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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24,1885.-TWELVE PAGES. A Pnrnritac. Oh, Paradlue mint fairer be Than &U on earth excelling; Oh, would that I, Irorn trouble free, Were there aeeuxwbr dwelling! In Paradlae a river clear Of heavenly love la (dreaming, Where every bitter earthly tear A lucid i>earl la gleaming. In Paradise aoft breezes blow To cool the heart’s hot fever; The pangs and pains that here we know They waft away for ever. Iu Paradise, on greenest glade. The tree of Peace ia planted; The sleeper underneath its shade By blissful dreams is haunted. A cherub sentry at the gate His wakeful watch is keeping. Lest worldly din ahould penetrate To rouse me, sweetly sleeping Mr heart that shattered bark, will there Be safe in harbor riding; It ever restless infant. Care, Be lulled to rest abiding. For every thorn that gave a wound A rose will there be borne me; And joy, that here no roses round With rosy wreaths adorn me. There will all pleasures breath and bloom That hero untimely withered, And blossoms rare of rich perfume From arid stems be gathered. And that was hero my heart’s pursuit Will grow from hour to hour, From tender frond as golden fruit, As summer's opening flower. The blighted hones that hero were mine, Like wreaths from many a far land, In fragrant bloom will round me twine, My never fading garland. Vauth, that on rapid beating wing Bo swiftly o'er me darted, Adi Love, that on a morn in spring Ouo nectar draught imparted. Wingless and flightless there will be. And to their heart will hold me. And, like a child on mother’s knee, In soft embraces fold me. I only saw in dreaming. Fair Poesy unveiled will show Her ayes* celestial fires. While jovotuly my song shall flow To sound of angel lyres.* —Temple Bar. THE OLD DON’S DAUGHTER. Tlio ltnumnco which a Diver Once ltnn ^ Across—How two Men were Made Happy, “Well, young man, if you think my busi ness is ft pleasant mill an interesting one you »ro wrong. Diving nint <i romantic life, thongh some of us divers do now and then run across n romance. I once ran across one, and it was a regular ono of the kind yon read. But it happened a long time ago, and ono swallow don't moke a summer." So said a diver one afternoon lost week on the deck of a wrecking vessel which was lying at an Hast river pier awaiting orders to proceed to a lighter which had been sunk in the harbor. The diver, who appeared to be both good-nntared und intelligent, was .easily induced to relate the romance which ho "ran across a long time ago. “About fifteen years ago,” began the diver, “I was knocking about along the west coast of Sontli America. It was in Callao, and I think it was Christmas after noon. At any rate, I was leaning against a bar, filling up with a liquor they call pisco, when up canto n ship chandler, who used to employ mo now and then, and said he hod a first-class Job for me. lie told mo that a steamer bound up to I’onnma hail keen sunk by a steamer bound sonth, and thnt there was considerable coin in the wreck, which was lying in ten fathoms of water about 200 miles up the coast. My diving apparatus and I were hurried on board a small schoon er, which at once set sail. I was tucked away in a berth to sleep off my pisco, and next morning when I came to, I went on deck. I saw an old gentleman walking np and down. lie luul wliito hair and a long white beard. He was nice looking, but he seemed heartbroken sbout something. Somehow I couldn’t help respecting him. The others on the schooner besides the crew were n dried np, miserly-looking man, who I found was the agent of the house that skipped the coin that was on the wreck, and tho parser of the lost vessel After breakfast tho parser told me that the old gentleman, who was rich, anil, 1 believe, n Don, com* from Valparaiso, and was in search of tlio body of his daughter, who was supposed to have been on tho steamer that was sunk. Tho worst of it was that she was supposed to have eloped with a worth- less sort of a fellow, a gambler, who was coniin of her maid’s. “Tho story as 1 got It from the purser was this: The old Don, who was a widower, was very fond of his only daughter, Hhe hail a maid who boil been brought np with her, und who was, like her, a handsome young woman. Tho maid hod a cousin who hail the reputation of being a desperate gambler, hut he was a dashing j ouug fel low. Manuel-something or other they called him. He was at the Don's bonse a good deal to see his cousin. A year liefore somo one hail told the old Don that his daughter and Manuel were in love with each other. Sho denied that sho cared any thing for Manuel, hut the Don ordered him never to come near the honso again. Man- mi disappeared, but it was said that he waa making money at cards in I.ima. The old Don bail just before Christmas left homo for a few days. On his return he found his daughter gone. She had left no letter, but hail taken her jewelry with her. The maid was also missing. The servants did not know whot hail become of either the young lady or the mold, both of whom had disappeared on tho previous day. .Some one, how. \ cr,|had seen Manuel hang ing around in tho neighborhood liefore the women disappeared. Tho Don hnmed down to the