, 1903-01-30
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The first scientific society was estab
lished by Or. Franklin.
Yarn from wood pulp Is now an ar
ticle of commerce in Germany.
India rubber and gutta percha trees
have been discovered in German New
Guinea.
The first woman telegraphic opera
tor was Sarah C. Bagley, of Lowell,
Mass, 1S46.
The Chinese government has taken
the first steps toward the organization
of a patenttsystem
Financial students in the Treasury
predict that there will be $1,000, 100000
in gold in the Treasury within the next
five years.
Her puppy having died, a fox terrier
at Twickenham is now contentedly act
ing as foster mother to a couple OF
young kittens.
Kidder-The proverb, Every dog has
its day." doesn't go in Algiers. Easly-
FWhy? Kidder-For the very good rea'
son that there every dey has his dog.
Two Roman coins, one a silver token
of Domitian, A. d. S1-96, and the other
a brass piece of TTajan, A. d. 9S, have
been unearthed in Dowgate Hill, Lon.
don.
The Mexican Government has pur
chased the major part of the recent
issue of Interoceanic Railroad Com
pany's bonds, thus obtaining he con
trolling interest in the road.
Since 1850 the population Of the
world has doubled;' its indebtedness
chiefly for war purposes, has quadru.
pied. It was eight billions fifty years.
ago; 1t Is thirty-two billions to-day.
Prince Frederick Leopold, who mar
ried a sister of the German Empress,
and is known as a strong pro-Boer, has
fitted all his men servants at his pal
ace near Potsdam with Boer uniforms
and SLOUGH hats.
Postmaster Hubbard, OF Boston, fur.
nishes good evidence that the recent
political fcampaign aroused consider
able interest in Massachusetts,. Nearly
twice as much campaign literature was
handled as was ever before known in
his Office.
A million dollar bills packed solidly
like, leaves In a book made a pile 27o
feet high. One thousand million dol
lars, the price which Europe annually
pays for ornaments In time of peace
equal a pile of dollar bills over fifty.
two miles high.
Cornell's entry of a crew for the
Henley regatta has inspired the dgan-
lzation of the Cornell Club of London.
Seventy-flve former students of Cornell
! University have Joined. They are most
ly electrical or mechanical engineers
Tempfo1eu by ctarrss- T-W0M
the new electrical establishments there.
W. J.. Chapelle. who died recently in
~Leavenworth, Kan, was manager OF
Ford's Theater at Washington when
President Lincoln was assassinated,
and was one of the first to reach the
side of the wounded President. He
was 10 years old, and had been In the
show business for fifty years. He was
buried at Great Bend, Pa, where his
/ laughter resides.
Duncan Gillies, who has been chosen
Speaker of the newly elected Victorian
Parliament. in Australia, was first
elected to that body in 1859 as a min
Prs candidate. he being then but %
ears old. Ever since that time he has
been a leading parliamentary figure.
Mr.. Gillies, who was born in Glasgow
| i|ixty-nine years ago, is the first Scotch
nan to occupy the Speakers chair. He
has declined to be k%nighted.
"Vanumanutangi." which Is Samoan
for the home of the singing bird" is
The NAME given to her new residence
In the Santa Cruz mountains of Cali
fornia by Mrs. Robert Louis Steven
son. The spot is in one Of the quietest
parts of the great blue mountains and
| much like, the old home in Yailima.
Mrs. Stevenson had a house-warming
party at Vanumanutangi recently,
where she made welcome all the lead.
, Ing social and literary lights of San
Francisco. :,
Reports from Italy state that the
phylloxera is working ravages among
the vineyards of that country, and that
! there will be an unprecedented de-
mand for American vines with which
to graft the old ones 1t is reported that
DOS provinces In Italy have been invad-
ed by this insect, and that not less than
$50. 900 acres of vineland have been en-.
tirely destroyed. The phylloxera invad-
/ ed Italy in 1879, nine years after its
first incursfon into France. When dis
covered in Ere nee 1t was noticed that
it did not lnjure American vines that
had been planted there.
Signs.