Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-08-22
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Current Matters.


While England, with a population OF
%. 900. 900, has only :, 300 students at
oxford and Cambridge, Germany, with
population of ~, ,25O,OOO, has %
900 students attending her mlversi-
ties.
1t is predicted that theiyory supply
of Central Africa will not last more
than ten or fifteen years longer. It's
exhaustion will be q good thing, Tor
Africa, because thenatfves will not de
, vote Themselves to the development OF
| the natural resources Of the COun' Y
so long as they can find tuslis. Tho
! sooner the ivory is gone. therefore, the
better for Africa and the Africans.
| Mason and Dixon's line, which has
cut such figure in our political his.
tory, was originally 800 miles long,
and was marked by stone posts al M
tervalS of one mile. TWAS thcbOmd-
ary line between the state OF PeunSyl-
vania and the states OF Maryland and
| Virginia, and the name l. derived from
it's surveyors, Charles Mason and Jere-
miah Dixon. In 1920 the line was cy-
tended to the western boundary OF
Missouri. This is known as the Henry
Clay compromise.
Concerning the pcrfumery manufac-
tories at Nice and Canncs ii is reliably
stated that these establishments an
nually crush and squeeze 40 less than
154 900 pounds OF orange bio SONS,
13,2OO pounds Of acacia blossoms,
15t, 900 pounds OF rose leaves, $1,000
pounds of jasmine blossoms. -, 600
pounds of violets, $500 pounds OF
tuberOses and Il relatively large
amount of Spanish liiacs. rosemary,
mint, lime and lemon blossoms, thyme
and numbers OF other plants and leaves
and flowers.
In anticipation of a clean sweep, the
postmaster of Golden, Col, has post
ed up the following notice on the door
of his office: II have to get ont OfthiS
shebang about LIST OF August coming,
and | want 10 close out all OF this store
truck before that time, and ii any OF
you have the welfare of n fellow being
at heart, and are fond OF Il good smoke,
walk right up to the counter and drop
!. | your SIltktlS-NOu NlllllCN EtO tiiiONil-
er such chance"
The so-called seven wonders OF tho
world are: First, the Pyramids OF
Egypt; second, the Pharos of AleXan-
: dria; third, the walls and hanging gar
, dens of Babylon; fourth, the Temple OF
|; Diana at Epheslis; fifth, the statue OF
,, the Olympian Jupiter; sixth, the Maus-
oleum of Artemisia; seventh, the ColQs-
sus of Rhodes.
Q For the seventeen states OF Europe
\ the total OF the armies on peacefoot-
ing is 2,520.532 men. Calculating
their wages nj so cents per day, and
omitting the holidays, we have n sum
D of $751; 80 per annum for each man.
] Multiplying this sum by . 500, ,522, the
: total comes to S17I, ,l02, ,S75 per an
mum. Adding 30 this the total OF the
seventeen war budgets, which is $685.
{ 300. $40. the total loss suffered by
t Europe annually on account OF her
{ armies is S9S2, ,574 .260.
The transfer of West Virginia's cap
, ital from Wheeling to Charleston, on
2 the Kanawha ends a somewhat bitter
: contest Of factions. When West Nir-
Q sinia became state, Wheeling was
y made the capital; but after tie war
r Charleston became the seat OF govern
8 ment. in 1875 the legislature made
\ Wheeling again the capital, and the
\ citizens donated the state n buildlng
. for the capitol. In 1870 the legisla-
: ture ordered general vote on thecap-
g ital question, the decision to be a con-
elusive one. Clarksburg, Martlnsburg
and Charleston were 10 be voted on,
and Charleston received the largest
D number of votes. il is understood
|, that there will never be q change.
= The New York Sun says of the bench
\ show of dogs at the Madison Square
Q Garden: Ladies' pets were numer-
n Gus, and were almost without excep-
y tion the ugliest dogs in the show, Mrs.
Y | Frederic Nelson's bull terrier, which
l. took a first prize, being phenomenally
so. The mild faced collies, the mag
e nificent st. Bernards, who may Justly
be called the kings OF the kennel, and
s. the soft-eyed, intelligent red settlers OF
a Ireland are all passed unnoticed by the
" fair sex. while fox hounds, pOodles,
e bull terriers and Chinese monstrosltleS
are taken to their hearts and laps.
But fashion must necessarily govern
the tastes and direct the affections OF
society women in the choice OF n lap
= dog, as well as in the capture OF an ell
gibIe husband or the selection OF a