New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-29
CURRENT FOREIGN TOPICS.

THE CoMMoy PEOPLE OF EGYPT.-A core.
spondent OF IN. LopdCa INNS writing rom Nansoufah
in Delta OF the Ne gives The following picture Of he
small Egyptian villages and their inhabitants: Each
| village saw WAS almost deserted Only few old
| women remained in charge of the tiny children not
yea Mt to join in tine struggle for existence all the ret
working from surse TO sunset to keep Ire together
Other villages toll the story, every rayrlerin
Egypt eoniirms IT, and am not going 10 draw any
narrowing pictures. Quite en0u has been said to SHOW
that the agricultural popalation-line-tcnAs OF the
superficial progress, the material civilization for VII ca
the country remarkable. The historian Of Mehemet
ness Of the haryess cOntras,ed with tine wrec ed stare
OF tc VILLAGES" and the introduction OF RAILWAYS and
canals has changed This nufOr innate stale of things
T-y,nfan cl,Joafe must aIyavs he remembered slr
shine and warmth for three paris Of tne year make
house OF little Importance ana, though earnings very
grlj constant scc.s ON OF crops creates the same
! demand for labor at every season. The Dcrseshire
china demanding much food aLd clothing an object
Of legitimate pity than the Egyptian feiab.
but Egyptian fellah ought EOs to be object Of
pity al all Egypt virtually neuIraizcd county. aud
war cannot drVasdte it, The natural wealth. OF It's sol
Il, such with wooden piow, which, compared 10
EnSlIsI pOw, is pin is 10 spade, the Land re-
threeod tie produce Of any and in England Ihe
NI!e does for Egypt what r has to do elsewhere fst
in this cUHntr}, favored by nature, the mass OF lie
population in state % misery. From sunrise TO sun
set, woIDen ana children are 1t wo,k m tie nelds
10 tun the baiest necessailes OF he Inc plOsolf
Who deemed him happiesi who has the ieWest wants
ought 10 been Egyptian feah lie Is SOM times
even born IN tue helds The women WORK up 20 tne ga!
OF their cor dnemen They nc ui one DAY, ana aie olt
tie next, the D2ny Is ltlu ucf lAci ID iLe
;eids ON bit II saekng Ignorance ahQ poverty .eld
10 otLer sad c0nseq Pnmatufe Old age comes
at 49, ana the population - kGPl GOWN COW 10y terte ID
$4,000 are infant children. IL has been calculated
that three out IF every i've tnat ara born die before toe
OF two For those tlat survive, an Oll Egyptian
custom hat Il stn picticed i most synbolca OF Their
fIiSre. The child j. pat into SIEVE aud rolled about TO
beating of drums. lit IS ia order TO harden hn,
siy tie people.
TIE RECENT APRIL SNOW II EURoPE.-7he
Lon8on Iiaes Of tie lltu Inst gives fouov de.
,cr Ou Of tine rkable storm in Eng and
Y,sts.day there were extraordinary changes in
the weather. snow fell in intermittent showers daring
Wedu siay night, but yesterday mo nng the mercury IN
above what IL registered according "a Aegielu and
LIubsa's thermometer al midnight ON "Wednesday, tho
now except in the parks aul suburban Opcn spaces,
melted away and filled the streets with mud AZ noon
yesterday the sky became overcast anu during he rest
o hs teruoon showers OF ana na, chiefly of the
latter came down. win light but bitterly cold north
Yves Wind the temperature IN the air being one degree
below - degrees, freezing point Tue mercury cob
tued ID f daring tie afternoon, IN in proportion %
fal the became hard hail,Oncs when iatlea
they tell In the ootways OF various parts OF London
Is oclOck evening the fall ~ snow mad become
K aud The cold became moro intense than u was IN
the euie pat Of The evening IN the metroiohs zap
recabe hindTnce caused oy te snow TO the slrett
Stc' but as during the last ial OF snow Ihct NteAs
ni-At Tie PARKS ~ dusk last night, as well as the
squares aud open spaces Of the metropolis, white
VITA snow. l. was SIN iahnS az o'clock ms morning,
oar Paris correspondent t'eSIaphed Lass higm:
About o'clock tis evening suOw-st0rm set in mere
whcl IN hail an hour had wnheh al re house-lols
u tusncd tie aspEaite pavement INTO EeIy lOieplo
imitation OAD nJists DutslAltus hii<ht 10
slipping about IA all directions, anJ the numerous
covered galleries and passages were ned TO oye aiag
ton TOM shi The streets covered with sldsh which
mob, but slowly, though the sno" MS stopped anu me
rain is falling Tue natural transformation scene Nhlei
Occ,lT,a tlS evening almost as sudden Is one Oh
tAuse pdulOnine scenes in which RADIANT landscapes
.bguptiy turned mo "a scene Of mid inter-
great quantity OF SHOW hus fallen IN Norm Han's,
West Btrk,, and It's. aAd te ranges OF hills al tlose
counties thckly covered. Tie country Tor many
miles presents most cneerlrss appeaince ana agrcl-
url Operations have once received serious cneek
AND l.egcn. cold wind blew. rne prospects Of tie
Easier hoiday people are anything but pleasant and
UNITING THE CASPIAN AND BLACK SEAs.-An
american engineer oi emucnce, ir spaiains las SUD
mat 90 the Geographical Commission 81 Li's' AZ.
i1ilAAHit epott mon tle caspian anu bl1sA oesS "a
aiding maintains tuat the Casp.an is drl lng Up, ara
vii slowly become desert, wlie Tue dilui'si' o I
ltI ".if GeeVy the SUI io1LuIs ltIll.oii, i"i'' ~
says has already occurred IN historic times whole coah
Ue5 having been dc>Oiatsd by the shihAaGc OF tss
Caspian. lie recommends tat deep ana broad esuns
Should DC male from TIE Caspian westward 20 Il lrn
where would Doe five meters below the level OF me
black sea. The the latter, wnlcli 10 meters
higher than That OF The Caspian wou!d then cut deep
au broad channel or Itself ami ren the ca pan 10 rs
Old level, giy.u in 80 straight c0mmunicF
tance be tween the Black sea aud Caspian l. loo
mics Inc ptod required for rcLlhus might be reduced
that TIE waters 81 BORA rivers, sead OF those of the
Nogd only. might iali into iac Caspian Nj -pallias
years INT says nothing OF the expense, which mshi
however De- reduced by emp oyment VI cOny.cGs and
the penal regiments IN the army.
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papV respects te productions OF the old Nutubors mas