Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-10-09
QUEER FACTS AND ODD HAPPENINGS IN
EUROPE.

LILO ObutO tOOdOOO iuOhOPOlJ Pupp
$75. 200, 900 into the French Treasury
annually.
The Sultan of Turkey has contri-
buted 500, 900 towards the erection Of
a mosque, a Mahometan temple. at
Paris.
Switzerland. with population of
5000, 900. averages $50 suicides an
nually. Only Denmark and Saxony
make more extensive use of what is
supposed to be the right to die.
So far this year one princess, one
countess, one duchess and the daughter
of reigning prince were among the
1000 thieves, professional and unpro-
fessional, arrested in Paris.
A London magistrate has deoreed
that householder cannot interfere
with an organ grinder unless he is dis
turbed in his business, has sickness in
his house, or is affected in his health
by the sounds of the organ.
The Duke of York has sold his COL
lection of postage stamps to one Of the
Rothschilds. The price is not known,
but must be considerable, since the
Duke had 100000 insurance on the
collection.
At Roseweller, Alsace young girl
was sentenced to four weeks imprison-
ment for mailing letter bearing a
cancelled postage stamp. She ap-
pealed and finally obtained verdict
in her fayor-because she proved that
she had not written the letter.
The Veto makes announcement of an
important tricycle. race shortly to be
held in the velodrome at Lyons,
France, between Baronesse Emma Won
Sattender and Miss Amy Ever. The
victorious maiden will win the HAND, of
German millionaire, Albert Meller.
Bordeaux wine is very cheap in
Europe, sometimes. At present the
owner of large vineyard near Bor-
deaux is sending out circulars in which
he offers to send cases of 800 bottles
of two-year-old wine freight paid to
any town, even in Switzerland, for 1870
francs. That means Bordeaux at
about eight cents a bottle.
King Humbert of Italy has private
fortune of $50, 100000. The whole of
this snug sum is deposited with the
Rothschilds at London. The King is
a very sensible man sensible also to
the tottering of his throne and he evil
IDENTIFY means to save if not his king
dom at least his cash.
The voissche Zeitung says that at
least ten women in Paris have official
permission to wear male garb. One
of these is Rosa Bonheur the we'll
known painter; another is the proprie-
tors of printing office; another is a
bearded woman; the rest are painters
and women afflicted with bodily all
ments or malformations.
According to the Zeuricher Post
hydrophobia is sometimes introduced
into Switzerland by foxes and wolves
coming down, in severe winters, from
the mountains of eastern France, at
lacking dogs and other animals, and
injecting them with the venom of the
terrible disease.
Emperor William II. of Germany
is the foe Of the reporter. Lately, dur
ing the manoeuvers near Lippe, he
espled a reporter, rode up to him. de-
manded to see his permit. and then
ordered him off the field, remarking
that he Twill not permit criticism.
The deaths always outnumber the
births in France. Since the begin
ming of this century the percentage of
childless couples has increased from 5
to 10. The doctors seem agreed that
this is generally due to govt, maybe
the govt of ancestors living too we'll
one hundred and more years ago.
There is just cause for a dynamite
scare in Europe just now. Bombs
are found in various localities. A
most devilish attempt was made to
wreck steamer ready to leave Flume,
Austria, for Ancona. One of the
stokers happened to find among the
coal large bundle of dynamite car
tridges, and thereby prevented the
total annihilation of the vessel.
The frog hunt is now prohibited by
law in Belgium. The Belgian hun
tiers. however, continue their amphi-
bious occupation in nearby Holland,
and from Sas-van-Gent have sent in
one halliday as many as 90, 900 frogs
legs on ice to Paris lately. These
delicacies bring four to five cents
apiece, and some of the hunters find
the calling very remunerative.
The following advertisement is from
London sporting weekly: Long
ships, handsome, fat-faced, handy
legged red daohshund dog, by Yachts
man-Tabitha; undocked; clearly
habits; masterpiece at rats, kills cats
like a treat; fetches, carries, acts the
goat, in fact, real tricky dog; herds
sheep, will tackle bull if encouraged,
and goes good bat when reused.
Price moderate to good home. Apply
Mrs. Simkins, 81 Button street, W."