Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-27
DESEREf EYENIHG NEWS.
HERE AND THERE.

A lady who Is an ardent admirer
Of Beaconsfield had adorned the
hallway Of her house with bust OF
the dead statesman. a gentleman
whom she had invited to visit her
amused himself by ducking the
image In a horse pond. Thereupon
the irate hostess applied to a Justice
for O warrant for the arrest " the
impolite guest. All the consolation
she could get, however, was the
suggestion made by the magistrate
that she revcnged herself by obtain
ing a bust OF Gladstone and sending
Il to the bottom Of the hOrse-p, nd to
keep company with that Of his old
time antagonist.
There is strong opposition 10 free
education in England, and one OF
the most prominent leaders Of the
faction is a DIR. Rigy. This gentle
man Is fond OF holding up the Unit
ed States as s.terrible example'' of
the i'll effects Of free schools. Ac-
cording TO this vcrscious critic the
results in this country have been
most lamentable, sparse and irregu-
lar attendance. low standard OF
attachments and n high percentage
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One Of the latest discovered tricks
of the French winemakers Is the use
Of n berry called the maqui for i'm
parting n rich color to their vint-
ages. The maqui is the fruit Of
small evergreen shrub that grows In
Chill. In the three years ending
1857 the exports were respectively
% So, l36, O26 and s3l, 1872 kilOs. To
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mi Az "a TIC corsnI csr.,,I r.
no sistis.i,.s sar ,sSs az ISsa Ia,
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r. the same ro.ortion Tbs Sarr; ~
are sdd,.d H. ths arsr.s IN - 49, -
eIva tba vine q go color
There has just arrived from Alex
andria at Liverpool, 10y the steamer
Paoros. a consignment Of nearly
twenty tons OF cats, numberir g some
lsO, 900, taken out Of an ancient SUBJ
terrsnean cats cemetery discovered
about 100 miles from Cairo by an
Egyptian fellah, who accidentally
fell into this cats cemetery, which
he found completely filled with cats,
every one OF which had been sepa-
rately embalmed and dressed in
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The very latest facts as to the
wages paid TO operatives in Great
Britain are furnished 10y the BOaru
If Trade Of London. and re part Of
| 4 series which viii cover all the
trades Of the country. In the cot
ton trade the average weekly wages
Of men were .5s. 3d., lads 9s. Id,
women los. Sd, girls 6s. lOd.; In the
WOODEN trade, men 23s. ID, lads SIS.
3d., women lSs. 3D., girls rs. sd /;
Korsted trlde, men 23s. 3D., lads 6s.
ID. women lis Id, girls Is "a;
anu N 'n nc Anen ,ia men men tssI 81
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The Russian government has
| concluded contracts with n British
firm for the immediate laying down
Of two large ironclad hattie ships.
The war ships now under construc-
lion for Russia art: A fast belted
cruiser Of 10000 tons; a protected
cruiser similar to English ships OF
the Pandora class; an irOnclad battle
ship Of 5000 tons; an ironclad battle
shi . Of G5O0 tons, called the GdnGoot;
an ironclad gunhoat 1900 tons, called
the GrcaQsclti; an ironclai Of TO-
500 tons, called the T.rce PdtTiGrchs,
and similar ironclad called tire
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49, .e, nc ;'; eie ,.aV,,,, 1900 ~. ~ ' P',e
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The utter uureliabiliiy Of much o.
the so-csi!ed expert testimony in
questions Of art is aptly exemplifieO
ia the case Of a picture recently sold
u France. This picture was dis
posed Of at auction for a few francs,
and subsequently, 1t was asserted thai
1t was a genuine Rembrandt.
rhereupon some one with NOR
money than sense Immediately Of
tered 5000 francs for It, and the
price was subsequently, raised to
10000 francs. Then n dispute
'rose as to the authenticity OF the
picture, and now the experts are
iivideu, half OF them maintaining
that 1t Is genuine Rembrandt and
the other haif that II Is the work Of
trins,c rs..rit q conc.rned tber. 4
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