The New York herald., 1879-10-09
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Tho chestnut trees on tho boulevard Poissonniere
have already lost all their leaves; the swallows
leaving. and the ladies ordering their winter
toilets. Here is dress ordered by Parisenne:-
Ashen gray faye. striped ongways with broad bands
velvet trimmed with silver niello buttons and OPEN
ing point in front on ruches of white lace.
Postage stamps bearing the effigy Of the Comte dc
Chambord have been seen in France. The stamps
blue. and made on the Belgian model, having
the sum. "Ten Confines" printed to the right and
left OF the royal head. nstead Of at the bottom OF
the stamp. according to the French style. Henry v.
Is represented in threequarter length the Bourbon
heurs de-lis ornament each corner, while "Postcs"
is engraved at the top and France at the bottom
Russian translators busy at work upon the
Duke Of Argylls Eastern Question" which will
appear at st. Petersburg in December. Count Tol-
sto is at Kier writing his novel on the Russian
spirators of the time Of the Emperors Alexander L
aud Nicholas Frederic HeIwald's "Region OF
Eternal Ice will appear shortly at Moscow.
biography of the Earl of Beaconsheld has been CON-
menccd in the Vestzsk Ecropt The same review
tains q letter by NJ. lola on Experimental Novels"
Another of tine most characteristic features of
Rome il to disappear--the Jews quarter. the his
toric but filthy Ghetto-to make place for the
Palace OF Justice. The Jews who continued to live
there since the olden time when they were locked
up at night and subjected all kinds OF insults
quistions and extortons will have to find Other and
cleaner quarters The artist Will miss some bits
Of q peculiar picturesq bur the antiquarian
will losc little. IL anything of Importance and inter-
est.
learned German doctor has discovered means
of dyeing the eyes OF animals in general and Of
in particular any color that he ploascs. He Is
companied his travels of propagation by dog
with rosecolored eye, cat with orangc-red eye.
and monkey with . chrome yellow eye. But the
nost curious specimens OF his art are negro with
one eye black and the other blue. and negress
with eyo god-coored and the other silver hte.
Tho doctor says the process OF ocular transforms
ton. far from inturng the sight. strong and
improves 1t.
Mrs. booth, wife Of General Booth, tho leading
chieftain OF the salvation Army in England, says
that people who attend the meetings OF tho Halle
lujah Lasses from motives Of curiosity are uiti-
mn IN ed attend regularly as Nod yets
''his hook into their jaws" II appears. according
TO the Generals wife. that there 12o corps and
$50 officers in tho army or speakers there 3.iS6.
and the SHOWS OF war, by means OF which an
eternal struggle carried against the world, tho
flesh and the devil. supplied at the rate of
100000 per annum.
The Bureda perilas gives the number of merchant
vessels Of all countries 5<92l. OF which 5.s97
steamers. Tho gross tonnage is 10 2S2 540 OF which
steamers have 6l73.9J5 England has 1887 sailing
ships. beading the list. and is followed by America
Norway. Gerinany: Italy. Franco. Grecec. Sweden.
tries having less than 1000 each. As to steamers.
England has a.5A2; America. 6l9; France. 2s2: Ger
many. IA; Spain, 2i4: Sweden. 1N RUSSIA. 1J6;
Norway. 1856; Holland. 1i3; Denmark, IoI; Italy.
l0l. and other States less than 100 each.
A terrible accident has closed the bathing
at at Boulogns. Fiyo persons; two young men and and
families. desired to batho toward the east
beach, Notwithstanding . high sea. Ono Of tho
man. who couragcously rushed to their help. The
names OF the victims are Miss Gertrude wiseman.
nfteon; MISS hoko Blinksop, elgnteen; Charles
Clarke, twenty. brother of the girl saved and Fran
cis Jacobson, twenty-five. Despite the most active
search only one body has yet been recovered.
woncn's rights arc wcll established In tho Canda-
har district, judging from the customs Of tho
Waziris, tyibc in the noighborhood OF the Pishin
Valley, and against whom the British will probably
undertake a campaign next cold season. The fair
are not only exempt from all kinds OF labor. but
s their duty make offers OF marriage. Thus the
wazIri lady sends hairpin to the chosen one.
qucsting that with IL he will pin handkerchief to
has cap. II her affection returned the request s
rulhled and tho gcntlcman fastens the love token
he publishes the ladys name and is obliged TO marry
her forthwith.
Major Francis Butler. Of Her British Matcsty's
Ninth foot. Is expected shortly In England This
officer returned 10 India at the beginning Of the
year after long and arduous journeys through Tur-
key and Persia and In Turkcstan. He surveyed tho
Perso- Turcoman frontier, and was for time quito
at home among the Turcomans, who well
pleased with him that they offered to give him the
command-in-chef of all the forces they pre-
pairing put In the field to resist the Russian invs
sion. This fattering Offer the gallant major boing
in the British service, unable to accept, and
when he within forty miles Of Merv an order Of
recall reached HIM and no was obliged to return.
Unloss they oye witnesses of what is now for
alo In London In the way Of horsohesh (says the