Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1901-11-28
FoaE1eEa NOTES OF INTEREST

Thackeray's house at Kensington,
built according to his plans and occu-
pied by him for short time only be-
fore his death, Is offered for sale.
Artificial incubators are being used
in England for pheasants and other
game birds Nearly all the ostriches
on the South African ranches are also
raised in incubators.
Prince Luigi, of the Abruzzi, will
return to America early next year, ac-
cordlng to the Italic, in command Of a
fast Italian cruiser. The voyage will
last fourteen months.
Daniel O'Connell, grandson OF the
Liberator, died recently while serving
on the British side In South Africa.
He was drowned while trying to cross
a stream near Bloemfontein
A French sea-golng torpedo boat,
the Bourrasqae, recently made the
trip between Cherbourg and Hayre In
two hours and a half, an average
speed Of twenty-nine knots an hour
under ordinary working conditions.
At Mailing, Kent, man named
Andrew King, dropped dead recently
while laughing at friends joke. An
autopsy showed that his heart was
five times the size Of the normal
human heart and twice the size Of
that Of an OK.
Notary Angelo Alyitl, Of Alatrl In
Sardinia, aged 100, has Just married a
twenty-six-year-old wife. He has a
great-grandchild descended from one
of his previous marriages. His mother
knitted pair Of silk stockings for
Pope Plus TX. when she was los years
old.
An authentic centenarian, Mrs.
Elizabeth Hanbury, died recently at
Richmond, Surrey, aged 1Os years and
144 days. Her father was born in l749
and her mother died in 1895. She
saw George III. riding horseback be-
fore he became mad. She was a
Quaker and took an active part in
the anti-slavery movement. Sir Percy
Sanderson, the British Consul-GeneralI
in New York, was her cousin.
Bologna's two square leaning tow
ers, the Garisenda and the Asinelli,
which are more startling than the
tower at Pisa, are safe. A rumor was
started that they showed signs of
weakening, but a commission of en-
gineers pronounces them as solid as
ever. The Asinelli tower is 315 feet
high and was built in 1lO9. The
Garisenda was built year later and
was originally taller, but is now only
1853 feet high. It's inclination, how
ever, is greater than that of the other
tower.
Two bird stories come from France.
According to Le Figaro, a canary
breeder named Bourez, is going to
raise red canaries by feeding the par
ent birds on cayenne pepper. He has
succeeded SO far IN raising birds Of an
orange-red tint. French poachers are
big hauls of partridges and
other game birds by using automobiles
with nets and a bright light. They
run the automobiles at swift pace
along the public roads, and the birds, |
attracted by the light, fly into the
nets. There seems to be no violation
Of existing game laws in the practice. |
In Germany the proportion Of uni
versity students to the whole popula- |
ton has doubled in thirty years. The
total number in 1870 was 17,761 which |
gave S.83 students to every 10000
German males, while in 1900 it was
1880, or 1918 to every 10000. The |
figures for the different |
Institutions of higher learning are as
follows: Universities proper, 1864 |
md 1884; technical schools, 2,92S and |
I0,4l2; mining schools, 144 and 1853;
veterinary schools, 267 and 1,343, and |
schools, 357 and 800. The
forestry schools remain stationary, the |
figures being 261 and 27s.