Evening journal., 1903-08-15
CAUGHT ATRANDOM

tho darkness and flung their puny ink
blots at the shining splendor Of his
stainless shield"
The orator was worthy Of his sub
ject
There are four millionalres In Britain
TO one IN France.
over 500 infants are killed every year
in London by being overlaid in bed
by their parents.
The electrical traction system Yam
KEGS are building to furnish power for
their underground railways in London
will be the largest i'm the world. 1t will
have ten steam turbines OF $500 horse
power. The trains used will be similar
to those on the Boston elevated railway
made up OF three motor and four
trailer" cars.
The tlght-rope performer is compelled
to stick to the straight and narrow path.
Adele-How does Marie look in her new
gown?
Estelle-In the mirror all the time.
Little wnle-POp. what is trade
mark2
His Pop-He is the gent who gets the
sucker end OF a bargain.
They say that the pen Is mightler than
the sword, but a sharp tongue can do
more damage than either.
Some men are too prone to think that
all ideas that do not coincide with theirs
are naturally wrong.
Judge-ofhcer. what is the charge
against this man?
Ofhcer-Mayhem, yer Honor
Judge -Mayheml 1t looks to me like
plain case Of drunk.
ofheer-That's right. yer Honor, he bit
of one too many.
The oldest ship In the world, the mail
schooner Vigllant, running into St. Croix,
+. w. L., although now under the French
flag, was built OF Essex oak at Essex,
Mass. in 1902.
In an article on The Age Of the World"
Sir Edward Fry. the famous English
geologist, declares that 45OO0O,OO0 years
must have elapsed since the existence Of
life on the globe.
A recentscensus4 of. China shows that
that country, crowded with 'teeming mil
Hons" has '103 TO the square mile. Bel
glum HAS ~ to ithe square mile. Great
Britain 430, and Germany 1O5.
) g. ssA go
The ice IN Greenland is melting more
rapidly than it is formed. Comparison of
the descriptions of the Jacobshaven gla-
cier shows that its edge has receded eight
miles since 1850, and It has lost 20 to 80
feet in depth.
Siberian railway trains. under new
schedule, cover the distance from Mos
COW to Port Arthur. 53SS miles, in 10 days
the fare including sleeper, being SiS4. The
globe trotter can have a special train Of
three cars for si.OS a mile.
The jew nose. with hook, was found
in but per cent. of 5000 Hebrews OBJ
served by DR.. Fishberg. medical examiner
for the United Hebrew Societies. Straight
noses constituted 6S per cent. broad noses
u per cent, and retrousse noses Il per
cent.
Colonel Albert A. Pope has just cele-
brated his sixtieth birthday. He says he
Is n the prime Of life and as full OF
energy ana enthusiasm as when he was
30. Bicycles made him fame and money.
He expects to see the bicycle return TO
popular favor.
w. C.. de Mile, the playwright, made
the following bon mot at the Players
Club the other evening. The talk had
dealt with an actor who had stopped
drinking and had become a rabld cold
water advocate. YES" said De Mile
'he used to be all aqua fortis,' but now
his forte is aqua.
Louis Sherry. tired OF the magnificent
expenditure in Fifth avenue. has gone tc
the South of France, where he frequently
dimes for a franc. makes the garcon hap
py by a lOO-per-cent. tip. and gains re.
nown as an American millionaire. He
knows the gastronomic possibilities OF tbs
country he is touring in an automobile 81
thoroughly he never fails ITO get a dinner
as good as he would get In his own es
tahlishment In New York.
Statistics Of suicide In the Austro-
Hungarian army tell a dark story
Even among the civilian population Of
that empire the percentage OF suicides
is high-l.63 per 10000 inhabitants
as against O.76 in England, though stiy
lower than Germany. whose percentage
is 2.7i. Austrian army suicides, how
ever. are equal to those of any three
other European armies put together
England's army OF free men does no
weary Of its own existence. The per
centage is 2.06 per 10000, while in tn
Austrian army Il rises to 1888, evel
? double that Of the German army
= which may be described as a bad sec
> ond, with a rate OF 6.33.
= The first American baby born i'm tn
= island of Guam is the daughter of Eu
n gene Dewey Ryan. Paymaster in IN
United States army. The distinguishe
y little stranger is now between l ~
n months old. Paymaster Ryan, VIII
= was on the Concord at the battle {
d Manila has been in Gaum about
l. year.
.. Since 1890 the number OF liquor !
n censes in Liverpool, England, has bee