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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 82, 17 October 1877, Page 2

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(Pari^ eorroM;^>n lent of A r l ju--i > F.-om ,\[omit Caucasus to iMi.tliraU", (r mi- the Uinube to the Adriatic and tin; Black Sim, the whole linn become a vast field of battle, where t!io<i«ands of liU'imn beings are mowed down cvrry (h\y, ami it is only for the monarch* wh<) bid this uiureaAUig filaughtcr (hat nothing is ehnnged. The Sultan lives ivtiivj in the depths of his harem. am-Tig liis- enunchw and his wives, whilst his soldiers, expiring on Ilia. battle fluid, pray for and salute him as erst the gladiator who fell iv the arena-. The Czar in his lieadq-uar'.ers of Ploiesti,. ic Wa.llachia, requires the- same etiquette from his atlendnnti-v and is bcgiKt wilh the same lusu-ry as in- tho Imperial palace of Tsarkoicelo- A special trains composed of If carriages, fkled up with uJiheard of splendour, conveys him to Bucharest, a dislanoe of 35< miles. Each journey cost £toO for railwiy expenses alone. Fur the Imperial table and that of his retinue, 4(300 hottles of champagne nlene are swilled and qjiiffod every mo'ith. Tho same luxury surrounds the Gra'id Duke. Four wains and 16- pair of hoise-i are employed for the mere conveyance of his cold viands, such as pasties, cazlare anchovies, dried salmon, preserves, &'..' An agreement has' been passed for providing of wine at the rate of 15f n bottle of claret, 20f a bottle of nockheimcr, 25f a bottle ol champagne. { slice ot bread wilh' butter and cheese costs Bft. The poor soldier has nothing* but his pay. eats black bread and drinks the ciear water of the brook. True it is that he makes up for this when he can, at the espenso of the inhabitant!!.- ITe has no sooner en'erod a village tliau he ulutches with tho strong hand everything he can lay hold of, and what he cannot eat or bear away is doomed to destruction.