Show BITS OF INFORM INFORMATION TION American beer as an article of or com merco la Is unknown In Malta Total debt per capita In the United States In 1911 1311 was waR 1083 as all against 1185 In 1910 and 1177 1117 In 1906 1905 There Thera has hns been great creat Industrial the do- t In Austria In the tho last eight years and the standard standard of ot living has baa been raised materially ly The number of ot passengers carried curled on the ho the railroads of or this country In 1911 approximated ap sip as a a against In 1910 Earnings from p passengers gers totaled toWed in 1911 Hill and 9 in 1910 Importing A American mules into Cuba Isa la lit laa a 3 profitable business 8 Tho The mules quickly become accustomed tomed to Cuban climatic condition conditions The They arc are treated well by the Cubans Cuban as act they arc are looked upon as cx- cx pensive animals Mark Twain satirized satirised the French duel effectively but he Is ts almost outdone by the he sober report of ot a duel between two Parisian dramatic critics In which tho the person most moat seriously injured was one of or orthe the he seconds who accidentally got in the way of or tho the clum clumsy y swordsmen The lire opening of ot tho the Pan Panama ima canal will effect a Q saving raving in dl distance for tor vessels that hat choose choos th tile the new route of ot miles mUes between Europe Europa and San Francisco of ot 1608 1000 between England and New Zealand and of or about 2400 miles between n New York and Australasian ports They aro arc plowing with dynamite now to such an n extent that one manufacturer of or explosives explosive sold to farmers pound pounds In n 1908 pounds in 19 1949 1909 9 pound pounds in 1910 pounds In 1 1911 11 and the Indications Indication are that this one concern will will ship hip pounds to armors th tills this s year The Union for Securing Safety Safely S fety Jn In Aero Aero- ha hn been formed in In Paris It pro pro- Poses to raise ralso which will be bc used med In recompensing Inventors and constructors constructors con con- for devices which will make aeroplane safe are In themselves The Tho Aero Acre Club of ot Franc France has promised M to contribute contrib contrib- ute anti the Automobile club tl tho same tame The year yar will UI be the greatest In i Canadian history xo so far nil as n concerns concern railway railway rail rail- way development development- In tire tile four western provinces no Ic less leis than titan will wIn bo be this summer Tho lines line to be bo built cover mile mil Th only danger ahead ahac is I th the th difficulty r 0 of f mono mon It ll Is 11 estimated d that In laborers will be required 11 I rd d. d Fortune rs are RUI on th the cn verge RO of ot expectancy since Inee th the announcement to today today to to- day or of the sale aale by auction of or orthe the thc Jane Graham farm fanu south couth of or here Th The Th eccentric owner who dIM a m r few w years yearn Rr ago aco was wall suspicious of banks and IB le Isaid j said aid to tun have havo burled buried 1200 in gold on the farm hut died suddenly and failed to reveal re re- veal the p exact cl spot pot It Jt I Is said aid a num num- number her ber will hid bid for the property largely r h I y to get set a Il change chance nt at th tt tho hurled burled l tr 0 O. 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D P Do Dc Young reports that a It municipal bureau burea l for tor giving gl free advice on economic and I legal al matters to tho the flo poor r is If being esta established In Ih Amster Amster- r- r dam It I Is slated that the founding of or BUth an Institution Is approved by tho the Dutch minister of or justice andun and appropriation pr n lion of or iron H a year Cr C r for tor tta ft It aIll assistance has ha been voted by tho the second chamber of or the states general PJ Plans are also alfio discussed die dis cussed for rol ext extending tho the scope of or of work to every ever city In the countr country A Scotch cla class w was examined in scripture scrip scrip scrip- ture turl Can Cnn any boy or ot girl hero here tell mo how Noah would be hI likely to u use je his time Ume while on th the ark a. a asked ke l th the the- inspector One boy timidly showed Ills his hand and replied re replied re-i re plied II Please eJ f. f sir he hp wad fish VolI yes lie Jle might admitted the Inspector A Another r little fellow waved hi his his' hand hl excitedly excitedly ex ex- ex- ex and said Please f fhe he fish vera ra lang lall make you think so 80 lII my little man a Because there thero were only two worms In the ark Christian Commonwealth In And us an houses no are offered to callers except on the saints saint's da day of ot tho the hO hostess when a largo large of dulces or cakes is handed around These Thes d are ornamented with little sugar images of oC saints and angels If It it is a It first call that Is being be being be- be ing made the hostess otters offers her house and everything it contains to the callers who in reply bow saying that time the house Is Ie In tho the b bc best t f hands In the world and that their only wish is that the present owner may long havo have health and happl happi happiness ness flees to enjoy enjo lt It The Tho mol more moio seriously a convention Is taken b by Its members and promoters the titter fitter subject It appears for ridicule on the tho part of or certain metropolitan newspapers newspaper Th The National A Association of oC Merchant Tailors at Its recent meeting In New NewYork York City refused to admit reporters until they gave assurances that a truthful truthful truth truth- ful rul report of or the tho proceedings would be given And yet It looks as though as-though though not allor all of or the newspaper men lived up tip to their agreement for the statement ement Is le Is' Is made that its fashion committee assorted asserted that thata a n well dressed man ought to possess at least thirty lv suits of or clothing Not nil all th the tho QU queues cut off rt In China under the reform no now p progressing oltre 1111 there I I Nee r to rind find their way switches and rats rate rat and other r things feminine Consul General Anderson Anderon writes from that generally contrary to the tho Impression In 1 Europe and anci th the United States the tho queues when cut ar are not sold This Thle is III an nn absolute rule II so far tAr faras faras as 09 south China Is la concerned and it St is Ss tit tho th custom all all' allover over oVIr those thos portions of China from which th the writer Tiler has hall been able Ible to secure reliable data on this sub sub- The queues r are r preserved accordIng according according accord accord- ing to general al statement for burial with the owner Several determinations of of longitude have of or late lato been mode made b by means of wireless messages but the tho most embi- embi tinus attempt of or this nature natura has Just lust taken place between Paris and Tunis wireless signals ls conn connecting two clocks docks on one at the Eiffel EIfel tower and the other at BIzerta Tunis the comparison of which I I decided tn the the longitude Jo The The sl I signals a tr traveled tray trav elect clod the whole distance In second which works work out t at nearly miles u It second When i Sir Ir George Georgo AI Airy astronomer as- as r royal roat determined the longitude of Val Valentia the tho little Island off th tha C coast lUIt of Kerry Keny where th the Atlantic ca ca- n bles bloe enter linter tho the sea Ilea ho had hi no fewer than thirty chron chronometers meters parried carried backward and forward between and Or Greenw Green Green- n. n w weh ch observatory tw two twenty two nty times tunes be be- be tore fore he ne was satisfied Westminster Westminster Ga oa zette |