The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-02

QUEEh THINGS LII 3HE o1iD WV61Us
A fabric made Of. pine and spruce
wood pulp IL made into overcoats In
Leeds, England. IT looks like frteze.
One Of the Oldest trees In England is
a chestnut tree at Forworth, near Bris-
.ol 1t measures nifty feet in circum-
ference. and is supposed to be thou
sand years old.
The proofrsader of the Hamburger
Nachrichten. Risnareks organ. has
been sentenced 70 four weeks fmpris-
onment and fine Of 1bo marks, as the
chief propagation" Of false report that
cholera had again appeared in Ham
burg.
We learn via Europe that during the
late war not less than torty-seyen jap
anese officers committed suicide, be-
cause the terms Of the peace, which
they considered too favorable for China,
made them feel too tired to live any
longer.
German papers assert that gas pipes
made of paper are a SUCCESS. Manila
paper strips are passed through molten
asphaltum and then nodded undel
heavy pressure After cooling. the
pipes, which may be Of any desired
length, receive q waterproof coating.
A correspondent Of the Muenchener
Neueste Nachrichten affirms that the
office of physician to the Sultan OF
Zanzibar 10 far from being sinecure.
Probably, to guard against poisoning,
the unhappy doctor is compelled to
swallow one-half Of the medicine pre-
scribed by him for the sick person.
A heavenly census is now being taken
by the Paris Observatory: to count the
stars the heavens are photographed in
sections Some Of these sections show
only a dozen stars. while others of the
same dimensions show over $500. The
work Is carried on under the supertn-
tendence OF q Nine. Klumpke, q DOC
tor of the Sciences"
LIntransigeant says that some years
ago Charles Castellani, the Partisan
painter. wanted to paint . picture of
Monsieur Deiblsr. the executioner, to
be exhibited In panorama Of Partisan
notabilities. He didn't-because Nine.
Deibler demanded $1,000 francs for the
privilege Of taking the famous" hang
mans likeness.
Prof MaraEiiano. Of the University Of
Genoa, has for three years export
mented with the aAutuberculous Sc
rum, and now reports in favor Of it.
He says that Of the siskty-two con-
sumptives treated with the serum sixty
one were either completely cured or
are in falr way to regain health,
while tweoty-one derived no benefit
whatever.
A short time ago . lady in Paris be-
was sent to an asylum. Her apartments
In the Rue Ranbuteau-Ane ones. for
which she paid An annual rsRt Of 1000
francs-wsre then visited. An intolsr-
able stencil pervaded them. The de-
mented woman had completely "tiAnsd"
them with empty saxdine boxes, which
emitted the peculiar perfume. There
were four ca<tfuls Of these odorous
boxes.
The city of Nesswish. in Russian Po-
land. belongs to Prince RadEiwill. Two
lakes, one within the city and the other
near it. also belong to him. During
the past summer. when the heat was
greatest, almost unbearable. the Prince
suddenly issued a proclamation forbid
ding fishing and bathing in these wat
ers. the only ones for miles around.
The servant of a Judge, nevertheless,
went In swimming, and was immedi-
ately shot by the guards placed by
the Prince. Add to this that the Prince
and his tool are in no danger from the
wheels Of justice, and you have one
picture of the state Of liberty and law
within the realms Of the Gear.
The terrors Of dynamite Turk every
wherein Paris, at least. From I'm
transigeant we learn that a peddler,
who went to market early one morning,
not long ago. happened to step on
dust heap, only a few steps from the
police station in the Rue Rochechouart,
when Immediately there was violent
explosion. Miraculously, the peddler
will escape with his life. but he suffers
from a compound fracture of the right
leg and from many flesh wounds caused
by metal scraps. There is no doubt
that the explosion was that Of dyna-
mite cartridge, probably hid in the dust
heap by some suspected Anarchist who
was anxious to get rid Of it.