Afro-independent. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1888-1???, 1888-09-22
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
-Iaris. it is said. is consuming more
horse-flesh for food than ever before.

= arts, 1t Is said. is consuming more
horse-flesh for food than ever before.
a pet panther of Duchess Is the
gossip of Paris. The Duchess is said
to feed the pet herself. and to affec-
tionately stroke the fierce creature
through the bars OF the eage.Z
The mother of the present Ger
man Empress Is confined in mad
house. She wanted to become the wife
OF Louis Napoleon. when he was Pres.
ident, and would have done so but for
the opposition of Queen Victoria
The King of ZCorea isZnotZ the
weakling that his enemies represent
HMM fact, he is a strong, kindly.
progressive man. who has a hard road
to go, and whose gentleness is some
times mistaken for lack of strength.
Americans who know him admire him.
Queen Victoria has won quite a
reputation among English agrieulturs
alists as what may be called a royal
farmer of the gentler sex..Atthe
show of the Isle of Wight Agricult-
ural Society recently she took three
prizes for farm horses. one for Jersey
cattle, and four for Down sheep.
Queen Regent Christina of Spain is
exceedingly superstitious and is great
believer in what is called fate; she has.
moreover. great faith in "affinities. !"
and the influence of one person over
another for good or evil. She is con-
WINGED that it is possible for person
to magnetic another by look, by
touch or by desire.
The destruction of forests has pro-
ceeded so rapidly in Prussia OF late
years that the government has passed
law protecting timber 1t was found
that the climate in many districts was
changing, and rivers and lakes were
becoming shallow in consequence of
the wholesale cutting away of woods.
1t is not generally known that
there is Il prayer meeting in connec-
ton with the British House of Com
mons. In the room of Colonel Legge,
the deputy assistant sergeant-at-arms.
within the precincts OF the House, a
prayer-meeting is held Weekly during
the time the House is in session. No
similar service is held in connection
with the Reuse of Lords.
The King of the Belgians hates
tobacco, never wears gloves and goes
bareheaded as much as possible. He
is fond Of bathing, but does not swim.
Geography and languages are his
favorite studies, and he has travelled In
almost every Asiatic country. He is a
handsome man, slightly built, but
muscular, with blue eyes and big
brown beard touched with gray.
Queen Natalie's private fortune Is
variously estimated at from 100000
to 3,000,0 600 rubles, not reckoning her
estates in Bessarabia. She Is a careful
financial manager. The marital troubles
of King Milan and Queen Natalie have
often been represented as due in great
measure to Milan's endeavors To en-
croach upon his wife private fortune.
1t seems, however. that she has man
aged to retain it all in her own hands.
The Sultan of Turkey eats well
and with much circumspection. His
daily food is cooked by one man and
his aids. 1t is prepared in silver
vessels, and each vessel is sealed by a
slip OF paper and stamp after the
meal is cooked. These seals are broken
in the presence of the Sultan by the
high chamberlain. who takes spoon
full OF each dish before the Sultan tastes
it. The annual expenditure of the
Sultan's household is over Sal ,000, 900.