The New York herald., 1879-12-01
ECHOES FROM ABROAD.

1u6 cOmmltteo 1Or the prOmOtlOn Oh III inter-
national Maritime Exhibition at Marseilles in 1881
met recently. when it discussed general questions
relating to the special advantages offered by that
city for such an undertaking.
Leo XIII. says the Corriere dItalid. has consulted
several foreign bishops with respect to the advs-
ability OF Italian Catholics taking part in the Par
liamentary elections. The majority Of the replies
against such action and hence the disinclinaton
apparent among the leading adherents Of the Pspacy
to exert o trial of their political strength
Disturbances among the students of the St. Peters-
burg University occurred three weeks since result
ing IN the arrest Of two three students and the
closing Of the library by order OF the Governor Gen.
eral. The of the disturbance is attributed in
some quarters to dissatisfaction with the increased
fees for the curriculum. St. Petersburg newspaper
recently that 100 students unable paw the
fees excluded from the university. Other
accounts report that the disturbances were owing
to the proceedings of the inspectors. es
London World:-"When General Crealock Joined
the column to take command. he appeared in camp
dressed moro artistically than in uniform. broad
wideawake hat and feather, and. suspended to his
belt by chains and swfves, as is the fashion with
officers campaigning nowadays. knives of all sorts.
Says one blue to Ills mate as they
were oiling q Gatlng. 'Eres rummy looking
bloke, Jack; If we'd only few wax candles. we'd
darned soon turn him into o Christmas tree"
The Spaniards have responded muniAcently to the
appeals by the press for the sufferers in Murca.
The Gaceta has collected 790.OOOf; Imparcial.
2O6, OO0f; H GIo5o. ~ O00f., and the committee OF
the Un,oa Me,canH 142 OOof. The Empress Of Russia
has contributed 1,O0Of. Some romantic incidents
have occurred during the fearful disaster. Thus
guardia civil who saved the life Of young glrl lost
his heart in the operation. So did she the result
being that they are going to be married to each
other. This affecting episode so touched the heart
of q certain Don Manuel Donoso that he sent the
young couple present Of 1851. and nuptial bed
stead with all fittings complete
The London Daily Telegraph, speaking Of the Shen-
apdoah. says:-"She long survived the American war
tocarry ivory, gum, coral and cloves for African
Imaum. who, in 1875. was received by the Queen of
England. and had the honor of being made freeman
by the city of London. The Shenandoah, by her four
teen years devoted to peaceful and commercial pur-
had shado tp in tn bar
career against which Mr.. Adams inveighed forci-
bly, ut Geneva in 1871 The moral to be deduced
from her history during the American war is that
privateors may nfict enormous damage upon an
enemys ships at sea before they caught even by
of which it behooves this country above all others.
never for one moment to be blind.
Two clubs have been recently started, both under
roof in the Frankftirter strasse Berlin one of
which has received the name OF 'sThe Fat Club"
while the other rejoices in the no less significant
title of "rhe Thin Club" In the club house COM
mon to both societies there have been constructed
two test doorways-the one generously wide. the
other thriftily narrow. To these doorways
the candidates for election, respectively obese
attenuated, are ceremonously conducted. after
they have registered vow to abide uncomplain-
should the would-be member of the Fat Club be
found capable of passing with through the wide
doorway his disqualification Is thereby proved be-
yond appeal. His rejection Is politely signided to
him. with the merciful intimatton that when he
shall have wnxed somewhat fatter he will be per-
mitted to "try again." The text applied to tho
iguous candidate is exactly the converse of that to
which fat aspirants subjected II he cannot slip
through the doorway constituting the latitudinal
standard of membership, he is informed that until
he reduce his exorbitant dimensions to the pre-
scribed limit he must resign all hope Of being re-
ceived into the emacated bosom of the Thin Club"
French newspaper calls attention to the more
and more marked rottefdce of certain fraction Of
the bourgeoisie from Left to Right. from radi-
calism to the opposite pole, by whatever name it
may be known. The revival of Beaumarchais'
'Mariage de Figaro" at the Theatre Francais has
furnished an opportunity of observing the change
in he o. n bourpeOsio between 17S0 and
1879. This comedy used TO be the ideal one in the
eyes OF the bourgeois. who was liberal and sceptic
sometimes even to impiety. Thanks to class OF
politicians whose fear was either real or affected.
u large number OF these same bourgeois have
and religious to being clerical. Twenty years
ago the journal that used to be par erceile,t the
itsslf under the protection of Beaumarehais valet
Then Figaro was thought to be the symbol of free
speech and free satire. two essentially bourgeois
qualities Now of the organs of this same
bourgeoisie look upon the Marriage of Figaro" a
kind of radical pamphlet For two pins they would
grow indignant that the mockcries of the valet. the
rival and the conqueror of his master, should be
allowed to be witnessed on the rst stage OF France
and of the world.
The corps of skaters, force peculiar to the Nor
wegian army has been lately reorganized. and con-
sisis of five companies each of Ito men. which
in time or war can be reinforced by calling in 21o
this corps armed with rifles. and can bo ma
nGuvred upon ice or over tho snow fields of the
mountains with rapidity equal to that or the best
trained cavalry The skates they admirably
adapted for travelling rough and broken ice or
frozen snow. peing six inches broad and
between nine aud ten inches long. In as
cending steep slopes the men take zigzag
course, tacking up the mountain side as
n ship does against head wind. As instance of
the speed ut which they co. ii is mentioned that
last winter messenger despatched from Roeraas at
three o'clock in the morning arrived at Drontheim
ut halfpast nine in the evening of the same day.
having consequently accomplished 100 miles in
eighteen aud one-haf hours. II must be added,
however that Roeraas lies 900 feet higher than
Drontheiin. so that the course OF the skater was
down hill the whole way On the return journey
the man took nfty-four hours to reach Rocraas
from Drontheim. but the route he took led him
very rough and broken snow fields. which rendered