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Show No Heirs to Their Honors. Tho lack of malo helra among tho loading English military men 1h re-markablo. re-markablo. Lord Wolscloy has hut one child, an unmarried daughter. Lord Roberts has now no son. ilord Kitchener Is a bachelor, and Sir Red-vers Red-vers Duller, who once was regarded ns quite in tho ruunlnr, for hereditary distinction, has only ono child a daughter. Distinguished Scotch Professor. Sir William Turner, who has been olected principal of the University of Edinburgh, occupied for thirty-six years tho chair of anatomy known as tho first qhair of tho empire. It Is tho best endowed in Great Britain, If not in tho world, bong worth $10,0G0 a year. Practically all tho British, Canadian and Australian teachers of anatomy have sat under Sir William Wil-liam Turner. Incentive for Applause. "Undo Joo" Cannon mado a speech In tho house the other day and told tho members how ho was going to put In an Item to build a $0,000,000 offlco building for thorn. Every statement he mado was cheered and applauded by tho Republicans. "Go it, boys!" shouted Representative Shattuc of Ohio. "Tho ono making tho most uolso gets a chairmanship next year." Paris Police Want Music. Tho police of Paris have applied for permission to form a band to play at funerals of members of the force. Among tho reasons for tho request as set forth in the petition Is a deslro to show that they lovo harmony, and arc not so brutal as they aro generally described. In One Class. "Do you have to wear silk stockings stock-ings it you aro an ambassador?" said tho man who had JuBt arrived at the European court. "Certainly, thera aro two classes of people who are required re-quired to wear silk stockings diplomats diplo-mats and chorus ladles." Washington Star. Growth of Large Cltlsi. During tho nineteenth century London Lon-don grow from 800,000 peoplo to nearly near-ly 6,000,000. In tho same period New York increased from a town of 60,000 to a city of over 3,000,000. At present pres-ent London is growing 17 per cent In a decado and New York 35 per cent. Many Languages Spoken. Probably tho most cosmopolitan city in the world is Singapore, whero tho British Bible society sells tho scriptures scrip-tures in Beventy-flvo languages. Nearly Near-ly forty languages and dialects are spoken among tho COO boys of tho Anglo-Chinese collego in that city. When Keene's Leg Was Pulled. James It. Keeno, the Wall street bear, Is a more tender man than wo had supposed. He has had his kneo wrenched by a masseur. Ho is tho first man who has pulled Keono's leg that did not get most of tho damago in recoil. Girl's Idea of Cars and Sweethearts. A young woman gives us tho following follow-ing beautiful littlo "bong mo" concerning con-cerning sweethearts: "Swoethoarts aro llko electric cars. When you loso ono wait a mlnuto. There will bo another an-other around tho corner." Origin of Mortgages. Nlnety-flvo per cent of mortgages, as shown by tho census, are mado in order to Increaso tho original holding of property or to ralso monoy for business operations, and but 5 per cent aro because of threatened disaster. dis-aster. soinujui iq30 p'm jnoii nuo ui 1Xoh eaunir,, tlpisiucois oqi pjuoqu jnd Xnusooj ojoav ojo uoj jo noj oav) pun pojpunq oai puusnoin oajj DupuL'H mQ-".-J JO) PJ33U Cattlo in Argentine. Tho number of cattlo In Argontlno la estimated at S5.000.000. Emperor Menellk's Hobby. Tho Emporor Mcncllk of Abyssinia, among his other hobbles, takes great interest in clocks and several chronometers chro-nometers have recently been Imported from Switzerland by his Swiss adviser, ad-viser, which vary no moro than rIx seconds In two months. Has M niton-nen niton-nen has also ordered several curious mechanical clocks from Swiss firms for presentation to tho negus nnd tho empress. Tho most romarkablo of these Is a great chiming clock to 1ml-tato 1ml-tato that of St. Margaret's, Westminster Westmin-ster Abbey. Knew All But One Thing. The professor of mechanics at an English collego onco gavo a lecturo upon tho locomotive, nnd was particularly particu-larly struck by tho absorption of ono Juveullo listener. Ho spoko" to tho student stu-dent after tho lecturo, and asked him: "Well. I suppose you understand all about the locomotive now?" "Yes," was tho reply, "all but ono thing." "And what Is that?" said tho professor kindly. "I can't mnko out what makes the locomotlvo movo without horses." Stray Stories. Drink from the Clouds. The means by which sea birds quench their thirst when far out at sea is described by nu old skipper, who tells how he has seen birds at sea, far from any land thnt could furnish fur-nish them water, hovering around and under a storm cloud, clattering llko ducks on a hot day at a fioud, and drinking In tho drops of rnln as they fell. They will smell n rain Bquall 100 miles distant, or oven far-thcr far-thcr off, and scud for It with almost lnconrelvablo swiftness. Poor Country for Scorchers. Tho Monaco authorities aro making a rich bag out of alleged automobllo scorchers In their "kingdom." Thoro are no half measures tho cars aro stopped, tho occupants rushed off to the Commlssalro of Police, who, after hearing tho chargo, briefly remarks, "Ono thousand francs," nnd tho monoy has to bo paid beforo tho victims aro set free. Six casc3 of this kind In ono day occurred at Monto Carlo recently. Many States Interested. "To stop perjury by parents," 1b one of tho objects of two bills just Introduced in tho Now York legislature legisla-ture It is of somo present Intorest In this stato to noto that the two measures meas-ures havo regard to "fake statements of tho ages of their children