Evening journal., 1901-07-15
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

cdlne PRESIDENT ne mdue ner posi-
mistress Of Georgetown.
The king Of Italy received 10000 tel.
egrams OF congratulations in the first
day or two after the birth of his daugh-
4 ter He also received 10000 requests
for money in honor Of the event.
With the revival of interest in sub
marine boats caused by the decision
| of the Russian Admiralty to construct
/ several the Russians are claiming tn
have perfected this species of boat as
| long ago as 1895 In that year subma-
Tine boat, said TO be capable of main
tanning on the surface speed of sixty
knots and beneath it of thirty, made
a successful trip from Odessa to Sc
vastapol The boat is said by Russians
to have been submerged fifteen hours,
the time spent in covering the couple
of hundred miles between those two
ports. Its motive power was derived
from naptha, but apparently the details
of this marvellous boat are not availa-
bic for the public. She carried a
crew Of thirty-six men.
The numerous islands of the Pata-
gonia Archipelago are covered with
evergreen forests capable of supplying
immense quantities of valuable timber,
while the mountain ranges. being of
the same geological formation as those
of Chile and Peru, are probably rich in
mineral resources.
e.. A. Martel, the French explorer
of caYerns. whose discoveries under
sround have attracted much attention,
reports that he has found in the De-
partment of Hautes Alpes, cavity in
the form of a natural we'll" whose
depth exceeds that of any other known.
He has sounded it to the depth of
about I ,O27 feet. but the actual bottom
has not been reached.
In the last year 81 100000 worth Of
oysters were shipped from Greenwich.
bivalye and Maurice River. ~ j., and
1900 men, with 500 boats, were licensed
to engage in the great New Jersey oys-
ter industry in South Jersey, according
10 a report just completed by the New
Jersey State Oyster Commission.
A curious flint bowldor was recently
discovered at Lewes, in England.
There is a cavity in it, and in this was
found a full-grown toad. Evidently
the animal crawled through a hols
into this cavity when it was quite
small and was unable to get out again
after IL had grown The hole through
which it entered is quite small where
as the cavity to which the opening led
is large and might, under ordinary cir
cumstances. have formed comforta-
Bile home for the toad. The bowlder.
which is now the property of Charles
Dawson, of Wickfleld. was exhibited
at the last meeting of the Linnaean So
ciety and will eventually be placed in
the musuem at Brighton.
From the Chicago News.
Bmper-C can't / sell you bottle OF this
tonic, sir2 Il viii positively prevent the
hair from coming out.
Customer-No, thank you. You see
I'm married man, and the easier my
hair comes out the less It hurts.
From Tit-Bits
wife-what on earth are you pncn'ng
the baby for. John?
Husband Cunning his hddle)-Keep sull,
darling He was just up TO high e when
you interrupted.
From the Indianapolis sun.
So you think Major Scabbard IS a de-
lnghtful hot weather companiony
Decidedly so. He's without a peer as a
teller OF stories that make your blood
run cold.
From the Chicago News.
TIe-what beautiful chestnut hair Miss
Nelerton has2
she-No wonder; she uses the comic
papers to do her hair up in.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Housekeep-That was very small
quart OF peaches you sent me. and be
sides they were very green.
Dealcr-Yesm. ] noticed they wer
green. so thought Ia better not sen'
you enough to do you any harm.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Browne-Mrs. Witty is foreve
talking about the repartee at her nous
when she and her husband entertain.
Mrs. Malaprop-Yes, l suppose that
some cheap kind 1 always use Oolon
myself.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
dunno whether hell is a burnin' lax
or des slow fire All / does know is
hits too hot fer me.
Dey amt no sense in borrowin' trouble
lOne-half de bridges you come ter ain
got no toll-gate
Ef ever l gets to heaven l don't wan
no harp ter play. I'll be satisfied wild de
a front seat seat in de gallery whar ! XII
see de star performers.
The Weather and the Almanac.
The hot wave continues througho'
the great corn belt. the south and II
r. g. "a gre sseA'cn os,p pO'SI vo,Ie