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a comet with two tails is the last
astronomical discovery 10y Professor
Lowell, OF Harvard.
Admiral Dewey sent Christmas
greetings TO all the L. ). vessels
throughout the world that could be
reached by cable or wireless or land
telegraph.
The hest explanation OF the sngges-
ton of the ten-cent subscription for
an 100000 dowry for Alice Roose
welt, is that if the pictures of Nick
Longworth in the daily papers do him
justice she needs the award as a con-
ISOLATION prize.
Miss Alice Roosevelt will he the
sixth of the White House brides. Her
predecessors were Miss Maria Monroe,
Miss Elizabeth Tyler, Miss Nellie
Grant, a niece OF President Hayes and
Miss Frances Folsom. Mr.. Cleveland
is the only President married in the
executive mansion.
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A Christmas tree on hoard q train
was the unique Yuletide celebration
INDUCED in 1.-THE night before Christ
mas" by the forty Eastern newspaper
men who were guests of the Los Ange-
les limited, and who had left for their
return trip across the continent. The
Christmas tree. laden with many 6 lifts,
was unveiled in a Pullman vestibule as
a surprise to the newspaper men from
their railroad hosts. The novel cele.
bration was the occasion of niue b
merriment.
1t is noted that Secretory of the
Navy and Mrs. Bonaparte will be the
host of the President and Mrs. Roose-
welt at formal dinner on board the
U. S. S. Mayfower, February 6. The
dinner company will include thirty
guests, who will be received in the
historic cabin where the President
presented the Russian and Japanese
plenipotentiaries to each other on
August 5, last. This probably will be
the first time that the President has
been aboard the Mayfiower since that
memorable day.
What is the matter with Apostle
Dowie? The late Christmas season
was the first on record in which he
has failed to send greetings to his fol.
lowers. The explanation of Acting
Overseer Speecher that Dowie was on
the ocean and could not communicate
with Zion, was met with the sugges.
ton that he might have mailed his
Christmas message before sailing from
Boston. The answer was that Zion
lists do not make great deal of Christ.
mas services; that New Year is the
big holiday celebrated by them.
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David Starr Jordan, President of
Stanford University believes a war
between this country and Japan is
almost inevitable. He bases his fears
on the crusade of the labor unions to
put the Japs in the excluded class
with the Chinese. and the spirit of re,
sentiment that the contamination OF
the idea will have on a high spirited
people who are now reckoned world
power. President Jordan declared that
the MikadO's Government would re.
sent the action with arms. But then
it is only his opinion, you know, and
is probably not more reliable than the
frequent opinions handed down by Chi.
cago college presidents and profess
sors, who have obtained a reputation
for advanced" thought.
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President Roosevelt is understood OF
have influenced the action OF the
Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and Ohio,
and others Of the principal Eastern
roads by which the entire pass was cut
off on January l. The day before the
order was issued by the Pennsylvania,
A. s. Cassett, president OF the Pennsyl-
vania company, was at the White
House. The subject of passes was
discussed. President Roosevelt ex,
pressed himself in favor OF stopping
discrimination by passenger passes as
we'll as discrimination against freight
shippers by naming special rates to
favored persons or corporations.
That's the "stuff." Now if Mr.. Roose
welt will decline special trains when
he travels, and private cars for govern
ment officials, he will have put an.
other spoke into the slowly revolving
wheel Of reform.
Apple diet seems to have won an
inning in the case of Gustav Nordin, .
hardy Swede, who padded his own
canoe from Stockholm to Paris, and
reached Paris in robust health, after
long voyage, during which he lived
on apples, milk, water and bread.
The Swede states that he undertook
the dangerous and arduous voyage to
I show what could be done by q man
who had given up meat. tea, coffee,
wine, spirits and tobacco. He prided
himself on eclipsing the vege!arians,
and returning to system of what is
termed natural alimentation. But
then, who can determine how it might
"work" on other persons, of different
constitutional temperament? 1t is
said that what is one mans meat is
another's poison, and may it not be
possible that what is food for one will
be rats-bane for another?
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Of all the nations, the Germans are
said to drink the most beer, the Rus.
slams the most distilled liquors, and
the French the most wine. Statistics
of last years production of intoxicat.
ing beverages are not at hand, but in
an average year there is consumed in
, the United States 1,449. 879, 1852 gal.
Ions Of malt liquors, in Great Britain,
$50, 100000 gallons; in Germany.
1.782, OOO.O0O gallons. Russia and
France consume comparatively little
malt liquor. Ofdistilled spirits there
are consumed annually in the United
States about 7,O00,O 900 gallons; in
Great Britain, abont 5S,3lS,OOO gal
Ions; in Russia, 172,0OO.O00 gallons,
and in France. 97,0O0,OOO gallons.
The British and Americans are small
wine drinkers. In the United States
the annual consumption of wines is
only about 80 900, 900 gallons, while in