THE  nUBAi.  HEW'YOBKEB. 
past  five  or  six  j'cars,  and  like  It  very  much.  Last 
night  I  was  reading  Storm’s  letter.  I  like  him; 
think  another  letter  from  Bbi.i.e  K.  F.  would  be 
Interesting.  1  see  Mamie  A.  R.  speaks  ot  piecing 
riullls.  As  some  others  have  said  (eras  good  as 
said),  I  think  It  a  waste  of  time  and  goods,  l  guess 
something  else  will  be  a  little  more  Interesting. 
I  went  to  the  Middle  Georgia  Fair,  held  at  OrlDln, 
last  week.  There  were  some  nno-looklng  horses 
on  oxlilblllon.  Farnier.s  in  this  neighborhood  are 
about  done  gathering  com.— Lewis  H.T.,  Sunny 
Afcte,  Oa. 
Quilting  and  Autumn  Leaves. 
Dear  Kurai.:— Some  time  has  passed  since  I 
have  liad  a  chat  with  you  ;  and  as  you  published 
my  last,  It  has  encouraged  me  to  try  again.  I 
like  the  letter  from  Mamie  A.  s..  In  RrRAi,,  Oct. 
2i8t,  very  much,  and  would  like  her  to  send  mo 
some  of  the  quilt  patterns  she  mentions.  I  have 
some  very  pretty  ones,  and  jirobably  she  would 
exchange  with  me.  Do  you.thlnk  she.  would  7  If 
she  will  1  will  send  her  my  address.  I  will  send 
a  recipe  for  preserving  autumn  leaves  to  Flor¬ 
ence  Delano.  It  la  as  follow s :  Press  your  leaves 
In  large  books  for  three  days ;  then  varnish  them, 
and  they  will  be  dry  enough  In  a  lew  days  to  ar¬ 
range  In  bouquets.  They  look  lovely,  especially 
the  dark  red  ones.  When  you  have  tried  IL  let 
me  know  how  you  llko  my  recipe.  Grass  looks 
well  crystallized.  1  suppose  all  the  feminine 
Cousins  know  how.— 1?o.sa  iJiE,  ivi. 
From  Canada. 
Dear  Sir  :— I  thought  1  would  write  a  letter,  to 
ask  If  you  would  take  mclnasacousin,  assomany 
are  cl.'UinIcg  irlntitJn  to  the  Hvral.  Well,  how 
many  of  you  have  been  to  the  Centennial  this 
year  and  have  carried  off  pilzes?  I  have  read 
the  boys'  and  girls’  letters  with  lutere.st.,  and  hnd 
some  spicy  things  In  some  of  them.  1  would  like 
to  know  why  the  girls  pepper  Yol  no  Tom  ho  7  If 
they  have  a  reason,  all  right;  If  not,  girls  will  get 
up  one,  I  am  sure.  M'cll,  If  it  was  not  bir  the  girls 
what  would  the  boys  do  ?  1  think  they  would  thin 
out  pretty  fast ;  I  know  they  would  In  this  jiart. 
of  the  eoiintjy.  What  Is  the  matter  with  TncNo 
SeORTSMAN?  I  would  llkc  to  hear  from  him.— A., 
Holbrook,  cnmidd. 
Bessie’s  ReRurds. 
Dear  Coprins:— I  noticed  the  criticism  on  my 
“  History,"  and  am  glad  to  say  that  I  agree  with 
One  ok  the  Boys  In  all  but  hla  last  remark.  Was 
.lOAN  of  Arc  a  “  jilaln,  practical  wom-an  7"  Let  us 
submit  the  quesi.ton  to  Yocso  Editor,  No.  2.  Be¬ 
fore  Storm  expends  oil  of  his  eloquence,  let  me 
8ugge.st  to  blni  that  to  wait  until  there  was  an 
ocjuislon  for  “  war-palnl "  would  be  a  good  thing. 
It  must  bo  owing  entirely  to  modesty  that  none  of 
the  boys  wrote  about  .Toan,  because,  according  to 
their  own  aasertlous,  ability  Is  not  wanting  among 
them.  Girls,  It  is  dellghtfnl  to  hear  or  modest 
boys  now-a-days,  Is  It  not  7— Bessie  McLkan. 
Twelve  Dolls. 
