Show old world sews feb the arrill pr rill event ninth liaa befallen alio austria in the f ilia crown prince ku dolab lias banned an amount 0 sen fiction ami concern in ringland eveia ti bo worthy of note the BaIne sao alio llio tragedy alio inore alie emperor francia joneli Joa eli id ijulia in esteem by alie kurocko abich lias eil alie antl blitch ie lia ampt a series 0 misfortunes ali it well have an coming to chrono years aei in the midst of revolutionary agitation and alien only aulle lulle oora alian a boy be had at tie very in employ foreign aid to enable bim to overcome rebellion at home cloven cra later as a con alio war with 1 ranco be was bohto liis oer italy lot in buo lie had to reconcile to aljo of venetia and to austria be ni lowered from her po llie german nation ahtes aud lw aliis personal lers onal blow has cooie to libin alter he biad en countered BO ninny others in ibo na alio european generally took little libed of the goliti cal involved in it has to them something which appeal to the inner con ot ull and alie borrow expressed WAS far froni conventional and waa distinctly real aro now officially a examination into the state ot imperial defenses defences de fences when ita work and the necessity for strengthening the navy is in lar to be enforced the general opinion ia likely to bo that the first step at loaft is urgently demanded for many curious stories are afloat aa to the condition 0 british warships war ships at alie present moment anait will le good for all concerned to have chwe thoroughly tested it I 1 not remarkable of course that ia so vast au oi there should be some blunders discovered bat certain of these are cf a kind which ought to be regarded aa preventable for instance it was reported a few days since that H cert aln new eliop upon a distant station hta tion had aien built at an coat could not fire her guns aba concussion was so great abatt every discharge the was strained in another cage the vessel could not ba fully anneo because it was found that she could not carry hie weight of guna for which sho biad been intended these are only a of the which are constantly current in naval circled as to the condition of alio bicet and as the anvy asahe first line of defence it is only littoral that the taxpaying tax paying public should bonder whether such instances ara fair testa of the whole that of they are not although they are sufficiently serious to justify thorough examination hero is little doubt that certain of them could be paralleled in foreign fleets it is right learn the truth but it would ba foolish to think that ahng land lias UK monopoly mono of making mistaken mis tAen the question of railway rates ia ore which U BO intimately bound up with the trade of england that the of the kail way and canal traffic act of last year 03 touching their incident will be closely and indeed jealously watched the board of trade haa made an order under that act to alie effet t that where a railway company intend to increase any toll rate or charge published in the books required to bo kept by alie company tor public inspection notice of the pro posed increase eliell not lees than fourteen days before the data on which the increase is to tave effect be published once at least in a local newspaper and be printed in large type and kept posted for not less than twenty eight days in a conspicuous place in each of the stations on the railway affected the traffic at or between which ia subject to the toll this ia a good regulation as tar aa it goes but it seems to bo alie opinion of a good many persons directly interested in the quention that it does not go far enough for complaints are be ini roade by traders in various parta of alie country that tho railway companies have taken adran tago of the new act to raise tho rates and that it is of no particular comfort to bo told of it what was wanted was not that the rates should ba heightened but that they should be lowered and the atter result has certainly net aa yet been attained among the social controversies of alie leour ia one ot especial interest to the gentler sex or it is an attempt to answer alio question why do so many marry american girls t it las been in various quarters that this may be construed as au affront to englishwoman englishwomen English women and though this la any rase would be Jj that the proportion of anelo to completely in elsh luarria gea ia small must lio a comfort lo 10 who inclined to take the matter 0 o heart feel that it la equally im aal runt to american men the real act cauree I 1 B that tho whole controversy ia an exceedingly one joined as england and america are by A alea of raco religion and speech aud the closer by the facilities for oceanic travel eliuh now so abound what is it that there ehwald frequently bo between the two peoples it may american women a think superior to their ED ilish sia tarn aad to consider eliat oa the aholo aro better than their american cousins but all in tha world will not provo upon such delicate points there alie asare es are and more are likely to come 11 eiffel liaa drawn up tor alie barig municipal council a long note concerning the construction tower SOO metres gigli ligli alie giant v ill at the expiration 