The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-05
FACTS OF INTEREST.

| Bicycles are used for smuggling on the
| frontier Of France and Belgium. The
| customs officers ar Tourcoing took 20
| pieces the machine ridden by a man they
| suspected and found that all the hollow
| tubing was stuffed with pepper.
Taking all the schools and colleges Of
| the country together. the latest enroll
| rnent made by Dr. William t. Harris. the
national commissioner OF education, fig
ures out total of Is. As. 1877 pupils OF va
| rious grades and accomplishments as
| studying in this country.
An old Georgia negro. meeting his
| former master. was asked about his fam
ily. Well, suh.H he replied. "s0me is
railroadin'. some Is 'sputin' and spound-
In. some is in office en- some in de chain
gang, but mos er dem is good citizens en-
got wives ter work fer emf
Five women have just been enrolled for
a three years course OF study in New
York college for veterinary surgeons.
Their speciality viii be the treatment OF
dogs, cats and other household pets.
France has one woman veterinary surgeon
with a diploma. and there are several in
Germany and Russia.
II was only few years ago that alumni
mum was not obtainable for less than 81 a
pound, but the methods have been 50
simplied and the plants for its production
S" Increased that inside of a year its price
Is likely TO rone Gown to q cents or less.
so that only three or four commercial met
ais viii be cheaper
According to experiments which have re-
Gently been completed at Berlin and Leip-
zig by the leading bacteriologists Of Ger
many the ordinary inks literally TEEN
WIN oae.ili OF dangerous character the
bacteria taken therefrom sufficing to XIII
mice and rabbits inoculated Herewith I'm
the space Of from one 10 three days.
A little Klondike has been discovered on
the farm or Charles H. Emory. in Han
cock county. Maine. 1t is not gold that
has been found. but mely bdeniter. a min
erai resembling graphite and used for lub-
ricating purposes Three blasts brought
OUT Of" pounds. samples of which have
been assayed at Boston at dollar a
pound
The Harvard University memorial N
Bishop Brooks IS 20 be buiIding for
when the university will provide a site
on the grounds. A fund of s50Oao has
heen expended on the building, which
VIII provide accommodations for all Of
the religious and charitable societies of
the university. There will also be a large
hall. which will be used not only for re-
ligfous purposes. but also for various So
cial and hospital occasions, for which
resort has now TO be made TO the Colonial
Club. In connection with this hall there
will also be d small club parlor and din
ing-room.
Not only the municipality OF Berlin. but
also the faculty 10 the university of the
metropolis. have from time immemoriai
displayed tendency 10 resent the dispo-
sition to despotism and arbitrariness
which is so characteristic of the relgning
house of Prussia. 1t is therefore In keep
ing with its traditions that the Berlin uni
versity has just elected as its rector for
i
Ter, who has recently incurred the wrath
of Emperor William by the socalistic
leanngs which he displayed in his lee
lures while occupying the chair OF polti-
| cal economy.
Paris has just established scheme
which is such a boon and means of protec-
ton TO the poorer classes that one would
like to see It adopted here. Any citizen
who entertains doubt as TO the genuine
ness of an article of food or drink pur-
chased from a Partisan tradesman may
take II TO the municipal laboratory and
have II analysed free Of cost. II it is
found to be adulterated ii is the manage
| ment OF the laboratory which undertakes
the punishment of the offender without
any further trouble 10 the purchaser. The
tradesman Is liable to heavy fine as well
as Imprisonment, and may be compelled
by the police and by law to display con-
| splCuously in his shop window or over his
door large placard bearing the words
Convicted OF adulteration."
II is not often that the principal law Of
| fcer of a government. while acknowledge
ing the existence of a statute publicly and
officially declares IN parliament that he
| does not propose I'd take any steps to
enforce II. Yet this is precisely what the
attorney general of England has done In
response to a question evoked by the In
creasing number OF Roman Catholic &C.
clesAsticai professions through public
streets and thoroughfares, he admitted
that they were expressly forbidden by law
but added that he had just as Hltle inten-
ton OF taking any steps 10 enforce the
statute as he had Of enforcing the act OF
ls5l against the assumption OF the names
Of English cities. towns and places as
titles for Roman Catholic bishops.