Dear  Mr.  Editor:- lain  a  little  country  girl, 
seven  years  old.  I  have  two  brothers  older  than 
1.  They  go  to  school,  but  1  have  never  been; 
would  like  to  go,  though.  Mamma  teaches  me  at 
home.  I  have  several  pets:  A  Utile  dog,  three 
cats  and  a  heaullful  citnary.  I  have  twelve  dolls. 
As  this  Is  my  first  letter,  I  will  not  write  too  long. 
Your  little  frleiKl— Lottie  King. 
MYTHOLOGICAL  ENIGMA, 
I  AM  composed  of  45  letters ; 
My  7,  34,  40,  '25,  27, 10,  0  One  ot  the  Pleiades. 
My  is,  44, 4,  ifi,  2,  <>,  40  daughter  of  Laomedon. 
My  1,  9,  3fi,  8,  5,  11, 42  a  woman  made  at  the  com¬ 
mand  or  Jupiter. 
My  20,  U,  30,  4,  14,  40,  4  king  Of  Ithaca. 
My  17,  12,  '24,  34,  33,  14  son  Ot  Priam, 
My  .'(9,  111,  19,  45,  21 ,  44,  4  One  of  tbe  Cyclops. 
My  38, 11,  3,  41,  29, 4.5  toil  Of  Neptune. 
My  37,  31, 44,  0,  4f>,  33, 14  an  ancient  sea  god. 
My  35,  3, 8,  .32  queen  of  Carthage, 
My  13.  23,  7,  40,  34  what  Ixlon  was  fastened  to  for 
puuisluneni. 
My  34,  5,  15,  7,  lU,  22,  32, 11, 34,  35  Where  Trlptole- 
mus  became  a  Judge. 
My  43,  3,  6, 14, 20,  24, 1  relationship. 
My  whole  la  what  Hercules  at  his  death  gave 
Phlloctetes. 
93r  Answer  In  two  weeks.  s.  c. 
GEOMETEICAL  PUZZLE. 
1  AM  constrained  to  plant  a  grove 
To  entertain  the  nymph  I  love. 
This  simple  grove  I  must  compose 
Of  nineteen  trees  in  nine  straight  rows. 
And  In  each  row  I  nve  must  place, 
Or  ne’er  expect  to  see  her  face. 
Ye  men  of  art,  pray  lend  your  aid 
To  satisfy  this  curious  maid. 
Answer  in  two  weeks,  J.  r. 
PUZZLES  ANSWESS.— Nov.  4. 
Hidden  Drugs  or  Medicines.— 1,PiU:  2, Mercury; 
3  Poultice;  4,  Blister;  6,  Pennyroyal ;  B,  .Manna;  7, 
Hops;  8,  Chlorofonn;  9.  Quinine;  10,  Bhatany;  11, 
Ether:  13.  Opium. 
Short  Anaouams.— Cape  .leesamine;  2,  Debase;  3, 
Matron ;  4,  P.itiist ;  5.  Mwlicino ;  6,  Meander ,  7.  Matin  ; 
8  Debate;  9.  MaBtoiUin.  10.  Basket;  U.  Cake  turner;  13, 
Dust  pail ;  13,  Dipper ;  14,  Broom ;  16,  Bucket ;  16.  Table ; 
17,  Piute,  18,  Mankind;  19,  Harmony;  20,  Calico;  21. 
Andes;  23,  Alps. 
WOttD.sqUAllK  tNiOMA.— 
R  O  K  K 
ONLY 
BLOK 
K  Y  K  8 
PUBLISHER’S  NOTICES. 
TO  THE  LADY  READERS  OF  THE  UFRAL, 
SPP^CIAL  OFFER 
OF  RARE  PLANTS  AND  SEEDS 
HOME  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 
Having  a  few  choice  plants  now  growing  in 
the  Hdral's  Exi’Brimental  Grounds,  which 
we  think  would  be  desirable  to  some  of  the  lady 
readers  of  tlio  Uural  New-Yorker,  we  make 
the  following  offer : 
Those  who,  in  rciiowing  their  own  suViscrip- 
tion,  send  ns  an  additional  name  (not  already  on 
our  list)  with  the  sum  of  S’-l.lH)  for  the  two,  may 
select  any  two  of  the  following-named  plants 
and  a  pajier  of  the  eewi  of  tlie  Molucca  Balm. 
