The national leader., 1889-04-20
NEWS IN BRIEF.


very lucrative business for women in
England. A manufacturer OF lamps in
London pays one lady 5000 month for
shades. They are dainty mixtures of
silk and lace.
"A craze for taking flowers to school
recently sprung up among children in
Athen, Ca, and eventually resulted in
so much extra work for the janitOrs
that an order, excluding flowers from
class rooms. had to be issued.
The display of women's work at
the coming international Exposition in
Paris will include exhibits from over
thirty countries. Space for the display
has been made in the educational de-
partment.
The place in the open Bible where
General HarrisOn's lips touched when
he took the oath were the three verses
of the 12lst Psalm as follows:
1 will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from
whence oometh my help.
Ny help cometh from the Lord, which made
heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he
that keepth thee will not slumber.
schools of pharmacy for women
are product of later days Ten years
ago there were but two women drug
glsts in the country. Now there are
over 1000 and the number is con-
stantly increasing.
During the first quarter of this
year 700 applications for pensions were
received at the Name State Pension
Office. It Is expected that the number
will reach 1900 or 1900 before Decem-
Der 81. Last year there were 1900 ap-
plicatiOns.
Italy has each year nearly 300, 900
cases of TYPHOID fever. with $1,000
deaths, according to Professor Ruata.
A third of the population reaching the
age of fOrty-five have the fever, and
more than three per cent. die from it in
some localities.
The viollnist Joachim made his,
debut as prodigy at seven years OF
age, playing In duet with his teacher
Szervackinsky. A banquet to celebrate
the fiftieth anniversary of his debut was
given March IA at Cambridge, Eng
land. by the Cambridge University
Musical Society.
Scientists are telling us that the
bank notes we handle are feeding
grounds for the deadbest kind of bac-
terra. That's form of cOntagiOn,
however. that no one fears-thar is,
we've never seen any one who did.
The world has moved until now
leading houses show a line of Scotch
zephyr ginghams that for design, style,
finish and range Of color rival silk, and
a gingham dress Is no longer the plain,
simple garment 1t was of old, Revering
and lace stripes are found in all combi-
nations of colOrs, from the most delicate
blues and pinks to blacks and whites.
A cream lace stripe. edged with
narrow breche beeding, alternating
with stripe of solid color, over which
runs trailing vine of buds and leaves,
is as artistic in cOloring and design as
a Vatican painting. The variegated
ribbon stripes are shown on inch and
a-half or two-inch stripe composed of
heavy colors in various colors, alternat-
ing with stripe of solid color or soft
lace one. The barrel lace stripe is
found in combination with pale blues,
pinks, old rose, in the whole range of
green, and in gray, black and white.
A brOche with feather stitch edge
alternates with ribbon stripe in one
combination or with lace in another.
Enormous strikes OF gas are re-
ported at Findlay and Tiff1n, Ohio.
Two wells were drilled at Flndlay on
the 18th, one of which is said to have a
daily capacity of 10000, 600, and the
other of 10000. 900 feet. at Tiffin the
pressure of an old well increased sud-
denly blowing out the castings of the
well, ard bursting pipes in factory
which used the gas. This well has ali
estimated capacity of $4,000, 600 feet
pc day.