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' --v Y - . r Herr Joseph Ronehett of Ornavaeae, u;r Novera. Is said tob the poiXMor r tha biggest beard In Europe. . It la ' nearly six feat Ion, , ' - : 'V" Vi : John Slmmond of Henley-on-Themes, England, wnantSs juT retired on a pen slon, baa walked 110,000 mllea perform ing; hla duties as postman - . - - - '. e . e' ' , . ,. V " -v-Tha Kins of Saxony receives 1171,000 a year for ruling orar - his kingdom, , while the Grand Duke of Baden only gete an emolument of 1400,000. , ' " ' .'. e... 'a ' ' "', '' " ' Dn : Isadora Dyer, the noted New Or-.' leans-, specialist - In ' leprosy, aaya that there are hundreds of people afflicted with that disease at large In America. '-'' For the fourth time "Swlttwater" Bin Gates, has established an entente cor dials with fortune In tha Klondike-.lt la said hla cleanup, 'for M aeaaon will be I&00.000. : . . ., , ;. .','. v , i ' ." ' e . .. , '. . At Mayavtlle. New Tork, a monument has been dedicated to Judge Albion W. Tourgee.Tamous aa author of numerous ' . novels of the Ku-Klux period-- Mrs. Tourgee was present. - -; .r 'j :;..:'.'.'.-; . . j '-" Henri Allorg. a young French poet, has Issued n volume of poems entitled 'The Spirit of Geometry." In It . ha -- slngs.the .charms of-the ellipse, the- paralleloplpedon and 'tha asymptote. - '" ' ' ' '" ' The Catholic bishop at Btlna. Russia, ' has aent a report to tha synod showing that alnce the ukase of religious tolera tion mora than 10,00 members of the ' orthodox church have become Cat holtco. Jl-''-i -i . . . e " . - v .' ' Lord Strathcona stated at the annual -'. . meeting of the Hudson Bay company In London recently that 40 years ago the company's lands In Canada eould not . have been sold, for a cent an acre. "Wow u the average price an acre la 19.10. . ': - : '--:''-"-.' . ''-' ' Senator William A. Clark of Montana ha a high tenor' voice, of which he ' . Is proud. Ha gtvea elaborate dinner ' I artier, and sings for hla guest.; Ha : studled'for a time with an opera alnger -7 In Parts. The guests have to listen. . f : ,..-,"1- e . e A ; ; Under the leadership of Its' general 'i eouiiaelor, Professor E. H. Strobe), for ' merly of the Harvard law school, the -1 government of Slam haa made a eyntem. : ; atle cruaade ' against gambling, which hna long notoriously flourished In the kingdom. .m , 'u y - . 1 V. P. Houvar. aged T years, a 'peanut ' 'vender of Colorado Springe. Is tha proud possessor of a personal letter from Mrs. : Nicholas Long worth. . Houvrr Is a great -admirer of President Roosevelt and - when Alice was married the only prea- - ent the old man could afford to send WITH ORGANIZED LABOR The bartender or New Tork will de ' mand an Increase in wagee September 1. ' The union haa over ' MOO member. -t ','v':e.e .y' - : ".;' The Amalgamated . Meatcuttera' and ' Butcher' Workmen, which went to v plecea In the big packing centers fol- lowing the strike of 1S04, is again ahow- ing lg of activity. ,"'...,.;' ,:'. 'h The Barurday half holiday all -the year round haa been decided upon by ' Boaton bricklayer' unions, and; haa . been made a part ot the working rule ;. of that city and vicinity. , .v ... ,v ,..';- "e- - . b Work on nearly i.000 new building ha been suspended In Jerssy City. Ho- . broken and Bayonne by the lock-out of the union building trsdeamechsnlcs of ' Hudson county, New Jersey. ; ; - -;;,;,.-;.:.- ; " -. i The first. aalaried negro orgonlaer.ever placed In eotnm.lseion by a labor organ!- .. aatton I W. C. Thompaon of St Loula. He ha been appointed general organiser for the International Building Laborers' union, which haa headquarter at pay ton, Ohio. ; ' - ' " - - ' . The flrat 1 etrik In , JKIon. City took ; place recently wiien operatora In the " lace mill demanded more money and . left their machines. The men. who have been getting It centa a rack, demanded It cent, the rate paid the union work or In Philadelphia. The tolnt convention of the -miners : and operator of atm "Ohio haaj ' algned the acal for two years, ana ne mines wiU open, giving employment to ' 1,000 men who have been Idle for lour ; : month. . The scale differs but slightly from tha wage acal of .ltot... ... : . - .y ;yft e ."' ' r-w State Labor Commissioner Sherman ' of New Tork. In a report against nnre- strleted Immigration. aay: "Recent revelation --of -the -condition In - the meat-packing Industry hav served to omphaaise the fact that cheap labor and brutalised eondltlono are found side by side, and the farther, fact that "' fair wag. ae underatood In thl coun ; THIEVES IGNORE CURIOS." V ImprtMiio't Houa IUnckd W Priceless Literary TrcMurca Lft. ' t" Burglar who broke into Helnrlch Conried'i heuee.