Show old W to april ild SS mastiff la so late in laso accord ing to tile usual calculations the lier to IM more settled than when raster falla in but aliat is never a certainty in thi climatic conditions of england it interesting to know that so late a date fur easter day as april 21 will not again be lor the century and that it will not be until that this particular day ft ill be the date again though in it ft ill bo to days later april 23 there is something singular also in regard to this gears date which alicea it in contrast to of kotlier years for it cornea around in cycles of oliree in each century ami cadi of alio oliree separated by exactly cloven years por instance easter day fell on aarl 21 in 1527 IMS and 15 h again in and ac U again in 1717 and 1723 only twice in the century but alien at the eleven years interval once moro in and and in the twentieth century it will occur in lo 10 M bolc and 17 seeing what a complicated process the fixing of easter appears to the lay mind to lie it surprising that the resale as to aliis particular dite bo so uniform many recommendations have been made by outsiders to the members of the london county council as to aliat matters most immediately press upon them for settlement and it is far from surprising to any dweller in the metropolis tro polis to find that among these is he familiar old friend suppressing a fog it may bo that science las hidden in lier bosom alio secret of accomplishing shing this great w ork but at present it looks as likely of realization as that process of extracting sunbeams from cucumbers which caused gulli ver so much amaze when lie visited the university of laputa the fact is not always remembered when people complain of this nuisance that it is not alone fog with which londoners Lon doners have to deal but a darkness black as of midnight which overwhelms london and when no particle of japour vapour is to be seen in the streets a striking instance of the latter visitation having been afforded only a very few days ago the london council no more than the metropolitan board of works is likely to persuade the people of the metropolis to burn no more coal or to show them effectively how to consume their ovi n smoke and it is certain eliat as long as coal is burned and emoke emitted so long shall we be subject to the worst features of toga alie very general talk which took a few years ago as to the propriety of substituting cremation for I 1 lie present form of burial lias largely died away of late but not before a eort of agreement biad been arrived at that as the cremating process is perfectly legal there was nothing to prevent anyone alio wished his body to bo dispo ed ot in this way from eliav it he bad ox pressed it in formal fashion bedora death not a great number have done so but it is far from unlikely that an impetus will be given to the by alie cremation of the marquis of kly which took place a few days ago at boking liis lordship who died at nice had ex preely provided by a bauso in his will for being cremated and as the crematorium at milan was not readily available the remains were brought to england after a funeral service in a neighboring the body was taken to alie crematorium of alie cremation society and there reduced to ashes which were carefully collected and placed in a ready to be deposited in one of alie bury ing places of alie loftus family of which tho marquis w as tho head fashion counts for so much in matters of every kind eliat even in BO somber a one 03 this it may do much to induce others to follow ilie example but alie practice is one that is never likely to become popular or general in england the arguments for and against its use are many and well deserve study but the force of prepossession and tradition is too strong to permit even alie most ardent advocates of cremation expecting it to bo overcome for at least several generations there was a time and not so long since when it was rather fashion among the pseudo aci n liet lier such a being as a gen aino centenarian was possible of ex istance and much laborious was in the analysis and ex of abo life of in order to show they acre deceptions eat all nailed ingenuity may be set aside only by the case of tho late til Chev ruel the great french chemist who died only a few days aeo in his year anil extreme age was attested in the manner it 0 course seems astounding that a man should this havo been living alio was lorn before the french clovo artion Ir tion and aho vho lived to see the kill el toner built as an added tion to the international exhibition held in iria in celebration of the centenary of that event but the fact is beyond doubt and the man bho henceforth disputes tho possibility of a centenarian existing faill write him golf down as ignorant of that ungues fact it ial however detill to be remembered eliat all alio claim to lie centenarians centen arians are not entitled to be BO considered very old folio are apt lecausi le causo proud of their extreme nac to unconsciously add a few acara to it in tho process of conversation and tha registration system a was BO imperfect that it is not always easy even if U be to convict klicin of isu their delusion Is a harmless one after all and the main question having been by facia criticism upon detached