The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-08
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Each British soldier costs his country
$3.50 every year.
Patents are issued by sixty-four gov,
ernments in the world.
French tradesmen In New York have
organized a French chamber of com,
MERGE,
A dramatic college for ladies is short.
" to be started In one of the suburbs of
London.
The largest Krupp guns have a
range of seventeen miles and fire two
shots a minute.
Turing the Franco-P russian war the
cot to the French nation Of each
Prussian killed was 100000.
At the present moment out of the
scventy-one members Of the Irish ma
tionalist party ten are Protestants.
The shipbuilding oncer of Sir W.
G, Armstrong & Co., limited, Of Glas'
gov, will establish a plant in Japan.
A white buzzard was lately shot in
Texas having on its neck q bell mark
ed 1880" and Rails County, Mis-
souri,"
Kangaroos are such a plague in Aus
tralia that the government pays a
bounty of S pence for each animal that
Is killed.
The Boston Park Commissioners. 1t
Is alleged, will permit the sale Of beer
and light wines in the public parks
this summer.
A grandniece of General Israel Put.
nam, Mrs. Lucy L. Deckery, died In
Bangor, Me-, a few days ago, ut the
age Of 50 years,
Exports of copper pyrltes from Spain
last year fell off nearly $1,000 tons as
compared with 1894, the figures being
b04,4O7 tons and 541, 800 tons respec
lively.
The Supreme Court of New York has
decided that a surgeon making an
autopsy without the permission Of the
relatives of the deceased is liable to be
sued for damages.
The bank statistics of ireland for
1895 are the most satisfactory ever re-
corded, and show that Ireland has but
to be let alone to attain a thoroughly
sound economic condition.
There is a 5-year-old girl in Detroit
who plays on the piano and composee
pieces, She wakes up the family be
fore breakfast and often arouses them
In the middle of the night.
The statue of Lord Byron, which has
just been unveiled by King George al
Athens, represents the poet advancing
with Outstretched arms to meet Greece
who holds out to him a laurel crown.
1 1t is understood that the government
Of New Zealand will introduce a meas
ure for the exclusion of consumptive
persons on the same lines as that deal
ing with smallpox, making masters Of
ships liable.
One of the new schemes for passen
ger transportation in New York is u
make one fare good from the upper
end of the city to the eastern limits o.
Brooklyn, including passage acros tn
East River bridge.
Physical strength is highly rated II
Switzerland. In several cantons th'
customs still prevails of holding wrest
ling matches. The champions taking
part in these athletic sports belong Il
the most diverse ranks In the socia
scale.
Tesla says 1t ia unnecessary to con
struct a geometrical figure to attrac
the attention of the Inhabitants o
Mars. 1t is possible now to generate
artificial thunder and lightning ant
great electric sparks with a gap o
a mile,
The ruby in the center of the Maltes'
cross on top of the British crown 10 tn.
stone that was given to the Biacl
Prince by King Pedro of CASTLE afte
tile battle of Nejara. Henry V. Q
England wore 1t in his helmet at IN
battle of Agincourt.
Whereas" reads a notice printed II
the Biddeford (Me.) Journal. my hus
band, Amas. has left my bed and boar
without any cause. I Caution all wimil
taking up with him. M l am the thir'
one that he has broughts to distructiol
to my knolidge."
St, Petersburg is excited over tn
horsc-whipp:nG of Prince McstchsrskJ
director Of the GnshdaniD, BY two son
of an official who fel. insulted By a
article in the newsparAs. The youn
men say tl.cy whipped tho prtncs, bu
he says that he tnrnel thcsn out OF Ii
house without being struck.
The dromedary parcel post service !
the German territories Of Southwes'
ern Africa has given better results tina
We're expected. The dromedaries ar
adapted to the climate, are not arecte
by the prevalent cattle diseases, ar
not made footsore in stony regions an
do not suffer extreme thirst when a.
priyed of water for a week.
They say that the X rays give an II