Show I I BITS nITS OF INFORMATION Before Ih the th earthquake and fire three years BRO ago s San Francisco had In in r cOnt d habitants a Today d the number Agitation has hu been ben started among leading men of ot th the Bohemian colony in New Now Y YOrk rk to erect in Central park a I busto bust bus to the founder of ot the Bohemian national music Frederick Smetana Laurence Shirley fourth carl earl of Ferrer Ferrers Fer Per who shot his steward and woe v tried for tor the offense b by his hili peers In liter tor hall hail on April 16 16 1760 was wall the tho last las English peer to be executed for No matter at what tIme of or the yeath year yea 81 th the Japanese child Is la born whether r In May the middle of ot summer nummer or lat lain n III December it is always alwa said to be one year old ld Id on the January 1 following Us lis birth Already distinguished as the oldest fl Harvard comic r paper Lampoon In Iii th the In Is t to United have a States th handsome so the giving it the honor of ot I possessing O- O the only onty one owned ed and occupied by Ii a college t publication uga at n Sir Paolo Tosti the popular sons song composer com corn poser has a fad for upholstering and i It i I. I Is claimed for tor him that all of ot the upholstering upholstering upholstering of ot Lad Lady r Tosti's drawing dra room furnIture furniture furniture fur fur- has been done by her celebrated husband The husband The Circle A novel sentence was Imposed d the other day up In Windsor Onto Ont The governor o othe ot of the Sandwich Jail having ha come orne Into coni con- con flit i t with wiLh a judge was declared guilty o of contempt of court and was ordered confined confined con con- fined In la his own on prison for ten days The use tio of or rat skins in various Indus tries has haa created a fI demand in London alone alono to the amount of nearly a II year They are used among other things for bookbinding log photograph photo frames purses and for thumbs thumb In gloves l Fur Fur ur News Nes I Two bricks from the first brick house erected on the American an continent are on exhibition in the lg fi and relic room In Inthe Inthe inthe the O Ohio lo statehouse They The are from the house built at Jamestown Island Va by Gov Richard Bichard Kemp of that colony In 6 Chicago's Chicago French colony has unveiled unveil a large bronze tablet in memory of at MarQuette MarQuette Mar- Mar Quette and Joliet Jollet The memorial is at nt atthe atthe the base of a cross erected at Robe Robey street and the south branch of the Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago river the historic high ground where in 1674 Father Marquette l spent pent the winter Armored concrete continues ta tD enlarge the field of Its application The mental concrete telegraph poles erected by one of the great railroads running between be bt- by- by tween Chicago and the eastern coast have havo proved so successful that the tha company has decided to extend x tend their use gradually g over Its wes western ln lles Something novel 11 In the theline line of or a a. strike or boycott was recently reported from a a. small town in Burgundy Burgund The physicians physician of ot the place raised their rates 30 per vel cent and a a. mass of all the ailing folk foil was called at which It was Val de de' lcd to dispense ne with the tue medical mens men's services Ices and trust to juck uck to get well The work undertaken by the Benedictines Benedic Benedi tines respecting the revision of the Vulgate Vol gate with the object of determining with all nil possible exactness the Latin text o othe or of orm the Clement m Holy Vii VIII Scriptures f. f Jf In 1592 published will take abnit by Pope ten years to accomplish and it ha has be bei es estimated estimated es- es that It will cost about So Sok far r the revision commission ss d over o overby k ml rr by Abbot u has reprinted a a. copy cop of the Latin Scriptures without any capital capi capt tal letters punctuation or divided words wo To clean silverware either solid 01 ci JJ plated use a 1 weak wak solution of or ammonIa twenty parts wat water to one uris of or ammonia and soap Rub nub with a brush brul bruland and ami rinse u in III alcohol This Is for bright or polished finish fin fin- ish For satin or frosted finish use too tin weak solution of ammonia and baking soda Wet VEt the brush brosh rub on th the tho soap then dip brush into dry baking soda and scrub the articles thoroughly Repeat If it necessary Do not use soda noda on gray silver silver sil 1511 sil- sil ver It will make mak it all the same color National Magazine for foi June The resolution adopted by the tho lawmaking lawmaking law- law making body of Ohio pledges pledgE's the mora moral support of ot the time state to the exposition and centennial celebration to be hI held at Put-in-Bay Put Island In the year ea 1913 In commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary an of the momentous victory of Commodore Oliver IV Hazard Perry in n the battle of Lake Erie e September 10 o lAW itil The commissioners have decided that th the observance of the tf of f I Perrys Perry's f ib victory i shall take t the form of r a suitable and centennial celebration II U. Reinhart in National Magazine for Cor June An interview Inter with as ie- ie published in Europe and which has many earmarks of authenticity credits credIt him with the th following For years I had an insurance of on my mv fingers A German company carried premiums the Imy policy ta about for g t 4 which Jc marks a I k paid But in after annual n la I split a finger rIngEr nail In Australia whirl which h co cost t the Insuring company something ilkI like 1 l and later suffered a slight Alight Injury in a railroad wreck near S Syracuse e. e N N. N Y V. V which cost them 25 more the Germans got what Americans Americana call the th Void cold feet flEt and canceled the policy The The hide Inde pendent Some Rome idea of the quantity of or matei materIal lal used by bv the postal service Ice may be he il II when it Is stated that during last year eai the division furnished yaul- yaul of or twine 3 pens pen penholders penhold penhold- ers era pencils and blank cards card To wrap the bun bundles dIps sheets of wrapping paper were used Blank forms are furnished by the mil mU- lion lions lons Of the form Application for Domestic Domestic Domestic Do Do- Money Ione Order which Is seen Inthe in inthe inthe the lobby of every f there therA w. were used last lut year and during the same lante period rubber stamps were wre manufactured and supplied to og Assistant tAr Postmaster General n ar De Graw In n National Magazine SIne th the American occupation the I Ph Philippines iii have made a rom complete change In n their system stem of currency for which not only local control l lb b but the authority h l rt h of c congress re and close p connection n wit with the he treasury department were necessary necessary- They have ha carried out great grat public works work for or which not only the Issue hsue of oC honda bonds to tn provide funds runds but the purchase of or large Quantities of supplies for constructive c purposes was essential They have endeavored en- en to give gi opportunities for education education tion lon to every class for which teachers WEre iere required Th They have established a practically lIY new code of laws las a civil servIce 1 Ice land and ce 1 t telegraphs telegraphic registration f t ro ronda and a I posts forestry tr a service system o of a sanitary I service and a score of other h public benefits B Brigadier I d r General C. C n. n Edwards In the National Magazine for June une The division of dead deal letters Is III one of or oro he the show o places of the national capital It and nd is visited annually aU by thousands thousand a of sIghtseers There Is much m that appeals to human interest and emotion in the Im Imm Immense immense Im- Im m mense stacks of or letters and parcels rc rc- rc at the rate of a day an and 1 containing articles of nf o IV d some of them bearing cannot be d even n by perta In thi th pl cel matter received l hy by 11 tim division there chore were hooks books 1000 eyeglasses fountain pens pons SO false teeth nun shoes snakes snakes ti In fi a i valuable diamonds JR t to penny t s sdi There was ah also o mm than tun I money and III or p eluding cheeks checks mone y etc etl representing a II fa a o 0 ij Assistant Po nm Ge OeD Con Graw Craw In National Magazine l |