The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-02-06

New South Wales will i'm pose = Ave per cent. tax m
the income derived from property in the colony by
absentee owners.
A woman a, Redruth died recently from blood. poison.
ing caused by Rubbing a small sore on her face with
her black Kid glove. Inflammation set in, her head
swelled enormously. and she died after a very brief
illness.
Tobacco and snun has long bean supplied to tho
paupers in the Lambeth workhouse. and now the Board
OF Guardians has passed a resolution, That tho old
women in the workhouso who do not take .nuf be sup
piled with sweets
The British Isles. as has been fully told in tho cable
Dispatches. have also experienced unusually severe
weather this winter. Altogether as reports from ali
quarters agree. the present winter has been q remark.
able one for weather in Europe.
Packs OF wolves have also appeared at Belgrade and
other towns In Servia- At PJzarewatz a girl was de-
vOured by the famisbed brutes, and stories OF similar
tragedies have como from various parts Of Europe.
The cold in Bohemia and servia has been extreme.
Mr.. Gladstone smokes occasionally. but very little,
He will accept a cigar once in n great while from near
friends. while their guest, and take Just n few whins Of
smoSe. Sometimes, It is even asserted. no Is DC en- with
a cigarette between his fingers. but he was never seen
smoking one.
There has been a great yearly diminution during the
last ten years in the number OF soldiers In military or
civil prisons in England and Wales. In 1884 there were
l,ll7 soldiers in Ensnsh prisons; in 1891 thero were
433. and OH the ;1,t Of last December there were but
~. Last year not on. soldier was sentenced TO penal
servitude. The expulsicns for misconduct hive de-
cIeaseu since 1000 s,u-c 10 l,bVO.
A petition signed by several Bishops and a great body
of the cisrsy OF the Church OF England has been pre-
sented to the Archbishop Of Canterbury calling alton
ton to the increasing fnancia! difficulties or the rural
clergy. IL has been computed that there are now
$500 benehces under sl5J per Rnnum, and 400 under
ESQ" Will. the incomes OF the Gerry decrease their
enforced expenditure increases; the value OF titho and
glcbe land goes down and taxes on tho land 20 up,
French War On!ce expert are dtvlGed IN opinion con-
cerniuR the value or dane Of Eine9s Tower in case ofA
stsoa n q larta ,.,rnn.u stn 2 ,liFers haya Writrsn nntta
freely about tho matter principally holding the view
that The tower would aforh +" nne target Some French
officers agree with this Wow; others say the forts
around the city would keep the lowe ont of range
white IL w0uii Alord an excellent post for observation.
From it thc "reTa;i"rs Of an enemy could be observed
for a raGiHs Uf tor, y.rOur lndes.
TIE cold has been excessive In st. Petersburg, and
for weeks wood fires hs'e been burned in the squares
and s!feets nf the city IN an eGorl 10 make eenssary
,ut laoF business enIurable, The streets la G. how
ever. heen practically deserted. Tho double windows
In the stores and TO sss arc mostly iced over and
fru zen M. From nos and central Russia a ten rers-
tire 81 thirty to Tint .nins degrees below zero is re-
ported. wIirh is twpnty.se,cn degrees below the
average. In siberia II has fallen 10 ~forty,Aye degrees
below zero,
Tie long distance marching compe;i;ionsn by volunteer
soldiers IN England are dsscounteuau'ei by tie Com
maudertG-chlef IN a recent order. lie thinks they re-.
suit in no prac,icaI good. and may cAgso ind .viduAl
harm through undae stress OF effort. 1t has been
proposed 20 substitute con~ petitions in which compAI-
ativeiy shor; distances viii be marched, bat other con.
ditions tending to prove general military efficiency
WIN be- included. an especial requirement, being thAs
men shall complete The contests IN as'a'e perfectly
prepared 10 open steady and ri!eo'Ual nrr.
TIE bitter cod Iht' has prevailed and va, still pre-
vaiIing two weeks ago throughout Germ ,ny has far sr
ceeded in i"trnsity anything experienced there for
many years The snowfall, TOO, especially IN Bertha
has been the heaviest in years. Trnth 10 the streets Of
the capital has been completely Interrupted several
times this winter. Two weeks ago the temperature In
the city was o. below zero. Railway traNc has been
interrupted all over the empire. aud the cod has been
most severe. Many people have persisted from cold,
aud ihr'e such deaths occurred IN iier.in on Jan. ~.
The port OF Hamburg has been completely closed By
lee. and some twelve days ago AL the shipping IN the
hArbor. including 1875 large stsAmera and over 100
large sailing ships. were ioe-bound. Navigation In NE
baltic has almost entirely ceased