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Show THE SHAH IS DESOLATE. '.n , Persian Ruler-Sends Home a Thousand oPHIo Wives. Thoro Is something pathetic in tho figure of tho shatfof Persia Just now, a sort of wistful, lonesome, homesick something, as that flgiiro Is presented pre-sented to the view of tho world at largo. This Is duo to tho fact that tho cablo nows reports that ho has Just reduced tho number of his vlvc3 from 1,100 to Blxty, and all Persia is dumfounded at what is regarded' re-garded' as tho breaking up of a happy family circle. Just imagine how solitary soli-tary and neglected a man must fool who has been accustomed to tho ministrations of 1,100 wives, and who 1b now reduced to tho desolation of sixty I It is small wonder that his people aro protesting at such a revolutionary revol-utionary stop. They, havo been ac customed to be ruled by 'family mon, and' to thV Persian wayvof thinking, a sliah with sixty wives is much more of a bachelor than a benedict A Bishop's Compliment When Dr. Clark of Rhode Island was oloctcd bishop and was paying his last pastoral calls before entering upon his bishopric, ho visited, among others, a lady of his congregation, a good housewife, who was distinguished distin-guished for tho size of her family. After Af-ter ho bad stayed a whilo the good doctor rose to go and the lady sp.ld to him: "But, doctor, you haven't seen my last baby, have you?" "No, madam," mad-am," answered tho doctor, "and I nover expect to." A Matter of Punctuation. It was customary for ono of the prefects at Qlrard college, a few yeara ago, to have the boys in bis section recite tho Lord's Prayer in concert each night boforo going to bod. He was also qulto a stickler for accuracy in grammar, etc., and one night tho prayer had Just started, the boys having hav-ing gone as far as "Our Father, who art in hcavon," when tho profect called, "Stop! Start that again, and don't stop till you (tot to heaven." The World's Population. In his presidential addross to tho Royal Statistical Society in London Major Cralglo pointed out that since 1830 the population of tho world had Increased from (approximately) 847,-000,000 847,-000,000 to (approximately) 1,600,000,-000, 1,600,000,-000, of whom ono-fourth are In continental conti-nental Europe-. Tho empires of China and Qroat Britain account for about one-half of tbU number. Six states, and six only, govorn and protoct about throe-fourths, and ton control six-Bovonths, six-Bovonths, The ordor in which tho nations na-tions stand Is: Great Britain, China, Russia, Franco (all over 100,000,000), United States, Oerraany, Japan, Austria-Hungary, Holland and Italy. The Preacher' Apology. Ono of Detroit's best known German Ger-man clorgymen was to road an essay boforo tho Baptist ministers' conference confer-ence In tho Franklin house ono day recontly, and when the moment arrived arriv-ed at which ho was to begin, be rose and said: "Brethren, poforo I say anything, I must say somcslng " In about ten minutes the clergymen wero sufllclontly composed to listen to his explanation with straight faces. Detroit Evening News. Resented by Army Officers. In tho courso of a vlolont sermon at Zaragoza, a Jesuit declared that tho loss of tho Spanish colonies was duo to tho want of faith In tho army, which had not had one glorious day. This remark gavo umbrage to a num-bor num-bor of officers, who rushed upon tho priest, dragged him from tho pulpit, morcllessly lioggod him with tho flat of their swords, and finally rushed from tho church shouting, "Long live tho army I" Ioavlng the priest on the floor almost dead with fear and bruises. |