Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-26
ODDS AND ENDS.


Garibaldrs son, Menotti, is a member Of
the italian parliament and an alderman Of
Rome smoJ9d sTsd 81 vito
At a recent sale of skins In London one q
the lots was $50, 900 Australisn opossum skins
At ANOTHER sale Sc, 900 African monkey skins
were offered. 5 sFoN gnfi
A storm tower Is to be erected at the top Of
Mount Penn, overlooking Rsading, Pa. 1t
win be 200 feet above the sea level
The phonograph Is TO be utilized in pre-
ser wing the language Of the Passamaquoddy
Indians by a plan arranged by the Massachu-
sets society. r,-re .il.. -.oaaf
In oyerhauling the czar's civil list with
view to economy, recently, one Of the items
discovered was the payment Of $3.50 per year
for Zip salve,n which has been made to one
family ever since the time of Empress Cathe-
rine, who is supposed once to have had
chapped HIPS. d- s"i51
Lake Chelan, In eastern Washington, never
freezes, although in latitude 4S dogs. north.
The reason givea is that it is 50 deep, and the
warm water always rises from the bottom to
supplant the cold, which goes down to warm
itself The Indians fish In the lake at all sea-
sons and use salmon eggs for bait. ht-
An Italian correspondent, writing in Eng
fish from Rome, says that the pope ''turned
slightly pale" when Buffalo Bills Indians
"fell p-ostrate before him, then, with all the
enthusiasm of their race, raised themselves
from the ground, shouting with loud voices. I"
Printing in Germany keeps its 45Oth birth
day this year, and the Teutonic printers
union intend to celebrate the anniversary
right worthily. A grand commemoration
was planned for the quarter century in lS4O,
but political disturbances prevented the fes-
tival so that the German printers are anx-
ious not to let the present anniversary pass
unnoticed. ...... ..
The woman reporter who is trying to get
admission to the press gallery of the house OF
commons has got 30 far along as statement
by the speaker that there is no law to prevent
her being admitted there. 1t was coupled,
however, with the remark that as there was
also no law to admit her there it might be
just as well to let things stand as they are for
the present.
The meteorological observatory at the Vati-
can, to be opened in May, is being fitted up
with the newest and most elaborate instru-
ments Besides the study of meteorology
proper and volcanic phenomena, the observa-
Is W ptOFAuo OopcSAoA AoSAAeAOo
for photographing the heavens. A congress
of Italian scientists will assemble for the in
auguration.
The Emperor Williams order is that no
portrait of him or of the empress or Of other
members Of the imperial family, is to be pub
lished without his express sanction. Dis
pleased with the Photographic studies SO far
put before the public, the emperor is having
his portrait painted by three artists--Koner,
Prell and Beckert-to whom he gives sittings
simultaneously. Sittings are also now given
to sculptor for the emperors bust. etaaL
The use of electric lights Is increasing with
great rapidity among the London shopmen.
A walk down the Strand or Oxford street
after dark will show that every second or
third store has now given up gas, which
would have been entirely superseded some
time ago il 1t were not so cheap. Many OF
the other large cities in England are now
using the arc light, and at Brighton it is al
most universal I.. ..i
The will of prominent attorneyin Cincin-
natl is peculiar document, and two OF the
provisions have attracted considerable COM
ment. II desire that no bar meeting be held
for me, for such occasions are utilized by law
yers to explode their eloquence without cause.
desire that no Grape be worn by my family
for me, but If any member chooses to do so
the same shall be charged to his account"
The insignia of the Bath, which has hitherto
been made of gold, is, in future, to be merely
silver gilt. The representatives of deceased
knights of the Bath always returned their in
sigma until the Crimean war period, when,
for some reason or other, 1t was ordered by
the house of commons to be retained, which
thus proved costly piece of nonsense for the
country.
The fashion of writing chronograms in
honor of public events exists in Turkey. A
minister of state is sometimes invited to write
chronogram to be put upon some new pub
lie building, and Vebhi ERendi, leading ed
itor of Constantinople, has just composed one
in honor Of the launching Of five new war
vessels. The verses are composed of the
names of the five vessels, and at the same
time are panegyric on the sultan, while the
numeral letters give the present year Of the
hegira, 1907.
The most interesting feature Of the Wash
ington medical museum is said to be pair Of
shattered skulls. They look as though they
had interfered in locomotive collision. They
originally belonged to a couple Of plucky
darkies who loved the same dusky Venus.
They agreed to fight duel with their heads
and the survivor take the girl. Neither OF
them remembered anything after the frst
butt. .... ta. I "H H.l
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