Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-27
FoREioN GOSSIP.

Some Persian women smoke cigar
cites made Of tea
i'm England check-reins are now
entirely out of use, being forbidden by
law.
The electric light is making great
progress in Berlin, the number Of
lamps now in use there being about
%, 600, against $50 at the end of 1886.
The four pages of honor attached
to the English court get $3.50 apiece.
their only duty being to attend the
drawing-room receptions during the
winter season.
A new and curious sect has recent
ly grown up in Africa, the benacriam-
ba, or '.sons of hemp" a society OF
hemp-smokers. who. calling them
selves friends" are bound together
by ties of mutual hospitality.
1t is reported that several of the
Oldest and most respectable London
clubs are in want of both money and
members. The new clubs are so nu-
merous and possess so many fresh at
fractions that the old ones find it diff
cult to compete.
The way of the amateur dramatic
performer is not always paved with
roses by the London press The Queen
very calmly says that a recent per-
Torrance twas of the kind usually de-
scribed as wonderfully good for anna
teurs,'" and describes the one pro-
fessional actress present as "a dove
among crows"
Between fifteen and sixteen thou
sand children are lost in London every
year, almost all of whom are found
and restored to their parents by the
aid of the Metropolis an police. Be-
tween one hundred and twenty and
one hundred and fifty adults are miss
ing yearly in London, and about fifty
dead bodies are not claimed or identi-
fed after being found.
The court of Leo XIII. is said to
comprise l. 16O persons. There are 20
Wallets, 12O house prelates, 40 privy
chamberlains. amberlains, 800 ex-
trahonorary chamberlains, $50 super
numerary champerlains, 80 officers of
the noble guard and 60 guardsmen, IA
| officers of the Swiss guard and palace
guard, honorary chaplains. 20 pri-
vate secretaries, 10 stewards and mas
tiers of the horse. 60 door-keepers.
| The value of Nova Scotia's fish
harvest last year was 1917, 900, de-
crease of 1862, 900, as compared with
the previous year owing to the failure
of the shore fisheries. The mackerel
catch was fifty per cent below that OF
the year previous, but there was an in
crease of 10000 quintals in the cod
family. The catch aggregated LIZ
600 quintals.
The progress of the age is no
where more strikingly exhibited than
in these two occurrences: The Mahar-
ala of Judhpore has ordered two OF
his ministers to discuss with an as
sembly of notables the ACCESSIBILITY OF
abolishing polygamy. Again, or
April 20 public meeting was held in
Madrid, presided over by the con-
sentative leader, Canovas del Castillo
for the purpose of establishing Span
ish society for the abolition of negro
slavery. The promoter of the move
ment is Don Luis Sorela. friend an6
disciple of Cardinal Lavigerie.
In Venezuela all manner of make
shifts have been resorted to for sup
plying ga circulating medium" II
Guanta, for example, the people have
absolutely no money, and when they
wish to purchase a few necessaries
they steal cocanuts by 1.-The dark O.
the MOON and hand them over to the
traders in exchange for the supplies
they require. This free and easy Gus
tom became so universal and alarming
hat in order to protect the few wht
raise the fruit the Alcaldi of the dis
trict of Guanta was obliged to issue {
decree which probably has not par
allel in financial circles. He ha!
lately prohibited the use of cocoanut
as money and threatened with condigl
punishment all traders who may re
ceive them as such.
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