The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-12-18
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

ATTEMPTS to introduce anthracite
coal from this country into France have
not proved successful, owing in part
to the prejudices of the people, which
are in favor of bituminous coal, and in
part to the high duty of S1.O4 per ton
required on anthracite, which renders it
more expensive than either English or
French coal.
The King of Holland has the largest
private conservatory in the world. It
contains two immense palm-trees, the
smaller of which weighs two and half
tons, beside wonderful collection of
tropical plants. The glass dome of this
huge greenhouse is ninety feet high and
one hundred and eighty feet in dame
ter.
In the Bermudas numbers of houses
are built of rock coral, which have the
advantage of being extremely durable,
as well as permeable by air currents,
thus rendering the houses cool and
light. lin this country" says the
Lowell Courier, 1.-the same object is at
tanned by having the house built by
contract, with cobble-stone underpin-
ming"
Two LINCOLNSHIRE farmers sailed
for New Zealand from England, the
other day, in compliance with requisi-
ton from upward of five hundred farm
ers and landowners, who occupy or
own in the aggregate considerably more
than 100, 900 acres, asking them to pro-
coed to that colony, in order that, after
personal inspection, they may report
upon it as field for emigration for
farmers of means and capitalists, with
special reference to such as have had
experience of farming in Lincolnshire.
CAPTAIN Won ScHwERr, of the
Pomeranian Uhlans, has written in the
London Fortnightly Reriev an article
entitled ga German View of the
British Army" He says that he never
saw tall English trooper wearing
on the extreme edge of his head lit
tie cap about as useful as the pocket
handkerchief lady carries at a ball,
his legs encased in very tightly
strapped trousers, and the upper part
of his body in a very tight and very
short jacket, with not a pocket big
enough to hold even a sausage" with
out wishing to present "the poor fell
low with a petticoat to wrap around
him.
In the Government of Volhynia, Rus
STA, justice appears to be administered
after a very peculiar fashion. The wife
of well-to-do peasant addressed her
self to the court of the district with
complaint against her husband, charg-
ing him with beating and torturing her,
and with keeping her in the cold with
out food until she had nearly died of
starvation. He had bound her stark
naked to post in the street, and re-
quested the passers-by to strike her,
which he did himself each time they re-
fused to do so. The brute had even
fastened her down to the ground, and
in such position had heaped stones
and heavy weights upon her body until
one of her arms had been broken.
When the wife's accusation was
brought before the tribunal the man
took fright and did not appear to an
swer the charge; but neither his alb
sence nor contempt of court prevented
the learned Judges from coming to an
immediate decision. The wife-beater
was found mot guilty." on a plea that
a husband has the perfect right to beat
his wife if he so chooses, and it cannot
be permitted to wife to ignore the
authority of her husband. On the fol-
lowing day the husband, emboldened
through the generous acquittal of his
peers, turned the tables on his better
half by bringing counter complaint
against her before the same court,
which promptly declared against the
unfortunate woman, and by its saluta-
ry judgment she was actually logged
publicly there and then on the spot in
the most shameful manner.