The herald., 1898-11-18
NOTES OF THE DAY

ScnOorcDruRge is HTSt Hitercu Ia enc usuo
manner, through beds of different kinds Of
sand, and is finally pumped through sterll-
izers, being there subjected to the influence
of an electric current at a pressure of 1000
volts. 1t is stated that by this means all
traces of microbes are entirely destroyed,
and the pure water is distributed to the in
habitants of Blankenberg by means of the
system previously in use. About $4,000 ctrbic
feet are treated per day in summer, this vol
ume falling to about 10000 cubic feet per
day in winter The electrical installation has
an output of fifty-ive horse power.
An ultra pious resident of Iowa makes the
following announcement in his local paper:
l deem it necessary at this time to make
an explanation in regard to my thorough
bred hogs not being on exhibition at the
county fair this fall. l carefully and prayer
fully considered the matter, and after learn
ing that liquor would be sold and gambling
be permitted on the ground, came to see
that l could not conscientiously take part
in the fair, much as l would have liked to
have my hogs on exhibit. must remain
true to my God.
The old Bradley house at the corner of Ire
mont and Hollis streets, in Boston, is being
torn down to make way for modern one. 1t
/ Is OIc VI TIC lHOSt lutChCStih6 HlSttAiC ihhO
marks in Boston. In its wide old kitchen the
leaders of the Boston tea party disguised
themselves as Indians on the evening of
December l6, l773, before going to the wharf
where the cargo of tea was thrown into the
waters of Boston harbor. The old South
church and Faneuil hall are the only two
buildings beside the Bradlee house now left
of those that sheltered the patriots on that
eventful day.
The Maori tribe have godsend in the way
of boiling springs. They can soak them
selves all day in warm weather; cook their
meat and potatoes by simply hanging them
in their nets in corner of hot water
spring; launder their garments by soaking
them in a boiling soda spring and rinsing
in the warm, clear water of another bubbling
geyser, and walk proudly off in clean gar
ments.
| In advocating the practice of boiling water
land milk of uncertain purity, Professor
Bizzozero combats the prejudice against
boiled water as beverage. He maintains
that the taste" frequently complained OF
in boiled water is really caused by the ket-
tie, and can scarcely be due to the absence
OF dissolved air, of which water from wells
OF great depth often contains very little.
| When a Bar Harbor we'll digger COM
planned that he received electric shocks while
descending in Il well in that fashionable re-
sort, his fellow workmen laughed at him.
But when a dog, fastened to a platform, was
lowered to the surface of the water, he
howled pteously for an instant, and was
dead when hauled up to the surface. Now
the ignorant workmen think the well is be-
witched
Lawyer James T. Buchanan of Pittsburg
had quarrel with restaurant-keeper over
the price of a beefsteak. The check was for
greater amount than the bill of fare called
for. Buchanan wouldn't pay the check !;
there was a row; Buchanan was arrested,
locked up and kept incommunicado over
night. He sued, and has been awarded $4,000
damages by the trial Judge.
1t has been less than two years since the
law making life Imprisonment instead of
death the penalty for murder in Colorado
went into effect, and yet agitation has al
ready begun looking to revival of the death
penalty. 1t is asserted by those who wish a
re-estahshment OF the gallows that the life
imprisonment law has resulted in an epi-
demic of crime
For several weeks big bonfire has been
glowing on the side of Mount Katahdin. Me-,
near the summit The fire, which can be
seen for forty miles in some directions, was
kindled by party of New York sportsmen
in celebration of the destruction of Admiral
Cervera's squadron, and has been kept burn
ing ever since.
On the accession OF new emperor of China
| he goes in solemn state to the Temple of
Heaven in Pekn and formally announces to
his imperial predecessors the new titles and
dignities which he has assumed. These an
cestors are then dutifuly invited to the ban
Quet of commemoration, where seats are
duly reserved for them.
A new terror is in store for travellers in
tropical Africa, says the London Correspond
ent of the Birmingham Post, if DR.. Oscar
Baumann is correct in his assertion that the
domestic flea, which was at first known only
on the west coast of Africa, has spread across
the continent and has just made its appear
ance at Zanzibar.
An elderly Philadelphia woman, Sarah
Loura, recently went to st. Mary's hospital
and asked to be relieved of distressing noises
N her ears. Experts whowere given charge
of the case found living spider that had
made nest in her ear. This was success
fully removed, and the old lady now hears
as well as ever.
Documentary tax stamps representing a
revenue of SAP. so to the government were
placed on a recently signed deed of transfer
in the deal between the Virginia and Caro-
lima Chemical company and the Southern
Fertilizer company, whereby the former cor
poration absorbed the plants and business of
the latter.
Mr. De Royer who is recognized as one of
the leading authorities on questions of her.
aldry and genealogy in France, calculates
that in a single year about 100, ,000, 900 francs,
or 500, ,000,0O found its way into the pockets
of the French nobility through the success
full quest of American heresses by titled
Frenchmen.
Country roads in China are never bounded
by fences, but are entirely underlined. While
the farmer has the right to plow up any road
passing through his land, drivers of vehicles
have an equal right, and they exercise it,
to traverse any portion of the country at
will.
The black and white school issue remains
unsettled at Alton, ILL.,, and meantime the
Lovejoy schoolhouse, built especially for the
colored children is being avoided by the
blacks. Only one child attends school there
and his education is costing the city $llS6
annually.
A weekly magazine, called Wage, secured
the opinions of all the most eminent jurists
of Europe as to the guilt or innocence of
Dreyfus. The result is all in Dreyfus' favor,