The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-17
NEWS IN FOREIGN CHIMES.


Birds are disappearing from France.
The Empress of Germany has become
kodak 6end.
Brazil farmers are making more money |
growing grapes than coffee.
Tasmania has discovered silver mines
far richer than any in Australia. -
Most of the princes that united to form
the German empire are now dead.
Minister Phelps recently treated official
Germany to a corn bread banquet.
There is great disgust in Germany at
the failure of African colonization
schemes.
The South African gold mines are now
yielding at the rate of over $4,000 ounces
of gold per month.
P, K. Rosegger, the Syrian poet de-
clines an offer of $4,000 for a reading
tour in America next spring.
The new lord mayor of London, David
Evans, is AZ years old, and the youngest
chief magistrate that the city has ever
had.
Electricity is used to tame wild animals
by Waldemar Otto, in Germany, by
means of a whip connected with bat
terry.
Emperor William has sickened of COM
mon pie and will establish cooking
school to educate chefs for the imperial
household
The number of Americans who went to
see the holy coat at Treves is reported to
have been about 5000.
1t is estimated that the employees of the
British railways annually receive 81, $780,
600 in tips from the travelling public.
A company has been formed in Berlin
with capital of 5000, 900 to erect cheap
dwelling houses for the working classes.
A French battle ship going at ordinary
speed burns 1914 worth of coal day; at
high speed, between twice and three
times that amount.
To build one of the monster 112 ton
guns requires about as much time as it
takes to build the vessel which carries it.
AIS CoSC Is ABOUT SlUU,UUU.
M. Guillott, French chemist, has de-
clared that more than $4,000, 900 worth
of "whitened" diamonds have been sold
in Berlin alone at 80 per cent above theii
value.
AS there is a popular superstition in
China that telegraph poles cast baleful
shadows on the graves of deceased ances-
tors, the wires are being buried to save
trouble.
The epigram factories of France still
turn out good work. M. Lockroy, in his
criticism of Won Moltke, remarks neatly
of the great German that "he always
either encountered armies without gen.
erals or generals without armies"
In Holland at every railroad crossing
stands woman waving the signal flag Of
danger as your train passes. Railroad
officials will you that no accident has
ever been caused by a watchwoman'S
carelessness.
In Holland and Belgium are to be
: found the cheapest cigars. The great to-
hacco district of Belgium is Werwicq
t Most of the tobacco used in these coun
tries is home grown. For five cents I
Belgian or Hollander can get cigal
fit for king.
The Forum looks like the Chicago
fire, !" writes Western girl from til,
Eternal City. at only took. six hours tc
come down from Florence, and things
began to have B. G. look when we got
within 20 miles of Rome.
There are in Russia many towns o
large population which belong to private
parties. The territory of such town
and. in some instances, the suburban
tieds, woods, and rivers, are the patri
nlonial estate Of noblemau. and he ha
the right to dispose of them as Ii
pleases.
The giraffe is in danger of extinction
Ten years ago herds of 20 or so could b
found, where to-day Is would be larg
herd. An African chieftain, however
Khama, has taken the giraffe under hi
protection, and preserves it, just as TIN
Gar of Russia has preserved in a fores
of Lithuania the Europe an bison from ex
tinction.