Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-19
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

FOREIGN GOSSIP.
john Browns brother succeeds to
his place as confidential servant OF the
Queen.
There is not large city in Italy
without its telephone system, and there
are no less than six hundred ana n1ty-
one in use iRRome. " Sss- n
A Paris surgee1 advertises that he
Hll ,ber sdppRly desIrs Y pnspoieon apiece
-Ranavalomanjaka Queen OF NADIA
gascar, is said to spend half an hour or
an hour regularly every morning IN
prayer and reading the Bible.
The daughter of the Duke and
Duchess of Albany was baptized few
days ago with the name of ''Alice Mary
Victoria Augusta Pauline. 1t is need
less to say that ten sponsors were re-
quired, two for each name. She Is
granddaughter Of Queen Victoria. r.
-ThesSociety for thesPreserVation of
the Irish Language has made report
which shows that at the beginning OF
the present century there were not more
than four hundred persons who lcOnld
read and write Irish, while at present
$4,000 speak the old language. This
nearly equals the number OF Welsh
speaking people. ssAA%f@ ~
No more popular delusion exists
than in regard to the Queens surname.
People generally believe it to be Guelph.
There are some, however. who know
that, in marrying Prince Albert of Co
burg-Gotha. the sovereign took the
surname of her husband, Victim, which
has for upward of four hundred and
fifty yeE-s been the family cognomen of
the house of Saxony. And the Prince
of Wales and all the rest of her children
bear that name. - -
One of the largest spetifiens ever.
presented to the House of Commons
was handed in recently by SIR William
Arthur 1t was too bulky for the hon
orable member to carry about with him,
so he had it brought into the house by a
messenger and placed behind the Speak
er's chair, wheIesit excited a good deal
of curiosity The petition bore the fsig-
natures of 59O,14 Wesleyan Method
ists, who prayed for the closing of pub
lie houses on Sundays. -:
A fisherman in Hull, England. died
recently, after suffering eXcruciating
tortures, from some internal malady
that his medical attendants could not
grapple with. just before his death he
expressed desire that his body should
be subjected to a post-mortem eNamina-
ton. which was done, and the fact was
developed that his liver had been nearly
eaten away by whole army of living
creatures, resembling trichinn. 1t is
believed that the manhad swallowed an
egg of a parasite in eating some un--
cooked meat ss @
1t is stated that the French Chan
mel Tunnel iCompany have decided to
suspend operations at Sangatte, France.
The principal reasomfor thissis that the
company desire, before 3 incnrring
further expense, to ascertain what are
the intentions Of the English Govern
ment on the matter. During the time
that the works are suspended, the bor-
ing machine will be removed from the
heading, thoroughly overhauled, and
several irnprovements effected in order
to ostain higher rate of speed. AT the
present time the length of the tunnel
is very little under a mile and a quarter
A plainly-dressed,7 elderly lady was
arrested in Paris a few days ago. ac-
cused of trying to pass counterfeit
coin. Her distress was very great when
taken to the station, so much SO that
she could not reply to the questions of
the officers, who ordered her searched.
Five stout canvas bags We're found sus-
pended from belt between her dress
and skirt, filled with gold pieces, bank
notes. title-deeds. etc, to the value of a
quarter of million dollars. An ex-
pert decided that the coins We're all
genuine, and thatsthe title deeds proved
the identity Of The lady, who was reeog-1
nized as the widow OF az wealthy mer-
chant, and allowed to depart in peace.