Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1890-12-12
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--oid Bstterssa bblase, thu sa,itay
surviving pile bridge on the Thamos, /
TO tie pulled down,
--Rouen and llavre are making g.ca
enorts to prevent Paris from bccomin,
seaport by the deepening of the chan
mel OF tho River Seine. These flourish
ing seaports realize that their trad,
would DO gone il Paris should become ,
port
Edward Wakefield, In his History OF
New Zealand, estimates that the intro
duction OF humble beos into tina. coun-
try has already profitod tho farmers to
the extent of IS, 600, 900. Before their
Introduction 1t was impossible to grow
rod clover seed for lack OF fortilizlng
agents.
The place to send old stamps is tho
Aisie des Billode, Locle, Switzerland.
In 1883 this asylum received over ono
million stamps, OF which the best the
children assorted and sold for Sa4o to
dealers and collectors, whilo tho other,
were used for decorative purposes.
rooms being papered with them.
In the Russian law court at St Pc
tersburg, there is now being tried case
which has been in progress for the last
hve hundred years 1t is in regard to
the confi7cation by the municipal au.
thorities OF vast estates belonging to a
Kussian nobleman, and tho written tes-
timony In the case is said to weigh for
ty-hve tons.
Cutting off the nose is a favorit To
act OF vengeance TO iailict on an enemy
or faithless wife in the Bombay dis.
trict OF India, and simultaneously with
the practice has grown tho art OF max
new noses to replace those sliced away.
The injured feature can be mended by |
skiilful artist so as to leave worry lit |
tie trace Of distigurement
On St Paurs river, in Liberia.
there is a homemade steamboat 1t was
constructed by negro named Irons,
who was once slave In South Caro-
Ina. lie built his steamboat in this
way: lie remodeled canoe fifty feet
long, put in the engine OF sugar. cane
mill, rigged up paddle wheels and put
IN some bits OF iron shafting. The
steamer is not beauty, but it carries
'reight and passengers and docs good
work. It's builder has inventive genius,
md should be encouraged.
The magnitude of the Finnish ma
ion Is brought into notice by the be- ,
.inning OF Its end at the hands OF the
tussian Gov Nernment Finland has 4
heretofore enjoyed practical independ. I
nco In the management of her own af-
airs. The native press and Finland [
as twenty-six newspapers OF her own. v
as been wholly free in dealing with n
fnnish matters, but now there comes a q
arning, the first ever known, to the a
Hufvudstad bladet that ad- h
'cating its peoples rights, even in the n
ost sober manner, must stop. Fin. CT
nd must expect to lose all her ancient II
'ivlleges. a
The most absurd superstitions are h
10 In Russia. At Serpookhov, near n
oscow, an official announcement was h
Gently placarded at the street corners. m
he common people are unable to read. ci
hey requested a man, who looked like be
priest TO decipher for them the con- DC
nts OF the bill. He unhesitating on
d positively declared that it con. III
med tho warming that the city Of Ser tn
okhov would he swallowed in the br
'und. In less than an hour tho news wi
cad throughout the place, and the tai
'ple abandoned their work and began str
canning out into the fields in largo am
wds, and 1t was some time before tho tn,
5htened crowds were restored to tn,
son. IVA