Evening journal., 1901-10-16
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

Potatoes form the worlds greatest
single crop. 4,00O,0O0,0 900 bushels being
produced annually, equal in bulk to
the entire wheat and corn crop
The fad Of going with head uncov-
cred. which has prevailed among the
younger people of both sexes during
the last three summers along the At
lantic seaboard. waned somewhat this
summer. There are only two of the
original band of young men who
started the fad at Newport who still
follow it, and their deeply tanned
faces make them conspicuous.
Say" exclaimed the old offender,
when the plain clothes" man touched
him on the shoulder, Il didn't have no
hand in that
Mop replied the "plain-clothes
man." as ne snapped the bracelet on
his wrist, but l want you to have a
hand in this
According to DR.. Ramsay, the first
iron works in South Carolina were
erected by Mr.. Burlington in 1878, but
they were destroyed by the Tories dur
AAN AlAN AAtN0lMAAlH+ AlhtA AAhll NlltI-
prises were undertaken in that State
after the Revolution.
Located in California now, eh?
How do YOU like it?"
Magnificent It's spring there all
THE year round
it must be for the sale of sarsaparilla."
Irrigation has converted the South
American desert valleys near the city
of Mendoza into some of the most pro-
ductiye vineyards in the world.
The census returns show that the
total white population of Calcutta is
1867.
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The anarchist respects no laws,
Nor fears the hangman's rope.
Perhaps he courts death thus because
while there is life there's soap
The uses to which corn is put in Bel
gium are constantly on the increase.
Most of the bread consumed by the
laboring classes contains 10 per cent.
to 20 per cent. of cOrnmeal.
Signor MarcOni's system Of wireless
/ itelegraphy has been tried on board the
Cunard Company's Lucania, with the
most satisfactory results. The COM
pany has now decided TO fit an insta1-
lation on each of their Saturday mail
boats crossing between Liverpool and
New York.
Henry VIII was enormously fat and
easily overheated at the slightest
exertion his face became purple.
Teacher-Yes. revive" means to
come TO-" Now make a sentence con-
tanning that word.
Bright Boy-"If one apple costs three
cents whatll four apples reviye?"
The New York Central Railway will
expend $7,OOOOOO in electrically equip
ping suburban lines.
A Frenchman living at Gonesse, near
Paris. has an asylum for domestic ami
mails Among them are a pig aged 25,
COW aged sc and a mule aged 72
years.
= The mem berShip or tratefnal Organl-
zations in the United States and Can
ada. according TO compilation of the
, last reports, is 5,722,016.
The infant of the household was IN
: its cradle. The head Of the house was
, at home. peevish and fault-flnding
At length he became uncomfortable
You've done nothing but make mis-
takes tonight" he growled.
Yes. she answered meekly; 81
! began by putting the wrong baby K
bed"
r. Kaiser Wilhelm rs once weA knOwI
lchcstnut. Taurus, which me used to rid
on parade days, and which followe,
# that monarch's coffin when it wa
- transported from the old Berlin Cathe
5. dral to Chartottenburg, has just beer
d killed on account Of its old age. Sine
Y his late Majesty's demise the faithful
" steed has been kept in the imperia
r stables.
S. lie used to have his "cOach-and-four,
n But that was ere he wed:
It And now he sallies from his door
e With coach and one instead.
IS On July l there were, officially re
eel ported 1926 foreign stock companie
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