Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-02
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


-Constantinople is to have museum
OF history. In it will be arranged
chronologically types of all the weap-
ons, uniforms and trappings in the use
of the Turkish army from the begin
ming till now. Foreign artists and
sculptors have been engaged to produce
for the new museum representations of
Turkeys greatest generals and most
famous battles.
The agricultural department of the
ministry of imperial property of Rus
STA has this year planted poppy seed in
various points in Caucasia as an expert
ment for the culture of opium in that
region. If the experiment proves sue
cessful the culture of opium will be
formally introduced next year and ener-
getically promoted in the districts suit
able for the purpose.
"A marvellous and horrible accident
happened at a private house in Paris
The host had invited number of
friends to luncheon. A great Danish
boar hound was in the room, according
to custom. A guest happened to drop
his napkin, and while STOPPING to pick
1t up the dog with a spring seized his
throat and killed him. There was a
terrible struggle to pull the beast off,
but without avail.
"A dense school of herring has ap-
peared in the White sea along the Soon
ski settlement in Archangel. 1t was a
godsend to the people of the whole set
Element, who had been reduced to actual
starvation by the dearth and want of
food. The villagers netted such guam
titles of herring that there was not salt
enough in the whole district to preserve
the entire crop, and many hundreds of
pounds had to be thrown back into the
sea.
Capt. Kittoe thought that he would
make two hundred pounds easily when
Miss Drew promised to give that sum to
him if he would find Mr. Ewing whom
she had lost sight of and wanted tc
marry. He advertised and got news
Immediately, but Miss Drew refused tc
pay and he sued. The court decided
that an honest man would have said
simply: why don't you advertiser
And inasmuch as he failed to give this
simple suggestion he was guilty of inn
position.
The Germans have sent to Germany
few African chiefs whom they wished
to impress with their power The most
amusing delegation which has yet gone
to Europe from Africa was that of
King Mandara, who lords it on the
southern slope of Mount Kilima- Marc.
They saw nothing in Berlin that seemed
to them half SO grand as their own coun-
try, and they were constantly drawing
comparisons between the young EN-
peror William and their sovereign
which were not complimentary to the
German ruler.
The activity of the royal gun fac
tories in Spandau, near Berlin, has al
most ceased. A year ago more than
four thousand workmen were en-
ployed in the factories. To-day
remain. There is great discomfort
among the townspeople In consequence,
although disinterested persons look
upon the discharge of the laborers as a
guarantee of peace. Spandau, by the
way, Is the scene of the famous we'll in
which part of the money paid as indem-
nifty by France in 1871 is kept.
The commander of the st. Peters
burg police force has issued an order
that all Jewish stores and business
houses should have signs with the
names, patronymics and families of
the proprietors written in large, snowy
letters. The cause of this new order,
which is the nearest approach to
medieval regulation by which the Jews
were compelled to ,.u6- yellow patches
on their garments, is that merchants of
the Hebrew faith do not write their
names plainly on their signs, in order
to avoid the too frequent intrusion of
official extortionists and the prejudice
of the unreasonable masses.