Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-28
FOREIGN NEWS AND GossIp.


The members Of the French chamber Of
deputies did not adjourn YESTERDAY when Mr..
Wilson Crews son-in-law reappeared in the
chamber.
During the year 1881 fl.22s, 7ss were con-
tributed by British Christians to foreign mis-
sions.
The French senate has adopted the COM
mercial convention between France and China.
The church OF st. Mary lie Strand. which
stands In the middle Of one Of London's most
crowded thoroughfares, is beginning to excite
ably have to go before long. It's Congregation
is only about fifty persons.
The London World SAYS that .sthe constant
handwriting which Mrs. Cleveland has under
gone has permanently enlarged her right hand
TO such an extent that she Is obliged to wear on
it glove two sizes larger than the one which
fits her left hand"
The Partisan sharpers have a new method of
getting their hats without visiting the hatter's.
Going into an establishment the sharper picks
out the best-ioaking hat on the table and
quietly slips copy Of the Unipers, an emf
nently respectable paper, into il. Then he
takes glass OF wine, pays for it, and says:
waiter, bring me my hat-the one with the
copy of the Uniuers in it." Nobody has depos-
tied Uarers in his hat, so, of course, the
owner OF the hat never looks up.
The constitution of Costa Rica prescribes
hospitality to strangers as a sacred duty and
declares citizenship to be forfeited by ingrati-
tude to parents, abandonment of wife or chill
dren. and neglect of the obligations due to the
family.
Belgium. Austria, italy, Denmark. Germany.
and several Swiss cantons have prohibited the
public exhibition of hypnotic performances.
France will probably soon follow as the meas
ure is recommended by the French association
for the advancement of science. There is a
growing conviction that the practice of abnor-
NAL phenomena tends to make them normal or
permanent characteristics Of the patient
Cinnamon usually die young, and when one
reaches hfty-tive or sixty he is conceded to
have reached great age. 1t is rarely that
they reach the age of one hundred: but there
was woman named Lung Sing Pau in China
who lived to be one hundred and ten years old,
dying two years ago. She was considered the
Oldest woman in China.
Henry George, in an address in London last
evening, said that the ,grasping for land in
America was rapidly making that country SIM
liar to England. He wanted to utterly abolish
landlordlsm and to grant to every child a
share in the soil
On November Signor Verdi opened large
hospital at Villanova, built and endowed by
himself alone. 1t is to be called the Verdi hos
pltal. 1t is a building of two wings one for
women and the other for men, and another
quarter for contagious Diseases The house.
Keeping duties have been attended to in the
beginning by Signora Verdi.
A brother of Lord Wolseley. Mr.. Frederick
Woiseley, an Australian squatter, claims atten-
tlon 1or having invented sheep shearing ma
chine by which one man can shear 140 sheep a
day clean a whistle.
Retrenchment is the watchword of the British
court. Various economic reforms are to be
effected there. particularly in the departments
of the lord chamberlain and master OF the
horse. Prince Albert endeavored to effect this
years ago, but vested interests were too great
for him. The vacant Office of chief marshal il
not to be filled.
A life-boat was upset at Whitby, England,
yesterday. and twelve persons were drowned.
The Italian senate yesterday rejected, by a
vote OF 80 to %, Il proposal to give iliiterate
persons the right to vote at elections for local
administrative officials
A Rome dispatch to the London Chronicle
says Cardinal Gibbons recently wrote another
letter to the pope wherein he insisted upon the
advisability of not condemning the writings of
Henry George, as has been contemplated The
letter has created great impression on the
pope, and the matter will be considered at the
next meeting of the holy Office. which will. it
is expected. follow the precedent set in the
Knights of Labor case and decide against the
condemnation.
In the house of commons last night Mr.
Balfour intimated that Mr. Harrington, Mr.
Finucane and other members of the Irish party
under warrant of arrest would be permitted to
attend the sittings of parliament during the
time the Irish estimates were under discussion