Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-08-15
TERMS $500 PER YEAR
Current Matters.

Nhlle England, with population OF
10000, 900, has only =, 800 students at
Oxford and Cambridge, Germany, with
Il population of -, ,25O,OO0, has 25,-
900 students attending her universe
ties.
1t is predicted that theivory supply
of Central Africa will not last. more
than ten or fifteen years longer It's
exhaustion will he a good thing for
Africa, because thcnatives will not de
vote themselves to the development OF
the natural resources OF the country
so long as they can find tusks. Ide
sooneI the ivory is gone, therefore, the
better for Africa and the Africans. -
Mason and .Rxon's line, which
cut such figure in our political his
tory, was originally 800 miles lones.
and was marked by stone posts at IN
tervals of one mile. twas the bound
ary line between the state of Pennsyl-
vania and the states of Maryland and
Virginia, and the name is Sderived from
its surveyors, Charles Mason and Jere-
miah Dixon. In 1920 the line was eX-
Missouri. This is known as the Henry
Clay compromise.
Concerning the pcrfumery manufac-
tories at Nice and Cannes it is reliably
stated that these establishments an
nually crush and squeeze no less than
154 900 pounds OF orange blossoms,
13,2OO pounds OF acacia blossoms,
154 900 pounds of rose leaves, 3, 200
pounds of Jasmine blossoms, % 600
pounds of violcts, $500 pounds OF
tuberOSes and a relatively large
amount of Spanish lilacs, 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 out of this
shebang about 1st of August coming,
and want to close out all of this store
truck before that time, and II any OF
YOU have the welfare of n fellowbeing
at heart, and are fond Ola good smoke,
walk right up to the counter and drop
your shekels-yOu willneverget anoth-
er such chance"
The so-called seven wonders of the
world are: First, the Pyramids OF
Egypt; second, the Pharos of AleXan-
dria; third, the walls and hanging gar
dens of Babylon; fourth, theTemple of
Diana at Ephesus; fifth, the statue OF
the 0lympian Jupiter; sixth, the Maus-
oleum of Artemisia; seventh, the Colos-
sus of Rhodes.
For the seventeen states of Europe
the total of the armies on apeacefoot-
ing is 2,529,532 men. Calculating
their wages at G2 cents per day. and
omitting the holidays, we have a sum
of S1S7.5 per annum for each man.
Multiplying this sum by 2, 529 ,522, the
total comes to S474, ,102, ,S75. per an
mum. Adding to this the total of the
seventeen war budgets, which is $685.
363, 500, the total loss suffered by
Europe annually on account OF her
! armies is 1882, ,574 ,26O.
The transfer of West Virginia's cap
ital from Wheeling to Charleston, on
the Kanawha, ends somewhat bitter
contest of factions. When West Vir-
ginia became u state, Wheeling was
made the capital; but after the war
Charleston became the seat OF govern
ment. In 1875 the legislature made
Wheeling again the capital, and the
citizens donated the state q building
for the capitol I'm 1879 the legisla-
ture ordered a general vote on the cap
ital question, the decision to be n con-
elusive one Clarksburg, Martinsburg
and Charleston were to be voted on,
and Charleston received the largest
number of votes. II is understood
that there will never be a. change.
The New York Sun says ofthe bench
show of dogs at the Madison Square
Garden: Ladies' pets were numer-
Gus, and were almost without excep-
ton the ugliest dogs in the show, Mrs.
Frederic Nelson's bull terrier, which
took q first prize, being phenomenally
, so. The mild faced collies, the mag
, nificent St. Bernards, who may Justly
be called the kings of the kennel, and
the soft-eyed, intelligent red settlers OF
Ireland are all passed unnoticed by the
: fair sex, while fox hounds, poodles,
bull terriers and Chinese monstrosltles
are taken to their hearts and laps.
: But fashion must necessarily govern
Z the tastes and direct the affections OF
, society women in the choice OF a lap
, dog. as well as in the capture of an ell
gible husband or the selection OF a
hunter"