The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01
FOREIGN.

Snow fell in France and Italy on the Goth
and 3Oth of July.
The Warsaw University has been stamped
out by the Russians.
GLASGOW is sending 10000 Bibles to the
negroes in the United States.
Twenty thousand elephants furnish Shelf
field its annual supply of ivory.
The Governor. General of Canada denies
advocating severance from England.
The Austrian military organization on the
frontiers is to be gradually abolished.
Cholera is on the march again-as usual,
commencing in Persia, where everybody
who can is running before it.
The Order of Freemasons have called a
grand meeting of all Masons, to take place
at Geneva, December 8 this year.
Fifty thousand wcrkmen of Paris have
petitioned for the same municipal liberties
accorded to other cities of France.
Switzerland refuses to stipulate in the pro-
posed extradition treaty with France, that
political assassination shall be regarded as
murder.
In Barcelona, Spain, fifteen thousand
workmen have struck for higher wages, and
others are expected to join in the movement
Grave fears are entertained for the preserva-
ton of order
The Austrian Minister of War thinks, in
the present aspect of affairs, the reduction
of the army would be impolitic. Though
her forces exceed half million, the number
under arms is small.
English journals are bothering themselves
about the acquisition of Cuba by the Uni
ted States. The London Star says that
American rule in Cuba would bring about
that prosperity of the island which is so es-
sential to commerce.
The Darmstadt bank drew the great prize
of $4,000 thalers in the Brunswick Railway
Lottery Loan, and distributed the entire
amount among its officers and servants ac-
cording to their respective positions and the
length of their services.
NJ. Taller, who embezzled million and
half francs of the money of the Union Assur-
ance Company, of Paris, has been sentenced
to seven years penal servitude. NJ. Pic, who
was convicted of having received portion
of the money, has been set at hard labor for
twelve months.
One good effect of the Irish Church discs
adjustment is the admission of Catholics
to college fellowships; another and mole
startling, is the motion for disestablishing
the English Church in Wales and applying
its revenues to undenominational education.
The lum bering revolution OF English Reform,
slow and wordy as it is, does not go back
| ward.
Successful experiments, it is reported,
have recently been made at Konigsberg,
Prussia, with new frearm having 81 bar
rels. From 222 to 1888 shots can be fired
per minute, and the balls carry 1900 PAGES
One man can manage it, firing from rest,
and the recoil is counteracted by powerful
| spring. Seven per cent Of the shots struck
the target at 800 PAGES.
Long street dresses still prevail in London;
the reason given is that Victoria has large
| feet and ankles and these have been inherit
| ed by the daughters, the Teutonic origin of
whose father did not contribute to delicacy
Esof limb in his royal offspring Were the
| object in short dresses to show the calf in
stead of the ankle, no such embarrassment
would be felt, as scrawny calves can be
stuffed, but large ankles cannot be reduced.
The Austrian Minister, Won Bcust, says
that the maintenance of peace will be
easier if the military force of Austria is not
diminished" Prussia has the same reason
for not reducing her military forces. France
has the same reason. So has Russia. So
have all the military powers of the continent.
And so the peace of Europe is best main
tanned by keeping five millions of men con-
stantly under arms. How fortunate that we
with territory nearly as large as all OF
them together, can get on and preserve the
| peace with only $4,000. "a