Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-31
FROM FOREIGN LANDS

- FROM FOREIGN LANDS
Interesting Topics That Ensross the A.
tention Of Europe.
In 1866 oookfghting became Illegal In
England, and before long the sporting
gentry had to give up their iCsa Of con-
Quoting the battles of tho pit contrary to
law. 1t has survived in Scotland, how
ever, and among tho north English and
the Welsh, and now bids fair to enter into
ENGLAND again as gentlelnan's sport
the high standing of those engaged In 10
preoludtng, 1t IL beloved, an active revival
of the law. The fights, 1t is said, will be
held on gentlemen 8 estates where 1t would
be next to impossible for the police to find
oonvicting evidence. The rules In vogue
are those Of the Cockpit Royal, Westmin
ster, which in the days of Henry VIII was
subsidized by his majesty. Tho other day
news came to London of most exciting
pit fight in Devonshire In which $50, 1000
changed hands. This would have been q
mere tri1e to the gallants of King Harry's
day, but at this time it is Significant 1t
Is we'll known fact that gamecocks are
being bred in suspiciously largo quantities
In the country, and nearly every steamer
arriving from the orient brings one or
moro consignments of the india bird. This
cock Is said to be fast and sharp fighter,
but he must kill bis English opponent IN
tho first two or three minutes II he would
win the battle. He lacks the staying pow"
ers characteristic Of the English bred bird.
Tho Derby family still preserves the breed
Of the famous black red cooks which won
fortunes for the late earls of Derby.
N. do Paris, otherwise Deibler, the pub.
tic exeoutioner of France, recently cele'
brated his seventeen birthday In a grew
some fashion. He executed at Bastia. In
Corsica, the murderer Fazzini, thus CON-
melnorating the anniversary OF his own
entrance into the world by sending anoth'
or out. Tho sca1oldings of the guillotines
remain In the prisons throughout France
where executions may take place. The
knife ia mover out of NJ. Debtors posses'
aion. He carries 1t in a long leathern
satchel not unlike an elongated dress suit
case When he leaves Paris with his grim
instrument of justice, small army OF
newspaper men usually accompany him IN
the hope that something may happen. II
nothing unlocked for takes place, some
imaginative correspondent is sure to write
that he saw Deibler's hand tremble at the
critical moment, and then follow the usual
series Of articles as to the probability or not
of Deibler resigning office His trip to
Corsica was hardly noticed, SD no journal
contained more than q brief telegraph1o
dispatch announcing that the execution
had taken place, and all on account OF the
Dreyfus excitement. Deibler has probably
killed more men than any other living
person. Fazzini brought his record up to
SOC.
According to Le journal dos Debats OF
Paris, the most prosperous hotel keeper In
the world is the king Of Wurttemberg. He
runs two largo hostelries In Stuttgars.
These hotels are visited by the best OF the
merchant class in Germany and enrich the
kings private purse to tho tune OF $6S, 5OO
q year. Hotel keeping has been followed
for nearly 200 years by the rulers OF wure'
temberg. It Is recorded that ut the begin
ming of tho eighteenth century Peter the
Great paid a visit to the reigning duke AZ
STUTTGART, and, to avoid tho pomp and
ceremony Of the court, he sont word to tho
duke that he would put up at an Inn. The
duke, Wishing to crafty the Russians
vhim and at tho same time do him royal
honors, promptly turned his palace lnto .
hotel and sent secret message to Peters
positions to bring the empe " there with
out betraying the identity Of the house.
To make the deception complete he STUCK
up signboard over the grand entrance
and received Peter with many bows III tho
cap and apron Of q maitre d'hotel of the
period. Tho Wurttembergers were SO
pleased with the experiment that they
have continued In the business ever since.
A curious railway danger or fog signal
has been invented in Chiswiok, England,
which has been adopted by the Southwest.
ern railway. It consists Of o large wheel
placed at tho side Of the track near STA
zion and containing around Its oircum'
ference 50 barrels, each holding two car
tridges A lever placed along the rail Is de-
pressed by the passing train and 1t IN turn
pulls back and then releases hammer
which explodes two cartridges. After tho
train has passed tho hammer automatioal.
" returns into position to fire the next
barrel. It Is connected by electricity with
tho signals, and the man in the box con