The Banner-Democrat., 1893-06-03
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

I'm the Isle of Man It was formerly
the law that to take away an OK or
horse was not felony. but trespass,
because of the difficulty in that nstie
territory of coneealing or carrying them
off; but to steal pig or fowl, which Is
easily done, was capital crime.
The height of absurdity in iioei
suits has been reached in London, where
a case, based on the use OF three e1-
clamation poiuts, was tried the otner
day. No complaint was made against
the language used by the defenoan.'
but against the exclamation points
with which he punctuated a certain
sentence. The verdict was for the oe-
| fendant.
-Cortez obtained in Mexico nve
emeralds of wonderful size and beauty.
One was cut like rose; another IN inc
shape of a horn; third in that OF .
fish, with diamond eyes; a fourth iike
a bell, with pearl for clapper' inc
fifth was cup, with foot OF goio anu
four little chains, each ended with a
large pearl. He had also two emerald
vases, worth 800, 900 crowns each.
| One of the rare and beautiful SKINS
seen occasionally in this country Is tnat
of the yicuna, a small Indian deer found
In Peru and other regions OF western
| South America. The skins reach this
country made up into robes, eviaen'-
ly of carefully-selected small pieces
sewed together. The fur is soft, thick
and tawnv in color, with rich. sunny
plints that give it almost the luster OF
velvet
The silver mine at Przibram, IN
bohemia, is said to be the deepest mine
in the world. 1t is more than $500 feet
feet deep-that is, considerably more
than half mile in depth. The tenn.
perature at that great depth was founo
to be rs degrees Fahrenheit; the tenn
perature at the surface was a LITTLE
higher. A driven well in this country
was sunk to about 2. 700 feet. we think
and the temperature was found 10 IN
crease about degrees for every l00fee
of depth: but, of course, no man wen
down the small shaft made by the tools
The following, compiled by Polish
sta tistician, show the standard numbe
of working days per annum in variou
countries. The inhabitants OF Centra
! Russia labor fewest days in the year
namely, 267. Then comes Canada, witt
270. followed by Scotland, with ga
England, 275, Portugal. 2sS; Russia'
! Poland 2ss; Spain, 300; Austria and tn
.. Russian Baltic provinces, 2oa; Italy
2os; Bavaria, Belgium, Brazil and Luz
. EN- burg, 800; Saxony, France, Finland
! Wurtemburg. Switzerland, Denmar
: : and Norway, 500; Sweden, 3o4; Prussi
and Ireland, S05; United States, 3ot
Holland, 3os and Hungary, s12.-Lor
don Electrician.
1t is a lucky thing for the native
i. of southern Patagonia that the nav
: cation of the Strait of Magellan is dal
: rerous. Vessels often anchor In tn
!, strait for the night on this account, an
7 this gives the crooled-legged natives
chance to come out in their canoes an
! trade with the ships company. III
!, chief articles offered by the natives al
j. furs of various kinds, especially OF Il
: sea otter. These they sell for trim
or more often barter for few thini
T they need. The best otter skins a.
= worth as much as six hundred dolla
:. to seven hundred dollars when brougl
:. to civilized markets, but Patagonia
= offer only poor skins.