The morning call., 1891-09-06
NOTES FROM ABROAD.

Ten torpedoes, costing $4,000, were lost
in the late British maneuvers.
Third-cass passengers are increasing in
England at the expense Of the first and
second class.
There are eighty antI-vaccination leagues
in England and Scotland, aud a determined
opposition is also being organized in Ireland
and Wales.
Greece is becoming day by day more solid
financially. 1t has never prospered so well
as now. Its credit is rising. 1t is negotiat-
ing new loan with European financers.
Heligoland, the little island three square
miles in area in the North Sea. is being
strongly fortified by the German Govern
ment. The work will last year and half,
Half a million of volumes are now on the
shelves Of the Bodleian Library at Oxford,
or, If we reckon by title pages, about n
million and a quarter OF distinct publiea-
tons.
A brother of Lord Brassey has died, leav-
ing over million sterling. To his daughters
he left only ESQ., 900 each in trust. The bulk
of the estate went to his eldest son, the rest
TO the other sons.
The Great Western Railroad, one Of tho
wealthiest in England, has decided to aban- >
don the broad gauge" of rails. This rail-
road was the only one in England that still
clung TO the system.
A church in lower Austria has Just re-
ceived legacy Of 800 florins. Ii was be-
queathed by merchant of Vienna to atone
for his having broken a window during a
lesson in catechism when boy IL years old.
The imperial yacht of Napoleon, PAigle,
In which Eugene made her voyage to Egypt.
was lately up for sale at Cherbourg aS the
Rapide, but as the highest bid was only co.
coo francs, she was withdrawn aud will be
broken up.
The annual report of the Cremation So
ciety of Zurich shows that last year thirty
two bodies were incineTated in the crema-
tory Of that city; among them were the re-
mains OF the poet, Gottfrled Keller, and OF
Professor Negalli.
A clergyman In New South Wales COM
plains that out of III marriages which he
has celebrated within the last year twenty
nine called him out of bed between IL at
night and 6 in the morning He never
knows when he is to have peaceful night,
and all on account OF freak of fashion i'll
his parish. ::
Nj. Chauchard, the wealthy Partisan who
owns Millets famous picture, the "Ange-
lus," has Insured it for $4,000. In the.
same collection is Meissonier's '1S14," ..
which is insured for $4,000, while LA
Confidence" by the same painter. and the
"Taureau." by Troyon. have been guaran-
teed similarly to the extent Of $4,000 each.
According to the latest statistics the bust
ness exchange of the Congo State is de- :
veloping very rapidly. The exports in 1887
were valued at 1850, AL francs; 1888, 2,609,-
oUO, 1863, 4, ~, ,o4o, 1871, 0, ~, Ivy. Inc lI
ports for that term amounted to 12,720,0 000
francs. 1t is noticeable that metallic cur
rency is becoming popular among the ma
tives as the foreign business increases.
A Uhlan was drowned a short time ago
at the military college of PloetZensee owing
to the brutality of the swimming instructor.
After swimming until he was completely
exhausted the Uhlan clung TO beam for
rest The officer, thinking he was Only
shammng, struck him with a pole and made
him let CO. He sank and was drowned.
The officer was arrested.
The story of Ignatieif's dismissal is inter-
esting, as il illustrates the autocracy of the.
Cars. Ignatieff one day presented some
papers to his imperial master, saying,
"Your Majesty may sign these without
reading them, as they are not of much im-
portance." The Gar handed the papers
back with the answer, Keep these for
your successor. never sign papers with
out looking at them"
The picturesque island of Lacroma. off the
Dalmatlan coast of the Adriatic Sea, be-
longed to the late heir apparent q Austria,
Prince Rudolph. dis father, the Emperor
Francis Joseph, has presented the island to
nunnery. Now the castle of Meierling.
near Vienna, has been presented by tue
Emperor to one OF the local orders Of the
Catholic Church The castle is being
transformed into monastery. The objects
of art and the curiositics which the late
Prince gathered on his travels in the East
will be distributed among the various mu-
seums of art and science Of Vienna.