Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-20
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

fOH6fGN GOSStP.
The pearl-fishing season N ceyloa
oaly lasts twenty-five days. and during
that period IL. .ooo. 900 oysters are brought
TO the surface by fifty divers
The Russian Government proposes
TO substitute soldiers from the railway
battalions for the original engineers
and fremen On the strategical railwayG
The men will be instructed in the rudi-
ments of mechanics and engineering.
lin the London general Post-ofice
there are go electrical circuits fed by
twenty-nine accumulators, which are
charged once a month by the electric
light dynamoS 1t il stated that never
before has the system Of using accuna-
lators been tested on-so large a scale
The latest Partisan novelty intro
duced into the American market is the
ballet barometer" 1t consists Of the
figure Of q coryphee on a thick card.
with this inscription beneath: Rose.
rain: lilac, changeable, blue, fns
weather" The skirt of the dancer In
made of some gauzy material. saturated
with . chemical solution which is sensi-
bic to every change in the weather.
Clouds which are luminous in the
darkness of moonless nights have been
attracting considerable atten tion I'm Eu-
rope. and q number of photographs OF
them have been secured this year in
Germany. From comparisons of results
obtained at different observatories it
appears that these clouds have the az
traordinary height of five and . half
miles above ses-leveL
I'm the district of Sheing Teh, Cam
ton, there are various secret societies
of young women banded for celibacy,
known for example As the '.An Pure
Sisterhood." or the s.Never-To-Be-Mar-
ried Sisterhood." A member of one Of
them was on the verge of being COM
peeled to break the rules of her society
By marriage. and. in order to prevent
1t, the entire band, the girl included.
went and drowned themselves.
The Swiss are the healthiest people
in Europe They have more iron in the
blood than can be infused by artificial
processes The cheeks of the Swiss
girls are like Baldwin apples. as red
and IS round The flower girls ef
Florence are prettier and saucier; but
the Swiss are solid. intelligent and free.
But women work in the Swiss fields Is
numerously IS in other parts of Europe.
i'm Germany the most highly-prized
fish Is the trout which. however, does
not seem to have that delicacy Of flavor
for which our brook trout is esteemed.
The next best fish (as the majority
elaim) Is the salmon. and the price paid
for it here ranges from seventy-fve
cents to dollar q pound. The sole. By
far the most delicious meat in these
parts, appears to be plenty enough, and
both English and Germans serve il bet
ter than they do any other fsh.-Chi-
| cago News
Gazette writes: "Are we in the mid
die Of . series of cold years? In 1s4s .
Mr.. Luke Howard started theory that
! our English zsasons present themselves
In cycles OF eighteen years, during the
| Grst half of which-beginning with
lea4-heat predominates. and in the
second, cold Working this out fnd
that the facts do seem to square with
Ar. Howard's theory, according 10
| which We should now be in the thick OF
the cold" series-1SS7 to 1896. At any
| rate there's the snowfall of june, 1885
to back the theory, and to knock hole
| in the second clause of Byron's famous
A&h0s N0CA LOoSo III DcCS m OSL. Snow IN
June"
1t is generally understood that the
hair and nails grow faster in hot
weather than in cold, but, perhaps, few
| are aware that any temperature can inn
part 80 great q stimulus to the growth
| IS Colonel Pejevalsky, the Russian
traveller, says the Central Asian heat
did during his journey in those regions
in the summer of 1889. In June the
ground and the air became excessively
hot, so great, indeed, as to render
travel in the daytime impossible.
Within fortnight after this oppressive
weather began it was noticed that the
hair and beard of all the party were
growing with astonishing rapidity. and,
strangest of all. some youthful Cos
sacks, whose faces were perfectly
smooth. developed respectable boards
within the short period of twenty days