The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-18
FOREIGN NOTES.
There were ave thousand descrticns from IN,
British army last year.

British army last year.
The Russian GEN Tchcrnaien declares that II will
be Impossible to construct aud maintain line Of
railway from Merv to Rokhara because OF the great
intervening deserts OF loose, shifting sands. He adj
vocatcs such an Improvement Of the Anu Dara,
which flows midway between these points, as VIII
permit OF It's navigation by steamboats,.
Tho London correspondent, OF the Manchester
Uud,uiau wfiies "rhe streets will In another
month OF 80 receive wonderful accession TO, and
II Ia hoped distinct Improvement In, the vehlcuar
traltc. Ihear that hrm has an order for 1000 new
cabs, and that they VIII Include rev Kind oi
'grower,' rooiny aud comfortable, mn improved
hanson with door at the side, and (as novelty In
the London sreets) many well-furnlshcd ylc,oras.
Hut the greatest revolution is behind. The drivers
will he dressed In livery, and every fare viii have to
he deposited IN box, the mch, who Will have
weekly wage being also allowed q commission on
thcit takings. Slxbenhy fares Will he relntroduccd,
atd books oi tickets Will he issued with which In
exact cash the fares must be paid"
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curious story comes from Toulouse OF labor.
Ing woman, who, during her work In the fields, was
In the habit OF leaving her baby In shady corner,
returning TO give the child the breast opportunity
occurred To protect the child from harm. the dog
"a bitch) was left IN charge. The mother noticed
after time that the child no longer exhibited the
same mpatcncc Tor the breast as formerly, although
its general condition was cNcellcnt and It's inder
cnce could not be attributed to falling appetite,
she was asonlshtd to see the dog standing TRANQUILITY
across the child aud sucking II. The mother, who
saw no objection to the proceeding, allowed the
habit to continue and the child seemed to thrive on
the milk OF Its novel nurse. The dog exhibited a
truly maternal tenderness for the child, and rs the
CHILD grew older this tenderness was heartily re.
appreciated.
A plan for the transmission OF mails between Paris
and London by the pneumatic process, devised by a
NJ. Berlin, is exciting considerable Interest. Tho
following are few particulars OF the scheme: The
pneumatic tubes or subway would he laid down
alongside the existing Railways for convenience
sake. The total distance between the two capitals
Ia II5 Kilometres, vg Paris TO Calais rail 20I klo
metres; Calais to Dover, (Channell 80 Kilometres,
and Dover to London, ral Iag Kilometres. The
pneumatic subway would he constructed OF cast
iron pipes OF 30 cenmetres In diameter andl metres
In length, connected by means OF nda-rubber points
THIS arrangement has the effect of giving great ex-
bility apd elasticity to the whole, and OF making II
water-tlght besides The carriage suggested IL
composed Of a wire frame covered by n q sheet OF
would have Kind OF metallic brush coating, TO en-.
able the compressed air TO dilate to certain extent
around the truck and cool the latter, thus counter
acting the heat produced by the friction. A truck
would travel the distance between the two capitals
in one hcur. and one could be despatched every ten
minutes. An engine OF from twenty eight to thirty
horse power would he sufficient.
"Carnival,r . says the London 6rdphic, "has moi
been kept with much energy on the Continent this
year. Rome was very dull for the frst few days
hut at the last there were fairly good masgue
rades, such ~ satire present style OF art, ar
ranged by the students of the Art and Industrial
Museum. two huge cardboard men of war, which
sailed down the Corso on their way TO Massowah
and-best OF allan ancient Eruscan procession o
priests, prophets, and augnrs coming to Rome tt
offer sacrifice TO Saturn This last mask came fron
the old neighborng town OF Corneto Tarquinia
which Is rich In Etruscan finds, and was beautiful,
arranged. car drawn by four white oxen with
gilt horns, and wreathed with flowers, leaves, ant
lunches OF grapes, carried an antique altar on whcl
burned an OK asa votive offering, while the Flamer
OF Saturn stood with full winc.skn ready to poui
out the libations In front went chorus OF Sat) n
aud Bacchantes, while troop OF horsemen In Tar
aulnian costume brought up the rear. King Carni
val was perhaps most lively at Nice, where he wal
formally resusciated last week at an outdoor
pantomime. over the ashes OF the defunct 1ss5
Carnival Harlequin and COlumbne implOred al
kinds OF spirits TO revive the Carnival which 1nal.
| suddenly appeared out OF u colossal bottle TIVE
flower battles were the pret,iest part of the fes,ivi
ties, where two Of the best ioral carriages were
| rustic kiosk male OF real palms, mimosas, AM
orange trees, and Norman and Nice peasant groul
surrounded by wheat and corn-fowers'