The sun., 1891-01-15
Foreign Notes OF Real Interest.

Tho last open letter of Or. schl!smann was to the
Wiener yeus Free Prcs and was = denial Of the report
that his daughter Andromaohe about to be pushed
by him into marriage.
gives some interesting Information tho incomes Of
the richest men in Prussia. The largest income
amounts to el.ooO.on on . property assessed At
6S7oooooo the Government tax being $45 900. The
man Is supposed to be Herr Krupn Tho next rioh man
n worth s2aOooooo tho next $a and tho next
Sl&ooooOo
AprofeAo.s strike is in proaress in Bucharest Ths
members OF tho phoso faculty have refused 70
lecture because the Minister of Education has appoint
cd to professorship OF Roumanian history . younS
tho subject The Minister Of Education has refused to
cancel The appointment The deadlock will be broken
It thought By the refusal Of the appontes 70 aeosps
Another great has Just been added the list Of
German rasoaA Count Josef 0rotta Won Grottensgs
Freihsrr rncksnstep and Kreys. oficer in tho
imperial Austrian army who has ned from Vienna to
escape arress for having robbed butcher of $50 He
and his mistress entered at night the butchers shop
under their roomA and before morning we're of with
their petty punder to London, whence, It u thought
they started for America
An academy for scientific trsvellsrs has lust beeu
added to the University OF Genoa The aim of its
faculty will bs 70 prepare all its students for careful
Investigation Of all phenomena which they may meet
With In their sxporatonA Tho course Of instruction
will include topography geology. geography. so6logy
Rens paleontolo9y and photography The instruction
will bs free, and the matrculation fee will be but ~
The Austrian Ministry Of Trade u making great prsps,
rstons for the International Postal In Vienna
next Nay The grounds and buiags Of Society for
Garden Culture leased for the Conrress And
the big salon has been already redesoraed and rear
ranged IN amphthestre Tho Congress will include
representatives from all European and American
stAtes ana will remain In session six weskA viii be
presided by Ritter Won Obsntraut General Drso-
TIE "sociSl Democratic Song Book" was suppressed
in Germany during the recent period Of repression but
when tho anti.socalistc law expired II thrown on
tho market In vast QuAntiteL The book contsina be-
sides . few classics by Hood and Frsigrath Q large
number Of bsodthrsty exhoraions thxt tho wors ing
men slash right and left to get their righta Two
weeks ago. therefore. the imperial Government had
several thousand bundles Of tho books counscasd In
Berlin snd 10 daily conhscstinz more on the ground
that the Social Democratic songs tend to "embitter
osss against class and to "incils to the
Of penal ofenceA" Persons caught selling the oh.
jsctionable volumes are arrested.
The completed census returns OF tho German cities
show that the empire has twenty six cies with more
than 100 Uoo Inhabitants against twentyone cities
ten years axo twenty three with 5000 OD inhabt
tsnts against twenty three ten years ago and 100 tn
2o,oJOSo 900 inhalttann against sightytw ten years
aEA or the twonty-six largest Giles has tina
Q million and half four between 500 co. and 40 ouo
eighteen between 10000 and 2UoOOo Tho percentuAl
increase OF the most popuous clHes IN tho last ten
years has been remarkable In OF the fact thsy
are Aot sweled, ike American cities by immigration
from abroad The gain In Berlin has been lJ7 per
cent In Lepsc, ~ I; in Munich, ~ 8; in COLOGNE,
i7s; In Magdoburg, 400 In Frankfort ls3 In .sse.
dorf, 2zS; In Surnberg 2t In Chomuiz, 25,3; In
Brunswick, 23I; IN Halle, 2aL
The PrussAn Ministry OF Education has just aimou
ishod the school teachers Ia the pura districts under
It's supervision that steps he taken at
once to preserve the health OF the scholars Among
the immediate and Inexpensive measures" says the
cir rular letter are the sNact adap al 'hc hack
OF the school bench TO the shape o! the pupMs back
general cleanliness aud especially the prevention Of
dust, which ss all doctors know, 10 the medium Of
bAcilli and thus the cause Of almost al skin and
diseases among school children Regard for the health
OF the dictate also the earliest possible abo
ton Of ss.es II substitute can be found the Of
states must be confined At least 10 tn" first two in
the primary classes Tho chil'irsn must DO sccus-
toned 10 tho in these twp tnat all exercises
from lhs beginning of the third can be executed
with Ink aud paper sAtes Injurious 10 the
that they should bs used only In Of absolute
ssssssiss."