OLD SERIES, XL.
NEW SERIES. XVIIL
THE CENTRE REPORTER,
FRED. KURTZ, Error and Prov'n.
RAP
The next postmaster of Bellefonte is
coming and will be a democrat.
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The Teras Siftings difines an “offensive
nartisan” as a fellow who has an office
that some other fellow wants,
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1f Logan had not been re-elected to
the senate, his next jump for notoriety
would have been from the Brooklyn
bridge.
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The Mormons are still coming. The
steamship Wisconsin, from Liverpool,
landed four hundred Mormon emigrants
at New York the other day. They are
mostly in families,
cs ty lp
All departments of the North Chicago
Rolling Mills, at Bay View, Wis.,includ-
ing the nail works, will shut down next
Saturday, throwing between 1,300 and
1.500 men out of employment. It is not
known how long the mills will be idle.
litle
Millions of young grasshoppers are re-
ported coming out of the sandy soil on
the south side of the Arkansas river
bove Pueblo, devouring early vageta-
Their appear-
a
bles and tender shrubs.
ance is similar to that of 1875, when
they were swept east by Ww inds and con-
sumed an immense amount of growing
crops in Kansas.
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The legislature might turn its atten-
tion to the passage of an act to prevent
shootings, and thus save
A heavy penalty should be
accidental
many lives.
laid upon any one leaving any fire-arms
unloaded—as it always turns out thal
the ones that are “not loaded” do the
killing, and if obliged to be loaded they
wouldn't be handled.
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The Pennsylvania legislators have the
thing down fine. They have been going
home on Thursday “because the attend-
ance on Friday is so small,” and their
Il Tuesday
$3
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return has been delayed
“because hardly anybody gets back on
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Monday, you know."'—Boston Record.
fellows
Sis
We are thinking when these
vote to raise their salary to $1500 they
are making it coarse enough.
ti
This legislature has had the audacity
to pass a bill increasing the salary. The
Senate amended the Salary act so as to
allow Senators $4,000 and members of
the Legislature $2,000 for a term of two
vears. Those who voted for an amend-
ment evidently value their services a
great deal higher than do the people at
large. Perbaps Gov. Pattison will be of
the same opinion when he comes to pass
upon the bill.
ei pp ineiib—
Some of the fellows who have been
drawing fraudalent pensions—and there
are thousands of them—are becoming
conscience stricken. A man
Snyder, who belonged to a New York
Regiment during the war and who has
been drawing a pension of $72 per
month, called at the Pensien office and
requested that his name be taken from
the rolls and payment stopped. The only
reason he gave for his singular request
was that the Government had already
done enough for him. Commissioner
Black says a similar case was bronght to
his attention some months ago. A Ken-
tuckian requested to have his pen-
sion stopped, and a considerable sum
which he had not drawn, returned tothe
Treasury, as he believed he had fully
recovered from his debility.
A Mp ir
The facts of the corruptions snd ex-
travagance of the Agricultural Depart
ment under Dr. Loring exceed far what
were pronounced lies or gross exaggera-
tions. The place has now found to have
been rotten through and through. Gov.
Colman, the new Commissioner, may
have hoped to find something to hold on
to, but if he did entertain this idea he
will have to give it up or suffer in the
attempt.
possible.
