Evening journal., 1901-10-12
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

A1AOJll i n 4 INEAlN(A(lNl
When King Edward, then Prince of
\ Wales. arrived at Homburg a year ago
he turned the scales at 235 pounds
in twelve days he had reduced his
weight five pounds. and when his
"cure" was completed he weighed 22S
pounds. On arriving at Horlburg this
year the British sovereign weighed
24O pounds.
First Boy-Its 6 o'clock. Let's go
home.
Second Boy-Nit. II we go home
now We'll git licked fer stayin' out so
late If we stay till 8 o'clock Wen
git hugged an kissed fer not bein'
drowned.
It is said that 5000 guides ind en-
ployment annually in Europe leading
American tourists "hither and yon."
There are more Chinese (1O7,OOO) in
the United States than Dutch (S1,00O),
and almost as many as French Q13,
00O).
When Para rubber trees are tapp led
after the gum is run into receptacles
and stiffened, a species of large black
ant is accustomed to cut out pieces of
the rubber and carry them away. Bees
also find uses for India rub Der, and
some species in South America actually
cut the bark of trees that produce
resinOus substances in order to cause
a flow of the sap The gum is employ
ed by the bees as a ready made wax
| for their nests.
The natives of Tutulia. one of the
| islands of Oceanca, have a peculiar
method of catching fish. At "A given
signal all the inhabitants Of the village
assemble on the seashore, to the num-
Der of about two hundred perso Us, each
one carrying a branch of the cocoa
palm With these in their hands they
plunge into the water and swim a GER
tain distance from the shore, when
they turn. forming a compact semi
circle. each one holding his palm per-
pendicular in the water, thus making
sort of seive The leader of the
party then gives a signal and the fish
ers all approach the seashore gradu-
ally in perfect order. driving before
them a multitude of fishes that are cast
on the sands and killed with. sticks.
Miss Sharpe-Yes, he was plea sed to
to say / was the incest girl he knew.
You must have heard him say it,
! Miss Jellus-O, yes, l heard him, but
it was such a surprising remark / could
scarcely trust my ears when
Miss Sharpe-The ideal Your ears
are certainly old enough and big
enough to be trusted.
Il appears that on the fleet of small
steamers which ply between the num-
erous islands that dot the Swedish
coast acetylene has come into quite
common use, notwithstanding it's ex
plCsve character. H. is stated that
with the beam of an iacetylene search
light objects can be seen very dis
tinctly ait from 1 900 to SEQ feet. TIN
saloons and cabins Of these vessels
are also lighted with acetylene.
Four immense searchlighis and ZOO
incandescent lights will be turned on
the Yosemite Falls.
/. There arc three telephone circuits
between New York and Atlanta
One of the oldest OF British journal
) ir.ta sun III lAAiNt SCI Nltt - JOun flOl-
lingshead, who recently celebrated his
list birthday anniversary. Mr.. Hol-
lngshead worked for Dickens and
Thackerpy when they. respectively,
controlled Household Words and the
Cornhill Magazine.
OF the Vice-Presidents Of the United
: States who have succeeded to the
Presidency Through the death of the
I President, Tyler served three years
and eleven months; Fillmore, two
years, seven months. and twenty-six
Z days; Johnson. three years. ten
I months. and twenty days; Arthur,
4 three years. FIVE and a half months.
= Rooseve.t's term is three years, five
months and twenty days.
During the last twenty years Nor
ways exports of fish have averaged
, in value nearly Si3,000,0O0 a year.
s "Sandie did you see anything that
It amused you in France?"
o ''Weel. in Dunl1irk a saw a half
q, done kirk"
Y, Chicago outclasses all other larg'
~ cities in the number of deaths iron
II railroad accidents Its total for th'
IN census year is $50. while the combines
rs total for nine other big cities is onl.
as 1856