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New Names for London.
John Burns has found a new name
for London, and it is not the least
happy of the various descriptions '
which have been applied to the great
city, says the St. James’ Gazette. The
Cinderella of the Cities, the member
for Battersea calls it, remembering its
backwardness in municipal aiTairs.
Archdeacon Sinclair was thinking of
another aspect of the metropolis when
he spoke of her in a sermon at St.
Paul’s as “a good-natured monster of
inconceivable vastness.”
Months of Ant-Eaters.
Ant-eaters are in the curious posi
tion of being practically unable to
open their mouths. It may almost be
said, indeed, that they have no mouths
to open. There is just a small round
orifice at the end of the snout, through
which about two feet of worm-like
tongue come wriggling out. And as
this tongue is bathed with liquid glue
instead of saliva, every ant which it
touches adheres to it, and the animal
licks the insects up by hundreds at a
time.
New Kind of Mouse.
On a sand island in Dublin bay a
new kind of mouse has been found.
It resembles the ordinary mouse in all
except its color, which is that of the
sand, and the naturalist attribute that
to an interposition of nature for its
protection from the owls and hawks
on the island. It is supposed that
they are the descendants of castaway
mice, and that the protective colora
tion is a gradually acquired result of
their surroundings.
President Hill's Model Farm.
President James J. Hill of the Great
Northern Railroad Company owns a
model farm at Pleasant Lake, Minn.,
about eight miles from St. Paul. He
exhibits keen interest in the develop
ment of agriculture and stock raising
on his farm, and has frequently given
lectures at the agricultural experi
ment farm in Minnesota, lying midway
between St. Paul and Minneapolis. Mr.
Hill’s farm contains a buffalo and
deer park. ,
Hindoo English.
To the Major-General Commanding:
This is to give notice to all concerned
that illegible miracles is now being
performed by bare men in belly of
great gun, contrary to astringent or
ders issued by my lord god. Therefore
your petitioners pray for correct diag
nosis of same, and removal from can
tonment boundaries with exhibitions
not to miracle any more.—Prom Mrs.
Steele’s "Hosts of the Lord.”
Georgia Coal ReeN.
Within the last two years several
remarkable reefs of fossil coral have
been discovered near Bainbridge, on
the Flint river, in Georgia. One reef
so found consisted of coral heads, some
of them more than a foot in diameter.
Between twenty-live and thirty spe
cies have been recognized in these
Georgia reefs. Geologists say that
they belong to the tertiary age.
Writing Life nf (ilffcclstone.
John Morley, who is writing a “Life
of Gladstone,” gets on slowly with tho
work. It took him a long time to sort
out the vast accumulation of papers
left by Mr. Gladstone in Hawarden
castle. By wray of explaining the slow
progress he is making Mr. Morley
says: “Imagine a life of nearly
ninety years filled to the utmost ca
pacity!”
Typewriter prints Gaelic.
The most recent evidence of the de
velopment of the Irish language move
ment, under the stimulus of the Gaelic
league, is Ute production by a Dublin
firm of a typewriter which writes in
beautiful neat Irish characters. It is
not an uncommon thing now in Dub
lin to hear in government offices con
versation carried on in Irish.
Raising Rice by Irrigation.
Since the Louisiana and Texas farm
ers learned to raise rice by irriga
tion they have invested $5,000,000 in
1,500 miles of canals, capable of flood
ing 300,000 acres, and spent $1,700,000
in building thirty modern rice mills.
Under the new system rice lands pay
a net profit of $15 an acre.
Wooing In Atchison.
It is always customary for the fam
ily to sit on the back porch when the
daughter has a beau, but an Atchison
girl has such a good thing calling on
her that the family leave the premises
and go and sit in a vacant lot across
the alley.—Atchison Globe.
London’s Smoko Cloud.
It is estimated that London’s smoke
cloud is fed by an estimated daily
waste of 6,000 tons of coal. The cloud
is distinguishable at Lockinge, sixty
four miles from London, and in its
passage a distinct residuum is left up
on the soil.
Paul Revere*# Invention.
Paul Revere, the famous revolution
ary hero, was an inventor, and was
the first in this country to refine and
roll copper. The concern he founded
in 1801, the Revere Copper company,
still exists at Canton, Mass.
Corbin and III# Fiancee.
Adjutant General Corbin goes to the
Philippines this summer. His fiancee,
Miss Patten, goes to Europe. In No
vember they will be married and live
in a |20,000 house in Washington.
Oar People Well Fed.
The people of the United States are
the best fed people of the world and
consume more per head and year than
the Inhabitants of any other country
of the world.