OVERHAULING THE REPUBLICAN
RASCALS,
The New York Sun says in ordering
a searching inquiry into the history of
the so-called repairs upon the third-rate
man-of-war Mohican, Secretary Whitney
begins a task entirely in the interest of
truth and justice, We believe that he is
the man to carry through the work,
The wooden ship Mohican, of 1,000
tons displacement, was ordered to the
Mare Island Navy Yard in 1872 for re-
pairs and reconstruction upon the Rob-
bersonian plan. This vessel was then
about fourteen years old. It had origin-
ally cost $333,000 to build her. During
the six years immediately preceding the
time when Secor Robberson took the
Mohican in hand, more than $237,000
had been expended in repairs on her
hull, and more than $60,000 on her
boilers and machinery. This ought to
have left the ship in fair condition, to
say the least; but Robberson took her
out of commission and sent her to Mare
island to be overhauled anew. The pro-
cess has been going on for thirteen years
under Robberson and his successor of
‘he same dynasty. The Mohican isabout
ready to go to sea, where she will not be
of the slightest value either for defensive
or offensive naval warfare,
Secretary Whitney says that the ag-
gregate amount of money expended on
{he Mohican since she was docked in "72
is nearly $900,000, and that more than
two-thirds of this amount has been spent
during the administration of his cheer-
fall predecessor, the Hon. William E.
Chandler. From Mr. Whitney's state-
{ the figures already on record,
total cost of the
jay:
raent ant
it is easy to compute the
Mohican as she siands to
Original cost, with IachiBe Faw. $ 233,000
Eepairs Bureau of Construction, previ. o5
gineering,
1872..ccinn
Jo
I epalrs, Br
previous to ’
shea %
ts, privioos to 1870.
0
1972 and 10 ABLE. ovarian
Tot Molican... . 179.000
Mr. Whitney says that a new ship of
the same character aad class could have
Fuarean of
Eepalrs since
gl forthe
been built for $220 UO,
Startling as this exposure of dish nest
extravagance and systemal'c plunder
ing appears, the Moh'can’s is only a
ssecimen case. For about filleen years
we have been engaged in exhibiting the
{ nits of Robbersonism ia the Navy De-
partment. The process of rigid and im-
pariial investigation wh ch the £rst hon-
est and fearless Secretary of the Navy
since 1869 to apply
Mohican, would reveal in the case ol al-
most every other vessel of the United
pronoses
proportion between the money expend-
ed and the results obtained for the ex-
penditure,
Mr. Whitney is going to work in the
right way, Every honest citizen is with
him. Let the whole infamous record of
Republican rascality in the Navy De-
partment be uncovered to the light of
iday.
lt Mn
Gov. Pattison has vetoed the congres-
sional and legislative apportionment
bills. If ever the veto power was right
le yusly exercised, this was the time.
| more iniquitous measure could not have
{been hatched. We do not hesitate to
{say that every member of the legislature
who voted for these bills was guilty of
perjury after baving taken the oath to
support the constitution, The appor-
tionments as passed are as clearly un-
constitutional as it would have been to
pass an act to impair the obligation of
contracts. The unconstitutional and in-
{auitous feature of the bills are so plain-
ly set forth by the governor that any
member voting to pass the same over
shieol will be holding open jaws to take
him in.
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Watches must be scarce in this state,
else liars are plenty when the assessor
comes around. Pennsylvania has a state
tax on watches the result of which, as
reported by the secretary of internal af-
the state is about 4,500,000. The num-
ber of voters last November was 900,000,
Bat in all this population and this army
of voters there were only 45,506 watches
—gold, silver and “common.” So it
would appear that there wereflast year
has been criminally perverted. The
sorghum appropriation has been spent
in a manner still worse. It would be
merciful to call the way it was doneZthe
manifestation of ignorance on the part
Loring and his so-called experts.
Thousands and thousands have been
squandered on criminally ignorant ex-
periments requiring costly machinery,
which not even the head expert knew
now to use. No beneficial results have
been achieved, unless, while setting out
intending to disprove Prof. Collier's re-
gults for which Loring drove him from the
department, they sustained them all in
spite of themselves, may be called bene.
ficial, What was called science was a
little better than the merest charlatanry.
What has cost a millior: is not worth a
cent. Ignorance, pretension, speculation
and down-right dishonesty are the best
that can be imputed to the concern.
.
whom had a watch,
or i 50 PO MP
Reports received by the Farmer's Re
view of Chicago from al the Western
that the outlook for winter sown
der the most favorable conditions will
por from 3,000 correspondents,
a
side of the story.
