, 1875-04-10
FRANCE,

FtH~SCs
MILITARY DEMONSTRATIONS,
PARIS, April 0.-rho French Government Inns
aout Instructions to tts Consuls to summon, for
tho last time. Froncll subjects abrond who aro
liabls to military aor7ico to have thoir nAmos
togiI.crc1 IT tho uonhulatns.
HALFWAY RETURNS.
PAn1s, March 25..-Oactal roturns published
today ehow that the roceipts OF Froncil railways
during 1874 amounted to 797.DG5, ,3i0f., aB COM
pared With 802 20i 812f. In last year, though tho
,nllcago had Increased from Is, 100 to 1864 Kill
onlotrcs. Tho Bocond half-yaar showed au
increase Of about six millions, but. the
first half-yolr presenting docrGEao Of moro
I TSo % rccepts 'e oi ~ 1si ~ ss oaeeede da
lhuao OF 1900 tho last year before tho war, by
I00, ,GiG, 1881, alnloat oyery lino sharing in
this incteaee except lilo EASTERN which, owing,
Of COURSE, to tho 'osa of the Alsaee-Lorraine sec-
al.000, ,19D. Yha nn|ca-u lln,i Increased In tho
tutorval from 1G,!6. to 1874 kilometroa Tho
traffic Inns Increased in gteater ratio BY only
soout por cent.
The French Erlal Navigation Society have re-
Bolsea tu organize sorle4 OF nigllt ascRn:a for
tito purnoac Of sPoctroscopic nnl electrical OBJ
bervatons, and a balloon cailod tho Zenith, con-
tanning Ayo pasaeugera. accordingly started from
Paris about o'o'ork OH Tuesday evening. YeB-
tertlay passed without my tidings Of them, and
aono uncasinesa began to be entertained; but
thia morning telcgram arrived from Dordcanx
Journey, tho balloon alighted on tho
desert tracts near Arcachon. Tho mtni-
mum temperature they encountered rms
4 dcgroos ecntiaradc below zero, A sniendd
lunar halo Eaen III llIo form OF cross, t!lp
possibility OF which haa boon questioned By
souao phys!cists, aud tboro was d splendid day
break with tho sea- on tho horizon. Tho balloon
blurto1 tho coast for eleven houss and passed.
n tnn n$1t1n =, ia
nalm aud \ brilliant s1in, two eross.eurronts ono
nbovo tho other, driving tho balloon by tu1uH
ovor land and soa. Detwean and II somo
interesting hketehcs were taken -Four pigeona
tpeir way to Paris. Tha trip ia said 70 bo tho
eongont ever n'ado bya balloon.
hrlEs.
Tho SPY n mania qtill prevails IN aomo parsa Of
Ing tno Loire ana neishbofing: doparttaon.s,
and local papor gives MI evidently highly OK
n.gerntod account OF their composition aud
movemonts 1t atlogoa that Psusst.n apies haye
well.droaNsd, WITH military bearing, tolorabiy
hucnt in Froneh, and vol! pos!od up 10 tho char
netcr aud position Of tho Mayors to whom
thoy apply for leaso to osoct a tont
fs os.a uhss. ay 9s ssys sSs s:sm es'S 10 Ps" :. s
Of gold. pay whato yer price IL asked them, md
In ono casc sold cloth at a rdculonsly low rate
telling their cuhkotners thoy wore raid 10f. day
Aof s1illaE H. 1Ho Ok tles1 mon, IL lAua, wore
u.oated Is Hpies. and plans mud notes woro
found on them. Sensational stories Of this kind
rendering afnlrlo-minded peop!e uncaay, md
tanning tho tlameB OF national animoslties, cam
not be too strongly condemned.
TuK coMrTE DE clIA3fDnRp.
Tho, Union de r0aest, q LogltiMist organ.
.aya 1t appears certain that tho Cotnrse do
chambord las authorized and oven urged his
srsnda 10 accept soata In tho Senate.
ouA CENTKhkAL.
:. PAR1s, March D.-The Treucll Commission on
lhs Unlted atatos Centennial Exposition met to-
1sy, H. DO Lafayette presiding. Minister Wash-
ontno and MeaaFa. Forney and Dddo wero proB-
snt. Inter was received from tho Minister Of
Commerce, who kays. "The Trench Government
o.pno; no remai1 tnd!fforso. 10 tho grand solonnlty
necessary for Franco TO rarticpato, be-
CAUSE ho wss .porsuaded tho e1hibItlon
would result in the development Of FfencL
rotations abroad. The posmauout uomusBiou
81! soon DO called upon to conslder the bost
no1ns 81 promoting French PARTICIPATION in tho
:, hi: Fotney said ho was In communication with
4A subject W.