Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-10
FOREIGN

Edinburgh is the healthiest large
city in Great Britain.
The Masonic fraternity in En-
gland gave to charity last year $780,
600.
There are $50 periodicals printed
in the different native languages in In
dia, and about 100000 copies in all.
Mary is the most common name in
England. 6,S19 out of every $4,000 in
dividuals answering to it. William
M next with $3.50.
1T is not very generally known
that Queen Victoria was once called
Queen Alexandria Victoria, and that
the oaths of allegiance were in that
name.
"A German jilt has been punished
by the Mainz tribunals, her aggr.eved
~betrothed having been awarded S1,.5O
damages, with all costs. Thisis the first
time that 4 woman has been sued for
breach of promise OF marriage in Ger
many.
Cigars, cigarettes, stationery, self
ger water, wine and similar articles
are placed accessible at all tines to
guests in Norway hotels, and when
settling time comes the landlord takes
the word of the guest how much he
has eaten and drank.
In piercing a child's ears for ear
rings, a Paris jewcier made the pune
lures too high up, thus causing an in
tlammation which resulted in the child's
death. The verdict was ..homicide
through imprudence," and damages to
the amount OF $50 were awarded to the
parents.
One of the ordealsi in India, through
which those suspected of crime have TO
pass, is the chewing of rice in the pres
ence of officers. The influence of fear
on the salivary glands is said to be such
that if the accused are guilty there is
no secretion of saliva in the mouth, and
chewing is impossible. Such culprits
generally confess without any further
effort. On the contrary, a conscious
ness of innocence allows a proper flow
OF fluid for softening the rice.
In the University library at Rouen
there has been recently found a letter
which furnishes additional proof of the
fact that johannes Gutenberg was the
L'SLeol VI pIl11GiilS. 1uc leUUcr pears
date 1470, and tells about the introduce
ton of printing into Paris that year by
three men who distinctly protested to
be apprentices of Gutenberg. The
house in Strasburg in which Gutten-
berg did his first work still stands on
the corner Of the Cathedral Platz.
Gas is used in few bedrooms in Eu-
rope. and in very few upper class
houses. 1t is being taken out of pretty
nearly all the old houses in England
and on the continent. 1t is deemed
unhealthy. consuming the fresh air of
the rooms, besides being a very hot
light, having the property of soiling
the ceilings and dimming the paintings.
Lamps and candles are taking the
place Of gas in all houses, except pos
sibly in halls, kitchens and like rooms.
1t is a somewhat unusual thing for
a rcigning sovereign to appear in the
witness box at a Police Court. The
other day, however, the King of Italy,
from good-naturel motives, volunteered
his testimony before q magistrate in
Rome. A shop-keeper named Maran-
zoni had unfortunately injured q little
girl by riding over her in the street,
and King Humbert, who had witnessed
the accident, came forward to say that
in his opinion M~aranzoni had been in
no wise to blame, and that, in fact, his
horse had run away with him