| Show I I BITS OF F INFORMATION TION I I Tho rho bishop of London recently declared declared de de- that ho he prepared nil all his s sermons and addresses whilo while dressing On Ono of the large larg electrical firms in I I Germany gives ivel yearly j-earty from 4 to 7 i to employees who have ha served for more morel I Ithan than a year car The sum thus expended exceeds J a year carA car I A cOnt considerable item of tho the ton 1000 car cargo o of the was a shipment ship hip meat ment of 1000 ba bags s of peanuts from Glasgow ow the thc fir first t of it UH its kind ever brought hl front from that port to Boston llo Ilos Bos Boston ton Herald It j is iM to h be presumed that thal shipping subsidies subsidies' luh idie have havo benefited European nations nations na or they thoy would not Continue continua paying paying them England pays pas some somo 6 l annually j France c r ne and Germany about each and Japan pays pas 1000 New Zealand is described by its inhabitants inhabitants in in- habitants as the happiest country in inthe inthe in inthe the world worM It is now no noa a dominion Some Rome of the pretty names given to it il by hy Now Xo ZI Zealanders are urt Tho Ihn 1110 Fortu Forti- Fortunate ante nate Isles The The Wonderland of tho the Pacific All 11 Lands Land in Oue One and The Star Star of oC tho the South Water pipes of terra cotta were used in Crete forty centuries a ago o. o Those These 1 supplying drinking water consisted of a series of tubes into intI I each other with collars and stop ridges rid so o constructed as to give I the water a shooting hootin motion thus preventing preventing prevent pre in ing accumulation of sediment A now news method b by which the tho audience 11 If H n I at a theater can an show how its approval al of disapproval al of a play without wi disturbing disturbing disturb disturb- ing the performance is is being introduced by tho the Italian dramatist Bej lie Be- j i fore Iain leaving the theater e ever every ery ry person is isto I to tn drop a ticket into one of three boxes I marked d good gool J II indifferent and II bad had In Tn the the- eleven counties countie of southeast Missouri fi containing inin swamp or overflowed overflowed over over- flowed lands thirty one on drainage nl o ditches or canals have ha been cn constructed with a aI ai i i total length of a about out GG 60 miles These 1 I ditches he have ha reclaimed 2 acres of i land an all ar area a amounting amo to near miles milt Lands which i square were I I eally call worthless before drainage arc are now J worth north from 33 35 to 63 an acre Pal Pal Pal- i myra pIa Mo Spectator A 1 visitor to to- th the canal anal zone tour of Panama Pana Pann- ma can have hac the tho rr privilege e of an introduction introduction introduction intro intro- I to not less les than eight three eighty species of mosquitoes thirty o of of them j I found nowhere el cb elfe o. o Fortunately they do not all bite bile and the contagion of I fever carried carriell b bv by yellow r is only one of I them Certain genera tec technically called 1 mf an and are j I found which instead of spreading n an any I I disease ho hostile t le to men men wave wage war nr on their weaker r cousins ollin cousins and at times even en on their brothers and sisters t i t The late Senator Proctor said a aI I Montpelier hanker banker e I imputed r his success sues suc suc- cess Ss to hard har work I J remember an address all ail I Irps dress on Energy that he lie once mado mallo i here herr lie He cited a n farmer j a man both rich and shrewd who ue used user to advise his sons ons in homely words liko like these Boys Heys dont don't you w wait it fur smiths smiths- in to turn up Yo Yn mi might ht just as well I IBor go an set set- on a rock in tho middle o 0 thet medder with a 3 pail twixt j yer vcr ver l legs s. s an wait fer a cow to back up to to ye to be Ile milked J I In Tn some Mille parts of ot the c civilized world worM the fetich or idol which disappeared long lonc ago is is coming back in fact has I already returned to do duty as a guardian guar- guar dian protector ma mascot cot or whatever er one may mav please to call it The Tho new idol is in shape according to t the h fang fancy Y of nf the automobile owner who places iton it iton iton on the front of tho time machine to prevent prent accident and arrest t. t These t figureheads s sare are all lJ grotesque in style tho the most popular popular popular pop pop- ular being an ima image e of a police officer with watch in hand a barkin barking cur and anda I a n crO crowing nc rooster