Show BITS OF INFORMATION IN Billiards were Invented Indented In France In 1471 1171 Of or the forests In Siberia 10 acres teres elong elong- to lo tle crown New York Tork haa has the hie tie largest est tate with nearly men Holland ab abounds und In operative co societies socie SOCiA- ties tie organized d to to r reduce duce the tho general living living liv lIv- ing expenses The Tho Union Oil company's at Rosemary Rosemary Rosemary Rose Rose- mary Cal Ca has reached a a. depth of feet teet and Is IB still sUIl drilling A white handkerchief fluttering from froma a n role pole at tho the window of a private In Italy Hab Indicates Indicate rooms for rent The Salvation SI Army grew rew out out of or the establishment of a mission In the rait east end of London by General Booth In A tuberculosis congress ss will 11 b be held In Athens year to which will bo be In- In It d not only phy physicians but all the tho mayors ora and other prominent people people- of ot Greece Gre ce There Thore Is some noma talk of or establishing a small mU museum eum In tho the at Corsica CorsIca where Napoleon I. I was waa born oom Tho The house Is a 1 little old world Italian villa of ot yellowish l' l work and windows win dows dews shutters shutters' which are uro nearly al always al a- ways closed f Twenty Twenty- j ago thi number of f pr- pr ato schools school WIl waa wa small ten years yearn car ago there was as noted a a. decided Increase e. e and today Is Ix supporting t something like permanently established edu edu- l Institutions o of ot the pub pub- lic UC schools 1 Educational cat nal Review 11 J. J 06 now new Whito Star Stitt steamers now building fc at nt B Belfast tho the Olympic and tho the Titanic will b be s th the first steamers to of of- of fer cabin with private baths at at- In addition thorn there will bo be a n. great t swimming bath aboard both vessels largo large enough to permit of or diving Each bO boat t will also have haYe a 8 gymnasium I In the first t half haJ of it 1903 th the United St Stats States s bought worth of or goode from rom rein Japan or nr O 0 worth corth moro more than han did all Europ Japan bought ht 1752 17 52 52 worth orth from th the United States or 01 worth IJ than from m nil ill r Eu ru- ru u- u rope ropes Including worth lets less than from Great Britain That is not as It should be bA as far tar us as the United Stales Slates hi s a concerned Opening of ot a R. from a a. point near neu Luxor Into the Libyan d sort has lisa ren ren- dared dered easy the approach ch to the oa oasIs oas's s of It which Is r regarded AS ns a A. typical example of ot Isolated of ot life Ute The are deep p depressions slona In Ina Ina Ina a lofty plateau which nan has a ft maximum elevation ole of ot nearly two 1 thousand hou ani feet ted hut but the bottom of or the tho oases arc aro only from ono one hundred to e hundred f feet ct above e sea lea level lev l. l Reports are aro freQuent of ot wireless tel telegraphic telegraphic tele tele- graphic over an enormous ranJ range Recently the lie United States army transport Buford while nearing Honolulu succeeded In I H foJ with the tho California st The rhe distance c evered ev- ev ered was l OO This does docs not mean that there them has hM been bem a 1 wonderful advance In wireless te e but merely that atmospheric were unusually fa 3 a- a For Por 1910 Marquis Japanese minister of or finane p. p will adjust t and cut down taxes b by 5 COO wili tn Increase tho tIm national loans amelioration from to will increase the tIme salaries sat sat- aries s of government o about 30 per percent percent cent or by In tn all all will wilt cut down administrative expenses expanses by and will renew new 01 or replace leplace domestic and for foreign or- or eign maturing loans loan at lower interest according ac- ac cording coi to the Japan Financial and Economic Eco Eco- Monthly of or The rue Austrians arc are known to b be the greatest sticklers for or genealogy many of ot tho tim nobles tracing their descent nt back to almost tho the d dawn n of ot history Even in Au Austria however however cr It is generally admit admitted led that the time dukes o of Norfolk represent th the oldest family In Inthe Inthe inthe the world According to the time most trustworthy trustworthy trustworthy trust trust- worthy authorities the Howards are arc of ot Saxon origin the name namo In tho those so days A As far tar back as 88 97 there thore are trustworthy records of ot tho the family L London Globe The Tho palace of Ra l. l to which the czar found his way by a a. circuitous route stands In ono of ot the the- largest lars and finest parks In tn Italy Originally a a. fortress it was wag transformed Into a a. more luxurious place of residence b by t of ot Savoy in tn 1681 and Md In 1776 1775 a a. French gardener u was all ai engaged to transform the tho gardens garden on I tho the model of orLe Lc Le Notre's designs for Ver Ver- sallies sailles It h has lately been refurnished and redecorated but bitt two of bt the tho apartments apartments apart apart- ments menta havo have been left let untouched l. l One of or these Is the bedroom occupied by tho the late Into King Umberto the tho other is I the suite In which Is preserved tho tim furniture of ot the rooms in which Carl Alberto died In Oporto Wf Oporto Westminster Gazette Tho The new Chinese army consists ot or a provincial corps corps' for tor the northern r region the the section lying IrIng near Mukden lI In Man idan- churia churla It Is estimated that there are In this new nov army aimy comprising soy sov-r nh enty battalions The soldiers wear khaki uniforms and at a a. distance they would ho taken for soldiers soldiers' from Europe Europa or Amer Amer- ica lea Their queues are aro hidden under the caps It Is propos proposed d to make tho the brown khaki universal but nome Olne regiments have hae uniforms almost thought though thee these are disappearing The troops troop are aro strong muscular and well built and arid are re being taught b by picked men from tho time different armies of or Europe The new northern arm army 1 Iii tut tnt the beginning There Thee i is not yet et a a. southern army worthY of or tho the name and practically no reserve