Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-08-08
Foaslon GOSSIP.


There are no fewer than 2s.T9s
known thieves over slxteen year. Of
ago Ii England.
The Czar Of Russia. according 70
an English traveller. wears a silk
strap around bis waist IN place of sus-
peuders.
Ia China people ia easy circum.
stances bay their cofIins long heiore
they need them. and exhibit them as
ornamental pieces of furniture.
la The County % London there are
sixiy-hyo theaisrs aud ave hundred
rnusie-halls. aud they provide accom-
modaiiou Tor SO. 0oo persons.
seeds-oi the most valuable varle-
ties of einchona bring a Thousand dol
lars pee ounce In Ceylon There are
nearly one hundred thousand In aa
ounce.
The old rule that 40 divorced
wamaa could be Presented a. the I'm
glish court has been rezssndcd. Any
divorced woman with whom no fault
rustea l. admitted By sncclal permls-
Zion from the Queen. after Her Majesty
has satisfied herself that the applicant
was free from blame.
4 new clock just placed In the
tower oi Glasgow University l. trc-
mcndous affair. Tho main wheels ~
the striking and quarter trains are
twenty Inches in diameter. and The
weight 81 the hammer that strikes the
hours i ~ pounds The bob oi the
pendulum weighs 80 pounds,
Ia England, cruelties 20 childrea
hy women engaged Ia baby farming
that il. takiHg care of chlldrcn
whose friends want to get rid oi them
have been exposed shich excite the
Indignation of the medical profession
and the wrath Of The public. aud set.
Ho cunning are the drndish pcrpotra-
tors of the crue'ties that no lawful way
has been found to couviet and punish
them.
At q rcceut meeting az tho MARI
borough House. the Prince oi Wales
presiding, it was resolved 30 crect
memorial to the lato Father Damien,
~ bo devoted tbe last years - his life 10
Che care ~ The leper- ~ che Sandwich
Islands The memorial will b. erected
at Molokai II wn= also decided 10
construct a lcpcr wari Ia London.
where the study ~ loProsy sIli be ea-
cnumged
A Traveller. rreeBtly returned from
Turkey, says that the dress 81 tho
ladies II Con-tnntinoplo has become 90
much like that nf their "inhdci' sisters
that a wift ~ the sultan would attract
very little attcptlou Ia uu American
street The "fcritle the large shruud.
lag mantle, b. shaped almost like
Iolman. aud ii' Gap a. thr back has
diminished 10 collar which u fast
cucd by "a knot ~ ribbon. In front. aud
b. sometimes trimmed with lace The
ashmak. or vail. j. very thin. and
long gloves are woru.
Flums are the most important
produc' ~ Bosnia. aud the fruit Ia a
dried state Is the chief article % ex-
port The poorest poa.aut has few
plum -tr,es by bis howell wealthy land
Hwuers never thiuk Of planting any
other kind oi tree by their couutry
houses and in Consequence tho sell being
~ the agricultural population depends
"a plums more than on any thing clsa
a. . srgs..a 60. H.....s t.. tt.....a....f
Ions ~ The dried irnt, valued a. morc
than one million dollars, are exported
Nicolas - Montenegro governs
his suhIocts in odd J-iashionoG paierual
style. H. rroeaily caught his Mini-tsr
of PuhIic Instruction stealing some
state archives. and be had him laid
acruss a block ln the court-y ard ~ the
palace and publicly whipped. and after
6hy strosr- with birch rod. sent
him "a prison Tor twclve months
Nicolas holds a court cysry week. aud
1fi'uders arr birChrd in his presence.
but hc j. always ready 10 remit a GER
tain number of the blows FOR cash.
Australia l. Ia have a transcontl-
Mental railroad. A lins SD miles In
length starting from Perth in Western
Australia. and connecting az Eucla with
roads "a Adelaide. Melbourne. sydney
and brisbane. has beon contracted
Tor. the government to pay the con-
tractors the sum % 2s.OOo arr,s per
mile. The road will traverse the hiih-
crto uneSplored region of Nuyt's Land.
on The Australian Blight and blnd io-
gcther cities more than Two thousand
miles apart