The evening times., 1899-07-29
NOTES OF THE DAY.

n. j.
1t cost Prof. Demar $1,000 to produce bis i-st
ounce Of liquid air
Rabbits cannot gnaw through wire Goth If il
is placed about The fruit trees
The South African Republic exported Iazt year
4.555, OILS cuncs OF gold. and nearly 1900 tons ef
coal.
The forest area Of all the British possessions
in America IS estimated az about e9).O9',SJo
acres
A silver-fox skin was sold in London rccently
for $3.50 at auction. This IS the highest price
on record
1t is believed that diet of cornbread makes
bigger men. physically, than bread made from
wheat four
The Manitoba crop bulletin for June reports
the -own this year at 2.a;o.ooo acres. COM
pared with 2.2l0.O00 acres last year.
cerebro-spinal meningitis has broken out among
the farm horses in the vicinity Of Graterstord,
Montgomery county, Pa. and many are dying
Hampton. Va, man is in danger of losing
an On account of a mosquito bite. the sting
OF the INSECT having produced blood poisoning
Miss Lettie Simmons Of Friendship. Me-. raised
last season turnip which she eoaxed I'D to the
enormous weight of twelve and one-haIf pounds
Smoking goes on the in Philippines everywhere
but in church. Even your cab driver viii offer
you cigar il you art not smoking and he thinks
you have nome
A dog has appeared in England. Too high
bred and too rare TO become common. it i call
ed the butterfly or 'p1piIIon," and weighs less
than three pounds
The cost of the worlds wars since the Cri-
mean campaign has been 81, 2s3 900. 900. or just
about enough to give a golden eagle 10 every man,
woman. ard child on the globe
Columbus. No. il to have a Fathers Club. At
which married men NAV gather every evening
and all day Sundays to discuss the correct rear
ing OF children and other things
OF Auztria's financial position Vienna cores
, pondent of London financial weekly remarks
that '-tke general stagnation of business is 30
great. that slight signs of industrial
revival warmly welcomed"
Leipzig made good investment in buying
and tearing down the old Pieissenburg on the
city WALL the scene of the debate between Luther
and Eek The city paid 4,150.000 marks for
the castle. and has sold the ground since for
building sites for 6.15O.353 marks
The largest city in the world is London which
has population eqIaiing the combined popula-
tion of Paris. Berlin. 81. Petersburg, and Rome
Its streets. placed in row, would reach round
the world. leaving a bit over long enough TO
reach from London to San Francisco
Near Grobogsna. Java. there is a lake of boil
ing mud about two miles in circumference. In
mense columns Of steaming mud are constantly
ascending ard descending. ard the western
edge the gigantic bubbles are continually form
ing and exploding at the rate of three minute
A Burlington. Vt, nan made the decidedly
novel proposition to a police officer the other
day that il the officer would lend him a quarter
presumably to buy drink. he would come back
IN few minutes and raise 4 disturbance.
that the officer could arrest him and get the US
ual fee.
That the japanese consider salted whale meat
a delicaey would appear by the quantities pur-
chased The whales are caught of the coast Of
Korea the flesh ard blubber cut Up. sailed. and
ssnt 10 Japan for saie food. Over 2,0o1.O00
pounds Of whale meat was imported into Nasa-
saki alCne last year
To he Knight of the Legion Of Honor i not
quite barren title. The cross OF the lowest
sion for life Of SO annually. An ''0fieier. the
grade above. receives E20 annually. a Com
mandeur'' $40. Grand Cficier'' $50, and q
Grand Cr0ix'' E120
A ST Joseph, No. clergyman announces a de-
termination 10 share his vacation with the mem
hers in a somewhat unique Sav Ie isn't going
out OF town and the usual services are nOt 10
he ahandoned, bur he promises 70 cut his morn-
irg down to thirty minutes during the
heated term and the evening discourse 70 twen-
~.
At AbeTystwyth, Wales. a wedding was sol
emnized lately in which al the parties concerned
bore the name of Jones. The bridegroom was
Richard Jones, and the bride Elizabeth Jane
jones. The witnesses were John Robert Jones
and Anne JOne=. The minister was the Rev
r. Z. Jones. and the register the Rev. William
Jones
A New York irrstice has decided that wife
dos not constitute family. The case came up
where judgment was obtained against man who
was bound 10 pay $40 a week for the support Ct
, his family" The couple had children. and
| the justice said he knew Of authority holding
| that wife abandoned by her husband eoEsti-
| tute a family.
! The census population Of the Province Of On
! tario may be estimated at 220o,O00. The prin-
/ cipal cities are: Toronto 1ss l72; Ottawa 5S-
| 20; Hamilton. 50.0S5: London. s6.234; Kings
/ ton. 1s.099; Brantford. 1854: Windsor. II 9lj;
| st. Thomas, HOP; Guelph. 1o.7f1; Stratford.
| 1881; Beileville. I0.SS9; 81. Catharines, -,
IA; Chatham, s.IsS-
! In New Guinea the village Of Tupuselei is
most remarkable. The houses are all supported
| on piles. and stard cut in the ocean a cO1sid-
! erabla distance from shore. This Is 10 protect
| the villagers from the attacks of the dreaded
/ head-huEters. always looking out for victims.
Other villages in this queer land are perchcd
up in tree. fo= the same reason
Five thousand white farm hands are warted by
the Hawaiian sugar planters, to meet the ecndi-
the grant OF a privilege to import more con-
| tract laboTeTS from Japan, which conditions are
| that an equal number Of Caucssiars shall be
induced to immigrate to the islands for every
500 Asiaties hereafter to be admitted
Both Mexico and Japan propose to establish
Ife-saving and signal systems along their coasts
and will employ the Coston night signals. which
are generally used by the army and light
house service. Theysw invented BY the widow
Of Captain Coston. of the American 6pFps 1t
! Is said that she IS the only woman VITO ever
| invented article that could be adopted by
the military CT naval service
Very recently. says th> |'Boston Transcript. ~
it has been discovered that there is connected
with the brain small gland called the irf,rnii
buIa gland. which apparently supplies a che-.i
cal Substance to the brain. there TO be diffJIscd
through the brain cavities. IL il thought tha,
this substance is indispensable 10 the health o
| the brain. and there IS promise that the siudy
| of this gland, in animals and man. will enable
physicians To understand and treat certain dis
| eases of the brain. which very obscure
A unique violin has been made by Missouri
man. The back is CT cherry from a table NOR,
than century DID, which formerly belonged Il
the Howard-Payne College. In the centre Of tn:
hack are inserted tweuiy-orc pieces OF wooC
from the Holy Land one being from
ia grapevine that grew in the Garden o
| Gethsefcane. Around the margin set in
| row snail pieces Of wood. diamond shaped
gathered frcm all over the eivilizsd world Il
cne end of the back is inserted q horseshoe
| the image CT rabbit carved in cherry. There
| are in all over 80 pieces of wood. aHd the only
tools used in the manufacture cf the instrument
were a pocketknife AID ba!fineh eiisel-
\ packing ease, which contained Percviar
mummy. intended foT museum in Client wa.