Evening journal., 1901-12-30
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

India produces annually about s1O,-
100000 Of gold
The cotton crop Of tho United States
now almost equals in value its wheat
crop.
The Croton dam. which holds Now
York city's chief water supply. ia 300
feet high, with base Of ZIG feet.
The gold mines of Mysore, India, are
worked by American electrical de-
vices, the power being from the melt
ing 4iimalayan snow.
Bulgaria is shipping more than ST.
100000 worth of eggs to Belgium an
nually Italy for years had almost a
monopoly of this trade.
The British High Commissioner in
Rhodesia has sanctioned an ordinance
imposing a tax of 10 shillings on each
adult inmate Of a hut.
Botanists of the New York Depart
ment of Agriculture have found sew
enty new varieties of flora in one
mountain in ST. Christopher. W. /.
Swiss papers record a decline in the
export of wood carvings, and attribute
it to the lack of variety in the carv-
ings. the few subjects being monoto-
nously repeated
In some parts of the north of Scot
land fisherfolk turn back If a hare or
pig crosses their path; and at sea they
never pronounce the name of the hare.
tho pig, the salmon, the trout or the
dog.
lt is related of Hall Caine, the now
elist. that he once worked in the Laxey
lead mines, in the ManX Mountains, in
place of a young man who was i'll, to
keep the young fellows position for
him.
There are now in operation in Bel
gium eleven extensive mills where
cornmeal is ground. One mill at AlostI
has capacity of 100000 pounds per
year. IL is said that all the mills are
crowded at present
The London Gazette announces that
the Principality Of Wales will be rep
resented in the arms of the Prince of
Wales. This change is in response TO
the Welsh request that the Principal
ity figure in the royal standard or in
the arms of the heir apparent.
New Mexico is a great sheep country
There is but one other State or Terri
tory which exceeds II in sheep raising
That is Utah where there are 5000, 900
or 100000 sheep. New Mexico has
about 100000 The industry was
never so prosperous as at present
The Quest Railway Company has
this week inaugurated nOn-smoking
carriages on the Dieppe and Havre ex-
presses. Special inscriptions state
that smoking is absolutely prohibited
In such carriages even with the con-
sent of other passengers.
Notwithstanding his age the Aus
trian Emperor is still much devoted to
hunting and climb OF two or three
IOnle III NnAW NAOittAn AOoNuinh 10 AAtA
too much for him. Between the years
1856 and 1897 he killed in his various
domains 1.2iS deer, 1870 chamois and
much other game.
O. the telegraphic poles set up at
Feng-Tai and Chung -Hsiang in Chihli
by the Japanese after the capture OF
Pekin by the allies, more than thirty
at the former place and no less than
ten at the latter place have been wan
tonly cut off or otherwise destroyed by
the natives.
Thomas Atkinson. of England, VINO
helped Stevenson build the Rocket,
has been seventy years in a trades
union, and heads the membership list
of the Amalgamated Society of Engi-
neers. He is 80 years Of age, and has
drawn benefit money from the union
for twenty-seven years.
Ben Nevis. the highest mountain in
Scotland. has been ascended by Dudley
Grierson. of London, on a motor bicy-
Gle weighing 200 pounds. After he
had ridden TO an altitude of 5000 feet
the cyclist was compelled to wheel his
machine through snowdrifts to the
summit.