The evening times., 1899-10-27
NOTES OF THE DAY.

AT tne expense OF the government.
Scotch distillers made too much whisky last
year. and now have 5000. go gallons on hand.
Perhaps the Arst Industrial exhibition on record
was held in 1860. in the Rathhaus of Nuremberg
The newest artificial paving blocks TO be adopted
in Germany are made by combining coal tar, sui
phur, and chlorate Of lime.
There Is urgent need in the City of Mexico for
more foundries and machine shops capable OF do
ing hrst-ciass work in reasonably prompt time.
The Meeker grove Of redwood trees on the Rus
san kiyer, in Sonoma county, has been bought
for s2I 500 by the Bohemian Club Of San Fran
cisco.
A plant which is being used more and more
as textile is the Apoeynum veutum, which
grows luxuriantly in Europe, Asia, ManchuTia,
and Japan.
Ecuador produces nearly one-third Of the entire
at '5.e0o tons. The average crop Of Ecuador is
about q. .Oo0 tons.
According to the ninth annual report OF the
New York State Commission in Lunacy, there. are
held In the various aylurus for the insane in that
State q, ,6s5 persons.
Wyoming claims the distinction of being the
greatest of prehistoric graveyards. More remains
OF gigantic mammals found there than any
where else Garth.
The bank at Rasjavik is the first in Ice
land to issue notes Hitherto the currency for the
island has been issued by the Royal Danish Gov
eminent Bark in Copenhagen.
Eggs in cold storage warehouses in the United
States at the present time said to aggregate
the very considerable amount of 2s55 O59 cases.
or I5,65C,0O0 dozen, or 9O1 $4,000 eggs
Scientists have discovered that the memory is
stronger in summer than in winter. Among the
worst foes of the memory too much food, too
much physical exercise, and, strangely enough.
too much education.
/. The aggregate mileage of all the roads con-
binston up to the present date is 40. .226 which
Is more than one-fifth of all the railroad mileage
in the United States.
The imports of Africa amounted during the past
year to 500 ZOO OOO of which SIS 600, 900 fur
nished by the United States. The exports for the
same time were $3.50. 10000 OF which the United
States took sl0,Ooo.0O0-
An expert has risen to explain that stage fright
really comes from a disordered stomach. He
argues from this that persons meditating public
appearances should be careful of their diet and
adhere to regular habits
One of the novel features Of tine immense ship
building establishment, the creation OF which
has begun at Camden, n. j., will be roofs TO the
ways, thus allowing a continuation Of the work
on ship in stormy weather
Lord Wolseley, during of his campaigns,
grew anxious at the depletion OF his force by
sickness that by constantly studying the roll call
he came to know all the soldiers names long be-
icre the campaign was over
When the Russian Government recently took
over the entire supervision of the drink traffic
priests all over the country proceeded to con
secrate breweres disfilleries, public houses, bar
rels, decanters. and tumbleTs.
One Of the largest forests in the world stands
ice. 1t Is situated between CEal and the
oklotsk Sea \ well was recently dug in that
region. when it was found that depth OF 800
feet the ground WAS still frozen
fsvorite dish with the Eskimo is an ice cream
made of seal oil, into which snow is stirred until
the desired consistency has been obtained; then
frozen berries Of different kinds added, with
a little Of the n>h-egg for favuring.
Pckn has tour in which is hung 4 large bell
cast in the htteenth century. and another tower
containing huge drum, which is intended TO be
beaten in clse a great danger should thtedten the
city No one is allowed to enter these towers.
\ Young woman in London has for some years
carried on the business of index making During
that period she has trained in her office forty
women index makers and she has indeNed is5
volumes OF history and numerous papers and peri
odicals-
A tremendous growth in the carrying service
on the Great Lakes i noticed. Last year the ton
mage arriyiu. al Chicago was double what it Wis
twenty years ago. and curiousy enough only
tliree-fOurths many vessels were required 20
carry ii.
After prolonged negotiations the French and
German governments have agreed TO establish 4
system Of telephone communication between Paris
ard Berlin. The distance between the two cities
i about 30 miles, and the line covering it will
be begun at once.
The nsisfity Of motor cars now driven by
petroleum. but a French engineer recommends the
use Of alcohol instead of it, and motors are be-
ing altered 50 to consume it. There is no fear
of explosion with alcohol and il IS said TO be less
costly than petroleum.
Tie citizens Of Houston, Tex. are trying to
buy the cage in which Dreyfrs was confined
Devils Island They have already written 70 the
President Of France about il offering a large
for il. and if they receive it it viii be placed
on exhibition in this country Now if there really
was cage the French Government should mn
utacture one at once.
The tides are now utilized for generating power
at Pont TAbbe. Finisterre. France, during four-
teen hours day. At food tide the water flows
through the canal two and one-hdf miles inland
into pond in the rear of the power-hOuse. and
returns to the sea at ebb tide. The total fall is
seven and one-half feet and eighty ho!sepo is
generated by turbines
Following the example set by Chicago. the eIub
women of New York are taking steps to secure
from the owners of large buildings where many
women employed the establishment OF rest
rooms where women may retire for rest dufin-,
have grown to like the idea and in all the rev
buildings put UP there are specially designed
rest rooms.
Mr. Charles J. Tir>ey. Of TIenrico county has
remarkable and most accommodating pear tree.
SAYS the Charlottesville. Va.) Progress This
is the second year this tree has borne. few
days ago Mr.. Tnslsy gathered the fruit of this
tree. He found then that it had produced a
pear for each member of his famiiy-l3 in all-hs
and his wife and eleven children. The tree had
remembered everyone. This pear tree did not 10
little. sneaky things. either 1t bore not pcar
that weighed less than pound. Tine pear for the
old man weighed eighteen ounces, and for the
mother seventeen ounces. Mr. Tirsley regrets
nothing. that his family not larger.
For years chemists have been trying to prepars
an easily digested substitute for meat. says the
Boston Transcript" \ great sensation was
created in Germany last spring by the announce
ment that professor at Bonn had succeeded in
preparing albuminors powder which he called
tropon. and pound of which. he claimed
would be equal in nutritive value to Ave pounds
of meat 100 eggs, while costing only 20 cents.
Experiments made in hospitals, with the
suit that nearly all the patients prospered
well that they preferred the tropon to meat when
allowed their choice Tropon is mixed with
various foods. roll made with -four confirming
per of it equals in nutritive value five eggs.
or half pound of meat
A number of experiments the 'man-stop-
ping power of smallcalibre bullets have been
carried out by firing with Gas NM Daudsts=u
rifle at living horses. In one instance the animII
was placed at distance of 100 m and the
effect of the bullet, which traversed the whole
length Of its body. in,ieting frishtful injuries.
was to cause instant death. The normal charge
was used and the initial velocity of tn,
projeetle was 40 m per second. In