Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-26
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Switzerland has built 1000 inns
since tourists began to visit her.
Princess Louise's wedding jewelry
alone was estimated at f2O0. 900 worth.
"A six-ton cab, carrying an electric
battery strong enoughs to run it forty
miles, recently made satisfactory trip
through London.
1t is absolutely essential that
every Maid of Honor employed in the
British Royal Family should be good
horsewoman and correct reader of mu-
sic at sight
Prince Bismarck has at Varzin 22,-
600 acres, of which Ii, 900 are covered
with glorious forests of oak and beech.
His home farm comprises 400 acres,
and the remainder of the cleared land
is let in farms of about 700 acres each.
1t is estimated that in London the
evening papers print no fewer than
100000 copies every day, whereas
thirty years ago they did not issue TO-
600 altogether. OF the morning jour-
nails, there are two that boast of print
ing more than 500. 600 copies between
them for the days supply.
"A new use for rabbits has been
found by the physicians of the Biz
mingham Lunatic Asylum. A number
of wild rabbits have been turned loose
on to the fields adjoining the institu-
ton, so that the inmates will be
amused by seeing the rabbits run
about, and to divert the mind of the
patients is one of the great objects OF
the institution.
in the last year there have been
fished out of the river Seine the car
cases of 2,O21 dogs. 977 cats, 2,257
rats, 5O7 chickens and ducks, % pup
pies, 10 sheep, &c pigs, 5 hogs, p
geese, 600 birds. foxes, calves,
monkeys, goats. snake, 2 squirrels.
porcupines. 1 parrot. $50 doves, 2
peacocks, and 1 sea dog. Besides all
this, great number of human bodies
and 3,O66 kilometers of refuse meat
were taken from the river.
When French Deputy is censured
and expelled by the Legislature he is
forbidden, it is said, even to enter the
palace where the sessions are held
during the fifteen sessions following
the expulsion, and he is fined half of
his pay as a member. Furthermore,
he is compelled to advertise his shame
in the department which he repre-
in public places 800 printed accounts
of the whole affair.
The Swami of Southern India
have always been greatly celebrated
for their skill as jewellers. but the forms
and figures usually made have been of
character that was inadmissable in
western society. A Parsee gentleman,
having obtained the appointment of
Indian jeweler to the Queen of En-
gland, obtained sufficient influence
among the Swami to induce them to
abandon their old style. and the result
was a acknowledgements casket for
Princess Louise, of workmanship
comparatively unknown.
The Russians have recently i'm
proved on the sleeplng-coaches of the
railway and the preambulating school
master of the rural regions. They
have provided a school-wagon which
is furnished with a room for the
teacher, classroom or study. and a
library, all suitably supplied with the
necessary material. This wagon will
be on the line of the Transcaspian
railway all round the year, remaining
as long as may be deemed necessary
at districts not provided with school.
Science.
The Chilians have evidently dis
covered the secret of longevity. From
a recent return it appears that nearly
500 persons out of a total Of $780, 900
are upwards of hundred years old.
One man puts his age down at $50.
making him the oldest man in the
world. After him comes woman
aged 1873; two women and one man re-
port themselves as 1876; 1872, $50 and
127 each have representative, while
there are seven 125 years old, eight
120, twenty-seven lis. and no less than
ninety-one aged ITO. But they are
mostly colored persons. The whites
in Chill are cut down like flowers at
the earlv age of 80 or so.