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Show BITS OF INFORMATION In seme parte of China eotten la aup- filantlng popples as a crop, because of he rigid laws against the use of opium. The new metal known as Liege metal te aald to ba 40 per Cent lighter than aluminum, which makes it particularly useful for airships. In Barcelona the moving picture shows are so popular that on Sundays thousands at people can be seen outside of them wafting for their turn to secure admission. admis-sion. The Increase In motoring has created a demand In England for am all country houses, but It has. In connection with other csuses. lessened the demand for expenalve urban Teeldencee. The offer of a prise hae not aolved the problem of the profitable use of wind mllia In the Netherlands for the generation genera-tion of electricity. Fourteen cent an hour a lamp was the best that could be done The longest canal lock In the world Is under construction by-tne federal govern ment at St. Mary's falls at Sault Hie Marie Mich. This longeet lock tn the world Is In process to raeaaure 135oko feet, with Tow water Clearance of twenty-five faat. The oil paint spray has beon so per-'ected per-'ected that It Is now possible to adjust the stream from a fine point to a wide spray covering many tnchea. Thla ap-paratua ap-paratua la now coming Into favor for decoration, and the finest effects are e-cured e-cured by Its use. Heretofore Japanese and Malays have done moat of the pearl diving lit Australian Austra-lian waters. It not being work that white men could endure. But now tHfe commonwealth common-wealth government bae decided that after January 1, 113, white men only shall be employed ae divers and tenders. I Dr. J. D. KruRL paator of Trinity Epts- copal church In Lawrence, Kan., who Is j said to be the oldest active minister In Kansas, celebrated his fiftieth annlver-1 eary as a minister of the goepel. He attributes much of his continuous good ; health and the retention of his mental powers to the outdoor exercise he has always practiced since youth. The e)wn net of PwHwga eilseataMlew Ing the Catholic church reduces the diplomatic dip-lomatic service of the holy Roman see to the one important post at Vienna, the second rate one at Bruaaels- and the still lesa Important one at Mnnlch, Part?, Madrid and now Lisbon are abolished, or practically so, although there remains at Madrid the semblance of diplomatic relations. Treasurers of missionary societies are finding, so thv say. remittances to be slow, with many complaints In their correspondence cor-respondence of tightness In that part of the money market devoted to charities. These officials believe thes temporary conditions to cause the slight falling off In gift to their societies, and to other benevolences, rather than any lack of real Interest In mission on the part of Christian men. Dr. Theodore Leasing, president of the antl-nolse association at Hanover. Germany, Ger-many, in a lecture on the psychology of noise, recently delivered In that city, said that the desire to make a noise could never be conquered. "It manifests itself not only In the yelling of teamsters and the whistling or hack men, but In needlessly energetic wielding of noise making Implements of trade," he continued. con-tinued. When the German submarine V3 was sunk In Kiel harbor, the commander aent a telephone buoy to the surface, by which means the rescuers were told that the crew of the submarine had oxygen enough to last them forty-eight hours, so that there waa no more hurry than was necessary. Unfortunately, communication communica-tion with the buoy was stopped af ex ward by water getting Into the submarine. By thla time, however, the boat had been raised so far that communication could be resumed by making Morse signals on th conning tower by rap. The lignite coals of Texas are excellent excel-lent fuel for stationary plants and domestic do-mestic purposes. The coal mining Industry Indus-try in Texas at preeent Is not extensive, but tb time Is not far distant when the state will rank ae an Important coal producer. There are thouaands of acres of lignite coal In several counties of Texas. The coat runs from four feet to ten feet In thickness, ranging from thirty feet to ninety feet under the surface. At d iff ares t places In the earn section coal I found at a depth of 1Z6 feet. The seams have no gaa or fire damp, and the lignite Is easily mined. Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, the woman lawyer, of Washington, is preparing a synopsis of state laws pertaining to women, and will expound the rights of her sex under the law In the International Internation-al Council of Women, which will be held In Stockholm, b wed en, next September. Mrs. Muy Is founder of the washing-ton washing-ton college of law, and always has taken a leading part In snovements to enlarge the legal privileges of women. Recently she waa elected a delegate to the International Inter-national council, and her exposition of the American laws relating to women Is expected ex-pected to be an Important part of the program. This year Young Men's Christ tan asso- I elation are likely. It Is aald, to break all ; records In amount of money raised for new bufldlngs. The success at Phlladel- fihla, when $l,0)0,ooe was secured In waive days, has given stimulus both to Voung Men' and Young Women associations. asso-ciations. Added to it was th (z.OOO.OOO campaign for buildings In foreign capital. capi-tal. Brooklyn women, with the eld or a few men. have just secured $418,000; Atlanta At-lanta men, loo.ono: Reading, 1217.000; Klyrl. O., 912T.OO. where the committee asked for but tlOO.OOO; Charleston, S. C. $160,000; Raleigh. N. C, $76,000; Walla Wall, Wash., $41,000, and Uhpemlng, Mich.. I21.&40. Pop Plus X. Is reported as much amused by long continued appeals that he create his relatives counts and march-lonesses. march-lonesses. and ot herwla elevate them from present humble walke In life. These appeal oome In no Instance from these relatives, but from ambitious persons who desire the pope to have noble kinsfolk. The pope's brother Is postmaster In a provincial village. He ha been to Rome twice to call at the Vatican, and the pope always refer to him as the "postmaster Reneral." One sister Is married, and her u abend keep a small Inn at Rlese. Here she assists In ways landlords' wives of the better grade usually do. The pope's two other sisters, untitled and unassuming, unassum-ing, dwell In modest apartments In Rome, quite near to the Vatican. Perhaps no Christian festival has so many names a Good Friday. Our Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon and Danish forefathers called It "Long Friday," In allusion to the length of the day's services and fasting; In Franc It Is "Holy Friday"; In Germany either "Stiller Freitag" (Quiet Friday) or "Charfreltag." In allusion perhaps to th exhibition of the crucifix for adoration after being veiled all through Lent. In the Greek church It hag been known at various times as "The Pascha of the I Croes." "Th Preparation." "Th Re- I dmptton" and "The Day of the Crosa." and to these names th Latins have added. "The Day ef the Lord's Passion." "The Sixth Holy Day of th Pascha." and many other. ''Good Friday" see ins to be peculiar pe-culiar to the English language. London Chronicle. |