The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-10
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

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 King John of Abyssinia claims to be descendant of the Queen of Sheba.
 There is proposition to cut ship canal across the instep of Italy's great boot.
 Baby King Alfonso XIII. of Spain has received a present of ten thousand cigars from a tobacco merchant of Havana.
 An Amati violin, which origin ally belonged to King L Duis XIV. has re- gently been sold at Buda-Pesth for thirty-Gve hundred dollars.
 The carriages and engines of the express trains on several of the Rus sian trunk lines are now lighted by electricity.
 The recent successful transporta- tion in France of torpedo vessel by railroad, from Toulon to Cherbourg, a distance of 847 miles, is alleged to show the fcasibleness of the Eads ship railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. adistance of only about one hundred and fifty miles.
 A company in Buenos Ayres has recently ordered the material for a complete system of telephones from Paris. Over two thousand subscrib- CTS have been obtained, and the com- pany proposes to erect tower in the river, which will serve as a maratime telephone station.
 St. Petersburg has only one steam fire engine, and the same precautions against fire are taken there and at Moscow as were in use a century ago. Watchmen are stationed on towers sevcnty-fve or one hundred feet high, and when a fire is discovered a signal is given and the fire department turns out.
 The Pall Mall Gazette tells of unique kind of torture in London shops. In certain large West-E nd shops the female assistants are all doomed to a uniform size in waists varying from eighteen to twenty inches. Tall girls and stout girls all must conform to measure six inches at least below the natural size.
 A curious museum has been erect ed in Paris. It is a building in the Pompeian style of architecture, and is placed near the Trocadero. This structure will contain vast collection of art objects, a library and other de- partments, relating exclusively to re- ligious affairs. The whole is the gift Cf Frenchman named Guimet, who has expended over two millions of francs in gathering the various objects together.
 The construction of another Alpine tunnel through the Simplon, as rival of the successful St. Gothard, has for me time been talked about in Paris. The length of this new tunnel would be about twelve miles, and it would shorten the time between Paris and Central and Southern Italy by several hours. It would take from four to six years 10 build it. and the cost is esti- mated at about S16. 600, 000
 Southern Japan possesses Bishop. thirty European missionaries. fifty catechists, thirty Nuns of the Holy Child Jesus, and fourteen Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres. The mission comprises sixteen districts, eighty seven Christian settlements. forty-one churches and chapels, seminary with twelve pnpils. nineteen schools with eos pupils, six orphanages, seven girls schools and three pharma- cies; 1867 baptisms, of which 9S9 are adults. were administered during 1SS5-S6.
 The story it going the rounds of cowboy of the Wild West show who went into London restaurant and ordered steak, which was brought to him exceedingly rare. He looked at it moment then drew his re- volver. and blazed away at the meat. Of course there was a panic, and the police came about the time that the revolver had been emptied. ''What on earth do you mean by this con- ductP" asked the proprietor. ''What do l mean, pard?" answered the cow boy. Why" pointing to the almost raw steak, '1 wanted to kill the thing"