quay and learned that Manuel had token passage on tho steamer which had sailed the previous evening, and that ho was accompanied by a young woman, who was Veiled, but who wore a handsome shawl, which answered tlio description of ono which tlic Don had given his daughter a few weeks bef ore. The old gentleman liad no doubt that she hail elo[ied with Manuel The maid, bo believed, was in hiding because alio did not dare to meet him after her cousin had eloped with ms daughter. Another steamer for Callao anil Panama was just about to soil when the old Don reached the quay, and he took passage on her in the hoi* of overtaking his diugh- I, r He rase bed Callso only to learn of the loss of the steamer on which Manuel bed Had Then w, re not more than five or six passengers on the lost steamer, end all but two .(tin - and the entire craw were saved. The two missing ones, the purser fcmbwere a young man answering Manuels rWnp- tion and a young woman whom bo gall'd his wife, foe collision happened in the ^ma't-iheu, near their state r..<m,*nd th. y were prob ably caught among the wrecked timl 1 * •I I,;. old |> 11 want! I to t the body of bis dulighter, even if sin' si oitndn 1, and he off* n 1 to | ,of taking, diver to _ , rtheold I tdi very We hail towed along with us a big heavy lioat for the wrecking work. My air pnmp and other traps were put in the big boat, and tho Don nnd the withered up old agent und the purser got into her along with us, nnd we rowed out over tho wreck. Tho E urser had told me all abont how tho cabin ty, and I knew where the state room of the drowned conple was and where the coin lay. Whilo I was getting on my diving suit the Don talked to me in broken English nnd told me to handle his daughter's body carefully and to leave Manuel where he lay, as his body wasn't wanted by any one but the fishes. While the Don was talk ing in one year my other ear was taken by tho old agent, who didn't notico tho Don, hat kept telling me to he mighty careful about tho coin, which hail been put np in sealed bogs. Finally I got on my helmet and went over the side. I got down easily to the deck of the steamer, which was lying on a pretty even keel, considering. I groped my way into the cabin and along to the stateroom where the drowned folks were. I found it was badly smashed up and that the door was wedged in so that wanted on axe or a bur to get in. Then I groped along a little further to tho purser’s room, where I found the coin in a drawer under his berth. He had unlocked the drawer after the collis ion, thinking he could save the coin, but he had been obliged to leave it. I hauled tho drawer out bodily. The nir my hel met was getting bad, as in dragging the air pipes after me I had bent them some what, ,bnt I managed to drag the drawer ont to the deck, when I laid it down and seized hold of my ladder nnd climbed np to the air. When they got me on board nnd took off my helmet, the Don took hold of one arm and wanted to know if I had found his daughter, and the old agent took hold of my other arm and wanted to know if I bad found the coin. I told them what hod happened, and the Don looked very anxious, but the old agent brightened up and almost smiled. After I had rested a bit I pat on my helmet, and, taking an axe and two lines with me, I went overboard again. I found the coin—there were eight bags of it—where I bad left it. I took the end of ono of the lines and mode it fast aronnd the bags, and then tugged the line as a signal to tho people above to haul up on it. Then np went the coin. 1 groped my way to the drowned folk.' state room and smashed in the door with tho axe. The place was badly wrecked. I found a body, bnt it was so badly wedged in among the broken timbers that I couldn't move it. I felt the face nnd fonnil that it bad a mous tache. This was Manuel, so there was no need of wasting any time on that body. I reached around a little and my hands touched another body. This was the young woman, but it too, waa fast. I gave it a heavy pull and it came loose. I reached down to put my arm around it and my hand touched something. It was a small satchel I picked it up, and lifting the body I got out of the state room with it, and taking my axe I mode my way out to tho deck. I fastened the other line around the young woman and made the satchel nnd axe fust to it also. Then I tugged on the line nnd np it went. I took hold of the ladder and followed. 5 with art of ll Then we went back to the schooner and beat our way i bah to Callao, where I found n present of $200 awaiting me from tlio old Don. About four months after that, when I was coming in from a job just outside the harbor, we were passed by a steamer which bad just called at Callao and was bound to 1’nnunm. On her after deck who shonld I sec but the old Don. , Lean ing on his arm was a handsome young lady about tho size and build of the young wo man I had fished out of the cabin of the sunken Bteamer. I felt sure that I saw the Don's daughter, whom he hod once given up for lost” A METHODIST SENSATION. Alleged Falsification of tlie Collection Ac counts—Serious Charges. Philadelphia Special. The bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church of tire United States met to-day with the general committee of church