Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-09-26
FoREIoN GOSSIP.

The Emperor oi Russia initiates
Nc Gladstone. Ilis Majesty Is an
amateur wood-ehoPper aud spends an
hour a day Al the eEerrlae.
When passenger board. or leaves
= horse-car la Germany the conductor
touches his hat aud says Good day 4"
Aud u the passenger gives him "tip'
Of one cent he looks happy for the rest
VI The trip
A lllndoo lecturer In England says
that the British have degraded ludia
and her people Ia the lrycl u beasts.
and that tens u thousands die yearly
Of starvation. and all reports are sup
pressed
Prieking with bunch ~ iresh
netilcs as a cure for anRsthcsia. ueu.
ralgia and numerous other diseases.
has long beea practiood by the Rus-
sian pcasantry, and a native doctor
speaks highly Of IL efficacy
The population of Norway exhib.
IT, higher percentage (aT 25D ~ light
eyes than ANY other country In Eu.
rupe flaNen hair ocrurs in 515 per
cent while absolutely black hair d.
ouly found In the ratio Of per cent
Both the Russians aud the British.
as they push farther aud farther into
Asia pay great atteniiou ~ arbori-
culturc, planting trees. shrubs and
Sewers wherever they form settle.
mcnt The result i that Central Asia
Is bring rciarosted
The remarkable "Fioaiiny Island
81 brrwentwater. England. the peri.
odical appearance ot which has given
rice % ~ much speculation, has hccl
declared 10 b. the highest part 81 4
great blistcr-like uphcaval uf peat
which here forms the bottom oi "a,
lake.
IN sweden, during some hundred
years, military training has been iu
truduccd in all public schools a. par
81 The daily curriculum. Wh.n twenty
years cd every swcdc must serve "a,
soldier for a short period during "a,
years In succession.
The annual report ~ the Indiar
Department 81 Canada says thor" AZ,
encouraging indications that the lndlat
element vill eventually bccomo ANAL
gamaied vith the general population
~ the country. Tho Indian population
% the Dominion j. l2l5 $50
A Japan paper states that since ~,
United States prohibited Chinese im
migration there has been very per
c,ptihlo increase in tho numbvF of Z ht
n.se immi migrantz 10 Japan. ReceniIy
4s6 arrived at Yokohama, aud 'mosl
~ them are nov employed Ia iea-hrinl
godowns al the rate oi remuneration
which none bot Chlucso would accept
Arcorl.Bg to the Oakland Echoes
one can scarcely be- hall an hour Ia
Honolulu. kcobing ones eyes and ear.
tolorably side open. without arriving
al iall know ledge oi the fact thai IA,
Has allan kingdom l. commercially
aud socially "bo-srd by tho Unite,
States u America, aud by the Stats oI
California ia particular
1t is said that the Emperor 81 Chlas
Is anxious to encourage the building o
railroads Ia his kingdom. but he i sur
rounded by many ob-taclc- HI
| pricst.. astroioggr- and advisers %
various kinds arr afraid ~ Westcrr
civilization. and they employ all man
uer ~ devices "a keep the young potent
ate from acting ia progressive say
The astruloger- never hnd the star
favorable Ia the granting oi a railroa,
I franchise.
a farTn-laborcr in China is hiret
by the year. AZ from g. to ga viii
food. clothing. hcad-shaying and ta
bacco. Prom : 90 10 cents per day
and the noon-day meal for ordiunr,
days work; bat ~ "a ~ conts pel
diem. vilh Ave meals. or - cents pol
day without food. for planting and
harvesting rice Food averages littl,
more than Z month ior each mrmbel
u farmers family
--ngeou-aying i growing IA bo an
absorbing amusement in England. par
ucuiarly among tho Birmingham Ia
borers The spread Of the sport ha.
developed quite new branch of rail.
way traffie Il i tho practice ~ nyerf
10 send their hiris Ia baskets. ad
dressed IA the sts,ti0n-maatcr al a par
tieular station. with tho request thai
he release them. mark on label ths
time that they we're released. aud re.
turn the basket This request l. rig
ularly granted Tho officials rathel
like the work In cloudy weather
porters have been known 10 feed bird
Cor three days before setting them free