The herald., 1896-10-22
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Sixty thousand fire balloons, each
costing francs, were used in one fete
in the Trocadero in honor of the czar's S
Paris visit.
Gold fields Of considerable extent are
said to have been discovered in Kam-
schatka, the gold being Of remarkably
good quality.
doctor of philosophy at Jena was n
years Of age. He passed his examina-
tion in satisfactory manner.
The Manhattan elevated railroad in
New York is now running through trains
to fremont, eleven miles, in So minutes;
fare cents.
For the first time in forty years the
circuit court of Logan county, Kentucky,
convened in regular session recently
without a murder case on the docket.
A New York newsdealer near the Long
Island ferry bids for business with this
sign. which hangs above his stand:
Notice: am the only totally blind man
in East Thirty-fourth street"
The letters OF John c. Calhoun to the
number of about 5000 were recently
found in an old box in the old home
place. 1t is suggested that South Caro-
lima should take care Of them.
There Is on exhibition in Pittsfield,
Me-, drug store brick bearing the i'm
clay sixty-four years ago by Samuel
Walker, a well known resident.
Perhaps one of the very oldest monu-
| ments Is the tablet in a Berkshire
church in memory of soldier who had
| his left leg taken off "by the above ball" +"
| the actual cannon ball being inserted at
| the top.
One OF the greatest lead prospects ever
discovered in the mineral district was
! str OF nf 20 foot n Dnana-
| veg, Mo-, the other day. Solid chunks
Of lead, weighing IS to 100 pounds each,
are being taken out.
| While sorting Japanese rags In pa
per mill at Westbrook, Me-, an operative
| found small metallic object, at which
he picked with penknife, and he lost
three fingers and thumb in the explo-
sion that followed.
| The carpet in the queens private rail
way carriage cost $3.50. The curtains are
| hung upon silver poles, which are sus-
! pended upon small gilt figures, which
| cost $50 each. The door handles cost
| $3.50. The whole saloon cost $4,000
An English expert declares that he
| knows of at least 600 counterfeits of the
old masters, which are now hanging IN
| the private galleries of the United
| States and all of which were originally
purchased in Europe at very high
| prices.
The Peninsular and Oriental company
has new steamer, the India, which is
| declared the latest development of per-
| fection In the science Of shipbuilding
1t is of 10000 horsepower and will car
ry 315 first-class passengers and 152
| second-class.
! In China the rules for war, which even
now are used for governing the troops
| in the field, are some 5000 years old. One
of these rules enjoins the Celestial SOL
| dier to spread in the camp of the enc
my voluptuous musical airs, so as tc
| soften his heart"
| An explosion of acetylene gas, used
for lighting in Lyons cafe, completely
wrecked the cafe, severely injured three
| persons who were in it at the time, broke
every pane of glass In the building
which is four stories high, and tore off
the doors from the hinges on the first
| two stories.
| Great Britain and Australia are the
only islands which exceed Cuba in nat
ural resources. When not wasted by
war, Cuba produces, with large share
of her soil untouched, $1O0, 900, 900 worth
of sugar and tobacco annually, besides
the products of orhards and forests, riv.
| ers and mountain mines