The sun., 1898-02-06

stay. After the draw G bets limit. j.
stays. 4 (the dealer) holds only fOHlr
cards. Can he bet on four cards or mnst
he take another card to fill his hand /?
The general rule il that the hand il dead
because it is foul. not containing exactly
five cards. but in some games it is per
mittcd to bet on four cards.
Lawyer-No treaty bearing on the
rights Of Da,naIized Americans in Rus
sia has ever been negotiated. Russia
does not permit her citizens to become
naturalized in anot her country without
her express consent and Il Russian who
disnbcvs this rule il liable to iInprisnn.
ment in Siberia There have been
several cases Of this kind, but the state
Department has always secured the re-
lease Of natnalized Americans, on condi.
ton that they should leave Russia with
ont delay.
Barbcr-Paris BARRIERS and hairdrrs-
ser, are now obliged by the police to take
sanitary measures in CARRYING on their
business Elaborate regulations have
been sent out requiring them to use only
nickel plated combs to substitute pulver-
izers n powder puff>, to cover the hair
cut off with sawdust and have it rcmnv-
ed mt once. to wash Their hands before
working on u customer, and to place all
metallic inst trunlents. razors, shears,
combs. cutting machines, etc, in Il solu-
ton nf weak soap and boiling water for
ten minutes before they are used.
Many Readers. The calendar, ~ cs.
tablisllcd by the Emperor .Jullus Caesar
giving 3ta; dayes to every fourth year.
was not altogether correct. Its error
consisted in estimating the length Of the
year as exactly G5I days, which is about
eleven minutes too much. This error in
sixteen centuries Amounted to ten days
Pope Gregory, therefore, in 15S2
changed the calendar to eliminate the
error. lie DIR rIpprd out ten days, Ud r.
ing that October : Of Hat year should y,
rck0ned as October l5, and provided
that no centennial years should be- leap
years unless they are nutiplcs Of 400
This arrangement Of tie calendar is :"
nearly correct that by it there is only II
difference "f about twenty-five and one
half seconds between the average civil
year and the true solar year, an illaccn-
racy which will only amount to the dif.
ference OF dav in 1866 years.
NJ. C.-Thc faithful OF the church of
Rome are forbidden in the index rXpnr-
gatorius to read 10000 books. These are
the works Of 5000 authors. Everything
that Rrlmn wrote is condemned, but only
the more proianc, from Roman Catho-
lie standpoint, OF No'taircs works ap-
pear in tile index. Tainc's "IIistnry OF
English Litcratuw'' is under the ban,
but his studies ON the French revolution
are omitted from the list of prohibited
books by the wish Of Leo MIL All "I
Cousins works nrp condemned. bat only
four Of Ltnartnc. For obvious reas III :
Eugene Sues "Wandcrng Jew and the
"Mystcrics Of Paris are both forbidden
reading. The index contains complete
catalogue Of the works of both elder and
Younger Dunes, but only two Of Victor
Hugo's books are found in it, "Les Mis-
CRADLES" and "Note Dame de Paris. y
There are two q ,las in the index--one il
the author OF "Rone," the other Is Z
the ,logiap Of the last century.
Cigarlnaker. r.-Professor Huxley said
Smoking 10 a comfortable and laudabl.
: practice, il productive OF good, and ther
r. no more harm.in a, pipe: of tobacc'
than there IL in = cup Of tea." The lat>
Rev. G.. Il. Spurgeon, u the end Of on,