The evening times., 1898-11-24
NOTES OF THE DAY.


on November l.
More than two hundred brands of wine
are produced in France.
A sweet potato four feet ten and half
inches long is reported at Tifton, Ga
There is a Republican majority Of one
on joint ballot in the West Virginia lests-
lature.
At the last election no less than 2O.0d0
full-blooded Indians had the opportunity
to vote.
a Colorado millionaire viii celebrate
his birthday by a $500 banquet TO the
poor of Denver.
The greatest compliment which one can
| pay a Chinese is to tell him that ne looks
older thar he is.
Somebody in Moberiy. Mo. Gains I,
have radIsh 36 inches long and as Iarse
| around as 2 fence post
Switzerland has 100 inns. a larger num-
Der in proportion 10 its size than any 9TH
er country in the world.
Venetian coins of 1910 and 15T. bsarirg
the name of Doge Alloys Mocenigo. have
been found in MashOnaIand.
Mexico has more than 7G60 miles of
railroads. and thirty-eight of the railways
are subsidized by the government
Henry Havemeyer. of the sugar trust.
often amuses his friends with amateur
conjuring at which he is very clever
Ali meat in Manila is eaten fresh killed
for ice fails to preserve il. Fish. game
and fowl are always sold alive in the mar
kets.
An important industry in Paris is the
manufacture of toy soldiers from sardine
and other tins that have been thrown
away.
It IS said that the Car OF Russia is
the only European monarch whose life
is not insured in some English life in
surance office.
The japanese nation will hold in 1894
a great fair in honor of the fiftieth ami
versary of the opening of that country
J To Western civilization
The crew of the Brooklyn is in posses
sion of the battle flag used in the fight
with Cervera. II has been cut into small
! pieces and each man has one.
Piper FindIater, the hero Of Dargal who
has been appearing in London music
halls with his Victoria cross. has been
offered $50 for il by Birmingham firm
In Sedaila Mo. there is an Old gentle
man who was once tutor to the late Al
fonso XII Of Spain. He is Col. Van +.
WiskeF. an American. born Of English
parents
{ model farm on the American plan.
run with American machinery, stock and
methods is about TO be established BY
4 a Chinese mandarin who lives near
r Shanghai
one of the most valuable things in tine
Philippines is said to be the giant East
Indian honey bee. Secretary Wilson is al
ready considering its introduction into
the United States.
The wedding cake made for the mar
riage of Lady Elizabeth Bruce and Mr.
Darlington Smith in India was nine feet
. high and weighed 30 pounds. Il WAS
, made by Lord ElgiH's chef
In some recently apartment houses
there is a usefui application of electricity
1t is used TO light the clothes closet The
opening Of the door turns on the current
and its closing shuts it on
Courterfeiters are now turning their at
. tention 10 the making of bogus copper
and nickel coins. No less than 9.265 such
: pieces were circulated last year chiefly
: in Boston New York and Philadelphia
2 Spider s-web silk is To be manufactured
: on a large scale in Paris The spiders
: will It is said be fed and worked at reg
: ular hours and when one is used up an
: other will take its place at the bobbin-
wagon went through Manhattan.
Kan. the other day, and on the cover was
= painted this device: Not bound for Mis-
! souri, Not busted Not going to see
= wife's folks. Just doing this to beat tn
{ railroads.
Belgium IS about TO establish in the
Kongo State twenty stations for he pur-
! pose of making a thorough scientific ex-
! animation Of the country The results
> will be published in a series of brochures.
: one every six weeks.
Faneun Hall is being made Greproof
and in the process stairs and balconies
have been torn down and floors ripped up
with apparent ruthlessneSS- Every piece
of timber. however. has been tagged and
stored in fireproof vault for use in the
reconstruction.
A large paper house with sixteen rooms
- has been erected by Russian at Sa-
vinowka. Podolia. The house was con-
structed in New York. and its architect
:, declares that it will last longer than a
stone building AL the furniture viii also
be made of paper.
The latest use of glass is as a substi-
tute for gold as Il material for filing
teeth. Ii is prepared by new patent
process which renders it soft and male
E, able. 1t is also used for church bells.
and the tone is said To be. soft and sonHr-
Gus beyond anything yet invented
In Manila most of the houses and Of
fees have tiny windows made of rraEsIu-
cent oyster shell instead of glass. \ win
. dov. feet by 4 contains 260 shell pares
These temper the heat and light of the
sun ard also are better fitted than glass
to resist the force of the wind in a ty-
phOon.
In telling of the origin of Alice in
graves says that she was the original
le Alice her elder sister. Mrs. Skene, was
* .'Prima" and Edith the youngest. was
"a ''Tertia. The story was told on river
: excursions to NUueham and GoIdstow.
r near oxford
"a Invercauld House, at which Queen Vic
- toria recently paid Mr.. and Mrs. Neumanu
e visit. is one of the most interesting
Il places in the Highlands. It has a historic
banqueting hall of vast proportions The
Jacobites met at InvercauId in I7I5 and
from there the fiery cross was sent
through the Highlands.
u" The most expensive tobacco ever inn
n. ported into this country was sent 10
New York for appraisal last week There
is were six bales, each weighing seventy
five pounds and each bale was invoiced
= at 81. 900, or at the rate of $l3.33 a pound
1t was Havana wrappers. the duty on
which is S1.S5 a pound.
Capt Wildly. young cavalry officer
lately spent 4 furIough in walking 2,OOt
y,iIa- +brOtrOE TT, hat from, oh 70