Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-18

SATURDAY. AUGUST lS. 1883.
FOREIGN.


No new cases Of cholera have appear
ed among the British soldiers in Egypt,
and those in hospital are recovering.
The government of New South Wales
has permitted the infOrmers in the
Phoenix park murder cases to land, and
promised to protect them.
The anti Jewish riots have broken out
afresh in EkaterinOslay, Russia, and in
the collisions between the military and
the pOpulace hundreds have been killed.
The Nile continues to rise and threat
ems to destroy the harvest. At Cairo on
Saturday, the river had reached height
of over 20 cubits, against less than 10
cubits last year.
The'returns of the census taken Janu-
airy 1, 1883, and just now published, show
that the empire of japan has a pOpula-
ton of 5000. 100, a gain of nearly 4,OOO,-
600 IN the last eight years.
The total production of silk goods in
the world is about $3.50, 100000 annually.
OF this China and Japan produce $780,
100000 yearly; France, $65,000,000; Ger
many, $45,O0O,OOO; the United States,
$35,0O0O00, and Great Britain $25,OOO,-
OOp.
Mr.. James Jackson Jarves, the dis
tingulshed art cOnnOisseur, has arrived
in Boston from Florence, Italy, and Is
q guest at Hotel VendOme. Mr.. Jarves
has shipped $50 tons of art works for
the foreign exhibition which opens on
Sept. 3.
The Duke of Westminster, in a recent
speech, declared that the London smoke
was injurious to health, while it repre-
scented waste in the City alone of Ell,
100000 year. Its effect on public build
ings was destructive, and it cost e2,500
a year to repair its damage to the
Houses of Parliament.
The Egyptian census has just been
completed. The total population is Civ
en- as 6,79S,230, of whom 3,3939lS are
males and 3,5O4,3l2 females. Cairo has
1868, l0S inhabitants; Alexandria. with
its suburbs 2OS,775; Port Said, 1860;
Suez, 1913; Tantah, 33,725; Damiett.
34,046; Rosetta, 1871; Mansurah, 26,
1884; Zagazig, 1905.
A meeting to further emigration,
over which Earl Shaftesbury presided,
the Archbishop of Canterbury being
also present, resolved at London Friday
that 100000 persons should be sent to
Canada and the colonies, the state to
buy them farms, taking mortgage for
security. 1t is proposed to send 10000
families to Canada next spring.
In the House of Lords, among the
barOnets, and in the various illustriOus
orders of kinghthOOd of England are to
be found the names of numerous soldiers
who owe their positions to their success
full SEEDLINGS of human blood. Not
single medical man has a seat in the
gilded chamber; and there are not more
than a dozen medical barOnets or
knights in the three Kingdoms.
The Americanization of London is
under way, If we are to believe the Lond-
on correspondents. Go into "the city"
and one hears no end of tales about
American securities. The English bus
mess man knows the railroad maps OF
the American continent by heart. Look
into the windows of a book store and
the covers of American magazines and
American novels are plentiful. Drop
into the picture shows and you will find
American artists represented by Whist
Ier,of Baltimore, and other celebrities. If
you find yourself at a reception an
American belle is reigning IF you 90
to the theatre an American actress is de-
picting the joys and sorrows of the hero
inc. One writer tells us that he entered
an american notion store" and for ten
minutes dreamed that he dwelt in Con-
necticut. An American restaurant is
yet to be had but oysters are served" i'm
the. American STYLE" and ices as in
America " are promised on the Strand.