The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-14
Foreign 'Hossip.

AT Agram, in Croatia, the newspaper
06sOr has adopted the practice Of adding
to each announcement of q death the
name Of the medical practitioner who at
tended the deceased.
"A Birmingham paper publishes. a
very humble apology for having in one
OF ITS reports described q speaker at a
public meeting as a shoe maker instead
OF shoe manufacturer.
An 9utomaton card player is on ex-
hibition in London which plays at whist
and number of other games, and also
performs several card tricks. The figure
is described as seated on a sheet of glass
and the spectator may stand by it's side
and see that no person is concealed
within the body.
"A statistic report just published
| states that there are at present 1891 600
manufacturing establishments in France
which give employment to 1900, 900
workers. The Department of the Seine
yields in value nearly $400, 000. 900, or one.
fifth of the total annual production of the
entire country.
"A little canal of twenty three miles
was wanted in China in 1895. Time
must he precious there though life is so
cheap. Only six weeks were given in
which to dig it, though it went through
great forests and over extensive marshes;
10000 men worked upon it night and
day and over 900 died of fatigue.
Every paper which appears in Paris
on Monday is dated Tuesday, for the
nonsensical reason that when the paper
reaches the country at days distance
from Paris it will, if dated correctly,
seem q day old-as if the country peo-
pie could be deceived by such stupid
device! They talk of changing this
ridiculous custom. IS r-
There was recently drawn in the
Russian CONSUMPTION young man who
had made such progress in his studies as
to have been graduated in law and to
have reached high position in the civil
service. He had to 60 to the army all
the same, but the Government accords
that while in the army he shall be re.
| garded as absent on leave from his civil
Office. ,S '...., -
+ Petroleum springs have been discover.
ed on the Lnneburg Heaths, in Northern
Germany. The petroleum is obtained by
simple borings, and at some spots, as the
village of Weitz, the. sand is saturated
with rock oil. In clearness, purity and
tspecific weight the Luneburg is said to
be identical with American petroleum
and to- be, moreover, almost entirely
without smell Of any kind. 80
-Russia. spends her money as follows
In every 100 roubles of the revenue there
are paid, for interest on the public debt,
seventeen roubles; financial administra.
ton, sixteen roubles; department of war,
thirty roubles; navy, four roubles
public instruction, two roubles; depart.
ment of the interior, eight roubles; roads
etc., six roubles, sndE from one to two
roubles each on number Of other minor
1 Departmental a., "a sssss>.. . .-.-rtp
The Cologne GAZETTE gives the fol
lowing paragraph: The diplomatic body
in Paris is excited by the unwelcome dis
covety that It is under police espionage
The two military attaches of the Ger
man embassy Maj. Bulow and Capt
tTheremin, had long had a French Swiss
servant, who seemed extremely regular
1 and, trustworthy, but rather simple anC
\ Ignorant. ON Herr Bulow entering thi'
i servant room one day during his alb
Esence he found concealed in an illus
trated paper lying on the, table de
! tailed, daily report of his masters &C
i lions, addressed to M. Lombard, Com
I missioner of the secret branch of tn,
! Parts police. q The honest son Of ,Helve
\ tia waso of course at once discharged
and his masters have made q strong re
u moustrance TO- the Due Decazes agains
the amiablee attentions with which tn
! French police have favored them"
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