Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-06-29
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

AT the door OF every Chinese tempt
bell is hung with a rope attached
Il hen a worshipper enters he gives tn
roc a jerk TO ring the bell. so that tn
.ieity Of the place may be aware of TIN
4s.et that q worshipper is present
Prof. Rudolph Fab, the famou
I9erman meteorologist, mentions thu
fSllowing to be the critical days" dur
3lg the present year: August l and 30
September Is, October IA, November L
and December 10. t'alb's critical days
aenote periods of violent terrestrial and
atmospheric connections. accompanied
81 earthquakes, storms. floods and the
In some of the most exclusive and
M fashionable clubs in the West End,
london, which usually has three lot
steries for the Derby, with an entrance
fee of twenty-five dollars. ten dollars
I'D five dollars respectively. the pres
ssare Of poverty this year was so strong
tlpon the members that the first two
were discontinued. as the entries were
Insufficient.
Central Asian potentates are grow
ing very European in their ways Since
tic emir of Bokhara visited St Peters
1,lrg he has quite adopted western
habits, throwing open his palace &c
Russian ladies and giving regular balls.
After European comforts lie finds has
pal lace very bare, SO he has invited a
Faench architect to build another in
European style.
Underground London is getting to
be many stories deep. The new. City
ard Waterloo Underground Electric
railway, in traversing Queen Victoria
slreet. passes for "a considerable dis
lance directly underneath the low-leyel
Sewer, which in its turn runs beneath
tic underground railroad. The cleo
fric road at this point is sixty-three
feet below the surface.
Catherine l. of Russia, widow OF
Peter the Great, was inclined to corpu-
Renee She had fair complexion, eyes
almost black, which contrasted strongly
NTH her light-yellow hair. Disliking
The effect, she for the last two on three
vears of her life, dyed her hair Her
t1fttiGoa u neal W d. 81 tt10b
M the time she reigned alone she al
bowed no criminal to be put to death in
Der dominions, but substituted exile TO
siberia.
The Swedish government is very
liberal in encouraging the dairy indus
tfy and promoting dairy education. In
Sweden there are never fewer than
I
Expense for dairy work. OF these forty
are boarded at cooperative dairy fac
sories under government inspection,
Ihe others being maintained at dairy
schools as free pupils. One hundred
Dollars yearly are allowed each pupil |
gor board, lodging and instruction, be-
siaes which the pupil receives twelve |
aollars a year for clothes. The course
j instruction extends over a period of |
NO years.
"A Dairy Teachers union has been
5fganized IN England with the follow I
BIZ avoWed objects: L To promote a
better system e conducting examina- T
ions at dairy schools and judging at +
ALTERNATING competitions. 2 To t
seep register of qualified dairy teach T
rs. ). To raise the standard of dairy I
eaching. 4. To formulate a syllabus +
Il instruction suitable for travelling T
iairy schools. 5. To take such other +
ietion from time to time as may be con
idered calculated to advance the in
erests Of dairy teachers. Nearly all
i the teachers in Great Britain are
-oung women.