Philadelphia Philadelphia Ledger Captain Scott will start next August on his second attempt to roach the south pole pOll Ho He will sail lall first direct to Now New Zealand Tind kud Is expected to start from there In In- December Every Ever person employed employed employed em em- will be of British nationality Ift tho the age o limits being 25 5 and 40 O. O Lieutenant I Evans will be boo Captain Scotts Scott's fi first t officer om- om om- om in making the final dash The This party will Wilt consist of or six mn men Including Scott and Evano Evana They Thoy will work a n. series of ot rel relays fully carefully arranging the Qu question of ot food t transport Ort in view of tt a n. prolonged sojourn from the baie base Three modes of transport aro are available ponies dogs and motor sledges and It is on the tho last lut named that Captain cott Scott seems Inclined to place placa chief chlo reliance Th Tho Ull use of ot artificial artificia flowers ha bas Increased In- In creased amazingly a a. well known florist and decorator said the other day ay Nowadays Now Now- ada when persons find it necessary to decorato their houses hou es with flowers for wo weddings receptions dances even fu funerals Ill In- they t take k a a. tip from the tha cx experienced experienced rl- rl florl florist t. t lI Ho He explains that it is Just Justas as nice and antl much cheaper to to usa artificial cial flowers for three fourths of the decoration decoration dec dec- oration required The artificial flowers ow are ma made e w so fO cunningly ly that It is 19 ex extremely ex- ex difficult to detect the tho th Imposture The artifice Is strengthened d by perfuming In ing the artificial flowers delicately FlorIst Flor Flor- keep on hand band four Cour or five complete sots sets of or artificial flowers for house decora decora- tion New New York Sun The first attempt to raise rIse ostriches s In Australia was made by a R. Mr r. r Malcom Malom who In brou brought broutt t young oun birds from South Africa to South uth Australia In the following year ear car the he parliament of ot South Australia enacted a a law which granted ranted to the tho first firt person peron who should exhibit ostriches moro more than ono on ona year ear old about 2400 acres of ot land lane suitable Imitable for tor or ostrich farming Tho The conditions were satisfied by the South Australian O Ostrich compan company com rem pan pany which was a founded in 1886 with a capital of or Th rh The company received land near Port Augusta Aurta on Spencer hn bay I but In spite of this assistance the tho company com com- pany has never navel paid pall a divIdend dl although It now possesses 1100 ostriches R. R nil all Al of or which Scientific were American Imported d from torn rm South Africa The best bent bEAt zoo 00 In the world worl alas Is tint not that of or London If it I w wo we take tako as our OUI criterion cri cri- tha ta tenon terion th the tho number of oC Inmates London hns has teron only 2972 91 animals whim Berlin ha has 1149 and ani New York We Wo hasten to toMY say MY that tat the tho result In is I not entirely du dun dil to protection The Time climate of or B Berlin rUn though foreigners denounce it it I. I Is better beter for the of ot a zoo than London's And New purposes York has tho the home market to draw upon The Tho animals of ot the thc American continent continent con con- are re countless You cat car car sar scarcely h name a genus that Is not miot represented hilo there timers are arp a a. good many American animals that have no near relatives else where The Tho very firt first marsupial dI dl Jov- Jov o tho the Am American opossum ered by br Europe was sum pum and anal neither Europe Asia AsIa nor Africa AfriA can produce an member of or that order London Dal Dally Daily the tho good Good of being a la a royalty asks a correspondent from rena Innsbruck In Ina Ina ina a Vienna paper If I if a waitress can order you out of ot tho the house This happened happen d to toA A Albert bert Clown prince of ot Belgium el lum a n few days ito ago On his automobile trip through I Tyrol he lie had a R. breakdown at nt a point where no mechanical help could bo be ob ob- ob- ob tamed lIe Ho walked In the driving drivinG rain rin several eral miles mies to Trent Trient and on reaching the place went ent to tho the hotel and entered the dining room for 01 ho was wS w'S hungry as aswell aswell well el as thoroughly hh- hh drenched Th Tho Thu walt wait wal- wal 1 teas not knowing him ordered tho the guest out of ot the th room with the Information that only such men could dine there who ho wore salon dress dress' evening dress e evening cothes clothes The prince walked away and took refuge Inthe Inthe in inthe the n railway station dining dininG room where h re no noone noone noone one objected to tho the style of ot his clothes The phosphorescence pho of or certain c of Borneo Boreo has hM moro more than once demoralized th the superstitious natives and ad astonished whites Some Soma years ago ago a I party ot of English En En- gush glish engineers found It necessary to surey sur- sur sure survey e ey vey a a. I tract trat of ot low l lying hinS ing country which sues s almost impenetrable and to lo blazo blaze tho natives were cre employed to work work at nt right others other during tho the da day The former came camo Into camp on ono one night stating that they could not go 10 through a portion porton o of the tho bU bush h or T forest strange spirits spiris on the trees telling them that evil 0 would befall be beCal befall be- be fall them it If they continued Tho The spirits Cal proved to bo ho a n magnificent display of roC phosphorescence emanating from arles as-arles growing upon tho the dead ded limbs of or the th t trees es These vegetable fre fire bIes bodies were traced for a a. considerable distance producing a n most r remarkable marlc blo exhibition the tho l light ht In Inome some ome places being so 80 brilliant fant br that it 1 was difficult to t b believe that tha the forest was wa not afire aCre To test the brilliancy the men lucid held afre papers near the tho most moat br brilliant lant portions and md read rend by the light Lo London light London don Globe |