Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-03-06
OBJ WORLD ODDS AND Enps.

OeO "On1O 000S bNtND @NSOs
rHE centenary Of John Howard, the
prison philanthropist, has been cele-
brated in England.
No hod-carriers in Japan The NOR
tar is rolled into balls weighing about
six pounds and thrown to the briclklay-
ers.
THE crematory has now taken tie
place Of the potters field in Paris. All
unclaimed bodies are cremated at the
new establishment in Pere la Chaise.
A LONDON confectionery store gives to
every purchaser Of q shilling's worth q
ticket emitting the purchaser to have
one photograph of herself taken at an
establishment upstairs.
NEW SOUTH WALES people are growl-
ing about the new scheme for printing
advertisements on the backs of postage
stamps. They say that the ink leaves
an unpleasant taste in the mouth Of the
ticker of a stamp.
THE Beethoven House Society Of
Bonn has como into possession Of
Beethoven's last piano. It was made by
Conrad Graf, :ot Vienna. Because of
Beethoven's deafness it had four strings
to each key instead of three.
"a LOVE jubilee is the latest cele-
bration devised. On the occasion Of
''the sixth centenary Of the loves Of
Dante and Beatrice" a grand demon
stration in honor of the tender passion
will be held at the Politeamo at Flor
ence.
WoRKN1EN excavating near the CAL
cutta custom-house recently came across
an old iron cannon, five feet long, which
experts declare to have been one OF
those used on the ships of the English
feet that bombarded the town after the
tragedy of the black hole.
AT Castua, o small town in Austria,
all the couples who become engaged
during the year are united in the bonds
of wedlock at one and the same mar
riage ceremony. In virtue of this an
cient ceremony, thirty young women
were the other day led to the altar.
THE price of game in France is al
legged to depend principally upon the
state of the moon. When the moon is
dark the poachers can not see to set
their snares at night, and game is
scarce. When the moon is full there is
plenty of light, and the poachers get
lots of game.
Our practice feet in the Mediter-
ranean has good deal of trouble with
foreign regulations. Spain forbade the
landing of crews anywhere on her
shores for land practice, and Italy has a
| law that more than three war ships OF
any foreign power shall not be in any
one of her ports at the same time.
THE English Government has been re-
deeming at their nominal value the old
gold coins that have become short
| weight through much use, with the idea
| of getting them out of circulation. 1t
was supposed that there were twenty
million dollars worth of such coins in
the country, but the call only brought
out about half that sum. After the
18th inst. the old rule of taking such
coins only by weight will go into force
again.
A CHEMIST has lately performed feat
Of no common order. The explosion
and fire at Antwerp reduced to charred
mass a bundle of one thousand form
Austrian obligations. Without pres
entation in some iden tif1able form there
could be no payment. The imperiled
obligations were given to chemist and
be succeeded in separating the whole Of
them and finding out the numbers, anc
upon his report the money has beer
paid.
AMONG the pictures at a recent exhi
bition of old masters in London was 6
Rornney, owned by maiden lady, who
wanted it insured for So, 500 because i
was family heirloom. This sum wal
thought excessive, but soon after t.,
exhibition opened the old lady was OF
fered So, 500 for it, and in a day or tw'
afterward dealer raised the bid to $40,
900. She took time to consider ant
another dealer offered $50, 1000. She die
not accept that, either.