The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1890-01-15


The population d japan IS just undsr a. I
0O0,000
The German relchstag hos voted 70 exempt
students 81 theology from military service
The South Devon hounds took their follow-
eis a chase Of twenty-five miifa lately tho
fox finally being left 10 continue his gallant
run in the darkness
The papsl ssis.srss have given up their
former hcaddress and wear helmets after th
pattern IN use in the German army The
rest Of their uniform remains uDaltered.
The Sandwich Islanders pipe Is nnde Of
virgin cork lined with meerschaum, and %
curious by reason Of the pattern on the cork
made by the insects that feed ON the trees
II is like delicate lace work.
The last return Of English naval courts
martial shows that an ordinary seaman was
sentenced 10 eight years penal servitudc for
striking an officer and two Others condemned
10 I've years penal servitude for a similar Of.
fence.
A gentleman in Indiana who was so indis-
Greet as TO leave $50, 900 for the establishment
Of home for maiden ladies, has been adj
judged insane by the courts and the viii is TO
be set aside.
During the year ending Oct. 81 there were
no fewer than 430 suicides Ia the Austro-
Hungarian army, Of which twenty-three
were officers, and the remainder .non-com-
missioned officers and privates.
The Calcutta Public Health society arc
agitating for legislation TO prohibit lepers
being employed 10 washing clothes or prepar-
ing any sort Of food The native population,
however, objects to the law affecting any but
paupers.
BY the spirometer Cor lung test the aver
age lung capacity when corsets were worn
was 1874 cubic inches; when the cOrsets were
removed the test showed an average lung
capacity Of 1857 cubic inches; gain of SO
cubic inches.
Robert Giffen has read paper before tho
Royal Statistical Society of England In
which he estimates the wealth OF the United
Kingdom in 1885 at 10000, 100000. This
would give each inhabitant e270. Making
comparison OF the richest three nations of the
world Mr.. Giffep finds that the wealth per
head Of population stands as follows; Great
Britain, 2yO; France, 100; the United States,
100
The standard of size for a lady's watch is
little over an inch In diameter A lady's
watch usually has hunting case or a half
hunting case, a circular opening In the center
OF the lid showing the hands, and figures are
enameled on the outside; thus the time is
seen without opening the watch. Chatelaino
watches usually have open faces. In some
cases the monogram of the owneri is engraved
in long, slender letters on the outside of the
smooth case or the watch is deliberately dec
GRATED in enamels or jewels.
The wife Of George KEENAN, Is, like the
wives OF so many literary men, the busiest
member Of the domestic firm. Being without
children, she devotes her whole time to the
interest of her husband, has sole charge Of
the sale, distribution and receipts from his
work, and 0ctsas private secretary, banker,
reyiser. critic and translator. She Is few
years her husband junior, a companion and
copartner as well as wife, and a lady OF
strong character and great personal attrac-
tiveness.
At Atlanta, two well dressed men stopped
on the corner Of Broad and Marietta streets
and began pointing upward, one of them
often pointing to telephone wire with his
cane, as If trying TO make his companion see
something 10 was looking at. The other
shaded his eyes with his hands, but shook his
head, at which the first man mentioned
caught him by the arm and led him back
ward few steps. They kept up their antics
until big crowd collected Finally, when
asked, they said 1--WE were just experiment
ing TO see how many gaping idiots We could
collect IN ten Minutes
The Belgique Militaire in its last number
described experiments made with the defen-
sive cupola, designed TO protect guns Of large
caliber against artillery fire. The trials were
carried out at Antwerp, at Forts Philippe
and Sante Marie. The cupola is like an en-
larged dome OF metal cylinder, resting upon
foundation of masonry and revolving like
a ships turret, The cupola stood every test,
and, although struck by tine largest projec-
tiles, remained uninjured In its mechanism to
the last. Its weight was 800 tons
The French government seems determined
TO make the pleasant land of France as
unpleasant land as possible for foreigners
10 live in An order has been issued by the
minister Of the interior with view to rem
dering still more stringent the existing regu-
lations about the residence OF foreigners
According to this, foreigner domiciled in
France will now have TO go through the
whole elaborate business of reporting him
self TO the police every time he wishes TO
move into another commune or department