0 the t enty eara concession ot iho groaned on which it is baht become the prop erty of tha in addition to information the note 0 to the ener nl in each odthe cant and weal pillars hill be of tt pt one metre wile with dinner landing leading by easy to lie farat floor from that point to the second floor will ba a winding of teia CO centimeters wide to euh odthe foor gillore pi to being fortha ascent nod two for the of visitors froni tho mccond floor to the top of the tower there will be a winding flight of stepa but it will not le for the uso of the public from alia bottom to ide first floor there will ace wiio four lifts two lifts from tl farat to abo second floor and one lift from the second floor to ilia top of alie alie is not to occupy more limn seven minutes it h ebli mated eliat no fewer than ionie nill be to vianit the tower ia hie course of a single hour round the floor or plat tunu there will be a covered gallery or armica and in the ener oar tince for and cafek each capable of containing from to COO persons there will be an anglo american bar a flemish beer r a Itus sian restaurant and frentz renai irant alie second floor or platform will be tor visitor vi aitor to walk about to admire the view unit at the very top there n HI he a glad room measuring 18 cne from which visitors will be able lo 10 propped of ono hundred and twenty square kilometres kilo metres being exposed to the wind the last trumpet rick la the device 0 paris the police are at present looking for sev charlatans who have been endeavoring to reap gomen harve iti by swindling the deaf one of gentry baa been rua to eaith and hu aa well as his prescriptions and general system of operations have been brought to light it appears the fellow and his co workers were in the habit of selecting pr ceroua patients to whom they promised complete cares they first pro the electric light into the para ol 01 an ill fated victim then they bim hy at liia tympanum with a peculiar apparatus and finally tho swindling part of the performance began the bead bior atlan murmured into the ear of tho deaf man through a trumpet do ym hear met it was not intended atut the patient should bear the first time bior even the second or third but alter additional iu of incata the trumpet aa applied again and the quack asked bis question in a boico 0 thunder and was answered by the patient the victim was told that ho had some medicine to take and borne injections to make into his auricular organs whereupon highly delighted lie paid hia fee aej bought not only the aliened medica ments but a patent and omnipotent silver ear trumpet as well tiuis w bo were not only rendered more deal than ev erBern very numerous and owing to complaints and indications tho police expect to be able to capture the whole of the swindling rang WAB mci beneral sidles peat general dan sickles of kew york is don n here on soma law bassinets basinets basi nets and looks as hale and vigorous tor all tell as he did twenty years afo he baa an enormous fund of vitality to draw upon hia crutch pa come aa near making up tor abst lost leg as is possible let him beet hii bick to a and hii dexter crutch is as formidably a weapon as can be it Js a quarter a gilr land claymore and a Nan liar poon in one woe to the who presumes too mach on bi Beet nine crippled condition ire ii us aggressive today to day aa when ha took ni the case of the erie bond holders and captured jay gould ine etin by main force or further back when la pushed liis half a mile ahead of aba ling of battla at gettysburg there 18 a story about him which perhaps has never teea print before many tragic events arara irara otoro bedin those five ears ofin lie was marching A brigade ol 01 troops down to the front throne pennsylvania new york from the bowery and fie points toughs from the word soa numerable depredations were being committed all finally all else falling gen issued an order hat the next man to break ranks to burage without riou would be shot he was down to the rear when a man left aba ranks sprang over the wall and gatli ered in an armful of turnips lie tried to avoid the bobher bat with an air of bravado the got la front of his horse and bung cut 1 line pi general some I 1 id yon hear the order read ail icelea sternly forbidding all forg ing yes do yon know you are liable to b shot for disobeying orders 7 yea answered aba insolent marauder but oa you dont daro do it C r rack 1 the soldier lay dead in his track 1 I hated to do it said tha gnerer waa taft end of discipline there was no more baking of regiment A angia boston can the of tragic jearl of men iu high places that biava oc cured in the put quarter of a century lo 10 matched by any previous first tha of lincolia Linco lii hen aba cecii lion of in AI exico the dethronement anil death of iu jagt retribution for fate suicide or murder of kultau abdel of hij at the aai ot czir alexander M st petersburg Petera burg the death in battle ex brince imperial of france the jiuu ful end gnout and suicide of king Ludwi tho death of emperor bredrick Pr edrick III of germany n tn that of general grant nud now of crown prince audolph ana it may well bo in hish trembling leiis tl bloomy list is to altier lamca cro lon j |