The Osceola times., 1888-01-07
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Further experiments are expected
next spring at Aldershot with the tri-
cycle as military arm. Lord Wolse-
ley attaches great Importance to the
tricycle.
China has at the present time |, 800
temples to the honor Of Confucius, at
which 81, coo pigs, rabbits, sheep and
deer. and 1900 pieces of silk srs of
fcred annually.
In the center Of the dining-room
of the Slcvinsky Bazaar, Hotel OF Mos
cow, is large fountain filed with
fish. from which, when you order one.
the waiter catches it alive with dip
net before your eyes. -rv
Tho manufacture OF bicycles and
tricyclcs is the latest development Of
German competition with hitherto
specifically English industry. The
splendid roads Of the Black Forest and
Switzerland have this year been more
thronged than ever before with yeloci-
pedes. There is now hardly town in
Germany without lis velocipede club
The Government of New Zealand
IS driven 10 extremes in order to do
battle against the rabbits Nearly
two thousand stoais and weasels have
been exported from England and lib
Grated on the sheep ranges, and still
the demand continues. A cargo of
..
way. The price given In England is
four shillings for each weasel and six
shilings for stoats, and when the ami
mails are sold in the colony the shil-
liugs become glIineas.
The chateau of Chautilly gener-
ousiy presented by the Due d Aumale
To the French nation. is to be finally
completed according to the old orig
inal design at the Dukes expense. The
large stables will be raised in height
and decorated, while the ornamental
sculptures left unfinished at the end of
the last century are now to be added
The Duke is also arranging the gal
lerics to contain The library and art
collections so that when the institute
takes possession the old palace will be
ready for opening to the public.
Tho church of Hucknal Torkard.
Nuts, England, in which is the tomb
of Byron, is being rebuilt, but it is
said that not stone of Byron's tomb
will be disturbed, and the block OF
marble sent for the purpose by the
| King of Greece and embellished with a
laurel wreath wrought in brass by Mr.
II chard Belt which marked the poets
grave, as.well as the tablet to his men,
ory and the mural monument in men,
| ory Of his daughter, Lady Lovolace,
will, after the restoration, occupy the
same positions relative to the grave as
now.
In the large plains called clan
dccs, " in southwest France, the people
! Use stills as n matter of course. These
| plains are gercrally flooded. though
not 10 a sufficient depth to enable peo-
/ pie TO get about II. boats. The stills
I are not hold in the hands, like those
] we are accustomed 10 see. but are frul-
| ly strapped to the side Of the leg The
person wearing them carries long
/ pole to balance himself, and aid him
in walking. This pole has usually a
cros,-picce at one end, 50 that, byput-
ting it at n slant on the ground behind
| him, the person on stills can 81. down
/ on it and rest II is n common occur
rcuc' In that country 10 see men and
women sitting and knitting in this
( exalted position, while the sheep they
are tending wander about the plain.
They wear their stills all day long
putting them on when they 60 out in
the morning, and taking them of only
when they return home at night =
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