Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-11-09
SUNBEAMS.

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During the last ten years Italy has ex-
pended one hundred million dollars on
| monster war vessels.
Since the cholera appeared in Italy last
summer to the first of October, When its vio-
| lence abated, 1862 cases and 1924 deaths Oc-
Cured.
Italy proposes to adopt gold as its none
| tary unit. Since resumption Its specie cir
culation has not been large, only one sew
enth being in silver, as required for small
change.
Stoke Park, at the village of Stoke Poges
| Buckinghamshire, the church of which, i'm
| mortalized by the poet Gray, stands within
| the grounds, has been offered for sale in
England,
From 1868 to 1888 the lottery players turned
| into the Royal Italian Treasury two hun
dred and seventy-fve millions of dollars
Count Cavour used to call the lottery "the
tax on fools"
A Swiss mountaineer has made bet with
a wealthy Englishman that he can make the
tour of Europe. on foot, visiting every sepa
rate country, inside of twelve months, to
start on JAN. l, 1886 The wager is for a
thousand pounds, with expenses.
An Italian Admiral has invented shrap-
mel shell for the l00-ton guns at thirty yards
forward seventy-fve smaller projectiles,
which In turn burst, strewing in fan-shape
| thick shower OF balls aud fragments with
terribly destructive effect.
Great preparations are being made in
Denmark and N.,fway to celebrate the BIZ
centenary OF me birth of Ludwig Holberg,
the father of the Danish stage, on Dec B.
Holberg was born in Bergen, In Norway,
where statue OF him will be unveiled on
his birthday. He settled down, however,
| in Copenhagen, where he studied and took
his degree. He was poet, dramatist, his
torian and philosopher.
Mr. william Maitland who was a claimant
some three or four years since at Albany to
the Leake estate, Is the most likely to be the
Claimants. Mr. Maitiand's sons, rh under fia, the
name Of Mansell, were formerly fesses of the
Lyceum. Mr.. Iryings theatre now, and pro-
duced there Herye's "Chilperio," with the
ts1oas fs Gus composer i ~ ihe TUE role, by which
eldest son, william, opened the Lyceum in
New York in 1873 and made a failure. Rich
ard Mansell is styled In London Father Of
Opera Bouffe."
The oldest and most celebrated dealer in
wild animals in the world, Mr.. Bernhard
Kohn, died in Kassala at the beginning OF
| August last in his 72d year. Mr.. kohl was
| the first to Import animals into Europe di-
rect from Nubia. Quite lately he has pro
cured large number Of giraifes lions, ante.
| lopes, ostriches, monkeys, &c, and had
them brought TO Kassala. For eight months
Kassala has been besieged by the adherents
| of the Mahdi, and, since the death of Mr..
Kohn, the Mudir Of Taxa has been in great
embarrassment what to do with all the ami
mails. 1t was thought probable that they
would be slaughtered by the inhabitants,
who we're said to be in danger of famine.
Three celebrations have recently been
held In different parts of France In honor Of
three Frenchmen distinguished In very diff
| ferent lines. AT Bourg there was the inaugu-
ration of statue OF Gen. Joubert. who played
so brilliant but short a part in the wars of
the first republic. He was placed by Sieyes
| tn command of the army in Italy, and was
killed at the battle of Novi. The other two
celebrations were bieentenaries-one at
Rouen in honor of Corneille, who was born
there, and the other at Yaleneiennes in
honor of Watteau, The painter has only q
three celebrations were more or less official,
a representative OF the Government being
present at each Of them.
The Progres Medical describes two new
Oriental poisons. both of which cause death
| by arresting the hearts action One OF them
comes from Borneo, and is an arrow poison.
Almost all that scientists yet know OF 1t lies
| in the number OF unfortunate dogs they
have destroyed suddenly with II. OF the
other poison II Is stated that an animal OF
point had been imbued with It, would make
one bound and then fall back dead. Even
| an elephant will succumb to Its effects, after
running half q mile or so. The composition
of the poison Is not yet known. as 1t is kept
secret BY the Mois, from whom specimen
was obtained by subterfuge. The sub
stance Is said to be innocnous when taken
\ into the stomach.
| Here is an Approximate list of the State
aid rendered TO the chief European theatres:
Royal. Berlin, 10000 francs; Theatre Royal,
Stuttgart, %. 600 francs; Theatre Royal,
Dresden, 400 900 francs; San Carlo Theatre,
Naples, 10000 francs; Imperial Theatre,
Vienna, 10000 francs; Apollo Theatre,
Rome, 29o,0o0 francs; Theatre Royal, Copen-
hagen, 10000 francs; Carlsruhe and Wei
mar Theatres, 10000 francs; Theatre Fran
Gals, Paris, 10000 francs; Theatre Royal,
Munich, 1856. 600 francs; Scala Theatre, Milan,
$4,000 francs; Theatre Royal, stockholm,
10000 francs; Opera Comique, Paris, 1000
| francs; Bellini Theatre, Palermo, 10000
francs; Theatre Royal, Turin, 60,00o francs;
Theatre de Ia Pergola, Florence, 10000
francs; Carlo Felice Theatre, Genoa, 10000
/ francs
| There was a rich widow who read a matri.
monial advertisement in which a man in
Savannah represented himself to be q sock
er OF spouse. She answered, ard short,
sharp correspondence ensued. Photographs
were exchanged That of the man showed
a face remarkable for its beauty Of features,
and, as he said he was six feet In height.
weighed 200 pounds, and was as straight as
an arrow, the widow had no reason to doubt
certificates of good character, wrote in a
glowing, intelligent manner, and confessed
with great frankness that he was poor. But
whom the suitor presented himself at her
residence she saw TO her horror and dismay
that he was mulatto. His features were
the fine Caucasian ones shown In the photo
graph, but his color was brown.
An interesting suggestion has just been
made for the Introduction of camels into the
south Of England as beasts of bnrden for
farmers and otheTs For number of years
they have been in use in Australia, and their
docility and endurance in that country are
highly praised. Laden separately, they take
about seven hundredweight each, but In
team they are able to draw as much as ton
apiece. BY the Australian squatters they
are extensively employed, and in districts
where water Is SCARCE they are almost inval-
liable. The price Of young camel Is from
$50 TO $3.50. and this sum is not deemed
high by the Inhabitants Of the antipodes
The chief objection to their Introduction
into England lsthat the country is too wet,
and camels never get along well on wet
ground After rain they are liable to slip
and become useless Horses are also much
terrified by their appearance similar at.
tempt was made TO introduce them here
some hfteen years ago. butthe idea did not
take.
| When NJ. Rubinstein is tired Of his tri-
umphal progress through Europe he retires
| to his villa at Peterhof, and there surround
ed by his family he prepares for the next
campaign. At present, before leaving Ham.
burg, where the first perpformanoe OF "Psr-
raquet Will take place on Nov. lst, under
the superintendence of the author, NJ. Rub
instein Is entertaining his friends and en-
joying life on the shores of the Baltic His
villa, situated In park stretching down to
the shore. Is furnished with taste and ele-
gancei the ornaments of the music hall are
splendid medallion portraits of Iitz and
Chopin and busts OF Beethoven, shakes
peare, schubart, Goeth, Glinka, and Krilof
and the magnificent vases presented by
Queen Victoria. Nine. Rubinsfein's boudoir
is full Of flowers and souvenirs. In the mas
ters study there Is a collection OF trophies
offered TO his genius In all paris OF his do
among all the Classical works In Russian
English, French and German, there Is not
single work on music. NJ. Rubinstein Is
at present fantaisie heroique for grand