Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-27
FOREIGN NEWS.

Over seventy persoos have boon drowned by
tho cspsZ!ug of 40 ludis coast trading steamer.
MIR. Gladstone dories tho runner that ho ia
about to cntcr tho House OF Lords.
Ger. SkoboloiT baa won great victory over
tho Ttkko Turoomsus. in Central Asia.
1t is expected TINT tho Princess Louise will
return to Canada ia March next Her hoalth
has improved.
Tho British HOUSE, IF Commons aat ell
through Tuesday hight, and up to iout u clOrk
stOno's motion that tho Itish COERCION billa aha
take pr3cedanc, to day OF all othor husiness
Reports Of Irish Il lots to blow up srscnals
aud arnoiles arc rife. and Extraordinary pc
cauticns lIavo been taken by tho govclnrncnt,
Ono Of tho latest sensations is tho rumos ci
Fenisn design upon tho Tower OF Londo3.
10 opposing resolution 10 tho RUSSIAN Dot
declaring tho administration OF tho sacrament
and celebration OF mass not sub icct to tho pobal
cIGusrH IN existing laws tho minister Ct ccclcsi.
asloal affairs showed that IN consequence of tho
recent amelicrntion of tho May laws only 8 por
cent, OF Ihe parishes of Prussia are nnp With
out cuT.tcs.
me INTENSITY OF ARCnC COLD. Tho
chronloloT CT Lieutenant Schwakss's recent
expedition III aasr,h of tho remains of Sir ohm
Franklin records somo Interesting facts regard
ing the great otll Of Arctic regions. The low.
est temperature mot with By tho company IVES
lOS degrees blow tho freezing point. or II do
prces below z.ro. Fahrenheit, deeroo of cold
6lmost Impossible 10 imnIino by tho people of
moro temperate climes. Tho ciFeos of such
intenso cod upon tho human system woIo not
so marked 10 tho case OF tho Lieutenant and
his companions ns might bo supposed, and even
during month in which tho average tempcrs
turc was Gj degrees below zero tho hoslsh of
tho party remained uninpa;red. Tho men
adapted themselves as muoh So possible TO tho
habits OF ho natives, feeding largely upon blub-
Der and FAT meat, ~ which vital animal heat
Was 81 4tsloed. Plenty OF game was found by
too adVsntufors. who woro abo to secure,
With their repeating RI 70, enough reindeer OF
ono limo 10 last them for several days The
difficulty Ct approaching tbesl animals was
ottco Vory great. for in tho still cold dir tho
step OF o man upon the snow could BIO hoard two
miles away. and tho grating of slcdgo ranncrs
ro5ouodcd like tho olashiog of tempered ssocl
Ii was not an easy matter to keep gurs 10 work
Ing order 10 this climate. for OF GO and 70 de-
ereos below zero strong oak and hickory would
break like ic!oles, and all lubricants hardened go
as to interfore with the working Of tho locks.
When tho guns were brought into tho warm
atmosphere OF tho huts to BIO cleaned, they
would a: onco become coated with moisture and
oVor9 part had to DO carefully driod and wiped,
lest tho hunter, on stepping into tho cold air
again would find useless block of loo 10 his
hands. A bottle of whiskcy. which was in the
stores, vas oopGealcd to tho consistency of
thick syrup BY the intense cold, and tho CUP
from which ono of tho travellers essSycd to
drink actually frczo to his lips. The low TEN,
nTeratuto of this Latitude permitted some OF tho
Esquimaux in tho party to practice terrible
revenge upon some wolves that had attacked
them. They SGT upright in tho ioe several
Keen knife blades and covered them with blood.
Iheso tho wolves licked. sIicing their tongues.
but being prevented by the cold from iooIing
inc wounds at tho limo and their OVID warm
blood tempted th;m to CONTINUE uatil their
tongues WcIc 50 !c,rifad that death was nevis
table,