The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-08

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 Tn coal mine in Derbyshire, Eng land, has been found the trunk of tree in vertical position. The tree is 1.50O feet below the surface of the earth On one side of the trunk, which is two feet seven inches in diameter, is clearly shown the impression of climbing vine.
 At the Bowdoin commencement din- her ex-Speaker Reed gave this defini- ton of fame: Flame is largely mat ter of accident. Being in the right place at the right time, and doing the right thing. or, better still, making people think you are doing the right thing, is about all there is to fane."
 The Boston Herald pertinently points out that since congress saw fit to pro- vide for the payments of the deficits of the Buffalo and Charleston expositions. the managers of the St. Louis fair can now go ahead with the easy feeling of the extravagant college youth who is pretty sure that if it comes to the worst the 'sgovernor'' will settle the bills
 Ex-President Kruger is living at Utrecht. He goes to bed at p. m., gets up at I a. m., dons dressing gown and pair of slippers, and sits down to read his Bible, smoke and drink tea. The teapot Is set over a little spirit lamp, and he brews it strong. And thus he sits from until o'clock, reading and commenting aloud on the Bible texts. At 8 o'clock he returns to bed to finish the nights rest until 5, when he rises for fresh days labors.
 There are smart men in this country, but it appears that there are not enough of them. E. L. schlott an electrical en- gineer of Berlin, Germany, is visiting Chicago. American manufacturers are offering fancy salaries to German engi- neers in all branches of that profession to induce them to accept positions in this country" he said. within six months over forty leading engineers of Berlin have taken positions with the Carnegie and Westinghouse companies 2 a1one."
 Mrs. Eva Devoe of East Syracuse, New York, is 100 years old. On her birthday .last Saturday she worked in her garden and after dinner went auto- mobiling with her great grandchildren, helping to manage the machine. She said: For years I've wanted bicycle so could get out like other folks. I hate to be behind the times. My family seemed to think I'd better not have one, and maybe it would look, queer to see the mother of a 72 year old girl on bi- cycle."
 William Thurston Browns letter of resignation is published in Wilshires s Magazine. Brown is the eccentric Con- gregational minister of Rochester who lent his presence and benediction to the Heron wedding number two. He quits the pulpit and the ministry to engage in the socialist propaganda. "To my mind" he wrote to his Rochester flock, the whole philosophy of religious and so-called philanthropic activity is mis- taken, and the church and charitable Institutions are simply exhibitions of misdirected energy"
 A visitor to the rolling mills of the Pennsylvania Steel Works saw a. man, almost stripped to the waist, griny and blackened, who was pointed out as one whose yearly income was $1500O 8 year. and who was active on the boards of $ several financial institutions of Steelton the location of the works. Another was pointed out as college graduate, who, entering the employ of the company as a clerk, and realizing that the money prizes were in the rolling mill, devoted himself to acquiring the necessary skill and soon achieved machine. For years he has been in receipt of wages aggre- gating $12,O0O, and has already accumu- lated a competence. He lives in Harris burg, where his family move in the best circle and where his wife has her horses and coachman.