Evening journal., 1902-02-26
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

flower for ornament have any idea of
It's usefulness. Then il informs it's
credulOus readers that in the United
States the sunflOwer is 50 rich I'm Gil
that the seed of one of these monster
plants will yield fifty gallons OF oil:
while the refuse of the seed, after this
Quantity Of oil has been expressed,
weighs l,500 pounds when made into
cattle cakes. ."
How is that new correspondent at
Podunk DOING" asked the managing
editor.
I'm little doubtful about him.
answered the telegraph editor Il
think he lacks experience
What makes you think sO?"
why he sent in a story about
girl who eloped with a brakeman last
night, and he neglected to say that SHE
moved in The most exclusive society
circles
The corporation Of Harvard Univer-
lsity has appointed a committee to raise
funds for a building to be specially de
voted to che study of philosophy. lt is
to be called Emerson Hall, ." and Is 10
be Of brick three stories high, with
lecture hall, recitation rooms. a philo-
lsophical library and a psychological
llaboraory.
One OF the English burglary insur-
ance companies advertses that there
are 10000 thieves known to the British
police. Sir Robert Anderson, of Scot
land Yard. says that seventy would be
nearer to the number Of dangerous pro-
fessionals.
A girl who had been very clever at
college came home the other day and
said to her mother:
Mother, I've graduated; but now /
must inform myself in psychology.
philology bibli-"
Just wait a minute said the moth
er. 'l have arranged for you a Thor
ough course in roastology. boilology.
stitchology, darnOlogy PATHOLOGY and
general domesticology. Now, put on
your apron and pluck that chicken"
A benevolent society has been incor-
porated at Torrington, Conn, under the
name of the Meutuviszkos Draugystes
Broliszkos Pagilbos, Varden-Sky Vim
cinto.
The Lord Mayor of London has re-
ceived a letter from w. A. Aldrich. of
Spokane, Wash, inclosing $3.50, from
u Londoner who died in a hospital atI
that place and wanted the balance of
his money after the payment of the
funeral expenses, to be sent to England
for the benefit of Tommy Atkins"
Don't you appreciate the opportu-
nifty of voting?"
81 sholy does answered Erastus
Pinkley DE only trouble is dat de
job amt stiddy enough
A great deal of interest centres in the
cargo Of blue gum timber which has
ARRIVED at Dover. England, from Aus
ltralia for the national harbor works.
3 Most of the baulks, or sticks as they
are termed, weigh as much as ten tons
leach, and range between 100 feet and
200 feet long This kind OF timber has
been chosen for piling work owing to
the fact THAT IL will not float, so that
in tine event of the piles being washed
away in heavy gales hey go to the bot
tom. and there is no danger Of their
'ramming a ship.
4 Mr. jones' haven't saved dollar
since l married you,
Mrs Jones-What an ideal You've
saved nearly half of what you had in
the bank at that time.
The fiction of the mysterious load
stone mountain which drew the nails
out of the ships that approached near
enough. has a certain foundation in
fact. says the Steele. only the fact has
suffered by expansion. On the coast
of Norway. near Joedern, there is a
sand dune of nearly three-quarters OF a
mile in length. The sand is mixed
with particles of loadstone, and when
a ship comes In the vicinity the com
pass becomes irregular and the vessel
is entangled in a kind of a whirlpool
and thrown ashore.
"Tlhe higher ones political ambition
lis began the orator. The higher il
costs" interrupted the disappointed
candidate.
Photographer-"N / want you to
look as If you were not having your
picture taken. Customer-"Then
you'd better give me back the deposit
II made in advance"
ITO exit. raise your seat and this
chair revOlves. making your own aisle.
is the statement plastered on the backs
of every chair in one of the large thea
tres in New York
= Augustus Scarlett, of Newark, n. j.,
: has been a school principal in that city
for thirty-nine years. for the past thir-
ty years at the head of the same school
D Those who were once boys and girls
under his care now send their sons and
daughters to his school.
stations for the artificial hatching
J.. land rearing of clans and HOLSTERS in
large numbers have been established
at several points along the Atlantic
e coast. The experiments have gone sc
Z. far as to make il clear that the business
Ia of clam farming or the raising ~