Show e F- F l E J i ed No les less than species of butterflies are found in Mexico and Central Amer Amer- ica ice Japanese paper pocket handkerchiefs are now nov supplied to consumptive prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- detained at Wormwood Scrubs England No I less S S than han oo oo acres of C Cuba Cuba Cuba- ba- ba nearly hal half alf of the Island island are are re forest There are thirty different species of palms alone aloe found ou d there ere Selling elevated railroad tickets for 50 cents cents- apiece is the latest ruse rose adopted adopt adopt- ed by swindlers who prey upon newly newly- landed immigrants at the Battery in New Nety York Minnesota t has has 3 mills and can turn turnout turnout out about 1 about OOOO barrels of flour a a. day The bl fn milis of the city of Minneapolis produce over sixth one of the flour con- con b our et entire tire population tion I Handsome orne silver watches have been presented by by- Prince and Princess Albeit Albert Albert Al Al- bert beit of Belgium to the parents of all the babies born In Brussels on the same day as their tl son the little Prince Leo Leo- I IIii In Iii consequence e of ot the severe w weather eather In France droves of wild boars have begun r ravaging the fields nd Tarbes Tar Tar- Tsar Tsar- bes and the Inhabitants are organizing boar hunts in hunts In self self-defence Up to the present nearly fifty of the animals have been killed An arithmetic man calculates the he newspaper ne and periodical output In the United States at dailies OOOO weeklies and monthlies total c copies ples an amount of printed matter equal to 2000 average els Protest Protestants are gen generally r llY well respected respect respect- ed in Turkey and are are allowed allowed to preach teach and worship In their own way although sometimes when trouble has occurred they have been at attacked by ignorant ruffians who mistook k them for Armenians Another m meritorious so-called so modem modern modern mod mod- em ern ln the Invention the water-tight water bulkhead bulk bulk- head head Is Is now attributed to Chinese experience ex ex- In a a. paper presented to the lie Institute of Marine Engineers the Use of the bulkhead principle on Chinese Junks from time immemorial was pointed out Engineering estimates that the pop popi of the United d States Statts and Its dependencies dependencies de- de s now exceeds Inhabitants The Philippines contain more than 7 Inhabitants Porto Poto Rico Ico has 9 Hawaii and Alaska China stands first In population rJ the British Empire second RUM third and the United States fourth There is no sure sure- surer sign of the Ing prosperity than the fact th that thit t ing cents 99 sign of the department 8 SQ no longer ap appeals to the woman stop h o Il per With plenty of spending money IJ 1 fJ ir if I f f 1 the bargain has little interest for herAnd her And if she doesn't doesn t care to waste her strength fighting for the extra cent neither does she care to waste time in waiting for it as change New York Evening Sun |