The herald., 1897-03-04

age of the whole using English was 1871:
in 1890 1t was III, relative increase Of
about 225 per while the per cent
of all the other European Languages de-
clined, except the German alone, which
remained the same. The French declined
from 1914 In 1901 to 1871 in 1880, and the
Spanish from 1872 in 1901 to 1917 in 1890.
On 9-year-old tree owned by Mrs.
w. ]. Mitchell living on Dry creek. near
Augusta, Kan, score of oranges have
grown, and they are described as being
sourer than imported oranges. ard about
the size of lemons. They have just RI
pcned, although the tree Dlossomed IN
May.
Nearly blind, but ingenious, a prisoner
In the Carthage, Mo-, jail has construct
ed an instrument similar TO a guitar,
upon which he manages to make fairly
good music, using no other materials
than cigar box, piece or two of fence
board and come Nc. 10 thread.
Christian Klelvend and Anna Poffen-
roth called upon Colfax, Wash. justice
of the peace and asked him to conduct
the ceremony of marriage In the German
tongue. He procured a tutor, studied
for an hour to memorize the service, and
fulfilled their wish
In Switzerland from the smallest VII
lage 1t is now possible to telephone to
any place in the country a a fee from
cents to cents for the most distant
points on instruments on which one can
hear with perfect distinctress and which
are kept in thorough repair.
Young America is suffering from the
Cuban war in Morristown, Ind, where
the calf of Leander Young's leg was torn
by the discharge of a companions gun
in a mock battle between Spanish and
Cuban soldiers, in which paper waGs
were fired.
Daily newspapers are now published
by students in ten colleges and univer-
stiles in the United States-Yale, Har-
ward, Cornell, Princeton, Brown, Stan
ford Tulane, University of Pennsyl-
vania, University of Wisconsin and Uni
versity Of Michigan.
The oldest shaped county among the
1000 which go to make up the separate
divisions of the various states is War
rem county, Tennessee. 1t lies In the
center of the state, and is as near a
perfect circle as any division of land
could be.
One day in the early part of last
month the weather was so summerlike
at Houston, Tex, that duck trousers
were worn. A few days later the heav-
lest snowstorm of the season was re-
ported in the northern portion of the
state.
With the assistance of the latest ma
chimes a piece of leather can be trans
formed into a pair of boots in thirty-f four
minutes, in which time 1t passes through
the hands of sixty-three people and
through fifteen machines.
Among the precautions taken to in
sure the cZar's safety while in Paris
was the photographing and measure
ment by M. Bertillon, head of the an
thropometric service, of every servant
employed at the Russian embassy.
Cattle from the United States sol ,
higher in England last year than those
from South America and Canada. The
English, it seems. prefer to buy Amer
jean cattle, but the Germans do their
best to keep them out
The effort of the Arkansas senate to
protect itself against women office seek
to sanction the bill forbidding the em-
ployment of women by the general as :
seTnbly.
A medical paper asserts that in Wayne
county, Ohio, there is cancer belt, n
strip of country thirty miles long by
twelve wide, in which five out of every
six women have the dread disease.
Tim Hussey, who discovered mines in
the Cripple Creek district worth fully
81, 10000 died penniless in the hospital
of the great gold camp.
Chinese smuggling has been discover
ed as going on over the Mexican line at
have been made.