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the pursuing hound while under water
by the chain OF bubbles which marks
/ its devious course.
I At Plinitz, near Dresden. Is the larg-
est camellia in Europe. 1t is I6O years
old. about fifty fees high and has forty
thousand blossoms each season
/ The agricultural returns Of Great
Britain for 1902 show that the total
under crops and grass was 32,SSI. .565
F acreS-a decrease OF %, ,4S0 compared
/ with 1901.
( The new commander-in-chief OF the
F Grand Army of the Republic, Gen.
Stewart, is but 81 years old. He enlist
. ed while a boy and served over four
years during the war OF the rebellion.
Among the fiotsam and jetsam
T thrown up on the beach at Rhossilll,
GlamOrgan, recently. was the body Of
full-grOwn lion, which has since been
buried by the coast guard in what is
known as Fox's cave.
/ DIR. Simon Newcomb. professor emer-
titus Of mathematics and astronomy in
Johns Hopkins University. has just
had the honorary degree OF doctor OF
philosophy conferred upon him by the
Christiania University.
At the present day. on the best au-
| thorlties, there are $50, 900. 900 Mussul-
mans in the world. The Christian pop
ulaion is put al 447.O00,OOO, but the
increase of Islam is more rapid than
/ that OF It's sister religion.
The National Museum at Belgrade
has come into possession of a collection
of sixty-eight thousand Roman copper
coins recently unearthed near q Ser.
/ Wan village. The oldest OF them be-
long in the time of Caracalla.
You don't have much to say on
public Questions?" NO" answered
Senator Sorghum. 81 am very much
inclined to think that in modern affairs
public questions are OF less CON
sequence than private understand.
ings."
American pottery manufacturers are
discussing plan for the construction
of special building at the Worlds Fair
appropriate in design and of ceramic
materials, so far as possible, in which
to install everything in the line of clay
manufactures.
Upton Miller, a retired farmer, 20
years old, living at Mt. Morris, ILL.,,
has made two articles OF inlaid furni.
ture, a bureau and a washstand, the
first containing over 5000 pieces OF
wood, the other over 5000 pieces,
which he intends to exhibit at the
Worlds Fair.
[ The per capita debt OF Boston is $50
more than that of New York City. Af-
ter New York, with a per capita debt
of S115, come Cincinnati with So. Bal
timore with SIS, Pittsburg with S6S,
Buffalo with $40. Philadelphia with
S4S, Cleveland with S31. ST. Louis with
S33 and Chicago with $40.
The Duke of Devonshire possesses
as an heirloom Claude Lorraines
Book of Truth" which is said 10 be
Zone of the rarest and most valuable
books in Europe. 1t is. at any rate,
worth six times as much as the famous
'Mazarin" Bible. the most costly book
in the British Museum. The late duke
refused 100000 for it
A Paris searcher after facts has made
the discovery that to Balzac belongs
the honor of having invented the wood
block pavement for streets The first
Preference to 1t is found in that authors
comedy, "Mercadet," which was play
ed at the Franchise, in which Merca-
det dilates on the advantages OF such
pavement, since with wooden blocks in
the streets barricades are impossible.
A London justice has just made an
important decision regarding dress
makers disputes. He will not have
dresses tried on In court, because ''he
had long since come TO the conclusion
that with ordinary dresses any lady
could wear a dress to make 1t look as II
it did not fit" and he was also perfect
ly satisfied that amy milllner or dress
maker could pull 1t about aud make IL
fit when 1t did not do So"
Queen Wilhelmina's crown is very
gorgeous. 1t is of dull gold. only the
edges being polished. 1t consists of a
crimson velvet cap inclosed In circle
set with sapphires and emeralds. The
imperial arches terminate In sixteen
points. eight Of which are surmounted
by large single pearls, and the other
eight, bent toward the center and there
crowned with the globe and cross. are
set with nine pearls each. which are
graduated In size, the smallest being
placed at the top.
Vancouver uses the septic tank sys-
ten for the disposal OF its sewage.
There are three tanks. located at differ
ent points in the city. One Of these
disposes Of the sewage OF a district
having a population OF 5000 people |
The American consul says: The tanks |
are covered, as the bacteria work in |
the dark. On a recent visit, l found n |
scum between two and three inches
thick over the surface Of the tank; this
scum. was informed. Is composed OF