The Osceola times., 1888-10-06
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King Solomon has bean omcaaIly
declared q bankrupt In England de
was q Salvation Army King.
Birds nests Of the edible sort
bring their weight In silver for tho
tables of rich Chinese mandarins.
Ten millions sterling will be spent
BY the Japanese Government In the
next ten years n the purchase OF fif'
teen ironclads and thirty torpedo
boats.
At recent sale in Paris " 500 was
paid for velvet-pile Persian carpet
A less fine one went for $4,000, and
tapestry OF the fifteenth and eighteenth
centuries realized extraordinary prices.
The old celebration OF Waterloo
has faded out altogether in England.
The churches no longer ring their
bells on June 18, and the military
celebration Of the day is abandoned.
The great fight has faded into history.
Masses OF deep-sea coral, many
tons in weight, which were torn from
their ocean bed by the volcanic explo-
sion In Sunda Straits two years ago,
NAV now be seen two or three miles
Inland. whittier they were borne by
the tidal wave.
The third-class passenger Is be-
coming more and more conspicuous In
England. According to report OF the
Great Northern railway for one-half
Of the year. first-class passengers were
81 per cent. Of the traffic; second GLASS,
81 per cent, and third class, 81 per
cent.
In England the proper ratio OF
doctor to population is said to be one
to 1900, but by this rule there are l.94S
too many doctors In London. and while
600 die every year. 1900 new ones are
turned out. Competition Is 80 great
that in some parts Of the city doctors
see q patient, prescribe and supply
medicine for sixpence visit.
The putting on short time ago Of
The fast express between Edinburgh
and London has revived memories OF
the old inhabitants as to English rail-
roading forty years ago, and one Of
these alleges that he can remember
when the train for Edinburgh was
started by a bugle playing "rd be o
Butterfly" The passenger cars were
rs much like stage coaches as possible;
the baggage was carried piled on top.
and the guards sat like drivers on top
also.
"A great many English newspapers
and large number Of their corre-
spondents are earnestly condemning
Egyptian tobacco and the dootored
cigarettes made in Cairo and London
therefrom. 1t is contended that q
large number Of cases Of mouth dis
eases have resulted from the use OF
these cigarettes, aud the discussion,
which is becoming hot and interesting.
will very likely result In serious In
Jury to the Eastern tobacco trade
Prof Hauser. Of Germany, recent
ly made a remarkable archaeological
discovery in q remarkable way. He
noticed that corn-feld near Alien
burg varied in color, and declared that
the variation In color was due to the
existence OF a buried amphitheater,
the corn ripening more slowly over
buried walls. An excavation proved
that this audacious theory was correct.
and large theater was discovered
from which paved road leads to the
camp OF Carnuntum, previously dis
covered by the Professor.
Princess Eugene OF Sweden sacri-
Aced her family jewels to build hos
pital upon an island of the coast,
where poor cripples might be nursed
and healed. Her brother, the King,
thought her crazy to sell all the crown
ewels that had fallen to her share.
But they were to her the unused mo-
Tor. that properly applied and con-
uected with benevolent work, might
yet set in motion thousand blessed
wheels of help and healing,