The evening times., 1898-12-03
NOTES OF TIE DAY.

weighed 100000 pounds.
An Australian sporting paper records a
90-foot jump by kangaroo.
TIE taste of a grain Of stychnine cln
be detected in eo9.o9o grains OF water.
The average amount OF sickness in Iu-
man life is nine days out Of tEe year
IN England there is a national Mus
Club. having mice valued as lish as >
apiece.
IN the Bank OF England sixty folio VOL
umes are filed each day with writing in
keeping the accounts.
A floating dental shop that MAJ be tow
ed ali about Florida waters is the device
of an enterprising dentist.
The Satan has completed the largest
hotel in the world, near Mecca. 1t will
lodge 60e0 pilgrims at once.
The deepest coal mine in the world 5
the Lambert. in belgium. in which il is
possible TO descend 3.iS9 feet
Mrs. Eliza Hendricks. widow of the
former vice president. is called the besr
business woman in Indiana"
In the F'ranco-German war every third
German soldier had map of the country
through which he was travelling.
Arabic coins are inscribed with a sen
terce from the Koran and sometimes the
khalif's name. but never an image.
The population Of London inc udes 69.-
600 Germans, 3O.g0 French 15,0-0 Dutch
1900 Poles, 800 Italians and 5G0J Swiss.
Six big guns turned out at the Japan
ese government arsenal at Osaka lately
were supplied To the Portuguese govern
ment-
French counts have nine equal pearls
in Their coronets, while the Bri isA baron
is entitled To a coronet of four Large
pearls
Simla. India. is built on the side Of a
steep hill, and the roof Of one house is
often on a level with the foundation Of
another
In Venezuela. if a cooking stove has
brass knob on its door. the whole thing
is weighed as 50 much brass, and duJy
charged accordingly.
Prof Schwab. Of Yale. says that the
learned professions absorb 50 per cent of
the college graduates nowadays. whereas
they formerly absorbed % Fer cent.
American women in Paris have sub
sCribed to present Paris with an eques-
triaR statue OF Washington by Mr.
French II Will probably be erected in
the Place dIena-
The British Museum contains the o Gess
specimen of pure glass which tears ary
date IL is a little lions head. having on
it the name Of an Egyptian king of The
eleventh dynasty.
Lady Henry Somerset has for scme
time been living in retirement il En-
gland She has spent her leisure in ned
cling sJatuette of her late friend ard
co-worker, Miss Frances Willard.
If load of coal is left out OF doors
exposed 10 the weather for month. il
loses one-third OF its heating quality II
saves nearly % per cent of this qlaliJy
to have the coal under cover in a dry
place
Virgil y. Bakiluck. d native of Brazza.
in the Adriatic. and member Of san
Francisco's police force. is good Latin
and Greek scholar. and speaks English.
Russian. French German, Italian and
Spanish.
Nearly one-haIf of the railroad mI=ag-
OF the world is in North Amer ca The
average rate charged for passenger ST.
vice in the United States is ID eents a
mile, while in most European countries
it = or 4 cents. In England il is -
The London Times was deprived of The
services Of both its war CORRESPONDENTS
at the battle Of OmduTman. One was
killed and the other wounded Then the
London Telegraph placed all Of its war
dispatches al the disposal of the Times.
The largest dwelling house in existe C.
is in Vienna, where there is an a. art
ment house with 1.5c0 rooms in it ocJu-
pied by more than 500 people. This
building has thirty two stai-cdses thir-
teen interior courts and S55 windows on
the street
Rev. Hiram Bingham. OF Honolulu. has
devoted the greater part Of his life ia
the preparation of a treatise on the 1I.-
cronesian language. and now. when the
work would have been especially valuable
he mas lost the manuscript. The Honolulu
police are looking for IL
Toistoy leaves all practical matters
regarding his publications To his wife.
She supervises the printing attends To
the correspondence and reads the proofs
She has brought out TWO complete III
tions of his works one an edit on Ce
luxe. the other cheap.
The international monument in honor II
the famous Danish physician Hans VIII
helm Meyer. has just been unveiled II
Copenhagen. DR.. Meyer Was the disccv-
erer OF what are called adenoid growths
in the space between the nose and Ihe
throat These often cause deafness
Winston y G.. Claims the d s.inction
of selling more pounds of leaf pa CO
direct from the hands Of the farmer than
any other loose market in the wO IL. T j.
year the market Will sell 100000 more
pounds of tobacco than eve- before. tte
sales reaching altogether 70 more than
1S.oe0.le5 pounds.
At one Of the Havana Theaters a cho-
Us made up of Spanish cavalry infantry
ana artillery sings a song that runs
something like this: Here is the heroic
Spanish army. which never has been
beaten. and fights until it wins or per
ishes. And the performance is not liz
tended for comic opera. either.
Count Tolstoy has three daughters.
the youngest being about fourteen We r.
old The eldest, Latiana, has consider
able talent in painting. while the :. eond.
Maria Lwowu5. has latey completed a
drama. The countess has also some. tai
ent for writing. but has not cared to see
her name in print.
The Princess of Wales recently remark
ed, after a long season of attending the
inauguration of homes. hospitals and ba-
Zaars: What blessing it must have
been TO be born a princess in the days
when they had nothing to open and smut.
Her father and mother probably agreed
with her in their inmOst hearts
Horace J. Wickhan has just left the
government envelope works at Hartford.
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