Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-11-20
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Paper plates are being used in some
of the London restaurants.
"A law recently passed in Denmark
provides that all drunken persons shall
be taken home in carriages at the ex-
pense of the landlord who sold him the
last glass. ------.-
"A Pasteur institute for the cure Of
hyirophobia is to be established in
Tifiis, and the Russian Government has
made an appropriation for its annual
maintenance.
Telugu, formerly known as Gentoo,
is the language of Teluigana, and it is
spoken by over seventeen millions of
people, subject partly to Great Britain
and partly to Hyderabad.
The hands of the wealthy classes in
AMMAN, China, are almost useless, be-
cause for ''adornment" they permit
their finger-nails to grow as long as pos
sible. There are many ladies who have
hnger-nails from four to six inches
long.
The once renowned English racing
yacht Cambria has left the Mersey for
the west coast of Africa, where she is
to become a palm oil trader" Her
race across the Atlantic with the Amer
lean schooner Dauntless was one of
worldwide interest, and when the Cam
bria put in her appearance the first at
New York great was the jubilation in
England.
in round figures, rs, 900 square meals
havesbeen served in the House of Com
mons this session, namely, $4,000 din
ners and 10000 luncheons. Members
have had IL, 900 dinners and 1000 lunch
cons. In the strangers dining-room
1,125 dinners and l, I42 luncheons have
been served, and there have been 1.614
dinners and 1876 luncheons in the terrace
dining-rooms.
Years ago in Japan there was coin
called the monseng, which was worth
only about one-two hundred and TWEEN
ty-fourths OF penny. 1t was an iron
piece. In England we have had piece
worth no more than a quarter of a
farthing, and a very pretty piece it is.
A piece of one-third of a farthing was
also minted in the reign Of George Nv.
and William Nv. If in good condition,
it is now worth shilling as curiosity.
The North China News relates a
case in which a Chinese girl, recently
deceased, was married to a dead boy in
another village. 1T not infrequently
happens" the writer explains, "that
the son in the family dies before he is
married, and that it is desirable to
adopt a grandson. The family cast
about for some young girl who has also
died recently, and a proposition is made
for the union of the two Corpses in the
bonds of matrimony. If it is accepted
there is combination of wedding and
a funeral, in the process of which the
deceased bride is taken by large num-
Der of bearers to the cemetery of the
other family and laid beside her hus-
band" In this case the real motive for
the ceremony was the desire to have a
snowy funeral at the expense of another
family,
The Cinnamon who keep laundries
in this city are very careful business
managers. They do not like to give
trust to any customer, and prefer to dc
the washing on cash basis. Wher
required to do job in hurry they are
apt to make their charges high, and
when haste is imperative they are
likely to run up the price still higher
When a customer lately sent shirt t.
one of them in the forenoon with the
order that it must be delivered in time
for dinner at six, he was told that the
bill for it would be fifty cents. and h
had to pay it in spot cash. Many o
these laundrvmen, after spending few
years at the tubs and enjoying a ric'
diet all the time, get so wealthy as t.
be worth a thousand dollars, and thel
they are anxious to return to China
where they are regarded as erich he
yond the dream of ayarice IN Y Sun