The evening times., 1895-11-07
Very Curious.

A valuable article OF export from Ceylou
| fs sharks fins. which are esteemed as q
| delicacy by the Chinese and some other Orr
| entail nations. The expectation amounted
| last year to 20 .3i8 rupees.
In London every public building. from
the queens palace down. is supplied with
! fire aunihilator. Some of the large ones
| will produce IT 900 gallons OF carbonic gas
| and steam in the space OF four or five min
utes.
The partiality eviuced by the late P rof.
| Huxley for cats was a trait in the cha acters
OF several other prominent men. Thus
Cardinal Richelieu used to watch with de-
| light the gambols OF kittens. Cats were
great favorites with CARDINAL Mazarin. and
the late Mr.. p arnen had in his country resi-
dence at Avondale two cats who were his
iuseparable companions when reading or
writing.
Napoleon III had tie remarkable expe-
rieuce OF his first brilliant saccess December
2. 1851. He was made Emperor on Deem
| ber 2, 1859. Heopened the eFranco-German
war, at Saarbruck. August 2, 1870. aud
surrendered his sword 10 William of Z russia
September 2, 1870.
A jacquard loom has been patented at
KiddernEnstcr, which promises 10 work
something like a revolution In the carpet
trade. Upon 1t cnn be made deepcut pile
IKE tfit Nl'u an AIt
coloring effects bf t;fe royal carpets. while
the jacquard loom makes the pile absolutely
fast.
One Of The most fam GUS log chutes in the
West, at La Grande Greg. is to be cut up
for cord wool, all the timber Immediately
tributary TO it having been cut away. The
chute is one aad a half miles long from top
TO bottom, and during its period of use
more than S.4G0.OG6 feet OF logs have
coasted throdghit down the mountain si:ic.
A calculation recently made gives the
number of Americans iii England. more or
less resident in London, at 10000; twice
as many as there are Frencsinen. four times
as many as lhere are Italians, and so on.
Paris possesses a cyclis,. lamp-iightcr.
His route is under the Notifications. aud he
carries his leng lanp-iighier's pole over
his right shoulder and guides the machine
with his left hnHi. He goes his rounds and
lights all his Lamps without once disyn cunt
Ing.
An eminent German pencil maker, now
dead. has oyer his grave a gigantic stone
representation Of half a lead pencil as
a tombstone. II is of red sandstone. with
a core Of graphite eight inches in diameter.
IT rs semIofficiaily announced that the
British public prosecutor has resolved on
stopping the sale Of racing tips, and has
intitiiated his inicatiou OF entering prose-
cution against all special papers publish
ing such information.
When an English admiral is on board
a ship a square flag is substituted for the
pennant- A flag at the main mast indi-
Gates full admiral; one at the fore. vice,
and at the mizen, rear. The color Of the
flag is according 10 the squadron the officer
belongs TO-, red, white. or blue.
The skin OF the cactus is alright, a
marvellous provision of nature to enable
those plants l., live in a soil where moisture
is scarce aud under sun that would
speedily dry up every drop of moisture they
contain.
Drouiedaries are swffter than camels,
and with a load so eight miles an hour for
ten or twelve hours. Caravans consist
OF from l 600 to 1000. and many Arabs
possess frum 400 to 500. They east their
hair every year, and 1t is made into cloths,
stockings, sha wis, carpets. etc. Drume-
daries live from forty to fifty years.