The Sunday herald., 1886-11-07
RoREIeN NOTES.

Among the Effects Of All old woman who recently
died In Frankf0rt-on-the-Maln was found an old
iron chest, containing letters and documents con-
cerning the family of HellDusch, dating from the
were also found In the chest pieces OF linen and
cloth with the ghastly label: "Magdeburg, 1904
ass .sn y M ss ssss soS S ss ra "a VIENNA
In accordance with the will Of The deceased.
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The Berlin correspondent OF the London Times
believes he Ia In a position to affirm that the
star of the German army have not only adopted the
repeating rlhe, but have armed the four divisions of
the army nearest 70 France with the new weapon.
II Is the Mauser rhe, with the stock enlarged id as
@ ss S' Ssss sss ssHss 'ss are army %se
advantage In the deld. That ia certain even il the
difficulties involved In tho Increased weight OF the
ride and the wastefulness OF the nrlng should prove
serious fSr hs slaughter 70 me hIss ,eh minutes OF
troops unprovlded with the WeaRop wIil n6t face
%IIS sISsxs W! Sql, ssss ! brave %e$ % %itS ri1ss,
proyemesi prove Is M not { passiele' Rsmrsas are extinct;
but s,,pnSse NY ra,atad could be replaced, length
would not voey from rne on rests be far more
deadly than a voley from the shoulder? Every
man might then be made amarksman.
''when had the pleasure,n aayA a correspondent
OF tue ffH MNN tAiNfsFs 'Wt mNhihH ths hNnuNh'-
anae oI haron Nicolas kaulhars he was only slm-
NE colonel and chief of the stair OF OF the army
corps al 81 Petersburg That In the lifetime OF
tho late Czar, and the Baron's rise has been rapid
since the present Emperor came to the throne.
broad shoulders, but with a slight stoop and very
little nesh on hin bones His voice IL low and soft
| and his manner extremely courteous, though |! al.
ways gives one the Idea OF leing put ON, and IN
speaking OF weak Municipalities or to their represen-
tatiyes his tone Ia GENERALLY sshting aud contemp,
| tuopa. He Ia q capital companion, for he speaks
EnglIsh, French, and German with equal facility
| and has an Immense store OF odds and ends OF
| knowledge, which he makes use OF without any
winning. lie eau hardly be called q uue-horn hus
alan, for on the fatAers side he Ia Finn, aud his
ish. lie has strong sense Of humor, and Is fond
| of strlngng together Freach rhymes, an occupation
which he Describes ~ n'es svnpaihique."
at Is said," says tho Pall Mall Gazette, ",ha
Prince bismarck, by his advice to his Relchenhaci
interviewer TO read Goethes Faust has not onl!
helped the second hand bookseller 10 clear out ever,
hitherto unsold copy OF that poem, but has stlrre'
up Gotta, Redarn, and u host OF publishers 10 issi
new additions OF It In all slzea and prices The grn
Chancellor has also served as an unconscious adver
iser In more delicate affair. In the beginning o
February the advertising columns OF anewspape
riage-A merchant OF pleasing exterior, thirty -ihre
Jears old, With prosperous business and larg
capital, has been moved through reading the recen
debates In the Chambers TO seek wlia ASS man
OF the speakers and espealely Ills lighness the In
perlal chancslloi warmly praised the amiability o
ihe Polish ladies' he Ii resolved TO wed no one hut
Pole. She need not possess any property, but mus
be OF a handsome ngure, and between the ages Q
seventeen aud twenty Replies under speciie
signature, were TO be sent To the publishing onice
the paper. The same Journal announced last wee
that II had learned through friend OF the adyei
liser that his search for Polish wife WAS most su,
cessful. He is the husband o, very charmng Ps
} lish lady, with whom he ID now upon wedding tor
In fhe south OF Italy,