The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-07-10
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

-Thelargest grape vine in the Eorld
Is that growing at Oys, Portugal, which
has been bearing since 1902. It's maxi
mum yield was in 1884, in which year
il produced a sufficient quantity OF
grapes TO make l65 gallons of wine
In one day recently 456 petitions
were fled in the dominion parliament,
the bare list occupying seven pages Of
the journal Five pages are taken up
BY petitions for the passage of pro
hibitOry liquor law and labor organi-
zatjOns monoPOlize the rest.
According to statistical reports
there are 90, coo goats now on the island
Of Corsica. The average yield of milk
per goat is said to be two litres a day.
The inha bitRnts of the island have been
urged by competent judges TO intro
duce the goat industry on a still
larger scale.
The ruin wrought on works OF the
fine arts by the explosion at Rome is
so great that no one thinks Of cOmput-
ing it. For the necessary restOratiOns
in st. Peters sixty thousand dollars
will be needed, and one hundred thou
sand dollars to repair st. Paurs, with
sums like these for other churches.
The interior of the vatican Will need
one hundred thousand dollars
There has been diminutiOn of ST.
600 in the population of Liverpool prop
er since 1881. but including the divisions
of Texteth and West Derby the town
shows an increase Of II. 600 in the num-
Der of inha bitants A decrease was
anticipated, hut the recent census was
| a surprise, and especial pains were
taken to establish its accuracy, with
the above result.
"A St Petersburg lady of fashion
has invented an Improvement in her
! turnout which, the local papers say. is
| likely to become popular with ali the
/ ladies of her rank. She has mirror
! fastened to the girdle OF her driver
/ when she takes "a drive. This enables
/ her not only to see whether her head
| gear and dress are in perfect order, but
| even to notice the carriages aud the
people who are coming up behind her
/ vehicle.
| The longest bridge IN the world is
! the Lion bridge near SanganP, in
! China. It extends 81 miles over an
/ area Of the Yellow sen and is supported
| by 500 huge stone arches. The road
/ way is 40 feet above the water and is
! inclosed in an iron network A marble
| lion 21 feet long rests on. the crown of
! every pillar. The bridge was built at
the command of the Emperor Kieng
| long, who abdicated in 1890 on account
OF old age.
The Venezuelan methods for col
lecUlnR duties are peculiar II q COOK
stove has a brass knob on its door the
| whole thing is weighed as SO much
brass, and duty charged accordingly.
A barrel Of -four costing five dollars
pays imposts not only on the flour, but
the slaves, hoops and heads, costing,
when set down, with freights and
duties added, fifteen dollars. And yet
owing to cheap labor, bread is about
as low and quite as good in Caracas a.
| in New York.
A man just back from a winter IL
Germany says: "The only way of stop
ping the dangerous practice Of carrying
| canes and umbrellas horizontally ha
! long been known to the people of Ber
lin. There a man no sooner tuclzs hi
| walking stick under his arm that n,
feels a quick blow on IL from behind
It either drops to the pavement or as
sumes the only proper and safe posi-
ton 10 which a stick can be carried
! There is no use in his getting angr!
with the person who stTnek the blow
or in his trying to do him up. for publi
! opinion is with ethe regulator of tn
barbarous and -indefensible practice o
which speak.-N. Y. sun.