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Show J Oids and Ends. J The London Jewish World states that Robert Nathan of the Indian Civil service ser-vice has been appointed private secretary secre-tary to the Viceroy of India. .1 Prince Knyatulla. of Afghanis'tan recently re-cently lost a sword belt, which was found in the possession of two of his servants. They were blown from the mouth of a cannon. There Is a boat In a canal north of London which was entirely "manned" by women. The last English census reported re-ported several hundred women doing the work of seamen. ' A motor car speeding on a road near Huntingdon, England, turned a complete com-plete somersault, landing upon Its wheels, which were smashed. The driver dri-ver received fatal Injuries. Over the grave of a horse In a private garden near Westminster Abbey Is a stone engraved with this quotation from the Psalms: ' Thou. Lord, ehalt save both man and beast." When a large flagstone at Bayswater, London, was found to be displaced, workmen discovered that it had been forced upward by three or four mushrooms mush-rooms growing underneath. What is said to be the largest turnip tur-nip ever grown In Colorado was raised this season near Centervllle. It weighs twenty-one pounds and measures forty lnohes In circumference. An Irish dairyman, accused of adding water to his milk, vehemently denied the charge. It turned out that lie had spoken the truth. He always put the Mater in first, and added the milk to the water. In the British military prisons the prisoners practice rifle shooting, gymnastics gym-nastics and signaling, and those who are to be discharged from the army at the end of their terms learn a trade, if they have none. There are 1000 American teachers In the Philippines centered in 338 larger towns, out of 831 towns In the entire archipelago. Two thousand primary schools are In operation, and they employ em-ploy the services of 3000 natice teachers. teach-ers. The felons of the State penitentiary at Carson City, Nev., have subscribed money to the amount of $48 to aid in the defense of four men, who are about to be tried a second time for a murder of which they were convicted about a j ear ago. An expedition to the Niam Niam country will be England's next "little war.;' The country is 800 miles southwest south-west of Khartoum and can muster a fighting force of 23,000. Tile expeditionary expedi-tionary force will consist of 2000 Soudanese Sou-danese troops under British officers. The start is to be made next month. One of the new trinkets displayed by Jewelers is a metal case designed to hold the little books of pasteboard matches. So many cigar stores are giving giv-ing the matches away for advertising purposes that they are now quite common. com-mon. The cases are made of gun metal, silver or gold, apd cost anywhere from 75 cents to $12. |