-No, 61 West Bsventy first trt, on Monday night, missed far opportunity,, aay th New Tork World. Th Intruder were either V ignorant of the value of the Impresario ' treasures of manuscripts and rare book, ' or sis they were Intelligent enough to know that an attempt to dlsposs of them to an antiquarian would result. In de tection.' They departed without any plunder.' and the police of the West lity-elghth street station laat night ' aald that there wa "nothing in If ' ' Herr Conrled' house wa robbed three yeara age of Jewel and plate valued at - 110,000. The thievee got In hy way of tse roof, ao th Impreaario had P clal scuttle made, designed by the In ventor of a burglar-proof roof entrance. Monday night' viltor smashed th settle and the thlef-proof theory. Bver olnc Herr Conrled locked np hla house and went to Europe a few weeks ago the place baa been visited on alter- nate da ye by a woman engafod to give the reoma an airing.. She waa etartled on Tuesday morning when she .found -the upper room a in disorder and the ! skylight broken. It wss evident that a hurried aearcn tied - been made for ; Jewelry, bat there waa none In the Vbouse. .'.- - - ' t' ' ' . But In the library on the eeeond floor there were more precloue treasures than Jewel set of Bhakeapear pub ' llshed In tha early part of the seven teenth oenturyr and believed to be the . only set of his unexpurgated play In existence; M portfolio containing .some of the original manuecript of - Lord . Bacon, and manuecript by Richard -Brtneley Sheridan, be id t a a dosen or ; fifteen rare volumee on th drama Of almost prioalee value. . .. r wa a l-cent bag of peanut. toue'o-4 wiUt the gift wee Mra. Longworth that sht aent peraonal jiettar of thanka to the aid peanut man. ' ', '-. .. '' Jeaii d'Orsay, dlacusalng In tha parla TrirnaTOboirfiwriTnai swimming ahould be taught Parisian school chil dren, quotes a statistical return show ing that tha average number of. hatha takes a rear by each person In Frsnce la four. ,,. ..-, .-ii v ' '." a e . -The emperor of Austria Was tha first of hla kind to have a newapaper speci ally condensed and written out for bla private reading. Thla waa started soma 10 year ego. Nothing which concerns him, whether pleaaanV. or the reverse, la omitted, i ' ' . : r . . .i .- .. , , .,- ,. ,'' i a ' 1 Professor Adolf Harnack and.'proba bly. Dr. Robit Koch will be among tha distinguished Germans who will visit ths I.'nited BUtes Jn April, 1107, as guests of the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburg at tb opening oflte new main building. ... . . ... ; , , : - . ,r ' , ' . - " - The queen of Spain Is to have a doc tor of her own. . London Truth learn that, a Boot la to have tha appointment. H will have a salary of $1,000 a year, an gllowanea for rent, a guinea (tl.lS) for each ' visit to the quean " and tha right to a private practice. y -V 'i ' '' '. '':'' The ftret Japaneae Congregational church In America waa organised In Ban Francisco, recently, largely through tha of forta of the Rev. Mr. Kosskt Much Is expected from this pioneer congregation In advancing Christian work among the Japanese on our Pacific coast. . -. ,. . e a - ; :; i Jamea Nation, assistant atata auditor of Kansas.' la one of It children. Hit father, Beth, was born on April II, an Hated In tha civil war August It, was nominated treasurer of Neosho county September' 1 1, and took -office -October II. Tn old man, la alive ana well. ; ;,A' '. V. ' J'-O ' .i :' " .:, . ' Th Rev.' 