es ao plea conn ta for nothing alio return showing tho names of all present lords of parliament in receipt of public money from alie national exchequer incident lly into relief the little extras which he royal family receive the prince p wales to la it f and alifi ach frodi tuc cuili of ui hon coal of ila butil lutil Itil sar file duko i liaa ft year pon islon but in lie receives ad as and colonel of the grenadier guard with in as hanger of richmond park alie puke of burgh in addition to hh a ear pension lias for come time leen drawing at the rate 0 1825 per aa commander in chief of the mediterranean squadron but aliat does not represent the full emoluments of this prized post the dule lias a acar for table money wi allowance for stationery and the precise sum of 34 li i as light allowance alien alloin al loit when on bhore a careful country cuts downs his lucyal highnesses candles loan alfonane allo nane at the rate of 27 aa er annum never probably was a political pretender more lucky than gen lie is not known to lia eany of the qualities which HO to tho making of a great statesman and lie lias committed innumerable blunders any one of which would have the chances of an ordinary politician yet there is no perceptible diminution of liis popularity and today to day he is more talked about than at any previous period of his career or aliis lie liaa in part to thank alie imprudence of his opponents it lie haileen left alone alie probability is that the next six months lie would iao found it difficult to keep prominently before the public tho great exhibition will eloa be opened and some lime ago the french people generally in a mood to devote rather to business and pleasure alian to politics no sooner was the prosecution of general Ilou langer proposed than lie became alie observed of all observers even the thought of the exhibition was not attractive enough to check the renewal of interest in his career lie fled to belgium and once more alie dominant party seemed to have an opportunity of eake nine bis influence by simply ignoring him but instead of ignoring him the government caused the president to issue a decree con the senate as a high court ot justice to investigate alio accusations against him and a bill regulating the procedure of the senate was passed by the chamber by all this fuss and excitement alie irrepressible general has largely profited and it seems not unlikely eliat lie will benefit in liko manner by his trial whether lie be acquitted or condemned alio republicans persistently close their eyes to a fact which is iliin to alie rest of alie world the fact namely that general is powerful merely bockum alie existing system of not succeeded in winning public confidence I 1 alipy would beet to work to make the aej eo i chent the agitation which causes them po much anxiety would give them little trouble A curious story comes from berlin that the emperor of austria has only been prevented from abdicating by the paternal command of alio pope A month ago the IIA 1 quite made up his mind to surrender alie reins to his nephew for whom it is currently believed eliat ho affection nor respect and both and kalnoky tried in van to turn him from liis resolve they applied therefore to the pope who at once wrote a letter chidi biad alio llio lesii cd effect this 13 the story and t certainly lias an air of probability about it for fraaz jorat lias aged greatly since ills soap death and lias lost all the zest he formerly had even in alio mere drudgery of government once the most hearty and zealous of rulers lie is now languid and indifferent As a consequence mint erial coubles roubles rou bles are and intrigue is flouris liing the stale of alie health ot alio km press too ia deplorable the symptoms 0 cental derangement having become very pronounced since lier sons death and the doctors bay eliat if there ia not a change for the better soon in her physical condition permanent insanity will bo assured she lias many delusion one of them being to dandle a sofa cushion which eho thinks is her own newborn baby this ia alie form in M hichi a disordered mind has reproduced alie regret of her e inar that the emperor lias not another eon to replace the one lie lias lost at one time bho used to wish over and over again that she might dio so that the emperor might marry again it is feared that the poor ladys mental condition is now nell nigh hopeless for aiho is of alio same fetock as the two mad kings of bavaria past and present and eba lias aldaya been excitable and eccentric WARWICK TIIE FOLLOWING calculation broning how many different people are interested te in the consumption of eacle four gallons of whiskey is urged as a reason why prohibition maars no faster one bushel of corn makes four allons 0 whiskey which retail at the sets taw 1 he genii in 1 I be 1 m the get 4 lu 7 00 the drinker gets all that is left the delirium kremena tre mena louisa burglar ia what josh billinga Bil liuga donld call a anar A lender county miners cabin waa broken into oan night last week and robbed of all the food fuse and tools in bight when hie owner returned lid folind thia stuck on the point of ills only remaining knife if ia to li I 1 willi him tie can t tind it if ila Obo noa betl dig potatoes fur him in ilia fall |