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by gita ting remarks about the weatl
er.-N. O. PicayuCe.
Only POI Foreigners were naturalize
in Brazil last year. This Is Yer
small mum Der, considering the large il
Hux of immi rants, especially Italian:
Former Senator Dubois aud Senator
Common and Pettigrew will sail on Jul
, for China and Japan to study the Il
nancial question from the Orienta
standpoint.
The New York Tribune thinks tina
| authorizations are some times-Objectlon
able, as, for instance, when the Tennes
see centennial exposition is referred t
as ''the Tenn. Cent. Show"
A stringent ordinance has been adOp
ted by the Las Vegas city council
compelling al property owners to keel
sidewalks in front of their property il
good repair, else be guilty of mis-
demeanor with fine of $50 attached
There two piles of gold in New York
which aggregate 26O tons. One pile
in the subtreasury vaults, is valued al
ST. $40, 600 and weighs 100 tons. The
other is in the cellars of the clearing
house, weighs ITO tons and is valued at
$55, 100000.
New York exchanges report an i'm
prOvement in the mental condition OF
the man Lepre, who became insane
last week through the bite of a mosqui-
to, but while the doctors give hopes Of
his ultimate recovery his arm will have
to be amputated.
Chicago last year spent seven million
dollars on its schools. and still the city
has not enough schoolhouses. How to
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problem. Something better must come
and the authorities have the matter
under consideration.
General Lew Wallace says that after
a diligent search for short name for
across the name 'Hur" in the Book of
Genesis, and by adding "Ben," which
means 1.-THE son off, he obtained
name both short and odd.
Hawaii has 100, 900 population as fol-
lows: Natives Al 900: japanese, &c. 900:
Chinese, 10000: Americans, 1000 and
balance German and English. Out of
all this population, it is the Americans
only. who want annexation. Think OF
two thousand people controlling one
hundred thousand and a government
to be free, just and Chris
tian government consentipg to the
rOposition.-COltonC Chronicle.
The governor of Kansas has appoint
ed two women to the office of notary
public. But in Kentucky not only is
filling that office, but she is
of color. Miss Mary Ellen
Brown, after number of years as a
successful teacher, has received the
appointment of notary public, and has
qualified for its duties. Her work is
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who are applying for pensions.
The converting of the Christian En-
deavor National convention in San
francisco is creating as much interest
throug hout the country as the meeting
Of some great political party. This is
an index to the trend of thought and
influence in the United States. There
Is great change. going on in the Uni
ted states for better conditions. This
fact is apparent on all sides and in the
general tone of public opinion.
y party OF Mexican army officers has
left for the l nited Sta ties and Europe.
The party consists Of Gen. Jose Maria
Perez, Maj. Eustaquio Duran and Capt
Perez. They constitute
commission appointed by the President
to visit the principal arms factories of
Europe and United States for the pur-
pose of making notes. Gen. Perez is
admitted to be one of the most scien-
liic officers of the Mexican army.
Mr.. Z. V. Smalley writes to the
New York "Evening Post" that there
are 10000 vacant flats and dwellings in
Chicago. 81 have SEEM he continues.
"a number of the leading cities of the
during the past year, and,
with the possible exception of St
Louis, they are all feeling the affects
Of overspeculation in building" The
is quite right as far as
St. Louis, is cOncerne d, and its advance
along many other lines is exceptional.