Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-05-17
PROM FOREIGN LANDS.

A RHsEAURANT at Hamburg is said b
be bu1lt and furnished entirely Of paper.
FEAAEE lobbyists are recognized fac
tors Of Legislation in England, and COM
uaanA high pay.
sdaezs dueling in the army not only al
low4ble but necessary.
In Victoria, B. c., no mason or stone
cutter will work on . building where
Chinese help is employed.
FRANCE now has nearly $500 miles of
wata1-waY nav1gable for vessels drawing
six and half feet Of water, 1850 miles
being in canals.
ENGLISH farmers are beginning to
offer bounties for tho destruction Of the
sparrows, whose damage to the crops
has become unbearable.
THE Swedish Oyster Culture Society
is trying to acc1imatize American oysters
from Connecticut on the coast of the
province of Bahus. The young oysters
| seem to thrive we'll.
TIE doctors in the French fleet have
been forbidden to practice ''hynotism"
on their patients. A similar prohibi-
ton was issued some months ago to the
French army doctors.
THERE is . craze in London for queer
leather. Some shops are stocked with
fancy articles made from the skins Of
all sorts OF beasts, reptiles and fishes,
AnCtuding pelican skins. lion and PAN
| thsr skins, fish skins, monkey skins and
snake skins, etc.
TIE sacrifice Of widows on the funeral
pier still goes on in Bali, an island near
Java. They are burned along with the
| remains Of their husbands. The latter's
slaves also share the same fate If he be
| Of high rank. A short time ago three
| wives Of q chief were cremated.
| TEE important work Of draining tho
Roman marshes, on which tho Italian
Government has been engaged since
1884, Is now we'll advanced toward COM
pleton. The work can only be carried
| on at certain seasons Of the yoar, owing
to the unhealthiness OF the district.
| TIE most fashionable street Of Der
lin, the famous Inter den Linden, Is
said TO be now the best lighted thor
ou9hfere In the world. 1t has three
tines Of electric arc lamps, which are
separated by two rows Of limo trees
The wires which convey the electricity
are underground.
|
ness of Chinese cities Is that the people
boil all water intended for drinking.
They never drink cold water. The ma
tioual beverage, tea, is always ION tap, .
even in the houses of the poor. Every
little hamlet, too, has a shop where hot
water can be bought for trifling sum
at any hour of the day or night.
TIE Portuguese Government has
ordered by q decree that saccharin,
whether alone or mixed with any other
product, shall be sold by chemists only
"a the prescription Of legally quail
hAd medical man. Every oontraventton
Of this enactment, a. wen q the en-
pleyment Of saocharin in the manufaetr
ure Of sweetmeats and drinks, is made
punishable by definite penalties
THE Mexican Post-odioe Department
IN about to adopt novel device. A
phonograph Is to be placed In each
principal office in the country for the
accommodation Of the numerous citizens
who can not read or write. The Hitter
ate Mexican will go to the post-ofnce,
talk his message into the receiver OF the
photograph, and when the cylinder
reaches It's destination, the person ad
dressed will be sent for and the message
will be repeated to him by another mo
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