Evening journal., 1902-01-15

ALL lut utbitt OF uOclOl OF sacred
theology, a very unusual distinction,
to be received from the Sovereign
Pontiff. and one seldom granted by
him, especially to an American priest
Thirty-six per cent. of Englands
revenue and thirty-nlne per cent. Of
our national revenue are from tax on
alcoholic drinks.
A French farmer has made expert
ments which show that caterpilars
avoid black objects, but are attracted
in numbers by white.
England's hop crop approximates
100000 hundredweight, while Germany
has fallen from 55S,SOO hundredweights
in 1900 to 313.500 in 1901.
The appropriation for the Depart
ment of Agriculture for 1S9S-99 was
S3.500. .000 For 19O1-O2 was $4OOO00O
For 1908 the amount asked is S5,500,-
600.
Nearly 10000 worth Of music was
enjoyed by the people OF London in
the parks and open spaces under the
control Of the London County Council
during the past summer
The Car wears ring in which he
believes Is embedded piece of the
true cross. II was originally one Of
the treasures of the Vatican, and was
presented to an ancestor of the Car
for diplomatic reasons. Some years
ago the Car was travelling from St.
Petersburg to Moscow. He suddenly
discovered that he had forgotten the
ring. The train was stopped immedi-
ately and a special messenger sent
! dying back on an express engine for il,
nor would the Car allow the train to
move until. several hours afterWard,
the messenger returned with the ring
The British Consul General att
Meshed reports that the Persian ladies
are adopting the English style of dress
and all articles of ladies clothing are
in great demand there.
The average number OF counterfeit
ing cases now handled annually in
this country is about 600, and Of this
number nearly fifty per cent. are those
Of persistent and habitual violators OF
these laws.
A coming demand for an eight hour
day in mining is announced in the
Central Western coal fields.
The longest railway run in England
is made by the London and North
western Railway special trains to the
Riverside station, Liverpool. The run
is lust over 200 miles without a STOP
and catches the American liners.
Charles G. Wahlgren, of Chicago, is
said to be the double Of President
Roosevelt.
General Fitzhugh Lee is about to
start on a lecture tour of the Southern
States. his subject being Peace and
War in the United States and Cuba"
The Rev. DIR. Edward Everett Hale
will be so years old on Thursday
April 8. Plans have been begun to rec
ognize fittingly the day with celebra-
! tion national in character.
/ hAA 4AAAANA L. 00ANRs VI AaAfNA NRoA
England. is the largest individual ship
? owner in Great Britain, his firms ton
mage now amounting to over 400 600
I He is a bachelor of 55. and began life
! at the lowest rung of the ladder.
Since the announcement OF her en-.
I gagement to Payne Whitney, Miss
Helen Hay has been asked by man,
oh
she can never do that sort of thing t
! order, and she does not expect to at
/, tempt any such work for some tim
TO come.
! Real estate men are gradually for
J getting the most OF the old time sup
erstitlons which used TO cause us mucl
= trouble" said a dealer the other day
! "The number Of houses which canno
be rented or sold on account of beinI
- haunted or because some terrible Grim
. was committed on the premises is rap
= idly decreasing. We run across only
few people who balk at living in hous
No. 10. Even elderly men who hav
made big fortunes are beginning to be
q lieve that there is nothing in the oil
= saying that the aged rich man build
mansion to die in"
= This years record in the Unite
: States of loss from fire will be abou
! sl70.00O0 900. It is estimated that tn
= loss in twenty-six years has been 81
y s9000O00O. of which 81 ,7OO. .0OO, 600 wa
- covered by insurance.
~ Maximinius. the Roman Empero
- was over eight feet high, and cou
=" wear his wife's bracelet as thun
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