Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-14
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The Chinese Government has taken
strong measures to put a stop to the
growth of opium in Shing King; in
.ome instances the crops have been
purposely destroyed.
In Paris they make artificial ears
They are good for everything but hear
ing, and a blessing to the wearer, who
is thus enabled to "turn a deaf ear" to
duns, SANDERS and appeals for charity.
The tunnel under the English Chan
mel has been finished to a mile and a
quarter from the French shore, and the
engineers say they can advance 1872
feet q day. At this rate the tunnel
could be completed to Dover in a year
and a half.
The analeps, a vivaparous fish of
Eastern Asia, has a singular eye. 1t is
divided horizontally into two hemis-
pheres by a membraneous band. Each
half is q perfect organ of vision. The
two upper halves are long-sighted, and
the two lower ones near-sighted.
Two ladies of Rome, the last de-
scendants of Amer,go Vespucci, who
gave the name of America to the West
,ern hemisphere, are now begging that
the pension Of ten CROWNS per month,
which was assigned to their family by
the Republic of Florence in 1890 be re-
stored to them.
Prince tiortschakoff's diplomatic
career extended over the reigns OF four
Cars, Nicholas and the three Alexan-
ders. His life extended over the reignsof
six. The tremendous Catharine /.
was Empress when he vas born. He
saw five Romanoffs and their great an
cestress, Catharine, on the throne of
Russia during his eventful lifetime.
A drill-master at the Naval Acade-
my was a determined sufferer. One
day he was drilling q squad of cadets
who were marching toward the Severn.
AS they neared the sea wallthe L;euten-
Int attempted to halt them. The word
hung fire. Overheard the mischievous
cadets went. The Lieutenant took the
precaution to tell his men the next time
he did not get "halt' out they needn't
go overboard.-London Times.
"A startling plot for a three-volume
novel has just come to light in England.
Early last summer a woman named
Eliza Ebbon disappeared. Adead body
was found, identified by friends, and a
man named Stratton tried and con-
demned for the murder. His reason
gave way, and he was subsequently re-
prieved and sent to Broadmoor Criminal
Lunatic Asylum, and now Eliza Ebbon
is discovered alive and well.
"A glover's apprentice at Prague,
about eighteen years of age, hanged
himself the other day, and left behind
him a lett r to his parents stating tina:
he had been selected by a secret society
to take the life of II of the chief off.
GERS OF the police of the city-Police Di
| rector Steipkal-and that he had com
mitted suicide in order to evade the per
Torrance of this task. IT he had no
carried out the behests of the secret or
ganization, the writer added, he would
himself have been assassinated by hi
colleagues.
The census returns of India show
an aggregate of yer 5000 professional
acrobats in the northwest provinces ant
Oudh. There are LOO actors, 5000
ballad singers, LAG curers by incanta
ton, thirty-thrce gamblers, ninety-seyel
snake-charmers, fifty matchmakers ,fou
poets, 10000 singers and dancers, fou
story t~ellers, sever thieves (not includ
ing persons returned as household serv
ants), and some professionals who's
ancestors were probably among tn
Catilinarian %retinues. Three classes o
persons are worth a separate numerical
quotation. There are over 100000
c%ultivators of the soil. The landholder
number nearly 10000. The number Q
money-lenders is nearly 10000.