'John AWI. one the moat prominent minister of the Baptist de nomination In England, haa reached ths age of II. , He began life In a ahnemakr rr'a shop. Afterward he was aent to Horton. college. ' near Bradford, now known as Rawdon college. Later he be came, pastor of Mass Pond chapel. Loir don, and In 111 he waa elected, chair man of tha Baptlat union. - -t i V - : o., i H .' - Rdouard Da Reaske. the opera alnger, la not only exceedingly - clever Jn suc cessfully Imitating tha voice of peo ple and animals, but can. also Imitate a vlolineello, producing with his voice the entire range of tha Instrument.' Ho says, however, that to do this he must assume the position of one playing the 'oelk. and with hie fingers go through tha movement of playing, - try, will bring Into 'any , occupation otherwlae unattractive. a class of Intel ligent, clean and efficient workmen, who will not tolerate unsanitary -conditions.'' ' : e . , . -r, . The lsbor organisations of 'America gained 1.S04 hew unions Isst year, em bracing a memberahlp of 100,000 lndj vidua 1. ' .,.'. ' 'v-e 'i.:'; s :i " It haa neeii Meflnltely decided by the Central Labor union of Scranton, Penn sylvania, to bo lid a labor temple for the use of the trade union. It I es timated that the coat of auch a building will be more than IJ0.000. . The money will be subscribed by the sale of stock. - j.' ' .''. ; .- : . . , .... In 'announcing his position on tha question of the eight-hour day, Gov ernor Folk of Missouri says: "I am taking steps to hive the eight-hour law enforced In thl state. I believe It haa been demonstrated that such a law I desirable as a mean of uplifting the laboring claa." . - . ... ; . ,.. .,...' . The convention of the Farmera' Ed ucational Cooperative union of Texas adopted a reaolutlon advlalnfrall mem bera to buy only union label good when possible to oLtaln such, and espe cially In view of the printers' sight hour fight, to use their Influence to have all country, printing bear the union label. .- -. v 'e',. e -: A moat Important labor decision was recently handed down In Chicago. . If a labor union telle jl .contractor It men will not work wttlf a nonunion man, and If aa a result ths nonunion man ia discharged and .1 unable to secure em ployment on account of the attitude of the union toward him, the anion I not liable fqr damages to the nonunion man. ...... .. . . . . e , e. Following la a brief statement of the result of the strike of the printers for an eight-hour uayi Cities where the Typographical union baa been aucceas-ful.- 4f4; cities where the 'Typothets has been successful, none; union printers-working eight hours, 19,441; nnfcon printer now-on . strike, 4,114; union printer working nine hour (unexpired contract), J.711. -. . SPEAKS AFTER TRANCE. '"'-V 1 ';:.V,:v' Old .Woman - Found ' Bound and '! Oajged Can Now Tall Story. i After 21 days of unconsclouaness, dur ing which time she wss removed from Harlem hospital across the East river to the Metropolitan hospital on Black well' island, Mrs. Marguerite Green, II years old, at laat haa com out of her coma, aay th New York World. Bhe wa discovered In th kitchen of her apartment. 211 Eaat One Hundred and Flrat street, on June I laat, bound and with a wet towel tied tightly around her neck. Her rooms had been robbed. For a few houra after aha was taken to Harlem hoepltal Mra. Green wa able to epeak, and ah aald that Elian Casey, yeara old, whom ahe had befriended, had called on her, . accompanied - by a man who aald he waa a houeemover. When Ellen left the room, Mr. Green said. the man eelsed her, tied her feet ohoked her and ransacked the apart ment, after first demanding money. Detective Davis, of the East On Hundred and Fourth afreet atation, ar rested the 'Casey- woman after a long search. She waa arraigned In Harlem eourt a a ausplrtoug parson and wa remanded to await th reeult of the detective talk with Mrs. Green, who la atlll vary weak. Other arrest may be made. j ' Physician aay that her long period of unconaclouaness waa caused by a blood clot on (the brain. - They think, too, that knockout drop were given to her, - : - -. . a ' - . keat rUtUa rwta . A Maine wema ewas the beet pmtirtlea asalnet the ehlqnlteos B. It Is svthlBg ke a Inple aoraeta' et, that hens Jnet eatetee the smue eonr. lf Isetatet are an takwd by tke klnaM of t1r ewaer that thy nr "! er atln her. Kt a fly has enter the sisce the laauiutloa of tale . rtraa, , vv..j , - -V ; i;, ... i; Rr in 1.1 - II Henry A. " Colonel Ttenry A. Du Pont, the new senator from Delaware, who broke Addicks' rule over that atate, has alway been a brave and . fearless fighter. . In the civil war he won fame and promotion aa an '. artillery officer, commanding what waa said to be the finest battery ; in the army, it having been purchased and maintained by hia wealthy father, the powder maker., . . v V - .A ; . 