The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-06
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

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--Under an old law making it illegal
so shoot at night sportsman recently
arrested in Paris for unlawful killing
OF game drew from the court legal
definition OF the days end. 1t was de-
'cidea thatnight began with the close of
swllight, or when the sun had descend
eeo SIX degrees below the horizon
An aluminium steamboat is running
eon the lake of Zurich, in Switzerland.
AZ weighs only about half ton, or half
the weight of an ordinary boat Of the
Same size. The vessel carries eight per-
sons, and with two-horsc power
petroleum engine, easily makes six
miles an hour.
"A very gloomy fad is now in vogue
In the gay Plrisian capital in the shape
OF small marble paper-wcight sur
mounted by silver tree, and dangling
IRON one OF it's leaficss branches is the
form OF man, while just above his
mead is perched Il raven. a tiny drawer
below contains the fragment of rope
used at the execution of Some offender
of the law.
The systematic replnnting of the
Malagan forests is urged in Kew bull
letin, or gutta percha will disappear.
Fifty years ago gutta percha was un-
known in Europe. Now the annual
consumption amounts to 1000 600
pounds with constantly increasing de-
mand, and the trees where it is oh
tanned in the East Indies cover a very
limited area and are being rapidly used
up.
-"Dotty" is used in England as a
synonym for crazy, while "boslsy" sig
mites tipsy.' 'You must be Ioslsy or
dotty' is therefore the modern English,
or, at any rate, Londonese for You
must be drunk or crazy" "Oh, say!"
with rising infection, is an exclama-
ton of astonishmentc combined with un-
belief. 1t is an equivalent of the ele-
giant What are you giving us?" of this
country.
London BARRIERS have shorter hours
on Saturday than their professional
brethren of New York, and, as a rule,
do not work on Sunday at ALL Most
shops close now at 5 p m, the result
OF the efforts of an early-closing asso-
clation, and scarcely ,any keep open
after seven. This could hardly be the
case if Englishmen were not more in
the habit of shaving themselves than
Americans are
Since the discussion among the doc
tors upon the value of music as an
agent Tor convalcsccncc, guild of
Saint Cecilia has been established i'm
London, with the aim OF training musi
clans to soothe n patients nerves with
music, under the direction of the phv-
stefan. Every member must possess q
sweet, gentle voice and delicate execu-'
ton. Miss Florence Nightingale is
among the subscribers
Renewed efforts are being made in
France to discover what has become of
the heart of Gnmbetta. 1t was be-
queathed by the great statesman to his
friend and medical attendant, the late
Paul Bert, who subsequently, proceeded,
as governor-Eensral, to ,Ionquin, where
he died of Cholera. Paul Bert placed
the heartin a-siirer urn and preserved
1T with the greatest yeneration, but
since his death all trace of it has been
lost.
Fifteen or twenty skeletons of
British soldiers who fell at Lundv's
Lane have been unearthed on the Can
adam side of the Falls. Their red
coats were in good condition, and but
tons, braid from officers uniforms.
buckskin vests, tobacco pouches and
jack-knives were found and appro-
priated by the British Historical So
ciety, The bones were buried in the
old cemetery. Tho soldiers were of the
Sixty-ninth and One Hundred and Third
regiments.