The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-14
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


"A statement recently published by
the authorities of Munich gives some
startling information as to the IN
creased consumption in that city of dog
flesh. So great an appetite seems tc
have developed for that food that the
authorities have thought it time to IN
terfere for the protection of dog own
erS.
One of the most magnificent gifts
ever given to a community by an indi-
vidual is the new British gallery of art
| to be built at Milbank, London sub
! urb, by Mr.. II. Tate. This building will
! cost more than 81 ,0G0. 900. Even in
| America, the land of magnificent gen.
! crosby, few gifts to the public from in
/ dividuals have equaled this in great
ness.-N. y. Press.
! Mr.. Baden-Powell, of the Scots
| guards, has devised a method OF signal
ing at night by means of paper fire
balloons which are made to lift string
of beads" of a quick burning compost
ton attached to piece of quick match,
so as to spell out words on system
similar to the ''dot, and dash" or Morse
plan. The balloon is inflated by hot
air, and the message" string is at
tached. The portability OF the appa-
ratus is an important feature.
Rosa Bonheur disapproves Of the
feminine attendance at the Ecole des
BeauxArts on the ground that the
young men students are too badly
brought up and too vulgar to permit of
young ladies associating with them.
Had we American manners" she says,
land was there but little more respect
for women here, the state might create
mixed schools. but with the character
of the male student of the day it is
wrong to think of it. N. Y. ,Si;isHi.
in China there is a profession for
ladies, strange. because openly and
handsomely remunera ted in the current
coin of the realm. 1t is carried on by
elderly ladies, who go from house to
house of rich people announcing their
coming by beating drum and offering
their services to amuse the lady of the
house. This offer accepted, they sit
down and tell the latest scandal and
the newest stories and on dts, and are
rewarded at the rate of half-a-crown an
hour, besides handsome present should
some portion of their gossip have proved
particularly acceptable.
Sir John Gilbert, r. A has at last
solved the mystery of the words mot
for sale" which have been affixed as
labels for now many seasons on his wa
ter-color pictures in the gallery in
which he is president He has been
saving them to present to London, Liv-
erpool, of which city he is the honorary
president of the local acquarellists,
Manchester, and perhaps Birmingham;
and his oil pictures, or such as ne has
reserved without prohibitorv labels
from the Royal academy and the long
since defunct British institution like
wise form part OF his gifts.-N. Y.
Tribune.
"A bill for the construction of a
canal from the Gironde TO the Nedi-
terranean has been under consideration
in the French chamber of deputies. The
proposed canal will he about 32S miles
long and LIS feet wide. except a points
where vessels can pass each other,
where its width viii be over 200 feet.
The depth viii be 27iz feet. and there
will be twenty-five double locks. 4
concession Of ninety-nine years is asked
by a company prepared to carry ont the
scheme, and state guarantee of two
per cent. interest. The military advan-
tage would be to afford 2 safe passage
to French ships n time Of war between
the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.