope-an residents of soiuo portions of tha Chluesu 1-mplra must ha consldcrible. Tho i-oslllon has become so dangerous that they have formed n defensive longoe, are armeJ and havo regular drill. The comtant apprehension of being at any tlmo -ounceJ upon by a howling, murderous horde of semi-barbarians semi-barbarians and carv rd Into quarters Is sudlclentcausu to disturb the equanimity equa-nimity of tho most stoical. 1 n case of au attack tbey would doubtless msko n stubborn fight, as It would bo n case ot "do or die," or rather, die whether yuu door don't. John 1. llrady, a New Jersey politician, poli-tician, played a tactical Joke which Is likely to bo troublusoma and ex pensive to himself. He and some boun companions com-panions were celebratlug a local o-lltlcal o-lltlcal victory at Mountain View, N. J., when lie conceived au Idea of bclog married by n mock ceremony cere-mony to a servaut girl who rejoiced re-joiced In tha name of Flaherty. Mr. Council, Justice ot thoeaco for the Becoud prcclut of Jersey City, was called upon to onlclato aud coni Hod. Xw Mlia Flahert) Insists, on tho basis of tha ofllolal character of Air. Counull, that ahu la Mrs. llrady. Tha marriage Is said to be Iigat, nud tha dlsoomtlted politician will Institute proceedings to havo It annulled. The entire incident shows that hols chiefly distinguished by his lack of sense. |