Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-08
ODDS AND EMS.

Education in Russia is at low ebb. Only
twelve PR cent, Of the population cal read
and write.
A very large letter was recently mailed in
Australia 1t weighed 23s ounces, ard the
value of the stamps on it amounted to 500.
An enormous growth of ivy has partially
destroyed the wall of Christ church, Water
loo and few days ago brought section of
it tumbling to the ground. The church had
been built fifty years.
Government statistics, recently published.
place the population of the Russian empire at
los, 7S7, 235, of which 81, 725, 1856 are in Russia
proper.
A French fashion for marking table linen is
TO have the monogram or simple letters en-
broidered on the table cloths in front of the
place occupied by the master and mistress
about three-quarters of a yard from the edge
Of the table The napkins are marked in the
middle
Says the Sci l Kwai Medical Journal:
Apropos of the suspected influence of the
climate of Japan in the causation of rheuma'
tism and neuralgia in resident foreigners, it
is interesting to note that horses imported
into Japan from China and other countries
are soon more or less disabled by rheuma-
tism.
Luminous paint absorbs light during the
day and gives it forth at night, The ceiling
of an English car painted with the compost
ton lights the vehicle at night. England had
the only factory and charged 50 pound for
the paint, but a new factory in TrieSch, Aus
tria, is selling it for fifty cents per pound. II
is made of roasted oyster shells and sulphur.
The White House stables are pretty group
of brick buildings situated on lot south OF
the mansion and sheltered by row of box
trees There are four horses for the use OF
the presidents family, three bays and gray.
One of the bays is named John and he is of
remarkably gentle nature and extremely fond
of eating sugar from Mrs HarTison's hand.
The English government is building dry
dock at Gibraltar of sufficient capacity to
hold the largest iron clad, and there is much
bitter feeling in Spain, and also in France, at
this new assertion of England's unalterable
determination to preserve her dominance IN
the historic sea that laves Malta and Cyprus
and is the waterway to her Indian empire.
A few days ago John Ball, of Rochelle Ca,
had log rolling, and about IL o'clock, while
the men were at dinner, an old hen came in
the house, jumped upon the bed deposited an
egg, which one of the small children took tC
carry to his mother, and on the way accident
ally dropped the egg, which was broken, and
to the astonishment of those present it was
found to contain chicken fully developed.
All kerosene lamps should be filled in the
daytime and at regular hour. They must
not be too fun; they must be very carefully
wiped off The globes and chimneys should
be kept clean and clear, The wicks are best
trimmed by simply rubbing off the charred
surface. The light is often affected by the
holes in the burner becoming clogged. This
can be remedied by boiling the burners in a
strong solution of washing soda.
There are now 80 crematories situated in
various parts of the world; Italy has 49,
America has 10; while England, Germany,
France, Switzerland, Denmark and Sweden
have one apiece; in Italy there were 2 crema-
tons in 1876; the number rose to 10 in 1877,
and i'll 1888 the number was 1885, since 1876
1,177 cremations have taken place in Italy,
while the combined number iii all other
countries brings the total to only 1863.