ex tension, nnd Dr. Kynott caused a sensation by attempting to speak before the meeting or a paper which hail been sent to the com mittee on foreign communications by Thomas W. Price, a prominent layman. He was hastily hushed up by members of the committee, nnd ' the matter was tabled. Printed copies of tho pa per, however, got out. In it Sir. Price says: “The large amounts re ceived from, and donated to, several of the German conferences led me to inquire of some of your members for an explanation. To my great surprise, I learned that no money was received from or donated to the Germnns; that the Germans were allowed to collect nud distribute their moneys with out the intervention of your board; so that, when you claim a-t n part of your work the collection of $19,192.50 in 18X3 from the Germans, you swell your receipts to that amount beyond the truth, and, by so doing, swell your collections to $108,433.5(1, when, ia fact, you collect only $88,841.00." The paper then gives the figures claimed by the reports in 1883 and 1884, and sug gests “this method of swelling accounts would not be thonght honest in the busi ness world.” Tho pamphlet claims glaring disparities in the same items on different pages of the reports. The paper further complains that there is a want of clearness in the committee’s item of expenses, nnd that the different expenditures, salaries, travelling, etc., are too much mossed. It incidentally attacks the $t,500 salary of the secretary, which, it says, 1b a larger sum than was donated last year to sixty-nine chnrches needing help. It also protests against what it calls the methods of the board's agents in misrepresenting the mag nitude of the work, and in nnduly inflneno- cndlcss fund of amusement. The tug of war is s favorite amusement of theirs, into which they throw themselves with great zest. ‘When they got off my helmet I saw the old agent seated along sido the bags of coin nnd weighing them, ono by one, with his hands, os if he suspected tlmt I hud opened tnem, On the bottom of the boat lay the ; ronng woman's body. Her face hail been 'jadly braised. The old man was leaning over her. Tears ran down his cheeks. He stroked her long black hair in a loving way, thongh it was badly soaked with salt water. She wore a fine necklace and two pretty bracelets, and had on several rings. The Don had only recognized the body by tho jewelry. I saw the purser call the old Dotfs attention to tho satchel. He nodded his head and opened the satchel anil took ont a handsome jewel ease. Just then we heard a loud whistle and saw a steamer hound south, which was standing in close to ns ss if she had seen the spars of the sunken wreck nnd wanted to offer us any help she could give. The l)on slowly opened the jewel cose. Then ho gave a start, for on top of the jewelry he found a letter. It seemed to lie addressed to him, and was irobalily written by bis daughter herself, lis hands trembled ns he opened the letter, and for a minute or two he didn't seem able to make out the writing, not because tho letter had beerrne soaked with water, but because of the tears in his eyes, 'Finally ho got at what was written, and he started np with s look of wonder. Then he read the letter again, and a look of hope seemed to come in bis (see. lie bent over the yoang woman's body nnd eagerly passed his hands over the swollen and bruised features. Then he jumped up and threw up his arms and gave s laugh. Then he seized the purser's hand and shook it. Then he came ont and threw his arms around me, and yelled in bis lingo what I afterward learned meant, T have found my daughter!' Thinks I, the poor old Don hns gone stark, raving modi' The passing steamer had hove to and her boat was com ing toward ns. The Don began talking in bis lingo to the parser, to whom he showed his daughter's letter. He mods motions as if he would go away in the steamer's boat When this (mat was nearly alongside ns the Don bent over the young woman's body and took off the necklace, the bracelet and the rings, which he placed in the jewel case. Then he seized iny hand and shook it He also shook hands with the old agent who was still sitting by the side of the bags of coin. The steamer’s boat was now along side us. The old Don took a farewell look at the young woman’s body. He stooped and taking her right hand shook it good, nsturedly. Then he pnt his arms aronnd tho purser end said something to him. After that he stepped into the steamer’s boat I called after him and pointed down to the young woman's body, is if to ask »ti«t I should do with it The old Don smiled and shrugged his shoulders and went through the motions of throwing the body overboard. The steamer's boat rowed alongside the schooner, where the Don got his iSpsock. Then the boat went along sidethesUamer, which waa soon under way again. “Poor old gentleman,” said I to the pur er, ’he's raving mod, and I'm sorry tor ing aged persons of property. In the afternoon, Bishop Merrill presid ing, the report of the committee on excep tional cases was read. The proceedings were here interrupted by the reading, by Dr. J. Kynett, of a telegram received from Chicago, saying: “Evening papers telegraph is sensational reports sbout defalcation in :oar society. Better wire as full