The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-08
FOREIGN NOTES.

In England there are 1876 towns,
each of which has population of
10000 inhabitants or more, which |
have no representation in parlia-
ment.
Prince Bismarck, it is said, has be-
come so stout of late years that he
can no longer occupy an ordinary
dining chair, and sits accordingly on
a low sofa, with his famous dog ly-
ing at his feet.
Midhat Pasha's place of~banish
ment, it is said, is considered by the
Arabs as the most ancient place in
the world. They say it is the place
to which Adam and Eve fled after
their expulsion from Paradise, and
Ewes tomb is shown to pilgrims.
The radicals in France again wish
to have the statue of Napoleon L. re-
moved from the column in the Place
Vendome. This time they are con-
tent to petition for its removal, and
not destroy it and the handsome
column it surmounts, rs they did in
the days of the commune.
The cause of Gambetta's defeat in
the department of CharrOnne was a
curious one. Some of his friends
wrote on their ballots bearing his
name expressions offensive to his
| competitors, which rendered the bal
lots useless and void. Were it not
| for this over Zealousness of his
friends, Gambetta would have been
elected.
The London Times emphatically
denies that England's prosperity is
on the wane. 1t makes the point
that a country that was going back
ward would not show $40,000,OO0
more on deposits in banks to-day
than one year ago, and this, too, in
year marked by great revival of
reckless speculation. The Times
closes it's article with the statement
that the English have become such
lnveterate grumblers that they do
not know when they are we'll of.
There is to be a new king in Eu-
rope. German authorities will re
quest the grand duke of Baden to
assume the regal title on September
20, which is the twenty-fifth anniver.
sary of his marriage with the only
daughter of the German emperor
If the grand duke accepts the prof
fered gift the marriage of his daugh
ter Victoria with the crown prince
: of Sweden and Norway will admi
of being celebrated at Carlsruhe.
France thinks it best to pay with
) out dispute the claims for the dam
ages suffered by Spanish colonist
4 in Algeria in the Oran lnsurrection
She does so under protest that thi
: shall not constitute a precedent TO
the future. This means that Franc
begins to feel her isolation in Eu
> rope. She has lost the friendship
of Italy and of England by her Tun
isian diplomacy, and has come nea
5 losing that of Spain. So she pay
y under protest, and insists on he
friendliness.
8 The German workmen in all sec
l, lions of Germany except Prussia ar
r taxed so lightly that they manag
4 to save money on wages upO
which French and English artisan
n would starve to death. The resul
V is that G erman competition in mani
8 featuring is crushing. A promineI
e lOCdbCu L
e France lately declared it as his bt
l. lief that if q French company pro
duced a certain article at twelv
"a francs, the Germans would fOrtl
q with bring 1t out at two francs. Th
% way in which to meet this compel
ton is now monopoliZing the after
II ton of manufacturers eVerywheI
outside of Germany.
N Military matters are exciting muC
attention in Italy at the presel
time. The Italian landWehr was r
d Gently called out for service, for IL
i first time this year, in order to tai
~ part in the maneuvres of the reg
= lar army. This force consists nom
y nally of $1,000 men. Work is a
u y yiqI5i a ERalRhidly on the fortificatio,
detached forts which form the cha
y of defense around the capital, eig
lie teen. In order to insure the con
W pletiOn of these works before Il
% end of the year, the ordinary fore
W of wOrkmen has been increased
l. detachments of forty men from eaC
IS of the prisons of Rome and Maple
IL A New York letter says: mi
= Alice Tilton, second daughter
u Theodore Tilton, was married Jul
: A, at Stuttgart, Germany, where fC
n several years she has been studyin
- art, to Mr.. John F.. Gardin,
20 Charleston, s. c., who for some tim
:. has been attached to one of I'll
y Stuttgart banks. Two daughters c
~ the ultra-Abolitionist Tilton hay
70 been married in Europe to Souther
" men, Miss Florence being the wife {
" a New Orleans gentleman now resi(
ing in London. Mrs. Gardin an
her husband will return % this cOnI
2 try this fall with Theodore 1iiioI
! who is now in Europe, aud will +,
side in Chicago. Miss Alice lin ,i.c
her art studies with such display {
!, talent that a water color painted b
- her was exhibited in the last Par
Salon, and, much to her elation,
found a purchaser at handsom
: price,"