The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-08-23
FOREIGN NOTES.

FOREIGN NOTES.
Work has been begun at Miasnovodsk on ship.
canal TO connect the Caspian sea with the Trans
caspian Railway.
The slav party In Russia is urging the Car to
form great slayonic alliance for the purpose OF re-
gaining supremacy In the East and establishing a
great Eussan empire OF Central Asia,
The Cologne Gazette, in an article on the Caroline
Islands, points ont that Germany and England pre-.
scntcd Joint mole to Spain In 1915 declining TO
recognize SPANS sovereignty over the CarolInes.
three settlements on the Islands, but other nations
none.
A new field piece Is to he furnished 10 the Royal
| Horse Artillery The guns are i2N-pound breech-
leaders, made OF steel, feet In length and are
mounted on carriages OF uupainted light wood, made
by Sir William Armstrong Their full range Is
about 6,0O0 yards, tho charge being four pounds,
only one pound less than that OF a s0-pounder.
The Russian corvette Streok, which recently at.
traccd 80 much attention during her stay in several
OF our ports, has been, according TO the Journal de
sa war ges feseS as on sI re,sn
and hor commander and crew were literally re-
warded for the agility with which she ran away on
several occasions from Under The very nose Of the
Garnet during bright moonlight nights.
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Upon the revolt of the American colonies Lord
Norths government, for the twofold purpose OF
Furnishing the Virginia planters and concillatlng the
Irish, permitted tobacco to be grown in Ireland, and
1t continued to bc raised there until the reign Of
william ", when an act was passed Imposing a
line OF cl00 on any raising more than one pound.
The chief seat OF the Industry was the exceptionally
valuable crops were raised. The repeal OF the act
OF William Is being now proposed.
The Duke of Cambridge has left London for his
annual visit to Hamburg for relief Of gout, and
questions are asked II the people to pay In future
for his trips. Two hundred dollars were charged In
the last estimates for his conveyance from Dover to
Calais. lie draws 100000 year out Of the public
als is only s.; but Ills Grace Of Cambridge preferred
that the public should pay. There Ia q feeling grow
r Ing up against the outrageous demands Of these Sc
locusts on tho land because they are the Queens
cousins, uncles and aunts.
An Austrian mechanlcian has lust produced a
splendid baritone capable OF singing" II Trovatore
from one end to the other without growing tired or
utterng single false note. All you have to do Is to
wind up the mechanism In the intervals and change
the apparatus concealed in the inside This artsten
In lifesze performs all the gestures Of ordinary BARI
tones he can place his ouisnread hand on his heart
draw his sword from lts sheath like q stage hero
turn up the whites OF his eyes In the sentimental
passages, and kiss the hand OF the prma donna in
the recitatives. The author of this ingenious inyen
tion hopes TO live long enough TO manufacture
complete opera troupe, and travel all over Europe
with his tndia-rubher or pastebOar arstes. treat
IN store Tor our grandchildrenl-H SecOlo.
Timbuktu Is governed by Kahia q sort of burgo-
master The office Is hereditary In the once An
dalusian Moorish family OF Er-Rami, which settled
In Timbuktu In the sixteenth century. The fortla-
cations Of the city razed at Its capture by the
Fulahs in 1926, and since then 1t has been purely
commercial town, and bone Of contention between
the rival Tuark and Fulah tribes OF the vicinity,
The present Kahia styles himself "amir" anu aims
1T Independence through French influence. The
are by DR.. Lenz grouped with the Nubas, but MIR. A.
H. Keane "a great authority upon races) states that
the type l. % distinctly nonnegro differing from the
hair, figure. proportion Of members, and mental
qualities.
The papers have lately dwelt on the skSlof a
Montenegrine officer who at one stroke cut in twain
large pig Such feats of strength or skill, are Of
frequent occurrence among the irregular Caucasian
troops. The Clrcasslan mountataeers are accus-
toned from early youth to WELD the SABRE They
are taught to strike with their yatagans Into pool
or or vessel OF standing water; Yhe more perpendcu-
perceived on the surface of the water, and some OF
these young champions acquire such dexterity that
the water hardly shows the faintcst ripple. Then
experiments are made on soft bags nlled with
feathers. The writer was witness how CircassIan
In the body guard OF the Car Alexander II divided
large pillow loosely filled with eiderdown. The
great art is 10 strike and cut at the same time These
irregular horsemen handle their weapons with ter
rible elect on the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Zeitung.