VICTOR HUGO.
In Victor Hugo France bas lost her]
most imposing personality, and a pang of |
bereavement will be felt by many on |
this side of the ocean who had learned |
to honor his majestic genius and his |
broad humanity. It may well be doubt-
ed whether any man of letters ever lived |
—and we do not except Voltaire or|
Goethe—~who attained in bis own lifes |
time to such a species of apotheosis, to a |
recognition so ardent and so nearly |
world-wide of illustrious achievements |
in many fields of art and thought. Vie-|
tor Hugo had reached a kind of prima-|
cy, we bad almost said pontificate, over
the priesthood of the pen, and bis posi-
tion was peculiarly august in this partie-
ular, that in him, as in Milton, the poet
was impaced with the patriot, the se
questered student of the beautiful with |
the impassioned friend of man.
Victor Hugo's life has been almost co- |
eval with the century of which for many |
years he was perhaps the most conspic
nous and by far the most interesting fig
ure, He has witnessed all the political |
vicissitudes, the social transformations, |
the revolutions in literary laste and |
canons which France bas experienced
since 1816: and in all of them he was an
agent or aniagonist as well asa specta-
tor. In politics be bad ron through the
whole gamut of conviction from royalism
to socialism; he was successively a pen-
sionary of Louis XVIIL, a peer of
France under Louis Philippe, a fervent |
republican io the Legislative Assembly
dissolved by Louis Bonaparte, almost a
|Communist when elected a delegate of a
{ Paris constituency to the Bordeaux As-
{sembly, an advanced, uncompromising
radical in the Senate, which he entered
inine years before his death, These
changes of opinion aad of sympathy, in
which, his enemies professed
| proof of light-headed or dishonest incon-
isistency, were really 80 many stages io
I his progress toward a ripe and high con-
leonception of political ideals and civic
duty; and the twenty years of exile,
{which proclaimed an inexorable protest
{against the second empire, gave a concla-
sive answer to the charge of interested
{aims. Nor was he afterward restrained
by prudential motives from a steadfnst
ladvocacy of amnesty to the convicted
Communists, whose desperate excesses
ihe abhorred, but whose fundamental ob-
{ject, local self-government, be believed
{to be the keystone of all sound reform in
France, He lived to see the work of
{mercy done, and the last years of Hugo
{who while still young had saved the life
lof a political offender by a touching apos-
trophe tg Louis Philippe, were hallowed
{by the gratitude of thousands whom his
leloqueace bad rescued from New Cale-
idonta and Cayenne.
As a philanthrophist and social entha-
siast Victor Hugo bad come to be rever-
ed by multitudes who would have beco
indifferent to his work in literature, or,
lat all events, noguahified to apprecials
its striking scope and admirable quality.
A »
FOUND MURDERED.
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to find
mn
John Irwin Lying Dead by the Roudside
With His Throat Out from Ear to Ear,
Huntingdon, Pa., May 20.—~This ¢
{munity was startled this morniog by the
discovery that a horrible murder had
been committed last night near War
irior's Mark, a small village about twen-
|ty miles west of bere, the murderer be-
ling John Laporte, son of the venerable
{Judge Laporte, and the victim John Ir
| win, a fellow laborer at Shoenberger's
lore mines, near Warrior's Mark. The
{two men bad been drinking freely inthe
| village, and left together about dosk, and
{it is supposed they became embroiled in
la fight, which ended fatally, A passer-
{by found Irwin on the road south of the
village with his throat cut from ear to
ear, and his face crushed in as if with a
club, There is no doubt that the marder
was committed by Laporte, but he has
not yet been arrested though it is said
he was seen early this morning near his
father's farm. No cause for the murder
can be assigned by the acquaintances of
the two men, who were considered close
comrades, Both were unmarried and
about 27 years of age. Laporte is regard-
ed by his fellow-laborers at the mines as
of a very peculiar temperment and it is
believed that, inflamed with liquor, be
committed the deed while in a violent
passion.
