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nnti-duelling society of Buda-Pesth. IL
the preamble the document speaks OF q
recent fatal duel and refers to the fact
that that it could not have taken place
in England or in America, where the
laws forbid such encounters. The So
ciety makes q strong appeal to the
press to refrain from publishing news
pertaining to duels, and urges men who
may be selected as seconds TO become
ambassadors of peace, and not possible
accessories to crime.
The latest addition to the labor union
family is reported from New Bruins
wick, n. j. 1t Is q washerwoman'S
union. 1t has not a charter at present
or any special officials, but the menu
bers AVE a mutual understanding. The
rule is to start work at $3.50 a. m. and
quit at 5 p. m, sharp no over time
work, wages SLIPS a day. Everything
must be ready for the woman when she
comes TO the house. The clothes must
be put TO o Sunday night after the
family comes home from the evening
service, so as to Tighten the work for
Monday morning.
Ellen Beach Yaw, the prima donna,
so the story goes, is camping in tho
mountains nea Los Angeles. The other
day she saw two deer drinking, also
two creeping hunters" What does
the fair lady do? Why, she saves the
ueer's lives by singing a brilliant oper-
attic cadenza, which so charmed tina
wicked gunners they forgot their
quarry and so scared the deer the,
scampered out of range. After this
don't try divorce, or lost diamonds o.
any other ~hackneyed catastrophe to
advertise q star.
TNha lord Vnaxorfu pnonhn,an L. -fiu
the theme OF the Paris papers. "Nobodt
who has not seen him can imagine
him." says lie Matin. He is as round
us an apple, as round as a ball, or
rather, as round as the earth itself. Ht
is rosy and chubby of face, and hi,
body is a formidable paradox. n this
astonishing man sits enthroned with A
wonderful dignity between earth and
sky. His lip is scornful, and he heed>
not the remarks of the crowd. He seel
or hears nothing but his horses"
An American visiting Dublin told
some startling stories of the height OF
New York skyscrapers. An IrishmaI
stood 1t as long as he could, and then
asked: "Ye haven't seen u newest no.
tel, have We? The American thought
not. Well" said the Irishman, IT'S
so tall that we have TO put the two tor
stories on hinges What for?' asked
the American. $50 we could let them
down till the moor went by" said
Pat.
Some remarkable condolences are re.
corded in the case of two men. William
Connally and Patrick Cantwell, who
were drowned "a short time ago by tbs
upsetting OF a float" on the Grand
canal. near Tullamore, England. The
two men were born on the same day
~thirty-six years ago; they were hap.
Iized In the same water; they were
drowned in the Grand canal. and the,
have now been buried together.
In the course of time Liverpool must
supersede London, points out a Man
chester newspaper. Everything is
against the latter and it's supremacy
has been retained by artificiality. II
England had been discovered at the
same time as America, Liverpool would
inevitably have become the capital.
Commercially, according to the same
authority, 1t is slowly but surely oust.
ing London.
In Revere, MINI, they take drunk
ards and give them what is local.,
called the high dive cure by duckin,
them in a large tank of water situated
In a convenient location in town. a
couple or dips is all that has been re.
CURED In any case yet, and one chroni,
offender from Walnut Grove who wa,
Immersed n evening has never shown
up In Revere since.
The suppression of alimentary sal,
In the diet of epileptics has a favorabl,
effect on epileptic seizures, inasmucE
as IT reduces their frequency and their
severity. 1t is OF the same value In tn,
OF epilepsy as the strict 10
servance of dietetic and hygienic rules
Both factors combined aid consider.
ably in reducing and controlling tn,
seizures.
The tailest woman in the world 4,
said TO be a native OF Tyrol, who hat
just arrived at Vienna. Twenty-seveN
years old. she is seven feet five inchei
high, and weighs twenty-six stone ten
pounds. She is spare rather THAI
stout, hard OF feature and voice. and
somewhat OF the masculine type. He,
father and mother are of ordinary
stature.
General Nogi, of Port Arthur fame
Is paying the penalty of popularity al
the hands of autograph seekers. Blu:
the form which this has taken in japan
has about ii a ouch Of sentiment, in
nsmuch as the relatives of soldiers
who fell before Port Arthur are seek
Ing the generals autograph inscription
10 place on the tombstones of the dead
Reports made at the New England
label conference of cigar makers unioni
at Portland, Me-, show hat there il
only one non-union factory in all New
England, and that there are only TWEEN.
~ cigar makers employed In the sir
states who are not members of the
union.
~t
So many languages are spoken in the
provinces OF Austria-Hungary that i'm
terpreters are employed In the various
parliaments to interpret the speeches
of the delegates and make them intel.
iigiDle to all the members.
American pianos. according to deal
crs in Calcutta. have been found un-
suited to the climate of India. because
the wood material used does not with.
stand the humidity. the swelling max.
ing the pianos useless.
A statistician has calculated tina,
there are In Europe at this momen,
$500. 600 men under arms. III they were
all lined up the line would be 1900 miles
lon-
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