Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-11
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The most cor bitterness pre-.
" Is in Belgium now in regard to re-
ligion. 1t finds reflection in every
paper.
A memorial window has been
placed in the Haworth Church, Eng
land. inscribed With these words: s'To
the Glory of God. In memory of Char
lotte Bronte. by an American citizen
The other day q petition was pre-
sented by certain distressed weavers of
Madras, India, to the Governor of that
province addressed "To Almighty God,
care of his Excellency the Governor OF
Madras
When Archer, the first jockey of
England, recently went to Thrisk, in
Yorkshire. to ride, the town crier
marched through the streets announc-
ing that Erred Archer, the wonder OF
the world, would certainly ride at the
races"
Just before q Hindoo woman dies q
cow is BROUGHT in, so that she may hold
its tai as her soul leaves the body.
They believe in the transmigration of
souls, and those women prefer to dwell
in the bodies Of COWS to any other ami
mails.
The ability OF ants to tunnel under
a river is almost incredible, but a Brazil
liam naturalist once found a colony
which had elected the feat. Smoke
was forced from one end of the tunnel
to the other, and marked ants We're
seen to 90 in on one side and come out
on the other.
At Monte Carlo it is the custom to
fill the pockets of suicides with bank
notes SO that it may be seer that they
did not kill themselves on account of
losses. They tried this trick on a pre-
sumably dead Irishman q short time
ago, but he was not dead at all, and
skipped oil with the money in the most
lively style.
The body of the late Empress is the
11lth laid in the imperial crypt at Vi
enna. The first was that of Empress
Anna. the wife OF the Emperor Matthias,
who died in 1888. Eleven Emperors
and fifteen Empresses already repose in
his venerable spot. together with nu-
merous members of the imperial family
and other princely personages.
"A new outdoor game for ladies and
gentlemen called enchantment is be-
coming fashionable in England. 1t is
played with small, light hoops. thrown
with wands, something alter the man
ner of grace hoops, though the wand is
OF q novel construction, involving a pc
culiar method of casting the hoop. A
moderately large piece of ground is
suitable.
lit is a curious statistical fact that
173 marriages were advertised in the
Times in seven days, and out Of this
number eighty brides were fatherless s.
This, 1 presume, means that bride
grooms are looking more and more to
the main chance, and only marry girls
who have cash in hand. Prospects,
nowadays, are rot considered enough.
Moshers-in-law have long been at a dis
count. but it would seem that u
men have now come to the conclusion
that ready cash is a better asset than q
father in-law.-L0ndon Truth.
the Czarowitz, who has reached
his majority amid great rejoicing and
state ceremony at st. Petersburg, is
twenty-six years old-the time of the
legal coming of age in Russia. His
mothers betro.hal was somewhat pc
culiar. Dagmar, the Sc ond daughter
OF the King of Denmark, was engaged
to the brother of the present Car. Be-
fore his death he expressed a wish that
his younger brother, who would inherit
the crown, should also accept Dagmar
as bis prospective Queen. After q
proper season OF mourning she agreed
to the arrangement, and in due time
became the Empress mo.her of the flu
ture Nicholas Ii. of Russia.