Wichita eagle., 1889-03-30
Warmers Log Cabin Sarsaparilla.
FROM LANDS AFFAIR.

THE little Republic Of Honduras has !, 81
miles of telegraph
ALETrER written by the Empress Eugenis
when girl was sold in Paris the other day
for twentv-six dollars.
A RUSSIAN expedition is to be organized
for the ascent of Mount Ararat to search
for remnants of Noah's ark
In the grand court Of the Kremiin at Mos.
cow there Is about to be erected monu-
ment in memory Of the late Gar which viii
cost s65o,0O
CHINA has to raise Sc, SOC, 900 to repair the
levees on the Yellow river, and the money
is secured by stopping all official salaries for
two years.
THE National Telephone Company Of Scot
land has several submarine cables of seven,
eight and nine miles In length, which give
perfect satisfaction.
THERE is newspaper museum at Aix-la-
Chapelle, France, containing files or speci-
mems Of more than seventeen thousand
newspapers, half the full press of the world
THE depression of the times is severely
felt by the English aristocracy. Many fam
lilies once opolent are now glad to let their
town residences in London to rich foreign
ers
AT grand dinners in London the guests
have offered them bears ham from Russia,
sterlets from the Volga, haunch Of rein
deer from Lapland and cokies from Japan.
The fashion of game and fruits from far
countries is the result of modern facilities
for transport.
The line Of telegraph IN Formosa has been
completed from Keeling, in the north, to
Tai-wan-foo, in the south end of the island.
AS the cable across the channel is in opera
ton all the Chinese portions Of Formosa arc
now in close telegraphlc communication
with the outside world.
A DECREE he's been issued by the Austrian
Government bsnishing all grinders OF or
gans from the streets of Kaiserstadt In
future the hale and strong organ-srinders
will be treated as Migrants, while those who
are crippled or otherwise afflicted viii be
RELOCATED to the alns-houses.
JAPAN has recently given an evidence of
how rapidly her ideas are becoming West
ernized by adopting the system of dividing
the day into twenty-four hours Of equal
length. Formerly the day in japan was d.
vided into twelve hours-six from the rising
to the setting Of lhe sun and six from SUM-
set to sunrise.
UNTIL the last winter not more than
eight consecutive days Of snowfall were
ever observed in Berlin, but in the last sea-
son was one period Of sixteen consecutive
days on which snow fell The previous max
imum number Of days Of snowfall for the
winter, fifty, was greatly exceeded, as was
also previous quantities Of snow.
THERE IL no city in the world in which so
much black is worn as Paris, writes CORE
spondent II is rule In all large establish
ments that the saleswomen should be clad
in black. Dark colors are made the badge
Of respectabihty, so that the mother OF
family hesitates TO engage teacher or gov
erness who makes her appearance In any
thing that LIS not drsb, black or brown.
A JERUSALEM correspondent writes that
the Holy City is fast becoming again the
city Of the Jews. In 1850 there were not
more than 5000 Jews there; now there are
more than 5000. Recent Russian persecu-
tons have led thousands To make their
homes there, and although the Turkish Gov
eminent forbids all Jews who are not resi-
dents Of Jerusalem TO remain longer than
thirty days, yet a judicious application Of
brides enables them 20 stay there a. long as
they please without Holestation- Wealthy
Jews have bull. hospitals aud founded
homes, and many Of the refugees who are
poor live from the charity of their brethren.