The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20

tanned by DR.. Hobbs, the physician who at
tended the king on the scaffold and passed
by the marriage Of his daughter into the pos
session of the family which is about to sell 1t.
NJ. de Menaceine, a Russian doctor. saws
the Chicago Herald. concludes from observa-
tons that persons who blush laugh or weep
readily, and whose pulse Quickens easily, are
most liable to sleeplessness, which he de-
clares arises generally from overwork OF
mind or body or emotional excitement Just
before bedtime. There is an excess of blood
in the brain which dilates the blood vessels
and may paralyze them. Extreme cold pro-
duoes the like result. Some think that more
sleep Is required By persons deficient in the
red corpuscles Of the blood. Many authori-
ties agree in suppOsing that sleep is needed
In proportion to the strength of the con-
sciOusness.
The little town OF Nasso. in Sweden has
a contingent Of women, $50 strong, in its Are
brigade. The water supply Of the village
consists simply Of four great tubs, and it IS
the duty Of the women to keep these Jul in
case Of fire. They stand in two continuous
lines from the tubs TO lake some dis ance
away one line passing up the full buckets
and the other sssnding them back empty.
The yacht Alma. just built on the Clyde for
Baron Edmond Rothschild, is said to be the
most luxuriant craft ever constructed Her
electrical equipment is complete and in
cludes telephone outfit with sufficient
cable to connect the yacht with the local tele-
phone exchange of any port she may be in.
Experiments with aluminium rs a substi-
tute for paper are being made in France in
order to find a substitute for the paper used
today in the manufacture OF books. 1t is now
possible to roll aluminium into sheets four
thousandths of inch in thickness in
which form It weighs less than paper. By
the adoption of suitable machinery these
sheets can be made even thinner still. and
can be used for book and writing paper. The
metal will not oxidize, is practically fire
and water proof and is indestruchble by the
jaws Of worms.
Fritz Thaulow, the Scandinavian artist who
served as juror on the pictures sent to the
exhibition at the Carnegie gallery, was most
enthusiastic about the artistic possibilities CT
American scenery. Even smoky Pfttsburg
fascinated him so completely that while there
he made several studies of the steam aud
smoke effects. Mr.. Thaulow has returned
TO Paris. and in due season we shall doubt
less see some of the results Of his visit.
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Lady Henry Somerset. wto has been in
poor health. has been living almost in re-
tirement in England for some time. She has
occupied her leisure In modelling a ststue5te
OF her late friend and co-opsrator in the tenn
perance cause, Miss Frances Wi lard.
Miss Jane Adams. OF Hull House. Chicago.
has accepted a place on the committee ap-
pointed to bring members Ct the Russian sect
OF Dh1uhhebertsi to this country AID Canada
TO establish colonies a movement which
monopclized the time and energy of Count
Tolstoi.
According TO the edict ell CT the sect who
leave the country must get out within two
years, and il IS to hasten the exodus that
the committee was appoin el IN Philadelphia.
The members are: William Dean Howells,
Jane Adams. Of Hull House, Chicago: Will
lam Lloyd Garrison, of Boston; Rev. DR..
George Dana Boardman, OF Philadelphia; N
o. Nelson, of st. Louis and Bolton Hall and
Ernest H. Crosgy, Of New York. Isaac N.
Seligman is treasurer.
The president and four Of the five profes sors
OF the Imperial University of Ten-Tsin,
China, are citizens Of the United States.