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sanity is found in Egyptian papyrus Of
the fifteenth century II. c.
The average duration of marriages
in England is 2S years; in France and
Germany. rs; in Norway, "a; Russia, 80.
Sydney. Australia, reports that the
bubonic plague is not communicable
between individuals. Fats, mosquitoes
and vermin alone convey il.
The wasp. like the bee and almost
every other insect, is infested with
parasites. Wasps have been captured
which had two or three dozen para
sites clinging to their bodies.
-Elmington, the beautiful Virginia
estate of Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., is
at it's best just now. King Powhatan
lived near there and, according to
tradition, it was there that Pocahon-
tas saved the life of Capt. John Smith.
Clara Barton visited the White
House the other day to say good-by
to President Roosevelt before sailing
for Russia. The President reminded
her of their meeting in Cuba, when
Miss Barton told him that on that &C.
had ever SEEN"
The wandering life of circus per-
formers is we'll illustrated in the case
of a quartet known as the -Four Fran
co.'s now performing in London, three
sisters and their brother. Their father,
a circus clown, is a German; their
mother, noted equestrienne, is a Hun
garian, and the children We're born
respectively in Sweden, Holland, Hun
gary and Germany.
Recent discussion as to the proper
pronunciation of certain Boer names
has led a London newspaper to inquire
how the Beers themselves pronounce
the names of De Wet, Delarey, Botha,
Steyn and Leyds. If Boer usage is to
prevail De Wet is De Vet, Delarey has
the accent on the last syllable, just as
De La Rue; Botha is Bota, with the
accent on the first syllable; Steyn and
Leyds are stain" and Lads" respec-
lively.
AN interesting incident of the Or
egon election was the success of the
venerable George H. Williams in the
race for Mayor of Portland" says the
Chicago Chronicle. This is the 'Laun-
dalet' Williams, whose purchase of a
costly carriage at government expense,
though for private use, contributed to
the scandals which agitated Grants
second term as President. He has
been lost to sight in national affairs
for twenty-five years"
Lord Rosebery continues to be the
recipient of English university and
other honors of various degrees of
glory. He has been elected chancellor
of London university, succeeding the
late Lord Kimberley; the Welsh uni
Versity has just conferred an honorary
degree upon him and few days ago
he was elected honorary president of
the Glasgow and West of Scotland
Liberal league.
Shortly before Andrew Carnegie
sailed for Europe a friend eongratu-
lated him on the success of his new
book and jokingly added that he had
heard the millionaire intended to write
a volume of love poems. What nom
sense!" said Carnegie. why not?'
said his friend you have been in
love, haven't your" "Oh, yes" was the
dry reply. Il have also been seasick.
but that's no reason why l should
write a poem about it, even if l had
ability to write verse"
Just how sensitive Wall street is
was manifested on a recent morning
when it became known that Russell
Sage was unable to come downtown.
This is so unusual that an uneasy feel
ing at once manifested itself and could
not be quoted until it was certainly
known that the octogenarian multi
millionaire was merely suffering from
a slight cold. Mr.. Sage has only alb
thug n O.
casions since Norcross tried to blow
him to pieces with a dynamite bomb.
-Reinach has made a series of ex-
pertments upon children of and
months, with chocolate, says the Phil
adelphia Journal. lie found that the
fat was we'll absorbed, and that very
small proportion of it reappeared in
the feces. The children increased very
rapidly in weight. The indications for
the use of chocolate are acid dyspep-
STA, fat dyspepsia, chronic enteritis,
cases in which the body weight does
not increase with normal rapidity upon
ordinary diet and in rachitc and
scrofulous children.
Evidences of a buried village have
recently been reported in Lassen coun-
ty, California, on the line of what was
known in 1913 as ''Lasen's Cutoff" The
discovery was made by a party of sur
veyors who camped one evening over
the spot and were led by certain in
dicdtlons to make search for buried
ruins. Digging down a short distance
they were rewarded by finding numer-
Gus skeletons and a number of pecu-
larry shaped dishes, cooking utensils
weapons ETC. 1t is said an expedition
will shortly set out to determine the
nature and extent of the discoveries.
Tt was on the unhappy Island of
Martinique" says the London Chron-
icle, that the Kings grandfather, The
Duke of Kent, won his spurs as a SOL
der. Prince Edward, as he was then.
was given the command of the Sew
enth Fusileers at Gibraltar in 1871
but was soon afterward transferred to
Canada. In 1894 he sailed from Hal
flax to take part in the expedition
against the French islands in the
Caribbean, and after many hard bat
ties about the base of Mont Pelee
captured Martinique from the valiant
General RochambeaU Major General
Prince Edward had the French colors
struck and the British flag hoisted,
and the gallant defenders were all
lowed the honors of war, marching
out of the fort with their colors flying.
They were shipped back to France
but the broken hearted Rochambeau
could not face home again, and went
to America to die"
Sometimes science, like religion.
asks us to believe what cannot he
proved by practical demonstration and