Show I BITS OF INFORMATION I Quebec supplies p per r cent of or tho the worlds world's supply o of asbestos American railroad shops employ men earning a a. year ear A piece of or stone stono Is 11 used as nil a a. barometer ter terIn In Finland It Is III white during clear weather w but hut darkens with approaching storm The Tho first wood pulp t p paper r wa was about 1567 but the tho Industry did not as- as numo sume commercial Importance until long Ions after neter that Almost 10 p per r cent or about 0 of tho the population of or Japan aro actively ely engaged n In or depending on the ocean for fora a Q A A. medallion of or M. M 1 Lav Laveran ron lips hns b ben en placed In th the military hospital of or Coti- Coti Al Algiers where he hI discovered the tho para parasite of oC malaria In 1880 Police Constable II H Coles Cobs stationed d at t Baling London lAndon holds lJ th the record among humane officers having recently brought hi his nine hundredth case caso of or cruelty to tn horses the tilt Brentford bench Fine Fine- amounting l to moro more till than 0 have h been en Imposed on drivers In cases CAe Dryden Doden married d Lady Elizabeth Howard How ard a 11 sinew shrew of tiC marked markel ability She ho complained com corn that he hf showed her no attention and wished herself herrIC a n. book that she sho might rno enjoy moro of or his hlA society Wish ishi Ish yourself yourself your your- our self an almanac In my dear th then n I could chango chiango you every year replied Dr Dryden den R Recently enrolled among the freshmen at the tho l University I t of Pennsylvania Is u a L. L LP I S i h nobleman bl i th tho th M Marquis l ar jula Carlos I 1 do I S i h nobleman bl i th tho th M Marquis l ar jula Carlos I 1 do I pan s no eina i e a a. youth o of nf 18 18 15 who speaks Eng English lish hish like a no native 1 of or if England having at attended at- at tendon tended 8 hool in that country countr for fot several veral years Mrs and has received hi his A A. A B. B degree there Ills family Is IA On one of or the tho noblest of nr pf Spain an and his hilt father tather occupies a R. high government position Worthington ton C C. Ford Kord o lately Intel chief o of the tho division lon of or manuscripts in tho the library of ot con congress r h has entered upon hi his now new duties with the tho Massachusetts Historical society Ills Ifill work will bo ho the preparation of or Its regular rl publications The Tho first Important matter hustler to rl demand his hi attention will b bH the tue completion of oC the th final editions o of History of oC PI Plymouth Plantation Plantation Plantation Planta Planta- tion and ami History of or Now New England South Sonth Australia's assembly witnessed a B. dramatic scene recently During a debato debate the tho prime primo minister stated stilted that omo some gamblers gam Iam bler bIen hall had cut oC off a l comrades comrade's finger beau because be- be cause au he had lund Joined tim the tho Salvation T Army A member questioned tho thin truth of or this statement when tho ho prime primo minister as astonished as- as tho house by dramatically stretching forth hi his liln hand with Ith a n bottlo bottle In it it cx exclaiming Hero Iro Is Ic tho the finger an antho and tho the deposition accompanying It This who sho was vas afraid of or his hili bed hr-d bedIn bedis hrdI I I In is told toM of or In li lia a hospital l report from rom haifa Pl le Palestine During the tho year wo we 0 havo ha ha had ninny many patients from yer very erv de desolate parts of or I Asia Aida On One wits ItS a Bedouin who ha had never ncr ben hern inside a house hous with windows and hll never seen a bedstead Tin ito wanted to sleep tinder th tin the bed fearing to to tn fall tall off ncr I If he ho I tried to sleep on O It saying I cant can't ti stay athy awake all night holding ho on to this hank bank 11 besides It will not keep kp still U It was a spring Consul General It Michael 11 Ill I'll a 11 of Calcutta writes that twenty from rom natural gas IRS Issues Issues' from rom a n crevice I In iii th the In considerable quantity It has hat b ben been en burning so fO long lone that the oldest Inhabitant can Rive give no run Idea of I when or how It was set on fire Tho The general belief heller among th the natives aties Is that I the ga gait bag ha has been on fire for centuries At 1 nn any rate tho the gas Ras flow has haR been burning as far nl back ns as nn any records have ha been r kept b by white people Chief C Justice Shaw of or Massachusetts one of or the greatest law lawyers of or hI his time was a n plain practical I mo man 11 nd looked In hui his old oid a age ace an at he ho sat on the thc bench somewhat some sonic what W hike He a 1 Chines I Idol and ho lie used frequently to cut oC off Mr Ir Choates Choate's eloquence elo lo quence h by lii calling him back to the tho plain facts At a bar bat dinner Choate wn was called upon to tn toast tho the chile chief Justice an and what he said paid was a thin tto Wo TJ regard nl our oua chief I justice as th the heathen r rI I his Idol We c know that he ho Is I ugly but wo WI feel elJ that he ho I I. I hr great I Tho duke IlIk of or Wellington through h misreading misreading mis mis- reading rc a l bad badi badly I written n letter mails made a n I ludicrous blunder This letter was wal written h by C C. J J. J Lon London on a botanical author who wrote rote to the duke sinko requesting tho