Our Country, 1883-09-06, vol. 01, no. 06

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g^ews In} JgXail.
A Berlin correspondent says it is reported that
France will shortly mobilize her Eastern army
corps, whicli luis attracted serious attention h.-r.".
Qcrmany will make a counter demonstration if
the idea is carried out.
The Paris Tsmps points out a coincidence in
ih" tun. nf the publication of the North Herman
Gazette'* article, and the summoning of thc
Reichstag, which, it says, will/probably be asked
-. Ik
tary credits.
Al':
-Th
written a letter declaring t
•d to Australia by the detect
nice with 'heir application to
*~   "In    e ui, -.|a
she-was converted iu a remarkable manner,to tho
Christian faith, and was transformed, like' some
of the converts of the Primitive Church, from a
bigoted persecutor iutfva zplous and enlightened
reformer. In the pcritfi ,of enforced seculsion
prescribed for her at the death of her mother, to
whom she succeeded in 1808, the young Qnc-*
rcad much in a Bible which had lieen plai '
her way by one of the Christian party. °'
hardly assumed, the throne before a" *
the Christian cause, nnd forthwith is
for the protection of Christians and the al
of the heathen "customs," such as the
ordeal, the sacrifice of children born on u
days, and so forth. She abnndoned thc v
of idols, and used her powerful personal in
1   !-discouraging it.    Shot.-'
•onal  i
i  the
c. hip tl
■ subjee
tell- Ih"
why Barlwd
public feeli
understood io uc intenucii
ers back to England.
Tin: Phinck of Wales a;
An En.-;lish correspondent
following anecdote of the re
of "Wales to Prince Bism
Chancellor asked him poin
"' not once^for all annex r.gypi. -- we am
friends would trot only," he added, " not
oppos-.-. but we should approve nnd even ab-i
it. if nealful." The Princi of Wales replied
that Mr. Gladstone was the proper person to
speak to on this subject, whereupon Prince His
marck e\p:c.-.-d hiui-elf so disrespectfully on
the subject of the Kn_rti-.li I'remier's Want of
patriotism and judgment that the Prince of
Wales abstained from repeating the Chancellor's
words.- Times.'
London. August 34.—The Time* commenting
on the article against France in the Berlin ti;-. 'J,
-ay- the article is a gross and deliberate insult.
If "tt fails to shock the public opinion of Europe
only because we are accustomed to hear
(iennany address France in terms wholly un
known to European diplomacy. •
• The Paris papers give various reasons for the
i-rticle. including the recent unveiling nt Cor-
bevoic of a monument commemorative of thc
defence of Paris, thc vote for fortress artillery,
lb" tour of inspection of the Fren.h Minister of
War. and the completion ot the forts on the eastern frontier.
Quiet having been restored throughout Spain,
th.- bodies of gendarmerie have --etiiriu'd t.j their
stations, and ollicials are actively enquiring into
the causes of the rebellion. Documents found on
tl. in .urgents -how that the Masonic society his
been influencing »he army since 1877. Among
the documents issued by the junta from Paris
was one on the erection and formation of the
Dyna-tic Left setting forth every contingency
likely to arise. It was intended that the tlrst
movement should be made in lHliT and anotl.ei in
.The king was warmly received at Yah uci.i and
loudly cheered bv the crowds along Ihe railway
from "Madrid. The king attended a Tc Drum a't
the cathedral and reviewed the troops.
Native Newspapers on Christianity.
We
tie
fact that the vernacular newspapers of Japan frc-
queutly contain article- upon religion .questions,
.nd that in many Vase, thev have spoken with
jreat favor of Christianity. The Japan Matt of
lime "Jiid. gives a transalation nf one such article,
and alludes to it editorially as follows: " Wc
recomend to our leaders'.perusal bu intere-ting
article <>n Heligion, frojn the columns of the
C/iogn Shim'jun.ji translation of which wc pub
li-h'todav. Th.- writer gives a brief historical
-ketch of' Christianity. Bralunanisin. and Budd-
hi-m, excluding Shintoism. to which be denies
the title of religion. By a process of reasoning
which leave- something to 1. • desired in point of
vigor an.l lucidity, h" arrives at the couch.-ion
that Buddhism occupies the i-im- position with
regard k> Christianity wliich Bnihmaiiism oc
cupies Wowards (*uddhism. Brahmanism i*
essentially a religion of caste, and so soon as it
came into contact with the wider and more
humane principles enacted by Shake, it ceased to
exercise anv important sway over the human
mind. So, 'too, Christianity in its turn is de-liii'il
he thinks, to supplant Buddhism,—to sub-tiiut.
its all embracing charity and universally ja-l
tenets, for the narrower, more exclusive, and less
independent! doctrines of the creed hitherto followed by the Japanese. Whether Uie faith of
this writer lie widely shared or no, its renuneia
.tion in the columns of a leading vernacular
•"■►journal has a significance  which  may npt be
1 overlooked. Already we have seen the _V«;A«
Nie/ii SUfehM and the _W_ Sfiim;x> com', --ing
with unmistakable distinctness that Japan has
no less need of the moral, than of theph\-:e.il
sciences of tho West. It Would be abend to
shut our eyes to the import of this consensus.''
The article itself, from the Chotja SAimbun, is
several columns in length, and closes with these
sentences : '* Christianity is advancing with in
cr.-a-iii-: vigor dav by.day. How do Christians
build their churches ? . They build them without
Govctnment assistance. -How do tlieir missionaries carry on their evangelical work ? They do
it without tho assistance of Government officers.