Sites oari Governors Are Contented*
It is a curious fact that although
Missouri elected its first governor
moro than eighty years ago. is one of
tho larga<st and most prosperous state.,
of tho country, and that from Its geo
graphical positon on tho border lin
between North and South, has occu
plod an important position In national
affairs, not one of Its governors has
ever been conspicuous in national poli
tics, with the single exception of B.
Gratz Brown, who ran for vice-presi
dent in 1872 and was overwhelmingly
defeated for that office.—New York
Sun.
Habitat of Canaries.
Canaries, which were originally
green anil gray in color, were native to
the islands from which they take
their name, and were first taken to
England on ships plying between Eng
lish ports and the south of France.
From this stock have been derived a
number of distinct varieties, such as
the crested, the green, the lizard,
which imitates the reptile in it varie
gated markings, and the Belgian,
which has a strange, hump-backed ap
pearance.
Greatest In the World.
The United States is the greatest
food producing country of the world.
Although this country represents but
one-flfth of the total civilized popula
tion of the world it produces more than
one-fourth of all the food stuffs. The
United States produces 74,000,000 tons
of grain of a total of 229,000,000, and
4.600.000 tons of meat of a total of 15,
200.000 tons. The Americans also pro
duce a large percentage of the dairy
and fishery production of the world.
Alcohol for French Motors.
Builders 9t motor cars in France are
strongly convinced that the future of
the industry lies in the utilization of
alcohol.' Owners have little hope of
petroleum being cheapened to any
considerable extent. They are looking
for further economy to alcohol, the
utilization of which, it is supposed,
will not only save them money, but
will revive a languishing national in
dustry at the expense of imported pe
troleum.
Woman's Colley© of Matrimony.
A woman’s college of matrimony is
a new century idea, which, it is re
ported, will be put into practical ex
ecution in Chelsea, England. The du
ties of a wife will become the subject
of a two years’ course of study. The
curriculum will embrace not only the
usual branches of house-wifery, such
as cooking, sewing and laundry work,
but is intended to deal with physiology
and medicine as well.
Answered a Hypothetical Question.
A school girl of Passaic, N. J., was
asked this question by her teacher: “If
you had ?20, how long would it take
you to go to Washington, and by what
route would you travel?” The next day
she disappeared with $20 of her moth
er’s money and later was found in the
national capital, seeking a practical
answer to the query.
Blay ffpoll Paris Boulevards.
Paris is threatened with an elevated
structure in its finest streets. It is
proposed to build a moving sidewalk,
like that used in the late exposition,
to run along the Avenue 1’Opera, the
grand Boulevards, the Boulevard Se
bastopol, the Hue Turbigo aid the
Rue de Rivoli, a circuit of about six
miles.
Curious Hello of Old Rom**.
During some excavations in the Fo
rum at Rome, the laborers unearthed
the head and part of the body of a
marble horse. It is a magnificent piece
of sculpture, and great value has
been placed upon it. According to ex
perts, the relic dates from about the
second century before Christ.
Count “mil”, the Favored Son.
Count William Bismarck, who died
recently at the early age of 48, was the
favorite son of the iron chancellor.
Count "bill,” as his father always
called him, was the godson of the first
kaiser. He and his elder brother
served with distinction in the war of
1870.
King: Has Job to Give.
By the death of Colonel that Hon.
Charles G. C. Eliot the office of gen
tleman usher in daily waiting on the
king has become vacant. The salary
is £250 a year, with allowances for
board and lodging during the four
months of annual duty.
Portrait of Justice Miller*
Thomas Wilson, formerly a member
of the Iowa bar, has presented to the
United States supreme court a large
portrait of the late Justice Samuel F.
Miller, painted by Mr. Witt, a New
York artist, during the life of Judge
Miller.
Helping Tulane Library.
Mrs. Caroline Stannard Tilton of
New Orleans, has given $50,000 for a
Tilton Memorial Library at Tulane
University in that city, and Miss Bet
tie Belrne Miles has added $1,000 for
the purchase of bonks.
Fog Lifts, Just Once.
The air In the English channel was
so clear one day recently that the dome
of Boulonge cathedral, twenty-eight
miles away, could he clearly seeu from
Dover with the naked eye.
Approaching the Poles.
Explorers have approached within
S8S miles of the North Pole, but tha
nearest approach to the South Pole haa
been 772 miles. _
POCKET" MONKEYS SN PAVO
Diminutive anil EngAglng Pot from the
Wil'd* of Braell.
