Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1898 — ODDS AND ENDS. [ARTICLE]

ODDS AND ENDS.

Queen Victoria owns $2,000,000 worth of china. A Sevres set is estimated at $500,000. The city of Philadelphia is reported to have made a profit of nearly $300,000 last year from its gas works. Statistics show that about one-flfth of the wage-earners of New York City are compelled to work on Sunday, In China an army recruit must be able to jump across a ditch six feet wide, or he Is not eligible for enllstififnt centenarian who died recently in London had smoked steadily since he was 15 years old. He began smoking, that is, the year before Napoleon was driven back from Moscow, and kept it up till after Jameson surrendered at Krugersdorp. Congressman White of Illinois wears a seal ring whose historic interests far surpass the intrinsic value of the jewel, although it is probably the finest intaglio in Washington. It is a plain hyacinth, bearing the classic head of Antonins Pius, ruler of Rome from 188 to 161, and was cut and worn by the great Roman philosopher and emperor 1,700 years ago. Mr. White secured it during his sojourn in Italy, paying for it about S6OO in American money.