The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-08
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

1t In difficult matter % CONNIE an
Australian aboriginal One OF them
who was arrested lately at Siberia,
western Australia, on a charge of muir,
der, was placed in temporary Lookup
made of galvanized IRON He succeed
ed in making his escape by burrowint
under one of the walls.
in sweden there is supersti,ioa
that the swallow circled around the
cross at the crucitxion. and by lie
cries cheered the dying hours al
Christ According TO this story the
bird was named svale, or swallow.
Scandinavian word signifying "checi
up this being its cry when IL was en
eouraging the dying man upon the
cross
I'm most European countries the
tapping of the beetle known as the
death-watch, IL regarded as an omen
of approaching death. NstnraiIsts
say that the curious habit this insect
has of tapping the wall Is means 81
signaling TO its mate, aud that two
death watches have been known "a
come together. each attracted by the
others tapping.
1T Is favorite superstition in En-.
gland that the bacon OF swine killed
during the waning of the moon will
waste away In the process Of curins
or cooking much more than bacon q
hogs killed while the moon is grow
ing This superstition Is akin 10 thr
which inculcates upop farmers tn.
necessity Of planting root crops is
the dark of the moon"
There was great rush TO &c,
married lately in Hungary. as the new
civil marriage law went into effect on
October /. The clericals wished Ia
marry before the law went into opera
tion. while the liberals fastened theif
weddings in order TO be among the
first 10 make use Of IL. add many mar.
riages took place between jews and
Christians and Protestants and Cstho
lies, which had previously been illegal.
Southern China has a single rail.
way. II runs from Phu-L.ng-Tbou.ik
the province of Tonkin. about thirty
miles north Of Hanoi. 20 Langson- II
u sixty-four miles in length. and being
built on the Decsuville system, with Q
very narrow gauge. IL little better thar
q tramway. but IL took four and nall
years 10 construct II. and II cost three
quarters Of million sterling. or over
GiI, 600 mile.
-Bahrein is an island in the Per-
sian gulf which the British say 10 un-
der their protection The Turkish
governor Of the province does not al.
init the claim. aud lately notified the
British authorities that he intended "a
take possession of the island, where
upon Commander Pelly. Of Britain
man-of-war. after giving an hours
warning 20 the crews. destroyed AL
the boats on the mainland Turkey 10
a. no condition 20 resist
An important linguistic expeditions
into Africa has been completed by Rev.
Charles Robinson. who wa sent out BY
the Haus.s association % sn1 material
for Hau..a dictionary. Re FRS; -ess
20 Tripoli and Tunik. where there are
Haussa colonies. and then by way %
the Niger and toe B-nue reached Esno.
the commercial center 81 HaHsaa land.
in returning from Ksno % Egga %
the Niger he trzversed az miles ~hers
no European had been he broaskt
hack Zoo new words fo< . dictionary,
materials for Hassss grammar and
native manuscripts containing history
q nj historical and religions songs The
Hsusza = tho most important languages
Of portbern Africa. The people pho
spesk 4 extesd from The stgsr regton
scroS. 20 soo1ss. and cover q territory
nearly thousand miles square. thsy
are very Industrious and are "a. onl,
nation that Mr.. Stanley net th.a
esteemed books