Evening journal., 1901-08-05
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

The five largest cities Of England,
exclusive Of Londan. are as follows.
Liverpool, 6S4,947; Manchester, 543,-
1853; Birmingham, 522 1872; Leeds
42S,953; Sheffield, 3SO,717.
The only occasion upon which a
peer or peeress wears a coronet is at
the coronation of a sovereign. At the
moment when the archbishop of Can
terbury places the crown on the head
OF the new monarch every peer present
at the ceremony dOns his own coronet
A useless life is but a living death.
The habits of the household of the
German emperor are very simple
They rise early, the empress breakfast
ing alone with the emperor. There is
no lunch, but the royal family, and in
consequence the whole court, dine at
O'Clock. AT 8 o'clock tea is served, n
plain supper is eaten two or three
hours later, and the emperor and EN-
press are rarely up later than 10
O'Clock.
Suspicious are usually worse than
facts
The man who complains of his victuals
And all his wife's cooking belictlals,
Should be starved till he's thin
As wooden ten-pin,
Like they used in the old game Of
skictuals.
Philadelphia Press.
Princess Maud, Queen Alexandra's
favorite daughter, can bind books and
nurse a sick patient scientifically. She
can also sail a half-rater, ride a BIZ
Icycle, spin, and sew, play chess and
converse in five languages, including
Russian. She vies with her mother in
being an expert photographer.
Flattery is a mask assumed for a
purpose.
The marriage ceremony is a combi-
nation lock.
The Hon. Walter Campbell, who has
just published a book of humorous
poems, illustrated by the Princess
Louise. is one of the best amateur re-
citers and Scotch story-tellers in Eng
lish society. He is a near relative of
the Duke of Argyle
The best throw with the dice is to
throw them away.
According to a Berlin correspondent
the demand for "Bismarcks Recollec.
tons and "Reminiscences" continue to
be as great as ever. Up to the present
he says, the publi=herS have made a
net profit of about one million marks
on the book.
Better prudent enemy than a
friend without discretion.
MY wife makes me stand round-l
can't deny that"
Doesn't it humiliate you?''
No; our baby is the living image of
me-and he makes her stand round. -
Pittsburg Bulletin.
If a woman really loves a man it's
ten to one she doesn't understand
him.
Every time an ill-templred man
smiles he looks as though. he fell
ashamed of it.
The Salvation Army commander
some three yeers ago bought 1,00(
acres OF land in Colorado, to which
has lately been added 900 more. anC
the task of colonizing great farms il
the West with the surplus poor of tn.
cities is being prosecuted with grea
earnestness and with great success al
well. These farm colonies are nov
being multiplied in all pmts of tn
country.
Politeness is like an aiF-cushion
there may be nothing in it, but
eases many a hard jolt.
The man who keeps his G. bgagement
punctually loses a lot Of va luable tim
waiting for the other fellow
Last year the United tates mint
turned out coins worth 81 $4,000, 900, {
which 500 ,O0OOOO were gol a.
A new method for pro diIcing ance
thesis was discussed at a recent NEE
ing of the Medical Soc iet,y of Berlil
DR.. Wohlgemuth has con structed a
apparatus by which. pat tents inhai
chloroform mixed with oxygen.
has been tried by n any pm ointment SUI
geons, with results that are reporte
as satisfactory. the disagi eeable SCI
sations being obviated.
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