Evening journal., 1904-02-08
CAUGHT ATRANDOM

The Landlady-Mr. Boarder. will you
kindly pass the pie?
The Boarder-No madam, l don't care to
take the chance of being charged as an
accessory before the fact"
Both the Queen of Holland and the
Queen-mother have contributed to the
funds Of the Salvation Army in the
Netherlands.
DR.. e. B. Wilson, professor Of zool-
ogy, at Columbia University, has been
elected a member of the Academia del
Lineei, Rome.
Phnlie-Is that man Jenkins subject
to bilious attacks?
Penn-Yes; he suffers from one every
time he meets a collector.
The pen may be mightier than the
sword. but it depends largely on the
distance.
OF the seven Presidents France has
had only one who has served a full
term.
II depends largely on the size Of the
yor enough to return it.
Waggles-Do you prefer the automo-
bile TO the good old team Of bays?
Jaggles-Yes. in winter.
waggles-why in winter?
Jaggles-IIorses don't keep falling down
on the ice.
Work is to begin Immediately on the
erection Of a large museum in Ottawa, tC
be called the Victoria National Museum
which is to be the centre Of literary and
scientific work in Canada.
The zebruia. the cross between the zebr;
and the horse. has been under test in Ger
many. and is claimed to be less liable tC
disease than the mule, livelier, and bet
ter adapted TO transport work.
Wages in Russian factories are cents
an hour and upward. There are thousands
who work for a cent an hour and tens OF
thousands who do not receive 80 cent.
a day for ten, eleven, and more hours
work.
During January and February 400 acre.
Of high-grade cotton viii be planted ii
Antigua. There are now 1900 acres un
der cotton cultivation in the smaller Is
lands CT the West Indies. During the sum
mer a sample Of Sea Island cotton wai
received at Liverpool from Barbados an,
it was declared to be the best cotton evei
seen ia England.
Newspaper work in Russia Is not pleas
ant. The government spends more none,
on its press censors than on its schools
Last year IS papers were suspended FOL
various periods, and % were forbidden I,
accept all advertisements. while 259 edi
Tors were told they could have a shor
vacation in Siberia If they continued theii
methods OF reviewing various public cues
tions.
The worlds production of rubber was
two years ago almost equally divided
between Africa and South America
Now the Amazon region produces
three-fifths Of it.
It is better to be a hen-pecked hus-
band at home than goose -plucked for a
good thing in a bar room.
It is reported from Austin. Texas, tha
Representative Burleson, OF that place hal
travelled from Washington to Austin sim
ply to pay his poll-tax of S1.75, In ordei
that he might retain his right 10 vote anC
hold office in the State.
Mrs. Catherine Kendall Steele, one O
whose sisters was the mother Of Frank
lin Pierce. fourteenth President Of TIL
UNITED States, has Just died at Lyndeborg
n. H.. at the age of 102. She was borI
at Amherst, n. H., May %, 1901.
Columbia University will send as rep
resentatives TO the meeting OF the Associ
alton of American Universities. TO b
held at Yale. on February rs. Presiden
Bupsler, Dean e. d. Perry. Of the Schoo
of Philosophy: Professor Munroe Smith
and Professor w. II. Carpenter.