The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-29

| skeCcn l0a0oQ sOur Ndgve Idnu, In MT. W
Andrews Hull Englandl Miscelldwv, that she
IL the daughter Of the late Mr.. Robert Evans.
bailiff to Lord Howe and to Sir Roger New.
degate, at Cotow, near Nuneaton, Warwick.
shire, and sister to Mr.. Isaac p. Evans, who
now holds the same position.
When Lord Duirerin took his seat for the
first time as president Of the Royal Geograph.
zeal Society. he made this pat and convincing
argum, mt In favor of his countrymen embark.
| Ing IN Arctic expeditions: Next to Russia
England is the greatest Arctic power In the
world, and It should be remembered that the
Queens writ now ran to the North Pole. The
| least therefore, that the country could dc
would be to examine It's territorial bounda-
ries"
Maurice Delfosse, the Belgian Minister al
washington, and Miss Harriette Dehon, Of
Boston, were married In the latter city on
Saturday, December IL. The ceremony was
to have been performed In Trinity Episcopal
Church, which was opened at the appointed
hour. A large company assembled, waited
until convinced that they were not to. witness
the strange disappointment. It Is said that
owing to misunderstanding as to whether q
Protestant or Roman Catholic should tie the
knot, 1t was decided at the last minute to have
1t done by magistrate In private.
J. Moreau, an artillery soldier, who In 1871
the bursting Of shell during the Franco
Prussian war, has lately left The hospital Of
val-de-( Grace, in Paris, with an artificial face
Of metal, with eyes, nose, and jaw which
enables him to masticat0 his food properly.
Before going to war he became engaged to q
young girl, who on his return, far from dis
oarding him on account Of his frightful mu-
tllation, married him without hesitation and
has since devotsdly supported him.
The $4,000 men who are to be added to the
native army In India will bring up its total
strength to about 100000. The present force
1f arfi Is.x,
sappers and miners. 100000 infantry, and
some 400 body guard, or total OF $4,000
men. The strength OF the European troops
upon the Indian establishment, exclusive OF
62,600, consisting of 4sOo cavalry, 12.5OO artil-
lery horse, field and garrison and engineers,
number for the future over 100000.
The articles made Of paper at the late Ber-
lin exhibition comprised the roof, ceiling.
exterior wallis OF which were Of pine wood,
but all the furniture, blinds, curtains, chan
dellerH, carpeting, ornamental DOORS mantel
and table ornaments were Of paper, including
stove made OF asbestos paper, In which
exhibited wash basins, water cans, a full
rugged ship, lanterns, hats, shirts, full suits of
clothes and underclothing, straps, handker-
chiefs, napkins, bath-tubs, buckets, bronzes,
flowers, urns jewelry, betting, and animals,
The Boulevard st. German. now the
largest thoroughfare on the left bank Of the
Seine In Paris, made 1t necessary In COM
plotting 1t, that several interesting and noted
houses In the Rue de PAncienne Coincide
should be destroyed. This ancient street is
inhabited by more persons Of celebrity than
any other In Paris. In the house No. (which
was built 300 years ago, lived for many years
Dr. Guillotin. the inventor OF the famous In
strument OF capital punishment in France.
Of the first Empire, who died there
In 1924. Horace Vernet, the painter, and
Baron Gros at one time had studios at No. 4
The proportion of land covered with forests
throughout Europe is ~ per cent, of which
Russia and Sweden furnish the greatest part
In Russia 40 per cent Of territory is covered
are covered with pines and other cone bearing
trees. Sweden and Norway have "a per cent,
chiefly birch, maple, pine, fir and willow. Aus
tria has ~ per cent, Germany has 26 per cent |
and France II. Far below these comes SPAIN |
Wild its corK WOODS ana evergreen oak 1orests
and Belgium with the same. Portugal comes |
next with per cent, and Great Britain fol- |
ows with per cent. The percentage annu-
llly decreases In all countries rapidly. As far
back as 1888 1t was estimated that timber was
nut down yearly In Great Britain and Ireland /
alone to the value of f2,OOO,OOO.
In 1876 the first subterranean telegraph wire
vas laid down In Germany. Recently sub
lines have been completed from
3erlin to Cologne, from Cologne to Elberfeld
md Barmen, from Frankfort to Strasburg,
md from Hamburg to Cuxhaven Altogether
he length Of these lines amounts to 1854
english miles. Most Of the cables consist of
even wires, very few Of four only. The diffl-
ulties encountered In laying down the cables
marshy or rocky ground, along the streets
ivers and through Notifications, have all
cen successfully overcome. Next year six
Their lines are to be laid down. and then the
rejected system Of subterranean telegraphic
communication throughout the German en-
ire will be almost complete. The cost OF
he lines already laid down amounts to about
100000.
Prince Blsmarck's mode Of life is peculiar. {
10 gets up late, toward 10 o'clock because he
OeS not succeed In going to sleep till toward
forming. At breakfast he takes tea and two
ygs, and after that nothing until dinner.
lmseh complains OF such regimen, but the (
abit Is formed. In one Of the conversations
Q tells how the nights pass. my brain" he
sys,. "is necessarily ut work. All the COM
nations OF politics come back to me as in a | .
ghtmare, and ! see everything on its dark !
de-. l. fall asleep as coon as my head Is on : :
; pillow, but soon awake and remain awake !
It'll dawn. Now and then dream gives me
st for while. see Varzin-all the trees |
at know 80 well, and the blue sky, and / Z
ncy that am enjoying It ALL" Little won
n that sleep should flee from the Chancel-
RS couch!
The journal de 81. Petersburg gives the fol-
wing particulars concerning the public pro-
sion for education In Russia: The sum as Z
yned in the budget OF this year for educa- \
IN is 1871, 2S9 roubles (about 81, 395. OOC).
here are eight universities mot reckoning
at of Halsingfors for Finland) with 1929 =
udents. OF these So are divinity students q
belong to the pathological faculty, 1929 to
9 faculty OF law, 80 to that Of Eastern Ian |,
ages, 622 to the mathematical faculty. $50 I,
that OF natural science and 2130 to the med
ii faculty. There are So ecclesiastical sem
aries, with 12,227 pupils; 1876 gymnasia and I
with 50, FOL pupils; Sc middle d
LIS schools, with 10,SSs. There are 10 mill t,
ry gymnasia but the number OF pupils in h
t given. For females there are 22s GYM b
sia and pro-gymnasia, having 81, 1878 pupils; v
d this does not include the many fnstitu.
ms which are subject to the control of the y
nth division Of the Imperial Chancellery. a.
ere are 6S normal schools and training col l
res for teachers, having 1868 students.
ere are ten other such institutions sun st
yfraf1h xyv, Ito | al