Those  who  receive  these  preraimus  can  divide 
with  their  friends,  or  keep  them  all,  as  they  may 
agree  among  themselves,  as  our  object  in  mak¬ 
ing  the  offer  is  to  induce  old  bubscribers  to 
send  us  new  ones,  thereby  inereiisiug  our  list. 
The  plants  and  seeds  offered  are  very  choice,  as 
will  be  seen  in  description  given  below.  The 
plants  Mill  be  sent  by  mail  free,  and  carefully 
packed  and  forwarded  immediately  on  receipt  of 
subscriptions. 
AbitAilou  Houle  «lc  A'else. — The 
best  of  the  AhuHlonH.  Its  flowers  are  Large  and 
white.  It  blooms  throughout  the  wliolo  year  and 
therefore  is  alike  desirable  for  tlie  conservatory 
or  garden.  Its  growth  is  rapid  -small  plants 
attaining  the  bight  of  five  feet  during  tlie  siim- 
moi-  months.  In  tbe  fall  it  may  he  out  back  to 
any  desirable  size  and  jiotted  for  the  winter, 
u  heu  it  will  quickly  recover  its  symmeti-y  and 
resume  its  over-blooming  habit.  Its  quick  and 
exceeding  ijopularity  is  a  sulflciont  guarantee  of 
its  merits. 
aric  Ijcmoi lie.— Among  a  hundred  or 
more  varieties  of  double-flowered  Pelargoniums, 
now  and  old,  this  is  as  yet  unrivaled.  The  indi¬ 
vidual  flower,  of  a  delicate  rose  color,  as  well  as 
the  truss,  arc  the  hu’gest  of  their  d.aBa.  It  is 
dilficult  to  select  a  more  attractive  jilant  tJian 
Marie  Lemoino  when  freely  blooming.  Every 
tniBs  is  in  itself  a  bouquet.  The  loaves  are  large, 
zonolcfls,  vigorouH.  Tlie  jilaot  is  compact  and, 
like  AlrutUon  JBovk  df:  is  invaluable,  either 
for  the  conservatory,  window  or  garden. 
lly(lraiiK:cn  punicnlutn  s'rancl- 
ill«ra.-Ho  much  has  boon  said  of  this 
Japanese  slirnb  diming  the  past  j'ear  that  little 
need  bo  added  now.  It  has  stood  26“^  below  zero 
unharmed.  It  begins  blooming  in  early  Aiigust, 
continuing  until  after  liiud  frosts.  The  tliyrses 
of  flowers,  first  greenish-whito,  then  white,  then 
rose,  often  measure  a  foot  in  length  and  twenty 
inches  in  circumference.  Every  stem  being  thus 
terminated,  tlio  strilung  appearance  of  an  en¬ 
tire  plant  may  be  eouceived.  There  can  be  no 
doubt  tliat  this  is  one  of  the  most  valuable  of  all 
perfectly  hardy  shrubs. 
Varieg^alccl  Auipelopsi.^  or  Vilis 
helerophylia  varingata. — We  do  not  hesitate  to 
pronoimce  this  one  of  the  most  attractive  vines 
in  cultivation.  The  leaves  are  doeply-lobod  and 
variegated  with  U’hite  and  green,  much  as  Abu- 
tilon  Thomsoni  is  variegated  with  green  and  yel¬ 
low.  From  its  racemes  of  flowers  are  formed 
fruit  as  large  as  cimrauts,  each  one  of  which  is  a 
different  color  in  shades  of  claret,  azure-blue  and 
green.  These  berries,  which  are  first  as  soft  as 
a  currant,  become  finally  as  hard  as  bullets. 
The  pretty  stems  are  also  variegated,  green, 
whitish  and  rope.  The  roots  are  perfectly  hardy, 
and  the  vino's  growth  so  rapid  that  it  will  cover 
twenty-flv®  feet  square  iu  a  season.  For  con¬ 
servatory  walls  or  pillars,  for  trellises  or  rock¬ 
eries,  it  cannot  fail  to  please.  It  has  been 
growing  in  the  liuiiAi,  Experimental  Grounds 
for  several  years  without  the  least  protection. 
Nloliiccolla  laevis.  —  We  will  send, 
also,  to  ALL  who  are  entitled  to  a  choice  of  any 
two  of  the  above  plants,  a  package  of  the  seeds 
of  the  singular  Shell  Flower,  an  account  of  which 
and  an  engraving  were  given  in  the  Rural  of 
Aug.  17,  p.  117. 
