Show ITEMS OF INTEREST A London paper notes the fact that while the Salvation Army social work Is 13 cramped for money thoney and end while all the great gEat ml missionary societies are in arrears ar- ar rears lears the embellishment of churches is proceeding at t a an increasing ever el pace S Before the Paris courts an action has The came on for insult by telephone title of the action suggests illimitable possibilities for or barristers in the fu fu- fu ture tm-c. We shall have slander by atmospheric atmospheric atmospheric atmos atmos- vav waves s and Mr Marconi from Newfoundland will be bringing an action action action ac ac- tion against his operator co-operator on the Lizard for hissing at him across the Atlantic London Londen London Globe There was Just one case before the re recent recent recent re- re cent session of the Cumberland Quarter Quarter ter Session court in England the theother theother theother other day that of an old ld woman who w v was s charged with stealing sixpence But no departure W was S made from the regular procedure A grand Jury thir thir- ty six common jurymen an array array of ot constables and clerks a ben bench h of Justices Justices Justices Jus Jus- tices under the presidency of the Right Hon James Lowther Member of Parliament Parliament Parliament Par Par- dealt with the matter N. N. N Y Evening Post S S Happy is the citizen of ot Clifton in the advantages offered him at his breakfast breakfast break break- fast last table A circular Issued by a local firm has the large heading Royal Bacon Bacon Ba Ba- con con but does not refer to Sir Francis and ana the rumored maternity of Queen Qu en I Elizabeth It is announced as now on on show and sale bacon from pl pigs s bred d dand and fed b by his Majesty l the King London Chronicle S S a The Museum of Natural History at Mayence 1 has added to its collection the skull of a prehistoric i marmot which was recently excavated d at t B a considerable consider considerable able depth In the loess bess near that city One r remarkable m ire feature about the skull is that it appears lo to tobe be identical with the skulls of th the bob bobac c. c t the e still living marmot of the Siberian steppes N. N N. N Y Evening Post S SA A Flemish artist has has' pr produced rod ce what Is said to be the smallest painting in inthe inthe the world It Is a picture of a miller mounting the stairs of his mill and carrying a sack of grain on his back The mill is depicted as standing near a terrace Close at hand are a horse and anda a c cart rt with a few groups of peasants idling in the road near by All this is painted on the smooth side of a a agrain grain of ordinary white while corn It Is n necessary to examine it under a microscope and it is drawn with perfect accuracy accuracy- Lond London n News The employment of child labor in Illinois Illinois Illi Illi- nois has Increased 39 per cent in the thelast thelast thelast last year During that time th the Increase in men was only 9 per cent and of women women women wo wo- wo- wo men 16 per cent The gain in the total number employed ed was 12 per cent Or 61 Orless less than a third of the increased child d labor There is an old suburban inn near Philadelphia kept by bya a a. Quaker who amid the incongruous surroundings surroundings' of his bar still clings to to the plain language language language lan lan- guage of or his faith Occasionally he even dispenses liquid refreshments with his own hands and it seems queer to hear his mild voice asking Wh What t will thee have The other day there was a. a crowd at the bar Arid and nd on one end of he men had bad already been Imbibing freely Nevertheless he lined up at the bar with the others and loudly called for whisk whisky The old man looked at him severely and remarked James doesn't thee think thee has had en enough ugh of the strong stuff Thee had better take a parilla There was no appeal and nd James drank a i. i glass of la N. N N. N Y Evening Post |