1 '.- ; Thomas TtQgart The fight to have Thomas Taggart deposed as chairman of the ; Democratic national committee ia being waged by William R. Hearst and his frienda. " It is being made .principally on the grounds that , Taggart ia the proprietor of the French Lick Springs in Indajna, , where gambling ia permitted. . ; . , ' - i 1 UNIQUE JOBS t H H SOME of th way of earning a.llv - Ing from Uncle Bam are unique. . says . th Baltimore New. , On the payroll of the treasury de partment are the namea of two women who for the last M year hav been In specting the content of th departmental waste basket. - They epond. the entire day eearchlng for tray bonds, chsck and bill that may, through orae mis hap, have fallen Into the baaketa. - Not a scrap of paper ta permitted to be carried out of the treaaury ; ment until it ha passed the- orflelal examiner. - It frequently happena that a gust of wrnd will carry a bond or a check from an ofnelara deek ii I whUk It Into hla crap baskt. Ths chances are ten to one in favor of the eaamlnere rescuing It The two women have been doing thl work for- years, and have saved ' .to tha government the amount of their annual ealarlea a hundred time over. A rear ' or so ago one of them fished vp a 110.000 United Bute coupon bond. The eontent of each bkt are carefully sorted, for Uncle Bam le an economical manager, and all th government wast paper. The fcrap ar thrown Into separate receptaclea. ac cording to their character, and event oally ar sold to ananufaeturera of card board and white and brown paper.. The department-wet .000 or M.009 a y'" from th al of th eontent of the treaaury crap basket. - The government ha revenue officer m every elty ot the United "States who are on the watch for buttertno and oleo masquerading In the Suise of pure coun try butter. They send suspected sam ples to th chemist at th treaaury de partment. H i an expert in telling the real from the spurious article, being able to spot th counterfeit almost aa far as he ean see If However, he mskee chemi cal analysee of all aamplea In order to settle beyond any- doubt th question of whether the product 1 mad from cream or from oil and fata. A new batches com in at th rate of from one to ten a day, the ehmit 1 kept constantly at work. . . .' ' ' " When Leslie M. Bhew became secretary of the treasury hs found himself sur rounded by asalatanta who had formerly been newapaper man. They quickly Im pressed on Mr. Shaw the importance of knowing what the newepepera were ear ing about him.' In this way the ofAcial "ezeerpter" was created. Other cabinet efflcere soon heard of Secretary Shaw' schema and now there 1 on man In practically every executive department In thl city who doe nothing but read th newepepera and magaslnea in order te) kaea -is tWi w4 Of what ia : .PEOPLE Du Pont OF UNCLE SAM going on In ths world, and especislly of what la being printed about his -particular department. It frequently happena that the officiate here get the flrat news through the dally paper of happenlnga in tha distant branches of their offices. If ait ambitious legislator wishes to foist a new tariff law on the country or to experiment with a novel system of currency he first tries It on tha govern ment actuary. Thl Individual gsts . a salary of 12.100 a year for answering mathematical pussies that would stump a prof esslonal lightning calculator. It I nothing unusual for him to recelv th draft of a proposed tariff law with a re quest to make a report -on how much revenue It would bring In If placed on the statut book, and also how certain Industrie would be affected by It. He ha blasted the hopee of more than one congressman who believed be had finan cial atringancy and currency inflation by proving that the proposed schemes, at the end of SO to ) years, would bankrupt the country.