The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-26
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

M. Barthou's plan for metropolis
tec railroad for Paris comprises Sec
ton under ground from the Care du
Nord to the Hotel de Vile. then above
ground and across the Seine TO the
Halle aux wins, then under ground
again to the Place Medicis, near the
Luxembourg. Another section will run
above ground from the Porte de Vim
cennes to the Halle aux wins, and q
third section partly above and partly
under ground from the place Cluny
to the Champs de Mars and La Muette,
in the Bots de Boulogne. The cost
is estimated at one hundred million
francs.
-Agneta Park, near Delft, in Hol-
land. is the result of an interesting ex-
pertinent in cooperation. A tract OF
ten acres has upon it one hundred and
fifty houses, each with its little garden,
and with certain common buildings
and common grounds. The houses are
occupied by the employees of ga great
distilling company, who form corpor-
alton which owns the park. Each
member owns shares in the corporation
and pays rent Cor his house. The sur
plus, after expenses are paid. comes
back to him as dividend. II he wishes
to go away or dies, his shares are
bought up by the corporation and sold
to the man who takes his place.
-Camels are now in general use
throughout Australia. Within twen-
ty-five years, by scientific breeding, a
race has been produced larger IN
frame, scunder in wind and limb, and
able to carry more weight than the In
dian camels originally imported "A
quarantine for imported animals Is es-
tablished at Port Augusta, two hun
dred and sixty miles northwest OF
Adelaide, where they are carefully
guarded for three months, during
which time they are subject to a de-
structive mango, which carries OF
most of them, but TO which they are no
longer liable when once acclimatized-
There are ten thousand camels at
work, which not only transport loads
upon their backs, but are trained 20
draw wagons, yoked in teams of eight
like oxen.
For many years Japan has been
trying 20 secure the Independence OF
Corea and place that kingdom on po-
litical equality with its neighbors. IL
is in every way to Japan's interest
that Corea should be subject to the
domination of no external power
neither her own nor that OF China or
Russia. 1t is no secret that since the
adoption of reformed system of gov
eminent BY the japanese, China has
striven by every means a. her com
mand to obstruct the operation OF that
system. One of Der methods was 20
instigate the Coreans to maintain an
imnovable attitude OF defiance, 10 Of
fer perpetual sffronts to all japanese
officials who visited the kingdom on
public business, and 70 impede the
trade between the countries by vexa-
tious restrictions
On the site Of the great palace OF
the kings Of Babylon, where Belshaz-
Ear held his feast a black basalt
statue, covered with fine inscriptions,
has been found by Arab diggers and
sent to Constsntinople- The finds OF
I the French and American explorers n
southern Babylonia all belong 70 the
/ Turkish government, and are taken 70
the Imperial Ottoman museum at Con
stantinople, where there are now no
+ less than fifty thousand newly-discov-
cred inscribed objects from sippara-
where the Turks themselves are exea-
vating: from Tel-loh. where the French
are. and from Naffir. the American
field A. Tei-loh. lately, after NJ sar-
FAC. the French agents left the Arab,
4 employed by him came upon large
( chamber filed with inscribed clay Ia
/ bles. most % which they sold n
I Armenian. Syrian, and Jewish brokers
who succeeded in getting part 81 tfe
( collection 20 London and Paris The
remainder was seized b. the autho-i-
.ies =; Bagdsd-