Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
THE OLD WORLD.

The Comte de Paris and the Duke of
Orleans are again in London.
Sybil Sanderson has achieved great
success in Brussels. She appeared in
Mignon.
BaIfour claims the Irish justify his
policy. He thinks his enthusiastic re-
ceptions denote this.
Brigham Young, Jr., is quietly pros
elyting for Mormons in the neighbor-
hood OF Liverpool.
Late advices from Tonqnin say that
piracy is rampant there and the French
outposts are constantly attacked.
The London County Council has voted
81 5000 0 for housing the poor. They
will pull down and rebuild houses in
Bethnal Green.
There are fifty manufactures of imita-
ton butter in Germany. A factory in
Mannheim produces daily 5000 pounds
from a preparation of cocoanuts.
One hundred and thirty acres of land
can lie bought from the GautemaIan
government for $50. Labor can be had
at 81 cents per day.
Sir Thomas Elder, the wealthy Aus
tralian squatter, offers to pay the entire
cost OF fitting out a large expedition to
explore the unknown regions of Austria
liza.
The Reforma Of Rome says it has got
dispatches from Cardinal Galimberti to
! the Pope reporting progress in his diplo-
macy tending to isolate the Italian
government.
The American committee for the relief
OF the famine stricken in Ireland has
issued a public statement announcing
that 1t temporarily withdraws its appeal
to the American people.
The government OF Peru has imposed
a productive tax on imported lard. The
news OF this move created quite a stir
on the New York Produce Exchange. as
Peru takes 100000 worth of the best
quality of lard from this city yearly.
The Berlin Courier saws it has I'M
| thority for the statement that Professor
Koch's remedy has proved to be sue
cessful. A big building in Spencer
strasse is being got ready as labratory
tor the preparation of Professor Koch's
lymph.
Officers of merchant ships familiar
with the Cape Horn routes discredit the
report of the loss Of Ciptain John Orth,
hrchduke John of Austria. The Santa
Margherita, the vessel which he com
mands,, is good ship and is well
manned.
BOnny confirms the stories told bv
Stanley of Barttelot's cruelty, and thinks
the latter was insane The London
Times calls upon the Barttelots and Mrs.
Jameson TO publish everything in their
possession in order that the whole
dreadful stories of cruelty and cannibal-
ism may be cleared up.
Emperor William has recommended
to the Landtag a vote of SOC, 900 marks to
to Professor Koch for his services to
suffering humanity. For his services in
discovering the cholera microbe Koch
was granted 100000 marks. The EN-
peror also offered to pay the expenses OF
the present experiments out Of his pri-
waite purse.
Advices received from San PauIo
Brazil, say that whether for good or evil
the government has decided to pardon
the eX-slave convicts who have muir
dered their Oyerseers and owners in
! years past, most of whom have been in
the penitentiary for many years. on the
ground that the cruel system of slavery
contributed to great extent to these
/ crimes
A new danger to miners who work
under electric lights is shown by a report
to the French Academy of Sciences
After remaining an hour or thereabouts
in the powerful electric light, their
faces, necks and hands, these being the
parts exposed, begin to tingle and itch.
and then grow brick red. The sight is
affected, and everything looks saffron
colored to them. The lachrymose glands
are strongly stimulated. Tears roll down
the cheeks with the sensation of a grain
OF sand under the eyelid, with an infiam.
nation Of the eonjunctiva which lasts
Tor four og five days.