Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
WHEN THE T1BER IS oNRAmsAos
Efforts to Control Its Torrents Have
 Been Only Partially Successful.

Efforts to Control Its Torrents Have
 Been Only Partially Successful
 Owing to ill-ealculated engineering operations. by which the northern branch of the river by the Tiber is~ land was doepcned few years ago, the southern branch. which skirts tle for mef Ghetto, has dried up into heavy bank of muddy eand, end this Is its normal state, making Git will be un- derstood) the island of St. Bartoiom> meo as ridiculous as 6 swan on land. The absurd aspect Of it is the more &C., eentuated because the ponte fabrieo, or auA1roeapi, which unites the island to the southern bank. happens to be both the oldest and best-preserYed bridge 7n Rome. dating from 62 E. O.. and be- Ing composed of two bold side arches and small central food arch. On rare occasions, however, after heavy aewnfalis, the river, rising in It's wrath. succeeds in Teasserting it's an aleat dominion. and we see the beauu- sul bridge built by FabrIcus spanning Che waters sent down from Monte pat sno and Anscfano. Such a rise has taken place, in consequence of which the forum is inundated ny means of the Gleaea Max ana, while the fossming yellow flood las reached height of but three feet below the little Franciscan garden be- longing to the church of St. Bartolom- meo. The ancient confessional below that basiIiea, dating from about the seventh century, is entirely filled. In fact, the waters have risen about forty feet, and rain should continue to fall we may witness the Fiber invading the =GGrso and Piazza 'Espanga. Happily, a change seems to be setting in. It was quite a fascinating sight the other morning to see the main. or northern, food racing beneath the Sectian bridge like succession Of maelstroms almost giddying to behold As usual, a crowd 0f people amused themselves by watch ing the operations of those who on such occasions fish tor driftwooa.
 Mondioant Students.
 Concerning the poorer students oI Russia the Saturday Review says Their mendacity is passive rather than active. Unlike the mendicant friars, they never ask, but they know much will be given them They know too strange fact in strange country-that the university is open to all, irrespec- Give of means or position. Thus the university becomes the poor Russians golden opportunity. fer here, as else where, there arc many posts, for which graduates alone are eligible. 4 stroll through the streets of Moscow during ferm time furnishes abundant evidence of the popularity of the university. The uncompromising military blue and green uniform which stamps the stl- dant, and which he can never, save under dire penalties. exchange for plain clothes, Is to be met with at every turn, A few rich students are caught sight of driving; the many ara on foot
 The Law Of Ltbei fin Germany.
 More light on tho law of libel comes from Germany A presiding magistrate r..ied that ITO call man pig or dog would be an insult out to say he was a plg-dog was inoffensive-such an an- lmal did not exist. and, therefore, the term could not be described as an in- suit" The irritated plaintiff made hls bow, adding: Very well. MT. Judge; good-morning. You are schweine- Aundi" There was a commotion in court, but the magistrate could not go Jack oa hls definition of the term.
 4 New Religion.