The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-04-05
Foreign Notes.

Cor. Ignatief and Prince Bism rel
are old friends. In saluting they ar,
accustomed to kiss, after the continen
tai style.
A girl OF sixteen married a man oil
nifty at Northampton, England, &
few weeks ago, and is now in custody
Tor attempting to cut her own throat.
The new and magnificent avenue
through the Tuileries Gardens in Paris
is to be finished by June /. Men are
working upon it day and night, or
Sundays and on days # festival.
The salary Of the German Ambass4.
| dor in England has been raised by his
government from 100. 900 marks pei
annum to 80 900 marks, or, in round
numbers, $45, 900 gold of our money.
The prisoners released in India on
the occasion Of the Qaeen assuming hel
Imperial title are very grateful. TIC
prove this, the first thing a number OF
them did was to petition the viceroy
for pensions.
Ia divorce case in England recently
Mr. Swami was the co-correspond-
ert. The respondent was in a humble
sphere Of life. Whereupon a London
journal says, lore would have thought
to have found her among the 'Ledas OF
society"
The Roman Catholic peers in Eng
land now muster exactly three dozen,
including one duke, two marquises,
seven esrls, four viscCunts, twenty-one
barOns and one countess in her own
right; in addition to which there are
twenty-seven Roman Catholic baro.
nets.
Since the establishment of the
French republic, nearly all the flags
furnished to the army have been of
wool, through motives of economy.
BY way Of assisting the unemployed
workmcn Of Ions, an order has been
given for 100 regimental flags of silk,
and future orders will be for the same
material.
The Khedive Of Egypt has become
very unpo pular with his subjects and
with the resident foreigners under his
rule, and is reported TO have invested
large sums in Englan with the view of
one day being obliged to abdicatc.
There is a steamer also off Alexandria,
which is kept constantly in readiness.
In this, it is said, he intends taking
flight when necessary.
Secretary Schurz gives notice that in
the interior department there will be
no removal except "for causes" and
no appointment except "for merit, {"
and that there are now no vacancies to
be filled, 50 that if you have your valise
ready for q trip to Washington, you
may as well have it unpacked. The
prospects for "fat takes" under this
administration are rather clean"
The amount of work which Lord
Salisbury does, and does well, is won
derful-special envoy to Turkey, the
ablest Indian administrator, as secre-
tary of State, known for years, and IL e
ablest chairman of quarter sessions,
The ability and energy of his ancestors,
the great Burleigh and his son, the
first Earl of Salisbury, seem to have
descended to this famous scion of a
famous house, which, having already
furnished two prime ministers-Eliza-
beth's and James the First's now prom
lses to furnish third.
Lady Salisbury did not win golden
opinions in Constantinople. As a
strong-minded lady, she frequented
the Turkish harems and endeavored to
induce their inmates to concur with
her In her political views. To Nine.
Midhat, the wife of the Grand Vizier,
she said that the Turks were done for,
and, unless they gave in, their fate was
scaled. Nine. Msdhat replied that the
wives of Turkish ministers left politics
to their husbands, and perhaps it might
be as we'll for the wives of English min
listers to do the same.
The London IaJIet Or. G. announces
a new English cardinal, whose eleva-
ton will take place the second week
IN April, In the person of Archbishop
Howard, grandson of Lord Edward
Howard, brother to the twelfth Duke
of Norfolk. In early life he was in
the Second Life Guards, and headed
the procession at the funeral of the
Duke of Wellington. He entered the
service OF the church in 1858. He is
described as an an exemplary ecclesi-
astic of distinguished presence and
studious life, speaks fluently French,
Italian, Russian and Arabic, and has
long served as confessor to some of the
ecclesiastical colleges in Rome.
There are now published about fifty
journals in Japan. They were all COM
menced about four or five years ago.
or the twenty journals published at
Toxic, the most important are the
Nichinichi Shimbun, the Hochi Shin
bun, the Akebeno Shimbun, and the
Nisshin Nisshin Chi Shimbun, which
issue respectively $500, 5000, $500 and
1890 copies a day. The subscription
varies from So to SO a year. The
Jomeouri Shimbun, which is read
chiefly by women, has $4,000 subscri-
beTs, and costs only two rios a wear