The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-01
NOTES FROM ABROAD.

french drummers are to be excluded from
| Alsaee-LorraiDe. and the French speak of
| shutting German drummers out of France.
A nightingale sings nightly over the tomb
| of the poet Hatiz. Even poet might well
be willing to die for the sake Of SO sweet a
memorial.
The Inauguration of the Kaiserstein on
! Heligoland will take place on August 10th,
The anniversary of the formal acquisition of
| the island.
Mrs. Burne-Jones suggests that people
| with flne pictures should lend them To the
| public art galleries during the season when
| they are regularly out of town.
| A Polish chemist by the name OF OILS
| zewski has succeeded in getting very thick
| layer of liqueiied oxygen, and has in that
way determined that Its color is "a bright
sky blue
| On December 81, 1890, there were 16 277
| miles OF open railway III India, of which 51S
| miles were opened during the previous
| twelve months; 2272 miles more were under
| construction.
-, Until recently the phylloxera has spared
| the Champagne country, but at last 1t has
appeared, and the Is, 700 land proprietors in
that district are now IN syndicate Tor mu-
| tual protection.
| The VoSsische Zeitung takes very
| gloomy view of the economic situation Of
| Germany. There is great restitution among
| the lower classes Oh account OF the high
price OF provisions
AT the London Naval Exhibition mimic
| warfare between model IrOncluds and tor
pedo-boatS is part OF the daily progi ANNE.
| Inc maneuyerS Of the tiny vessels are all
| made by electricity, and they are said to be
exceedingly clever and interesting.
| Terrorite is Il new explosive more power
ful than dynamite, and more easily handled
than powder. 1t is not affected by mechanic
| cal shocks, is smokeleSS, ignites without ex-
| ploSon, and, according to the belief OF
| foreign journals, is an ideal explosive.
A dispatch frOm Bucharest announces
| that Baron Erwin Won Schonsten, formerly
| a millionaire, has Just died in hospital. He
was victim of financial ruin and had been
| reduced to the greatest poverty, being Obliged
to work as IL tram-car driver until seized
| with Illness.
An English inventor has constructed a
| novel device to do away with the enormous
| pressure OF water against the bows OF ocean
steamers. 1t consists of one or more screws
on each side Of the bow, which throws the
| water aside and creates dry we'll in front
| of the vessel.
Anton Fischer, for many years Postma steI
! at Erdlng, Upper Bavaria, and a wealthy
| brewer, has bequeatiled $4,000 marks 10 the
| town on condition that the interest be APP
piled annually to giving every inhabltant
one days holiday In the month OF July
| with free meat and drink.
The oldest church in Europe is said by
some who are discussing the question TO be
st. Martins, Canterbury, which was built
| as church before the end of the fourth
century. st. Mary in-the- Castle, Dover,
| was built about this time, but for nearly
200 years 1t was used as garrison fuel
depot.
The Baddley brothers, who won the
double lawn tennis championship in En-
| gland this year, and one OF whom won the
| championship, are more like each other
than the twin Renshaws. 1t is said to be
absolutely imposslbly to tell them apart,
unless they wear some distinguishing mark
| III dress.
The biggest locomotive in Europe was re-
Gently completed in Munich for the St.
| Gothard Railroad. 1t is a four-cynder COM
| pound locomotive OF the Mallet type, with
twelve drivers. With thirteen tons Of coal
and water the engine weighs 92h tons, and
is calculated to haul 220 tous up IL grade of
132 feet TO the mile.
Private letters from Munich announce
that the Prince Regent Luitpold Is sick of
| an internal malady which battles all efforts
OF MS physicians. In view OF the strange
| fatality which has 0Vertaken recent Bavarian
monarchs and the resulting political com-
plications. much anxiety as to his condition
| Is felt IN all German official circles.
Some of the small shop-keepers of Paris
| have appealed to the Pope for protection
from the big concerns that are driving them
out OF trade. They ask his Holiness to
formulate some plan for applying the law
of justice ana charity to the freedom OF
trade and competition, so that the little
dealers can live IN the presence of the great.
A marvellous and horrible accident hap
| pened at private house in Paris. The
| host had invited a number of friends to
| luncheon. A great Danish boar hound was
in the room, according to custom. a guest
| happened to drop his napkin, and while
STOPPING to pick it up the dog with spring
seized his throat ami killed him. There
was terrible struggle to pull the beast off,
| but without avail.