Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-06
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The bath in which Charlotte Corday killed
Msrat is said TO be tor sac
The PhiladclI hia Press has started dime
subscription" to raise a monument to Grant
IN Paramount park.
The coral trade at Nap ~ at the lowest
point il ever reached, owing to ,he disuse of
the article as fashionable adornment.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, itor of the At.
antic, has inherited a fortune OF SO, 900, but
he intends to stick to his editorial work.
Paper bottles now made In France are
built from sheets of paper rolled together
and cemen,ed with albumeu, lime and alum.
Pope Leo has enjoyed better health this
summer than iu any previous summer since
his election and confinement ia the Vati-
can.
Worth, the dressmaker OF Paris, has been
made baron, which will be his official title.
while continuing to rule as q King in the
feminine world
Albert wolf, the famous Figaro critic,
says that French art has la,terly undersones a
serious decline, though still ahead OF that of
all other nations.
Il never" says Colonel A. Il. MARYLAND,
"knew General Grant to whisper or speak in
| present should hear"
A bottle OF purple Ink was mistakenly
opened Tor port wine at Detroit supper,
aud fourteen guests filled their mouths with
the quid in pedgng the host.
| Soudan journalists are erecting a memorial
to their comrades who tell in the Soudan. OF
the t~enty-six engaged on the field, six lost
their lives, including two lrishmen, ODono-
van and Power.
The Prince OF Wales goes to balls and
dances more than any married man Of his
time OF life in London. Indeed, there is
scare ly any bachelor over 40 who does SO
much in this line.
| According TO the Seis-l-Kwai, a Japanese
medical mouthly publication, western med
icine is getting great and permanent hold
in Japan, and within few years the old
style OF native practice will cease.
| Richard Wagner's representatives, says
the London Truth, have positively refused to
allow "Parsiia" to be performed in America
on any terms whatever except as an oratorio,
as it was given in London last winter.
| Mrs Paddock Maggie Mitchell'-is much
attach, d to her Long Branch home. "This is
my only home, she says. al yearn to come
here and bate to go away. lou don't know
how wearisome il grows to travel round and
round for months at time
The increase in Chinese immigration to the
Sandwich Islands is causing much apprehen-
sion among the Hawsiisus. The increase in
the Chinese population OF the islands has
been about / per cent in the past year,
while the decrease in the English speaking
| people has been about per cent
When the French Ministry of Finance was
burnt down during the Commune in 1871, ali
the official land register books iell a prev to
the flames. The loss has just, to certain
extent, been repaired by the completion OF a
fresh survey OF France, which shows that
the superficial area of the country is 52,l53,-
203 hectares.
The Hon. Sir Lionel s. Sackv lie West,
British minister at Washington, is described
as small, slight, bald man, by no means
brlstling with pomp, who on entering draw
ing room looks as il hunting a quiet corner
in which to sit down. When once drawn
into conversation he is very entertaining, but
usually there is sad, tired look in his hand
| some eyes.
The difficulty Of setting the Thames on fire
has passed into proverb, but that such a
teat may be within the Limits of possibility
has been proved by the fact that not long ago
the river Clyde was actually in flames. The
curious phenomenon WAS caused by certain
mineral gases which rise from the rocks in
| the bed OF the stream, and which can be
lighted on the SUI face OF the water by an
ordinary match.