mado by partcnts so that they may bo put to work Instead of being sent to school." Charleston (S. C.) News and Courier. Cou-rier. Turned Him Down Gently. A Now York politician went to tho President last week and said: "Mr. President, I want a place. I havo good claims for ono. What will you do for mo?" "Don't boo that I can do a thing," answered tho Prosldent "Choato absolutely refuses to resign as ambassador to England, and of courso you wouldn't tako anything else. Good morning." Ruminants Defined. "What is a ruminating animal?" asked tho examination paper. Tommy know. In a line, bold, convincing round hand, wioto ho: "An animal what chews Its cub3." London Globo. Last of Famous Statesmen. Sir Charles Tupper, tho noted Canadian Cana-dian statesman, now 84 years old, Is now tho sole survivor of tho conferences confer-ences of Canadian statesmen who welded the scattered British colonics of North America Into a poworful and comprehensive dominion. The "Aye" Had It. Senator' McComas was pressing an amendment to a pending bill when there were about half a scoro other members on tho floor. It came to a voto at length and only Mr. McComas responded to tho call for ayes. No ono voted "no" and President Pro Tern. Frye gravely proclaimed: "Tho aye has It.' Mlnourlans Use Water. The Jackson County Judge vouches for this story: "Allen McCurdy's horso fell Into a cistern Sunday afternoon. after-noon. Ho telephoned for tho Are department; water was turned Into the cistern and tho animal was floated float-ed to tho top and taken out with no trouble at all." Hemp a Valuable Crop. Moro than nlno-tonths of the hemp produced In tho United States Is grown In Kentucky, and at prcsont prices it 1b regarded as second only to tobacco In profit a3 a farm crop. The Properties of Metals. Mix 13 per cent of mangancso with steel and the alloy becomes practically practical-ly non-magnetic. Nickel and aluminum steel alloys are, on tho other hand, moro magnetic than ordinary stool. Hungary Leads in Enterprise. Hungary, tho first country to adopt cycles for postal sorvlco, ha3 also been tho first to tako up wortors for tho samo purpose. Agriculture Is King. Products of agriculture from about two-thirds of our entire export trado. Last year tho exports from tho farm amounted to 800,000,000. Charles the First's Death Warrant. Howard Uaynor, an attorney of Bal tlmore, has what Is said to bo the orlglnnl warrant for tho execution of harlos I. Plan to Entertain Loubet. Tho French residents of Trompea- loau, Wis., aro planning to entertain President Loubet of France If ho comes tu tho United States next year. There's a Coolness Between Them. For an Illustration of ley politeness watch an old maid chatting with a widow who's had three husbands. Depew Tells Old Joke. . A visitor In Washington heard Senator Depew deliver a speech tho other day. Tho Now York statesman states-man mado a Joko about pressing tho hand of a fair Mormon widow, tho widow numbering seventeen. The remark provoked a good deal of laughter, but It sounded familiar to tho man In tho gallery. Later ho found that Mr. Depew had borrowed tho Joko from a Bklt written by Arte-mus Arte-mus Ward somo forty or fifty years ago. Fatalism of Indians. In his childhood days Senator Morgan Mor-gan of Alabama, played a great deal with tho children of Cherokco braves. Whllo making n speech about Indians In-dians In tho sennto last week ho told In sltnplo but most affecting fashion how ho nnd Arkceche, ono of his red-skinned red-skinned playmates, went blackberry-lng. blackberry-lng. Tho Indian boy was bitten by a rattlcsnnko and died. Nouo of tho lndinns thought tho reptile hntcd Arkcccho, who was bitten, they declared, de-clared, becauso tho Great Spirit wanted him. Sorry He Passed Up tho Student. Denn Fuertcs of tho Collego of Civil Engineering at Cornell, who died ru ccntly, was frequently gruff, though ho had tho kindest of hearts. A recent re-cent grnduato tolls of going to tho offlco of "Tho Moro," as overcy ono calcld him, to sco whether ho hnd been successful In nn astronomy examination. ex-amination. Tho student was greeted as follows: "Blank, I passed you. God forglvo mo!" Trouble with Morocco's Ruler. Tho Sultan of Morocco nppoars to bo vaBtly too progressive for his country. coun-try. Ho uses a European saddlo, wears English riding boots and actually actu-ally has allowed himself to bo photographed photo-graphed In tho act of shaking hnnds with an Infldol. His subjects look with great disfavor on tho motor cars which hla majosty has Introduced. An Indian Preacher. Itcv. Dr. Charles L. Spinning of Orango, N. J., onco an Indian kuown nmong tho raco as Chief Blackboard, Is now a preacher In tho First Presbyterian Pres-byterian church nnd Is deeply Interested Inter-ested In everything concerning tho welfare of tho red men. Klralfy Buys Crystal Palace. Tho famod crystal palaco of London Lon-don has boon purchased by Imro Klralfy Klr-alfy and will becomo tho ccntor of tho class of amusements mado popular by tho Klralfy brothers. Several others prominent In tho theatrical world are OBSociatod with tho purchaser. Find Use for Straw. Thousands of tons of straw produced pro-duced In raising flax for Its seed in Minnesota and tho Dakotas has hitherto hith-erto been burned. It Is now found to bo valuablo for making both binding twlno and paper pulp. Jews Settling In Palestine. Durln gtho past twenty years Jews havo acquired 51,510 acres of land In Palestine. On this land havo boon established twonty-ono villages and thirteen plantations. Formaldehyde Gas. Formaldehyde gas, tho fashlonablo disinfectant, Is generated during tho Imperfect combustion of wood alcohol. |
