Evening journal., 1901-07-26
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

! The celebration came conveniently in
/ the middle of the American furry on
May Is, when the exchange took a day
of.
A man who is no longer young. and
who never was handsome, asked his
sons child what he thought Of him. The
boys parents were present The
yOungster made no reply.
well, so you won't tell me what you
think of me? Why won't you?"
Cause | don't want TO get licked, ,"
replied the sprig OF a rising genera
lion-Tit-Bits.
About one-third Of the worlds cof-
fee production is consumed in the
United States.
The Belgian Government has offered
prize for the best picture showing
the evil effects OF drunkenness.
A manuscript Bible Of about the
year l4lO was sold in London at auction
for 200 guineas.
Swiss cow bells have been introduced
into the IIimalayas as a protection forI
cattle against tigers The tigers run
as soon as they hear the bells.
Five shillngs was the price recentlyI
brought at an auction in London for al
chip from an elm tree cut down by Mr..
Gladstone in 1883.
Folks what always a-sayin' de ooun-
try gwine ter fall overheard pear ter
fergit dat she kin swim well enough
to keep from drownin.'
Dey may be spots on de sun, but deyI
amt big enough to make you light
candles
When de people speaks dey ginruilyI
brings de house down, en- de best thing
you kin do Is ter stand from under
Atlanta Constitution.
Cincinnati is a stronghold OF Presby-
terianism. Sixty-four churches are in
cluded in its Presbytery. twenty-elght
OF these being within the limits OF the
city.
TWO hours after being released from
the county Jail at Greenwood, Iowa, an
expert sneak thief broke into the
prison again and stole his photograph
from the rogues' gallery.
Magistrate-I am told that you have
already been convicted fourteen times
on this same charge. Aren't you
ashamed to have to acknowledge that?
Prisoner-No your worship. / don't
think no man oughter be ashamed of
us convictions.
Magistrate-rwo months. without
tho option Of a fine.-Pick-Me-Up
In Piazza della Signorina, at Flor
ence circular bronze tablet has been
placed in memory of Savonarola. ON
the exact spot where four centuries
ago, the great Dominican revivalist
was hanged and burned
Tho British Empire is sixteen times
larger than all the French dominions
and forty times greater than the pos
sessions Of the German Empire.
A number OF Roman antiquities
have been found at Strasburg, in Al
SAGE. The fragments OF a wall found
beneath Kleber Square when put to-
gether revealed two beautiful pictures.
We want in society your fresh spring
lof energy. Bring your illusions and
youthful enthusiasms with you. We
have in the world an ample supply of
cynicism and pessimism and indiffer-
entism. Bring your eagerness, your be-
liefs, your enthusiasm, even your
crudities. Don't be afraid OF setting the
4 world on fire, for to tell the truth the
world is rather incombustible, but II
will flame up if you really have the
p divine spark. Bring your trust in
i goodness and unselhshness and doni
part with it-Hartford Times.
Millions OF mosquitoes are making
I life miserable for the farmers of Pike
county Pennsylvania. They are SO
numerous that they have driven men
from the fields and fishermen from the
: ponds.
. In spite of its capacity for hard
work, the elephant seldom, if ever
y sleeps more than four or occasionally
c five hours.
~ Inc systematic examination or NOR,
than 10000 pairs of human ears il
England and France has resulted il
some interesting conclusions For on
thing it is ascertained that the ca
, continues to grow in the later dec
AIDES Of life; in fact, it appears neve
:, to stop growing until death"
" South Africa is a good market for CO
J. ment. All public buildings stores, an
eel dwellings are coated with cemen
T. There are few wooden buildings erecte,
The masons in South Africa are mos
ly Malays. They are skilled in the
% trade, and do the work neatly. c,
IN ment is also largely used in the col
IN struction Of aqueducts, wharves, chin
Id neys, walls. etc.
Id
no Life Is life
We In the trouble. in the strife,
,r, In the loneliness OF years.
&c Let us say that life is life