Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-13
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Ion the South Australian railway
engineers who run their trains for'two
years without accident receive a pres
emit of fifty dollars
The efforts made to introduce Eu-
sropean vegetables and fruits In The
Congo States have beenrewarded with
very great.suecess.
Kangaroo leather has become 30
important an article of commerce that
the Australians have set about protect
ing the animals by forbidding the
slaughter Of 1T from the lstsof January
to the 1st. OF May.
Such a thing as bringing libel
suit against a newspaper has not been
known in Italy for fifty years. The
belief is that a newspaper seeks to tell
the truth. If it Is mistaken, a frank
statement TO that effect satisfies the
Italian.
The Paris Figaro describes King
Alphonso Kill as the happiest and
bestowed of all the rulers oil the
earth. He Is said to be q very beaut1-
full child, with laughing face and fair
hair falling down over his shoulders.
1--WE are all socialists at heart, "
The Prince of Wales is reported to have
said to a statesman of the old school
the other day. The court dress re-
form is said to emanate from the
Prince. who, when at Vienna, twas
much struck with the dignity and pro-
priety of.the dresses of the ladies'"
TO the Queen of Italy belongsthe
.credit of re-establishing the manufact-
ure of Burano lace. The Queen
found an old woman who knew the
stitch and had her teach a number OF
Younger women. The result is that
Burano lace has again become a
source. of large revenue to the people
of Burano.
-.'Chefs du claque" are a Partisan
institution. The most famous of them
in middle life. He is a millionaire,
keeps his carriage. has fine country
house, and yields wide influence in
various directions. He is commander
.in-chief of the hired applauders at the
opera, at the Opera Comique, the
eChatelet. the Folies Dramatique. the
Nouveautes, the Ambign, the Cluny
and the Dejazet
"A famous portrait of Voltaire.
which has been missing for half "a
century, has been discovered by the
French Ambassador at Rome. 1t was
painted by Largiliere in 1718. when
The witty skeptic was only twenty-four
gears old. The picture was sent to
the Marquise de Villette as a present
in Woltaire's old age, and she be-
,queathed it to her nephew. Baron
Varicourt, from whom the Ambassador
acquired it.
1t is said that an artist has per-
Suaded the German Emperor to make a
reaction against the black dress coat.
This has moved the remembrance that
the somber black dress uniform lis due
90 the French revolution, which abol-
ished the picturesque and variegated
clothing which used to be worn by
men as well as women in the ages be-
fore that food, on account of the out
ward emphasis which it gave to social
inequality and distinction of rank.
Paris remained Paris, the undisputed
capital of dress, although it had be-
come republican. The most conserv-
alive and select circles all over Eu-
rope soon followed the example of the
hated French democrats. Mobiles and
handles in all the courts put away
their scarlet, blue and other brilliant
ly-hued silks, and clothed themselves
in republican black and white, to the
regret of artists. and. as the late Will
lam Dyee used to say, to their loss.