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Pee Mr. groan ite engadget 8 she} describes so in Siberia of the. Bean Politi- “On the 6:h of July, 1882, eight of the | seer al convicts by the vernment for ly da us, Gontary, tt 8 aspects of Tr deceaee: * lcwer the new chines ah ta bered 2 ‘The effect of t this of seven erowd every group cr olf S cchivtato a call that was so nearly | - by the sleeping-platform as to leave no |; i m for locomotion. Wo men could not etand side by side in the narrow passage left, and to add to their mieeries ‘ were se? in their small cells, and the ge ab times became so pollated that in the words of one whé wrote to me; it was simply mad- dening. No other reply was received to — protest than a threat that if oy, did not keep quiet they would bs fi This was the last straw. The wretched State oak, dapeieed of iweles, living under dungeon conditioner, poisoned by air a with the stench of ‘exorement-bucke: finally threatened with the whip when one comp could endure no more, They resolved to makethat last desperate Rawian p "ieee cruelty which is known in as a * golodofka” or * hun- not » mouthful of food passed their lips. As to one another lay in rows upon eeping-platforma like dead men, and the only sounds tobe heard were the steps of the senfries and the ravings of the insane. On the fifth day, convinced that the con- victs were in earnest, the Commandant came to the prieon and asked the convicts to state definitely upon — terms they would discontinue the They replisd that as the “conditions of life were unendurable they would continue = strike until the aap backets were en out of their cells, until they were per- mitted to have books and to exercise daily in the open air, until they were allowed vo direct the cxpaetiture of their own money for food and clothing better than that save dan by the Government, and until he ve them a solemn ce that none of They could, how- actory reply to — and continued the @ and | br tenth day the condition of offalca on . the wives of all had top salah . at the lower diggings t ey t have terview with their husbands if would cick ora to partake of food, They g ted of course to con- dition wey vere odeaiited t0 the At — — time ~ Commandant went around i d assured the —_— his aoeees See that ifthe aay would —— strike do everything in power to catiaty thelr demands. The peel of the wretched heart-broken women and the romises of the Commandant at last broke own the resolution of the foliticals, and on the thirteenth day the first and most obstinate hunger-strike in the Kara politi- cal prison came to an end. Ages of Reigning Sovereigns The new issue of the Almanach de Gotha gives an ro oe table showing the ages of the several reign of Earope and the duration of oatot thetr eel reign. Omitting the mmall German States, we find that the oldest among reigning princes is Leo XiI, who is 793 years old, chant ae twelve yeara, Next comes King of the a 723 yeara mr baving reigned torty ; next Christian 1X., King of Dsnmar 714 ante old, = twenty six years of aeen toria, 7C} years old, with ‘Afty-two yeara at reign ; Karl I, of Wartemberg, oda old, with twenty-five years of relen; Fied- erick, Grand Dake of Baden, 63 years old, f 3; Al King of old, with 16 years of King of Sweden, 603 ro "old, with 12 ;e:rs of reign; Charlee, ing ot R 5°} years Ra with a reign of 233 yesra, eince the be ing of his government ; Nicholas, Prince of Monte- negro, 48 years old. with a reign of 29 yeare; Abdul Hanid, t the Sultan, 47 years old, 13 years of reign ; Humbert L, King of Tealy, 45} years old, with a a reign of nearly twelve years ; Alexander ILL, Rassia, 443 years old, with a reign of 83 years ; George, King of Greece, 44 bsnl a with a of 264 years ; 3: OF tho, K of Bavaria, 414 years old; William ll, German Em r, nearly 31 years o'd, with 14 year of reign ; Carlos i he Portugal, 26 years old, two mcnths of reign; Alexander L, of Servia, 34 years old, nine months of reign ; Alfonso XAIL., of Spain, 34 years old, with 3} years -of reign: Robbie's pine ol “*Mother,” said Robbie as hewatched the k in the kitchen, those ats?” “‘No, Robbie, don’t touch them.” “You ought to name them over when make them,” eaid Robbie in a tone of o ow *” “Call them do nots instead of dough- pute, * An Extended Experience, Writes a well-known chemist, permits me to say that Potoam’s Painless Corn Extractor never fails. I: makes no sore spots in the fish, and cooscquently is painiess. D>n't you forget to get Patnam’s Corn Extracter, now for sale by medicine dealers eve: y- awhere, ving | heeled when he goes out on a business trip. ee 4 mee Se gq on wheels has the authority of Homer; Deialus made mo the sixteenth century pram age made an iron fly which mo through the atmosphere, an automati: meet him a coach crack of che whip; the — ee ow oe ig, trot- tng, an gal inturn, Itranalong un. t in tof the King, when it Then atoy footman descended carriage door bated ont a born grace,” as the records tell The lady made acourtesy, presented a — to = Em r, re-entered her ae we ven rapidly away. ach is a duation or this most won- ertul automaton,” conclad r. Biare, “*I never saw the toy itself, of course, but the descr’ption just given to you tallies — word for word with an authentie, ord. Imemorized the gael at one time, 80 aamreliea did it seem to m A Dish of New P's. 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