Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1900-01-13
THE EXCHANGE EDITOR.

An electric automobile In France re-
Gently ran 124 miles without recharg-
ing.
During a recent Sunday shower in
Manila 7.39 inches of rain were record
ed.
Nearly lis Congregational churches
have adopted the individual commu-
MON cup.
Switzerland's expense for the keeping
of each inmate in the insane asylums Is
34S year.
German physicians prescribe electric
light baths administered in mirror
lined boxes.
NikoIa Tesla's new laboratory on
Pixies Peak is a long, wooden structure
with big veranda.
Taking all civilized countries, the av-
erage age at which women marry Is
said to be twenty-three and a half
years.
The official records of Kansas show
that there are sixty-one counties in
that State where there is not single
bicycle.
Car NichoIas's usual tip for servants
when on a visit is IS. The Kaiser usual
ly gives about so for the same SER
vice.
Upon President McKinley's desk in
the White House lies the old-fashioned
Bible given him by his father when he
first went away from his home.
There are 100000 goats in the United
States, 25S,000 in the West Indies
(where goat mutton is extensively
used). 5000 in England and 4,500,0 900 in
Spain.
Central Asian railroad managers try
to meet the desires of their public. A
harem car with latticed windows has
been constructed for the Emir of Box
hara.
A missionary paper reports that the
opposition to the Natural Foot Society
in China comes chiefly from the women
who are afraid to go against fashion.
Among the points dwelt on at the re-
cent tuberculosis congress in Berlin
were the facts that more than 40 per
cent of the printers of Berlin who had
died were phthisical.
A German fish-breeder named Jaffo
has succeeded. after several fruitless
attempts, in transporting from Colora-
do to Germany the eggs of the purple
trout (salmo purpurata) and raising a
large brood.
A Whangarel New Zealand) youth
who advertised for a wife was amazed
to find among the replies letters from
two of his sisters, with photos inclosed.
In this case the mania for matrimo-
NAL alliances seems to have been quite
a family disorder.
When the Queen of Roumania makes
a stay at the seaside she delights to
sit on a camp-stool in the middle of
the sands, gather around her all the
children, and tell them fairy tales of
her own composition. Most of the fairy
tales of Carmen Sylvia have received
the appreciation of a large circle of
children before publication.
Thirty years ago the sardines and
young herring in Canadian waters were
sold mostly as fertilizers. In 1897 near
ly a million boxes of sardines in oil
were put on the market. The price paid
to fishermen varies extraordinarily ac-
cording to catch, season and year, be-
ing sometimes as low as Sc per hogs
head and sometimes as high as 500.
John Williams, young farmer, of
West Union, o., is an expert squirrel
hunter and is also afflicted with SOM
nambulism. Last Saturday morning at
daybreak he awakened to find himself
at the edge of a wood half mile from
home. He was in his night robe, and
was carrying his gun. He had evidently
started off on a squirrel hunt.
An extraordinary occurrence hap
pened the other day in Brussels.
milkwoman with her cart, drawn by
two dogs, was passing through street
in the center of the city, when of a
sudden the roadway opened and the
cart and dogs disappeared. 1nvestf-
cations showed that the roadway had
49,, &c ~ ol.
in the neighborhood.
Princess Louise seems likely to be-
come one of the richest members of
the English royal family. Her marriage
with the Marquis of Lorne has not
necessitated the keeping up of any
great state, and, being childless, her
expenses are comparatively few. On
marriage she received a dowry of $780,
O0O and she had magnificent wedding
gifts of diamonds, rubies, pearls and
other Jewels. Like the rest OF the
Queens children, she has an income OF
$50 900 a year.
Rudyard Kipling, according to the
London Chronicle, was taken by Thorn
as Hardy to see a house which the
latter thought would suit kipling.
When Mr.. Kipling moved out of ear
shot, Mr.. Hardy observed to the occu-
pant: II may mention to you that this
gentleman is no other than Mr.. Rud-
yard Kipling." rs that so?" she re-
piled. II never heard the name before"
Presently Mr.. Kipling in turn. found
himself alone with the lady, and re-
marked: Possibly you may not be
aware that the gentleman who brought
me here to-day is Mr.. Hardy, the emf
nent author" "Oh, indeed" was the
reply, II don't know his name"
Once upon a time Parties offered to
sell a Farmer a tin box for $500. But
it contains only sawdusti" protested
the farmer. who took seven daily pa
pers Yes" replied the parties. smiling
patiently, but with a sucker being
born every minute. there's going to be
a great demand for sawdust. There's
bound to be bulge in sawdust sooner
or later" The farmer was much struck
with this theory. and bought the box.
mortgaging his farm to raise the mon
ey. This fable teaches that with the
common people become SO exceedingly
intelligent as they now are, methods
of doing business with them will have
TO be revolutionized.-Detro Journal.