Evening journal., 1901-08-13

louf degrees above freezing point.
The Moorish druggists of Arabia
were The first to display colored globes
lin their windows.
Some Of the inferior grades OF tea
sold in this country are bought in
China as low as cents pound.
Since the beginning Of the Boer war
the number Of tramps in England has
diminished ssventy-fye per cent.
1t is notable fact that nearly all
savages have sound teeth. Decayed
tenth are evidences Of civilization.
In Sidney, Australia, in the best
houses. the kitchens are on the ton
floor. and the clothes are dried on the
roof.
Public bathing houses are numerous
IN Japanese cities. In Toxic there are
500 OF thea, and the cost Of a bath. hot
Ior colds only sum equal TO the value
|of an American cent.
The first paper money used in the
United States was issued by Pennsyl
vania, in 1928. In the early part of
that year $4,000 was issued on the
credit OF the colony, and few months
later $4,000 more followed.
Three hundred persons in London
earn living-and several of them are
growing richly providing meals for
the cats Of the metropolis, which they
deliver regularly once, twice and thrice
day, as may suit the owners of the
feline pets.
A curious war relic has been placed
IN the museum of the Royal United
Service Institution in London. This
is one of the queens chocolate boxes
which, usurping the function of the
traditional Bible, stopped a bullet
bound for a soldiers heart.
A little church in Pennsylvania was
entirely built by the pastor. who is go
years old. He made the excavations
put in the foundations. erected the
walls, did the plastering. painting. tin
work, etc, and paid out of his ownI
pocket all the money for materials
about $1,000
A man in the smokers cabin
OF a Jersey City ferryboat was smok-
ng a huge and rather rank cigar. He
said to a fe,lOw-passenger who sat
next to him. Il enjoy a quiet smoke.
Well said the stranger. moving to-
ward the door. you will never be
troubled with crowds while you smoke
cigars of that brand"
In the palm Of THE hand there are
$500 pores to the square inch. II those
were united end to end they would
measure nearly five miles.
The largest church edifce in the
world is St. Peters. in Rome, which
will accommodate $4,000 persons. st.
Paul's. in London. will hold $4,000.
The most expensive chair in exist
ence belongs to the pope. It is made of
solid silver and cost 5000. An
American banker presented it to the
pontin.
Secretary Gage has had few vaca-
lions. In his forty years of Chicago
business life he had but ninety days
off.
William c. Whitney has removed all
the game which was stocked at his
Lenox estate to his new preserves, in
the Adirondacks.
Camille Flammarion. the noted
French astronomer, proposes a revis-
ion of the calendar According to his
ideas, the year should begin March 81
Chicagos giant policeman, John
Dunicy, who stood 6 feet ~ inches in
height died the other day.
A rose tree with trunk two feet
nine inches in circumference is grow
ing in a Ventura garden, in California,
Cuba S customs receipts during the
six months ended June 30, amounted
to $7,9i7. sos.
Standard rails. weighing twenty-four
pounds per arshin, are TO replace the
Hight rails now in use on the Siberian
railroad.
Denmark is to have a fine exhibit at
the ST. Louis fair in 1908. A dairy
farm, showing the Danish process of
making cheese and butter, will be a
feature.
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Madame Severine. the editor Of La
Fronde. the newspaper i'm Paris con-
Quoted by women. is a power in the
French capital, and she is absolutely
independent and original in her ways
of thinking. She has a villa in the
Village of Pierrefonds, whittier she re-
tires for day or two when the pres
Isure of her literary work threatens TO
loverpower her strength.