Evening journal., 1901-11-06
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

Archbishop OF kepalOnia, under a
ban. which WI Is not removed until last
year. when Il re poet reached his Goth
birthday. Tn e ban was on account of
book entitle d The Secrets Of Kepha-
lonia, or Tho nights on the Family. Re-
ligion and Po litics," in which he wrote
satires on popular superstitions and
against the priesthood.
The cost Of Grants tomb up to April
27. 1897. was little less than $500 900.
the association has a small balance on
hand.
Kitty-My idressmaker says il is such
a pleasure to- fit a gown on me-" Edith
Considers it a sort of artistic tri-
umph l SUPPOSE The true artist de-
lights in difficulties. Boston Tran
script
The worlds national indebtedness Is
estimated at S31 POI 1924, ten times
as great as HE worlds national debts
amounted to- during the Napoleonie
wars.
The United States leads the world in
copper produS tion, with 2,725 500 tons.
followed by Chile, Bolivia and Peru.
with 1870. zoo and Spain and Portugal
next with 1,1S9,7OO.
The deaHh rate for London in Sen.
tember was 1857; Paris, 175S Berlin.
24.26; New York and Brooklyn, 21 rs;
Washington. 1888; New Orleans. 1925:
Plttsburg, 17-1O; Manila, 3O.S9, and Ha-
vana 1854.
The estimated total production of
hops lin, England for this year is 649. 1897
cwt., as compared with 347 ,S94 cwt. in
1900. The acres under cultivation were
4,029. as against 1864 last year, and the
average yield per acre 1851 cwt., COM
pared with 679 cwt. in 1900. BY far
the greatest hop growing country is
Kent which accounts for more than
half OF the total production.
Sherlock Holmes. Jr. 49, Jenkins
wants to- sell his place" Greene-Why.
| mover heard him say anything about
it. and l sec him every day" Sherlock
Holmes. Jr.-5Ghat may be, but he
wants to sell it all the same. | called
there last evening and when / slapped
mosquito that had been on the prem
ises this summer. Boston Transcript.
Delaware has been called the "Dia-
mond State for though small in size.
1t formerly was OF great political inn
pOrItance. IL also enjoys the nickname
OF the Blue Hen State" this having
bsen bestowed on account OF a gentle
/ II IL.
State famous in sporting annals by the
quality of his game cocks, which he
always bred from the eggs of a blue
hen, believing that this was the best
color for the mother of game cock.
A new emigration law in Italy con-
fines departures to Naples, Genoa and
Palermo.
The net profits of the Liverpool cleo
trio trans for the nine months ending
last June were 10000
The total value Of the manufacture Of
bricks and tiles in the United States in
1900 was $76,3S6,S71, and of pottery
s19. 9.76S,67O.
There are S9.s63 Chinese in the
United States and 24.236 Japanese. In
ton years the Chinese have decreased
1885 and the Japanese have increased
22.2S7.
No fewer than 1000 Paris landlords
have refused TO provide a proper drain
age system in their houses, in accord
ancc with the new sanitary regulations.
, A married couple in Reno county,
Kan. were in court about a divorce
suit recently. it being the anniversary
OF their golden wedding.
whale 40 feet long made its appear
ance in Montreal harbor recently. 1t
, got stranded in shallow water near Vic
toria Bridge. and was captured by En-
gineer Nelson, of the Harbor Board.
Aluminium has just been employed
for the construction Of a new fireproOf
theatre curtain. The curtain is sixty
feet wide by fifty-four feet high, and is
composed OF sheets One-twelfth of an
I inch thick.
- So little confidence is there in Turk
& ist pCstOffice employees that when some
t time ago. opportunity was given tC
h send packages and registered letters
only one of each was received at STAN
= bOul in ten days.
n It is a curious comment on the
s changed conditions OF politics in Vir
L ginFa to read that of the five living ex
p Confederate Generals in that State foul
n were present at Roanoke as delegates
y to the Republican convention.
It The total number OF Indians in thu
k United States at the last census wa
d 237 1856. compared with 24S,253 in 1890
, The loss has been general, except il
the South Atlantic States, where tn
N Crcatans of South Carolina. counted a
g whites in 1890, were classified as In
/ dians in 1900.
ie Arrests for drunkenness in 129 citie