Dodge City times., 1891-04-24
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The weather in Paris during Janu-
ary was SO severe that the flower mar
ket was suspended. One florist lost
1o0, 900 rose bushes, and the total loss to
rose growers is estimated at 1000, ,00of.
"A Russian captain of infantry got
drunk and raided the houses Of five
Jews. smashing, destroying, wounding
and insulting. A complaint was made
against him, but instead of being pun
ished for his offense the car promoted
him to be a major, while three of his
victims were bundled off to prison.
An interesting heathenish usage
exists among the Policshooks Ia
Ruthenlan tribe) in volhynia, Russia.
A bride being led TO the church to be
married must pass through the fire. A
small fire is built for the purpose
on the road, and the relatives of the
groom dispose themselves in files on
both sides to see the bride pass over it.
They believe that if the girl is not
virtuOus the fire must harm her.
When Thomas Riordan, conductor
on London tram-car, spoke rudely to
q passenger the other day he little
rocked of the result. The passenger
a badge, and for this violation of police
regulations Riordan was cited into the
Highgate court, where, to his dismay,
he found his afOretime passenger seated
on the bench administering justice. The
defendant was released with q repri-
mand.
1t is not generally known that
600 robbers, thieves and vagabonds, and
that Good Queen Bess," doubtless af-
fected by her royal fathers ferociOus
example, was in the latter part of her
reign responsible for the slaughter of
800 or 400 criminals yearly. Turning to
the year 1896, for example, we find that
in the county of Somerset alone 40 per-
sons were executed, 81 burned in the
hand and 81 severely whipped.
"A Hindo baby girl is an unwelcome
addition to the family; her birth is sup
posed to be no blessing, but a curse and
sign of Divine wrath. When the new
born baby is girl 1.-THE father gnashes
his teeth and stamps his feet. The
mother is sorely disappointed, and al
though her tenderness may bring its
sure wealth of love, she curses both
herself and the child. There is, more
over, a notion that women who bear
only girls are sinful, and this intensifies
the grief.
The blue book just published on the
monuments in Westminster abbey is a
very interesting document from an his
torical point of view. 1t shows that
within the walls of that building 1,OS9
bodies have been inferred before the
commencement of the present century,
and that 134 have been since laid there.
1t is believed that there is only room
for seventy more, but it is estimated
that. at the rate of interment since 1916,
it will be about the middle of the next
century before the building is actually
full.
What is known as the ''secret mali
of India has for more than generation
perpleXed the English mind, and is still
a profound mystery, although number |
less attempts have been made to eX-
plain it. Every one who has lived long |
in Asiatic countries is aware that the |
accurate knowledge of important hap
pcnings at distance is often pos
sesscd by the natives considerable |
time before it is obtained by the gov |
ernment, and even though special facil- |
tiles had been provided for the trans |
mission of the news.
The --latest remedy for poverty is |
proposed for application to New Zealand |
by a resident there named Hewlett. Mr.. |
Hewlett fOunds his scheme on a denial |
of every mans fright to live" at least |
in New Zealand, and he proposes there
fOrs.fOr the government to sell Rights |
to Live" and deport all who did not !
possess such rights, or put him to work |
on the roads" Rights would .'sOon |
certain price," sufficient to |
stop pauper immigration. Married peo-
pie would have to buy a new right for
each new child; sOjourning passengers
by ocean steamers would wear ''small |
white rosettes," or would take out a
limited right, share of ticket; people |
would sell their rights when they de-
sired to emigrate; the state, by pOpu- |
lar vote, would create and sell new
rights. Mr.. Hewlett christens his anti
poverty idea "Tircnism"