The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-02-13
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

All the new table china in London is
huted with very extravagant decorations.
Nearly 81, 10000 worth of diamonds
were taken from the Kimberly mines ir
August. srs |
The latest Partisan novelty in gloves
has small purse inserted in the palm,
wherein women can carry their railway
tickets and small coins
Walter Scott was the peculiar object of
the late Wlkie Collins worship, and he
probably never passed day without
taking up one of the Waverly novels.
Among the many things, good, bad,
and Indifferent, for which the Eiffel
tower is responsible are the following adj
ditions to the French vocabulary: "Tour-
eiffelomania, "tOureitfelesque, and
"toureiffelee. !" H all
NJ. Nantet reached the Paris exhibit
ton after seven days journey from Brus-
sells in d phaeton drawn by pair of dogs
He is humane man, and when his dogs
were tired he went between the shafts
while they mounted the box.
General Faidherbe, who died recently
in Paris, as almost the only French
commander who in the war of 1S70-7I
gained distinct undeniable advantage
over the enemy. and quite the only one
who in pitched battle caused the Ger
mans t. retreat.
The postal card was twenty years old
on the first of October last. Austria has
the credit of first adopting the invention,
though it was first advocated by the Ger
man postmaster general, DIR. Stephan.
On October 1, 1869, Correspondent
Karte" first burst on the astonished con-
tinental world.
The duke of Edinburgh has practically
expatria ed himself, and will hereafter
visit England only occasionally. His dis
gust with the prince of Wales for permit
ting the Princess Louise to marry the duke
of Fife is the cause. He is a cantanker-
Gus person, and has never been popular
in England.
A subterranean river has just been dis
covered in the department of Lot, France.
7 le discoveries worked their way down
stream for a couple of miles through
succession of wonderful grottoes spark
ling with stalactites. They found seven
lakes on their way, and had to shoot
thirty-seven cascades or rapids.
A French statistician has just ascer-
tanned that human being oil either sex,
who is a moderate eater, and who lives
to be 20 years old, co sumes during "the
days of the years of his life" quantity
of food which wo"ld fill twenty OF binary
railway baggage cars. A good eater,
however, may req ire as many as thirty.
The Bank of Russia has just discovered
that the new bills Of % roubles which
were put into circulation only short
time ago have already been forged in a
very perfect way. Several hundred
thousands of other forged bills are sup
posed to be in circulation throughout
Russia. 1t is supposed that the bills are
manufactured in England or in the
United States.
A man, Mr.. John Leversia, appears as
plaintiff in breach of promise suit in
Sandhurst, Australia, during the last
month He claimed thousand pounds
from Miss Sarah Wrangham. He was
Al years of age The defendant pleaded
tina she was an infant when the promise
was male, but the jury found for the
plaintiff, and awarded him a shilling
damages.
A short time ago young student APP
piled for admission as pupil to the priests
seminary at Kalocsa, Hungary, and, be-
ing duly provided with examination GER