, 1890-05-29
RACHEL LA NINA.
BITS OF APPROXIMATION

Fewer daily papers are published In
Boston now than In lsi6,
The largest perfect Ia mond In the
world Is the Imperial, owned by a
syndicate In Paris. It Is valued at 81 coo, =
90.
Recently In the license court OF Pitts
burg Judge Ewingexpressed the opinion
that n man who drank five or SIX glasses
Of beer day was not temperate.
Each member of congress gets about
8, coo envelopes full Of seeds every year,
and the bill Uncle Sam pays for them
amounts TO about 10000.
There are 9, 100 courts In the United
States In which divorces are granted,
but on the other hand there are mill
ions OF courts which mean marriage in
the near future.
Miss Willard says that in the Bo-
hemian quarter OF Chiosgo. containing
about 1000 people, there Is church ac-
commodation for only about $500.
The salaries of the officers of the
worlds fair nave been fixed as follows !:
President, 5000; first vice president,
$4,000 treasurer, 1900; auditor, 5000;
secretary 5000.
Recent investigation has shown that
the people Of Great Britain swallow over
$500 900 pills daily. The pill consump-
tlon for one year would weigh 175 tons
and would fill thirty.six freight cars.
silk worms when newly hatched
scarcely weigh one-quarter OF an ounce,
yet in the course OF their life, which
will consume between 5000 and 1000
pounds Of leaves.
Ten thousand dollars is now the high-
est recorded price for violin. The
Alard Stradivarius has passed from
France to England for that sum. to go
in to the collection OF u Scotchman. 1t
Is dated l7l8.
The Tacoma, Wash, Globe has coined
two new words, both badly needed
"typoscribe, one who operates q type
writer, and "typoscript' tho manu-
script produced by a typoscribo operat-
ing a type writer.
Trademarks were known In ancient
Babylon. China had them as early as
1000 II. c. They we're authorized by
parliament in England In 1900. Even
Gutenberg. the inventor Of printing, Is
said to have had lawsuit over his
trademark.
1t Is expected that the census will be-
completed for the whole country and
the corrections all be made bciore the
at the beginning of next Dece m Der.
The estimates of population range from
63, COO 600 to 81, 600, 900.
Persons who will be born on ebruary
20. 1895, will not have another birthday
until ly4, eight years aiterward. The
wear 1900 will not he leap year, and
consequently February in that year will
have only twenty-eight DAYS. A similar
misfortune befell the individuals born
OH the last day of February in 1896 and
IfOa
a singular incident occurred at Scar.
ellie, Notts, England, A man was
plowing in field when a fox started
up and bolted away. Every encourage
ment was given to tia old vixen TO re-
turn, but as she did not, and as the
young fox,s left there were nearly dead
from cold, the man took the cubs to a
cat, The young foIcs were put with the
cat, and she has attended then in most
maternal way.
The other day North Carolina
woman started for the hay NOV " see
how hen was getting along thar was
sitting on some eggs. On entering the
barn the woman was surprised To see the
old hen taking her babies down herself
She would pick one Up In her mouth
and ly down with 1t, lay II down and
continue the process until she carried
them all down, thirteen, and went on
about her duty.
A depression has been discovered In
the Egyptian desert which is all that 70.
mains Of q reservoir constructed by the
patriarch Joseph for irrigation purposes
when he was Pharaoh's prime minister.
1t is proposed to reopen 1t, and 1t has
been estimated that this would add
3, 3,9O0OO acres to tho 6.00O,0OO acres now
under cultivation In Egypt. The roser-
yoir originally covered go square miles,
and was $50 feet deep.
A Finland paper mentions curious
stone In the northern part OF that coun-
try which serves the people instead Of a
barometer. This stone, which they call
"llmAkiur." turns black, or blackish
gray, when foul weather 10 approac hing;
fine weather has the effect OF turninsit
almost white. The Firms regard the
stone with superstilious reverence, but
the scientists say that It's changes In
color are due TO salts contained in It's
composition.