Telegram-herald., 1890-03-07
ODDS ANO eNIa

Ia Scotlasd IL Is said that 20 rOok the empty
cradle ~I.l iasQrs ste ecnaiDg ot other occa-
PANTS for T.
London university las COW On rs rolls
lady masters u art, l41 bachelors Of arr,
1octors u science, q osehslors u science and
: ladies' holding medical snd surgical degrees
swall3ss and butterflies made Of jes, gold
tinsel, zad beads A. acres the skirts and
boc.ces * some Of the latest tashlouable sven
ing dresses of English ladies', and u Is predict
81 that ths nsw styis vii drive cut Covers -
. trinming.
pared = plan for the through Siberian rai-
way, 70 be eomplsred ia ten years The eotal
length or The line Is 70 BE- 4 375 miles and the
total cost 30 .ocO, 60 rubles.
Do you think yon eau read al the new
booksf Ia England last year the books pat
lshed numbered o,o57. OF them l.37S were
new editions and 0s4 new books- Add 70
TINS number the new publications Of Ger
many, France and America, and you can
readily see bow impossible it is 70 Keep up
with the press
The revival Of trade, noticeable through
OUT the whole Of Europe, has not bcsu with
out its effect IN Austria The settlements on
the Vienna bourse in 1883 amounted 10
{, sos 0c0, 900 forms, a. against 5000 ,0O
IL 1883, and trade and industry generally
show. a similar Improvement
There is 8 curious enactment in Sweden
in regard 70 commercial travelerA Amy
foreigner or Swedish subject residing abroad,
who visits Sweden for tho purpose Of trade,
must give q declaration as 10 how long he
indsnds TO stay, and must pay tax Of about
Is los. month for the privilege Of being al
lowed 10 conduct his business
The expenditures OF Paris actresses for their
dresses have reached such an extravagant fig
ure that at leost one we'll known actress has
refused to continue her engagement becaass
she could not afford to buy the dresses needed
for new pls d, hat was about 70 De produced
Her salary was 81, 600 per year, and her dresses
alone had cost her 1000 during the last year.
| although there had been but three plays
II was the goddess Strenna strength who
gave her name 70 strenna, the Italian for
New Years gift, whence came the French
word etrenne, which means the same thing.
On tie first day Of the year, in the earliest
| Roman times. champion wrestlers used TO be
| conducted amid music and dancing TO her
| temple, and there crowned with verbena-a
plant which had the reputation OF giving
| strength 10 those who inhaled IL. For that it
was planted AL around Strepna's temple, and
| also in courtyards and gardens.
Among the indications Of deoomposed fish
are external and internal bleeding and clot-
| ting, which clotting is intensified by cook
| ing and is frequently seen extending along
the back bone OF cooked fish; cioudy,
| OPAQUE, sunken eyed; dry looking gills;
| fabby, soft, insipid flesh; fishy smell;
/ loss OF brightness aud b-illiancy about the
| scales; any luminosity or phosphores-
! cence in the dark When cooked, sour or
| acid taste with darkened ciotted blood indi-
Gates decomposed fish, The darkening Of a
| silver spoon indicates sulphur, product Of
| fish decomposition
A specimen Of the species Of acacia, COM
monty called tie angry tree, was brought
from Australia and set out at Virginia New
When the sun ssts the leaves fold up and the
| tender twigs coil tightly, like a little pigs
| tail II the shoots are handled the leaves
rustic and move uneasily for time. II this
qEeer plant is moved from one pot to another
| il seems angry, and the leaves stand out in
! ell directions like qutlls on a porcuFtne. 4
most pungent and sickening odor, said to re-
serable that given Off by rattlesnakes when
annoyed, fills the air, and it Is only after an
| hour or so that the leaves fold in the natural
| way.
The recently opened electric tramway con-
Meeting Clermont-Ferraud with Royat is only
a mile and half long, but on it are thirteen
stations The generating plant comprises a
/ IN bor-ua ~soxyar Earc0t encine and 81 yNOla
separately excited Thury dynamo, giving $50
amperes and 800 volts at 575 revolutions. The
current is taken TO the cars by an overhead
conductor, the rails acting as return Each
car is driven by 40 horse power Thury mo-
tor. The normal speed is eight miles an hour.
The names Of the principal mountains in the
world are nearly ali suggestive or descriptive
Of their snow covered SUBMITS. The names
Of Showdon, Ben Nevis, Mont Blanc, the
| Sierra Nevada Snafell in Iceland and in the
Isle OF Man. the Sneeuw Bergen at the Cape
Of Good Hope, the Sneehatten in Norway,
| and the Weisshorn the Weissmiss and the
! Tete Blanche in Switzerland, White noun
tains in New Hampshire, as well as the more
archaic or more obscure namos Of Lebanon,
OF Caucasus, and Of the Hinalayss. are ap-
/ pellations descriptive. in various languages,
Il the characteristic snowy covering Of their
lofty SUBMITS.
II 1858 the total imports Of ivory into Eng
land weighed l.757 hundredreight This
would mean at least CO, 900 tusks and the de-
struction Of 5000 elephants for this market
alone France, Germany and America share
ia these supplies, but they also obtain ivory
direct. more especially Germany. One su-
! thority reckons the annual mortality Of Afri-
can elephants "a high as g., 600 FOR export
alone. besides which there is a large cons1mp-
tiou in Africa itself. the chiefs in the center
keeping the choicest tusks for the decoration
Of their temples. houses snd graves
Fortunes Waiting for ~. Heirs
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