particu- ars immediately.” Dr. Kynett then moved that Bishop Merrill telegraphed imm^lintoly that the rumor was utterly untrue and tlic reports of the committee were correct, which was done. OVEK BURMAII"8 FRONTIER. Fen sml Pencil Pictures of King Tin-haw's Healm—Hellglon and Kducntlou. Sew York Telegraph. Upper Burnmh, or Burnish proper, lies compressed in the upper valley of the Irra waddy river, being divided from British Burmnh by a purely arbitrary line. Pluvi ous to the year 1825 the Burmese empire was one of prent importance and extent, compared with the other Indo-Chinese na tions. Bnt at the present day it hasahrnnk to a petty principality, with a foreign civil ized neighbor bolding all iu seaboard prov inces and the months of its great waterway; while ita power as a nation hns been totally lost Tho extent of territory actually under the sway of the King of Burmah is some what loosely defined, owing to the en croachments and more than luilf-admitted independence of some so-called subject states on t o borders; bnt the gross sroa is about 67,000 square miles. An estimate of tbe population can be formed on little else than conjecture, for no census has ever been taken* Cok Byrnes gave tbe popula tion ns 17,000,000 sonls, which subsequent inquirers reduced to 3,000,000. Possibly there are twenty-five persons to the square mile, or a gross population of 1,675,000 in habitants. This omits the Eastern Bhan States, which are more popnlous. Tbe de vastating wars which have swept over Indo china, and of which, owing to its position, it hns been the tbestre from tbe most re mote historical times, have terribly thinned a population once very dense. The history of these wars has been an oscillation of advantages and defeats, in which Burmese, Siamese, and Cambodians alternately gained the upper band. Borne forty years ago the last of those ter rible paroxyisms died away, principally from exhaustion, nnd left tho political arrange ment of Indo-Chinn—namely, Bnrrnab, Siam nnd Cochin-China—which until re cently has hold good. Everything goes to provo that the country was at one time very densely peopled, and the enormons cities and vast populations anil armies de picted by l’into, nicknamed the Mendacious, are by ho means mere vulgar fabrications. Proofs ore being gradually brought to light in support of many of his statements. The indigonons inhabitants consist chiefly of Burmese anil Bhang; bnt Khyens, Knk- hyens, Kathays, Korens and other tribes are met with, as well as Chinese and na tives of India who have settled in the towns. There are very few countries in the world where a greater diversity of racPis met with than in Burmah, but the Mongolian element predominates, and it appears under very numerous forms. BZLIOIOX AND PRIZHTUOOD. Caught In a Wrecked Unglue anil Drowned by the Rising Tide* Hagerstown (Md.) Globe. Thursday night of last week a ballast train on the Bhenandoah Valley railroad, went through a trestle near Buchanan, Va., the accident being caused by the heavy rain storm and the consequent weakening of the trestle. Four men were killed. When tbe train went down ono of tbe workmen had his foot esnght under tho engine in snch a way os to make it im- possibble to release him quickly. It was noticed that the stream into which the train bad fallen was rapidly rising, nnd while one of the men wont for n physician the others vainly renewed their efforts to save their companion. When tlio physi cian arrived it was seen that the only hope of saving the man's life was by amputating his limb; tint, notwithstanding tbe en treaties of his friends and a certainty of a dreadful death, the imprisoned man re fused to submit to the operation. He said he would rather die. The water finally arose so high that the man had to be held up by a companion to keep him from drowning. The doctor had all the neces sary instruments for amputation. Tho other men implored their companion to save his life by s sacrifice of bis limb, bat he resolutely refused to submit Tbe water came to his shoulders, his neck, his chin. When the water was even with bis mouth tho resolute man weakened. As he uttered the words “cut it off,” the water bubbled over his mouth. It was then too late. He was drowned. A fate like this is seldom witnessed. The hearts of the stopt men present bled in «ympathy. WAS HE BURIED ALIVE! him.’ >■ .j gjn't sorry for him,’ said the purser. Why be hasn't lost bis daughter after all. Tlmt body isn't his daughter. The letter he opened was written by his dsnghter. She said that a young lady whom she knew, and who lived a few milts from \ olpsraUo, hod called for her to come and spend a few days. Bhe said that she wanted to make the visit so bed that she couldn t wait for her fathers return, and she wrote him so (hut he would know where she was and wouldn’t worry when he come home sml found her gone. The young lndv lirobablv left the letter with her maid, who would bars delivered it if her cousin Manuel, who, it seeme, wae her lover, hadn't come along just then and got her to elope, an.l take with her the jewelry and some of the beet dothee of her mistress. Tbe maid. matead of leaving the letter, took it along with h*r, taS, not caring to destroy it, kept it in the 11 ^ It the mart bad lett the