The idea that the Dead and Red seas were once con-
nected appears to have received its DEATH blow from
the work OF the tOyal Engineers Inel0ng valley be-
tween these two seas rises, at distance OF 45 miles
from the Gull or Akaba to an elevation OF G60 feet
but again reacesthe sea-level 20 miles further north
II Jordan Valley canal cut, 1t wOuld have to
$50 feet, and maximum of GO. But the watershed
between the Mediterranean and the Jordan Valley at
the Pass OF Jezreel Is only 255 feet above sea-
fore pour the waters OF the valley into the Medtcr-
ranean. canal through the Vale of Esdraelon and
long, starting from the port of Haifa under Mount
Carmel, and would have mean depth Of cutting, to
OF the Vale OF Esdraelon is loan OF post Tertiary
age, but below This hard limestone, and possibly,
| basalt, wonld be encountered.
The English admiralty ana Horse Guards Ga.
| zefte describes the "dockyard crow" He il sort
| of picket or sentry placed on the upper deck of q
vessel to give notice to those working or supposed to
be working on board of the approach of any one In
authority. stranger sauutering the yard can
not fail to be struck by the stiffness that prevails on
board the ships being got ready for commissiOn No
clang of hammer or anvil not even solitary riveter
| Is AT times TO be heard. This state OF apparent
somnoence obtains only 30 long ofiiclai can be
dlscerned approaching or 10 be within hearing. But
| the moment the "crOw discerns such an offlcial
he, like the sentry In the rOokery, at once sounds
strokes OF the hammer on the deck. Then In an In.
| slant the ship Is all alive, swarmlng with workmen
as busy apparently as bees, but who up to that mo-
ment had been quietly sleeping or playing cards be-
tween decks below.
Lydie Pashkofr announces in the Figaro the ap.
preaching restoration of the Empire OF Tamerlane
under the sceptre of the White Gar; and she ex.
plains that this empire must include, as matter OF
c0urse-for Otherwise 1t would not be Tamerlane's
empire re-Delhi-On-the-G Ganges. In the first instance
however, the White Car will be satisfied with ali
the territory lying between Afghanistan and the
with England that he viii take possession OF Delhi
| on-the-Gangcs. The coronation of the White Czai
as Emperor OF Central Asia z to be celebrated al
with the chief of the neRhborin9 khanates disIikes
the idea OF being formally and finally eGaced) is tC
give up for the occasion Tamerlanes insignia Of
power that u to say, his helmet, his Babre and hi
shield: The Emperor OF China IL TO be called upon
to % csde to me @ new empire AL outlying territories il
dams; and before long the world will see united be
neath Inc same august ruler the greatest Christian
empire and the greatest MOhannieuan empire.
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The London Times, stating the present position Of
the Afghan boundary question, says: at Ia little
absurd TO speak OF concessions In q case where tht
claims of the two parties were far from being I,
pa,f materia, but. waiving this objection for tn,
moment, we may recall the fact that the only "con
| cesslon " made by the Russians TO the AmeeI wal
the control OF Zulnkar. That was the consideration
offered for his withdrawal OF opposition to claims Of
The most arbitrary and untenabe kind upon terri
tory which had long been Afghan, and certainly had
never been Russian. The Ameer was 10 be
permitted to hold that portion OF his dominIOns un-
molested on condition that he made no further oh
lection TO the loss OF other portions. AZ he made
the bargain at our Instance, We the more bOunt
| 10 support him IN demanding lis fulalment, and tC
treat our claim that Russia should stick 70 her OWE
| Nomise as covert attempt 10 force on war II
really To presume too far upon the credulity OF man
OF knssia's house, We might as well seize Calali
and call 1t the key OF our house. H. Power thai
crosses broad spaces OF sea or desert 10 take pos
session OF other peoples territory Ia 10 describe
everything contiguous to It's acquisitions as the key
OF It's house, there IL obviously an end to peaceablt
| intercourse"
Hobart rasla arrived Just In time for the levee al
the palace. His Majesty's greeting To his English
admiral was very Kind and gracious. When he ap
preached the throne 10 render the usual act OF
homage, the Sultan detained him several minutes
asking him about his trip, and telling him how glad
he WAS to see hlIn back again ut COnstantinope as
| he had begun 10 fear that he would be tempted to
| remain IN England altogether. by the by, what a
fnsB has been made about the restoration OF the ad-
mIrals name 10 the naval list. The most extraor-
dnary part OF II s the amount OF ignorance that has
been displayed In Parliament by people who should