Evening journal., 1901-10-14
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

that his brother cooks have united to-
do him honor.
THE German Crown Prince has COM
p.eted his first term at the University
OF Bonn. For the next semester the
plan arranged for him comprehends
ltwenty-Cne lectures d week including
"privatissima' by nine professors.
| 1he iewelry OF the Sultan OF Johore,
who has been staying in Baden-Baden,
is creating considerable interest He
wears huge ruby and diamond rings
set in silver, six on each hand, dia-
mond solitaire like a chandelier drop
and waistcoat buttons encrusted with
precious stones
Records kept for twenty years show
that 3.13O cases Of lynching have occur
red in the United States during that
period. Up to August 30 of this year
l0l had taken place.
From New York State have come
five of the twenty-five men who have
been President of the United States
Van Buren, Fillmore. Arthur Cleve-
land and Roosevelt.
Private steam yachts valued at $780,
100000 We're assembled in New York
harbor during the cup races.
J. p. Lyon. of ST. Paul is said to be
the youngest member of the Grand
Army. He Unlisted as drummer in
Company G.. Slst Ohio Infantry in 1861
ttI'1 1ffut Va KrruH tIntH Nraf 1 ,lI
With the construction OF two short
gaps, one from a point l.. Ncuth Da'
kota to Miles City, and The other from
Billings. Mont, to same place. there
will be a telephone line from ocean to
ocean via Boston. New York, Chicago,
Helena, Mont, Portland to Los An
geles.
In a recent trial of the French sub
marine boat Marve, it went $50 miles
under water, but the close confinement
and want OF fresh air completely un-
nerved the men.
Paris now has automobile fire en-
gines which measure six by ten feet,
weigh two and one-half tons, or when
fully equipped, $3.50 pounds. They
start to work instantly The pump
delivess twenty gallons a minute.
A Chicago bank clerk has invented
an apparatus which photographs bank
checks at a rate of 10000 an hour.
Thirty miles of the Chicago and
Northwestern running out of st. Paul
is to be operated with electricity.
Portable electric fans are selling in
large numbers all over India.
Twenty-siX cars are now running at
intervals of two and one-half minutes
ON the Eberfeld Suspended Railway.
The fifty miles between Milan and
Narese Italy. are covered in fifty min
utes by the third rail system.
Did you notice what a pleasant odor
there was in that book Department."
Yes. l presume it came from the
spicy literature"
So much has been written about
President Roosevelt's experience as a
huntsman that one generally thinks Of
him as an expert shot. But he is not
by his own admission. MY eyes are
bad he said recently. "and my hand
is not steady. l can never hope to be
very fine shot"
The citizens Of an Indiana town
hanged a banker in effigy. Sensible
people AS long as the principal lives
there's a chance for a dividend.
The Khedive is anxious to introduce
Swiss cattle into Egypt. At the con-
, clusion of his recent visit to Europe he
took number of these cattle to Cairo.
1t is funny, but while it is queer OF
a man to wear his hair long. il is Just
as queer for a woman to wear hers
short
A mans will power can't be seer
under microscope when it has beer
in collision with a woman's won't.
Rich mothers don't even find It in.
b teresting to make matches for theil
daughters. They're so easy.
+ There has been since last year an al
I dition to the grass area of Great Brit
j ain OF 195.443 acres.
= Before the coming OF the whites {
S America, the Mississippi river wa
e known by a different name every FEY
y miles of its course. Each tribe tha
I dwelt along its banks gave 1t a nam,
n anH moro tbou fbs,.t,r ~ thaco 1oos
I designations are preserved in the nal
= = ratives Of the early travellers
The herd is heard to low on high,
Mounting the mountain steep;
> The weary shepherds HE below
To get a bit OF sleep.