letter IN THE GRIP OF DEATH. Chicago Special. A report waa circulated today that Azori, one of tbe thiee Italians hanged hero on Saturday, waa not killed, and that when the coffins were opened at Calvary his body was worm and showed signs of life. Alarmed at the discovery and believing that his restoration would but secure him a sec ond hanging, tbe attendants hastily screwed down the coffin lid. Then, fearing that tbe bodice would be taken from their graves for use of medical students, the coffins were placed in tb* vault and burial postponed. E. G. Midi, president of the society to which the three murderers had consigned tin ir bodies, said: “After we reached the cemetery and were lowering the coffins into the graves 1 was told by the superintendent that lb was certain tbe bodies would not be allowed to remain in the ground over night. Then 1 decided to put them in the vault, where they would be safe. After this X bad tbe coffins opened to show that we were not delivering three coffins filled with bricks or stones. The bodies of Bylvestri and Oilardi wm^H hut their necks were broken. Azari, bow. ever, wae strangled, and when we examined his body we found that his hand bad been moved np to bis head and be had turned on hie aide. As the fresh air struck him his eyes opened in s startlingly life-like man ner and be seemed to be struggling for breath. Then he sank back limp and we fastened down the lid. I do not know whether the movements were caused by muscular contraction, or sparks of life.” —Henry Lsboachere is going over to Dub lin to conduct his own defence in the suit brought against him by Alderman Harris, a distinguished Hebrew discounter of that city. "’There ia a good deal of curiosity to ace whether he will hold his own against the lights of the bar as be has shown him self well able to hold U against their Kn gUah brethren. At aU events, then will be Me of fun, as tbe Irish lawyers are infi nitely wittier and gayer. loboncher* ' very popular in Ireland. invnluutary by lingering Hruedwzy, N. Y-. ts[ tier. >*'• ttist AU.-.W- l.,D uml ly himself set He found them waadev* a im.* i. ui la coa«ha coUe sail pstn ■ aadeide. AppU* 1 to tbe pit of the .1 the* quickly «ue3 hl» ot ladlgMUoa and dy.i-rp- ala. lie also teas* them admliat* liver its .Utor. when applied Is* the right eld*. Tho prevailing religion of the Burmese nnd Bhans is Buddhism mixed with Shamanism. A comprehensive idea of the niitnre of this religion, as practiced in Bur mah, is unattainable within the limits of a short article, hut a few salient points may be remarked. Contrary to thu notion gen erally entertained in England, Burmese Buddhists are atheists of a very pronounced type. They do not worship ltuddha, the images are not gods, anil tho “priests" aro not priests in the western sense of the word. The sole end and aim of Buddhism is anni hilation; the images are mere representa tion of a Being who win perfect; nnd the priests, or monks as they ought more prop erly to bp styled, ore only men who for their own benefit have renounced the world to devoto their lives to working toward Nirvana, tbe annihilation they covet. In Burmah religion is tie bus iness of life. The country is covered by temples, nnd these swarm with priests. High nnd low enter n monastery once in their lives, som times merely os a formality, bnt a vast number remain permanently in the Order of tho Yellow Rone. The only educational machinery existing is to be fonnil in the monasteries. Lay schools do not exist for any practicul pur poses. The merest rudiments of secular education ore imparted in these institu tions, the great object being the inculcation at renglous precepts. But from the fact that nearly every adnlt male has passed through a monastery, it comes about that a Dunn on thnt cannot at least write his own name is very seldom met with; and aduca- tion, such as it is. Is fairly widespread. The education of women, however, is neglected, thongh they are free to learn. Tbe most mischievous feature of the Bur mese rule, in common with other Indo-Chi nese governments, is the recognized claim of the sovereign to the service of the whole adult population, service which la exacted to an incredible extent No man can call time or labor bis own. Burmah shares with Siam and Camdodia tbe disgrace of having in her midsta vile system of slavery. Many of the victims of this system are hereditary slaves, such as those condemned to serve a the pagodas; others are bond slaves, who could obtain their liberty by laying their debts. Yet the natives are ex tremely pleasant in manner, light-hearted and more independent and courageous than other races of Indo-China. They are not so civilized aa tbe Hindoos, bnt they have absolutely no caste preju dices, and in other respects they differ from the natives ot Hindostan so radically tbnt they have scarcely any characteristics in common, l’robsbly tbe liberty of woman reaches in Burmah a height not attained in any other country of the East, not even Ja pan. The choice of marriageable girls is E erfectly free; s man’s wife sets for her uabaml in almoet any business capacity women appear In public unveiled, and the! intercourse with strangers is unrestricted. They are born petty traders, and in many cases condnct