- The actuary computes the Interest on the governemnt bonds, keeps track of the national debt and warns Secretary 8haw at what time he may expect-to find himself paying out more money than 1s coming la or when a sur plus may be looked for. v ., . One of th scientists of the department or agriculture Is responsible for the dis covery that hawk and owls . are - the friends, and not the enemies, of our farmers, These bird - were formerly hot on sight because of the-bellef thst they lived- on young chicken and ducks and In ether way acted the 'role of pirate : .-v , - After epondlng th greater part of 10 year examining th content of th toraach of hawk and owl, however, thle scientist announced that the bird belong In th category of beneficial, and not harmful, species. He scrutinised the food In the stomachs of thousand of owl and hawk before giving - them a clean bill of health. It waa found that, while th hawk will occasionally pick up a young chicken, he depend largely for food on the animate which are known to be highly Injurioue to farm, crone. The owl llvee almoet entirely on field mloe, which are great peeta In certain section. Thl scientist-Is now busy secerUlnlng th food of other species of birds. , ' The chief chemist of fhs department of agriculture recently made a martyr of himself In th Interest of mankind. He bought a broken-down cab horse, or dered It prepared In roast, steski and chops and bravely at samples ef each lot. Then he wrote a pamphlet describ ing the appearance ef horse flesh, rsw snd rooked, snd told just hew ft tasted. For tha benefit of the aqueamlah k say U jtaa not ao bad, attar all. C? NOTE A: I W. J. Buchanaa W. J. Buchanan, who with Secretary Root Is taking an active partjn the PanAmerican conference, is familiar- with South Ameri can affair. Some yeart-agrher-was-chosen aa deciding arbitrator in the boundary dispute between Chile and Argentina and hia de- .cision was satisfactory to both aides. Mr. Buchanan waa director general of the Pat)-American expoiition in Buffalo. i v ; - John Sharp Congressman John Sharp Williams, the leader of the Democrats,. ,ia now on hia way to Europe to meet . William 'Jennings. Bryan. Tha object of Mr.- Williams' 'visit is to try and induce Bryan not to be ao insistent in his view of public ownership. , HERE ARE SOME FISH STORIES Trained Dogfish Finda Gam. '' Of all the startling flab atoriea that hav recently figured In the news, the one from Lockport, New Tork, leads the procession. Of all the fishermen In that section no on la successful aa Thorn Moore, yet he doe not use a hook and line.- He uses a rifle. There I quit a knack about shoot ing fish.- On soeount of refraction the hunter must aim an Inch or two below th game, othewlea he would mia it entirely. Moore aaya that only a pot hunter will ahoot a fiah that M motionless. It's almost ss bsd as k filing a quail on the ground. Where he find a school of awlmmer he flushes them and kill them a they try to escape. ' f The most difficult fish to shoot I tha pickerel. Skimming through the lily pads, a streak of dull gray, it can only be hit by the most expert marka man. 1 Moore haa, after considerable effort, trained a dogfish to find - his - game, Thl rare .fish, hss a highly developed cent, and one of it good point I that It retrieve th dead, san a well a a aetter. ;-'' 1 . .. ; ; ' .. Catfish in 4 Hollow Log. x Prom Burlington, Iowa, come a story of a catfish In a hollow log. It says that men who work in sawmill along the Mississippi river , are pussied whether they are mlllmen or fjahermen. In June and July the men who work the logs up to ths csrrtsgea which take them to-the ssw begin to watch for hollow pclmn. . When they find tone of that sort they are pretty ur of a big catfish' hiding-inside. At Burlington a large number of fish weighing from three to ten pounds each have been taken Iff thle- way during the laet few week. ." ' ' . ' ' On black " catfish ' weighing St pound waa caught about two week ago. fi would have escaped to-' the water but for a man with a rantbook, who dispatched the - prise. The- fish netted hi captor f I whn he had been cut Into taka. . -; Thia Baaa Had Hydrophobia. , Not to- be outdone In the eeaaon' fish atorles. Henry Clyv Pennsylvania. eomea to tha front with a baaa that had hydrophobia. The story I vouched for by Henry Allen, who witnessed the dy ing spaama of the big