The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-08-02

made II out TO be 500 feet above sea level The
salt In this lake Is not smooth az In the other,
saa % rocrO Of four Of vs IN
ness, is loaded into bags and carried on camels for
sale without further preparation"
Capt BovinaIs continues his interesting informs-
ton on the kingdom OF AMMAN. The rainy season
commenced In october, and Is preceded by terrible
storms In ten days fofty-nine inches OF rain fall.
often the storms destroy whole harvest. The soil,
being soaked, cxhales miasms; the persistence OF
the humid season is painful for Europeans, but at
the same time refreshing, after the epoch OF great
heat The climate Of Annam observes NJ Bouille.
vaux, ia generally unhealthy, above all IN the low
lands; tho highlands are moro salubrious, but the
wooded mountains, being occupied by savagcs, are
un,nhab,tablc both for Annamitcs az well as for
Europeans. The death-raie OF the French soldiers,
OF one hundred deaths, thrty.one were caused by
dysentery and eighteen by pernicious fever. 1t Is
recommended that the soldiers should wear cloth
uniforms In the rainy and white linen In the warm
season. The present ruler OF AMMAN Is reduced to
the condition OF slgebert II or Of Chiderc III. In
case Of q public disaster His Majesty con-
siders himself TO be personally responsible
before heaven. Happily, the French are at
hand to give him absouton. In AMMAN the
brides In the families OF the mandarins, and so
assures the latter's loyalty and support Females
the functions of regent. II subject has cause OF
complaint against mandarin, he has only TO beat
snS n s the pass gate ne s ADMITTED
citizens are equal before the King, as are all
Mussulmans before the Sultan. Further, when
6onoriac title of mandarinat Tie government
clerks wear small ivory plate around the neck,
which indicates their rank and duties Their sala-
year, with sixteen to three hundred measures of
rice. Military commanders receive one hundred
francs per month salary ana rations; private
soldier has one franc per month and one meal daily.
Paris Letter 10 The Week.
NJ. Paul lie vaslll has added some notes to his new
editions on Austrian lilo. The old viennese, 1t ap
pears, never change their habits and customs for
modern ones. A street pavIor can be seen at his
humble work kneeling In the middle Of large
avenue. lie dsdains, although the sun he brong,
straw hat with broad brlm; he prefers his yellow
hat With little border. Ills hair Is carefully nat.
tened and pomaded, divided In the middle "as
would be mashers;" he has a ringlet falling over
each temple called "corkscrew;" his linen Is rela-
lively very white, well starched and ironed. A
laundry maid is OF medium size with gazelle eyes !;
her cap Is piece OF silk IN folds and bows, the ends
pleaslngly streaming down her back; black velvet
s just short enough to display the shape OF her
boots and the color of her stockings; on q pole,
pons. The market Women ike ' ali Mesdaes as" An la
got, are famous for their drinking habits, and are
called the "gossip sisters.n The Vienna sdbmen
are 30 clean and well dressed that they appear to be
proprletors Of the vehicles and not drivers Cabby
Is a fop; he conducts his two horses with as much
gracefulness az surety. The Inhabitants of Vienna
Join to the viyaclty OF the Italian the pacty of the
Oriental and the sensualism Of the Slav. Every In
dividual with spectacles Is a doctor. The mob at
Berlin is brutal and often maltreats defenseless
women; not 80 In Vienna. A citizen of Vienna is
not an anti i-Semtic but while he would not attack
the Jews he would not listen quarter OF an hour
to the best anti.Jewlsh sermon by Stocker. The
favorite drink with the working classes is in the
A%saR WoRa 81 % Tne pne terrible
coffee and milk between two and three in tho morn
ing at g cafe is the favorite drink after theatre.
People like less what Is represented on the stage
than to hear what goes on In the green-ro0m. The
women OF Vienna possess little of the character Of
their national waizes, which commence by melan-
choy strains to finish In the fullest gaieiy. Tips
flourish in Vienna as beautiful as In Paris; all give,
| all accept-as right Vienna Is the city where
once. The more the middle classes rise In the world
me higher the OLD arlstocracy ascend Ararat to
OF Europe, save Vienna, do women offer 80 many
types Of beauty all the traits of European ladies
united In Vlennese dame. The education of middle
class girls is serious and solid more so than in any
other European realm, because higher schools exist
since long time; Accustomed to society, the
do not walk in the street with downcast eyes, but
with the head high as suits an age full of happiness
and hope. There is no bigotry In vennese society;
1t Is too educated to be led by fanatics The churches
most frequented are those where the best music and
singing Is heard. The gentlemen come to meet the
there Is no music there are few whorsiippers Pie
Week.
One result Of the recent visit of the Grand Duke
Vladimir, the Emperor's brother, TO Archange, and
the conflict In regard to the Afghan frontier is the
determination of the Russian government to abolish
the White Sea fleet and concentrate the whole of its
attention upon the Baltic and EuXine In the latter
sea the four iron-clads of'the heavy italian type
being pushed on, and at least two will be completed
early next fall. There Is already considerable ac
tivity In developing the dockyard at Nicolaef, and
Strengthening the naval defenses sebastopol bu,
beyond this there are no special naval operations to
chronicle. The old question, as 10 whether Sebasto-
pol shonld or should not he renstated chief nava
station OF the Black Sea, still remains unsOlved al
| though Admiral Pestchurof, commander in-chef OF
the southern eet, Is at ST. Petersburg In cOnsulta-
tion is win the Admiralty on the subject. The CHIEF
quarters from Nicoaeff to Sebastopol consists in the
circumstances that commerce has been allowed to
topoi Bay essential for the feet, and the mercantile
port can only be shifted to the north side at cost of
the merchants at Sebastopol are very ayerse to the
change OF site. and the opposition they are raising
causes the government to be less vigorous in the
matter than 1t might otherwise be. None the less,
as the feeling of Russia generally, and the opinion
OF the leading naval and military experts s In favor
of the revival OF the naval gores OF Sebastopo the
adoption of decisive measures is looked upon as
simply question of months. The extension of the
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construction Of the port ITSELF will be carried ont not
by contract, but by the government itself. 1t Is
completion OF the ST. Petershurg Sea Canal will be
| employed upon the undertaking. With regard to
the Neva there Is very large amount Of naval
| activity Only few days ago the Emperor laid the
keel Of new massive iron-cad, called the Aexan-
der II, which s intended to he the principal vessel
of the Baltic fleet. The ronclad Is to have a dis
placement Of $40 tons, length 326 feet, breadth
81 feet, and depth 20 feet. The engines will
| be OF $500 indicated horsepower, and the
II guns will be mounted en- barbeite. To hurry on
the Alexander ii several hundred additional work
men have been engaged by the dockyard authorities
On the same day took place the launch Of the cor
vette cruiser Rynda, the sister ship of the ytiaz
launched last year. The Rynda is q vessel OF 1856
tons displacement, 265 feet long, As feet broad, and
| Is feet deep. The engines are compound of 5000
indicated horsepower, and the armament comprises
ten guns and four machine cannon. Tho sister ship
VitlaZ is now being fitted out at CrOnstad, with
view OF being commissioned late in the autumn or
early next spring; Besides these, ana three other
Ing slightly the torpedo fleet and building several
gunbOats, but generally the activity In these two
branches is less marked than might be expected,
considering the recent fears entertained of the
rival OF an English attacking squadron In the Gnf of
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