At 8 o'clock this evening ths accused
was brought to town by his father ‘and
was loged in jail. The grea'est excile-
ment prevails,
THE SNYDER MONUMENT.
208d
Impressive Ceremonies al the Unveiling.
Selins Grove, Pa., May 27.—~The mon
ument of ex-Governor Simon Snyder
was unveiled to-day. Governor Pattison.
ex-Governor Curtin and Hartranft, Gen.
Simon Cameron, as well as several State
officials, and the majority of the Legis-
lature arrived shortly before noon, and
received by a general salute, the mem:
bers of the Twelfth Regiment and Grand
Army. Gov. Pattison on his arrival was
taken to the Missionary Institute, where
in a few words he presented the gradu.
ating class of the classical department
with their diplomas. The unveiling of
the monument took place at 2 o'clock,
the stars and stripes, with which it was
surrounded, being removed by Miss Ma.
ry Snyder, a grand-daughter of the dec’'d
governor, Gov. Pattison then in the be-
half of the State transferred the monu-
ment, which is a very handsome one, to
the custody of the citizens, and it was
received by A, W, Potter, . The ora-
tion of the day was then delivered by
ex~Governor Curtin. Gen. Bimon Cam-
eron and several others made brief ad
dresses, and the sermon delivered in
Gorman at the grave of the deceascd
Governor in 1810 was read by J. P. Shin.
fel, Jr, ason of the minister who wrote
t.
A A SIN MASA
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1885.
NO. 22.
CURTIN'S FIVE YEARS’
5 AT ST. PETERSBURG.
‘neounter With Gortschakoff—
Insult from the French
Interview with
Present of a
ny
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The Car's
noleon 111,
trail by 1 il,
Pe is Donn
Rperial (
{Bs ia rey pondence
of the World,)
Washington, May
23, ~Andrew QG.
Curtin, Pennsylvania, was for five
years our Minister to 8t. Petersburg. He
the of the
an war. Some of his rem-~
of
was there doring period
French Pru
iniscences have been topics of entertain-
the dinners in Washington,
always] one of the
He has a very
His friends are
» write his memories cover-
iod of his service as war Goy-
abroad, Mr.
at
most welcomed guests,
rich fund of experience,
urging bim
the ner
jak! PEI
erpor and as a Minister
im about twelve thousand
dollars year more than bis salary.
There is no place in Europe where it is
irtact for the Minister to keep
up a certain scale of expenditures in or-
der to malotain a good social footing
than at this place. One of the earlier
incidents of Curtin’s career at St, Peters
burg occurred a dioner where Gort-
gchakoff, the Chancellor of the Russian
Empire, sat opposite to him. Mr. Curtin
was upkoown to most of the guests,
Gortschakofl began talking to him in a
very abrupt brusque fashion about the
Alabama Claims Commission, which had
just been established, “It will never suc-
ceed,” said he, “You Americans are al
ways getting up some new thing, The
principle of it is opposed to every tradi.
tion of Eoropean diplomacy. Have you
read the English press upon it 7” “Yes,”
said the Governor, “lI bave read what
they have to say. Bot it is barely possi-
ble that t are mistaken.” The Chan.
cellor did not drop the subject, but said,
“Have you seen the speech of Lord
John Russel in which he denounces
the commission as 8 humbug?” Cartio
had been listening with a very mild air
to all alk. He now turned upon the
Chancel He said with great abrupt~
ness and dignity: “Yes, I have read his
I also remember his speech de-
nonncing your plan for suppressing the
Polish msurrecti Your reply to his
then was so overwhelming that it took
away | him completely the little
gense he ever bad,” At this all of the
1 Gortschakofl was
the subject,
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at
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speech,
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Upon another occasion soon after this
Curtin ended sn evening reception
given by the French Minister, General
Fleury, Gen, Fleury was then the right
arm of Napoleon 1{l. He had a salary
of §7 year as Minister and an als
owance of $50,000 besides for entertain.
ing. More than this, he was allowed to
draw for what sums he needed for ex-
tra enterizioments. He occupied an en-
tire palace and entertained upon the
most lavish eiyie. Gov. Curtin when be
entered found the large rooms of the
palace filled with brilliantly uniformed
jals, He was in plain evening dress
bat little attention in the
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nit
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and attracted
gayly dressed crowd. When he advanced
to be presented tothe Minister and Mme.