bass. - According to Allen the bass had con tracted hydrophobia from the' carcass of a dog which had died of the rablea and been thrown into the pond. About two weeks . later, persons living, near .Williams. ' No. pond notioed. the peculiar antics ot the huge riah. In the deep clear .water It eould be seen pursuing pickerel, and perch, nap ping at them vtolously, whll from th Jaw fleck of whit froth exuded. - During It moot .violent paroxysm thl baas carried Ita tall between Ite pectoral fin. Four old woman attend ing s temperance picnlo near by saw It dlatlnctly. They also say that whll th fish did not bark, it growled some. Finally it took an antipathy to water, and Allen, who sat on the bank for two hours watching tha poor thing die, avers that - it leaped two feet In the air to escape the water. ." Nouriahcd by Sea Cows' Milk. The bark Albatross, ' which . reached Ban ' Francisco recently from Callas, brought news of a singular incident In the Paclflo Islsnds off Chile. . The j tor y is vouched ror by the captain of the Albatross, who aay he made a personal Investigation. , Fiv man composing th crew or a cntiean schooner were wrecked on the island, which waa little more than barren rocks snd entirely de void of animal life or water. They were In danger of starvation when one sailor noticed a heard of sea cows swimming about In a smalt la soon After much maneuvering the cowe were driven Into a narrow neck of the lagoon and milked. Each cow gave about three pints of rlcn. ysllow milk. ' The sailors were on the Island for nearly two months, during which time iney lived almost entirely on thl ea eow milk. "... '...!-,.. : Flying Fiah Attacks Boy. - Birds are known to attack despollera of their nest but th first record pf fish fighting for their young ocne In g dispatch from Ocean Spring. Mississ ippi. Not only do the fish there attack disturbers of their nests but these fish nest In treen. . The dispatch tells the tory Itself. . It la follow: Eight-year-old Algernon Dryden wss attacked by flying fish, the only variety known to scientists that live In trees. The lad dlacoverad a nest in a live oak tree and with the natural Instincts of youth climbed to a high branch in tending to add the eggs to bla collec tion. .. From a neighboring bayou th mother flab, which had been feeding, saw the youngeter, and. uttering a shrill cry of anger, which attracted her mate. . ah flew directly at young Dryden. Clinging to the tree he tried to beat of -the infuriated fish, but the .male attacked him from the rear, and after vain atCorta to sav himself, ha waa ... R t; q ;. In KnalandT man can take out an inaoranoa policy agaJnat twins. Th only fish that never sleep are said to be the salmon, pike and gold fish. - -., .,.',.'-... The London police estimate that th treat beggar of that elty collect every year ILlso.too. , . . , V w . ... .' Among the 41,110 students at Ger many's universities this spring there are I, (Si foreigner. r - . Tha layer of the sea taken op in clouda each year te now estimated at 14 feet In thieknea.' ,,.,.-..,:..,'.... ... ThaTrach In which the WnntMforvi r" - London ride o atata occaalon . ha been,, In nee alnoe the year 1717. r ' ''.,.'-, -..V '- e . Bee ean embalm aa well as any un dertaker. All Intruders on their Uvea aro slain and embalmed carefully. . ....! ;!.-, ;;-. , ; A Chinee often present hla Intended bride with a pair of gees, and they are regarded aa emblem of conjugal fidelity. . . ' '-... . .... .-f..j.- ,-- ., - ' New Tork City imports ar growing rapidly. The' elty la now receiving for- ,.; eign goods at the rat of 7l.000.oa a year. . - . Sealing wax 1 not, waw no doe It . . contain a alngl partlela ef wax. It la mad of shsllae and restn mailed with turpentine. .. - . New and heary 1 aU-eteel oar) aro about to be pnt into service for the transportation of snail between Boston and New Tork... - .... w m j:' - ..... . '. - The head of an Eskimo fanrily give ' . his doctor a fee aa soon aa k earn. . If th patient recovers, tt la kept- If not, It la returned.