Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-08-29
FoREloe GOSSIP.

Tho belle ~ the royal family is
said ~ b. Princess Victoria oi Teck.
A Asoclety has besn formed 10 China
BY women 10 oppose the biadlng of
womcns fcct Il l. called The
Heavenly Toot society"
Rents In S,otland are retting lower
and lower Four farms recently relet
In the south for the approaching term
broughi less than half their former
rent
The Prince Regent a Bavaria i
the founder ~ a new school which viii
impart % L. pupils the art oi restoring
pictures The school i the hrst oi the
Kind Ia the world
The Enel Tower l. now declared.
even by those who feared that Il would
b. unsightiy. 10 have a Eight and
graoeiul appearance in spite 81 its gi-
gantic size. and 10 b. an imposing
mouamenL worthy Of Paris"
The money paid now 10 the British
royal family amounts 30 E5t3.Oo a
year Out of this asa. OOO l. paid the
Qucen Tor the expenses and salarie. %
her household. retired aliowAn
bountics. aims. special services. etc.
fOr lloF Maicsty's privy purse 40. 900
IL allotted Ia addition ~ this she ~
eeivcs from the Duchy Of Lancaster
about Ets.ulO . year.
The Russian Government has
offered q prize Of s.0OO rubles (s2 500
for ihe best inquiry into the nature and
effects ~ the poison which develops Ia
cured hsh. The composition l. open 20
all and the memoirs must b. sent iu by
January /. is93 In the Russian. Latia.
frcnch English or German language.
-CaBton. China. has the largest mint
In the world, the plant consisting of
ninety coming presses. while the Paris
mint has only twenty-iwo, and that q
London only nineteen. While the Paris
mint has a capacity for turning out
every tea hours agl .G0l coins. tho Can.
ton mini can produce 2,7uuOJ0
According 20 The Persian custom,
the shah has his mutton killed ia hls
Own palace. lie wanted 10 DO this
y white staying In Buckingham Palace.
but The Qnogn would not permit a.
though long negotiations were carried
on 10 obtain hcr permission IN the
end u was settled that the royal butch-
oring should b. performed Al Prince
Malcum Kahn house Ia Holland PARK
There is q curious museum al -
Petersburg to which arcUss u not easily
obtained d contains an The imperial
state and private carriages. bat tho
most interesting among al i tho
brouKham Ia which Alexander ~ was
killed The back ~ Il j. al In ruius
and inside 10 loul. quite dreadful Ons
~ the cushions. huweyor. i siiil good
here aud there splashcs Of mud arc ou
IL
The number ~ women who hunt
In England j. year by year on the IN
crease. and the latest variation ~ ths
sport i otter hunting Otter hunting
l. done on foot aud requires an equip
ment ~ short Petiicoats and thick
bou,s The otter l. almost the uniy
existing species a the Wild fauna ~
England With the exception - the
badger and the roedocr. aud there II
something sal IN soeing the var ~ cx-
termination begun against him a. q
fashionable fad
The Empress oi Germany has an
army ~ soamstres=o.. but Il l. her
delight 10 preside over and assist Ia
the manufacture 81 hcr chtldrsn's
garments She i person 81 great
taste and generally picks her ovn and
her childroH'- hats % pieces and makes
them over after rvceising them from a
renowned French modiste She l.
also an adept In hne embroidery In
white and culors. and u a. industrious
~ many a SON an ~ limited means