The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-25
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Barb-wire fences arc being intro



-Barb-wire fences arc being intro
arced into Great Britain.
Prince Robert of Orleans. the eld-
- SON of the Due de Chartres, who died
recently, had been an idiot from his
nth.
Pope Leo is dyspeptlc, although the
a4aiction does not affect his amiability.
Il is said dry bread and milk is his diet
week in and week out
Partisan handles are wearing col
ored shirt fronts with white collars and
cuffs, and some bold spirits appear in
this array even in the evening, accom-
panying it with white tie. They have
taken to waist-coats of lowered jean,
with grounds of delicate pink and blue
One of the rules of Monte Carlo is
that when q visitor has lost everything
at the gaming table he must leave Mo-
naco. The administration pays his
fare to whatever part of the world he
may desire to 60. but if he has no
means of support he is not permitted to
remain. Thus it is that there are no
miserable persons in the principality.
The following appears in London
paper: London season. A lady of
good position, without children. offers
to take charge of young lady of good
family, and present her to wide circle
Of the very best society. this season.
Exceptional advantages offered. Terms,
E60O. All communications contiden-
tial. Address," etc.
"A grand monetary bonfire will
shortly take place in Rome. The bank
notes withdrawn from circulation in
accordance with the law suppressing
the forced currency of paper money
will be formally burned in specially
erected furnace. when greenbacks once
worth nearly three millions sterling
will vanish into smoke.
The bones of Pizarro, the conquer
er of Peru. lie in the crypt of the Grand
Cathedral at Lima, which he built in
1910, and which is the most imposing
ecclesiastical edifice in America It is
said to have cost S9,000.000. The
money came from the old Inca tenn
pies. which were robbed of their gold
and silver ornaments and stripped OF
their carved timbers by the Spaniards.
The London Graphic says: A four
footed bird has been discovered in
South America. The ''cigana"
(Opisthecma cristata), or gypsy, as
it is called by the natives. lives on the
Anabiir River, in the Island of Marajo.
ut the mouth of the Amazon. and
builds its nest in the reeds OF the
..aninga," large-leaved semi-aquatie
plant which grows in dense masses il
the island swamps. The bird re
sembles q pheasant, and is only four
footed in early life. as after . few days
existence one pair of legs develops into
wings.
The Pail Mall Gazette prints hith
erto unpublished proclamation of the
Ameer OF Afghanistan to his subjects
issued in 1882. It reviews the history
of the Afghans. claiming that they ar
descended from the lost ten tribes o
Israel. 1t traces their descent from
Adam through Jacob. their subsection
in Egypt, their deliverance therefron
By Moses, their wanderinrs in the des
ert, and their settlement in Syria IN
der the Ameership Of Saul and Solo
mon to their Babylonian captivity
their release, their wanderings on thu
hills of Ghour. and their final settle
ment in Afghanistan. It concludes b.
exhorting the Afghans to trust in God
who will preserve them from their ter
rible enemy. Russia, who is waiting +
devour them.