Show I I BITS OF INFORMATION I ITh Th Them rn are 1 islands In Lake Lako Huron maca KInK r plantations raise ralso about 2000 A 00 pounds to tho the acre Tho The t telephone business is I picking up In China has Ims now 1700 subscribers Tho The nem average o of or a pl piece cl of or plato laM I is ten years a as shown hown b by plate I glass Klass Insurance n I N Is the most Illiterate country of or Europe Two thirds of or Its Inhabitants cannot read nor nol write Gln Is among among- cheapest products product hut nut Into microscopic objectives Its value nIue approaches that of ot col coln gold An n English ornithologist has successfUlly success success- fully lii bred tho black swan awan ono one of ot tho rarest of oC birds except in Australia Eddlo Lo Loving I n- n who ha bill has recently rt obtained ob oh- tamed an nn appointment as mess messenger In tho service Ice o of ot President elect ct Taft Is a a. rioted noted golfer though only 10 11 Fald a a. witness who on once co appeared d be ho- ho fore tore Justice ManIc Maulo in London You ma may believe me mo or not but I have hao stated no not a a. word that Is false I have he been en wedded to truth from m my infancy Yes replied tho Judge JUt hut how long havo you oU been beena a n. widower Members l of or the D Barbers Barbers' union of or Chicago Chi C cago JO ore aro denouncing tho the tipping system but not out ut of or consideration for customers cus cus- turners The They Thoy wish Ish gratuities abolished be becauSe because be- be cause or of their effect l ct on wages which In some somo shops arc aro now near vanishing point nus was one ono of the tho greatest t tol soldiers ol lers save e Julius Caesar In Roman Itoman history lb Ho defeated Hannibal and his Carthaginians f at Zama a n city of ot Carthage on October 19 In the tho year 02 D B B. B C C. and amI gave lve to Rome nome tho the ascendancy over tho then known world Catching a B fo fox al alive with an nn overcoat Is a feat feut performed by y David Clinard a a. member of or tho Fox Hunt du cluB of ot Winston Salem N. N C. C After a ion long IonS and exciting cha chase Mr with s nix Alx hounds had tired Reynard out and in doubling tho fox tox camo came so IO near Mr Ir Clinard that ho threw his long overcoat over tho the animal and succeeded In capturing It just before tho the dogs dog arrived At a recent shipbuilding exposition hold held In Germany Gormany the greater part of or tho ex exhibits ex cx- hibits related to the uso of electricity on shipboard and a lL largo number n of or new and Interesting devices were shown for forthe tho the first time Ono One of ot the features of or tho the electrical building was a chandelier which Is thought to bo be the tho greatest thing of or tho the kind over constructed It comprised a a lar large e octagonal arrangement ment of or angle angie Iron with some somo decorative material m Interwoven and from rom It were suspended sixteen flamIng flam- flam Ing arc lamps Tho light from this great cluster was almost blinding Smoking has bas been under discussion In inthe tho the Anglican church synod at Ono One member wanted the temperance plc pledge extended so sn as to ban tobacco as aswell well as ns alcohol Canon Brydges warned tho the cr that ho would havo have tho the whole hole female population tip up In arms against him Every wife kno know that tho the pi pipe po was her husbands husband's best friend It kept him at home anI and a away a fr from m the ho ho- ho tel Opposition to smoking was WIlli frequently a n. case cae of sour grapes Either the objector had not the ph physique of ot a smoker or tho tue necessary RrT genial temperament Ho was sometimes a a. nerson person who had tried to smoke hut but with only partial success London Chronicle It 1 Is h proposed propose to to connect tho the chief groups of or tho the Pacific Islands b by means of or wireless t telegraphy The plan Is proposed b by capitalists Interested In some of or tho the islands Inlands of ot the tho Gilbert group but government government govern govern- ment mont aid Is expected from all nil nations havIng having haying hav hay ing possessions In the south Pacific In Including In- In Great Britain France Franco Germany and amI the tho United Stat States lI The Tho French Island of or Tahiti 1 is I particular particularly Inte interested ted the tho nearest available ocean cable station bIn be being being be- be In ing at pr present at Au I kland New Nen Zealand 50 miles distant It IB IR proposed cd to In Install hi- hi stall t ten n or twelve central stations each ach controlling a n circular region legion the lar largest Nt of or which will have havo a a. radius of or about 1250 miles American travelers rR abroad upon re returning returning re- re turning home hom are arc reporting with greater frequency that thc they have havo been beau advised by American consular representatives to save sa their mone money and bu buy at home A few tew years ago 30 a n consul who ho took any Interest In American affairs affair except politics and his salary was a rarity In Paris Pari alone AmerIcan American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean Importations during the last year ear wore were less than In 1907 At that the they amounted to more than There were two other contributing causes CRUMS to tho the fall In Paris sales to Americans tho financial depression and tho the fact that London is hI rapidly taking the place of or Paris as BS tho the great European market for tor Americans New r light that Is 15 being heln- thrown upon things Turkish has haa brought out some soma In Interesting Interesting interesting In- In discoveries For example the Turkish woman of ot the upper class elM Is ls de described de- de scribed as 1115 perhaps tho the most bl highly educated educated edu edu- woman in tho world worldS While her w western stern sisters are busy playing hockey and tennis performing their social duties and and flirting the flirting tho Turkish woman spends her day In reading and study It is 18 not an uncommon thing to meet Turkish la ladles ladies le who can speak not on only half the languages of or Europe Europ but know In addition ancient Greek lp Persian lan and nd Arabic and herbert rt Sp Spencer nc are favorite authors and the latest English and French novels no are tho the principal subjects of their afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon imail talk Tho The picture of or this strenuous oils Int cont contrasts ts oddly with tho the traditional Ideas of harem barem life lire |