The sun., 1894-08-20
Foreign Notes OF Real Iatere.,.

The manuscript score Of Tannhauser has just be~n
sold 10 Leipsc amateur for 1000 marks (t2 500.
In the MarQuesas group the recent absolute prob o
tion OF the sale OF opium has increased at the
mAnd for liquor
| The forest land owned by the State Is In Germany
S3 cent Of all forests in Scandinavia IS to go In
| France 10, in Switzerland 4, and In Italy not g
The English Postmaster General has Just announced
that private cards with half penny stamp AriGed
will be accepted as postal cards within the United
Kingdom.
The three anti Semitic papers published In
lin are, it Is understood he merged no one under
the care Of Rector Ahlwardt who Is sti lncci
that priests, princes, and landlords" are all Jew.
In disguise.
NJ Schneider. the head OF the great Creusot foun.
dries, was married the other day In Paris, Creusot
has grown In sixty years from village of 500 inhA0
tants to town OF 900 peopIs-lsrgsr than Hrupps
town OF Essen.
Russia propasss TO connect the Baltic with RlaE
Sea according 70 recent report The rivers Dneper
and D~ina To be Joined by a canal; surveying has
begun az both ends OF the route and Cherson
OF as the harbor for the canal on the Black Sea.
Newspapers In Russia were forbidden some time ago
70 make any reference 10 the dresses worn by The
Empress on state occasions. ThIs done because
one paper by mistake reported her wearing dress
which At that time was completely out Of fashion.
The "song to Aegr, music and words by William
H.. German Emperor, King OF Prussia, So, viii no
published by German arm early In ortober The
Kaiser really wrote the words and music, which 10
Rhsin," and also designed the title page
The Government Of New South Wales proposes 70
put an end 20 the absolute sale Of the public lands
and to Introduce system OF long leases with
tees for continuous residence the part of the les
seeA and ~ gradually subdiyde the sr~&E aA.La~s'
holdings into smaller homestead AIIotmentA
The Duke Of RiohmOnd and Gordon presented new
set u coioTs last week 20 the Ninety Regiment
the Gordon Highlander, which is celebrating ito
hundredth anhISsFsaTy. This famous Scottish regi,
4 ul 4 .shI hslIl fha hi
uIs ushed itself In the against Napoleon In
Peninsula and At Waterloo and more recently In the
march 20 kAndEhAT.
An Asssssmsnt COmmittes At Versailles decided
time ago that an u Louehet TO receive o. 600 900
as compensation for acre and quarter OF lard
near fOntoiss wanted BY the city OF Paris for
purposes The city authorities appealed the Court
OF CAss@uon' which quAAhed the award ana sent the
matter for dsclSon 20 the ciyil tribunal at AmienL
This court has Just awarded n Louhst france for
his land. OF course. he appeals.
IL Is TeInATkabls fact that the deepest paris OF the
sea are In All eases ssry the land. The deepe.t
soundins known, tS55 fHthOns or ~ $50 feet
obtained 10 miles from the kuTils Islands the neat
deepest, A,5ol fEthOms found 70 miles north Of
Porto Rico With fsH exceptions ike these the
depth of the oceans IS far known does not
reach AOo0 fsthons, or four miles. The Norn
faetne has mssn depth OF $500 fathouns, the SCUM
F~ctnc Of s,SOO, the Indian Ocean Of 1900 and the
Atlantic, By far the best Investigated Ocean has
mean depth Of z2OO fathOns
Com plaiat Il nAds Of the rapid destructOn Of pt-
tur-s In the National Gallery through the csrsless
msth0d Of hsatins The air Is kept 30 hot aRd dry
thAi many Ssn-knOSn pictures are cracked and bill.
tered TurasT's oFyisto" his Apollo aud Daphns
ana Il Italy; Childe HaRold's Pilgrimage" lOOk IKE
6FoEsa mosAic doors; IN pietuFes IN which Asphslt
Sas ussd like spaHAslds ZuydsF Zee" the colors
are running iRtO saeh OIhsr. And other WsllkAowa
ptanss are sE@eksd sAa 6slas clunsIIy rsaIoFsd
AaaoAs 49, - LssllsS Uacls Toby and ne wid-
s~,s salzlss szlaa flaaasE GAd ne SHlsss -
sssi- - csaslsslz's Fzlass Eszz-s