Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-03
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The range in weight of the Jewels In
watches is from one OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
thousandth to one notwithstanding
six-thousandth of a pound.
Harrison Simrall, secretary Of the Board
OF Education OF Lexington; Ky. is In poses
formerly belonged to Henry Clay.
George G. lockwood of New York has
just passed half a century as a photogra-
pher. He has made portraits of many prom
since Van Buren,.
1t is stated with authority thai New
York state raises more onions than any
other state. II was impossible to detect
the fact before, because the legislature Is
still In session at Albany.
In addition to his other honors King Ed
ward is the titular and hereditary preacher
at st. David's cathedral in Wales. He Is
allowed a salary of IS a year and a Pew
in the cathedral is reserved for his use.
Through the neglect of the legislature Of
such purposes, Governor Heard is unable
to make any offers of reward for the ap-
prehension Of accused murders in that
state. -
King Victor Emmanuel, whose great
hobby is coin collecting, is just putting the
finishing touches to his magnificent work on
be $1,000. The kings collection of coins
consists of 5000 specimens.
Hayden. the English artist. In his diary
relates how he once went late 70 a sitting
the cd duke tore his white hair and cried
that he had sat to 400 - painters and
sculptors and none OF them was ever pune
tual."
The most wonderful Of aboriginal Ameri-
can monuments Is the famous Aztec calen-
dar now In the Mexican National Museum.
1t Is a zodiac. eleven feet In diameter, and
carved from solid rock. The monks of
Cortez buried II In a marsh and 1t was
lost for 2S2 years.
The offer Of rewards by a newspaper in
Salem. Mass. for the collection OF nests OF
the brown-tail moths was so effective tina
within two weeks 40, 215 nests were brought
IN. One lad collected 1884 nests and wor
the first prize, SIS. The next largest mum,
Der was 1884, for which the second prize
SIS, was paid.
There are in New York three life insur.
ance institutions, two OF them mutual as
| sociatiOns and one an Incorporated organi
zation, whose financial operations prac
tically match those Of the United States
treasury. They possess resources in th'
way of cash or quick assets almost equal e
those upon which the secretary OF th'
r. w. Scott. the Canadian secretary o
state, has Just celebrated his 18th birth
day. He is the Nestor Of Canadian hber
Laurier's government. His caiI to tn
Canadian bar dates from ls4S and In l5
he was mayor Of Ottawa. Five years late
ne entered Parliament and he has beef
there ever since.
One OF the most beautiful sights eve
seen In California. according to the paper
Of that state, was observed at Corona thi:
month. when a vast cloud OF butterfiei
passed over the place. They flew abou
Ave feet from the earth, and the mass wa
half a mile wide and several miles long
No one knows how high in the air the hoel
Of brilliantly eolored Insects extended o.
where they went or came from.
Governor ~Pennypaeker Of Pennsylvania
has signed a law providing for the eX
penditure OF S600,OO during the next I'll
years for the Improvement of the publ
roads OF the state. The expenditures 10
the next two years are limited 20 1900, O0
A state highway commissioner. to be ap
pointed by the governor and have a salaT
OF $500 a year. and an assistant with 800
salary. are provided for by the bin.
The dihieulty In damaging a war balboa
in midalr was recently shown by test
made In Austria, The experimenters an
chored a balloon at a height Of 1000 fee
and had gunneTs who had not been give
the distance try to disable IL. II require
twenty-five shots 20 md the range, eve
approximately, and not until the sixty
fourth round was The balloon hit. II the
sustained but a slight tear. which caused
to descend slowly.