The daily gazette., 1876-11-15

There is said to be paper church ac-
| tually existing near Berlin, which can
contain nearly one thousand persons. II
is circular within, octagonal without
The reliefs outside and the statues with.
in, the roof, ceiling, the Corinthian capi.
tai, are all papier mache, rendered water.
proof by saturating in vitrol, lime-water
whey, and white of eggs.
AS an illustration of the limited ma.
terial with which English elections are
sustained in comparison with similar
popular contests in this country, it is
worthy of note that in recent municipal
election in Manchester the conversion OF
the public swimming baths into skating
rinks was one of the principal subjects Of
controversy between the political parties.
A brewer in Denmark of the name
of Jacobsen has set apart the sum of one
million crowns (about S300,000,), one
half of the interest of which is to be ap-
piled in continuing the chemico-physio-
logical laboratory established by him in
connection with his brewery. The other
half is intended to promote the study of
the natural sciences, mathematics, phi
losophy, history, and languages.
: Justice Z. X. Reardon of Nevada City,
Cal, has been the cause of a great deal
of indignation among Israelites. lie
summoned the rabbi in that place to ap-
pear before him for jury duty shortly be-
fore the setting in of the Day of Atone
ment, which the Jews regard as their
most sacred day, and refused to excuse
him. The rabbi was to conduct the SER
vices in the synagogue that entire day
and had entered upon fast to continue
twenty-four hours.
Some weeks since at Castle Tegel, in
Germany, the old home of the Humboldt
family, the wedding of Victoria Won
Humboldt to her cousin, Capt. August
Won Leon of the Thirty-ninth Prussian
Fusiliers, was celebrated with great
splendor. In the happy pair were united
the representatives of the male and
female branches of the old family. The
present owner of the castle is Gabrielle
Won Bulow, nee Humboldt, whose hus-
band was the Prussian Foreign Minister
in 1916.
The Crown Prince of Germany is the
author of work entitled "My Journey
to the Orient, 1869" of which only about
forty copies have been printed, to be read
by royal blood alone. 1t is not not his
first book. Soon after the war of 1866 he
published his recollections of that con-
fiict, in an edition equally small, for an
audience equally select. His style is said
to possess grace and humor land his writ
ings show him to be an atfectionate faith.
er and husband. But no critic has the op-
portunity to dissect him, nor to expose
Highness to the indignity of praise. The
vulgar populace cannot share his
thoughts, nor does he run the risk of ever
being shocked at finding the offspring of
his intellect offered for sale at u discount
among the refuse of an old book stand
A curious story comes from Paris. 1t is
not so very long since young man well
dressed. and apparently rich, entered a
clandestine gaming house. lie was play
ing at trente-et-quarante,an ,and had already
won little pile of gold. "Red wins,' pre-
sently said the banker, and proceeded to
hand over hundred napoleons to the I'm
known one, for the stakes were high.
But the stranger made no attempt to take
the gold, and returned no answer to three
or four questions put to him in reference
to the game. His eyes remained fixed on
the red while his features assumed a
CHASTITY paleness. A player touched his
a. III he was dead. Then the banker cold
ly withdrew the hundred napoleons, OBJ
erving that play was in the nature of a
reciprocal contract, which could only be
entered into between parties both of
whom. were capable of contracting, and
therefore never between live man and
dead one. The cause of death was
heart disease.