Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1890-11-08 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

MARSHAL'S STAFF. The Marshal's staff which the German Emperor presented to Field-Marshal von Moltke upon his 90th birthday as a special token of his favour is, a correspondent writes to us, a masterpiece of art. The staff is of silver, about 23 inches long, and 11 inches through. It is covered with dark blue velvet, embroidered from top to bottom with the Prussian crown and eagle. The top and the bottom of the staff are duped with rings of diamonds, pearls, and rubies; and in the centre is a crown of laurel and oak loaves in gold. The baton also bears the inscription, "From the Emperor William 11. to General Field.rdarsbal Count Moltke on his 90th birthday." The head of the staff Is an eagle with a crown of diamonds, on a ground of white enamel set round with a ring of rubies. The base is finished off with a white enamel plate bearing the letters W. Ft„" and a crown set in diamonds and sapphires. The sapphires are particularly beautiful, and are set in such a mariner as to show off their colour and brilliancy to great advantage.  MIL BEATE, KINOSTON resents the stigma of indolence so commonly put upon the Turk. Every unprejudiced Briton," be contends, o who has had personal experience of the Ottoman Empire, will testily that the Turkish peasant is the most hard-working, sober, continent, and order 4• man of his class in Europe—a model of laboriousneas, honesty, and general good conduct." A ESNS, ESIAN named Burt recently had • queer eNperienoe in a German spa. On applying for hie letters at the local post-office he received a whole packet of letters which had been addressed to a couple of baronets who had been staying in the place, and whom, title of Bart." was mimes(' for the name Burt. THE skeleton of Ernest Schluter, who disappeared with his two children from Racine, Wisconsin, in March, 1887, has been found buried in the cellar of his former home. No trace of the bodies of the children can be found ; but it is believed that the entire family were murdered and the bodies buried on the premises. MADAME BL ANCAR ROOSEVELT • MAMMA, the American authoress, has had a graceful compliment paid her. The Russian Ambassador to Britain, before leaving St. Petersburg, asked the Czarina what gift he should bring her upon his return, to which she replied, The photographs of six of the most beau titul ladies in London." In rue time the Czarina received the photographs beautifully grouped within one frarne. In the centre was a large head of the Princess of Wale., surrounded by i'ice smaller ones, which were simply portraits of Madame Blanche Roosevelt in different poses. IN Russia there are 494,228,620 acres of forests ; • M Austria-Hungary, 48,952,000 acres in Sweden, 42,010,006 scree. Ton Grand Duchess Serge of Russia, the wife of the Emperor of Husain's brother and the granddaughter of Queen Victoria, is 26 years old. Ax American literary visits. to Mr. Gl,chitonn • declares that the co-Premier named the four following men an the only literary geniuses of the day— i fenny BOD, Albert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Rippling, and Meredith. To say the least, the con, unction is odd. , Perhaps the American visitor is mistaken.