s thriving retail bturnout while their male relatives are idling or gambling. Marriage with the Burmese is purely a civil rite, and although divorce is very easily obtained, there is little immoral ity among them—notaitnstanding travel ers’ tales to the contrary—and in soma esses after divorce the parties to the tail psompt- ly remarry and live together as before. In spite of a greet deal of improvidence pau- B 'riam may be said to be quite unknown. one are very rich or very poor. A day's work is easily got, and the land is so boun tiful that the earnings of s day suffice for three day* living. There ore no poor laws, tbe monasteries in reality forming a gigan tic system of relief, alwaysjoptn to strnn- gem or natives alike, without any trouble sbout a “settlement.” The Burmese are a nation of smokers. Every man, woman and child, from tbe King downiud, may be auiil to smoke im mense cheroots tour or five inches long, made of a coarse leaf rolled np auil filled with wood chips, raw sugar and a dash of tobacco, according to taste. One of these cheroot*, once lit, frequently posse* around the entire family Circle, not forgetting even the smallest members of it. The practice of tattooing the body from the waist to the knees may almost be said to be universal among the male population. The opera tion is extremely painful, sml in most cases it is performed in installment*; bnt some with stronger nerves, or bv the aid of opinm, have it done at one time. The absence of tattoo marks is re garded as cot very crHitaWe; and those without them wear their dress in sneh a way that the want shall not be too evident. The origin of tattooing lies been much ill TH* PRESENT CAPITAL. Tlie present capital of Iiitrinnh is Manda lay, a clt; y built on a site which twenty or thirty years ago was a mere jungle. The capital has frequently changed its site, hav ing, since 1719, bean at Ava three times, at Aumrnpoora twice, and at Monchobo tuice, but since 1857 it lias been fixed at Manda lay. Mandalay is inelosed by a square brick wall twenty-six feet high, crenellated at the top. Twelve gates pierce tho wall, and from these macadamized roads a hun dred feet brood intersect the city. The number of bouses inside tbe walls is sup posed to be about 13,900, and the popula tion If estimated at 80,000. Within the city walls arc tho King's palace and gardens, the treasury, arsenal, powder magazine anil mint. The houses us a rule are mere huts, raised on posts five or eight feet high, nnd mode of bamboo, with thatch of leaves; bnt there sre some houses, particularly those of the Chinese, in which masonry is employed. In many respects Mandalay is superior to most Indo-Chinese cities. There is not the same squalor seen in tho Siamese or Cambodian capitals; and, thnnks partly to nn army of dogs and pigs, tlio streets are fairly freo from evil smells. Amarnpoorn, a city nearly n mile square, nnd more tlmn once tho capital, had not many years ago about 90,000 inhabitants. Tho number of pagodas and monasteries in and about the principal towns of Bnruiah is vast beyond belief. Paghan, tbe ruins of which cover nn area of sixteen square miles, situated on the left bank of tho Irrawaddy, is famous for its numerous temples, to count which is one of the proverbial impossibilities of the Burmese. This town is said to have been in remote times the residence of a long dynasty of kings. Tlie King is an abaolnto monarch, having under him four, and sometimes six Woon- gyees, or principal officers of state, consti tuting s coart termed the Illotdu—tho des ignated Crown Prince,or some other prince specially appointed being president of tins council. The Woon-gyees have no special department in the distribution of business, but deliberate- together on whatever to brought before them. Their decisons are recorded by clerks of tlie council known ss Tsarcdnu-gyecs, or by otkcis called Than- iluu-zcns. Atwonwoons aro interior, or household ministers, who attend the King in turn, anil there are four or aix of these. Orders of tho council arc submitted by thorn to the King for approval, and they are the immediate recipients of tho royal orders, thongh in rank inferior to the Woon-gyees. Besides tho cases adjudged by the lllwot- duu collectively, it has always been the cus tom for many suits to be referred to inili- viilual ministers of their own houses, and this used to he one of the principal sources of revenue to tho Woon-gyees. The Aten- woons transact their extensive basin, arising in tbe present reign ont of the royal monoiHilies. Tlie Woon-douks are the third order of the ministers, and may be termed tho assistants of the Woon-gyees, with whom they sit in the Ulwot-dan, though in an inferior position. There is no hereditary nobility or gentry in Bnrwali. All rank is held at the pleas ure of the King, nnd person* of the lowest social status may me to tho highest position, nnd aro just as easily de graded. Tho present King of Burmah tins become infmnons through his many mas sacres, anil the weak and shameless manner in which he has allowed every endeavor to establish a government of order to bo thwarted by palace intrigues, excited by evil and ambitions women, resulting in tho estrangement of his British neighbors, and in tho utmost abhorrence