Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20
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I'm Germany they are to have ne"
laws to prevent the artlnciai scoiorins
OF preserves
There has been a marked decline
in the demand in Japan for the Euro
pean STYLES of dress during the past
year.
lin to the present time the Cana
dian Government has given 40, OOO, 600
acres of lands to railroad companies
The saloon of Buckingham Palace,
famous for the suburb crystal chande-
liers which it contains, is now lighted
by electricity.
Fifteen thousand students engaged
in the late competitive examinations In
China The excitement was so great
that number of contestants went
crazy.
"A new role for women In London
city is that of serving writs. A pretty
young woman there is said to find doors
open to her, which to nearly every
other sherifFs officer are shut FAST
The Peabody fund for the labor
ing poor of London has nearly doubled
itself. the So. 500, 900 block Of the 'orlgl-
nal gift having been augmented by
rents and interest to $4,825.91O.
Medical missionaries inoChina lind
that a great many OF the more 1gno-
rant people regard them as prisoners.
When any of the natives show "a desire
to consult the strangers some one Is
sure to dissuade them by asking them
the question:: do you want to be pol
soned by the Jesus doctorsp'
There is something peculiar in the
small tract of land in Holland on which
are raised the celebrated Dutch bulbs.
There is only las acres of it, and there
is annually shipped to England. France
Germany and the United States over
$500, 900 worth of bulbs from this less
than a quarter section Of land.
Among other petty insults to
which the widowed Empress Freder-
ick has been subjected by her eldest
son is the order recently published In
he Official Gazette depriving her OF
the use of the Imperial crown on her
coat-of-arms, and decreeing that In
future she must content herself with
the attributes of Il mere Queen OF
Prussia.
No men in France, probably, look
upon tho present dire straits OF the
government with more personal COM
Dlacence than Marshal MacMah on
and NJ. Jules Grevy; especially the lat
ter. who now grimly recalls what he
said when he was turned out of the
Elysee-that he. left to those who
turned him out the responsibility for
all that might happen thereafter.
There is so long a list of appli-
cants for admission to the London
Athenaum Club that the last man
elected has been waiting for sixteen
years, and fifteen years is the average
time that a name remains on the lists
there. unless it is so distinguished that
it is taken up out of its order. Three
or four years is said to be moderate
time to wait for chance of admission
into many other clubs in London.
Dense fogs are perpetual night
mare to London railway managers.
The erratic character of the fOgs is
what makes the chief trouble. No one
knows whittier the fog comes or whence
it goes. and it gives no notice of its
appearance or departure. The sun
may be shining at Hyde Park and Can
non street may be wrapped in palpa-
BILE gloom. On the first appearance of
the fog men are stationed near every
railway signal, to place explosive
waters on the line, and so convey to the
ears of the drivers the warning which
they can not see with their eyes. A
foggy winter entails a heavy expendi-
tnre on the companies.