Slieakiug  of  tbe  new  cotton  crop,  tbe  Augusta 
Cotton  Exchange  reports:— The  staple  of  all  la 
superior.  The  crop  has  matured,  and  Is  being 
gathered  and  marketed  with  a  rapidity  seldom  If 
over  equaled.  It  Is  the  opinion  of  the  Committee 
on  Crojjs  that  this  section  is  harvesting  more  cot¬ 
ton  than  last  year  by  f  rom  lO  lo  15  per  cent. 
Gold  Is  being  slilppod  to  this  country  in  large 
quantities  from  England. 
Butler  Is  elected  in  Massachusetts. 
The  house  of  the  dead  Ran  Francisco  banker, 
Kalston,  Is  to  be  tunied  Into  a  hotel. 
The  Lnlverslty  of  Calllornla  has  now  over  300 
Btudenls. 
The  following  Is  the  President’s  order : 
PlIlLADELnilA,  Nov.  10. 
Qmnrnl  ir.  T.  Shnruian,  Washinylon,  D.  C, : 
Instruct  General  Augur,  In  Louisiana,  and  Gen¬ 
eral  Kugcr,  In  Florida,  to  he  vigilant  with  the 
force  at  their  command  to  preserve  peace  and 
good  order,  and  lo  see  that  the  proper  and  legal 
boards  ol  canvassers  arc  unmolested  In  the  per¬ 
formance  of  their  duties.  Should  there  be  any 
grounds  ot  suspicion  of  a  fraudulent  count  on 
either  side  it  should  be  reported  and  denounced 
at  once.  No  man  worthy  or  the  office  of  President 
should  be  willing  to  hold  11  If  counted  In  or  placed 
there  by  fraud.  Either  riarly  can  afford  to  be 
disappointed  in  the  result.  The  country  cannot 
afford  to  have  the  result  tainted  by  the  suspicion 
of  Illegal  or  false  returns.  U.  S.  Grant. 
It  Is  to  be  hoped  that  the  subsidence  ot  the  elec- 
Uou  excltemeht  will  have  a  beueilclal  effect,  for 
merchants  ai’o  again  complaining  of  the  hard 
times.  In  the  last  Aveek  of  October,  shipments  of 
grain  fell  off  f.oo,iii)0  bushels  from  the  not  very 
favorable  ngurc*8  that  had  previously  been  quoted. 
Although  the  business  of  the  year  has  been  very 
bad,  each  of  the  grain  centers  outside  of  New 
Y'ork  lias  increased  its  iiroporllou.  The  follow¬ 
ing  shows  the  present  ratio  for  the  twenty-eight 
weeks  ending  October  a? : 
|[flus  of  t||£  Sftlffll. 
ELECTION. 
1876. 
Per  et. 
1873. 
Per  et. 
New  York.  ... 
.  .  69,211,323 
46.9 
65,102,541 
67.9 
Philadelphia . . 
_  22,075.340 
17.6 
11.025,006 
9.8 
Ballioiore . 
13.6 
8.176,572 
7.3 
Montreal . 
.  14.204,729 
11.2 
16.968,118 
14.S 
Boston . 
10.4 
10.317,256 
9.4 
Portland . 
.  1,762,708 
1.4 
1,695,088 
1.4 
Total.... 
. 126,347,170 
lOO.O 
112,383,580 
100.0 
Such  Intense  excitement  over  an  election  has 
almost  never  been  AVilnessed  in  Ncav  York  City, 
as  during  the  last  Aveck.  The  scenes  at  tbe 
Republican  Ueadquaners  at  tbe  Flfib  Avenue 
Hotel,  Democratic  Headquarters  at  the.  Everett 
House  and  around  the’NcAvspaper  Bulletins  In 
Printing  House  Square,  were  more  like  the  im¬ 
promptu  meellng,s  In  1801  iban  anything  Avhlch 
has  been  seen  since.  The  closeness  of  the 
electoral  A-otc  and  the  bitter  spirit  in  which  the 
campaign  has  been  conducted,  seem  to  have  cul¬ 
minated  111  an  Intensity  of  feeling  Avhich  was 
increased,  rather  than  diminished,  by  the  suspense 
naturall,r  caused  by  the  waiting  for  the  rettu-ns 
NOV.  18 
from  those  doubtDil  States  which  should  turn  the 
scale  only  a  hair’s  breadth  to  elect  either  candi¬ 
date.  It  18  to  be  hoped  that  the  verdict  of  the 
people  will  be  accepted  with  that  same  good 
common  sense  for  Avhlch  our  foreign  visitors  this 
year  have  given  the  American  People  credit. 
