Evening journal., 1905-04-05


that his happy and prosperous town
has neither saloon, pauper, town debt
nor lawyer.
In Siberia the cold Is often so intense
for weeks at a time In midwinter that
only the houses with the thicket walls
are habitable
II is claimed that Costa Rica has a
greater variety Of animals than any
other country. or birds alone there
are about 600 kinds.
In Cardiff, Wales, since the religious
revival began there has been n decrease
Of 60 per cent In the number Of ar
rests for drunkenness.
There is not a Democrat In the Mich
igan legislature, while those Of Missis-
sippi. Louisiana. Florida and South
Carolina are composed entirely Of
Democrats
Tar and the smell Of Il are the best
OF all tonics and tissue builders The
average life Of a tar worker IS eighty
six years The mortality is 80 per cent
lower than in any other factory trade.
Lecturing the other night at Liver
pool, the Rev Ian Maclaren said, mo
man is justified in marrying who can
not obtain n first class life certificate
from really good insurance compa-
ny"
sauereln. the master OF forty Ian
guages. has just died at his home in
Christania Among the languages
which he could speak huently were
Chinese, Sanskrit. Wendish and Llthu-
anian
The other night the police Of Buda-
pest made raid on the principal park
and found over fifty persons, OF both
sexes, soundly asleep in the branches
OF a group of trees. Each was secured
with piece Of rope.
A plan is now on foot TO connect
some Of the scattered islands In the
south sea by wireless telegraph. It is
thought that Il will be Of great benefit,
as there is now no means Of communi-
cation between them.
The oldest specimens Of glass are
traced back from 1900 to 1900 years
before Christ These are Of Egyptian
origin Transparent glass is believed
to have been FIRST used about I5O years
Before the Christian era.
Dealers IN Italian marbles practice a
: great deal Of fraud on wealthy custom
! ers There Is not one marble vase OF
bench OF font in ten that IS genuinely
. old Italian. However, the commercial
articles are faithful replieas, and tbs
: marble really comes from Italy
+. A French invention Is a ships com
] pass so mounted that as 1t SWING
d round with the variations In the point
5 Ing Of the vessel Il produces automat
: ically, through electric connection, Z
chart on a sheet Of paper by consult
] ing which the ships officers can see
what the course was at any moment
OF the voyage.
Thereis a considerable waste energy
in noise that might be utilized Fol
example. it would be possible to ar
range the combination OF a safe loci
50 as to open il by singing a certain
melody. The notes would set CORE
spending metals vibrating. Thes'
would communicate with electrical
power, which in turn would move th'
tumbrels Of the lock, and the bolt
would turn back.
There are many log cabins In tn
Adirondacks that cost their owner
over 100000 apiece. One Of the mos
sumptuous, near saranac lake, 4
weatherboarded and shlngled outside
but has the log effect within. All tn
interior furnishings are Of logs. Eve
the piano is made Of logs, mos
unique beautiful and costly instru
ment. Seasoned birch logs were use
for its outer frame or case.
Mexican mariguana Is commo
looking weed and IS worse than opiur
or its preparations. Il is made int
cigarettes, and few strong puffs ar
inhaled into the lungs. II its use stop
here the smoker is mildly intoxicate,
If he goes further with the smoking h
becomes really drunk. and a few add
tional puns overthrow his mind an
he becomes a lunatic. He will ru
backward. imagining that all sorts {
beasts are pursuing him.
Every year Amsterdam receives nea
ly 1000 pounds weight OF a curiot
and interesting vegetable substanC
known IN Java as kapok. which
found very useful for stuffing chea
mattresses and pillows. among oth'
purposes. II is a sort Of yellow wn'
ding which nature uses as a coverin
= for the seeds of certain trees In Il
Malaccas. II has been found imposs
- BILE TO spin or weave il, but It gives e,
cellent results for bedding. making
N mattress delightfully."- soft.
n The latest improvement In the wa
$. OF screwdriver provides for a monke
"a wrench attachment for use Vhen poy
w erful pressure must be brought to be'
where II is desired to remove screw
e which have become securely imbedde
Ill in their places by means Of rust {
o other reasons. This new implement
In made with a square shank Of rath'
stout proportions. and this enables Il
workman TO make use OF a monkC
wrench In conjunction with the screy
driver, and thus the most firmly n
bedded screw may be easily dislodge
The man who has time on his han,
% should not bother some other man
lift it off for him.