Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-29
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The use of nursing bottles for chill
dren is strictly prohibited at the Paris
Maternity Hospital.
The people of London. it is said,
pay $500, 600 every year for water sold
as milk.
There is a modiste in Paris who
cuts and trims for dogs only. In her
establishment are mats and rugs on
which the animals repose while waiting
to try on their garments.
Mr.. Casatta, the eminent Neapoli-
tan coral dealer (who gained the first
prize at the Fisheries EXhibition), esti-
mates the value of the coral exported
from Naples by sea last year at nearly
$1,000, 0Oo.
Much of France, nearly all of Spain
and large portions of Italy are entirely
destitute.of fores's. The tourist can
travel day after day in these countries
without seeing standing timber enough
to make a decent-sized barn.
1t is related of President Grevy, of
France, who is we'll known TO be a skill
full billiard player, that he recently in
vited the famous professional player
VignauN to the Elysee, and that the two
men played together. Rumors a"e now
atioat that the President actually beat
the professional player.
The Hungarian Ministry Of Inter-
nal Communication hes issued orders
that only officials Of the rank OF a min
isterial councillor shall be allowed to
step on the staircase carpets, and that
all officials below that rank must mount
or descend on the uncarpeted strips OF
the staircases. These important orders
are intended to saw the state carpets.
According to the statement of the
Vice Director of the Rio Janciro Facul-
ty of Medicine, in Brazil, where all the
Inhabitants take coffee many times a
day, alcoholism is %unknown: it is. fur
Their stated that immi grants contract
little by little the fondness OF the Bra
zilians for drinking coffee, and their
aversion Tor liquors; and as the chill
dren of these immigrants never con-
tract the fatal habits known to their
parents. it would seem that the number
OF drunkards in the country is in in
verse ratio to the amount of coffee con
sumed. ASouth American correspond
ent of the Medical Times confirms the
above.
Singers are a most superstitious
race, and most of them have some pan.
acea of their own to which they attach
implicit faith. Herr stockhausen, the
great German baritone, partakes abso-
lutely of no solid food on the days when
he has to sing. A famous tenor takes
sips Of champagne in the intervals OF
acting: a great lady artist believed in
the efficacy of Guinness stout: oysters,
a raw egg beaten with sugar and slices
of cucumber are named among the in
Vulnerable eccentric remedies resorted
to by our numerous Lucas and Manri-
cos, Lohengrjns and Elsas.
In a letter to the London Times on
"Genuine and False Inscriptionsin Pal.
estine,' NJ. Clermont-Ganneau says
there are only seven inscriptions which
certainly belong to the historical past
of the country, and he adds, with great
complacency, 'by a piece of good luck,
six of these have fallen to my share -
He also says that, to remedy the dearth
of ancient monuments, ''there We're es.
tablishcd at Jerusalem several Years
ago certain manufactures for the fabri
cation of antiquities at prices sometime.
moderate, sometimes fairly remunera
tive, not only for the benefit of tour
lists, but also Of sarants, which is mors
serious"