The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10
Foreign Notes.

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At Berne, Switzerland, there was q
row on the recent anniversary Of the
outbreak of the Commune in France.
The police interfered, and took away
the red flag which had been hoisted.
TIE crowd resisted, and wounds were
infiicted in the struggle.
A man who claims to own the ground
upon which Cleepatra's Needle, To-
Gently presented to Great Britain hy
the Khedive, lies, has fenced it round,
aud demands several thousand pounds
compensation before he allows the
monument to be removed.
Calcutta dispatches tell Of . terrible
outbreak of cholera at one Of the sea
ports of Bengal, during which one-
fourth of the entire European populs.
ton Of the place died within thirty
hours. There are indications that the
famine is about reaching its worst and
hopes are expressed that It wiIl be less
severe than was expected.
The London Times says that ''th6
determination OF the government to
construct, not experimentally but
wholesale, several war ships Of steel, 10
sufficient indication that one OF the
nest obstinate difficulties in ship build
ing has been overcome" DIR. Siemens
having succeeded in producing,
quality OF steel fit for the purpose.
The British Parliament has defeated,
by . vote of 164 TO lee, the annually
recurring motion to abolish hogRing
in the navy. 1t does not appear that
this means of punishment is used TO
any great extent but my Lords are
unable to see how discipline 10 TO be
maintained unless the power to fog
offending ssamen is kept in reserve" /"
According to the Courier de Ia
Champagne the expectation Of cham
psgne to America has fallen OF from
240, 900 cases, In 1879, to 185, 900 cases
in 1876. These figures indicate that
the hard times, or the temperance
movement, or the competition Of the
native wines of Ohio and California,
or something OF the sort, 10 diminish-
ing the consumption or (horrid
thoughtD that ...
The subject of separate schools for
habitual truants and semi-incorrigibles
is begir ming to receive considerable at.
tention from American educators. In
Hamburg, Germany, and in several
other European cities, schools for this
class are in successful operation. The
advocates Of such schools hold that the
influence of this particular class on
studious and tractsble pupils IL very
pernicious, and that experience has
I fully demonstrated the wisdom Of
separate institutions for them.
DR.. Richardson, OF Rngland, who Il
now recognized as high authority on
matters Of domestic hygiene, says that
sixty-two degrees Fahrenheit 10 the
right degree of temperature for health,
and that those engaged In literary or
artistic work cannot possibly be too
careful on this point. IL their labor bo
prolonged or severe the temperature
may be allowed to run up to sixty.tive
degrees, or even seventy degrees. The
same rule applies to all sedentary per-
sons and children studying. Our rooms
here are apt to be at least ten degrees
too hot for healthy persons.
Great surprise is manifested at the
small sums which Mr.. Bohn's articles OF
vertu fetched at the great sale just held
in London. He possessed one Of the
finest collections of these articles In
England, and though there has been q
manifest decline in the value of thia
class of property, the total sum realized
at Mr.. Bohn's sale still affords room for
astonishment. Pottery is another article
in which a great decline in value is
visible. Mr.. Gladstone's collecti0A
sold some time ago, fetched q very
small sum, and the same result was
witnessed in other recent sales in Eng
land. Pictures, on the contrary, 20 up
in value.
An international British celebration
in honor of Queen Victoria's birthday
is to be held at Petersburg, Virginia,
on May "a, and several days preceding
and following. II is to be held under
the immediate patronage Of the Earl Of
Dufferin, Governor General OF Canads.
Sir Edward Thornton, the British min
lister to this country, and various other
British and American officials. The
committee OF arrangements includes
English and American citizens Of Vir.
ginia, and the cooperative COMMITTEES
embraces officers Of st. Georges 6ocie.
ties in the cities of the United States
and OF Hamilton, Canada. As q large
number OF Englishmen have lately set
tied in Virginia and other States o.
the South, the occasion promises to b
one Of international interest. Il 10 un
derstood that Sir Edward Thornton
the able and popular minister from
Great Britain to the United States, hal
promised to be present at the Peters
burg celebration.
Among the matrimonial announce.
ments Of Conjungo. the Paris marriage
broker, in the Petit Journal. MAY b
noticed: Young lady; age 20; for
tune, 100, 600 francs" Orphan; sgs
90; fortune, 90, 900 francs.b Widou
without children; age 90; fortune,
100, 900 fTancs." Widow we'll pra
served; age SO; does not look more
than 90; no false hair; has preserved
all her teeth; plays the piano suhi-
ciently for dancing; temper quick, bui
heart good; slight moustache; for.
tune, 100, 900 francs and IN uncle par
alyzed on one side, whose doctor enly
| SlNco ulLu tuIcC mOutub W HNCs
can occasional correspondent" has
at length discovered an ElysiAn abode
teeming with men and women Of most
singular temperament. She writes
Zone Of the most extraordinary fea-
lures in Hawaiian character lies in the
fact that the terrible passion Of jeal-
cusy is unknown among them. II does
not exist any more than q thing that
was never heard OF has an existencs.
The Hawaiian woman is the most low
ing Of human beings. The Hawaiian
lover, however deeply he loves her, IL
never jealous Of her. Men may smile
upon her, may come and 20, but bis
soul 10 unruffied by the green-eyed
monster. Native women are not jeal.
GUS of native women nor Of men; hus-
band 10 not jealous OF wife. The NJ
dive is not inattentiye to the wishes OF
his beloved. He waits upon her with
gallant attention; in fact, the Hawai-
ian is 90 extremely gallant that he
thinks is . glory TO do housework, II
the doing thereof viii please his sweet
heart"
Everybody who has visited Europe
since the fall Of Louis Philippe hal
| e1theF met oF heard Of the famou1