Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-10-04
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The pearl-fishing season in Ceylon
only lasts twenty-five days, and during
that period II. 600. 600 oysters are brough
to the surface by fifty divers
The Russian Government proposes
to substitute soldiers from the railway
battalions for the original engineers
and firemen on the strategical railways
The men will be instructed in the rudi-
ments of mechanics and engineering.
I'm the London general post-ofice
there are 220 electrical circuits fed by
twenty-nine accumulators, which are
charged once a month by the electric
light dynamos. 1t is stated that never
before has the system of using accumu-
lators been tested on so large scale.
The latest Partisan novelty intro
duced into the American market is the
ballet barometer" 1t consists of the
figure of coryphee on a thick card.
with this inscription beneath: Rose.
rain; lilac, changeable; blue, fine
weather" The skirt of the dancer is
made of some gauzy material, saturated
with chemical solution which is sensi-
BILE to every change in the weather.
Clouds which are luminous in the
darkness of moonless nights have been
attracting considerable attention in Eu-
rope, and a 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 ex-
traordinary height of Eve and half
miles above sea-level.
In the district of Sheing Teh, Can
ton, there are various secret societies
of young women banded for celibacy,
known for example as the "All Pure
Sisterhood," or the "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
it, 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 as round. The flower girls of
Florence are prettier and saucier; but
the Swiss are solid, intelligent and free.
But women work in the Swiss fields as
numerously as 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 las the majority
claim) is the salmon, and the price paid
for it here ranges from seventy-fve
cents to dollar a pound. The sole, by
far the most delicious meat in these
parts, appears to be plenty enough, and
both English and Germans serve it bet
ter than they do any other fsh.-Chi-
cago News.
"A correspondent of the Paul Mall
Gazette writes: Are we in the mid
die Of series of cold years2 In 1912 a
Mr.. Luke Howard started theory that
our English seasons present themselves
in cycles of eighteen years, during the
first half of which-beginning with
1824-heat predominates, and in the
second, cold. Working this out, I find
that the facts do seem to square with
Mr. Towards theory, according TO
which we should now be in the thick of
the cold" series-18S7 to 1885, At any
rate there's the snowfall of June, 1888,
to back the theory, and to knock 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
are aware that any temperature can i'm
part so great a stimulus to the growth
as 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 Co.'S
sacks, whose faces were perfectly
smooth. developed respectable boards
within the short period of twenty days.