Aitciinisiiop Lopez, of tho state of
Konora, Me.x., lias issued an edict excommunicating
all Catholics who aro
members of tho .Masonic order.
Ukk trees aro being found in numbers
in parts of Vermont this fall. One
near Nashville held a honeycomb two
feet long and several inches thick.
Ta coma's probato judge is hard put
to determine whether a minister's
claim against an estate for ten dollars
for burj services should be allowed.
rAjTURiitlcrman military authorities
v"rJuve decided that in the future all
rJ "cycles for the ann' shall be construct-
,.. C(j jn u,c government establishments.
In the jungles of Sumatra the largest
spiders are.found. Some of the larger
specimens measure eight inches across
the back, ahd""bave 17 inches of leg-spread.
A cat has taken
its station on tho Dent du Midi, in
Switzerland, and goes up 3,200 yards
with tourists to share their lunch at
the top.
A nf.wspapkh of Sliorman county,
Oregon, says that it does not know a
farmer in that county who will not bo
able to discharge all his indebtedness
this fall.
In the University of Paris there are
over 10,000 medical students. At Vienna
there are about 1,000 more. In Paris
there 8,000 students at the Pchool
of Fine Arts.
The Hag carried by Cortcz, tho Spanish
conqueror of Mexico, nearly 400
years ago, was until recently preserved
at a little church in the capital erf tho
state of Tlaxcala.
A check for&!45,000, paid to the London
custom house for a cargo of 1,300
tons of tea, is said in Loudon to bo tho
largest single payment for duties Over
made in the world's history,
Miss I)e Rothschild; who is one of
the cloverlst lady horticulturists, has a
collection of roses valued at 355,000.
