The evening times., 1898-11-10
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Rerlin man has become the pOssessor
of Luther's Bible, the margins of which
are covered with notes In the reformer's
handwriting.
The municipality of Paris has added a
new wing TO the hospital at La Saitpe-
trlere 70 be deToted exclusively to the
treatment OF diseases by electricity.
Helen Keller. the deaf. dumb and blind
girl who Is about 10 enter Radcliffe Col
lege, has taken 10 the bicycle She rides
a tandem with Miss Sullivan. Eec teach
er.
DIR. c. Stanley Hail. of clark Universi-
". says that taste is the only one OF
the five senses which improevs with age.
and that the best cook-boOks are writ
ten by old men.
While President McKinIey's great-uncIe
Francis was fighting under Henry JAY Nc
Cracker in the irish revolution OF IS a
grandfather Of Senator Hanna was cap
tain in the opposing English force.
In Paris a peculiar fad on the part OF
rich women has given rise TO the Gu
rious profession of dog d-essrnaking.
Members of this profession supply every
sort of covering lady wants for her
pampered pet.
Russell Sage thinks that his octogena-
rian strength and activity are due TO his
keeping early and regular hours and
carefully abstaining from tobacco. Pos
sibIy his large fortune is TO be credited
TO the same causes.
Dr. Maurice Davis. who has died in Lon
don, at the age Of seventy. was one Of
the chief benefactors of the Jews in that
metropolis. devoting much of his work
and a third Of his income TO the aIlevia-
JiOn Of their necessities
When Mr. Chamberlain arrived at Liv-
erpOOl he was met by a number of re-
porters who desired TO get his views
NO. not on this side, - said the colonial
minister, with a smile: Il only grant in
terviews on the other side
II is said that the fruity parts Of the
peach were once used to poison arrows
and for that purpose the tree was intro
duced into Persia. Transplanted and cuI-
tivated, IL ceased 10 be a poisoned al
mond and became peach
If Queen Victoria were desirous Of see
ing all her subjects pass before her in re-
view. marching uninterruptedIy night and
day. il would be necessary for her 70 live
another seventy years. since there are 403-
100000 in the British empire.
\ curious triple wedding took place in a
Catholic Church in England recently
when the three Misses Hoffman. sisters.
were married 10 three brothers BY the
name Of Quinn. Two Of the sisters were
twins and also two of the brothers
Parisians think that the automobile has
its defects Half an hour after one Of
these vehicles has passed the od0r OF De-
JrOieum fingers in the aiT- The people in
the automobile do not smell this smell;
ii is inflicted only on the passers-by.
Severe frosts are rare in England. In
January. isU> the rain fr0Ze aS il fell
and in London the umbrellas were 80
stiffeEed that they could not be closed.
Birds had their feathers frozen so they
could not fly and many were picked up
as they lay helpless on the ground
Queen Victoria Is possessed Of one Of The
most remarkable articles ever made in
prison. IL Is "A carpet measuring - by a.
feet and containing no less than 81 t"e8
stitches Tweuty-eisht Of the deftest
convicts in the United Kingdom have been
engaged for two years in its manufacture
\ movement has been started among the
graduates and friends Of Columbia Uni
versity 10 erect memorial 20 the Column
bia men whe gave their lives for their
country in the late war The memorial
will take the form of a gate AT the en-
trance 10 the university grounds and viii
cost about $1ec50
\ newly patented contrfvance is one
which automatically shuffies playing
cards. II has a fiarins mouth at the top. in
which the cards are placed 70 drop down
on a slotted CRATE. the latter being shak-
en- by a handle TO drop the cards into
a channel leading TO the base below.
where the cards fall
Wire nails have only been in common
use for sixteen years, but in that time
they have conquered the foreign as well
as the domestic market The output for
1897. as appears by Treasury statistics
just printed. reached the enormous TO-
tai OF nearly s10.0J0o7J pounds While
the trade has steadily expanded the
prices have as steadily declined, despite
the tariff
\ large Pennsylvania tube company
has spent S1oa.eo0 in installing machinery
for the operation Of its entire plant by
electricity. This Is said 70 be the first
large iron mill in this country 70 adopt
electricity for power \ thousand ho:S--
power will he distributed to about TWEEN
ty-five motors. of 40-horse-power each
The estimated saving in fuel will be full
y per cent
The first success of Sardou came about
IN a curious manner. His first play was
accepted by Mile. BeranSer all on account
Of the clear handwriting of the author.
The actress would never read manu-
script. but Sardou's was written in 50
beautiful a hard that when it was Of
fered 10 her she read it through and then
accepted il. The author is now the rich
est playwright in France.
The electrical building Of the Paris Ex-
position of 1870. will contain the machin-
cry for the lighting of the entire
grounds which will require engines Of
Iver L 600 horsepower. These will nee
,ssarily require an immense amount Of
water for the generation of steam and
il has been decided To uti ize this water
in Il great electrical fountain lUe feet
nigh before finally delivering it 10 the
boilers.
II is estimated that the cost Of a naval
duel between two modern battleships in
the value of prOjectiles and the probable
damage to structure is estimated as cas-
flv approximating ST. GEO Ge0. This little
bill would be filled out in the space Of
sixty minutes. provided all the armament
of each ship were in active service for
that length of time Should one or both
ships be lost in the fray the loss would
add tremendously 10 the above figures.
y German paper tells story of Bis
marck and the Russian railway which is
IS follows: When he was ambassador in
It. Petersburg he wanted TO go 10 a sOiTee
Zarskoje-SelO. but missed his train
lie demanded a special train. but could
rot get it, as the road had only one track
and a train was coming the other way.
\ hand car. with two men. was finally
placed at his disposal After travelling
a few miles they heard the train coming.
The two men tried TO set the hand car Off
the track but failed. and the car would
Havc been wrecked had not Bismarck lent
lis herculean strength 10 get it on.
When London folk who rise a are
-ettins out of bed the people of Venice