The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-08
FOREIGN GOSSIP,

A new case of migration is the ap- pearance of the Tartary partridge in Germany. sj
 J. G. Turnbull is the Jay Gould of Australia. His fortune is estimated at s5O,OOO,OOO
 The Queen of Roumania says man and wife should never cease to do a little counting, no matter how old they may be.
 The city of London is said to have fewer inhabitants to the house than any other of the large cities of Europe. Vienna has five times as many.
 American travellers in Ireland nowadays are furnished travelling companion free of expense, it seems. Nevertheless, a government detective in ones tracks can hardly be said to add to the pleasure of jaunt through Erin.
 Versailles is falling into a state of ruin. The statues there are moss grown, water infiltrates into the arches of the orangery from the terrace above, and the southern wing of the palace has so gone to decay that large stones often tumble from the cornice, while the roof is hardly protection from rain.
 Near the Ponte Fabricio, in Rome, the river bed has yielded a great quan- tity of terra-cotta busts, many of which have openings, and show within rude representations of the lungs, heart, etc. They are considered dedicatory gifts in thanks for a return to health, per haps once placed in temple of Apollo.
 A modern French custom at bap tisms Is that of presenting all the guests with a donation of sugar al- monds in a bonbonniere, which has the appearance of a roll of parchment. On this roll are inscribed the names of the child, of the parents, god-parents, the date of the birth and christening, and the name of the church where the ceremony was performed.
 The Emperor of Japan has very poor opinion of dancing. The Tokio Dempo relates that recently Minister of State, while in audience, touched upon the subject of dancing, where upon His Majesty expressed the opin- ion that the prevalence of such a voluptuous custom was sure indica- tion of the decay of the nation. The minister, therefore, upon retiring gave orders to those engaged in the con- struction ef the new palace to dismantle the dancing saloon in the new build ing, which was already completed.
 Queen Victoria recently, it is said, desired to inspect a detachment of Cey- lon Rifles that were in England. None of them knew any English. When they were paraded in the grand cor ridor at Windsor the Queen, passing among them, asked one: "Have you been long in England?" The answer was in pure Cingalese, and the Queen, without betraying any embarrassment, answered: "Oh, indeedr' and dropped the conversation. All the soldiers caught the remark and remembered it, and when they went home repeated it to their comrades and friends, and now in Ceylon the principal English phrase is: ''Oh, indeedi" which is very inn portant, because the Queen used it.
 The statistical bureau of the mu- nicipality of Paris recently issued the returns as to the population of the city and the department of the Seine at the end of 1886. These returns put the total population of the department at 2,961, ,0S9, of whom 2,341. 450 were resi- dent in Paris itself. At the beginning of the century the total population of the Seine was only 631, 1885, so that it is now more than four times larger than it then was, increasing to 1,2OO,- 900 in 1S40 and to ?, 100000 in 1876. It has therefore increased by about 6O0,- 900 in the last ten years.