The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-08
NOTES OF THE DAY.

A postage stamp or Maurftius issue,
two-penny blue. unused. sold In Lon
don a few days ago for 800.
Our exports of manufactures OF iron
and steel for the eight months ended
Aug. 81. 1895. were valued at $21 ,952,642
an increase as compared with the
corresponding months Of last year OF
$3.50. 431.
A Rochester, N. Y, jury, impaneled
to try a young man for robbery, not
only acquitted him of the charge, but
raised a purse of $50. which was pre-
scented to him as he was leaving the
court room.
A novel feature at recent receptions
and afternoon teas at Springfield,
Mass, has been THE appearance of six
colored boys as walters, dressed in
Nubian costume of white turbans and
baggy trousers.
Diphtheria serum Is about to be
manufactured on a commercial scale
by a dyeing establishment at Hochst.
near Frankfort-on-the-Ma 1t will
be much concentrated. and five times
as strong as that hitherto used.
A recent magazine writer says the
London Times is 1.-THE most arrogant,
the most unbrtbealble thing in Europe,
sober serene, exasperatingly honest,
more British than Queen Victoria and
more ubiquitous than the vatican.
Canada, with a population about
equal to that of Illinois. has an area
almost as large as the entire United
States. 1t has less wealth than ILL
nois, with a debt about half as large
as the debt of the United States. 1t
had a deficiency last year of about
81, 000. 900. q d
The Yale faculty has voted a special
appropriation of $500 to aid the or
ganizatlon of a symphony orchestra in
the musical department of the univer-
sity to consist OF about 40 of the best
student musicians. This Is said to be
the first organization of the kind ever
attempted in this country. "a. g
In almost every country there is an
idea that the salamander lives or can
live in the fire. There is a strange pc
culiarity about this creature. which
has given rise to the superstition.
When placed In a very warm situation
the salamander throws out from ORR
fees in his side small quantities Of
fluid to relieve the oppressive warmth.
According to Prof. Aristide Marie, a
distinguished French linguist, the
name of the MAZDA Eascar capital, An
tananarivo, means rCgty of the Thou
sand Villages 1t Is composed OF the
Malagasy words. IAN" cthe), "tanana"
(village), "arivo" (thousand). And the
name Is as eminently descriptive Of
New York as 1t is OF the Madagascar
| metropolis.
Ii has been found that the new Sec
ond-class 'balttleship Maine. when fully
equipped for service, draws three feet
more of water forward than aft. This
| is regarded as a serious defect, showing
grave errors in calculation, but II need
not permanently detract from the eff
cheney. She is said also to have a list
to starboard. which Is regarded as a
radical fault.
A novel aife-buoy and life-saving coat
has been invented by Swiss scientist
/ The buoy and dress contain an air cell
whicIh is automatically inflated by
means of the vapor of a small quantity
of chloride of methyd when the buoy
/ enters the water, while a capsule oi
4 phosphide of calcium, wetted by the
water, yields a bright flame, or night
/ light. lasting three-quarters OF an hour
A man with a gun may have sport
/ in the Hudson bay country. Aside
1 from the four-footed beasts, there are
/ quantities Of snlpe, ptarmigan, crane
/ 10 varieties of ducks. three varieties OF
! geese. pelicans. cormorants, curlews
1 falcons and vultures. In the regions
| about Forts York and Churchill as
many as 5000 geese have been killed
| in a season, and in the vicinity OF Fort:
/ Moose and Albany 10000.
| Several cities and towns In Washing
/ ton and Oregon have lately obtained
An excelleut and adequate supply OF
water in an inexpensive manner by use
/ OF wooden pipes. The pipes are made
from common pine logs. 10 inches in al.
! amerer followed out with a 6-inch bore
! m is claimed that the wooden pipe:
4 last as long as sron pipes. One town
/ has a line OF pipes seven miles long
/ char. with all connections. cost but
/ s.. 900.
/ Hanke. in the yen of Kotshi. in ia.
pan, has received a gift of 500 from tn,
/ government on account OF the unusual
/ IN exemplary behavior OF the villagers
/ For over 200 years there have been NJ
/ ouarrels or lawsuits in the place; NJ
! crimes have occurred; the taxes have
/ always been paid on time, and when
| ever misfortune has come the villagers