The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-07
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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United States l0S, 939 Sabbath
schools, with s, 649, 600 scholars. The
world has 20,O7S, 500 Sabbath school
scholars.
THE statistics show that the city
having the greatest death rate in the
world is Rheims, France. the proper
tion being 1882 per 1000 in each
year. Dublin follows with 2705 and
New York with 26.27.
OCCASIONALLY it is possible to COM
pute the worth Of the gentler sex in
hard cash. Two Little Girls in Blue"
represent at least $l2, 200, which is
what the pretty new residence at
New Rochelle has cost Mr.. w. III.
Glenroy, the co-author of that ia
nous pair, the new home having
been built with the profits Of the
song.
A DECISION in a novel case has
been handed down by the Supreme
Court OF Alabama. Some time ago
II prominent Roman Catholic died in
Mobile and bequeathed ~, 900 20 be
used for the masses for his soul. The
Court held the bequest void because
there was no living beneficiary Of the
trust endeav ored to be created, the
soul not being an entity in contem-
plation Of the law.
THERE are more boys than girls at
tending the schools of the United
States. The total number of chill
dren attending enrolled in all schools
by the last census was IA, ,373, go, of
whom 1887, 46S were white and
1,4l6,20 colored. OF the white chill
dren 6,6l2, 6IS were boys and 6,344,-
$40 girls. OF the colored children
6S3, 4O7 were boys, and 1872, G95 girls.
In the common schools the boys
largely out-number the girls, but in
the private schools this proportion is
not so great and in the church
schools there are more girls than
boys.
THREE-QUARTERs OF the houses in
Panama are OF very small value, so it
is not surprising to learn that the
$50 structures destroyed by the big
fire represent money value Of only
$3.50 go. This old metropolis OF the
isthmus, which had so great boom
during the work on the canal, has
now reverted to its former stagnant
condition. It's wharves are decaying,
It's warehouses are mainly empty
and its native quarter is about as
squalid and as miserable as the inn
agination can conceive. The houses
are mainly of adobe and they are
worth about rs little as the japanese
houses that are burned by the hun
dred in every big fire in the Mikado's
land.
The latest statistics of poverty are
furnished by Austria, which squan-
ders every year uncounted millions
on the army which is not needed but
is exacted by the Triple Alliance. In
Austro- Hungary, which contains a
population of about 80, 600, 900 souls,
there are 4 ,000,0O0 persons supported
at the public expense, and $4,000, 600
old men, women and children-in-
capable Of productive labor. There
are 5000, 600 working irregularly, and
5000, 900 who earn $50 florins, or a
little over S72 year. There are
1000, 600 earning 500 forms, about
1920 year. 100000 whose annual
wages exceed that amount. The situ-
alton of small property-holders is not
much better. During the last thir-
teen years 46,3 3S9 farms, valued at
295, 077, 600 forms, have been sold by
the courts, a considerable part of
which sum went to banks and money
lending societies.
EMPEROR WILLIAM of Germany has
shown his versatility in many ways,
and it was not until few weeks ago
that he made his debut as a matri-
monial agent. The debut was sue
cessful. Recently young man and
two women from Berlin went to Pots
dam to view the Park of San-Souci,
the favorite one of Frederick the
Great. They lost their way, how
ever, and were obliged to accept the
assistance of soldier who was IA
miliar with the grounds. He showed
them everything Of interest, and II
nally bade them farewell at the sta
ton. But one OF the young women
had taken a fancy to the private, and
began to long to see him again. After
days Of indecision she wrote to the
Emperor, asking him to find out the
name of the soldier who had been so
kind TO her. His Majesty began the
investigation at once, soon learned
the name of the young man, and
granted him \ leave of absence to
spend III Berlin. The young woman
is well-to-do and the polite guide is
to become her husband in a few
weeks.
NJ. BERTHELoT, at banquet OF
chemists held in Paris recently en-
tertained the guests with prophetic
picture in the twentieth century.
Before the coming century is far
advanced, chemistry will have solved
the problem of existence so as to