The morning call., 1891-08-31
NOTES FROM ABROAD.

Turf lossess have lately obliged many En-
glish noblemen to go into bankruptcy.
French newspapers are inclined to poke
fun at London's proposed Eitfel Tower
a freak of nature exhibited In Paris is a
beautiful girl with two sets of legs and
arms.
Superstition has decided that London's
new Cecil Hotel shall have twelve instead
OF thirteen stories.
One Of the counts married 10 an American
girl is proprietor Of u small brewery in
Bavaria. Oh, myl
A Russian prince in Paris creates a sensa-
tiOn by driving fuur-in-hand TO an ordinary
dog-cart painted white.
A bill is TO be introduced in the British
Parliament to limit tho personal caricatures
of the royal family in comic papers.
Everybody complains of high prices for
everything in Paris this summer, the expo
stion standard of 1889 being kept up.
1t is fad of London swels at the sea-
side to wear a coat, waistcoat and trousers
OF three different materials and colors.
The recent "purifcation" of st. PauPs
London, because of a suicide there, has Gre
ated great deal Of talk and discussion.
Professor Koch is still experimenting
with his lymph, regardless of the snecrs of
the French medical men who are mot in II. 1"
New steamers building for the Cunard
Line are to be guaranteed an average speed
Bounties were paid for 81 bears, 30
wolves, 49 lynxes 6016 foxes, 739 eagles and
4339 hawks in Norway last year. The sup
| ply Is not exhausted.
Admiral Elliott expresses the opinion,
| since the recent British maDeuyers, that
numerical superiority in torpedo gun ves-
sells is Of equal, If not greater, Importance
| than In batte-ShpS."
Norway is becoming observed as a cOun-
try for sportsmen. One rich Engishman
has leased tract almost as great as York
shire, which includes almost every sort OF
shooting that the country affords.
Many French scientists are devoting their
time to the planning of a balloon capable of
being guided. NJ. de Freycinet has lately
examined most ingenious machine, which
acquires great force with very little ex-
pendture Of energy.
A bomb weighing 1874 pounds was dug up
by a gang excavatng for cellar at Copen-
hagen. II was "Reminiscences of the bom-
bardment by the English fleet In 1907. that
threw Denmark into the arms Of Napoleon
and ended in robbing her IF Norway.
A cabinet-maker in Cottbus, being too
tired to walk home, resolved one night to
sleep in his workshop. AS there was no
which he filled with sawdust in order to rest
more comfortably. The next morning he
was found dead in the coffin.
Misfortune follows the disintegratng
Great Eastern down to her smallest parts
Lately while one of her great paddle shafts
was being lghtered down the Mersey the
wash OF passing steamer upset the lighter,
and as the crew clambeted aboard another
boat the shaft sank in the rivers bottom.
A brutal crime is reported from Aix-la-
Chapelle. When the conductor OF moving
railway train asked passenger who was
standing on platform for his ticket the lat
ter gave him Il blow with his fist and then
showed him from the car. The poor fellow
iell twenty feet, and was brought in a
mangled condition to a hospital. where he
died several hours later in great agony.
Missed Sale, But Got His Revenge.
would like to sell you gimlet," said
careworn- looking man as he walked into
the First National Bank yesterday.
We have no use for one," replied the
cashier.
But you should look into the misty
future" went on the other, demurely.
" Next winter you will want 10 make holes
In your boot-heels so that you can get your
| skates on"
II use skates that require no straps"
You may want to screw some boards to-
gether some time. The 0ld-fashioned method
OF driving screws in with hammer is per-
nlclous. as it deteriorates the tenacity of the
1angs OF tbs screw, as it were"
Nothing to-day, sir"
This gimlet acts as q cOrkscrew"
II don'twant it,"
ut also, may be used as a tack-hammer
and clgar-holder and a toothbrush"
II tell you don't want it,"
| 1t has an eraser. pen, an inkstand, a
table Tor computing compound interest and
hat-box attachment"
| II can't help it; don't want It."
| Il know you don't. You're one of those
men that don't buy glmlet unless it has a
restaurant and trip to the Continent and
an Italian opera company attached"
ana the carew0rn man walked out with
ms mental piuinage on the perpendicular