Chinese Superstition

-The late of Foochow, in China, a few d;i vs bef ore Ws death, had issued orders that a tree, soine 300 years old, Ander the shade of whieh tlie inhabitants nt Foochow were of opinión tluit over worked and weary devlla wen wont. every now and theii. to indulge in ;m afternoon siesta, should be cut down The venerable tree was l'elled, in obedience to the Mandarin's command; whereupon he forthwith feil sick, and dietl in less than a week, leaving do doubt in any well-regulated ('liinese mind as to the autliors f lus deci;mor the sort of place his soul had gone to. His children, inspired bya natura] desire to get the spiritual partoftheir late paront out oí crouble, have recently made handsome offerings to the justly irritated tienda, with the object of indueing them to forgo their too wellfounded claims on theMandarin's spirit, r, if so large a concession should le in(insisicrit witli thfir principies, at (ast to make his excellency as comforable aniong them as he oould possibly expect to be under sucli unfortunate iicumstances. Two well-known Viennese sportsmen, Baron Harring and Karl von Bos■han, started for Naples last month, vith the intention of joining a party of welve, who tuiend tb start on a himtng fxpedition for Soodan, in central Vírica. The hunters are all equipped iü tl ie best and most complete manner, and are to be accompanietl by eighteen or twenty servants. They expect to bag lions, elephants, and " other noble game, and trophies of the chase, oL scientiflc valué as well as general interest, will be looked for on their return. A high red cypress tree gave its name to Baton Rouge, La.