WINOED MISSILES. H Tho number of Italians In Now York city Is roughly estimated at 40,000. M Dcrtlnors may ho n llttlo slow, but thoy M havo buried all their telcphouo and tclo- M graph wires. H A Toronto paper figures out thnt tho drunkards of that city lost $191,012 in v wages Inst vear. H Tlio English nover much llkod tho Scotch, yet it Is suid there aro moro Scotch in Lon- don than lu Edlnburg. M Thero Is an old and widespread notion that tho mirrors must bo removed from a , M room lu which a corpso Is lying. M Dr. IJrown-Scqunrd claims that bis M elixir has cured Intermittent fovor, nou- M rulghi, rheumatism, Insomnia and leprosy. M England Is not much of n wheat producer. H Sovou out of every eight loaves of bread M eaten In London nro made from foreign H wheat. M In England Gladstone Is tho "grand old M man," and they call John Morlcy "tho M (fraud young man." Thoy aro both worthy H of their titles. H Dublin hus not been negloctful In pro- t vldlng pleasure grounds for her people It M has moro parks than tiny other city In tho M United Kingdom. M It Is said that in tho river approach to H Lake Nicaragua and in tho lake Itself nru k to ho found what aro said to bo tho only AH fresh-water sharks known. Tho mines uloni? tlio Union Pacific Hall- M way now produce over 1,400,000 tons of H coal annually, and tho owners aro prcpar- H lug for a much larger output, H Lovely woman und uoblo man havo liccn M expressed In scientific qualities. Thoy nro M tho constructive nud tho dostructlvo elo- M ments In tho protoplasmic, environment. M Aujintc, a plckor-up of cigar ends, has M Just died In Paris, leaving behind him tho M respectable sum of 100,OJ) francs, which, H It is narrated, ho amassed from his occu- H pntlon. M A Sun Francisco undertaker has fitted M up a largo and handsoino funeral parlor H whore funerals may bo hold. It is Intend- M cd to meet tho needs of fuuilllca who llvo M lu hotels. M Nearsightedness Is overrunning tho M French peoplo us well ns tho Germans. H Among tho senior hoys In tho different, M French colleges more than 41 pur cent aro M nearsighted. M Tho high rato of mortality among tho M shop girls In tho monster shop of Paris, ft H per cent, is largely duo to premature vital ' M exhaustion from being unable to sit dowu H throughout tho day. H Think of living fur thlrty-ono years ns H tho guest of tho samo hotel. That Is tlio H record made by a hoarder lu tha Now York H Fifth Avenue Hotel, who has been thero H continuously shico August -f, 1SVJ. H Four tamo ducks have co3t tliu county of H Cascade, Moat., about HK) owing to cros t suits among neighbors for trespass, perjury H und threats of bodily harm. Olio of thu H men has been scut to tho penlteutlary. --H Mun uud women who writo ought to bo H moro careful. It Is estimated that !!0J let- M tcrs nro delayed or miscarried becauso of H tho similarity of tho name Washington thu H statu and Washington tho capital of tho nation. H At Amherst, N. S., recently Itov, Dr. V Hartley lost a valuable ring. Ho udver- H Used but gut no tidings until a droum re- H vculed to him tho fact that tho ring was H under his bed, nnd ho found it on ono of H tho sluts. sfl Ono of tho largest forests in tho world H stands on Ico. It is situated between Urul H nud tho Okhotsk Sea. A well was recently I dug lu this region, when it was found thut H ntn depth of 111) metres the ground wu.i H still frozen. Thero Is somo prosed thut New York I will havo n stuto park lu tho Adirondacka. I It is proposed tbat u reservation of about t twenty-llvo miles square ho taken, com- H prising 1,000,000 acres, tho sumo to Include H Itacquct Luko. H In Ansonia, Conn., tho other dny threo M Chhiumen entered a srtcut car, and when H tho conductor caiuo for faro ono of tho M Celestials gavo his head a turn und n Jerk H and droppod threo nickels from Ids ear into H tho conductor's hand. H Pecan nut growing Is ono of tho rising M Industries of tho gulf stutcs. After tho V trees begin to boar thoy involve no labor M or expense, nnd yield, it is said, un in- fl como of fiOO to 1,000 por aero, according . M to tho quality of tho nut. H A French attorney was writing out it JM brlof. Ho was In splendid health, only JH forty years old, und was writing rapidly, y H when nil at onco ho stopped, und from thut f Kk moment could not tell his own nnmo. sB Memory went out from him liko u flush of , lightning, ?H In tho United Kingdom 20,000,000 hens lay on "an average ninety eggs oaeh per IH nnuum, of which ten nro reserved for H hatching. It follows that the homo prod- I uct Is ,00,000,()00, which, added to tho number imported, gives ,700,00000 or I soventy-threo per Inhabitant. H Hair is not only strong, but it is elastic. I Many men cau testify to this physical fact, -tfl but somo curious experimenter sujsi "A slnglohulr cnu support n weight of two I ounces, und Is so elastic that It may bo H stretched to ono-thlrd of Its entire length, H nud. then retain its former sbo uud condl- . I Hon." Iu Moscow nmy bo seen In thu streets 'B any day u boggur who was, a fuw years H ago, ouo of tho richest men lu tho elty. jH His father loft htm $r,roo,003, but ho gam- blod It till away. Ho cared literally for H nothing hut gambling, and if ho had tho , I iiiouoy uguiu ho would loso It onco moro In H tho sumo way. H Gorman teachers nro so poorly paid that tho number Is being reduced to uu lrcou- vcnlont extent und In tho coming session tho Prussian landtag will havo to take tho H matter In band. After a preparation of H tlvu yours tho teacher finds a position I which pays about $1M a year lass than any I trained artisan may obtuln. S