The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-22
CURRENT NOTES.


tour.
Mr.. O'Sullivan, M. p, has introduced a
bill into parliament by the terms of which no
spirits can be drank in England until they are
year old.
7. Henry Shorthouse, the author of the
powerful novel, John Inglesant," is said TO
be rich manufacturer of chemical manures
at Birmingham, England.
A sarcastic chap suggests that Tennyson re-
have entirely recovered from the govt that has
recently affected his good right arm.
The wife of the Chinese minister at Wash
ington occasionally talks drive or appears at
window, and those ladies who have been
favored with glimpse of her say that she is
very beautiful.
DIR. Charles Doremus says the milk Of the
elephant is the richest he has ever examined.
1t contains more butter and sugar and less
water than any other milk, and it possesses
very agreeable taste and odor.
Wooden shoes are worn in the west, and
enough of them are sold to keep large fac
tory going at Green Bay. They are cut out
of green Eastwood, are then smoked and
dried, and then sell at IS cents pair.
Mr.. Longfellow once said to J. J. Plat,
"People like books of poems which they can
read through at a sitting. The publishers
insist on quantity, but have always aimed to
have my books SMALL
Lord Ronald Cover has executed seated
figure of the late earl of Beaconsheld, some
what more than half the size of life. The de-
&c in fill dc
uniform. The features are very effectively
represented.
The remarkable feature of Ncodemus, a
negro colony of 367 families, in Graham
county, Kansas. is the entire absence Of
money. There are churches, scltool-houses
and stores, but the trading has to be done by
bartering the produce of the farms.
A certain young man walks fve-sevenths of
a mile for seven nights in the week to see his
girl, and after putting in liz nights he gets the
bounce. How many miles did he hoof it alto
gether, and how many weeks did it take him
to understand that he wasn't wanted!
Two men agree to bnild a wall together
One does four-ffths of the bossing and the
other three-tenths of the work, and they
finally conclude to pay man Sis to finish the
job. Find the length and heighth Of the
wall.
A woman earned forty-two cents per day
by washing and supported husband who
consumed four dollars worth of provisions
per week. How much was she in debt at
the end of each month up to the time he was
sent to the work house?
On February 9Th the first eel taken in Cali
forhia was caught on the eastern shore of San
Francisco Bay. 1t measured three feet in
length, and was the first result of the "plant"
Of the California fish commissioners.
Since Parisians learned the merits of horse
flesh as an article of food during the seige,
hippophagy has made steady progress in the
French capital. In 1875 the butchers dis
and in 1881 of g, 800. Last year the supply
of 400 asses and mules.
The Rothschilds mix their blood and for
tunes by marriage, but rarely is an alien adj
mitted to their relationship. The wedding is
now announced of the daughter of Saron
Gustave de Rothschld and M. Lambert, the
representative of the firm Of Rothschid at
Brussels.
Frederick William Kucken, the composer,
whose death is announced, was best known as
the producer of more than sixty songs among
which s'Trab, Trab." ''The Maid Of Judah,"
and "The Swallows have become popular
outside of Germany. He also composed sew
eral operas, but they are not known in this
country.
The crown Jewels of France, concerning the
disposition of which there has been great hes
itation, comprise famous diamond called the
Regent, and the Jewels called Mazarine all of
which will be preserved. The whole value of
the crown diamonds is 100000 francs
(S4,4oo, ooo). Those which will be sold are
worth about $I,7oo,ooo.
When Munkacsy, the great Hungarian art
list, was recently being entertained by his en-
thusiastic countrymen, the Able List asked
him whether he played on any instrument,
and the artist began to whistle, whereupon he
was mounted on chair whice he whstled
Hungarian national air. Men applauded.
women wept, and List affectionately wrapped
him in his arms.
The French are to have crystal palace.
The destruction of the palace of St. Cloud,
with all its ornamental surroundings, during
the war of 1870, left them without any estab-
lishment like the Syndenham palace, in Lon
don. A decree, however, has been issued
from the ministry of public instruction which
reserves part of the park at ST. Cloud for the
purpose of erecting such building.
The Partisan deputy, Mr.. Talandier, has
proposed novel scheme for compulsory life
insurance. His plan provides that every COM
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