The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07
NEWS In BRIEF.

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Population of FIVE cities. according
to the Chicago Herald: New York,
1856, ,529; Philadelphia, 1,014,33
Chicago, 100000; Brooklyn, 782,22I;
st. Louis. 100000.
The Rev. Anthony Swensson, Of
Detroit, is the first Swede to become
Roman Catholic priest since the Refor-
nation. Out of a population of 6, ,000.-
900, Sweden has only 1000 Roman
Catholics.
-Bismarck's famous dog, the
Reiehshund or Realm dog, which died
recently at the age Of Is, was an unus-
ually large slate-colored Danish boar
hound called Tyras. Bismarck got his
FIRST Danish hound when he was 17,and
has had one ever since.
The greatest emigration society at
present is the Argentine Republic. 1t
will spend this year S5.000,000 TO
bring immigrants from the north of
Europe. Ships from England, Holland
and France are taking them over in
thousands.
The growth OF the Grant monu
ment fund is new so slow as scarcely To
be growth at all. Fitful contribu-
tions of few dollars are received now
and then, but practically the collection
of funds for this purpose has ceased.
The New Orleans Creole woman's
exchange is now an accomplished fact,
and the early stages of its career are
apparently most auspicious. Every
sort of woman's work will be handled,
and homemade articles will. of course,
be the special feature Of the sale de-
partment.
1T has hitherto been the rule in
Japan that all persons visiting Govern
mental offices must alight from their
horses or vehicles at the outer gate,
unless they were of certain rank. This
rellc of feudal times has now been
abolished. Every Japanese is now at
liberty to go where he pleases on foot.
"A movement Is on foot, under
the leadership of Mrs. Cyrus w. Field,
to establish a Sunday afternoon Bible
class for theatrical women.
The competition among Western
cities as to where s'the center of culture
III the West" should be has become
quite sharp. Chicago has been loudest
In its claims, but Cleveland, Ohio. is
now pushing to the front with q great
university project which shall dissemi-
nate universal knowledge" and make
Cleveland "the Athens Of the West"
"A st. Paul paper says there is a
paper published by the convicts in the
penitentlary at saltwater, Minn.,
entitled the Prison MarrOr. One OF the
last official acts Of Governor McGill, of
Minnesota, was to pardon convict
named Voorhies, who was editing The
Prison Mirror, and he is said to have
been the fourth managing editor Of
the paper thus pardoned.
Following on the heels of the
''mental-culture" and "dress-reform',
movements, there comes another-the
physical-trainlng fad. The effort to
bring forth physical as well as mental
perfection has led even the Boston girl
to put away her eyeglasses and corsets,
and spend her afternoons in the arduous
confines of the gymnasium. Proprietors
of gymnasia are setting apart days for
the exclusive attendance of women, and
In New York there are gymnastlc
academies which are never profaned
by masculine presence.
"A lale fad is a boarding house
where young women are given instruc-
tions in entering and getting out of
carriage. "A vehicle with the proper
pedal arrangements for this sort of ex-
ercise, which determines lady's breed
| ing and claim to social position, is kept
in the back yard of the educational
establishment. and the carriage classes
are put through the most arduous
training" Another accomplishment
peculiar to this institution is the acuuis.
ition of the art of eating oranges.
grapes, and other juicy viands.
The twenty-five missionary socle.
ties in the United States managed by
women. and whose support comes from
women, support ISL missionaries, last
year contributed $1,036, 253, and since
their organizations have contributed
SO 1876, l24. The forces of Great
Britain, continental Europe and the
United States have annual income
SO 39o, ,996 man and equip 6, $3.50 stations:
support 5,43l missionaries; have the
assistance Of 80, ,0l5 native helpers, and
mission churches that have 5SS 974
communicates and ], 1,S76.6 800 adhereuts,
The Re Umberto, lately Iaunc ed
for the Italian Government, is one of
The largest war vessels in the world.
her displacement being Ii. 298 tons, or
1853 tons more than the Trafalgar or
The Nile. Shr is AGO leet long by rs
feet 8 inches broad, and draws 20 feet
of water. 1hs armor on her barbettes
10 inches thick, and she is
dtted with 3.iuch steer pro-
ec,ive deck as well. Her main
ruAment will be four 1ti4-ton
guns aud twelve of ~ tons, while
her engines are expected to give q
8 ,eed of IS knots.
Edward Day, of New York, hrs
usl completed pair of shoes which
IN raj Harrison will we i on IN iuvu-
IN day. They ar made from
rilcan product AID by American
labor. They are but 0 shoes, with
tent-leal her bottoms and sheep,kn
tops. and The size is six and one.
alf. Mr.. Day will send them to the
President-elect at once.