Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-02-23
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Tho women of Russia do all the
harvesting; the grain is cut with
sicklcs. as it was 8 00o years ago. and
is thrcshed with a fail
THE great American deer
stalker Mr. Wiman. now controls
10000 acres of deer forest in Scot
land. and employees several hundred
keepers
1t is stated that more than 2. OOO.-
600 glass eyes are made every year in
Germany and Switzerland; while one
French house manufactures 800 600
of them annually.
The city of Buenos Ayres. with a
spirit of enterprise superior TO that of
many cities Of greater pretensiOns. is
about 10 establish pneumatic postal
service on the European plan.
Sea otter has only been known TO
Europeans as fur for about one hum
dred and fifty years. 1t is the rival Of
seal in fashionable favor Minevcr. or
gray squirrel. is a very old fur. and
was at one lime the special favorite of
royalty.
There are whole towns in Germany
that do little else but make dolls for
American children. They are mostly
simp country folk. England's chill
drcn spend almost a million dollars
for French and G .rman dolls, and
Americas children almost double that.
An Englishman has invented n
brake by which any person in COM
partment can turn lever and stop
the train. At the same time white
disk will appear outside Of the COM
partment 10 notify the conductor in
which carriage the brake has been
used
The heir presumptive to the Bel
gian throne. Prince Baldwin of Flan-
ders. receives with the new year a sep
srate and Independent court and
household. and officially takes his rank
and place rs successor to the crown.
The Prince is now in his nineteenth
year, and is son of Prince PHILIPPE.
Count of Flanders. the only brother of
the prcsen: King.
The oyster trade in France has un.
dergone remarkable extension dur
ing the past few years. Over six hum
drel million succulent bivalves. ten
times more than in 1876. were har-
vested from beds belonging to France.
and they have become so easy to OBJ
tain that even laborers eat their oyS-
tiers daily, and every wine shop in the
poorest quarters has its oyster stand
outside.
"A sewing machine of solid silver
and enriched with sapphires was re-
Gently received by the Empress of Rus
sia. 1t was present from the So
ciety for promoting the use of Russian
NJ ltcrials The Czarina has taken
great interest in this organization.
Her enthusiasm, however will not
cause her to use the sewing machine
in all probability.
1t is rather interesting to observe
that The little baby Princess who has
just made her distinguished arrival at
Balmoral Castle is the first scion of
royalty born in the Gray North"
since 1000 Our Scotch cousins will
be charmed. no doubt, at this event;
which. taking place earlier than was
expected, seems to have produced
something very like furry in the
Rpyal household. Table Ialk IN Leeds
Aercury.
To a grand dinner. given recently
at Belgrade, by an august parsonage
10 some foreigners of distinction WIS.,
Ting the Servian capital. several menu
bcrs of the Skuptschina (or national
parliamenD had been invited. Oae of
the alien guests. well-known French
tinancier, happened to sit next to 4
Scrvian NJ p. and was considerably
diverted by his quaint eNpcdicnts for
dealing with certain attributes of civ
ilization obviously unfamiliar with
him. Toward the conclusion of the
feast the Frenchman selected 4 tooth
pick from small tray lying near
him and politely passed the recepta-
Gle on TO his neighbor. who. however,.
pcremptorily declined his offer. ex-
claiming: NO, Gospodin; l have
already eaten ten OF the things and l
want no more.