The Progress., 1888-10-20
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COSTA RIGA elects her Presidents for five
years
RoYALTY can enjoy extensive and expen.
sive playthings. The Emperor Of China has
a toy railroad in his grounds three miles
long.
/" TIE Russian cradle is never empty''
AS a statistical fact, the excess Of Russian
births over Russian deaths, annually, is
from million to a million and quarter.
CHINA recently received its first importa-
Of alkaline earth, and the material used for
washing the hands is the pods of tree.
A CHURCH organ has recently been con-
structed at Milan whose pipes are con-
structed of paper pulp instead of metal It
great power and sweetness Of tone
RECENT French and English statistics
Indicate that, while the average duration OF
ife is increasing through the improvement
Of the health Of children, the number of ex-
!remely aged persons is dimin ishing.
THERE are four charming young ladies in
Germany who have been carefully and SEN
sibly brought up, who are accomplished in
all the feminine arts and graces, and yet
have no conceit or sef-suficiency. They
are the German Princesses, daughters OF
Emperor Frederick III.
The Khedive of Egypt has, by decree,
taxed land devoted to the growing Of tobac.
co in his domain S157. SO an acre, and, the
Egyptians have refused to grow tobacco.
The result is that instead of the usual crop
Of 100000 pounds, not more than 1,0OO,
200 poun DIS are expected this year.
CORRESPONDENTS from Westernland, q
North Sea watering place, describe the
Queen OF Roumania sitting upon the beach,
with the children around her listening to
fairy tales, which she tells very cleverly,
and receives her reward in flowers and
other gifts within the children's means.
PoTATo whisky is apparently becoming
more popular with the English, to the great
worriment of some Of them, who contend
that few forms Of alcohol are SO mischieyous
as it. During the first half Of the current
year the, importation of potato whisky by
the United Kingdom increased nearly 40O, 600
gallons.
TIE Empress Of Austria, though famous
horseWOman, is rather nervous about
horses she. does not know. Recently at
Lend she questioned the landlord as to tho
quietness Of the animal in her vehicle.
"Your majesty has nothing to fear, twas the
Ttply uS LAS QORe lEllS KlQQ OF WORK Tor
twenty four years, and has always been
quite quiet g That is possible replied
the Empress, s but it is never too late to
begin.'
The discovery of the pool of Bethesda is
announced. Nothing was known Of the pool
until quite recently, when certain works
carried on by the Algerian monks laid bare
large tank or cistern cut in the rock to a
depth Of thirty feet. The cistern IS fifty.
five feet long from east to west, twelve and
one-half feet in breadth, and lies under q
church. A sister pool lying sixty feet long
adjoins the first.
By the law the person Of the young King
Alphonso XIII. of Spain can be touched
Dnly by certain duly appointed persons The
Other day the little fellow undertook to
crawl out of his crib and would have caught
Q fall which might have resulted in serious
consequences, had not an unauthorized per-
son caught him But for this act the per-
son had to be punished just the same,
though he was rewarded in private