Fleury, Gen, Fleury bowed slightly and
did not speak to him, Mme. Fleury
bowed very coldly and said nothing, The
(Governor stood in a very awkward posi
tion for a moment or two and then be
wheeled about and marched back into
the general salon, The marked coolness
of his reception made a good deal of gos-
gip among his diplomatic associates who
were acquainted with him. One of them
came up to him and asked him what was
the matter. He said be did not know,
but one thing was very certain—he
would never cross the threshold of the
French Minister's house again. He had
his carriage calied and returned st once
to his own quarters, This affair created
great excitement among the diplomats.
It was immediately bugged about that
the American Minister, onaccount of the
rudeness of his reception, had gone
away in a great rage, vowing he never
would retarn. The next morning a sec-
retary of the French Legation called up-
on Mr. Curtin, He called, he said, for
the purpose of apologizing for the man-«
ner jof his reception the night before.
Mr, Carlin said that no apology was ne-
cessary, and very diplomatically refused
to acknowledge that there wasany cause
for grievance. Fin.uly the Secretary
asked him if he would receive General
Fleury. He replied that he would al-
ways be pleased to receive the French
Minister. A few moments after General
Fleury arrived. Then came Mme. Fleury.
They told the Minister that he was un-
known to them by sight, and when he
came in plain evening dress they thouffix
that he was some wandering Engl
tourist, Their regrets were so warm and
earnest that Mr, Curtin became very
thoroughly reconciled.
They became quite Intimate afterwards,
Towards the close of the war between
France and Gennany Gov. Curtin gave
a dinner, at which Gen, Fleury and wife
were the honored guests. During the
dinner a dispatch was brought in to (the
French Minister, He opened and read
it and banded 1t to Mr, Curtin without a
word. It was the dispatch announcing
the surreader of Napoleon 111, at Sedan.
Fleary at once left the house, He was
obliged to leave St. Petersburg almost
immediately. Notwithstanding his large
icone he jas head Lp heels in Jabt.
¢ was obliged to sell everything down
to his wife's furs to satisfy these debts.
In St. Petersburg they have a custom
when a member of the Diplomatic Corps
goes away for his pasociates to go down
to the station with flowers and resents
to give him a brilliant send-off, The
morning of the Fleurys' departure Gov.
Curtin and his wife purchased a huge
bouquet of flowers and drove ta the sta-
tion. When they arrived there
found the once popular Minister and
wife alone, Not a single one of the peo
ple whom they had so lay enter
tained in Petersburg had come down to
said! “You are the only one of our old
associates who had the kindness of heart
to jremember us this morning, and yon
of all others, who thought when'vou first
met us that we were rude and insulting
in our manner of greeting you."
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Some time atter this Mr. Curtin went
to London for a little rest and change,
Napoleon 111. was then at Chiselhurst.
During Curtin's stay in London Cheva-
lier Wyckoff called on him. He asked
if he would like to call upon the ex-Em-
peror. Mr. Curtin replied that he would
not think of calling upon him without
receiving an intimation from Napoleon
that he wished to see him. The next
day one of the aids-de-camp of Napole-
on called upon him and asked him wo
visit the ex-Emperor at his earliest eon-
venience. Mr. Curtin named 3 o'clock
the next day. He was received with a
great deal of warmth, The ex-Emperor
talked for a long time about his own ca-
reer, his poverty, his former life in Lon-
don and his visit to New York. Finally
after nearly two hours of talk he came
to the real point of his desire to see Mr.
