The evening times., 1898-11-28
NOTES OF TIE DAY.

The egg crop in the United States last
year amounted to $4,000 0oo dozens
The use of coats Of arms did not he
come general TIL the twelfth century.
Bright red spectaeles plus internal
doses of calomel are the latest German
specific for seasickness.
The demolition of FurnivaPs Inn. HoI-
DORM is almost complete This was the
mn "here "Pickwiek'' was born
Husbands and wives travelling together
III Norway Austria and Hungary pay
| only rare and a half on RAILWAYS
An article in Macmillau's Magazine saws
! mat the man or the Iron Mask" was one
Oouhl satioii Mantuan envoy
Brynjulf Bergslien. the Norwegian sculp-
tor VINO made the equestrian statue Of
Bernadotte at Christiania, is dead.
| London has a population OF 425Ooo0
equaling the combined populations OF par
Is Berlin. St Petersburg and Rome.
Theodore Camp. of Mount Vernon n
| T.. mas been teaching school for sixty
two years. and is still in the business.
Massachusetts Is the only State in the
| Union in which judges are appointed 10
hold their office during good behavior.
In the last eight years 20.5OO.OO0 tons of
sand have been removed from the bar at
the mouth of the Mersey, deepening the
channel by fifteen feet.
There are three varieties of dog never
known to bark-the Australian dog. the
Egyptian shepherd dog and the lion
headed dog Of Thibet.
Dona ManueIa Rosas de Terrer. only
daughter of Gen Rosas, who was dicta
tor Of Buenos Ayres from 1S35 TO 1852. died
recently In London at the age Of 81 years.
1t is said that in Alaska has lately been
discovered a mountain more than 10000
Ieet high-higher than Mount St Elias
III has been named by the diseoverers
''Bullshac"
The secret police of Paris are entirely
distinct from the regular force. The mem
bers are usually unknown to each other
and one detective is often employed to
watch another.
In BielefeId Germany. there is a coIo-
ny OF epileptics numbering about 15Oe
The colony was established in 1868. and
patients from all parts Of the world 90
there for treatment.
There is man in London who has been
prosecuted sixty times for refusal to
have his children vaceinated. The other
day he received a testimonial from a
4-NAAADCA VI 1AlA-N
The proprietor of the large metal works
at Berndorf, Austria. has had special
theater constructed for his workmen.
where a theatrical company from Baden
viii give performance twice week
The icebergs of the Northern and
Southern hemispheres are entirely differ
ent in form The arctic berg is irregular
and cathedraI-like in shape, while the
antarctic berg is fat-topped and solid
The longest plant in the world is sea
weed One tropical variety is known
which. at its full development measures
90 feet in length Seaweed feeds on the
air and mineral matter held in solution in
the sea water.
In village near Frauenberg. Germany.
there has been n curious successiOu~in Of
flee. The schOolmaster. who is also the
sexton OF the village church. has been for
four generations the s0n-in-Iaw of the
previous holder.
Dr. Abraham Kuyper. of the University
Of Amsterdam, Holland, who is giving a
course of lectures in various institutions
in this country is considered in his native
land to be a statesman, philosopher
and a theOlOgian.
A queer clock was made during the last
century for French -noJeTnan- The dial
was horizontal. and the figures. which
were hollow, were filled with different
spices. Thus the owner could tell the
hour even in the dark
Fifty-seven officers of the regular army
have sons in the service. and two genera
tionS of the same family are even more
frequent in the navy. The Selfridge' fam
lily furnishes three generatious-from a
lieutenant TO an admiral
rar+ r,1-,-r- NJ
Y. was only prevented by old age from
serving in the war with Spain His~fan-
lily has had representative in every
other war fought in Moth America from
the French and Indian wars down.
The comparative infant mortality be-
tween rich and d poor district in the
French city of Lille has been ascertained
10 be as one to seven. Most of the poor
children die of gastrO-enteritis. a pre-
ventable disease often due 10 bad milk
1t is said that Secretary Long lately re-
ceived letter protesting against the use
OF profane language in the navy. He re-
piled with the statement that ne had
reached the conclusion that naval officers
should not swear under any circum-
stances unless it was absolutely neces-
sary.
At Osborne there is a cottage in the
shape of pagoda, which Queen Victoria
allows no one but herself To enter II is
said 10 contain mementOes of the Prince
COnsort and relics of the Queens youth.
with the toys and games of the children,
many of which were made by Prince Al
bert himself
Edward Flynn the lodging house king.
who died in New York recently. was only
thirty-nine years years old. and came
from Ireland twenty-one years ago with
out money. At the time of his death ne
owned six lodging houses in New York
and three in Brooklyn and was said 10 be
worth S150.G00
Queen Victoria's fad for Hindu ser
wants is somewhat distasteful to other
members OF the household. The new
corners are said to Kill animals in their
apartments. stab each other on the stairs
and steal about most uncanniIy in bare
feet as their caste does not permit them
to wear shoes in presence of the Queen.
A man named William Smith lately rob-
bed the railroad depot at Hunters Creek
Mich. of some express packages. The sta
tiOn agents name is Smith, and 50 is the
express agents. The latter caught the
culprit, and 10 cap the climax brought
him before Judge Smith, of the circuit
court. who sentenced him 10 the peniten-
tiary.
Concessions for electrical lighting and
traction in Smyrna and Salonica have