Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-02-24
Foreign Gossip.

England will reduce her army by
discharging 10000 soldiers this year.
An English journalist paid $40 for a
copy of the Marse,llaise on the day of its
seizure.
The King of Greece said the other
day that he would rather command a
British war vessel than rule his little
kingdom.
The American citizens at Hamburg
have formed Westinghouse" Club, Of
which Garibaldi is honorary President.
England has released man who had
been confined twenty seven years for debt,
the sum being only 81 at the date of i'm
prisonment.
Seven people were killed in one week
recently, in London, by being run over by
horses and carriages. Nine infants were
suffocated during the same period.
st. Johns Lodge, No. 3, A. F. and A.
NJ, of Glasgow, Scotland, lately celebra-
ted the eight hundred and twelfth anniver-
sary of its existence. 1t was founded by
King Malcolm in the year 1859, nine years
previous to the Norman conquest of Eng
land.
"A successful school is in operation in
London for teaching deaf and dumb chill
dren to speak. Although the inability to
control the voice by the ear produces a
harsh and disagreeable tone, the pupils
learn to articulate what is said to them by
watching the movements of the speakers
lips
Great indignation has been expressed
in Paris at the conduct of some persons
after the execution of Troppmann. The
accusation is that two ladies dipped their
handkerchief in Troppmann's blood, and
that some young gentlemen did the same
with their canes. The officer on duty told
them that they were barbarians, and
ordered them away.
In Pennsylvania community rich
peasant died recently, and was to have
been buried on the Goth of December, but
the clergy of the place positively refused
to allow the bells to be rung, as is the
custom, or a sermon to be preached over
the corpse because the deceased, when
alive, would not pay his communal dues.
The deceased was finally inferred in the
churchyard of another village.
AT Avebury, England, somebody Of
fered to bet that no man could eat at one
sitting, 8 rabbit weighing six and half
pounds, a small loaf of bread and two
pounds of cheese. Two men, one of
whom was named Bull, accepted the chal-
lenge, and in the presence of an enthusiast
tic crowd each won the wager, devouring
the provisions in the space of fifteen
minutes Hale, the other man, encouraged
by the applause, finished up wi 4 4 beef
steak, and drank three half pinls Of gin,
and half pint of brandy.
There is now on exhibition in Leipsic
speaking machine, invented by Tabor,
which is masterpiece of art. 1t Is an
imitation of all the parts of the human
organs of speech, executed in india-rub.
Der and wood. A keyboard, like that Of
piano, played by young lady, puts the
parts in motion, while by pedal and bel
lows the required air is sent through the
wind pipe. The keyboard has only four
teen keys, representing the sounds of q, o,
u, !, e, ], r,w, f. S, b, &, d, sh; the other
sounds of the alphabet are produced by
the same movement, and the admis-
sion of more or less air. The sounds
of m and b are produced by clos
ing the lips, n and | by pressing the tongue
against the roof of the mouth, &c. The
French nasal sounds are produced by a
separate contrivance. The laughing, says
the German General Intelltgencer, sounds
truly diabolical, and very comical is the
Growing of a rooster.
AT the restaurant of wealthy and
Jolly old caterer in Hamburg, gourmand
who had not shilling in his pocket feast
ed sumptuously on all the delicacies the
bill of fare afforded. When he had fin
ished his repast and also drank his bottle
of Ruedesheimer, he quietly said to the
landlord: II have no money to pay your
bill, my friend; but If you will let me do
so, will give you piece Of advice that
Is worth more than the money" The