Thomas County cat., 1889-08-29
FoRE,cN GOSSIP.

Tho belle of the royal family II
said to be Princess Victoria of Teck.
"A society has been formed in China
by women to oppose the binding Of
women's feet. 1t is called The
Heavenly Foot Society,""
Rents in Scotland are getting lower
| and lower. Four farms recently relet
in the South for the approaching term
| broush. less than half their former
rent.
The Prince Regent of Bavaria is
| the founder of new school which will
impart to its pupils the art of restoring
| pictures. The school is the first of the
| kind in the world.
The Eiffel Tower is now declared,
even by those who feared that it would
be unsightly, to have a ''light and
graceful appearance in spite of its gi-
gantic size, ana to be an imposing
monument. worthy of Paris"
The money paid now to the British
royal family amounts to f543,OOO a
year. Out of this. e3S5. 900 is paid the
Queen for the expenses and salaries of
her household, retired allowances,
bounties, aims, special services. etc.
For Her Majesty's privy purse EGO, 900
is allotted. Ia addition to this she re-
ceives from the Duchy of Lancaster
about f45, 900 a year.
The Russian Government has
offered a prize of 5000 rubles (s2, 500)
for the best inquiry into the nature and
effects of the poison which develops in
cured fish. The competition is open to
all and the memoirs must be sent in by
January l, 1893 in the Russian, Latin,
French English or German language.
Canton, China, has the largest mint
in the world, the plant consisting OF
ninety coming presses, while the Paris
mint has only twenty-five, and that IT
London only nineteen. While the Paris
mint has a capacity for turning out
every ten hours 594.0 coins, the Cam
ton mint can produce 100000.
According to the Persian custom,
own palace. He wanted to do this
while staying in Buckingham Palace,
but the Queen would not permit it.
though long negotiations were carried
Oh to obtain her permission. In the
end it was settled that the royal butch
ering should be performed at Prince
Malcolm Kahn's house in Holland Park.
There is a curious museum at St.
Petersburg, to which access is not easily
obtained. 1t contains all the imperial
state and private carriages, but the
most interesting among all is the
brougham in which Alexander H. was
killed. The back of it is all in ruins.
and inside it looks quite dreadful. One
of the cushions, however, is still good;
here and there splashes of mad are Or
it.
The number OF women who hunt
in England is year by year on the in
crease, and the latest variation of the |
sport is otter hunting. Otter hunting |
is done on foot and requires an equip |
boots. The otter is almost the only |
existing species of the wild fauna of |
England. with the exception of the |
badger and the roedeer, and there is |
sad in seeing the war of ex-
termination begun against him as
fad.
The Empress of Germany has an
army of seamstresseS, but it is her
delight TO preside over and assist in
the manufacture of her children's
garments. She is a person of great
taste. and generally picks her own and
her children's hats to pieces and makes
them over after receiving them from
renowned French mOdiste. She is
also an adept in fine embroidery in
white and colOrs, and is as Industrious
as many a woman of limited means