The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-07-05
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The royal wedding cakeat the mar
riage of Prince Leopold was built in
three stories, was six feet high and
weighed 200 pounds.
-.' The early study of nature" says
Sir Charles Dixie, tsnot only bears fruit
upward in the intellect but strikes root
downward in the heart"
Luciano Bizarri, of Rome, has made
statuette of the Queen of Italy from
solid gold. 1t is forty-one centimeters
in height and is worth $1,000.
The Maltese declare that st. Paul,
after his shipwreck, cursed all the ven-
omous reptiles of that island, and ban
ished them forever, as st. Patrick is
said to have afterward treated those of
Ireland. sa.
1t is said that the fashion of wear
ing eyeglasses has seriously injured the
sight of four-fifths of the Russian army
officers. An order has been issued for
bidding their use by officers in uniform,
except ON medical certificate declaring
them to be necessary. t,-..-
The following is to be the inscrip-
ton on the statue of Sir Rowland Hill,
which is to be erected at the Royal Ex-
change, London: ''Rowland Hill. He
founded uniform penny postage in 1910. /"
Mr.. Ford, the sculptor, says that the
statue will be ready by the middle of
June. ..-r. f.... -,-.-
Lord Derby is the admiration and
envy of all Irish landholders, having
cleared out of that country with $780,
900 for his land five years ago. s'Ted, -
as his father used to call him, knows q
thing or two, and probably bore in mind
that clause of Peel's will prohibiting the
investment of a penny of his property in
Irish soil. Sir Robert had been Chief
Secretary. T=r .4a =,
Another noise is to be added to the
many which make the streets of Paris
hideous by night and day. Hitherto
the approach of a steam fire-engine has
been announced by the sound OF a small
trumpet much resembling those used by
the tramway cars. The authorities, in
order to avoid the confusion arising out
of the similarity between the two
trumpet, of double-distilled screeching
will effectually frighten into fits the
horses it encounters. a.i t,H -
-Short-sightedness has increased to
so great an extent among the youth al
the great government schools in France
that committee was appointed some
time ago to inquire into the subject
In their report, which is now published,
the committee point out that in theiI
opinion the cause of the prevalence OF
the infirmity is to be found in the fact
that the school books are printed in type
which is too finely cut, and further, that
the custom of printing upon white pa
per is still more hurtful. 1t is recon-
mended, therefore, that the authorities
will consider the advisability of substi.
tuting thicker characters in the books,
and also of printing in white letters upon
tinted paper. .f
"A most affecting incident Is said tc
have taken place in st. Petersburg, at 8
meeting of Jewish notables, who assem-
bled to see what could be done for the
prevention of furthsr atrocities. After
several had spoken, none of them having
anything to recommend except emigra
ton, a venerable old man with silvery
hair, named Schmerling, representative
of the community of Berditchen, begar
to relate the trials 70 which his friend:
had been exposed. As his tale proceed
ed he grew more and more excited, and
so did his audience with him, till all a
once, overwhelmed with emotion, the
speaker fell down dead. A thrill o
horror passed through the assembly, anc
we are told that thousands of Jews fol
lowed his interment at Berditcheff.