FOREIGN  NOTES. 
According  to  the  reports  of  the  city  fumlgators, 
the  tUilncsc  laundries  In  Ran  Francisco  are  a  fruit¬ 
ful  cause  of  the  spmad  ot  Rni.all-iAox,  as  large  quan¬ 
tities  of  clothing,  taken  from  tho  bodies  of  people 
who  have  died  of  the  disease,  haA^e  been  wa.shed  In 
them,  and  then  exposed  for8.ale. 
EdAvard  Hayleton,  solicitor,  representing  the 
Foreign  Bondholders’  A.880i:inl.lon  of  I/mdon,  Is  In 
Atlanta,  Ga,.  on  business  connected  with  some  of 
the  bogus  bonds  Issued  under  Gov.  Bullock’s  ad¬ 
ministration  and  now  held  In  England. 
Of  the  258,239  inhapltants  of  Rhode  Island,  135,- 
003  Avere  born  la  the*  Rtate,  and  61,606  are  natives 
of  other  States  In  this  country. 
A  rumor  of  a  proposed  Fenian  raid  and  massing 
of  Avar  material  Is  not  sustained  by  facts. 
'I'he  German  Empire  has  presented  the  German 
Pavilion  In  the  EKhlblHon  Grounds  to  the  City  of 
Philadelphia, 
William  Vandyke  sailed  from  Grand  Haven, 
Mich.,  on  Sunday,  8th,  with  his  family  and  an  En¬ 
glishman  named  Felker,  In  a  small  sloop  bound 
for  Florida,  via  Illinois  Canal  and  the  MlsMsalppl. 
tin  Monday  a  1/cmpust  carried  away  the  most  and 
cnp.slzcd  the  vessel  keel  upward,  a  few  miles  from 
Saugaiuck.  The  hatches  had  been  nailed  fast, 
and  all  were  knocked  about  Inside  the  hull  Ull 
Tuesday  morning,  Avhen  they  came  ashore  six 
miles  north  of  saugaiuck.  They  cut  their  way  out 
and  found  Felker  dead.  All  were  terribly  bruised 
and  exhausted.  Robert  Docsktng,  a  farmer,  took 
them  to  bis  bouse. 
As  Ave  go  to  press  the  question,  Who  Is  Presl- 
dent7  Is  sUU  undecided.  Gov.  Tjlden  has  secured 
m  electoral  votes,  and  a  majority  on  the  popular 
vote  of  542,800.  GOA'.  Hayep  has  gained  166  elect¬ 
oral  votes,  with  a  majority  ot  23s,80(i.  The  doubt¬ 
ful  states  are  Roulh  (tirolina,  Florida  and  I/)uls- 
laiiu.  Gov.  Tlldcn  Avould  have  to  secure  but  one 
of  them  to  gain  the  day ;  Gov.  Hays  all.  Both 
parties  claim  all  ot  the  .sute-s  mentioned,  and 
chai'goH  of  fraud,  etc.,  are  equally  b;Uanced.  I'he 
oniclal  vote  will  decide,  and  lo  attempt  to  secure 
a  fair  count  delegations  of  prominent  men  of  both 
parties  haA-e  gone  to  the  A’artous  state  capitals,  to 
be  present  at  the  official  canvass. 
Late  adAlcos  state  tliat  the  IL  8.  frigate  Frank¬ 
lin  arrived  at  St.  Thomas  on  the  6lh,  Avlth  Wm.  M. 
Tweed  on  board. 
Race  tj'oublos  In  Virginia. 
