The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-22
BRIEF MENTION.

Marshall BIcNahon is now engaged IN
writing his memoirs from the beginning
of his military career to the close of his
public life. The work viii not be pub
lished till after his death.
Mrs. Garfield is worth about $3.50, 900,
which nets an income, at 4 per cent. Of
$4,000 a year. Her pension from con-
gress is $4,000 annually, making her en-
tire resources sol, 900 a year.
One of the officers of the British ship
Cana, now in New York Bay, was asked
by q reporter if his vessel was an old
timer, and he replied: 'eWell, she is not
half as rotten as the newest boat in this
country"
For every 1000 males in the city of
Philadelphia between the ages Of twenty
and fifty years there are 1899 females.
In Baltimore the females are more nu-
merous, there being 1925 to every 1000
males of the ages above named.
Kossuth has a poor opinion Of Glad
stone as a Premier. He thinks the great
est two men in the world to-day are Bis
marck and the Emperor of Japan-the
latter because of the wonderful progress
his country has made in the past few
years.
When Mr. Cleveland went to select a
pew in the Washington church which
he attends, he was asked what part Of
the building he would like to, sit in.
'Wel,7 he said, u don't want to be so
near the minister that he can see wheth-
o. not I am listening"
Hon. Henry c. Robinson. in a recent
kspeech at Hartford, Conn, said: Ban
~ish the devil Of modern arithmetic from
our public schools. 1t assaults the brain
and imperils the life. It develops pre-
cocIty, and precocity is immature. and
immature is a monster"
The French delight in condolences
and point out that the amount of money
voted by the government for the Tonquin
expedition is S40,0OO,0O0, precisely the
same sum as Germany demanded from
the city of Paris as her share of the war
indemnity of 1871.
The East London postal and telegraph
employees have peculiar facilities for in
tellectual culture. They possess a liter
airy institute which numbers more tIan
900 members, and in connection with it
library at nearly every postofiice where
messengers are employed in a district of
square miles. Glasses for
instructions in special branches of knowl-
edge, and various athletic clubs, COM
plete the liberal system Of education.
Notwithstanding the Russian compli-
cations, the war in the Soudan, Riers
rebellion, the Irish discomfort, the dyna-
mite explosions, and the administration
Of the vast affairs of the British Empire,
Mr. Gladstone seems to have found time
to read what has appeared in the news
papers of this country in reference to
Hon. Ignatius Donnelrs discovery of a
cipher in the Shakespeare plays, and has
written lettertoMr, Donnelly expressing
his profound interest in the matter.
Barometric changes are determined in
South Chilli by the use of a curious in
strument. It consists of the cast-off
shell of crab, which is said to be extreme
ly sensitive to heat and moisture. 1t
will remain quite white in clear, dry
weather, but will indicate the approach
Of moist atmosphere by the appearance
of small red spots, which grow in num-
her and ize as the moisture increases;
and on the appearance of rain the shell
becomes entirely red and remains so
while the moisture continues.
A Mexican historian makes q new at
tempt to show that America was discoy-
cred in the fifth century, A. d., by
party of Buddhist monks from Afghanis-
tan, Of whom one, Hwal Shan, returned
TO Asia after an absence Of forty-one
years, a short account of the land which
he visited, supposed to be Mexico, was
included in the official history of China
There is proof that Hwal Shan actually
visited some unknown eastern region,
and the traditions of Mexico contain an
account Of the arrival of the monks.
In regard to the education of women a
radical change has come over Europe du-
ring the past few years. In 1870 women
were first admitted to the University of
Sweden. In Russia women may now
pursue their studies ia all the great uni
versities. Last year for the first time
women entered the University of Brus-
sells. About a score of women are now
in attendance at the University of Gene
va, and the number of women is much
larger at the University of Zurich, among
them being several American girls. The
way is now open in Italy for women to
pursue q collegiate course; and in fact
many are availing themselves of the
privilege. There are probably more wo-