Curtin. He said to him, “You are on in-
timate terms with Gortschakoff, Have
you any objection to telling me what aro
nis real views upon the subject of the
re-establishment of the Empire?” “I
know what his sentiments upon this
subject are,” said Mr. Curtin. “They are
of such a nature that I do not fell at lib-
erty to communicate them to you.” “I
understand you,” said the ex-Emperor,
“and am much obliged to you for your
civility in calling.”
ss
Gortschakofl™s opinion, which Curtin
withheld, had been very vigorously ex-
pressed. He said that this “damned
French scoundrel” should never have
any help from him in getting back his
throne, as he regardes. him as a man
dangerous to the peaceful condition of
affairs in Europe. When Curtin return-
ed to Bi. Petersburg Gortschakoff invited
him to dinner. During the dinner he
said to Curtin, “You have been away.”
“Yes, in London.” You saw many peo-
ple there,” “Yes.” “A number of dis-
tinguished people 7’ “Yes, 1 saw some
prominent American friends of mine,”
“I am told that you also saw the man
who at one time seemed to hold in his
hands the destinies of Europe.” “Yes, I
saw him,” said Curtin. “Have you any
objections to telling me the nature of the
conversation you had with him?" “It
was not important,” was the reply. “It
was mainly upon personal topics.” Here
Gortachakoff said, with a very knowing
look, “1 know all the details of that con-
versation. 1 am very much obliged to
you for your discretion in not communi-
cating to Louis Napoleon my views up-
on the re-establishment of the French
Empire.” As there was no third person
present at the interview between Curtin
and the ex-Emperor, this interview gave
hima very high opinion of the com-
pleteness of the Russian spy service,
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During the Catacazy affair the Russian
Government came very near giving Mr,
Cartin his passport. The Russian au-
thorities were very much irritated over
the neglect of the Grand Duke Alexis,
upon his arrival at Washington. Owing
to the trouble then existing between the
State Departmentand Minister Catacazy,
no official notice was taken ofthe Grand
Duke. Nowvakoff, a friend of Curtin’'s,
came to him and said: “The authorities
are thinking of sending you your pass-
ports. It will be nothing personal to
you. You must not take it as a desire to
get rid of you. We want you to consent
to go to Cronstadt for a time and then re-
turn.” “No, sir,” said Curtin, “I am here
as the representative of the United
States, If my orts are sent me I
shall go home.” Novakoff then arrang-
ed a dinner at which Gortschakoff was
present. At this informal repast Curtin
was able to explain a good many things
about the Catacazy affair that he could
not have done officially. It was to his
explanation that the recall of the Min-
ister was dae,
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When Minister Curtin came to leave
Russia and called upon the Crar to hid
him forewell the Emperc: expressed
great regret. He asked Fim if he woul
not consent to remain | pr. hn
replied that his health a not per-
mitjand that his personal interests de-
manded his return. The Emperor in his
anxiety to have him remain offered him
the use of one of his palaces in the
Livadia, in the southern part of Russia,
during the winter, so he could escape
tho severe season in St, Petersburg. Mr.
Ourtin insisted upon however,
When the Emperor saw that his decision
was not to be changed, he said, “I desire
to give you some testimonial of my
friendship.” The Minister replied that
under the Jaws of his country he could
%, “I ha BE ey aint
Ee) ve a tof m te
ed by Bonnat. I had intended it ra
Empress. But I want to give it to you
to be the rty of yourself and your
family,” “I you give it to me in my of
ficial capacity it have to go to th
State Department,” said
Ba department Gi your
an . ve me
Ho and I will send it to you
you have retired from official life.”
