The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-07
FROM FOREIGN LANDS
Interesting Topics That Engross the Az
tention of Europe.

Interesting Topics INIT EnsroSs wv
tention Of Europe.
In 1856 cockfighting became illegal In
England. and before long the sporting
gentry had to give up their idea oil con-
Quoting the battles of the pit contrary 10
law. IL has survived in Scotland, how.
ever, and among the north English ana
the Welsh, and now bids fair 10 enter into
England again as gentleman sport
the high standing of those engaged In u
precluding, IL Is believed, an active revival
of the law. The fights, IL Is said, VIII oe
held on gentlemen estates where IL WOULD
be next to impossible for the police 10 ma
convicting evidence. The rules In vogue
are those OF the Cockpit Royal, Westmlh-
ster, which In the days of Henry VIII was
subsidized by his majesty. The other day
news came to London of a most exciting
nit fight in Deyonshire In which soO,OOO
Changed hands. This would have been a
mere trifle TO the gallants of King Harry's
day, but at this time IL is significant. IL
q well known fact that gamecocks are
being bred in suspiciously large 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 his English opponent In
the first two or three minutes If he would
win the battle. He lacks the staying pow
ers characteristic of the English bred bird.
The Derby family still preserves the breed
of the famous black red cocks which won
fortunes for the late earls of Derby.
M. de Paris, otherwise Deibler, the pub
lie executioner of France, recently cele-
4 nth N "a
some fashion. He executed at Bastia, III
Corsica the murderer Fazzini, thus COM
memorating the anniversary of his own
entrance into the world by sending anoth-
er out. The scaffoldings of the guillotines
remain in the prisons throughout France
where executions may take place. The
knife Is never out of NJ. Deibler's posses
sion. He carries 1t in 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. If
nothing unlocked for takes place, some
imaginative correspondent Is sure to write
that he saw Deiber's hand tremble at the
critical moment, and then follow the usual
series of articles as to the probability or not
of Debler resigning office His trip to
Corsica was hardly noticed, and no journal
contained more than brief telegraphlc
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
300.
According to lie Journal des Debats OF
Paris, the most prosperous hotel keeper In
the world Is the king of Wurttemberg. He
runs two large hostelries in Stuttgart.
These hotels are visited by the best of the
merchant class In Germany and enrich tho
kings private purse to the tune OF S62, 900
a year. Hotel keeping has been followed
for nearly 200 years by the rulers of Wurt-
temberg. 1t is recorded that at the begin
ming of the eighteenth century Peter tho
Great paid visit to the reigning duke at
Stuttgart, and, to avoid the pomp and
ceremony of the court, he sent word to tho
duke that he would put up at an inn. The
duke, wishing to crafty the Russians
within and at the same time do him royal
honors, promptly turned his palace into
hotel and sent n secret message to Peters
positions to bring the emperor 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 in the
cap and apron of maitre d'hotel of tho
period. The 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 Chiswick, England,
which has been adopted by the Southwest
ern railway. 1t consists of large wheel
placed at the side of the track near STA
tion and containing around its circum-
ference 32 barrels each holding two car
tridges. a lever placed along tina rail is de-
pressed by the passing train and 1t in turn
pulls back and then releases a hammer
which explodes two cartridges. After tho
train has passed the hammer automatical-
~ returns into position to fire the next
barrel. 1t is connected by electricity with
the signals, and the man in the box can
set or disconnect 1t by pressing button.
The disconnection Is worked by a magnet,
which draws down the hammer and pre-.
vents firing. 1t is expected that the con-
trivance will shortly do away with the
clumsy detonators now In use.-New York