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Kansas anticipates very large emigration
IN the spring from Wisconsin, Minnesota ant
Michigan.
The Presbyterian Church at River Bend Da
kota. 10 almost entirely Indian. The pastor ant
elders are Indians. az are also 12e of the mem
bers. Twenty years ago all these people wert
aboriginal pagans.
Sir Hercules Robibaon. Governor of New
South Wales, calculates that Australia. which
now has 100000 Of population, will have, IL
1850, g1, o0o,ooo oil Engieh. speaking people.
The Oldest church warden'a accounts In Eng
land are In possession Of the parish church o.
81. Michael's. al Bath. They cover the period
from tho year 1910 TO the middle of Elisabeth's
reign.
"A solemn warning has been issued by the
Women's Chris ian Association of Memphis te
the mothers OF that city, urging them not 70
allow their children to join the makers on Mard
Graa day, either In the scenes upoa tho streets or
In tho bathrooms, claiming these indulgenees to
BIO sources Of ain and shame.
Tho Grand Duke Nicholas tbreatenedl TO
shoot number of Russian officers who asked
either for the opening OF the campaign or that
they should be sent into proper winter quarters.
The Pope will confer the dignity of Cardinal
NJ the next consistory on the Arehbshops OF
BAlsburg, Vienna, and Rheims, the Bishop OF
Potter, and some Italian bishops. The Arch
bishops Of saragoaea and Santiago will also be
created Cardinals.
When they cry "wofls ia the government
OF Saratoff, Russia, 1t means something. Du
ring the last two years the wolves there have
desoured. according to the official returns,
1l.o00 horace, 10, 600 horned cattie $4,000 sheep,
5000 swine, 1000 dogs and 1900 fowls. They
have also, during the same period. attacked
sixty.eigbe persons, devouring two on the spot,
and inilioting fatal wounds on twelve others.
"A woman named Marie oe.vet has been Sen
fenced TO twenty years al hard labor for the MUIR
der of her sister Julia, In Paris. While the trial
wea going on che constantly wore long black
Grape veil "why do you wear this veil 20 asked
one or the officials. TO which the sweet girl
gently replied; ! am in mourning for my poor
nieterla
"a bill was recently introduced Ia the German
ReiohstaE by Prince Won Hohenlohe- Langenburg
10 protect useful birds from destruction. II pro-
poses to impose fine for either killing or en-
trapping them. and requests the Chancellor to
sack cooperation from the other continental
powers In protecting the birds. In Austria there
10 new law against the destruction of useful
birds. and last year that government made an
agreement with Italy. Ia accordance with which
they are TO be protected in both countries.
Tho bill FOR REFRESHING abuses by tho clergy,
now before the Italian Parliament, provides that
amy clergyman who breaches or writes against
the laws or acts of the government, or who dis-
tributes papers to provoke disobedienoe, shall
suffer two years imprisonment and pay fine of
$l0o. III the Pope issues an encyolicsl against
The government, and q priest repeats or crcu
lates the document, he will siso DO imprisoned
and hnoi. II priest refuses the sacraments TO
any citizen, or disturbs the public conscience or
the peace of families. he will be exposed TO
similar punishment by the Kings government.
English butchers have adopted an ingenious
method OF disgusting their customers with
American meat They are buying up all the
old worn.out bulls and emaciated cows, and la
being them when dressed, ''Real American beef,
not froxen.a The price charged for the meat
thus labelled seems low to the purchaser. but Ia
really very high for the stuff given in exchange,
and leaves the seller about three pence per pound
profit. II has also the advantage of thoroughly
sickening the purchaser, who. finding II quite
void osnutri.ion and tough rs whipthong, at once
swesrs TO eschew American beef for the future
and goes back to beef at the old high prices
when no often really gets unconsciously American
beef, which the WHY butcher sells as English, and
thereby reaps increased profits.
The number OF cafes and public houses
tother than restaurantsl in France il not less
than III, goo. Cafes were first established there
In l652, by an Armenian named Pascal, on the
pattern of those he had seou at Constantinople.
Several men from the Levsnt soon followed Pas
Gals lead These early cafes were, however, but
rough places. anu it was reserved for one Pro-
cope, an Italian, to open an establishment, which
by it's elegance and finish became the precursor
Of the splendid resorts for which Paris is re-
nowned. Procope seld not merely coffee, but
tea, Chocolate and ali sorts of liquors, and hav-
ing juaiciously selected site close 10 the Come
die Francaise, his success was rapid, and the Cafe
procope became the resort of men of letters--ia-
clnding Yeltaire, Rousseau and Lafontaine. Be
fore long the number ofca:e keepers increased go
rapidly that ii became excellent to incorporate |
thern In guild. By 1850 there were $50 cafes at
Paris, ana In ITs2 1900.