The evening times., 1898-11-30
NOTES OF TIE DAY.

| Spain was the first nation to equip foot
| soldiers with muskets.
II is said that squirrels are becoming
very common In Ireland
The distance from the farthest point
Of polar discovery to the pole itself is 40
miles.
| The battering-ram. the ancient substi-
tute for artillery. was invented about 40
B. c..
Profanity is forbidden by both the army
and the navy regulations of the United
States.
In Austria Christian witness is sworn
before crucifx. between two lighted
candles.
The Kongo River has at one place
thirty-two waterfalls within distance
| of l54 miles
Seven hundred and six cats were ex-
hibited In the recent eat show in the Crys-
tai Palace, London
The amount available for pensions in
| North Carolina this year is S12O.OO0 The
number of pensioners has considerably in
| creased.
The largest workhouse in the world is
at Liverpool, and 1t has accommodation
| for no fewer than s. $50 inmates 1t is not,
| however. often filed.
The youngest chaplain in the navy is
said to be Frederick c. Brown, twenty
five years old. now on the Iowa, which
| is on her way to Manila.
In Spain Hebrews are not permitted 10
erect and maintain houses of worship.
| They have no civil rights, and exist in
the kingdom only as aliens.
Boston claims TO have the longest
paved street of one name in the world
| Washington Street-which is seventeen
and one-haf miles in length
In Japan what we can 'after-dinner
speeches are made before dinner. thus
insuring brevity. and furnishing topics
for conversation during the meal ITSELF
Pistols were first used by the British
cavalry in the middle of the sixteenth
century. the first revoIving-chambered
pistol being invented three hundred ars
later
The nails of two fingers never grow
with the same degree Of rapidfty The
nail Of the middle finger grows with the
greatest rapidity, and that OF the thumb
least.
Mrs. Homespun GndignantIy)-Her-.
an article says that in Formosa a wife
costs $. Mr.. Homespun CthoughtfuiyJ-
Wal good wife is wuth it.-Spa.e Mo-
ments
The most active volcano in the world is
Mount Sangay, 1I,190 feet high situated
on the eastern chain Of the Andes. South
America II has been in constant erup-
tion since 172S.
parliamentary paper just issued
shows that there are in Belgium no few
er than $4,000 liquor establishments Of
all kinds. or one TO every twenty-Eine o.
the population.
In the forests of Guiana dwell some
very large and exceedingly ferocious
black ants. which throw up hills fifteen
and twenty feet in height. They will not
| hesitate 10 attack man. and their head
quarters is usually given wide berth.
The Princess Therese of Bavaria is q
scientific writer of considerable merit
She has already published one book on
South America, and is now at work on
another 10 get materials for which she
made a journey of exploration in the
widest parts of Brazil
Nearly SOO0 dogs dwell In the German
city OF Frankfurt. Ten years ago there
| were only 3.751. The dog tax last year
yielded 10000 The pug is going out -
style, the spitz coming in. Tne most
valuable dogs in the city are two ST.
Bernards. rated at $3.50 each
/
great Alaskan lake was named. says that
while in that region ne wore silk under
wear or red fannels STEPPED IN lard oil
and outside OF his wooden clothing over
alls of corduroy In that dress he
adds, Il never suffered from the cold.''
The lighthouse on Arnish rock. in the
Hebrides, is about five hundred feet from
The shore To avoid having an at-e- daut
on the rock, the light is produced on the
shore and projected across the water
upon a mirror in the lighthouse. the
mirror rejecting the light in the desired
direction
An uItra-pious resident of Iowa explains
in the local paper that his thoroughbred
hogs are not on exhibition at the county
fair because he learned that liquor would
be sold and gambling permitted on the
grounds. He adds: Much as / would
have liked TO have my hogs on exhibit,
l must remain true 10 my God
France has had possession of Tunis
eighteen years. and under its manage
ment the country has reached a stage Of
civilization and order which it has not
before known since the Roman dominion.
and. perhaps, not then. 1t was bankrupt
when the French occupancy began; it is
now solvent, and its yearly receipts regU-
late its yearly expenditures.
1 Inc Central LABOR L MON mas DeCn IT.
vestigating the 1900 drug stores in New
York, and finds that the cause OF many
of the fatal mistakes in the preparation
of prescriptions and of the frequent sui
cides among drug clerks is TO be found in
the long hours of labor and the fumes
of chemicals in the rooms in which the
clerks are compelled TO sleep.
! The wearing of mutt by British off,
GERS when off duty is custom that came
! in during 5000 owing 10 the irritation
| that possessed the lower classes of En-
gland against the standing army an
T institution. The Duke of Wellington di-
| rected that all officers should wear p ain
> clothes when not on duty and the saving
| to an officers pocket is considerable e.
The total amount of altar of roses pro-
| duced each year in Bulgaria is from 456O
| 10 5000 pounds This is exported TO
= France. Great Britain Turkey and Ger
> many. and forms the basis of many per
fumes which pass under other names. 1t
e takes d million and a half OF roses 20
| make a single pound. A garden of about
an acre will produce 100 pounds of roses
each morning for some three weeks.
1t is said that the position of lady-in-
e waiting to Queen Victoria is anything but
P a sinecure. Sometimes women are COM
= PEELED to stand in the same position with
out a rest for five hours. If the Queen
detects the slightest effort to rest or lean
upon something she is likely TO rebJke
the unfortunate person with some cut
1 he -nr< of ha hon ar