The latest fad In the way of pets
Is the pocket monkey. It Is only about
two years since the little fellow made
his first appearance in this country in
his present capacity and he might bo
said to have taken the hearts of pet
lovers by storm. Now his popularity
has become so great that the men who
make a business of catering to the
whims of the people who like pets
say that the demand for the pocket
monkey is five times as great as the
supply. They predict a bright future
for the new favorite just as soon as the
people down in Brazil can be made to
understand what a good commercial
article they have and thus be induced
to make a regular business of captur
ing these monkeys and shipping them
up here.
The pocket monkey dwells so far in
the interior of Brazil as to be almost
out of the reach of traders. He is, per
haps, the smallest member of the mon
key family known, being about five
inches long, but with a tail that is
sometimes three times as long as his
body. He belongs to tho marmot fam
ily of monkeys, and is extremely neat
in person and cleanly of habit. If it
wasn't for those characteristics, ho
would not now be holding the place he
does in the hearts of those who have
invested in him. "We can’t get enough
of them,” said a man who makes a
business of selling pets. “I have one
here that I have been offered $50 for,
but the average price is $25. They are
the finest little acrobats I’ve ever seen.
For instance, here’s a cage made on
purpose for a pocket monkey. You will
notice that it resembles a miniature
gymnasium. There are trapezes, hori
zontal bars and all sorts of things of
that kind. Now, if a pocket monkey
didn’t find them in his home, he would
be heart broken. Of course they don’t
perform Just whenever one wants them
to, but in the morning just after they
have waked up, you will find him do
ing every conceivable gymnastic stunt,
and if you don’t laugh, you are a per
son with no sense of humor.”—New
York Sun.
DESKS WITH HIDING PLACES.
Demand for Secret Compartments and
DraAvers in the Lttgt Tear.
A desk manufacturer says that in the
last year he has received more orders
for desks with hidden springs and se
cret compartments than in the ten
preceding years put together. Some of
them have intricate mechanism, and
by pushing secret buttons the walls
are made to fly open and narrow crev
ices revealed. As to the cause for this
new demand for hidden nooks and
crannies in desks he is able to give
no satisfactory explanation. It would
6eem, however, that the man of affairs
finds himself the possessor of secret3
so grave that not even the stenographer
is allowed to share them and that the
common roll-top desk is forced to give
way to the intricate, many-panelled
contrivance which alone is able to hide
important papers from the prying eyes
of clerks and office boys. “Accepting
this theory as plausible,” said the
manufacturer, "it would logically fol
low that women are burdened with
more than their share of secrets for
fully two-thirds of these combination
desks are intended for female custom
ers. Why they are going to take the
pains of locking up incriminating doc
uments while their tongues are still at
liberty is another puzzle, but then the
fad savors of the mysterious all the
way through, and the feminine phase
of the situation is in keeping with the
test of the circumstances.”—New York
Sun.
Spools Made In Maine.
The making of spools and the saw
ing of wood for them have assumed
such an immense proportions that they
are classed among the leading indus
tries of Maine. Not all the spool bars
sawed in Maine are made into spools
within the stale, but are shipped to
Europe. About 15,00,000 feet are sent
across the water annually, chiefly to
Scotland, one-half of the total being
shipped by one concern in Bangor, al
most all in steamships. Until a com
paratively recent period the handsome
woods of the native state have not
been duly appreciated in house finish
ing and decorating. It is certain that
no woods from other sections of the
United States or from other countries
are handsomer than Maine yellow
birch, curly maple, brown ash, white
pine and spruce. These are now com
ing to be appreciated, and many purely
woodworking plants have been lately
erected in Maine and are In successful
operation.
Th« Sign of the Four.
Every piece of paper money issued
in this country bears a small letter un
der its number, and another like letter
down in the other corner. If you take
the last four figures of the number on
the bill, no matter what its denomina
tion, and divide them by four, you will
of course, have either a remainder of
zero, 1, 2 or 3. If the remainder is
zero, the letter on the bill will be A.
If it is 1, the let «r will be B; if it is
2, the letter will be C, and it it is 3, the
letter will be D. This is one of the
many precautions taken by the govern
ment against counterfeits. Few coun
terfeits bear these letters.
Three-Cent Fare*.
Tom Johnson has just proposed to
the common council of Philadelphia a
3-cent fare, with free trapfers In all
directions, in exchange for a trolley
franchise over as many streets as it
shall designate. Three-cent fare and
free transfers will be the universal
rule in this country within a short time
I unless corruption prevents.—Chicago
' Chronicle.
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CHANGES IN WATCHES.
Old-Fashioned ’'limit* Eye" Silver
Watehoi Are Disappearing:.