Thc reason why   Christianity  is progressively
rning power, in spite__f numerous dilllenUie-,
because it aims at saving the whole human
race-and not a portion of society. In these circumstances, It is but natural that Buddhism
cannot contest with Christianity. For instance,
the Imperial party wliich strove to promote, not
the interest of the whole people  but of a certain
.eopl
portion of  society, is rapidly sinking   into
significance.   The same can he said of Buddhism.
We  recommend  the above to tne pt»-*usnl of thu
religious classes in this country."
DEATH OF A CHRISTIAN QUEEN.
tthd death of the Queen of Jladagascor is an-
Vnounced.   This Queen was undoubtedly one of
i the most remarkable women of the age. Born
and brought up in familiarity with the barbarous and superstitious cruclties'of the Malagasy,
ipting all teachers, prin
such  like   from  all   compulsory  Siate   t
rather than that their good work shoul"
ter.-upU'd, while at the same time sh
and rewards to successful teachers ai
.scholars. Her influence was used top
the foreign slave trade nt the same time tl
aggravations of the domestic institution ir
land were removed. Among the notable
of her reign were the rc-orgnnizationof tt
in which the term <^f service, which w
a life-long slnvcy^'Was reduced tc
fact of the Queen's death is sat.. ..
concealed by representatives of the mifita
in Madagascar, who lipped to benefit l
popularity.    Her  death\nt   the   present <•
Royal Children.—It is stated that Louis II..
the present King of Bavaria, took an utter disgust in his boyhood—to history and politics,
through the indiscreet zeal of a. professor who
discoursed on these subjects in season and out of
season. He would say. pointing to a hay-tack.
"Can you guess \vtjnt is the height of that?"
•■Thirty feet." perhaps the boy would answer,
'• Well, does the number thirty remind you of
anything. Were there not thirty knights on
both sides at the Combat des Trente? ■ Were
there not thirty tyrants at Athens? Was there
not a thirty vear:,' war?" And so on, till poor
little I'rince Loui- lost all pleasure in the height
of h.ivstackv Napoleon Ill's heir was sorely'
teasei. by a couple of most accomplished but too
earnest tutors, General Frossard and M. MonnieV.
One day he had been sent out to sec a regatta on
the Seine. " Well, what have you been doing?''
-aid his father when he returned home. "Ob.
we have been talking of triremes, said the boy,
wearily, "anl 1 have heard the story of Duiliis
over again." The Piince Imperial, however,
was quiet intelligent enough to understand that '
in thc-e days the hi. apparent to a throne must
not be a dunce, and he was. perhaps, one of the
most amiable pupils any Court tutor ever bad.
Comparing note- with the young I'rince of Astu-
rias, n >w King of Spain, lie one day asked the
latter what lesson he found it hardest to learn.
- It is not to laugh in the tbeatr. when I am
amused "answered the future King of Spain dismally. "Thev It me laugh as much as I like,"
saiii'lhe i'rince Imperial, "but what 1 don't like
is to be obliged to smile and look pleasant to
men who I know are my father'.- enemies." He
wa- alluding th- i to Prince Bismarck, who had
conic on a vi-it lo Napoleon III. at 1'lf.mbiercs.
and had been r.-i-ive-l with a cordiality which
the boy kii-w to b • eioiv app irent than real.
isE.-The I'lrfhidelphia Times
;.s! wilh ii peculiar kind of
.•as chatting a"few days ago
A CORIOU-
:. IV-
A l
m'nt.il deformit.
■ntof
the almshouse. Suddenly rai-ing his voice he '
exclaimed: " Take oif my coat 1" The attendant
stared, but took no notice of the demand and
continued the conversation. The reque.1 was .
repeated sever:... times, each time more forcibly
thin before, but whenever tlie attendant touched.
the patient's coat the latter resisted indignantly.
Bulb men were sitting near the Window, and a
few minutes after the first request the insane
tnan'v keeper uneonscioudv pulled down thc
blind to keep out the sun. The patient at once
breathed a sigh of relief :.,„! cried. " Why didn't
vou do it before ?'" The patient was suffjring
from what the doctors called amnasie aphasia.
It is a peculiar Affliction, the Victim of which
forget- the uses of words and substitutes whole
.sentence-, when he wishes to expiess a certain
idea, for others which convey something entirely
distinct or even in direct opposition to what he
means. Sometime- h- will break out into a tor-
rent of blasphemy when he intends tu,be complimentary and kind. At other times he will even
make use of one of hi- limbs and imagine that ho
U moving another. He will manipulate his foot
while talking, under the delusion that he is
gesticulating, and giving force to his'words in an
clegani manner. 'Wie real reason for this strange -
confu-ion has never been fathomed. A general
theory, of course er.ists, which translated into
Engli'sh, describes the disease as ngeneral mixing
up of the machinery of the brain. As a rule.
there is no method in the madness of such patients. If on.- calls a soup tureen a pair of shoes
once, it docs not follow that he will do so always.
He may call it "a ground hog" on thc very
next day. or describe it as n State Senator.
Obliquity of talking hns only once during
man] fean been bronght to the attention of thc
police authoi ili.s in this city by the "..rest of thc
talker. A neatly dressed, respectable man went
into a dry goods store on Arch street, above
Eight, and requested to speak with a certain
member .,f the linn. When taken, to him be eyed
him from too to forehead very critically and remarked, to th • man's -surprise : " You look very
stupid, but it's my opinion Ihat you are more of a
thief th.ir n fool." A verv elaborate disturbance
ensued, inlhecotir.e of which the *"isitor with
the unkind vi-ws w:us sandwiched in by policemen aud station-housed. It transpired that ho
had known the 'member of the firm many- ye-rs
ago in this city; that be had sinco visited Australia, where he was sunstruck. and that when
h- ucco-ied his lute friend ho thought ho was
saving: " Well, George, old feliow, bow are
yoti ?    You're lookitig'plqinp nnd well-"