The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-30
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

20 tho surface by fifty divers.
Ninety barrels OF tho yollss OF eggs
were an odd importation from Syria to
Paris. Tho ycllls are to he used in tho
preparation of leather Of very iino
quality.
The Russian Government proposes
to substitute soldiers from the railway
battalions for tho original engineers
and firemen on tho stratcgical railways.
The men will DO instructed in tho rudi-
mcnts Of mechanics and engineering.
In the London general post-oflico
there are 800 electrical circuits fed by
twenty-ninc accumulators, which arc
charged once q month by tho electric
light dynamos. 1t is stated that never
before has the system of using accumu-
lators been tested on so large Il scale.
"A catalogue of tho birds of Italy has
been preuared for the government by
Prof. Giglioli, of Florence. 1t embraces
443 species. or these 20T arc classcd as
permanent residents, 20 as summer Wis
itants, SO as winter visitants, 8 as of
regular passage, rs of irregular pas
sage. rs as of irregular appearance. 50
as stragglcrs and as doubtful.
The latest Partisan novelty intro
dncod into the American market is the
ballet barometer" 1t consists of the
figure of u coryphcc on Il thick card.
with this inscription beneath: Rose,
rain; lilac, changcable; blue. fine
weather. Tho skirt Of the dancer is
made Of some gauzy material, saturated
with achemioal solution which is sensi.
bio 10 every change in the weather.
Clouds which sro luminous in the
darkness of moonless nights have been
attracting considerable attention in Eli.
rope, and u 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 OK
traordinary height of five and i half
miles above sea-lcvel.
In the district of Sheing T4h, Can
ton, there arc various secret societies
Of young women banded for cclibacy,
known for example as the 'All Pure
Sistcrhood," or the "Nevcr-To -Bo Mar
red Sisterhood." A member of ono Of
them was on tho verge of being COM
peeled to break the rules Of her society
by marriage, and, in order to prevent
it. tho entire band, the girl included,
went and drowned themselves.
Tho Swiss are tho hcaltLicst pcople
in Europe. They have more iron i n tho
blood than can be infused by artificial
processes. Tho cheeks OF tho Swiss
girls are like Baldwin apples, rs red
and as round. Tho flower girls of
Florence arc prcttier and saucier; but
tho Swiss are solid, intelligent and free.
Rut 1ynpl- in 1,o ii
numcrously rs in other parts OF Europe.
Cor. Lewiston journal.
In Germany tho mos. highly-prizcd
fish is tho trout, which, however, does
not seem TO havo that dclicacy of flavor
for which our brook trout is esteemed.
The next best fish las the majority
claim is the salmon, and the price paid
for 1T here ranges from scvcnty-five
ccnts to dollar Il pound. Tho sole, by
far the most delicious meat in thcac
parts, appears to be plenty enough aid
both English and Germans serve II bet.
ter than they do any other fish.-Chi.
cago News
"A correspondent nf the Paul Mall
Gazette writes: "Arc we in the mid.
die of series Of cold years? In 1912 a
MIR. Luke Howard started a theory that
our English seasons present themselves
in cycles of eighteen years. during the
first half OF notwithstanding with
1S2i-heat predominatcs, and in the
second, cold Working this out, find
that tho facts do seen to square with
MIR. Towards theory, according tc
which wo should now DO in the thick OF
tho cold" series-lSS7 to 1896. any
ratio there's the snowfall OF juno, 1883,
to back the theory, and to knock Il hole
In the second clause OF Byron's famous
line, Seek roses in December snow in
June"
1t is generally understood that the
hair and nails grow faster in hot
weather than in cold, but, perhaps, few
arc aware that any temperature can inn
part so great stimulus to the growth
as Colonel Pojevalsky, tho Russian
traveller, says tho Central Asian heat
did during his journey in those regions
in the summer of 1889. In Juno tho
ground and the air became excessively
hot, SO great. indeed, as to render
travel in tho daytime impossible
Within fortnight after this oppressive
weather began it was noticed that tho
hair and beard OF all tho party wcro
growing with astonishing rapidity, and,
strangcst of all. some youthful Cos
Sacks whose faces wcre perfectly
smooth. developed respectable boards
within the short period of twenty days
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