Evening journal., 1902-07-14

Joseph NJ. Wade, OF Boston, has re-
ceiyed the title OF Lord Of the Rising
Sun from The Mil1ado OF Japan and
noble Of the fifth degree, and as such
is the only American who has tine
right to interview the monarch at any
time.
In a controversy between two women
there is much to be said on both sides.
1t was during the heavy storms Of
snow and sleet February last that a
young woman in New York
on the way from the. railroad
station to friends house
tripped and plunged head first into a
formidable snow bank A fellow tray
eler, witnessing her mishap, hastened
up, and. man like, felt foolish and
awkward as he stood over the tempo
rary grave of the fair damsel. Pardon,
me. madam, but did you fallY' ne
asked lamely "Oh, no." she answered,
smiling sweetly, Il just went under
that drift to look for four leayed Glow
ers."
Some of the head bones of a wild pig
have been discovered in a deposit of
sand at Dumfries. The boar was ex-
terminated in Scotland about the mid
die of the sixteenth century.
The extraordinary development of the
German mania for picture postcards
is attested by the total number of cards
which passed through the post in 1900;
no fewer than 736,OOO,OOO.
The scales of fishes as an index OF
age have lately been the subject Of
study by the English Marine Biological
Association. The scales of many fish
show a series Of parallel eccentric lines
which indicate successive increments
of growth. The lines OF growth are
more widely separated in that part CT
Che scale formed during the warm sea-
son of the year than in the portion
formed in the cold season. The alter
nation gives rise to the appearance Of
annual rings that indicate the age OF
the individual FISH in years.
Six thousand is the record number Of
roses produced by one tree at a time.
This was in Holland, on Nine. Reg
views land. A Marechal Neil at Whit
by has had $500 blooms on it at the
same time.
The recent census returns show that
the population of Belgium now stands
at 6,693.S16, having doubled during the
last sixty-nine years. Belgium is now
the most densely populated country in
Europe.
A man arrested at the White House
as a crank declares that mo has "the
IpOwer Of telling where Uncle Sam is
being robbed" There ara lots of that
kind OF cranks in Washington, but
THEY are shrewd enough to keep Quiet
about it,
The name of the Austrian Emperor
recently figured in the win OF one oi
his poor, but loyal subjects. The sun
left TO his majesty amounted TO 81, and
the Emperor accepted it as an acknowl
edgment of a singular display of 10y
atty.
There's queer thing about Italian
lab0rers." said a contractor, who em.
ploys a great many of them, and that
is that they absolutely refuse to worl
in the rain. Did you ever see a ganS
,lof them working in the streets, dig
ging trenches, or doing any other man
ual labor. in the rain? Well. you nevei
did. and probably never will. Just el
soon as a shower sets in. nomatter mon
slight, they will scramble for cover
Il the rain continues. they will sooI
complain Of feeling sick, and the
knock off for the day."
Professor Heilprin, the man VIII
knows most about the Mont Pele
} eruption, declares he knows nothin
[ about It. Then. the rest of us may q
g we'll stop guessing.
4 Lewis Jaeger is, among Wallets. II
A garded as one of the greatest me
= lamong his calling. He is the valet {
8 the Prince of Wales. His brothe
4 George Jaeger is an adjutant of II
r salvation Army OF Akron, Ohio.
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