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CHANCE FOR GENIUS.
Big Prizes Offered by Foreign Ma.
tons

From London It'd Bits.
Many no doubt will conclude that there
is practically 10 chance of securing such
desirable prizes the large sums of money
five prizes each worth ESO00-offered by
the Nobel bequest, where 1t Is absolutely
needful to have attachments of both a
learned and brilliant nature, yet study
Of the following particulars of prizes which
are being offered today will show that there
are other splendid opportunities well with
in tie scope of most people
Among the many varieties of cactus
there is one which is known as the prckly
pear; it is a rather MISUNDERSTANDING plant,
but Its leaves are covered with hair sharp
enough to pierce the hands of any one who
is so rash to touch 1t. The plant came
originally from America, but after il was
introduced in some manner or other into
Queensland it spread SO rapidly and TO
such an extent that in some districts 1t has
practically destroyed all other vegetation
The Queensland government is still offer
ing a reward of $4,000 to any one who can
devise a method by which 1t can be com
pletely eradicated.
The British consul at Palermo not long
since sent a dispatch to the foccgn office
containing information regarding a pre-
MUM of G2000 that the municipality Of
Catania is Offering. In order to encourage
local industrial enterprise this sum is to
be awarded to the individual who estab-
fishes some new industry in the town; rs
trade is to be OF such nature That it VIII
employ not fewer than 100 worKmel; a
further G1 900 will be paid for every add
tional fifty hands that are af!arward EN-
ployed. These sums would be payable at
the end of the year in five equll install
ments.
Five hundred pounds is 20 he obtained
from the government of Holland. AS most
people aware, the Dutch are the most
diamond cutters in the world but
in this diamond cutting It is necessary to
use an alloy which is dangerous - health
Is 1t possible to find a method of doing
without the aid of this alloy?
Again, to turn to a very different source
of money-making by competition there is
$500 being offered by the well -known hrm
of Ricordi & Co. In order to encou-s ge
English opera that firm has offered this
prize, to be competed for by English sub
jects alone, and has guaranteed to produce
the successful work at the Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden. M Massen2t mas
already been secured one of The adj
INDICATORS.
One of the biggest prizes on offer at the
present time is for less a sum than
G5.30O. This is being offered by the Rus
sian imperial ministry of finance, and the
last date for claiming 1t is July l next.
The subject of the competition however, is
off technical nature for what the Rus
sian minister wants is a good and reliable
system of denaturing alcohol.
Mr.. Woodbury., a well-known American
philant hropst resident in New York offers
f200 to any married man who can con-
vince jury of twelve matrons that there
is in that city a single specimen of a per-
fectly happy married man. Mr.. Wood
bury's contention is that bachelors and
spinsters form the happiest section of tho
community; he urges nothing against mar
riage In general. and says that his argu-
ments refer only to the conditions of life
in New York. Mr.. Kerr, who takes the
side of the married man, and Mr.. Wood
bury himself will act counsel. while a
committee of single men will act judges.
Women can gain prize of EGO which is
being offered by the Womens Institute of
Science at Naples; 1t is to be given for the
best work on any subject of a scientific re-
search, but 1t must be based on independent
laboratory experiments.
Another interesting subject is THE best,
least irksome and least costly method of
securing the male able bodied youth of this
country for service in the regular or auxi-
larry forces existing, and for exparfing
these forces in the time of war" For the
three best essays dealing with these topics
the Royal United Service Institution offers
prizes consisting of 100 guineas, 30 -guineaS
and 10 guineas.
very big prize is that which a million
aire residing in Paris. M. Daniel Osiris has
instituted on similar lines to that laid down
by Mr.. Nobel This prize. however, Is con-
fined to Frenchmen. except during any gear
when an exhibition is being held in Paris,
when it becomes open to people OF any M
tionality. A sum of money has been set
aside that will produce not less than 1cr
OOOf. and this amount is to be awarded
every three years in perpetuity to the dis
coyerer inventor or producer of thu idea
or object that will do most to bench. hu-
manity.