Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
FoRElcN GOSSIP.

FOREIGN GOSSIP.
The Australian market gardeners
are being ruined by Chinese cheap Ia
Dor.
A repeating cannon has been tried
at Brosschart, in Belgium, which can
throw twenty-seven shots minute.
Somebody now proposes to kill Oh
the Australian rabbits by introducing
poisonous gases into their burrows.
Indian corn is extensively raised
in English parks and gardens as an
ornament. The climate does not allow
the seed to ripen.
King Charles of Roumania is one
of the most expert trout fishermen in
Europe, and seldom fails to pass a few
weeks each summer in the region of
well-stocked brooks.
There is legend current among
the peasants of Bavaria that the long
life of Kaiser Wilhelm was due to q
mysterious philter of which his I'm
perial Majesty alone possessed the Sc
cret.
Cardinal Gibbons is said to be the
favorite of English. German and Rus
sian cardinals for the highest Office in
the church when the Pope Leo dies.
An American Pope would be a decided
innovation.
OF the $500 persons who visited
Shakespeare's birthplace during the
last year 5000 were Americans, thirty
nine nationalities being represented in
all. The amount derived from visitors
fees is about $500 a year.
In the old Church of San Maguel,
in Santa Fe, is bell that was cast in
Spain in the year 1856. 1t was brought
to Mexico by Cortez, and after the fall
of MOntezuma Indian slaves carried it
to Santa Fe. Three of the altar pieces
in the ancient church are more than
seven hundred years.
"A factory inspector found a woman
h the East End of London who was
working sixteen hours day making
waistcOat buttonholes at the rate FIVE
for I'd. A fur cape-maker told him:
Il work from eight to eight, and earn
five shillings week, sometimes less.
have nothing to do for six months in
the year.
Meat, it is said, is actually dearer
in Buenos Ayres than in London. In
deed, the people of the former city
complain that while the best of Argen-
tine mutton is sold to London con-
sumers at nine cents pound, they can
not get the best at all, but have to pay
ten cents to twelve cents per pound for
inferior mutton.
The general jollity at a wedding in
Ajaccio, Corsica, was disturbed the
other day by the appearance of two
gendarmes who stopped dance and
insisted upon arresting one of the
dancers, a young woman. She tried to
escape and then drew pistol. but one
of the officers shot her, and then it was
found out that she was Camille N0colai,
a noted bandit, and no woman at all.
Princes de Metternich is one of
the ugliest women imaginable. She
said of herself when in Paris: II am
the best-dressed monkey in the city,"
and she really had the courage to found
the Club of Ugly Women" club in
which there were only five members.
A correspondent describing her, says:
1.-The shoulders, uncovered to the last
degree, were ornamented with scars
of every size and shape, the mouth
was like that of an African, but the
grace and elegance could not be de-
Med
The interest in modern science is
rapidly increasing in China, and
scientific book depot instituted
three years ago for spreading useful
literature throughout the empire, is
growing in favor. About 10000
volumes have been sold, reaching the
most distant parts of China, Corea and
Japan. About 200 works have already
been translated into Chinese under
foreign management, to which about
ESQ native works have been added.