The herald., 1897-09-03
NOTES OF THE DAY

NOTES OF THE DAY
Jersey City has lawyer who, having
settled an estate of $1,000, was awarded
800 for his costs and refused to take It
because it was an exorbitant price.
A $1,000 farm in Tennessee has been
paid for wholly in hens eggs, the in
stallments being remitted daily, some-
| times at the rate of cents dozen for
the eggs, delivered in four-dozen lots.
The latest printing press turns out
$4,000 eight-page papers an hour. Men
| not yet old can remember when the
fastest press could not print that many
four-page papers in forty y-eight hours
A Brazilian doctor who has been ex-
perimenting with coffee as remedy for
anemia, says that he has brought about
some remarkable cures. He requires pa
tients to drink weak coffee exclusively,
also ordering them to take baths In .
decoction of coffee.
A physician of note declares that talk
ing is conducive to longevity, and shows
that the arguments Of lawyers and the
speeches of politicians enable them to
live without taking the exercise required
by other people. He advocates talking.
shouting, crying and swearing, II need
be.
Travellers in the wilds Of Africa will
do well to take plentiful supply of UNI
brellas with them, according to Prof,
Pechuel-Loesche, the German explorer.
He says they are the best protection
against the wild beasts. tigers and lions
especially being afraid of them when
suddenly opened.
The swan is not yet appreciated in
America as scenic attraction. On the
upper Thames the swans with their
broods of young make beautiful pic
ture In a stretch of thirty-five miles
along the river 4S1 of the graceful birds
were recently counted and 1853 of them
belonged to the queen.
Five women have Just been enrolled
for three years course of study in a
New York college of veterinary sur
geons Their specially will be the treat
ment of dogs, cats and other household
pets. France has one woman veterinary +,
surgeon with diploma and there are
sveral in Germany and Russia.
Muskegon, Mich, is celery shipping
depot, and the people there have turned
their attention to another commodity
which they can dispose Of It good profit
in eastern markets. This is turtle. From
North Muskegon there were shipped one
day recently several hundred pounds Of
turtles to Philadelphia.
There Is certain minister in Kansas
who has an eye to the physical as well
as the spiritual welfare of his congrega-
tion. He brought one of his recent Sum
day sermons to a sudden close with the
| following words: Brethren, 1 will now
close, for I see that we are going to have
a thunderstorm. The congregation will
please follow me to Brother Soandso's
field and help him stack his wheat
| Viennas gigantic wheel has been
erected by British workmen in charge Of
London engineer at cost of $500, 600.
1t is more elegantly fitted up than the
Ferris wheel and contains thirty COM
| partments, with room for 600 passengers.
who are carried to height of $40 feet
giving bird's-eye view Of Vienna and
stretches of the Danube. The wheel il
driven by an electric motor wit smooth
and agreeable motion.
Rainmakers in this country have been
apparently inactive this season, but a
drouth would have revived interest in
! their plans and theories. In Europe
their experiments have attracted more
attention. Germany offers reward OF
S25OO to anyone who can produce q
downpour of rain at moderate expense.
1t Is suggested that inventors in this
line should discover how to stop excess
sive rains, with resulting floods.
A late invention is the cold stove. 1t
is for use in the heated months of sum-
mer for reducing the temperature. BY
the use of salt, a small quantity Of ice
an6s natapte1 cbar1ino1 no In
tense degree of cold is secured. 1t is as
dangerous to touch this stove when in
operation as it would be to place the
hand on fire stove at high degree of
heat. The skin is instantly taken off,
and painful injuries are the result Of the
slightest contact. The inventor claims
Il that during the hottest weather the tenn
perature of room may be run down
and made pleasant by the use of this
novel stove. The cost of operating the
stove is slight.
The Italian sanctuary of the Madonna
| della Salute at Belluna, near the from
tier, is visited at this season by throngs
! of pilgrims. OF the visitors to the sacred
spot the majority are women with lit
tie children in their arms. Recently the
faithful were inexpressibly shocked to
| see d SCORE Ol CuSlOHlS OillCtIS pOuilCt
upon these devoted women and snatch
away without ceremony the infants they
! held. To the still greater dismay of the
onlookers the mothers fled precipitately
! instead of defending their offspring.
| When quiet had been somewhat restored
1t was discovered that the little crea.
lures were sacks of contraband sugar
and coffee carefully dressed up and their
] oJ1 !, Ioir l,av ,1,Av ~
bonnets. More than thirty women were
arrested for this manner Of attempted
smuggling.
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