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Show CRISP CONDENSATIONS. London has more Scotch than Edinburgh. Edin-burgh. Paper plates are being used in some of the London restaurants. From twelve to eighteen suicides on the average have been registered daily at the Paris police office. The British consul at Zanzibar reports re-ports that from 80,000 to 100,000 weapons tireimported intfrfrfiacr t i . si f7 It is said that in the river approach to Lake Nicaragua and in the lake itself Are to be found what are said to be the only fresh water sharks known. f In Moscow may be seen in the streets any day a beggar who was a few years go ono of tho richest men in the city. His father loft him $7,500,000, but he gambled it all away. A rug valued at 5,000 was sold in London recently. It was about 18 feet square, and had about 250 stitches to the inch. The material was wool combed, not cut, from the animal. In New York it is estimated, according accord-ing to the output, that the annual consumption con-sumption is fifteen whole pies to each man, woman and child within the city. There are twenty establishments that bake pies exclusively. |