The almost total disappearance ol
the old-fashioned “bull’s-eye” stiver
watches is a source of wonderment to
even some watch dealers. It is prac
tically Impossible to pick up ona
now among them. A Chicago Tribune
reporter made the rounds of the watch,
pawn, and junk shops recently In quest
of one of these old timepieces, and did
not find it. One dealer said he knew
where a single specimen was, but later
admitted that the owner either had
sold or lost it. A veteran watchmaker
who can make a watch by hand, in re
ferring to the disappearance of the
“bull’s eyes,” said: “It is only natural,
I suppose, that they should disappear.
None of them were first-class time
pieces. I mean that the best of them
would vary as much as a minute a
week. The cheaper machine-made
watches keep better time and cost less.
The first of these old ‘bull’s-eyes’ car
ried the regulation Virdge movement.
One hundred years ago the Virdge
watches were carried by all business
men. Later the English watchmakers
made ‘bull’s-^res’ with Improvements
on the Vlrdgo movement. I haven’t
seen a Virdge for two or three years.
As a matter of fact, those old-fash
ioned, key-winding silver watches are
worth only what the stiver In the cases
amounts to. The metal represents
about a dollar in value. The works
are worthless. Only one or two small
wheels are taken out by the dealers.
Sometimes they are useful in repairing
family heirlooms. What are they
worth? Why, nothing at all as time
pieces. The best way to get one Is
to keep on inquiring among the grand
fathers and great uncles until you run
across one, and then beg It or buy it.
It is practically worthless, except as
a relic.”
COBWEB PICTURES,
Dnlqat Picture# Made by Mr#. Game
well, a St. Lool# Lady.
Making pictures and decorations out
of cobwebs, peanut shells and postage
stamps is an art created by Mrs. Belle
Cooper Gamewell of St. Louis, Mo.
Taken up as a fad the art has develop
ed into a business and Mrs. Gamewell
is making money, although she is
well-to-do in the world. When Mrs.
Gamewell wants to make one of her
queer pictures she must first hunt un
til she finds a cobweb. The kind that
accumulates in the corner of the cell
ing in the homes where the house
maids can’t see anything higher than
the mantleplece is best for the purpose.
When she finds a web she takes it
down very carefully and spreads it in
the bottom of a pasteboard box. Some
times It is necessary to gather several
cobwebs to provide sufficient fairy can
vas for one picture.
When the web has been spread over
the bottom of the box It Is ready to
be painted on. Mrs. Gamewell uses
brushes and oil paints, but she can
not wield the brush like the ordinary
painter who puts his colors on a big,
coarse canvas. She dips her brush in
the paints very carefully, so that she
gets only a tiny drop on it each time.
The ordinary artist draws a line with
a sweep of his hand. She builds the
line drop by drop without ever actually
touching the web with her brush. In
this way she makes landscapes and
flower designs that are greatly admired
by her little friends. When all the
paint has been deposited drop by drop
on the web it is permitted to dry. Then
Mrs. Gamewell covers it with a piece
of thin glass or mica and the picture
is complete.
Man Like Tan Shoe#,
“Shoo manufacturers have been try
ing hard for four years to drive tan
and colored shoes out of the market.”
said a Chestnut street dealer, “and
they have made an lgnotninous failure
of It. The boom In cheap patent leath
ers, which was started purposely to
squeeze the tan shoes from the market
has almost collapsed. Many factories
did not send out samples of colored
shoes for this season’s trade, tat cent
patent leather samples instead. The
manufacturers who did not make this
mistake are the men who are getting
the summer’s business. Men like tan
shoes, and that’s all there is about it.
Women are not so fond of them be
cause they are more trouble to keep
clean.”—Philadelphia Times.
The Land of Earthquakes.
There are certain generally accepted
conclusions which are entirely wrong.
One of these is as to the land of the
most frequent earthquakes. Ask al
most any person and he will tell you
that most earthquakes are in Japan;
but he is wrong. It seems as though
we hear more about earthquakes at or
near Japan than at any other place,
but when the facts are tabulated we
find that Greece is far ahead of Japan.
The latest complete reports cover a pe
riod of six years from 1893 to 1898,
and during that time 3,187 earthquakes
occurred in Greece and about one-half
of that number in Japan. The island
of Zanta alone had 2,018 shocks during
the six years.
Our Exports to Mexico.
Last year the United States sent
over $31,000,000 worth of goods into
Mexico. This was nearly $7,000,000
more than the year before. The in
crease of late has been chiefly due to
large exportations of machinery and
electrical supplies. Mexico buys a
good deal of her coal from this coun
try, but the amount is not likely to be
increased, as the factories in Mexico
are changing over from steam to elec
tric power. The rivers are many in
number and every one is a series of
waterfalls, owing to the hilllness of
the country.