There  Is  a  dead-lock  In  tho  Vermont  f-eglslalure 
An  attempt  Avas  mode  at  Springfield,  Ill.,  to 
steal  the  remains  ol  President  Lincoln  from  the 
cemeieiy  vault..  The  plot  was  suspected  some 
time  since,  and  Elmer  M'ashburne,  L’nlicd  States 
Detective  Tyrrell,  and  his  assistants  Avatched  the 
vault.  The  scoundrels  broke  In  the  outer  and 
Inner  doors  of  the  A'ault,  opened  the  several  cases 
of  the  sarcophagus,  ana  Ai'ere  anoui.  lo  make  off 
Avith  the  remains  Avbcn  the  detecilA'es  accidentally 
discharged  a  pistol,  which  ala  rmed  the  robbers, 
and  t  hey  fled  preclpltatcLv,  escaping  In  the  dark¬ 
ness.  A  slight  clew  to  iholr  Identity  remains, 
and  their  capture  Is  probable. 
An  agent  or  a  hundred  Chicago  famJMes  Js  prof>- 
pectlng  Florida  for  a  scltlement. 
The  biggest  gun  In  the  world,  Victor  Emanuel’s 
100-ton  Infant,  has  fired  Its  first  shot  at  Spezzla 
with  330  pounds  of  powder  and  a  ball  weighing 
2,0<Ni  pounds  only.  The  hydraulic  machinery  by 
which  only  t  he  monster  can  be  moved  worked  per¬ 
fectly. 
Tlie  British  Admiralty  Board  recently  Institu¬ 
ted  an  Inquiry  In  regard  to  the  number  of  trans¬ 
port  ships  tho  Government  had  at  command  In 
case  of  war.  It  was  found  that,  with  the  addition 
of  suridry  st-earaers  belonging  to  fifteen  private 
companies,  It  hart  means  of  transportlag  to  the 
Mediterranean,  within  three  weeks,  oo.ooo  men, 
with  horses,  cannons,  and  other  war  material. 
There  is  said  to  be  a  paper  church  actually 
existing  near  Berlin,  which  can  contain  nearly 
one  thousand  persons.  It  Is  circular  within, 
octagonal  without.  Tho  reliefs  outside  and 
statues  within,  the  roof,  celling,  the  Corinthian 
capitals,  arc  all  papirr  mache,  rendered  water¬ 
proof  by  .saturaUng  In  vitriol,  lime  water,  whey, 
and  AA'hlte  of  eggs. 
Tho  Austrian  Government  has  declined  to  take 
any  part  in  the  Parts  Exposition  of  1878, 
A  Latin  military  hook,  published  In  Farts  In 
1535,  contains  UlustratJons  of  a  revolAing  gun,  re¬ 
volving  turrets  for  monitors,  a  diagram  of  a 
diving  helL  and  other  inventions  of  the  nineteenth 
century. 
The  new  Gommandcr-ln-Chlef  of  the  Chinese 
army,  Ll-llung  Chang,  ha.8  already  made  himself 
the  actual  sovereign  of  the  empire.  He  Is  regard¬ 
ed  as  the  Implacable  enemy  of  forelgnnrs  and  the 
leading  opponent  of  progress.  He  was  the  second 
of  five  brotlicrs,  sons  of  a  poor  literary  man. 
During  theTnlplng  rebellion  he  offered  hl8  ser¬ 
vices  to  the  (iovernmenL  and  besides  rising 
rapidly  in  mlUiary  rank,  he  gained  much  Impe¬ 
rial  favor.  Although  accused  of  the  foulest 
treachery  In  beheading  the  rebel  kings,  whoso 
lives  he  had  guaranteed,  after  the  fall  of  Soo- 
chow,  he  was  created  a  noble,  and  Invested  with 
the  yellow  Jacket,  uie  highest  honor  in  China  for 
mllll.ary  achlevemenUi.  in  1664  be  founded  the 
Imperial  arsenal  at  Nanking,  and  supplied  It  both 
with  skilled  workmen  and  all  the  apparatus 
necessary  for  making  guns,  torpedoes,  rockets, 
sliells,  and  other  war  Implements.  In  1565,  after 
the  fall  of  Nanking,  he  was  made  Governor- 
General;  In  1666  he  Avent  north,  and  put  an  end 
to  the  NleufU  Insurrection ;  in  ISTO  was  ordered  to 
fight  the  Mohammt?dan  rebels  In  Shanshl  and 
Kansoy,  but,  while  en  rout-e,  ho  was  recalled  and 
made  Governor-General  of  Pelchihll,  and  In  1872 
was  raised  to  the  rank  of  a  s«;ond-cla.s3  noble. 
