The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-08-27
Foreign GOSSiD.

Several English fellows are making
the grand tour of the Continent on veloci-
pedes.
And now they wrangle over what
were the last words of Gen Concha. The
only safe way is to prepare your last
words beforehand and file them in the
probate office.
A man tarvcls around in England,
exhibiting himself at fairs, who, with his
hands tied behind him, kills certain
number of rats within a given time with
his teeth.
destroying the crops of Algeria, leaving
the fields as barren as those visited bV
the grasshoppers of Iowa and Mime
sofa.
-Frenchwomcn are divided in opin-
ion as to the revival of bonnet strings.
one party wishing to have bows under
their chins, whilst others are content
with keeping their beaux under their
thumbs.
Recently 4 cat got into the British
House of Commons and caused consid-
cradle amusement by lcaping from
shoulder to shoulder of some of the
members in its efforts to escape from the
uproar its appearance created.
-Horuko, the present Empress of
Japan, is a young woman, and has views
She has the courage to allow her eye
brows to grow to their natural length,
and to permit her teeth to glisten with
their own pearly whitencss, instead of
being blackcncd, as are those of ali other
ladies OF the upper ten in Japan.
1t is a good thing for women to bc
able to swim. Example: A few weeks
ago, in England, two boys went to battle
near Kings Cross from boat near
shore: One got beyond his depth and
would certainly have been drowned had
not the cries of his companion brought
Miss Eliza Shaw, an excellent swimmer,
to the water, who instantly plunged in
as she was and caught the boy just as he
was sinking. England is thanking her
for it.
MIR. Simmons, an English aeronaut,
was sailing through the air in his balloon
the other day when he and his compan-
ion distinctly heard the whizzing of
three rifle shots in very close proximity
to the car of the balloon and the suisse
quent report OF the rifle or rifles" Some
miscreants on the earth had attempted in
this way to burst the balloon and destroy
the voyagers. AS an instance of pure
mischief this will take very high rank.
AT recent performance of "Girotlc
Giroha' in London, Rochefort, accom-
panied by stout individual and young
girl, was taking his case in one of the
boxes. AS soon as he was recognized a
murmur arose and loud voice was
heard to say, " Turn him outn' "To the
door with the murderer!' The words
were pronounced by an Englishman and
were chcered by the whole house.
Rochefort at first endeavored to make
head against the storm, and answered
with a smile, but, in consequence of the
general reprObatiOn caused by his pres
encc, he first concealed himself behind
the curtain of the box and shortly after.
ward left the theater.
When Capt. Barclay, in 1909, walked
1000 miles in 1000 consecutive hours, he
was supposed to have accomplished an
almost miraculous feat of pedestrianism;
yet the same task, it is stated, has re-
Gently been successfully performed by a
young lady named Richards, at Stapleton,
near Bristol. When she began her long
walk, on the 18th of June, an application
was made to the magistrates to interfere,
OoC ~ "do ACJCCIcu Ou Iuc ground Cllat she
was free agent; and certainly it would
give woman some ground for just COM
plant if they were not permitted to ex-
ercise their own discretion as to the
amount of walking exercise they feel in
clined to take.
"A lovely manner of avoiding sea-
sickness has lately been put into practice
by an English traveller. He was on board
OF steamer crossing the English Channel
between Dover and Calais. On deck,
right opposite our Briton, was seated a
beautiful French actress who was going
to London, where she had an engagement
for theater. The Englishman was
keeping his eyes riveted on the face of
the lady; whose patience being exhausted,
said to the islander: "Why are you look
ing SO persistently at me." The gentle
man answered with exquisite politeness:
" Madam, it is said that to avoid sea-
sickness one must rest his eyes upon
single point, and not stop moment to
look at the sea. You are the point which
/ have chosen"