Twenty five years a ago o nearly all the sheep 10 in this this country were merinos grown rown mainly for or wool and mutton was wasI the tho incident At this time a majority I of the sheep heep of the countr country are raised for mutton and wool is the incident Twenty five years vears ago o sheep were sent to market when they the were ere four or five years nars old and a averaged a eighty i to ninety- ninety five fi pounds Now sheep ar- ar are marketed market earlier and aull average to pounds The ewes sold in th the market at the pr present time outweigh the of former years National ears National Farmer A French reach scientist t. t M. M L Bertin Berlin in dealing dealing deal deal- ing int with the subject of coast erosion erosion mentions that tho the Island of Jersey Jercy once formed part of the continent of l Europe lI He Tie has also brou brought ht to light the interesting interesting in in- tins fact that there thre still exists an on ancient t charter by hy which h a certain a ab abbey ab- ab b hey bey was comp compelled lIell to furnish the necessary necessary sary nry plank for communicating atin with tho island from the mainland at low water The extent to which he s sea a has hag encroached encroached encroached en en- on the land is evident from the fact that the journey from the mainland of France to the tho island b by steamboat now takes an hour bour Mary ar Garden tho time prima donna compared com corn par pared during the recent Richard Mansfield Mansfield Mans Mans- field sale ale the old fashioned operas with such now new works as RA Thais Louise und and Pollens at Melisande With a laugh auh she sho concluded An operatic role rolo now menus means tho the vivid vi portrayal of a 1 character It meant in the tho past paRt s simply an nn advance td to the tho footlights and an ex cx exhibition exhibition of ot trills roula roulades es and aull all theother tho the other vocal fireworks The servant sf maid went homo home from tho old fashioned opera and when hor mistress ns asked c l her how sho she liked it she replied ice Gee ico sho she sung aunt just lovely just as if she was waA gar gar- arlin ar- ar glin lin With Eddie Foy said a n. tragedian I HI made the time other Sunday an excursion excursion excursion sion into tho the country An old ld man mean and his daughter u a girl irl of IS had ad a little booth hooth where you threw baseballs at dolls getting a I cigar for o er every hit bit Fo Foy throws phenomenally well and he had soon won thirty cigars he presented with a courtl courtly bow to tho the Thanks said smiling smiling smil smil- young oun girl 8 she sho O. O inc ing prettily thc 11 do for father fathel J Last Sunday Foy Poy and andr 1 made the same samo excursion 3 again ain The booth stood inthe in inthe the same sam spot but now the tho girl Cirl was running it alone Ah Ab said aid Foy FOr done for father The unusual spectacle of a Catholic priest appearing as counsel in a n criminal criminal crimi crimi- crimi nal case case- was witnessed in a Baltimore court ourt the other day The Rev Rey TIe George Georgo e who before ho took hol holy ors or 1 I Iders J ders was Va admitted to the bar entered a n J Y plen plea of not not guilty for tor a n ne negro gro ro accused acv ac- Bused of killing a woman Father is connected with St. St J Josephs Joseph's seminary where Thero young joung men are aro trained J for work in tho the nc negro ro missions in the tho south Ito IIo is particularly Interested in inthe inthe th the negroes and ho he i is is a familiar fi figure uro a about out the criminal courts of ot Baltimore lie He reee received ld his ear early training in Europe Europe Eu Eu- J rope TOp where ho he in turn studied medicine law and theology r That bathing in Manila b bay y J. might be considered d a doubtful joy doubtful joy by it pie is proved by br the fol wing j J Manila Manila- Times Manila bl bathe bath generally cn rall scoffed at repeated against in t sharks harks in Manila b ba balong baj j jIon Ion long I a ago o Captain R. R M. M Lasa s residence is J on Malaga Malato bach a large shark seen cen close to to to-th to tl th from his hiE house The launch the Manila I Naj Navigation and t JJ tation company has just company's offices a sawfish stranded on th the beach at S Sal Sali UI rite vite The sawfish measures measures end of tho the saw to tb the end oil o ojust just twelve and one half tip to tip of its fins measures one half feet fett It would see seem goon hoove b bathers more especial J who are in In the tilt habit of swirl ships in the ba ba v to exercise cad |
