Richland beacon., 1888-12-15
CURRENT EVENTS.

A parliament was he'll in Edinbnrg, scot
land, BY \ exaa1er IT., in i3lt
In the Sandwich I,,an..s the natives pain,
their faces aud kuocl o''t lheir front teeth in
mourning for their friends.
The Arctic whaling season for ls>S is about
over The catch this year is reported at l6a
whales. against :.i3 last year.
At last accounts there were no fewer than
I6is newspapers AMI periodicals published In
Paris. OF this number Frcemasoury claimed
-.
Copper shca;hng was first applied 10 tho
bottom Of vessels IN l1jl, when the English
naval vessel Alarm was 50 shealhed at Wool
which.
The first patent ever issued n America was
given TO samuel Hopkins, of Philadelphia, in
1870 Scr AL Improvement In the manufacture
of potash.
Ornamentlng letter note paper by hand IS
becoming a vtry rcHunerativs branch OF IN
dus,ry in New York, as well as IN London,
Paris and Vienna
4 toaistoo! viii lift $40 pounds Of solid
weight while growing, and common cab
bare head will burst staycs rs thick as those
used in pork barrels.
The ancient custom Of ringing the curfew
bell has been resumed AT Stratford on Avon,
The same bell being used as that which was
,ol led at Shakespeare funeral
The candles used v the Romans were conf
posed Of string surrounded b. wax or pitch
Splinters Of wood fatteI were used by the
English lower classes about 900.
Florida orange growers are offering 81 per
,,ay for hands to pick AMI pack the fruit
crop of the state, shipment OF which COM
mepced on the Is, OF November.
The rare ruby Oncr presented by King Lou
is, Of Bavaria, TO Lola Montcz, and valued at
$1,000 is now the property Of Mrs. j. Is.
IIasgin, wife Of the California turfman.
Last years mineral output in the United
States was worth S53S, 100000, much greater
than that OF England, aud larger than the
PRODUCTION Of the rest of Europe combined.
Tie Cape Verde Islands were known to The
anelents as Gorga1es, but not TO the modern
till discovered b7 ID, Noll a Gsnoc'e naviga-
for in the service Of Portugal in lii6, l4JO or
1860.
A single hop rrower IN Sacramento county,
Cal, a few DAYS ago, made the remarkable
shipment of full special train OF cars loaded
win hops. destined for Liverpool. They
weighed .tj.00J pounds
Among the - violin competitors at the
Paris conseryatoirc this year there appeared
l3 Young girls. Eight of these received
prizes, and the first priZ" was unanimously
awarded to Mdl!c. Dantn, aged /.
The South has raised more Iadiau corn tins
| GEAR than usual hence comparatively little
will be required from The West. On the other
hand, the East. AMI especially New England
| has Moderate yield of cprn bJ reason OF Sc
vere frosts and late wet season
The right of rendering a bill Of exception
10 Judges charge, rs to his definition OIL
| the law, at a trial between parties. obtained
! place in the English statutes in i2Si ms
light was abolished in Eagland ia $40, but
il Is still maintained in this country.
| Sunflowers are used in Wyoming territory
for fuel. The stalks when drl are as hard as
maple wood, aud make a hot fire, and the
seedheads with the seed in are said 10 burn
\ better than hard coal. An acre OF sunflowcrs
viii furnish fuel for one stove for year.
In Western New Yorl, the evaporatcd fruit
industry is one Of great Importance. Within
radius Of forty miles around Rochester
there are estimated TO be more than 800
evaporators. During the early autumn and
winter months at least 10000 people are em-
ploycd.
Falernlau wine, celebrated by Virgil and
| Horace, was the produce of Falcrnus, or, as
called by Martial, Mons Masscus, in Cam
pania. Horace, in his "Oles," boasts of hav-
ing drunk Falernian wine that had been, as
it we're, born with him, or which reckoned Its
age from same coGsuls, II Il. {.
In southern Australia. owing to the TN
favor abe crop, prospects, higher prices for
wheat are asked, aud farmers are not dis
posed to sell freely of their surplus, which, at
lie commencement Of September was esti-
mated to amount to 100000 tons, or about
W1. 100 quarters, in south Australia and VIC
loria. 'sSw~
The Forfarshire steamer on its passage
rom Hull to Dundee on Sept. &, 1888. was
Srecked in violent gale ani thirty-elght
persons out of ffly-thrce perished. The
outler.Fern lighthouse keeper, James Oar
ing, and his heroic daughter Grace, ven
sured out in a tremendous sea in coble, and
rescued several of the passengers
A Boston gentleman, who is in the vigor o
life and likely TO ouiliye some OF his children
las presented each OF them with Si,000,00i
.hc share os the estate they would get wer
,e to die. There is some question whethe
such a sum of money will be an advantage L
he average young person, but the possession
IF it will contribute to the chcerfuIness il
view OF the possible longevity Of the NAL
parent.
n, A process has been perfected and patente
h Tor drawing upon wood by means OF fine me
: lalic point kept red hot, so that the lines ar
n actually burned into the surface. A power
u Iul OK hydrogen or otEer flame keeps the poir
Ii always at a high temperature, and yet the az
\ ,aratus is SO compact that IL may be used wit
e he ease and freedom Of a pencil. 1t is, fu
Z lbermore, SO adjusted as 20 produce at wi
a al shedes OF brown, from the ightcst 10 th,
y verging on black.
:, The population OF the United States In lSi
:, vas IS, 55S, ,31l, Of which 32,99I, 142 were n
>. i've and ), j61, 229 foreign born. In 1880 Il
o numbers were A., i,5, SO native and 6,619, 81
y orcIgn born, a total of 5o,I5j.7Sl. II is est
mated that in 1880 the population will be &c
/: 's,2,4,9, with 5S.523, 40 native and 1850, ,0
- 'oreign born. According to this estimate, IL
:. ,rop6flon of foreign born inhabitants vi
;, rave ad:<Qced from shout fourteen per cen
II 1870 andSNirieen yer cent In 1850, to nea
seventeen y. cent in 1890.
The Imperial G5s.~d OF France was create
Dy Napoleon from the guard Of the conve
" ion, The directory anu Tie consulate, VIII
le became emperor in lSDL 1t consisted