Evening journal., 1903-05-30
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

New York city. and an alley has been
sold Tor $55,SS2 each Broadway front foot.
The plot upon which Trinity Parish
Church stands exclusive of the church
Itself, lis now considered to be worth $2i,
100000, while the total value of lower
Broadway property in use by Trinity
parish is $s5 600.
The normal human eye can read let
ters seven-twentieths of an inch high at a
distance of twenty feet.
The average age of death has increased
from is years i'm the sixteenth century TO
S5ls years in the present one.
The eating of snakes, lizards, scorpions,
centipedes, tarantulas and other reptiles
is now prohibited by statute in Kansas.
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton had the first
ice cream in the city of Washington. She
used ITO tell with amusement of the de-
Light with which President Andrew jack
son first tasted 1t.
The normal man, who strikes an aver
age between Indifferent silence and mean
ingless verbosity will talk probably one
hour all told, each day, which would al
low him 2iOO words.
The Russians are experimenting with a
''waterclad' babtleship which has an up
per deck of cork and a second deck Of
armor. The space between the two can
be filled with water; then the ship floats
a foot under the seas surface.
Covered with damp moss in muslin
troughs and hermetically sealed in tin,
some 10000 Irish rainbow trout eggs are
ON their way from Innishannon. County
Cork Ireland, to Toxic. for the Japan
Exhibition.
Nero wasn't half as bad as he
who had been peeping into ancient his
tory.
But he was a tyrant," objected the
party on the second part
True" rejoined the other but sup
pose he had used a cornet or an accor-
dion as an instrument Of torture in
stead of a iiddle?"
"Mr. Robotham says he wants yo
ter SEN 'roun raight away de auto
selma"
"Auto-selma? What's that. Sambo?"
Dat machine whut runs hitself
'doutn no hoss."
"Oh, the automobile"
Oats hit; All knowed hit wuz one
o. dem Alabama towns"
The most crooked railway in the world
is one from Boswell to Frledens, Pa, the
air line distance being five miles. The
road doubles on itself four times and at
one point. after making loop OF about
five miles, the road comes back TO within
three hundred feet Of itself on a grade
fifty feet lower.
1t IS safe TO say that every man walks
two miles a day, If only in stirring about
his room OF office. If man lives to be
30 years old he Will walk p 300 miles. The
man who believes in a daily constitutional
OF five miles will walk 81. $50 miles. The cir
conference OF the earth is 2lS99 miles
Walking five miles a day, man who has
walked for thirty years will walk around
the globe twice and have a few thousand
odd miles 10 his credit.
"My!" exclaimed the little fish who
had been nibbling at the bait, this
worm tastes sour"
We'll, my dear" replied the mamma
fish, 'the weather's very warm. and
the worm will turn you know"
Naggsby-I understand our gar
bage system has practically gone to
hades.
waggsby-On the contrary it is
smelling to heaven.
"That new man of yours" said the
proprietor of the store to the DEPART
ment manager, seems to be mighty
hard worker"
Yes" replied the latter. that's his
speciality"
"What-working?
"No--seeming to-"
Beggar-Boss. can't you help a poor
Markley-See herei you've touched
me before.
Beggar-Possibly, sir, possibly. I'm
a photographer by profession, and the
old habit of retouching still clings.
Il don't think I'll wager with you"
said the hacker, you haven't the
dough-"
THAT may be-" replied the butcher
but / don't see you putting up any
stakes.H - 1es'fsES ID sSssls