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The area covered by the national
capitol il l.Is.si2 square feet.
The last ea,:ii q the New oYrk
telephone hsa.. 4 aoto tons
Under ordinar. circumstances. the
life OF a wooden boat is four tunes that
of steel.
In the matter Of drinking unused
the philosopher with the inpressionistic
nose, .be SURE you are right and you
Won't gel a head" philadelphia Rec
ord
\ widower who was married recently
FOR the third time. and whose bride
had been married oare before herself.
wrote across the bottom Of the wedding
Invitations: lie sure and o,ne this
Is no amateur performance
One IF the most destructive as well
n Of the most offensive pests that
afllict the planters Of India II the red
cotton Ing. The insect has been report
el as n cotton pest from every part of
the country, Its presence is detected
by the offensive odor.
lIithereto the population of japanese
towns of the empire as a whole has
been estimated from the official records
OF births and deaths and other docu-
ments. but Ii has now been arranged
To make a municipal house to house in
~vestigation, commencing nj Kobe.
Guam, which Is one of the most unin-
Wiling of our possessions, viii be
equipped with an experimental station
through the means of which itx re-
sources viii he investigated ana en-
Outraged. DIR. w. Ill. Evans, of the
Office of experiment stations, has visited
the island and selected a site for the
station at Agana. The station will be
conducted under the immediate super
vision Of the Office, with II. l.. V. Coste-
noble as an agent in charge.
Lord Lyyeden is nm ardent peerage
reformer and tells this anecdote: A
famous statesman Of tie nineteenth
century was called upon to visit his son
in prison. He bitterly ~reproached him,
remarking Here am l.. having worked
my way up from a middle class home
to a great position. and when / die
you will be the greatest ~biackguard in
and then replied. with terrible irony:
"Yes-when YOU die"
1t Is customary In Spain when an
infant first begins % notice things to
place before it a silver coin. a sword,
a silver cross, q book and some fruit.
The object to which the child stretches
his hand indicates. according to accept
Ell belief, his future vocation. The coin
is for commerce, the sword for the
army, the cross and the book respec-
lively point to the church and the law
or learning, while the fruit denotes a
farmer or landowner.-The English
man.
The Woman Suffrage Association of
New jersey recently celebrated the 6f-
tieth anniversary Of Lucy Stone letting
her household goods. including her
baby's cradle, be sold for taxes in Or
ange as a protest against taxation with
out representation. The ~suffragists say
that this was the first instance In the
world of a woman refusing to pay taxes
for this reason. Since then there have
been many similar instances. The last
and most notable perhaps was the case
Of Lady steel, who let her goods be sold
Mt auction in Edinburg, Scotland.
Lowry is a man with 4 moderate in
come and one child, whom he IS already
sending TO n French master. who is ac-
eustomed to be paid every Monday Re
Gently Lowry sent Henry to his lesson
without the usual bank note. That
evening the father looked over the boys
exercise, and this is what he found
Henry doing his best to put into Paris
ian French Il have no money. The
week is mp. Have you no money? Has
your father III money? I need money.
What is the day of the week: The day
OF the week is Monday. Does your ia
Their know the day of the week."
Friends Of the late General Fltz-
hugh Lee have erected a monument
over his grave in Hollywood Cemetery,
Richmond. On the front Is the Lee
coat of arms. Beneath are the dates
of his birth and death, November. 1885,
and April. 1905, and the Inscription,
Faithful Unto Death On the north
side is: "Major-General, C. s. A, 1867
G5: Commander Of Cavalry. Army OF
Northern Virginia, lsGi'G5." On the
back of the shaft liz Governor Of Vir-
ginia, lSS6-'90; Consnl-General to Cuba,
1896 '9S.' On the south side is Ma
jor-General Commanding the Seventh
Army Corps of the United States, 1898;
Acknowledgement of the United States,
retired, 1901"
a scheme is being arranged for the
protection Of the manllke apes in the
German colonies of equatorial Africa.
1t Is proposed III tine first place that the
shooting of these creatures should he
strictly prohibited aud steps taken for
their protection In connection with