The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-08-08
FoREIGS NOTES

FOREIGN NOTES.
ArrRoPos Of The education Of girls there ars
these VhO shiLk the ms ructioD IN orstory 1.-THE
prefent generation of glhh public men must
have bsen sadly neglected. Ia Parliament there
isseIy little opportunity or occasion TO declama-
sion. Only Gladstone. Bngbt and few others
ever venture TO make set speeches. At some pub
lie meetings The speaking is simply atrocious.
fsri GraIsille never pTOn0unoes the final in
''i'e." ard Ike most Engiishmen, and Ameri-
cans, too, for mat mstter. aboiishes the letter
and puts in1o ihs vacant plsca Thomas
Hughes, ~ the Claiming Centennial in London,
nu dered = sentence ike this: L have come to
the Chsnnin meetin' ibis eyenln'" Matthew
Arnold hes no can nsnd Of oratory. Our readers
VIII do btless remember Ecglish lecturers whose
elOcuu was horrible.
THE opening OF the 81. Gothard Tunnel has
brought some thiig be ides Pleasure to not few
people in Germany. Il has stimulated imports
from Italy and ONE home industries naturally
suffer therefr m. The Glr.sis, for instance, COM
plain. a large number Of German owners of
flowers anr kicheu gardens recently petiionad
the Imperial Government for the introduction Of
protective duty On cut roses and other flowers,
and also on fresh leaves fresh vegetables, table
fruit. early pOtaoes, flower bulbs and specimens
for nurseries. The Minister OF Agriculture there
upon ordered EN- investigation of their complaints
to ascertain whether imporistions really affected
the domestic trade. The petitioners asked for g
duty OF 20 per cent. No re OFT has yet been made
by the Official on whom the business devolves.
when John Bright once made the random "a
mark that IS per cent Of the Inhabitants OF Glas-
cow lived L houses with not over two rooms the
statement was received everywhere with incredu-
lily 1t was otliterslly true, but yet il was near
enough tn the marx to excite attention. The pre-
vaing styles Of houses in Glasgow four stories
high, divided into one. two, three four, or even
larger number of suits. The population Of the
city In 1881 5lI %. and OF its suburbs 1861
making total of 7O5 40 which has since then in
creased to not less than 30 co. But in 1881 there
were liz 059 houses ia the city, of which II 72I
were not occupied. There we're nearly 5000
houses OF one room only, and upward OF 81 900 OF
ouly two rooms. The average number OF rooms In
inhabited houses was 2 8. and the average number
of persons in ca n occupied house was Al Two
thirds OF the people of Glasgow thus live in houses
OF not over two rooms Moreover 42,6S7 families
were found occupying one room each, while 20 GG
lived in two-room hou Beside these, there
are ouly some 20 coo families IN Glasgow. AND
yet tn teonscieniious sno truthful historian Con-
vi Bret Hsrt says there is destitution less alb
solUte deprivation, LEES misery and want in Glss-
gov than ia any other Ia city Of Great Britain.
A CANADIAN immigration agent sends home q
dishear:eui g picture OF what he has seen in the
North of Ireland. al have travelled" he says,
ION an outside car in the Northwest 10 miles,
and the cOun ~ for the most part is wild and
barren in the extreme, and the poverty and
wretchedness of tie people far beyond anything
thai ian be conceived by Canadians" That's
saying a good deal. The real difficulty with
'hern ireland however is not ordinary DOW
erty. or even poor dwellings for the people are
accustomed to both. II is the almost constant re-
currence of bad crop seasons that has made the
condition OF tenant farmers and farm laborers pit
liable in the extreme. The greater part OF the
tenants savings must go for rent Bat it is hard
ly possible for the crops to be always deficient and
inferior.
A ELL DOW before the British Parliament seeks
to introduce some much needed reforms in patent
law. The chief complaint brought against exist
Ing provisions is that the fees too heavy to be
borne by poor Inventors. Next, il is very difficult
to search the records of patents third consider
atior has much weight in England though II is
entirely ignored here namely: that it is often i'm
possible to obtain from inventors on any reasonable
terms the right 70 use tn. ir invenuo The Gov
eminent bill accordingly limits the hrst payment
to so, but still uakes charge OF $3.50 at the begin
ming of the fourth year from the gra ting OF the
paper and $500 at the opening of the seventh year.
Efforts have been made to get these fees reduced.
but Mr. Chamberlain replies that if patent right
is worth paying at all its owner can afford to pay
the existing charges at the end OF three and SIX
years. Endeavors have likewise been made but
uDsuccessfully, to extend the term of patelts
fourteen to seventeen years. The new measure
will afford distinct relief TO inventors at the out
set, and it is by means clear that Mr.. Chamber
lain's opinion about subsequent payments is un-
sound. II the second and :hird payments are not
forthcoming the patent expires. The public and
inventors thus ascertain in due course whether or
no WORTHLESS; patents are abandoned. The Beard
of Trade is 10 have authority to compel inventors
70 grant licenses and is to determine what remu-
neration shall be made by the Crown for the 10
Yentions used b. ~.