and terror among his own people. Tho last massacre was a crowning act of forocity and folly. There are now alive only two members of the reigning family, brothers of tho present King, namely, the Meng-woon Prince (now at Pondicherry) md tho Nyoung-Oke Prince ht Calcutta, neither of them estimable char acters. As none of the officers connected with the judicial or financial admin istration of the country receive any salary, they ore chartered oppressors of tho people; for, following a system common to tho East, these officials are de pendent for their emoluments on pecula tion, extortion and tho acceptance of bribes. J ustice is openly bought and sold. Princes, governors and high officials aro allowed to collect tho revenue from districts or villages for their own benefit, and tho only limit to their demands is the endurance or the pa] • ing power of the people. Every function ary, from tho highest to lowest, squeezes those whose necessities bring them to ask tho interference of his office. Gate-keepers, policemen, servants—all sre alike. A BAR BA nous CODE. From what has been said it will bounder- stood that the civil code, written and penal —which strains at a high standard of excel lence—is simply a dead letter. The great instrument of punishment is the bamboo. Indeed, it is perhaps tbe most powerful en gine of government. Common punish ment for minor offense* ore imprisonment, labor in chains, stocks and fines; for serious crimes there are flogging, branding, maim ing, slavery to pagodas und death. The in corrigible, when no lon ger able to pay fines, are tntoord with u circle on tlie cheek, or the name of tneir offense on their breasts. Persona thus marked are deprived of civil rights, and become deoil inlaw. Capital punishment seldom' ocean, sad almost exclusively for murder am! treason. It is inflicted by beheading, drowning, or crucifixion. Tbo land is all regarded as belonging tq the crown; bnt any one may occupy as mnch of it as he pleases, and in any place not held by an other. He lias only to enclose and culti vate U, and it is his. If the boundary tie not rmdntained. or the inclosed space be for several successive years unimproved, it rs- verta to the king, sml may be taken up by any other person. The lung i* supposed to own all the elephant* in the king dom, and ha* generally from 1,000 to 2,000 that have been esnght and tamed. The rabble composmg tbe “army” of the King, whatever it may once bare been, is not now .very formidable. The men are levied from the districts, and as tbe local officials make a considerable revenue out of selling exemption to those who are rich enough to buy it, the men who ultimately appear in the ranks aro the refuse of the population. The numbers depend entirely upon tbe stale of the King's treasury and lu* willingness to disburse the pay of the men. Several hundred so-called artillery men and cavalry, mounted on ponies, clad in fantastic uniform, are unworthy of criti cism. The Burmese are not devoid of cour age, and if inspired by loyalty, and lighting against an enemy whom they hated, conk make a good show of resistance. But there is small chance of making much n vi-tanee, aa they are ready to ns* against thu King and are friendly towards tie- Eng lish. Many who suffer Iron nominally princely salaries. But the royal month, when money lias to be paid, ii apt to assume dimensions not rocogn’ Europeans nor agreeable to them. Fmoi this cause principally, those adventurers, g- norally Frenchmen nnd Italians, have dropped off, amt only a few remain. Tho native officers will not deli gate the smallest authority to tho European instructors, but expect them, by tin ir mere presoneo in the oampt to work a miracle with the soldiers. They are joked at openly by the men, anil even when tho little authority they aro allowed is defied nobody dreams of vindi cating it. BREVITIES. My life lark floats to music, I trim my nlla to long: Anil a brilliant strain, with a sweet refrain, Carries my boat along. Wo pass great purple headland*. Wo drift o’er harbor bars: From allrery strings aoft music rings. At anchor under tbe stars. We’ll rest by the quiet shore, love, OnUtde of tbo breakers' glee. While chime of bells and voice of shells Float over tbe crimson sea. We'll eall to tbe heart of moonshine In quest of a silver oar; With bright refrain and mrccteat strain Wo'll sight tbe moon-land shore. Apple anil pear trees in southern Oregon have in many places tho second crop of fruit upon them, while somo are blossom ing again. Three yonng Cuban ladies who had been studying pharmacy in New York recently opened a drug store in a fashionable quarter of Havana. Bobo, tbe chimpanzee lately brought to Paris by a friend of De Brazza, tho ex plorer, has died from tho effects of tho un usually cold weather which set in early in the fall. Th* Louisville nnd Nashville Railroad Company has lust concluded tho sale of 150,0(10 acres of land.lying between Deca tur, Ain., anil Blount Spring to a Cincin nati syndicate for colonization purposes. Mn. E. B. CiiAtTEE,of Middletown,Conn., hns a clock tunilo by Korlcuters, at Tlio Hague, in J658, with tho somewhat super- tlnons legend on the face, “Tmput Fmjit," when this clock has succeeded in keeping time tor 227 years nnd still