Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-04
FOREIGN GOSSIP


The number of passengers trans
ported annually in the horse-cars in
Berlin is nearly 100. 900, 900.
The hereditary Grand Falconer of
Great Britain is the Duke of ST. Adams,
who receives salary of $4.S25 year
for holding the title.
Victories will was made in 1876.
engrossed on vellum, and is now a
great. bound volume fastened with a
codicils.
"A new sort of coursing is ccnl-
planned of in the English journals, be-
ing a regular hunt, by well-to-do young
men. of cats with bulldogs in the met
ropolitan streets.
The temperature of Siberia was
once much milder than at present
This change of climate is said to ac-
count for the conversion of what were
once secondary birds there into birds
that migrate to South Africa and else
where.
The Emperor of China, a boy of
seventeen, has a serious hesitation
in his speech, and he speaks with con-
siderable difficulty. He is quiet in
disposition. but very obstinate when
once he has formed an opinion
The nitrate industry of Chill is
rapidly developing large wealth. An
English company, organized in 1888,
has returned 1925 for every 500 paid
in. Since that date ten new companies
have been organized, with an aggre-
gate capital of SIC, $50. 900.
AT Cayenne when a convict dies
the body is borne to the sea and great
bell is tolled. And then is the viscous,
glaucous sea surface furrowed rsud-
denly by fins innumerable, swart,
sharp, triangular-the legions of the
sharks rushing to the hideous funeral
They know the bell!-Harper's.
An emperor William clock" has
been made in Berlin. The case repre-
sents the old Emperor's palace. When
the hour strikes the palace guard
marches past. and William L with his
first great-grandson, now the little
Crown Prince, appears at the historic
corner window where he SO often
showed himself to his people.
"A monument is to be erected on
the spot in the Forest Epineuse. where
stood the oak tree in which Gambetta
and M. Spuller alighted from their
balloon, in their escape from Paris to
Tours during the .Franco-German war.
The tree itself was recently cut down
by the owner, who has no regard for
relics.
in a report made by a committee
of the British Association, it is stated
that the physique of the inhabitants of
Great Britain ''varies considerably &C
cording to social standing and en-
vironments," the professional classes
being the highest N the scale, the
artisans in the towns the lowest. while
the intermediate position is occupied
by the country laborers, farmers. etc.
"A young woman applied to a
magistrate in town in Austria short
time ago for employment. The law
requires that the antecedents of such
applicants must be Investigated. On
looking through the girls papers the
magistrate found that his fair applicant
was Melanie Countess Keglevich, born
at Presburg in 1874. AS her papers
were in good order a certificate was
granted, and her ladyship was secured
a place to earn her living as factory
girl.
AT rece1it dinner given by the
Crown Prince of Servia to the officers
of the battalion he commands, one of
the guests asked his Royal Highness to
propose a toast. The boy, who is
twelve years old, without hesitation,
proposed the health of his dearly-be-
loved mother. The officers were pain
fully embarrassed, but after a short
pause they all drank the health of
s'Their Crown Princes Mother with
out calling her Queen"