the privilege his hili beautiful beeches The Tue 1 loge lege Jc o of seeing duke duke- misread tho thin signature for that of or C. C J. J hl bishop hop of or London and anil wrote In reply reply- My I Ion lord I shall shah always I be glad to see so you ou at Stratto and ln In my servant ant shall shaH show you ou as os man ninny many pairs pair o of m my breeches as you Inn may choose to Inspect ct but hut what you ou want to see sec them for or Is 18 quito beyond inc me Ine Chief 0 of Polled ohl I of or Cleveland the tho golden len rule rille policeman believes that the In day ilay o of the foot root policeman In his lila city Is past lie He favors ors a n system of or automobile squads Quads In a recent report ho lie said sali You might as well send the fire tire en engines l out In Inthe Inthe inthe the streets looking for fires as single lp po policemen po po- n to hunt crime crimI I urge that at al least fifteen automobiles ho bo purchased for forthe or tile the police police department for Cor use WI In patrol patrol- ling I Kohler explains that he lii would woul send lent out omit groups of ur coppers In nulo uto who could bo ho carried o over or r the great territory several times each nl night ht dropping off ocr o e eor e eor or moro mole policemen wherever where suspicious conditions were oro noticed I In a club composed of oC young people I I I I I I which was originally organized for tor bridge purposes tho the chafing dish has become tho the prime feature and prizes are aro sought for fot forby forby b by tho he erea creators torf of or now dishes nicely pr prepared pant lilt and moderate in cost Onn Ono I member who would never ne have Joined 1 except for his fondness for tor th the game said It Its all very cn interesting interesting- for th the tho people who lIk like those things and n I would enjoy the bees hers mys myself IC If IC It not for Cor th the fact that one must cat eat the creations crea erea- I lotus to b h ho polite polito I have haa been a A. close clos observer ob observer ob ob- server CI since sineo tho ho contest content began and am I sure that every woman Mornan thinks think that th the lie I dishes lishes suggested II td b by the others ethers are arr horrid And I ar agree C with them nm and am run sure auto that thata I a 11 row ion will come como in at tho tue finish I II I A committee consisting of Prof J Laurence Lauronce Laur Laur- I of or Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- once encl Laughlin of or tho th h University cago J. J B. B Clark of or Columbia university Henry Hnry C. C dam Adams lams of or tho lie University of ot Michigan an horace White White- of or Now New ow York eft city ami President Carroll Carron D. D Wright of ot CI Clark rk university having ln In charge chargo a fund for or prizes prIze to h be he awarded d for tor essays on economic subjects subject ha has made its awards The Tho first tI-st prize of at 1000 was taken IJ by O Oscar Oscar Os Os- car Douglas Skelton formerly of or tho the Uni- Uni 1 of or Chicago and now professor at I Queens Queen's university Toronto for Cor a paper Socialism Mrs I on The Th Ca Case Caso o Against I Edward rd Sherwood Mcade of or Philadelphia dt won the second prize of by making a o of tho time study of or th the a agricultural resources United States f Fh h is IR a n. graduate of or Chi Chicago ca cago o university class s of ot Governor Harris of Ohio believes that criminals can be employed on a n farm with a advantage antt o to themselves l and the tho state He lie proposes cs that prisoners in iii tIme the penitentiary who arc aro not confirmed con con- firmed finned criminals be transferred to tho the thoI reformatory and put to work on the state farm It is is the conditions of our cit cities ps that breed crime said aid the governor o Most of it can bo be o traced to idleness idlene g and drink and idleness is frequently the cause of drink T There is little drink in time tIle country and practically ca cally II no idleness I If It t the tho young man who haul had slipped over o the bounds of a law were ta 1 taught ht scientific farmin farming ho 3 would conic come to liko it jt anI and escape the a associates associates as as- who carry him him down when he lie returns to tho city Victoria j H is the last of the Australian states to J give c women the ri right Jat to vote ote for members of tho the state parliament Fourteen times time the woman suffrage e bill was thrown nut mit lir In- th the eLi coun coun- I I c cil l after t tr r rit it had been n pi passed s a IJ by tho I lower r house Each Kadi time the tho hostile majority steadily diminished and the tho women kept kelt up lip 1 the the courage At tho the last me tiu of tIme the house lole the time bill went through by a I. I ma- ma o of more titan than four to one the opposition op p position lit on hr breaking like liko the tIme giving way of ofa a n Jam ilam For years the tIme women in other states of Australia have havo stood on the same 1 footing with wilh th the men Tho The gaiu- gaiu linin lin- lin in ing of the tho ballot by the women omen of Vie Vic Victoria turin toria ha lias lims been the cause of great re lug ing among the tho suffragists both in Lug land America They point to 10 it as asa asa a J. J proof that had the predicted disasters Au Australian states the tho ballot would not have ha been ten given i cn to the tho women of Victoria even cn at this late date dato |