The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-06
MINOR NOTES.

IL Is proposed at vienna 70 span the Ian
ube canal with bridge lined with shops
like the famous Ponte Rialto at Venice and
the Arno bridge at Florence.
Three locomotives have been shipped
from this country to Palestine for the new
railroad between Jaffa and Jerusalem. They
are named Jaffa, Jerusalem and Ramleh.
Paint the tongues of your fever patients
with glycerine, says physician; it will re-
move the sensation of thirst and discom-
fort felt when the organ is dry and foul.
1t has been estimated by an employe of
the United States bureau of labor that
thre are q, 900 married men in the city of
New York who are supported by their
wives.
8Martha Ann Bogart, who died recently in
Elizabeth. N. j., was noted for her penur-
iousness. She used to split luoifer matches
90 az to make ono match do for two or
three times. 1t is needless to say that she
left fortune.
In the future, in all government docu-
ments and official publications in Canada,
such words as flavor, labor, honor, etc., must
be spelt with the ~" according to the En-
glish usage, as favour, labour, honour, and
not as hitherto after the American style.
The centennial Of the discovery of coal
in Pennsylvania will be celebrated in Sep
TENDER next year. It was q hunter named
Phillip Ginter who made the discovery on
Mauch Greek Mountain, in Carbon county,
be dedicated to his memory.
An oculist in Breslau has recently treated
800 cases of defective eyesight for which
the cause was not apparent. 1t rose a. sud-
denly as an epidemic, and was confined to
men entirely. At last he found the reason
for it in new fashion of very tight shirt
collars. He made the young men unbutton
their collars and their eyes got we'll
Berlin has stenoerapher with unique
speciality. He attends all funerals Of prom
inent persons and takes down verbatim the
addresses of the officiating clergymen.
Then he prepares highly ornamented copies
of the addresses and sells them to the
friends Of the euloRized dead. His bust
ness is SO good that he has taken one as
sistant and has advertised for another.
The cravat was introduced first into
France BY some French officers on their
return from Germany in 1886. The Croats,
who guarded the Turkish frontiers of Aus
trla and acted as scouts ON the tanks of the
army, wore linen around their necks and
tied in front. and the officers wore muslin
or silk. When France organized regi-
ment on the model of the Croats, these
linen neckties were initiated and the reg
ment was called 1.-THE Royal Cravat."
A retired plumber thus gives point fol-
the gratuitous relief of householders
"Just before retiring at night pour into thu
clogged pipe enough liquid soda lys to I'll
the trap or bent part Of tho pipe. Be surf
that no water runs into it until next morn
ing. During the night the lye will CONVEX
all the otfal into soft soap. and the first cur
rent Of water in the morning will wash
away and clear the pipe clean a. new"
A curious anaesthetic used by the Chimes
has recently been made known. II IL OBJ
tanned by placing q frog in jar OF hon
and irritating it by prodding it. Unde
these circumstances it excludes liQui
which forms paste with the hour. Thi
paste. dissolved in water, has we'll marke
anaesthetic properties. After the hn9e
has been immersed in the liquid for fe,
minutes 1t can be cut to the bone withou
any pain being felt.
There are more ducks in the Chinese en-
pire. says an authority, than in all Il
world outside of it. They are kept by Il
Celestials on every farm, on the privat
roads. on the public roads. ON streets I
a cities, and on all the lakes, ponds, river
streams and brooks in the country. Evea
Chinese boat also contains batch Of thor
Thsrs are innumerable hatching sstablisl
: msnts all through ihs smpiss. many ,