The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1889-03-16
EOKEtGl,. GOSSIP.

AT tho request Of Kaiser Wilhelm.
horse-racing in Prussia on Sundays
and holidays has been stopped.
Tho late Lord Granville is said to
have been one of the greatest gamblers
in England He once LOST sll5, 900 at
one sitting 4. whist.
The Empress Victoria of Germany
lately bought land at Steglitz for. a
hospice for young girls abandoned by
their natural protectors. w..
fS-The pct dog of q lady at Dunbar
torshire, Scotland, which died recent
II. was placed in an elegant mahogany
collin with brass mountings, and de-
nosited in the family burial ground.
There are. according to q French
correspondent. musical soirees every
Sunday at the palace of the Emperor
of Germany, the programme being
executed by generals, colonies, majors,
captains and lieutenants.
The holy city of Tunis, Kairwan,
can now be entered by Christians, and
its mosques can be visited. The great
mosque has sos columns of marble of
every conceivable color and of every
variety of architecture, and is, per-
haps, the next in beauty to the great
mosque in Cardova.
Paris is the great snail-eating city
OF the world. Every year 10000
pounds are sont to the city from the
gardens of Burgundy, Champagne,
Provence and Potion, where they are
specially reared for this purpose.
They are not only eaten as delicacy,
but also on account of their highly
nutritious qualities.
Iii Hi, the present King of Corea,
belongs to a family which has held the
Corean throne since 1892. During that
time twenty-nine Kings have reigned
and the power of each has been moro
despotic than that of the Gar of Rus
STA. The royal blood has not weak
ened in it's flowing, and His Majesty of
to-day has the best qualities of his an
cestors, and is one of the most pro-
gressive of Asiatic rulers.
In Japan, as elsewhere, there is
great thirst, and proportionate desire
to Stake it with something stronger
than water. From a report on the SUBJ
ject it seems that there are now in
Japan Is, 1853 sake distillers, and that
they produce amongst them 40, O46, 700
gallons. The population of Japan is
less than $4,000, 900, So there is plenty
of sake for each inhabitant.
"A committee of Berlin ladies re-
Gently presented Empress Victoria
Augusta with white silk apron, on
which the names of the Empress five
young sons were worked. The EN-
press, in acknowledging the gift, said
that she was .honored by the present,
for an apron was always the symbol of
the true German housewife. And then,
putting the apron on, she said very
simply: my husband desires me al
ways to wear an apron; he says it looks
more homely.''
"A banker in Lille, France, had the
misfortune to wet eighteen bills of the
Bank of France, and in order to dry
them he placed them on a board at an
open window where the sun shone
upon them. They dried more rapidly
than was anticipated. A gust of wind
carried them into the street, where,
unfortunately, a goat picking up odds
and ends at once captured the bank
bills and swallowed them. The goat
was purchased and the bills secured in
very dilapidated condition, but the
Bank of France recognized it's obliga-
tons and redeemed them.
The first of the art treasures owned
by Queen Victoria is her Sevres des-
sert set, which is kept in Windsor Cas-
tie. 1t is valued at $25O,OO0. This
service was made for King Louis XVI.
OF France, and was purchased by King
George ". when Prince Regent. The
ground is oftgros bleu, with a wonder
full gliding by the renowned Leguay
and exquisite medallion subjects paint
ed by Dodin. 1t will scarcely be cred
tied that this almost priceless service
was for many years in daily use at
Carlton House and at the cottage in
Windsor Park for the private table of
George w., and during that period
twelve pieces disappeared, being re-
ported as broken.