Evening journal., 1902-02-13
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An aerolite fell near Chatilliens the
other day. The stone was triangular
in shape, Of a dark gray color, about
eleven ounces i'm weight This is only
the second meteoric stone that is
known TO have fallen In Switzerland.
South Carolina and Mississippi are
the only two States now in which the
negroes oultnumber the whites. In
Louisiana the relative decrease Of ne
grOes has been very marked, but in
Alabama and Florida the relative PRO
portion of negroes has increased. The
lblack population appears to be concen-
trating in the low and warm regions
of South Carolina Georgia, Florida,
! Alabama. Mississippi and Louisiana
Phil Brick-Whats the difference be-
tween an honest and dishonest poll
| tician?"
Phil Cassifer-One is in politics for
the good he can do his fellow-citizens,
wh1a the other is in politics for any
amount he can do his fellow-citizens.
Scattered throughout the various
| Washington departments are hundreds
of clocks and chronometers. which cost
the Government annually thousands Of
dollars. The thermometers are the most
! Expensive clocks in existence. and hey
are TO be found on board every warship
of the United states. These timepieces
cost $400 each The ones most con-
suited are Those in the marble room CT
the Senate, and in the speakers lobby
OF The House. Hundreds of people
daily correct their watches by them.
Within the past twenty-five years
the fire loss in the United States has
exceeded $4,000. 100000. To this total
the year 1901 has contributed losses
aggregating over S170,00O,0O0.
Here is a Brooklyn alderman's def
milton of paresis: There is some men
what says things they know to be
wrong. and which they think is right,
and that is paresis.'
A few years ago it took one man
| 35ib hours to take a ton Ofhay from the
stubble and put it in bales. 1t now
takes II hours and "a minutes. The
cost is reduced from s3.06 to S1.29 per
ton.
Phenomenally mild winter is being
| experienced in Russia. At klev, the
trees are budding. the River Dneiper
is clear of ice. while at Warsaw vio-
let's are towering.
The German army reserves are great
I Irr frlu in
years thirteen days of drill. $3.50 non
commissioned officers and 4S,ll1 pri-
Yates viii put in an appearance. This
is nearly double last years numbers.
We import from italy annually &c.
100000 pounds of macaroni, valued at
100000.
Ten thousand gallons OF wine were
used to extinguish a fire in a winery
OF the Santa Clara Valley, California,
after the supply Of water had given
out
The expenses of the city OF London
this year amount to 100000 600. and
those of the city of New York, as pro-
vided for in the budget, to $910OO.OOO
A shoe firm in Toledo. Ohio, has
traced to the depredations of mice
losses in greenbacks and other paper
! money which have amounted to $780,
600 in four years.
The new railway bridge, the long
est inu South Africa. across the Lowe
Tugela in Natal. is very nearly fin
4 ished and the new line will be com
D. pleted in about a year.
= why. I didn't know you had veal
: eyes. Mortimer" exclaimed his YER
best girl.
Il haven't" returned Mortimer
! earnestly. 81 have come to ask you
d father for your hand tonight, and
: is a states prison offense 70 strike
= person wearing glasses in the eye
y The champion smoker OF the BIRTHS
IL army. a private in the Third Battalion
n Royal Warwickshire Regiment, ha
u from his youth up regularly consume
one and one-half pounds of tcbacC
d EVERY week until his regiment wa
1t drafted out to South Africa, when u
at curtailment of his supply almost brol
lie his heart.
q. The silken thread is spun from tw
orifces in the nose Of the silkworr
In the two threads being united by
D. gelatinous substance.
NJ An experiment in marketing Jers
nm sweet potatoes in London is made
X a New Jersey grower, VINO has shi
ON ped three lots, one in sawdust, one
he fancy wrappers, and one loose in 0
ne barrels.
on Normally, the postoffice stan emplo
"a ed I'm the London postal district nul
~ beers about p 900 OF all ranks For
- purposes Of Christmas and New Yea
W. work about 1000 superintendent We
engaged
er- Someone was telling a senator u
in his opinion President Roosevelt W
- perhaps. better fitted for the rout
work of the White House than any
y our other recent Presidents. on
> count of his experience in the civil )
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