The sun., 1894-11-11
FOREIGN xorEs OF REAL INTEREST.


Chateau Margaux; Byron, port; Goethe, Johsnnis
bcrs Humboldt, sauterne; Charles " alicante and
Francis l., sherry.
In the Austrian province Of fstria which s part Of
italia lrredenta," riots occurred lately when In
scriptlons in both Slovenian and italian were placed
the buildings OF the district by order OF the
Supreme Court OF the province. Al Prnno n mob n
200 men forced the Mayor to have the tablet taken
down and to set up the old in italian alone in IL
place. The town authorities OF Trieste and NIL the
1strian towns have petitioned the provincial diet TO
have the order recalled.
Edwin Clark who as resident engineer had charge Of
the construction OF the Britannia tubular bridge owes
the Mena Straits has Just died in England aged 80
He the inventor OF the block system Of railroad
signalling; he patented the hydraulic craving doch
and the hydraulic canal lift and Tor many years
the chief engineer Of the Electric Telegraph Company.
He constructed the harbor Of Callao In Peru we'll
other great engineering works in various parts of the
world. He brother OF Latner Clark, the cleo
trical engineer and constructor OF submarine cables
Timbuctoo in French hands h as been much changed.
There Is an armed fort, the soldiers march
through the streets 10 the sound OF the trumpes and
the gates are closed at night A municipal govern
ment has been established with police commissariss
and scavenger that walks in the streets at night
involve no unpeasantness In the market crowd Of
Tuareg boys, who were picked up In raids where thoir
fathers were killed chatter in broken French Ths
market consists OF sheds and Ia very poorly sup
piled. The women are extremely fat and cannot
move about except the backs Of donkeys or
Ouest mosque mas hCaClhs Witnln its en-
closure where hldeous black storks stalk about In
spite ofis three mosques and Its being holy city
lgon has very little hold the people OF Timbuctoo
which is only vast exchange where salt calicoea
honey, and other goods bartered for slaves Be-
fore the arrival OF the French the Tuaregs would
at night horseback, stop before merchants shop,
and stick their ances in his door, when he glad
oer his best goods get rid Of them and many doors
stl show the lance marks. The Tuaregs still carry on
slaves working in the mict neds aud the French
have make weekly q
the villagers
At Syracuse in Sicily, model disinfectins station
has Just been opened by the Italian Government for
persons coming from suspected eastern ports. It'll
on the site Of the old fort vIttoria built In 1900 by
viceroy Don Garcia dc Toledo, an island in the
harbor. over the gateway 10 the inscription, "salus
populi suprema lex" The building Is divided into
two parts; on ono side is hospital, provided with
every modern appliance TO secure pure air prop
er drainage and the prevention of oontagioni on
the other side the disnfecting rooms Among the
outbuidings are dead house for post mortems Q
crematory, and . "columbarun" for tho ashes OF
crcmated bodies. Passengers and OF suspected
vessels are sent into the dsrobng rooms for each
sex in the disnfecting wing they there undress and
pass their clothes through hatchway TO an attend
ant They then go into q bathroom, from which,
after thorough wash they pass into dressing room
where, after while, they receive their disnfecte
clothes. The clothes have meanwhile been put In .
large iron tank. into which steam s introduced which
develops heat Of 1907 centigrade. The baggage 10
ni'e' ous o' 'e 'esse. arec.y INTO tne esAosnmens
oy iaso orane an" " pu. 'hroush tne Sahe process
AVeI 'nat 'ney are reauy tor quarantine
Palimpsest manuscripts can now be decphered by
Photographic method lately detised In Berlin. The
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"runs iinperiect'y eraseu from tne parchment tho
newer Wr'hs hau 10 oe ues.royeu "he me acinsa and
o'ner substances useo were iaoe 70 damage seriously
the parchment itself. Thus the most famous OF all
palimpsests, DE Republca" OF Cicero. discovered
ny .nuina' MAJ IN ioks' WI" almost des'royeo 10 un-
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berhn hoyA Library was useu' 'ne prooIem was 10
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with nearly the same intensity inc transparency