Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-08-16

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kilograms 81 congratulations IN tie
first day or two after the birth OF his
daughter. lie also received aa.ooo re
quests fer money in honor of the event.
The total number of experiments on
living animals in the United Kingdom
In 1900 was lo.seso. 2.37o more than in
the previous year II is stated that nui
few OF these experiments were In any
serious degree painful.
The London Lancet declares that
..the prices asked for wine at big ho-
tells are SO monsfrously high and the
wine offered is so often bad that this
fact alone accounts for an increasing
demand for whisky as a dinner bever.
age"
Milwaukee has twice rs many sa-
looms as Detroit, though the population
OF the two cities is almost exactly the
same. bur in Milwaukee. beer drink
ing citv. the number OF arrests for
drunkenness is considerably less than
in Detroit.
A strange sight was witnessed at
Bologna recently. a heIlrincer at
church was struck BY great bell and
thrown violently through the window
of the tower ON to the roof some 90
feet below. He escaped with nothing
more than a shock.
Last year the markets of New York
paid as revenue into the city treasury
S25s.0oo from rents. exclusive Of SiS.-
o0o collected from stalls aud privileges
in Wailabout market Brooklyn. and
$1,000 from market cellar rents, total
OF more than $500, 600
The committee of the German Wo-
mems General association has decided
TO found i'll i4e3psic library consist
ing Of books. no matter in what Ian
guage. written by or about women. and
has issued an earnest appea, for lit
erary contributions for the execution
of this purpose
1t is nine years since the Transsibe-
rian railway was commenced and
3.24u miles of rails have been laid
showing an average of 800 miles a
year The connection between Europe
and tladivostok is nov assured by
means of the steamship service In the
center of Siberia.
A veritable quick luncheon" 1t is
said. is TO be had at a restaurant in
Paris, where a dinner of several
courses composed of concentrated food
in the form of tablets can he consumed
in few minutes. The entire meal in
deed can be carried about in the vest |
pocket or pocketbook.
The Vermont custom of not hanging |
convicted murderer until two years |
after the passing of the death sentence |
upon him IS founded upon the assunp |
ton that any possible doubt as 10 his |
guilt will be removed in that time. and
all danger OF putting an innocent man
to death is thus eliminated
A machine that viii. do the work of |
80 expert mathenaticians is being con
structed by the government in its sci !
entitic instrument shop on Capitol hill |
in Washington, Ii is to he an Improve
ment OIL the instrument in use in the
bureau OF the coast survey which has
charge OF calculating the tides.
II Is said that there We're at least |
10000 mustangs scattered over the
plains of Arizona. New Mexico and
Texas ten years ago and thar now
nearly all of them are gone A few
were caught and kept by the Indians
In their reservations. but the Wild
horse in his natural state is practically
extinct.
New York claims to be the sunniest
Of the large cities. The United States
weather bureau has charts in light and
shade showing from 1870 to 1850 how
many days have been sunny in each
part of the country. Although Arizona
has sometimes attained a percentage OF
80 and other parts OF the west have
seen very clear skies. New York city
follows closely with mean percentage
Of So
Man Iscripts of John WvcIifs trans
lation of the Rible into English are of
extreme rarity. and even imperfect
specimens occur only at very long and
irregular intervals. One came up for
sale In London recently Although i'll
complete, wanting the greater portion
of the Old Testament. II comprises the
whole of the New Testament. Tue
extends to 269 leaves and
Is the work of an English scribe OF
about liI0.