- About 7 ' specimens of the extinct . ' great auk are now preserved In muse- ; . uar. A specimen recently sold In mo don brought IMOv. . ... .. m In Bolivia th native of the Interior wear hats and shirt mad of th bark of a tree, which 1 flrat aoakad in water ; and than beaten until pliable. - , - The only method ef reducing danger to life by anakea In India la, according , to th Pioneer Mail, the removal of prickly pear and noxloun undergrowth. "' .'.-.'.. ' e . e .... ... .,,. :. - The moon I the sluggard ef the solar system. Its 1,171 miles an boor in its journeying around th earth comparing badly with the earth's M7 miles en hour. . ... - ' - " ' . . v In 81am the number of rooms In a house,' of window or door In a room, ' even of rung on a ladder; must alway be odd. Even numbers, are oonaldered unlucky;'., ;. ., , ' The rhinocero I th thlckst-klnned quadruped. It hid being tough enough to resist th claw of a. lion or tiger, the blow of a aword or th balls of an old-f aahloned musket. . . .; ; . , ,,.,. . .;. ,'..:,;','' A wonderful pearl bearing the exact ' Itkeneas of the late Queen Victoria of England was found in a fresh water mussel in the Mississippi river near . - Davenport, Iowa-- '-r4--rrrtr . . 11; . ,' . I, i firm of London ' motor manufac turer auppliea Its customer with spe cially colored confetti, which the motor tot aprlnkle when running through a -police trap. Driver who follow at one .. read the lgn and act accordingly. In their recent joint meeting the for eign mission boards of the United St tee and Canada appointed a committee to investigate th rellglou eondltion of the 110.000.000 people In Russia, with a view to beginning . Protestant mission work among tbem. .-. ' '. ;..';( ,,., . - It wss stated recently at a publla hearing . In Auatralla that 11.000.000 worth of rabbits were shipped to Eng- land every year; that the rabbit, aa s commercial commodity, waa "only In Ita Infancy." and that the trad would prob ably grow to 11,000,000 a year. . . e e . . ':.-. 1 In 1M tin was quoted in tha English '. market at IIT0 a ton. It Is now quoted In the same market at about I7 a ton. Sudden fluctuation hav carried It aa high as 1 1.041. Market manipulatione cauae part ot thla rise, but the Increased demand for the metal -has caused at least one halt of the general increase. ; . ' .' e .. '. r !- r June II, 1ITI, at the centennial ex hibition In Philadelphia, the tolephone waa for the first time exhibited to the public. A few m on tha before, Alexander Graham BeU had perfected hla Inven tion, but It was not until a month after the opening of the centennial that it oo- eurred to him to exhibit the wonder working device at the great fair. -.- ; .. .. '... ' e a-1..- '"'' '' '-'' ''-"' Th largest flower In th world haa been supposed to be that of raffles! arnoldl. which form th ntir plant and grow to a diameter of three feat as a flat, circular paraatta on treea In Java and Sumatra, but atlll larger single specimen of which weigh aa much as 11 pounds bav been reported to exist In Mindanao, one of the Philip pines. ' ' ' -. ' 1 - ' ' " . ' ' IG0RR0TES IN SLAVERY.' I - j-STstewanraswasa V t ' l-J Savages, It la Said, Hart Been Cheated Out of Their Earning-. Fifty Igorrot, who for month hav bean kept In actual alavery. left Chicago for the Philippine lalanda July IL, The United Statea government . sent - there home and the "Igorrot Villagea' at varl- ou town ar now a thing of th pL F. F. Barker, legal sgent of the war ' department, went to Boeton to get some of the Igorrotes, and on hi ,way back -topped at Indlanapoi; and took up anothr bunch. '. Dr. Truman K. Hunt, former lieu ten-ant-governor of th province of Papanta. Bonbac, Philippine lalanda. It I alleged, failed to ehow th thereabout of 12. . 000 In wage du the Igorrotes and llsSOO mad by them In the sale of trinkets. . ' Hunt, at the expiration of hi term of offlc. made contracts with about 10 Igorrotes, under which they -agreed to com to America on exhibition Irln. The contract expired long ago. but th aavage were kept prlsonere. They at tempted to escape from a park here re cently and hot fight reaulted tn. their recapture. The Hunt element haa ao pealed for a writ of hahea corpus be fore Federal Judge Fethea. The secre tary of war haa already ordered their deportation at government eyf-nee, t compelled to drop to the r" Fortunately he lended In bi t4 and waa no! hurt. Locsl Inhsbitant esy ths f 1 ' vsriety of the perch, bene ti tendency.
