, 1890-07-24

N CG9 9h'IS OF N HwS.
Benjamin p, shillaber MRS. Parting
tom is 76 years old.
of the simple and unpretentious painter.
A ship canal, twenty-six feet deep,
Is projected from Heyst, ON the North
sea, 70 Bruges.
The twentieth anniversary Of we'd
ding is seldom cele brated. IL is con-
sidered very unlucky to do SO.
The pioneer women to climb the
Jungfrau are Frauleins EggIers, Hen
ners and Duscn, of Berlin.
Stained ivory is said to he superseding
white ivory Tor all sorts OF articles In
cluding those OF the toilet.
The india rubber tree grows wild in
Lee county, Florida, and IN Fort Myers
| 1t Is used as a shade and ornamental
tree.
! A Vienna suicide OF genius painted his
! initials and three crosses on barrel of
vinegar and then drowned himself i'll
side.
| A Hungarian paper announces the
death of a veteran OF Waterloo, aged 100
years, in his native village, Hatszeg, in
Transylvania.
Union, in Tolland county, Connecti-
cut, has no doctor, no lawyer and no
minister in charge of a parish. The only
minister is an "elder" with u license to
preach, who devotes himself to agricul-
ture.
The will of Mrs. @. r. Atkinson, of
Boston, provides that upon her death
her body shall be examined mot dissect-
ed SO as TO prevent proper buriaD by stu
dents in the Massachusetts, hospital in
the hope that science may be aided In
alleviating suffering.
James Melvin, of Concord, Mass, has
for twelve years lam upon a bed without
changing his position. The osseous por-
tions of his body have united into one
piece, and from the crown of his head to
the soies of his feet there is not joint
responsive to his Will.
The newest and most select club about
London is the Two Pins Club, composed
chiefly of Punch's young men, with the
addition of a few persons like Sir Charles
Russell and Lord Roscbery. The pins in
q qaestionscome from the names OF Dick
Iurpin and John Gilpin.
A gambling club was raided by the
police of ST. etersburg a few days ago.
and all of the inmates were arrested.
The players were released with line
held for trial. Afterward they were tried
ana sentenced to exile in Siberia for tive
years.
The train which went through Range
creek bridge. near Collinsville, Tex, re-
Gently was loaded with beer and liquors.
| The natives from the surrounding coun-
try were not long in learning how much
liquor was going to waste and In Few
hours nearly the whole township was
drunk.
The British Medical journal, consider
ing the danger OF kissing the usually
greasy Bible OF law courts, recommends
that clean wrapper OF paper be put on
from time to time. This was done re-
Gently for the benefit OF the Duke OF Fife,
a recent witness, and 1t is approved as a
desirable practice.
A hostess OF authority In Paris has
adopted the innovation of seating large
dinner party at small tables. 1t Is said
that the French view OF Irritation, from
which their young people have hitherto
been carefully guarded. has materially
changed, and that it is to become an ad-
mitted feature OF their society.
While passing along a street in Des
Moines the other day Constable Allen
noticed a woman digging In garden
and turning up peculiar-loOking veg
etables. After she had loaded her apron
and left the scene the constable went
over and did a little digging on his own
hook, unearthing several gallon jugs of
whisky.
There is a great futter among the
dove-cots of quackery in Italy at present.
Under the new la W as to the 'illegal ex-
ercise of the healing arts" 450 cases OF
unqualified practice of one kind or an
other were tried In the first three months
| of the present year. 1t is hoped that
this springtide of virtuous Indignation
will not be followed by proportional
ebb-at least Till IL has done its work.
For those interested and who want to
know how a turtle digs her nest gem
tleInan who witnessed the performance
says that after finding suitable loca-
ton the old "hen" digs the hole. some
thing like Jug, using the hind hippers,
first one and then the other. moving her
body about so as TO be able to get at the
nest. II the sand Ia not too hard she
will make nest In from twenty -hve to
| thirty minutes.
A French paper announces that sue
cessful experiments with navigable bal
looms have recently been carried out at
Meudon arsenal. After number Of
failures NJ. Renard has succeeded In con-
structing an electric motor of seventy
| horse power, of very small dimensions,
weighing only 4SO kilogrammes, and
working ten hours. 1t is believed that
with the aid this invention the problem
of navigating balloons may be finally
solved.
At the end of 1850 the number of bene.
fl societies in Berlin were eighty-nin
the total receipts of which during the
year amounted to o, 6S9. 2lb marks (auout
| E2S4 460) and total expenditures to g.
100, 133 marks (aDout f225,OO6). OF the
latter sum 47.5 per cent was for sick
money, AS per cent for burial money.
4. por cent ior medical treatment, 15.0
per cent for medicines, 1873 per cent. for
hospital ex penses, and S.3 per cent. for
management.
| An electrical engineer Of Carphin
claims the invention OF q mouthpiece
for pipes that will prevent any connec-
tion Of the nicotine deposited in smok-
ing with the tongue. He makes "hol-
low ball with short tubu-
lar or slotted stem attached
to IT, which is inserted into the
usual orifice in the mouthpiece Of the
pipe or cigar or cigarette holder. SO the
smoke shall pass out through the tube
or slotted stem ana unprecedented part of
the ball. and the tongue shall rub
against the bali In the mouth Of the ORR
| flee, and thus avoid or prevent the sali-
va from going or working back In the
mouthpiece."
a WOMAN OUTRAGED.