There are 2000 D.D's. in the United States and some 200 LL.D's. The Me thodist says only 100 persons in the United States are qualified for the former, and only some 25 are really entitled to the latter.
A troublesome echo in a new court house at Bloomington, Illinois, is said to have been stilled by stretching several small wires across the room, at different heights. The sound waves are thus broken up, and reverberation prevented.
A Canadian way of measuring a tree is said to be as certain as it is grotesque : walk from the tree, looking at it from time to time between your knees, when you are able to see the top in this way, your distance from the root equals its height.
A row occurred in the Cassino theatre, Rio de Janeiro, on the night of the 31st of October, a part of the audience receiv ing Suzanne Castera with signals of dis like, including oranges, coppers, stones, and potatoes Finally the police cleared the house, and, as is customary, Avith their swords, the usual consequence of their action occurring.
