Carl Sandburg, Chicago poet, defines poetry as " a sliver of the moon lost in the belly of a golden frog."

A whistling buoy reported lost from the St. Lawrence River a year ago was washed ashore at Bryher, one of the Scilly islands (just off Cornwall).

Two hundred and sixteen sailing vessels and steamers were lost at sea in 1922. Of these, 60 were under the American flag.

At the Newark Almshouse two old ladies bobbed their hair preparatory to participation in a " jazz " dance.

In Freehold, N. J., a 125-year-old Negro celebrated his birthday by turning a handspring, threading a needle and proclaiming that he was proud of his 97-year-old daughter.

In Martinsburg, W. Va., a heifer dropped down between two ricks of straw and subsisted seven weeks without water.

In New York, 195,000,000 cubic feet of gas were consumed in a single day--a record.

In San Francisco a man suffered sunstroke. The thermometer registered 68.

The combined value of all the objects in the tomb of King " Tut" is put at $15,000,000. Had this sum been invested in safe 6 per cent bonds 3,400 years ago, it would today amount to $4,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000 ,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

Lefkowitz and Pitofsky, of 500 Seventh Avenue, Manhattan, sent this telegram to Lord Carnarvon:

" For exclusive style rights of garments, embroideries, and colorings on all apparel found in the tomb of TutankhAmen will make a most generous offer. Will deposit $100,000 with American representative to bind offer. Member of firm leave immediately to close on receipt of your cable. Divide equally all profits derived from transaction with a museum you name. Believe your discovery will revolutionize style world. We are considered among leading creators and would like to sponsor newest sensation."

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