keeps it. Tnc history of a Vermont mountain town is thus epotomized by n good observer: “Tho early settlers cleared up good fnniis, and tho children got rich from them. Tho' grandchildren ran them down, and loaded the town with debts. The next generation skipped away to tbe 'West." A colored man in l’rinco Edward county, Vn., ascribes Gen. Lee's election to the fact that he carried charms. He says he “seed ’em." When asked what tho charms were he said tlio left land foot of a gravoyard rabbit, a vial of stump water amt a coon-bone toothpick. Two boys were out hunting grouse near Chiliallis, Washington Territory, when (hey were attacked by three bears. Ono boy fired both barrels of his shot-gun without effect, but while tbe brutes were closing in on him bis companion killed nil three by successive shots from his repenting rifle. A Coxcoan (N. II.) editor refers to on- other Concord editor as nn “ill-tempereil calf," And to another k* "a dirty giraffe.” Tho Intter returns tho compliment by call ing the offloe of the iiret mentioned Con cord editor “a skunk's nest," and uses alt his resources in abasing his other contem poraries in tlio same awe-inspiring manner, lint there is no prospect of bloothdicd. The Liberty (Mo.) Tribune says: Col. E. Adkins has on liis farm an npple-treo just one year old which is now iu full bloom, w hilst tlio foliage ot other trees nnd shrubs has succumbed to the blighting effects of Jnck Frost and fallen, brown and seared, to tho ground, this lono tree, not only retains tbe verdant foliage of ye springtime, hut presents the further phe nomenon of fresh apple-blossoms in No vember. Statistics show that dogs go mad no eftener in dogdays tlmn at any other time. If anything, the nunibor of cia.es is some what greater in spring. Tlio bite of a rabid cat is more surely fatal tlmn tbot of a rebid dog. It is a mistake to snpposo tlint a rabid dog fear or shuns the wnter. In the early stages of the disease it drinks freely. Later it delights to sink the water and [ilnnge its nono in, hut is uuable to swal low n drop. A Camden, N. J., hatter has just finished a hat for J. C. Higgins, of Jacksonville,Fla., who probably hop thn largest head of any- person in this country. Tho mammoth head-covering nn ;.-,ur. s inside the band 32) inches, tho brim is 10| inch** wide, anil tho height of the crown ■ 10 inchest Asms from tin to tip of tho rim the tape nn nsuro marks 33 inches. Mr. Higgins measures sir feet four inches high, measures ooc yard nnd three inches acron the b ick, and pulls down the scales at 415) pounds. Tns malignant poison of tho membran ous matter that collects in tlie throat of ■ child suffering with diphtheria is slim king ly shown iu the case of I)r. George O. War ner, a popular physician of Loir- -t. r.Mnss., who died from tho poison conveyed in n piece of membrane eonghed np by n child over whom he was bending, and which lodged on hi* mustache. Tho poisonous matter was quickly removed nnd the mus tache washed; bat tho infectious nature of the disease ehowcil itself in spile of these precautions, for tlio doctor took it, and with tha fatal result mentioned. A lauy who lias lived three years in Wy oming Territory says tho law permitting woman to vote has resulted for good from every point of view. “The women seem to have become stronger intheir judgments, broader in their views and more patriotic and time are better qualified to train their children nnd make good citizens of them. Then, too, *e women rarelv vote for a wan who is known to be profligate e r dis sipated, they have been tlio means, in sev eral instances, of taadag tha Warn favor of tbe better candidate. Tbe laat time a member of the Territorial Legislature in troduced a bill for tbe disfranchisement at women he wes laughed at by th* House.” The Mnjessty or tlio law, N. T. Bob, Hatband Tlie census tmk* r was in, iK ar. Ho demanded tlie «”«.* of each of the family, and I waa obliged to dn Un juf Ho aaid it waa the law. Wife (enraged)—Law! What do I caro for law? John Smith, did yon tell that man my age? Husband (hurriedly)—Tea, I toul him you were twenty-three. Wife (mollified)- Well, I suppose tho law has got to be r< spected. Wb> \v* S|, physical defects which would pcrmancntl disqualify a man from service in Kuropc are not here thrown ont on tlwt ac >>nnt. The officers are totally ignorant of drill or discipline, and bate u<• emitrol oi, r tl: Mother —“My little girl goes nice I v every night when I sing that'so. Ma'inii • Mamie—“You, Hint's so, mn.’ Tl..- m-'tlo r bow- the r.sin tl • lorn .. m, i:l. and M uni. sovs t., the v C eil. Th* Burmese are fond ton supris- mt-n. For many yean the rulers of I degree of gzmbliog, amusement, and iuah Iiatc made some show of sporta, or anything thnt will excite them. ] gaging foreigners to drill their tr Boat'racing is a national sport, while boi- and several Europeans have ing, foot racing and wrestling afford an qnenteil the capital on this busintss, “Don't tell mi l.ut I < I an. n-d. • p to gel her |. -Megs -o an till bad ni, l-.t .»tve In ll.-».-rl.l for i'ui I l -r- Salt I. . in, I.....r S « I.-.II-.I 11*1.1,. Cl...: .... .. C ..... .1 Enplloii, and |- -mol) ...re. l-.l™. ..r In. p»J re qulm!. 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