The Penn's Grove record., 1896-03-20
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Part Of Dahomey Is to be colonized
with Alsatians and Lorrainers who
ave served In the French army.
Jack the Ripper Is the subject Of a
lsw opera about to be produced ut
yerona, music and words by an Italian
named Gioma.
seldlitz powders must not be made
90 strong In England. A druggist has
lust been fined for overdosing the peO
ole of Brentford.
Oswald N%erlinger, y sserman, a
made a cup Of common pepper corn,
which holds 1900 other ivory cups.
with n handle to each, all gilt on the
edges, with room for 400 more.
Prof. Poinacre. of Paris, in his stud
es of the effect of the moon on the
m~eteorology of the earth, has discov-
srsd that it has an influence not only
Dn the production of cyclones, but also
oil their direction.
At Johns Hopkins University recent
y a patient under hypnotic influence
was successfully operated upon for dis
CabCo hluiCJf nv ahhtoNhSttNo oSsNS
used. The case was the first in which
hypnotism has been used in that In
atitution.
One Of the popular mistakes Of the
day is that one a travel cheaper In
Europe than in the States. Travelling
first class there costs quite as much as
In America, and the tourist does not
get anything like as good accommoda'
tons for his money.
Some rascal has been stealing sever
al tons of printed documents stored In
the loft of the Senate chamber at Har-
risburg, Pa, and he has probably been
selling them for junk. Copies of the
laws of Pennsylvania for several years
were a part Of the plumber.
1t is proposed to demolish the old
French market In New Orleans and on
the site to erect a building better
adapted to the business carried on
there. Nearly all visitors to New Or
leans for many years have made 1t q
point to see the French market.
Russia is to have an electrical branch
/, Of her army under the direction Of a
| lieutenant general. two major generals,
and FIVE officers of lower grade, who
will also have a military electrical
school under their charge. Russian
military officers have always been
very adept in the s Of electricity.
A young school teacher named He'd
ricks, residing in Honeybrook Town
ship, neal Coakesville, Pa, was arrest
ed a few days ago upon a complaint oil
a resident Of that place, who charged
him with uttering twelve oaths. At q
hearing before a magistrate the school
teacher was fined 81 cents per oath, q
total of $s.O4.
The Duchess of Northumberland Is
the possessor of a shawl which was
presented by King Charles X. OF
france, and which cost half a million
francs. It is manufactured from the
fur of q species of Persian cat. The
hair of this cat is SO extremely hnt
and elastic that a single hair is scarcely
perceptible to the naked eye.
! A proposal to exclude from the army
the Legislature and municipal Officer
all persons whose fathers and grand
fathers were not citizens is before thu
French Chamber OF Deputies. The rul'
! would have kept out Napoleon Bona
! norte and Gambetta. A law admit
ting only the children Of French cit
zens TO the civil service Ia also undeI
consideration.
Ohio is far in the lead OF all otheI
States in the number of colleges witt
the authority TO confer h usual dc
grees, 1t has thirty-eight OF these In
st~Itutions. or seven more than Penn
svlvania. ten more than Illinois, ffteel
moro thai New York, nearly thret
times az many as Indiana, more tina
, three times as many as Michigan ant
more than four times as many as Mas
sachusetts. Yet the educational stan
= lard in Ohio Is lower than In a major
,ty of the States mentioned.
David Schneitman died at Chatta
I nooga. Tenn, aged so. When 8 year
old he was left an imbeciie, withou
the power Of speech, by an attack 2
measles. His body lie as stnntea as III
mental development, for he has n
, naInad a child ever since In ways an
! stature. He was able to speak only ]
monosyIlables and by gestures, but III
derstood anything spoken to him. N
t height was slightly under = Feet an
10 his death his face and features =
sembled those OF a little child. u,
ceased was possessed Of conalderaD'
, inherited property.