Huntsville gazette., 1885-03-14
FOE.EIGN GOSSIP.

-Two-sto y street-cars are . success
In Berlin.
Sever i electro motors have been
introduce into the French collieries
where tb ey have given satisfaction to
all the Golfers except the mules. .Ths
mules licked.
"A prize type-setting contest took
place recently in Berlin, where the
winning compositor set 9,415 letters in
the course of three hours, An average
of about fifty-three letters per minute.
in ordinary newspaper type.
BY the will of the late Mr.. Trotman,
a wealthy planter of Demarara, half Of
his large fortune is bequeathed a. the
nucleus of an institution to be estab-
lished for the benefit of distressed plant
ers and their wives and children. Two
provisos in the rather remarkable docu-
ment are that no confirmed drunkard
and no black man shall profit by the
bequest.
"A Paris paper tells q story of an CO.
centric man who put a clause in his will
that the funeral should take place It si1
o'clock in the morning and that hls
property, an old mattress, should be left
to those who followed the hearSe to the
graveyard. As there was nothing in the
will to attract many mOurners, the fun
eral procession was limited to the driver
of the hearse and . young neighbor Of
the deceased. He got the mattress and
found in it $4,000.
"A discovery which has been hailed
as modern Pompeii in the center of
France, has been made in the neighbor-
hood of Poitiers. A buried Gallo Roman
town has been found, with the ruins Of
a temple ia yards long by seventy
yards broad, baths, theater, streets and
houses. Sculpture in good preserva-
ton, iron, bronze and earthen articles
are found. The town is thought to date
from the second century.
Ages of living Empresses: Augusta,
of Germany, II; Queen of Denmark,
IS; of England, 63; Empress of Brazil,
60; Queen Olga, of Wurtemburg, 60;
Queen of Saxony, 40; Empress of Aus
tria, As; of the Belgians, As; of Sweden,
46; of Italy, so; Empress of Russia, IS;
Queen of Portugal, "a; Queens of Spain
and the Netherlands, "a each; Of Ser
via, 23.
Captain White, Of Ireland, belong
ing to the Eleventh Hussars, who has
been in receipt of $10,00O year from
his estates, but who has been financially
embarrassed lately by the loss of in
come caused by the troublous times in
that happy land, walked out on lonely
moor awhile ago, and on meeting .
laboring man gave him his watch and
chain saying he had no further use for
them, and then cut his throat.
The seventeen-year old bride of q
Siamese Prince died not long ago, whose
funeral ceremonies were on . scale OF
magnifcence seldom if ever equaled
The funeral pyre was made Of logs OF
the fragrant sandalwood, costing $1O,-
600, and million dollars worth of gold
and jewels were strewed upon it. The
Prince applied the torch with his own
hand, and when all was consumed the
ashes were collected in = magnificent
urn, which now stands In the sacred
temple at Benares.
The shop assistant population Of
London is estimated at about O,OOO-
larger than all Dublin-and there are
no less than $4,000 shops employing
about one-third of this population, who
work from twelve to fourteen hours .
day without relaxation. A century ago
early closing was general, and for CEN
turies twelve hours day, including two
for meals and relaxation, was the regular
period of work for employees. The ex-
tension of hours came in with gas and
steam, big houses Gin 1900 the largest
shop in London employed only sixteen
on the premises) and keener competi-
ton. Thousands Of persons employed
in London shops break down every year
and 60 home to die.