The evening times., 1899-01-21
NOTES OF THE DAY.

According IL a paper recently communicated
to the Academic dcs Sciences, Pari>, N. Piis.,liv
has found that some kinds Of mushroom afford a
.'yaccine'' against the yenem Of snaaes. The
juice Of the mushroom renders persons immune
against vipsrs Tor month or two.
Lord Mount stephen. the Canadian millionaire.
who now lives in England hs, handed over th-
sun OF - $4,000 TO three trustees. % ha fnl-
plOypd for the benefit CI relatives and friends.
both In England and Canada His leading Iira
i that they shall reap she lsreht while thrF are
sJjil Young and able 90 enjoy the good things %
this world.
In Das Wciier Dr. NleinhaTtI> relates ttat jrr-
ing glazed frcst in eastern and central Ger
many a blad. OF grass at Pot-,iam found t.
carry SO times lis own weight ut ice Fro~t~ of
oViEg, it i thought, To- rain falling on hutS a.
a temperature below the freezing point and -
freezing on them
4 Trieste newspaper relates that freight train
on the way to Vienna recently met With a slight
accident in consequence OF which barrel Of
brandy on one ci tie cars began t' leak. in q
short time tie Villagers of Prr>tranek were ou the
spot with cups ard glasses. and wien, after a
few hours. the police arrived from a EeIghborInS
town. more than 151 persons We're found drums
-Four OF them aftcrvgTd died from the effects Ut
the debanch.
IlaIi-cent- were coined from I79& 20 i7e-, both
year, inclusive: in 1-a9 and lSo1, and from Is'i1
70 ISL lNt-f years itittt-ift ti4tib NUM- N'te
coined m.ij Is2I. In that wear. and IN IS26 i>2S.
l>2g ISL IS3 90 1850. the coinage Gf halfCeuts
continued from 1870 10 jS5I, with che exception
OF IS52. tho coinage resumed; but since the
last named year no balt-ccntS have been struck
The total yalCc of the coinage S'.i26 II; the
whole number Of pieces struck was 4,9s5,-22.
curious attempt TO raise 4 81 silver certificate
to the - denomination was discovered the other
at Boston bank. On the raee Of the bill were
twenty seven different places where changes oT
obliteTation had been made and on the reverse
there were fourteen more. No attempt had been
made to change anything but the numerals and
the word '-One' wherever it occurred First the
Zones oblterdted by erssure, anil then
vs. we're pasted on About $40 worth Of Ia
Dor must have been expended in the preparation
OF this clumsy Il swindle.
German physiology is attacking the intelligence
of the ant. Prof. Bethe. of Strasshurg. thins !
he has found purely material reason for their
recognizing each other. He ClcanSed ants taken
/ from hill in q solution of alcohol, dipped
| them in decOcti0n made OF ants from another
| hill and placed them in a strange hill. They
we're not attacked Is strangers. even when Of DIT
ferent color and conformation. On the other hand,
ants treated in this manner when put back in
their OWN hills were not recognized hy their
tribe but at once attacked and killed. Prof
Bethe infers from this that ants must give 0Ur
some liquid whose odor guides them. and that
| each colony must have its own peculiar smell
The flag that was raised over Norro Castle has
an interesting history. 1t first few ever the Corn
Exchange National Bank. Phiiadciphia. when the
| famous Corn Exchange Regiment OF volunteers
! was organized for the war OF the States lr h5y
over the bank during nrary the whole TIE v-Ir.
and then secured by the late ext uited STATES
| Senator Alexander g. Cattell, then an eihcer q
| the bank. lie took IL to his resid nee in Acr-
chantyille, y. j.. and stored il agssy q sacred
thing. While President Graat visiting senator
Catteil he raised the historic banner 20 pole
I the Senator's Uransi0n-an act that added ma
terially to the historic value TO the starry sEF
| beni. After that the flag again stored away,
/ as priced relic. When ex-senator CatIe,l die,i
| it practically forgotten until George Vs. Al
| gor procured il from the and prs nted il
| was put the transfer OF the MORO Castle.
| 1t was not wholly araIIsin: adventure which
beien General Rape. Swedish minister of war,
| recently, when he attended a cabinet meeting
| immaculate in = topped with shin
/ ing silk hat acc That te was a civil
/ ian when out @ -r..suf. Spectators lined Pont
| du N0Td. the fas rlts- promenade of sGciety, al.
miring the parade Of the smart set in csrcI.u-
| the crowd saw r. headpece he had pu. en- in
| absent mind GT instead Of the customary o.
! fetal pIpmcs cf &C s, there was a r0af 81
| laughter. Var ' rw.ng in the rear escorted
the general r. i'a;ace gate. The later. isno-
| rant Of tho - his mau;fes. alton. al
! loss 70 eyIl.'-. sudden popularity. On arrival
( a. ,h c,. leagues no slower
| tk.r l-r,l i--rt du NOrd crowd to appre-
| ciafe ~ Il theiF comrale with
laugh IT, Nhi NJ joined heartily 8ftct
ll- iasl .ti- maj 7sty pulled himself 10
3 -e,ie eefs rs-r--l nder three DAYS techni
c7 Es IS HfIaity for neglect OF STAT
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