He  Is  about  fifty-five  j'ears  of  age,  and  holds  his 
poAver  by  the  system  ot  nepotism. 
Cardinal  Rlineonl.  recently  the  Papal  Nuncio  at 
Madrid,  has  been  appointed  to  succeed  the  late 
Cardinal  Antonelll  as  Secretary  of  State  to  the 
Pope. 
The  choir  of  Sallsburj'  Cathedral,  In  England, 
has  jast  been  reopened,  after  having  been  under 
restoration  for  years,  as  long  ago  as  the  summer 
of  1S63,  the  work  began  with  the  expenditure  of 
i:io,ooo  upon  the  fabric,  under  the  guidance  of  Sir 
Gilbert  .Scott.  The  first  step  was  naiurallj'  to 
secure  the  stability  of  the  famous  spire.  This 
ha.s  always  been  vaunted  as  the  highest  spire  in 
England,  and  as  one  of  the  highest  in  Europe. 
The  sudden  collajisc  ot  the  Chichester  spire.  Some 
years  ago,  caused  .some  anxiety  a,s  to  tho  condi¬ 
tion  of  its  far  handsomBr  sister  at  Salisbury.  It 
was  found  by  experiment  that  no  movement  of 
the  apex  bad  taken  place  for  at  least  three  hun¬ 
dred  years;  hut  assurance  wag  made  doubly  sure 
by  girding  tho  lower  Aviih  steel  bands,  and 
Joining  He  angles  by  diagonal  steel  crossbars. 
Accordbig  to  the  Oermun  philosopher,  Adelnay, 
the  nuttAber  ot  languages  spoken  la  Europe  Is  587, 
in  Asia,  937,  In  Africa,  276.,  and  In  America  1,264 
making  a  total  of  3,064. 
Viscount  Noguolros,  the  newly-appointed  For- 
tuguese  Minister  to  the  United  .Slates,  will  pro¬ 
ceed  to  Washington  shortly. 
Not  long  since  the  Minister  of  Justice  at  the 
Hague  ordered  an  inquiry  to  be  made  Into  the 
number  of  convents  and  their  Inmates  now  In 
Holland,  with  a  view  of  aacertotnlng  how  many 
monks  and  nuns  have  migrated  thither  from 
Prussia  since  the  enactment  of  the  Falck  Church 
laws. 
Tho  Pope  lately  proposed  to  divide  the  .Arch¬ 
bishopric  or  Lyons  into  two  dioceses,  without  the 
assent  of  the  French  Government,  and  has  met 
with  decided  opposition.  The  Government  ac¬ 
cepts  the  portion  of  the  Papal  bull  consecrating  a 
new  archbishop,  but  rejects  the  provisions  con¬ 
tained  la  It  dividing  the  diocese. 
A  curious  custom  still  maintained  at  Bavarian 
executions  Is  that  of  the  Clerk  of  the  court 
breaking  a  wand  and  throwing  the  fragments  at 
the  feet  of  the  criminal.  This  Is  symbolical  that 
bis  life  is  DO  he  violently  and  suddenly  terminated. 
It  was  done  a  few  Aveeks  since  at  Munich.  The 
executions  are  not  public. 
KuUmann,  who  attempteil  to  kill  Prince  Bis¬ 
marck  at  Klsslngen,  not  long  since  asked  his 
father  to  present  a  petition  for  his  pardon  to  the 
Prince,  but  his  father  refused  to  do  so.  This  re¬ 
fusal  enraged  Kullman,  and  a  fcov  days  afterward 
he  a.ssauUed  his  attendant,  Ariih  whom  he  was 
walking,  and  struck  him  senseless  to  the  earth. 
The  villa  Bertrumka,  near  Prague,  AA'here  Mo¬ 
zart  completed  his  '*  Don  Giovanni,"  noA\'  belongs 
to  M.  Lambcri  I’opelka.  Ho  has  recently  erected 
on  an  elevation  In  the  garden  a  memorial  to 
Mozart  .surmounted  by  the  great  composer’s 
bust,  and  bearing  the  Inscription “  Here  Mozart 
I'omplciGd  the  opera  of  ‘Don  Juan,'  October  28, 
1787." 
SLx  hundred  and  liity  troops  have  arrived  at 
IlaA'ana,  from  Spain,  Nov,  9, 
