Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-30
J CONN. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER so,

| of "higness" is used with that of duke or
comte the bearer of the name so decorated
must pay for it forty thousand dollars,
and for "highness" and prince together
nothing less than fifty thousand dollars
yearly payment would be accepted as an
equivalent.
Prince Bismarck, who is enjoying life as
a country gentleman at Varzin, receives
daily visits from his neighbors and gen.
orally entertains about score of them at
dinner. Among his most frequent guests
are the chief official of the sub-district of
Schlawe, barrister who has been his legal
adviser for many years; the manager of the
princes large paper factories; his head for
ester, Westphal, who manages his Varzin
estate, and several of the neighboring pro-
prietors. The ex-chancellor, among other
novelties, has established steam dairy at
Varzin, where all the milk of the princes
varzin estate, with that of the eight neigh
boring farms, is being turned into butter
and cheese. The farms in question, which
were formerly let, are now managed by the
prince himself with the help of his head
| forester and other assistants.
A weakness in the English naval system
has been brought out by recent investi-
cation into the position occupied by en-
| gineers in the naval service. This has led
to the discovery that in the great war
ships, which are nothing more than huge
and complicated pieces of machinery, the
position filed by the man or men who
have charge of this machinery is decidedly
an inferior one. In some warships, which
have 3,000-horse power, and where six
executive or line officers are considered
necessary, one engineer only is employed,
who is obliged to do his duty with the
assistance of subordinates who have nc
recognized rank, and who are merely
shipped from time to time as fremen, etc
Even the chief engineer of the fleets is &
minor official, who has never had seat il
the deliberations of the admiralty, and
has been rarely called upon to express al
opinion.
A national census will be taken in Aus
tria this winter. On December 90 ever,
house owner will receive census blank
which under penalty of the law, he mus
fill in for every inmate of the house AMI
deliver to an official on January 8. Tn
questions to be answered are neither nu
merous nor minutely inquisitive. Only il
matters pertaining to nationality and Ian
guage will the census be especially detail
ed. This exception to the otherwise pre-
vailing generality of the information re
quested is the result of the mixture c
speech, blood and history that go to max
up the Austro- Hungarian State, as well 9
of the present strenuous efforts of th
Government to find some data for the b'
sis of policy that may harmonize Il
warning elements. The census officia
, will be the local county and commun
office holders. AS the Austrian govern
, ment has appropriated only about SIS, ,Ot
to the undertaking, not very great thing
are expected from it. The Vienna pre-
complains loudly that hardly any dat
will be collected that will be of value
devising means for relieving the cryir
distress of the Austrian working peopl
:, especially of the idle and starving tho
sands in the vicinity of the capital.