The evening times., 1898-11-21
NOTES OF THE DAY.


dogs cemetery, where each dead dog Is
buried under tombstone.
A Belfast man has three potatoes grown
together in such shape as 70 resem5l,
the Odd Fellows three links.
Chinese babies are fed en- rice and moth
ing else after they are few months old.
| Cows milk IS never given them
There are twenty pieces of real estate
| in Pittsburg aggregating more than two
acres. FOR which owners innot be found
Prussia's expenditure for pub i schools
was in 1886 about go ana in 1S)S
over Si6000.GG0 increase of 59.5;
cent.
The greatest pilgfimages to Pal stine arr
undertaken by the Russians. II is cal
/ cuIated that between 20,OGa and 10000 Rus
slams visit Palestine every year.
| A German inventor claims to have con-
| trived a mirror which will not break
/ using celluIoid in place of g'ass. Super
/ stitious folks will rejoice at this.
/ An Elizabethan seal top silver spoon
weighing one ounce and a half was re-
Gently sold in London for 500 an ounce
| which is a record price for o.d silver,
/ In the days of Columbus the pay Of an
| able seaman was only 10 francs month,
while a captain drew 81 francs a month.
and Columbus himself earned about S320
/ year.
The gold contained in the medals ;
sells. claims and other objects preserved
in the Vatican would make more gold
coin than the whole of the present Euro
pean circulation
The port of New York has 900 tug boats
/ and the average run is about $50 a day.
L fa.Ffv ~
| As many as GO ships have entered the
/ harbor in day.
| The first paper mill in Montana is soon
! to be erected at Manhattan in that State.
/ The material utilized VIII be the white
/ barley straw of the region. waich has
7 hitherto gone 10 waste.
Milan has clock which is made en-
( tirely of bread. and works successfully.
T The maker is a native OF India. and de-
( voted three years OF his time to the con-
/ struction Of this curiosity
/ A huge Russian cross hewn in the
granite rocks of the St Gothard Road
near the Devils Bridge, has lately been
{ comrIete I'd. It commentaries SUwdrrOff's
victory over the French century ago.
The police authorities in Paris have
! gotten up a vehicle especially for the
I conveyance Of persons oveTc M by
/ strong drink 1t is a two-wheeled affair
somewhat after the pattern OF a cosJer's
cart
a piece of informa ton which will sur
prise most people is that natural India
rubber is not waterproof. II has TO be
dried to be freed of its moisture, and un-
der proper conditions absorbs moisture
again
Lord WharnecIiTe i said 10 have more
names than anybody else in the peerage.
His whole name is Edward MOntagu Stu
art Granville Moutagu Stuart WOrtIey
Mackenzie. Earl Of Wharueclife and Eis-
count Carlton
The revival of interest in green stones
has this season brought to notice the
peridot or Indian chrysolite, witch Is
clear deep Ieaf-sreen in color, s5Owi-
almost yellow beside the emerald, which
is blush in tone
The faculty of philosophy of the Uni
| versity OF Munich have conferred tn
honorary degree Of doctor upon Lady
BIennerhasset in recognition Of her a
bors in the field of English. German.
French and Italian literature
1t is said that the lives of Queen Vic
toria and the Prince of Wales are so
| heavily insured that il is doubtful iF
Pany that would care to assume an adj
ditioual risk on these TWO royal lives.
Baggara swords have been sold cheap
in London An ordinary good blade. with
scabbard, brings $50, and true dervish
| cross-handled sword about So. All the
blades are of the crUdest metal but ex-
ceedingly well kept and ground to razor
sharpness.
The French have number Of pecu la
customs in regard 10 gifts OF hCwecS.
Yellow flowers are supposed 70 he un-
lucky and IN home life TO indicate n hen
pecked husband Brides DO not always
carry bouquets. in fact. it is considered
better form for them not to do 50.
Many reptiles-serpents. lizards and
, some batrachianS-thrive in places wher.
there is absolutely no water. In Il {
E neighborhood of Lo<ere. France, tEe-y
are herds Of goats and cattle w.ich hard.
? ly ever drink. but they produce the mi /
of which the famous Roquefort cheese is
made.
An improved horseshoe has contiLu
Gus channel formed in the under surfac,
of the tread, in which a number of jurv
It ed plates are inserted having Pr9j cti-E!
. arranged radially around the center C
the shoe TO act as calks when the grOun,
l. IS slippery. The plates are Te. laced /!
l. smooth ones in summer.
Old age is falling on the celebrate,
grape vine at Hampton Court. England
1t has hourished since 1853 and for dboU
100 years has steadily produced abou
: 1000 punches of black Hamburg grape
each year IL is quite possible that
{. may live another forty or fifty years, bu
this year il was allowed 10 bear Oul
N about 1.2o0 punches of grapes.
\ brewing company in the neigi b.. hoo
of Eisenach has conceived the idea O
buving the famous Luther H-use an
III while retaining all its character les
turning il into a restaurant Thus vIsi
a. tors would be able 10 say that they Ia
IL drunk a glass of beer at Luther's tab
- An earnest appeal is being made u u
grand ducaI government OF SaxOny [
prevent this desecration.
The London Chronicle says that ther
is a real house of lords in the Unite
States Ii is in the State of New Jersey
:; and it's members, though citizens of I'll
" United States, are at the same time vas
sails of the Queen of England. Charles
gave To his brother. James. the Ian
which is now New Jersey, and James
. his turn gave the land 10 twelve of hi
friends. with a deed OF grant creatin
them and their descendants lords Tn
t. lords meet twice every year in Pert
Amboy, in a little two-rOomed hOus
erected on the site of the first meeting
house. which was erected in 1886.
The oldest railroad in the United State
is the South Carolina and Georgia Raj
IL II, road Except few short lines built
., England in the early twentes it is II
n oldest in the world The South Caro,ir