The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01
Gossip of the World.

Very important discoveries have recent
~ been made in the Vatican library, ac-
eording 10 a correspondent of the London
Daily Nail. While examining state doc
| uments of the Sixteenth century, Able
Cozza Luzzi, assistant librarian. found
the original manuscript of the treatise
of Calico on the tides The manuscript
is still in Galileo's own handwriting. and
ends with the words written in Rome in
the Medici gardens on January 5 1910.
Leo Y III has taken the greatest inter
est in the discovery. and has ordered the
( manuscript TO be published in an elegant
edition at the expense OF the Vatican.
These important documents VIII shortly
be published by the holy see. The Pope
viii present a richly-bound copy TO the
Queen Regent OF Spain and one 10 the
president of the United States. although
this latter fact of courtesy is not viewed
! with favor by a number of preiates Of
the Pontifical court, who are doing al
in their power 10 prevent it.
It is announced that the governor of
French Oceana has issued a decree pro-
hibiting tattooing throughout the Archi-
pelago in the interests OF public health
and morals which, the decree states,
seriously suffer from the practice. Hence
forth tattooers and tattoeod Will be sub
ject 70 a fine ranging from s. 10 S200, and
a term of Imprisonment not exceeding "A
/ days. The Debats. humOrously comment
ing on this decree. says it viii depclve
the natives of the only costume they were
ever accustomed 10 wear.
The ownership of the summit of the
highest mountain in Europe Is the sub
ject OF a lively municipal dispute at the
present time reports the Paris CORES
pendent OF the London Telegraph. Three
municipalities, no less-namely those Of
Chamonix, Les Touches and 81. Geryais
are the rivals in the field, and old maps
and documents are being appealed to
with fiery ardor. Il is not the point Of
| honor-the prestige of possessing an ex-
ira avalanche or so-which is al the bot
tom of this lively competition. II is lucre.
for Mount Blanc now draws thousands
o. money-spending tourists.
Some interesting particulars are found
in the London papers as to the approach
ing marriage of Nine. Patti, who is TO
become the Baroness Won Cederst from on
February %. The wedding is 10 take place
at Meath. and will be of an exceedingly
simple character. A few days of the hon
eymoon Will be spent in London. to which
they will journey on the completion Of
the formalities novel feature in con-
nection with the wedding Will be the
breakfast which. it is understood, viii
be served in the special saloon car IN
which the bridal couple journey 10 a'wn.
As the accommodation for private par
ties of this kind is necessarily limited
the guests will probably not exceed SIX
teen.
The first attempt at scientific forecast
ing of the weather was the result OF a
storm which, during the Crimean war
November (. 1854. almost destroyed the
fleets of France and England. As a great
storm had ragged several days earlier in
France. Valiant, the French minister Of
war. directed that Investigations be
made 20 see if the two storms We're the
same, and if the progress of the disturb
ances could have been foretod. IL was
then demonstrated that the two were,
in reality one storm. and that its path
could have been ascertained and the fleet
fCrewarned in ample time to reach safety.
Athens (Ga) has a domino game in pro-
gress that probably has no equal in the
world, says the Baltimore Sun. A gentle
man and his two sons started this game
several years since, and it is not finished
yet First one and then the other have
been in the lead, until now the score Of
one of the sons is 1853. 045, the score of the
other son 152.O25. and the father brings up
the rear with 14s,O9.
A remarkable surgical operation has
been recently performed in Paris. A laun-
dress had her scalp torn off from the
nape of the neck to the eyebrows by her
hair catching in some betting She was
taken TO the Broussais Hospital where
Or. Malherbe. after seeing her. sent for
her scalp. He obtained it after a delay
of several hours, shaved off the hair.
washed it with antiseptics, and applied it
iii place again. The scalp has grown on
to the head.
A wealthy pork-packer Of Chicago who
was in Washington when Senator Mason.
of Illinois. introduced a resolution look
ing 10 retaliatory legislation for the in
spection of German food products, met
that plump statesman in the marble room
soon after Senator" he declared pat
ting the beaming Mason on the back,
you're doing well; we are all betting on
you. Yes. sir; I give my word that II
YOU get that resolution through, we'll
weIl-we'u name a new ham after YOU
A correspondent Of the Washington Star
writes that on arriving at Havre ne tele-
graphed to Paris 10 engage hotel rooms
and cabled home TO Washington a report
of his arrival. When ne reached Paris,
three hours later. he found a cablegram
Of congratulation from the people at
home. but the Paris telegram was not
delivered until an hour later.
ride a cockhorse TO Baubury Cross
is one of the Oldest nursery rhymes that
each Of us has heard. and with whica.
indeed the whole English-speaking world
is familiar. is not as % many II
has been a figment Of the Imagination.
bu. an architectural reality. II stands
az Banbury. England. like a steeple with
out a church. and is az least 80 years
old.
one Of the passengers by the Inflated
Mohegau. IN letter sent 20 his friends
AZ home, in England, previous 10 the de-
parture Of the vessel wrote thus: Il am
rot suparsti,ious. but = there - any So
luck about the number thirteen ] ought
70 get il this Journey. as [ have taken
No. - cabin. and paid 8I3 for IT," He
was among the number u the drowned.
and when his friends arrived 20 identify
hrs body from among a long row q other
recovered dead his was the thirteenth
corpse IN the line.
Way are red-hes6ed people Jess SUD-
iect 70 badness rhan those With fair ~
brown hair? According 20 the Revue So