Show BITS OF INFORMATION microphone he he makes the footsteps of ot audible 10 per cent of ot Japans Japan's population 1 be e classed as illiterate te he coal bill of ot the United States Statts navy Ing 1905 amounted to Ight times as much energy Is expend- expend upstairs as on the level longest telegraph line In the world ve vel ground and without a break has 11 In Australia Its total th is something over miles o ondon oton ton women stimulated by the tho games of ot last summer have taIto ta- ta Ito the foils and fencing Is la now th the lion Indeed an official of ot the Sword holds that fencing Is likely to have even cven wider vogue among women than ij tiring a performance In a variety the- the rat Lat Copenhagen a a. monkey named Its suddenly sprang ot off the stage and Into nt the arms of a manha man manthe the ha audience e It t was s aJ discovered go re that Iman had been master four on the Republic at the time th the recent disaster were not wholly humorous Incidents A bald tIed ded gentleman was accosted by a whose hair was streaming down her herand herk k and who asked him excitedly if it hea hera he hera ra a comb about him Describing the thed d dent nt he says I looked at her very l i Then I took off oft my hat newspaper man once asked the late CHudson whether he should call him or general Hudson was a a. or In the civil war and was made a n. adler general In the Spanish war but buthe buthe buthe he latter conflict he did not get into ve service Call me rne major said ison in reply to the question I was for tor general but It didn't take Ichard Grant White once said that a n. radical reform In English spelling Is Is Is first unnecessary s second cond undesirable and end third impossible thus recalling the story of ot the old Scottish preacher who upon meeting one of his hearers after the services Inquired how he liked the ser ser- mon I 1 dinna like It he said for three first first ye read It 11 second ye dinna read wed weel el and third It worth The export of canary birds to the United States from this district during the year rear 1908 amounted In value to writes Consul Thompson at Hanover Hanover Hanover Han Han- Han Han- over against in 1907 1901 It Is estimated estimated esti estl- mated that there are not less than caged birds In the United States The ordinary house canary will eat cat twenty- twenty five lve founds of ot seed a year which represents represents a cost for tor each bird of It will be seen that this luxury represents an outlay on the part of ot the American American- people of annually for tor seed alone A certain western governor who came cameto to New eW York the other day finding sometime some sometime time on his hands strolled around to the clubrooms of ot the college fraternity to which he belon belonged ed and introducing himself himself him him- self merely as Blank of ot Zeta chapter class I of ot 71 sat swapping stories and smoking for an hour or so That evening one of or orthe I the youngsters was telling an older member member mem mem- ber her about it There was a lively old fellow tel fel fei- fei low In here this afternoon said afternoon said his name was Blank of Zeta chapter lIe He kept the boys in fn a roar with his stories here for foran foran foran an hour or so Blank of Zeta exclaimed exclaimed ex ex- claimed the elder brother Why Vh man dont don't any of you ou fellows read the papers That was Governor Go Blank Say you fellows fellows fellows fel fel- fel- fel lows are slow NewYork New York Evening Post Prof Proto Trevor Kincaid of ot Boston Doston is la now on his way to Russia to collect parasites for the gypsy and brown tall moths Speaking of ot his plans after visiting the infested sections near Boston he said In the past the shipments of Parasites which have come here from Russia have ha been In poor condition having been delayed delayed de de- de on the trip owing to the red redi tape tap og Os the government One of ot the purposes of my trip to Russia will be to see if we system cannot re have of shipments put e Into t o a as operation are now the h used same In sending parasites from from- Japan We know In InI there are three principal parasites Russia that we want t and d a great ela many t more I that tt we may t find useful sr in our oui work here 1 I expect P to remain e I In Russia Rt SSi i until ff r the eini middle d of July and then to go goto goto to Japan for further work there The Bunker Hill monument Is a tall obelisk of ot Quincy granite on Breeds Breed's s mil hill now called caned BunKer hll hil In Char Charlestown a iI apart apart part of the city o of oC Boston It is feet in height 30 feet square at the base and ana 5 6 feet teet square at the ape apex A A spiral of ol steps Inside this shaft leads to a chamber eleven feet square Immediately under the tho apex The cornerstone was laid on June 17 17 1825 the fiftieth anniversary of the battle by Lafayette whiles while on a visit to this country and the oration wa was waC delivered by Daniel Webster The monument mon mon- um nt was completed July 23 1842 1843 at a acost acost acost cost of ot about raised by tan tary contributions It was f with 1 Imposing ceremonies on June JurAs 17 li 1843 in inthe inthe and nd hi hl t the e pretence presence of President Tyler cabinet Daniel Webster delivered the oration before persons I |