The morning call., 1891-10-08
NOTES FROM ABROAD.

Three painters were recently blown off the
Forth Bridge in Scotland They fell 157
feet.
The electric cranks have made an electric
light walking-stick with a small incaudes-
cent lamp at the end and a storage battery
inside.
The Courier OF Hanover has this adver-
tisement: For Sale-A piano of superior
quality; played upon for some time by
baron"
The Astronomer Royal for Scotland states
that when the moon Is half full its brilliancy
is not nearly one-half as great as when 1t is
quite full.
The operations in connection with the
proposed observatory on Mount Blanc were
suspended recently. No more work is con-
templated this year.
The attorney of the Great Northern Rail-
road stated recently In court that q, 600 per-
sons were actually detected in attempts to
defraud his company last year.
The military cyclist is making Roadway
in foreign armies. In the French maneu-
vers a special feature was the employment
of cyclists as orderlies and messengers.
The Angelus, a little screw steam launch
belonging to an English officer, has arrived
in Vienna after passage along the Seine,
the Marine, the Rhine and the Main as far
as Bamberg.
Hindo0 princess, the Begun Anmadee,
HAS ESlbCll III lAOuuuH SOCleby
as singer of superior voice, talent and cul-
tiyaton. She is descendant Of the En-
perOrs Of Delhi.
Swiss doctor has succeeded, after long
series OF experiments, in obtaining photo
graphs of painted windows in their original
colors. His photographs contain red, vio-
let, yellow, green and white.
For some weeks past interesting expert
ments have been made in the hospitals at
Rome with a new remedy for tuberculosis,
known as chlophenol. The substance is q
highly volatilizable liquid, which the patient
inhales.
A French lady has left to the Academy of
Sciences considerable sum for the founda-
tion of prize to be paid over to any per-
son, without distinction of nationality, who
can satisfactorily prove that he or she has
been able to make a sign to planet and
that sign has been answered. 1.-The planet
Mars is expressly excluded" says the tes-
tatrix, "as that is too well known already"
A Partisan workman, tired Of life, re-
solved to put an end to himself. He jumped
out of the window and fell distance of
twenty-five feet. Unfortunately, his wife
was sweeping the yard Immediately below
the window, and instead OF putting an end
to his own existence he endangered that Of
his wife by breaking her ribs and one of her
air. ali. "H''' H' n'n''''i "'' '''''''' nu'' AZ
The Photographic analysis of rapid move
ments has made great progress. In recent
series Of Instantaneous photographs, An
schultz OF LISA, has secured twenty-four
successive impressions Of a dog in the act of
making a single jump over low bush, and
each impression is not mere silhouette, as
was the case with Muybridge's first attempts
of this kind, but little picture showing half
tone and detail.
Boito's new opera, "Nero," will have no
overture. When the curtain rises there will
be heard from behind the scenes chorus
consisting of citizens cursing Nero and
working up revolt. Presently the voices
draw near, the stage being totally dark and
the orchestra silent. Suddenly the crowd
is revealed on the stage. with Nero in the
middle, and the full orchestra bursts forth
with tremendous fortissimo.