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DISCIPLINE IN THE CHINESE AEMY,
A Shanghai correspondent of the Lone
don and China Telegraph, writing recently
thus reports : ‘J nm told that the gar.
rison of the Woosuug forts is io be re.
inforeed by 4,000 men, who will march
to their posts in a day or two. A few
Chinese soldiers passed through the set.
tlement in full panoply of ward
that is, all of them had nmbrellas openel
to keep their jackets dry, as they marche.
ed in the rain. Bome of then had rifles
on their shoulders in any way but the
right one, more of them had flags with
which to scare the French, They were
mont of thém fine fellows, but lack the
very essentials of making them formid.
able to the peasantry in the neighbor.
hood of their camp. The lack of dis.
eipline is a fruitful cause of trouble in
the Chinese army ; officers are often nnfit
for their positions and unable to eontrol
the men under them by gentle mesns,
but they are willing to use harsh ones
Flogging is quite common in the Chinese
camp, and there appears to be no limit
to the number of strokes an offender may
receive ; for any infraction of the rules
of propriety any number of strokes from
50 to 500, or even 5,000 may be given, I
have often seen 2,000 administrated to a
man for slight offense. Sometimes the
lictor himself gets licked for being to
gentle in the use of his bamboo. Of
course a long concinned beating on the
fleshy part of the thighs, however gentle
soon beats the flesh into a black and
deadened mass, which is often broken
and bleeding, and takes along time fo
eure. The marks generally remain dur.
ing life, but that is a matter of small
consideration to officers who have ¢
selvessuffered such punishments, Some.
times the officers appear to have a desire
of avenging themselves on the unfortu.
nate members of their corps, as au stone.
ment for the wrongs they have them-
selves suffered. Cutting off a finger or
an ear, sometimes the lips, is restoried
to asa punishment for slight offenses,
Many Chinese officers have but one
ear.”
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AN IRISHMAN'S DEVOTION,
The following anecdote, taken from
“Passages in the Early Military Life of
Gen. Sir George T. Napier, K. C. B.,”
written by himself, bears high testimony
both to the influence which George
Napier—orie of the famous brothers~
bad soquired over his men and the af
fectionfthey bore him. He was lying
wounded after leading a gallant aitack
onthe enemy. “My servant came and
told®me that Jobn Dunn, an Irishman
whom I had enlisted several years be-
fore, wished to see me. When he came
into the room he immediatly said, ‘Och,
captain, but I'm come to see how you
and your brother is after the wonuds!
Did'nt I see you knocked over by the
Frenchman's shot? And eure I thought
you were kilt! But myself knew you
wouldn't be pluised if I didn't folly on
after the villains, so I was afeared to go
pick you up when ye was kilt, long life
to you! But I pursued the inim= as long
as I was able, and sure I conldn’t do no
more ; and now I'm come to see your
honor, long life to you agin I” I shook
bands with him, and said : “But, John,
you seem wounded yourself Why is
your arm tied up? ‘Och, nothing at
all to prevent me from coming to see
your honor and your homor’s brother
lying there, Captain William, long lifa
to him! I hope he is not dead.’ Upon
insisting to know if he was wounded, at
last he replied, “Why, sure it's nothing ;
only me srrum was cut off a few hours
ago below the elbow-joint, and I couldn’
come till the anguish was over a bit
But now I'm bere and thank God your
honors srrum is mot cut off, for it's
mighty ernel work! I'd rather be shot
twinty times, though the doctor tould
me he did it aisy too, long life to his
honon I'm sure he didn't mean to hurt
me all he could help.’ I then asked him
for his brother, who was alto a recruit
of mine and in the company, and an un.
commonly fine handsome soldier as ever
and who was a particular fayor-
ite of mine. He hesitated a few moments
snd, heaving a convulsive sob, said, ‘1
seed him shot through the heart along.
side wid me just as I got the shot my.
self, and he looked up piteously in my
face and said, “Oh, John dear, my poor
mother 1” And sure I couldn't look at
enough. your
lived. God be wid him, he's gone now!"
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“The Dbabe's in the wood, ® remarked
soe thom otf, Mune, §
Mr, Curtin with tears