The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-16
Foreign Notes of Real Interest.

Cape Colony's port of gold during March Amounted
In value to f43o. 900. as against E33t.ooo In the same
month last year.
A music hall on the boulevard voltairs, Paris. bros
on Easter Sunday afternoon tho sign. CLOSED on %.
count of the fine weather"
In the relief Of paupers G.. 191. 172 were spent BY
local Government relief boards In England ana wales
during the last half of last year.
Germnny's wine crop of 1892 was little more than
half the average production of tho previous ten years.
although the quality 10 excellent.
A family OF i've brothers and two sisters WHOSE
united ages amount to 549 years. an average Of 78.0
years each. are living. all in excellent health. In 3D.
Ives, England.
Rubinstein is at work on an orAtorio to b. entitled
Christ" II Will conclude the series of four works Of
which the three already finished are called " Paradise"
THE Tower OF Babel and Moses"
The soldiers IN many German garrison towns were
trained in tho use of snowshoes during the past win.
ter ana recent tests have proved tho shoes 20 bs 81.
tromely useful In winter manGuvrea
The Abbess OF tho Convent OF tho Trinity in NAdnA
committed suicide some two weeks ago BY throwing
herself from one OF the windows OF the building to the
floor of the inner court She was Us years old. r
On the first trip OF the Paris to southampton. the
time between the arrival OF the Paris from New YORK
and her departure again for tins port was two days ana
seventeen hours. n performance unparalleled In Altar
tic passenger traffic. N .
a CIRCULAR directing all the Governors OF central
Russia to carry out within four months the Imperial
ukase for the removal OF tho jews to the territory set .
apart for their hahitation has Just been issued By the
russian Minister for tMs Interior.
a la France rose. a %gardenia. OF a Malmaison earns .
tion. reposing In It's own foliage. and with . stalk a.
long rs possible carclrssly thrust through tho button
hole, Is the PARTISAN edict governing the question Of :
"buttonholrs' FOR men This season.
The Increase OF population In the whole OF Australasia
during 1892 Is estimated by the Government statist %
sE,oH. OF which only 800 was due to immigration.
Tins is n smaller growth than recorded In any year
SINCE 1873. New South Wales shows tho greatest in
GREASE. $1,000.
ssainiess steel boats. each made OF only two platss
each plate riye.ed to a bulb keel bar, which form also
the stem aud stern posts. are being made by u rrm IN
London They are less costly than the ord nary metal
he boat, and keep In tighter and more scAworthy con.
dition than wooden boats.
Iiubins,ein's sacred opera, Moses" viii hare is
initial presentation on the stage ~ iIrunn, the eaDItAl
OF M0raNia. this month. Ii Is u work IN eight acts. oo-
cupying two evenings IN the performance, and deals
with the principal scenes or Noses career. one scsAs
being laid on Mount Sinai,
The Lnit,snilnx H,Lr says the system OF having mail
boxes attached to street cars. whereby Letters are
greatly expedited BY being conveyed immediately 20 =
the gene raj Post ONCE. which MAS introduced In Hud-
dersheld. England. recently. has been In successful use
in Belgian towns for tfteen year,, =,
A bill for tie extension and completion OF the State
railways 0f Prussia is before the Lnwer House OF the
rrnssian De'. 1t provides for tho construction Of nine
now lines. the completion u six unnnshsd roads. and
tho purchase OF considerable rolling stock. The noesS
sary expenditure Is estimated at IS. l05. 900 marks. VI
Tue new LABOR department OF the board OF Trade OF
tho United Kingdom Is to have an ofhcIal organ. Q
weekly paper 10 be called The LiJIs, Gls,,. rho mrs,
uumucr VIII be issued % May /, and It's price n 10 be
one penny. The toNsrimcnt believes enough Adscr.
tisrIRen;s viii be becuFod to at least cover tue cost OF
pub lcation, Labor, Al homo and abro ad. Will DO ..s
sole theme,
4 measure prohibiting the sale or exposure for sale Of
merchandise, food. or newspapers. milk and medicines
excepted. on sundays under a penalty OF . mo Of 20
thilings. passed the Legislature OF the lsls OF Man By
aiArgs majority a few days ago. The island Is one =
tue most popular summer resorts In the British Iais4
aud depends almost sntirsiy On he tssrtss HeAs -
~ prosperity,