Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-14
FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Pasteur was visited yesterday by the queen
OF Portugafat his laboratory in Paris.
The German military budget contains an
item Of 5000 for the breeding and training
The Prince of Wales, who has been visiting
the courts Of Europe, still wears the solitaire
stud in his shirt front.
A feet of German warships, probably to be
commanded by Prince Henry, Of Prussia, viii
soon go to East Africa.
1t is rumored that Dona Isadora Cousino, OF
Chill, the richest woman In the world, Will
soon visit this country.
1t is said now that England gave to the Ger
mans q copy of her new rife in return for the
recipe for making melinite.
The Russian agent at Bokhara reports that
Ishak Khan, the leader Of the recent Afghan
rebellion, has returned to Afghanistan.
1t is rumored in Paris that German guards
on the eastern frontier shot three French
sportsmen yesterday, killing one Of them.
The governments of Italy and China have
agreed that henceforth Italian missionaries in
China shall carry Italian instead Of French
passports.
p. Haggard, now serving in Meerut, has writ
ten a book said to be in the same style as his
brothers works.
Mr.. Parnell's refreshment at the luncheon
hour during the sitting of the commission in
London is a glass of hot water into which
lemon has been squeezed.
In order to avoid offending any political
party in Spain, the queen regent has got a
young Irish woman, Miss Georgiana Davenport,
as governess for the king.
A band Of thirty armed Turks made a raid
yesterday on the Servian town of Reski The
peasants rallied and made q determined resist
ance to the invaders. During the struggle
many were killed.
Mr.. J. d. Sheehan, member of parliament for
East Kerry, who was arrested recently for ad-
vocating the plan Of campaign, has been again
arrested and sentenced to one months impris-
onment for refusing to give bail for his good
behavior.
Lord Sherbrooke, better known as Robert
Lowe, the English statesman, is now worth
something like SIC, 000, 900. although he began
life as college tutor, with no other capital
than brains. He made all his money by Judi
cious investment in Australian lands
Another survivor from the Cunard Line
steamer Nantes, before reported sunk in the
English channel by cOlliding with the German
ship Theodore Ruger, has landed at Liverpool.
1t is now learned that twenty-five of the steam
ers crew and twelve Of the German vessels
sailors were drowned.
grand farewell was given at Hamburg
yesterday to the Hon. Carl Schurz on his de-
parture from Hamburg for the United States.
Prussian Minister Won Kusserow, the presidents
OF the senate, the board of trade and many
other distinguished persons accompanied Mr..
Schurz to the steamer.
In discussing the budget of the minister of
foreign affairs in the French chamber Of depu-
ties yesterday NJ. Goblet stated that the situa-
ton could be faced with composure. France
threatened no one, and was sufficiently strong
not p fear prOvOcation. The government
would defend the dignity of the country with
out forgetting that peace was the chief interest.
DIR. Eisenmann, of Berlin, has invented
piano which, by the aid of electromagnetic,
can sustain, increase, and diminish sound This
has been attempted by other experts, notably
Boehm, the inventor Of the metal flute. An
other novelty will be that, by removing the
electromagnetic, the timbre Of the tone is
changed, for example, from that of q violon-
cello to a niccolo.