The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

from q general view taken in En-
gland, the natives appear to be in
~creasing in vigor, rather than degen
Grating.
The prejudice against horse fest
a o so faded out in Paris. tina,
there are 1872 recognized butcher shop:
where horse-fesh is openly sold.
One of the great industries of M.
remberg is making lead toy soldiers.
Eight hundred work people are en-.
gagged and they turn out 10, 900 sol.
diers a day.
An American quack doctor sold
some liquid on the streets of Paris
which he warranted to relieve pain in
one minute Some of those who were
not relieved made complaint and he
was sent up for a ear
A naval officer invited to meet O
committee of a society for the evaneel-
lzatlon OF Africa, when asked: I'D o the
SUBJECTS Of the King of Dahomey keep
Sunday" replied: Eyes, and eyery
thing else they can lay hands on"
An association just organized in
London proposes to set up disabled or
poverty-stricken wal veterans in the
business of flower selling on the
streets. The veterans are to be pro-
Vlded with glass-covered barrows, like
greenhouses, on wheels.
An Emperor William clock" has
been made in Berlin. The case repro
sents the old Emperor's palace. When
Ihe hour strikes the palace guard
marches past, and William l., with his
first great-grandson, now the little
GroWn Prince, appears at the historic
corner window where he so often
showed himself to his people.
The presents given by the imperial
household of China to the Emperor on
the occasion of his marriage COM
prised 200 ounces of gold, 10, 900
ounces of silver and one gold tea set,
two silver tea sets, one silver basin,
1000 pieces Of cloth and 20 ponies,
with saddles and brides complete.
The beautifully paved streets of
London are so slippery that an asso-
citation has recently been formed called
the Society for Promoting the Safety
of Horses, and another called the
Horse Accident Prevention Society.
The proposed plan to receive the most
commentator was to keep the streets
rlean and we'll sanded.
-Ihe common people of Hamburg
rarely eat meat, it is SO dear. Soups
are made in great variety, including
from beer. The poorer kinds of
fish only r cheap. Economy is not
confined to the poorer people. Servant
girls are generally allowed for the
week their loaf of bread and quarter
Or half pound of butter or lard, and
are only permitted to use a certain
quantity at each meal, the rest being
locked up with the family provisions
Till the next meal.
Australian travellers state that the
interior of Australia is by no means
desert it has long been supposed to
be. Though now appropriated, it is
pronounced capable Of supporting a
population. Gold has been found
there, and the travellers brought home
of vast pasture lands, abundant
water. and finally of deep blue lakes,
at least one of which is of large and
as yet unknown extent. A great rail-
road is to extend across the continent
north to south, through the east
ern part of the country once supposed
% be a desert. 1t is predicted that the
desert" will disappear, as that in
America has done.
In a year Or two the American Wis
tor who sits down upon a little hard
bench in Westminster Abbey. waiting
Until the afternoon services are over,
I'D in the meantime gazes around upon
he aarble features of the great de-
will. no doubt, find the face of
Arnold in the distinguished
,roup. For of the t%hirty-ive thousand
lollar memorial fund which has been
'aisvd in his honor, three thousand
is to be set apart for a bust of
he distinguished writer to be placed
n Westminster, and the rest is to be
invested for the benefit of the widow.