The evening times., 1899-03-11
NOTES OF THE DAY.

a saving by paving $500 annually for the dis
position Of the rubbish.
In place of wedding cake in Holland wedding:
sweets given-''bruid mixers they are cali-
ed They handed round By children and are
served IN flower trimmed baskets
Canada needs only 2S7. coo square miles to be
as large the whole continent % Europe. It i5
nearly thi.ty times a large Great Britain and
Ireland. and is coo square miles larger than the
United States. excluding ALASKA
Russia has taken up the Italian idea Of using
the army a means Of education All con
scripts are to be Taught reading and writing dur
ing their six years service, and, where il Is nee
esslry. VIII be trained for trade> as we'll
American shipping carries about one half Of
the total sea commerce between the United
States and neighbOTiug foreign -ountsies as
Canada. the West indies. Ney;eo. Central
America and the north coast Of South america.
Travellers in Australia complain that almost
the only trees in the continent are egeaIyptus
and they afford little shade. as tEey have learn
ed 70 turn their leaves etlcrays 10 tine The
botanical gardens in the cities arc however de-
clared 20 be dreams of bcarty.
Leenhes. when applied to persistent cigarette
smokers, drop off dead. distinct traces Of the
dangerous empyreuuatic oil given OF by to
baccO being found in them Strangely enough,
the same experiment tried uIon excessive pipe
smokers resulted in no apparent injury 20 TIE
leeches-
Speaker Sherman Of the Illinois House Of Rep
resentatiyes. has ideas Of his owu He has dis
carded the wsII-csishioued chair in which the
presiding officer Of the house has clJstOnarily
sat, and ROW uses in its stead i 40-cent kitchen
chaJ. He has also arranged f"r clerk to pre-
pare syllabus Of every bill offered IN the house
\ French physician recently reported to the
Academic des Sciences the result Of his expert
ments on blind children Among 3Uf he found
four boys and Eve girls %hO were able 20 rec
ognize the Roentsen rays some sIw the (.
catholic and fourescent rays, others only the ca
thodic and x T4ys, and described ;hem a5
being Of reddish color.
Protective mimcry, that cunning device ot IA
ture 10 preserve animals from their enemies, IL
well shown in the egg Of certain fishes. notably
the California shark known a. gyrOpleuToGus
francisco The shark Is Of sluggish habit lUrk-
ing among rocks. and its dark eggs resemble
leaf 0f kelp seaweed folded up spIrally. II -
deposited among the beds OF keip and clings to
the leaves by the edges Of the SprJS- The Young
shark bursts open the eud Of the egg and sWlms
away. Another sharks egg % tire Pacific coast
has tentIcles, which clasp the -eawesd and also
initiate It's appearance
Many visitors TO the famous prpuontory on the
/ coast Of Antrim, ireland, known J. the Giants
( Clu-eway. VIII be interested in learning that il
is figuring in the Irish iaw courts anI thar, too.
with a risk OF It's ultimate incles,Ue, II not
from public gaze. at least free Eve-r.sati5n- IL
I peal- that the syndicate wl,ich leases the Id-
Joining territory has also the sole rights the
\ ouipg> ridge Of basaltic columns IN which IRISH
legend processes % the remnant af the bridge
| bull; hy the doughty giant. Fin NacCocI for his
i ra>-I2r across 10 scotland TO bis victory over a
/ rival .sTo-
/ Antoine Jackson. a fuil-b,5OJ-d Indian, known
: ism.iilaiy - -'R4Eaka Jack" has been elected
Justice Of the peace for the reservation adjacent
/ To- Tacoma Although be can neither read nor
write he IS said 10 Ill his offce with dignity.
The first case he had 10 deal ~iJh, unieh came
Z under his notice the ether dav, that Of
; man arrested upon the charge of 'IfTy ing CON
. Cellei weapons. The Indian iJd-c demonstrated
that the alleged cUiprIt could not force the en-
tire revolver IN question into any oi hi- pockets.
: and. therefore. dismissed the case Although the
: courts reasoning NOT based Blackstone
and Kent. II was strictly in accordance with the
{ evidence.
Il vert to Paris says an Eugf-hman. stay
ir., at the Hotel De Lille e Albion Never
having been there before 7 lost my way ard
could not ind my hotel again, because neither
Z SPOKE nor understood French Thinking some of
the people l met might understand written In
. glish l went into a stationeT'- shop and bought
7 large card. on which wrote Please tell the
: way to the Hotel De Lille Il Il Albion Again
I sailed out. showing my card 20 several. but still
10 no purpose At last read IL. and 81
{ leutly beckOned me 10 follow EiE. 7 did. s.
/ Ientv, for mile more. Then he pointed.
still silently, 70 the sign OF The hotel and when
7 saw II broke the silence bv eXClaimiHg.
Thank YOU What, he replied in amazameut.
are you Ju Englishrsn2 30 am 7. but I took
Won % he deaf and dumb -
\ London doctor. Tucker Wise b. name. has
I issued solemn warning against the keeping #
caulrcs. Ten per cent OF these birds. he AYERS,
die - consumption. and they often distribute the
disease among the unfea,hered bipeds who en-
[ tartaiu them. Well. one more danger ~ this
sort hardly counts in these DAYS when everything
from kisses Q. Bibles ha~ been denounced a.
source at Infection \ while ago. SIvs the Nsv
/ Yu-k Times" folks were advised 90 get Tii q
their parrots. uominaIy for the same crime now
charged against the cInaTieS- hut the srfs@'-t;ua
/ Is believed 70 have come from somebody who
hated paTEots-tEere are such QerSon~-Gnt no At
? teuriou was paid % IT, Possibly the smaller
! binds NAV also have their enemies and TueNcr
I Wise sounds ike the name % man who would
be inclined to sleep late o mornings
The Supreme Court Of New York Judge C.l-
/ fsrsleeve presiding. has decided that a bov q
sixteen ought TO have an allowance Of $500
year 10 defEay college expenses This i the ease
Of Richard DeIafeld Shipuan- ShipmaH IS an
orphan The heir TO a considerable fortune. which
! Is held in trust for him Up to last fall, when
he entered Harvard. he was getting an allowance
/ oi S3.G01 4 year shortly after his arrival at
! CIuNriiEs he applied for increase % S2.530
I iteuizing follows: Tuition. $50: clothing.
S5o0; books and stationery. So, board and lods-
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I peuseS $50. miscellaneous expenses. $1,000 The
! coirrt-wiseIy or not-did not inquire into the
/ details Of the last two items. but promptly j.
sued an order upOn the executors OF the estate
to increase the allowance requested
Emperor Williams patronage of the threaten IS
not always an unmixed blessing 70 managers
He was present the other tay at a performance in
the Berlin Theatre Royal and was pleased with
the niece and the actors that he expressed his
desire 70 see the play again. and announced that
the cast must he exactly the same a on The pre-
y-ious occasion Now IL happened that Herr
Thomas who iiupersOnated the leading character.
had been borrowed for the night from another
house and had since returned 20 his duties. The
director begged Of his brother manager the loan
OF Herr Thomas for the evening. but the answer
was that the latter was N the bill and that t
was Impossible to break faith with the public
Ultimately 7 the usrter was arranged, but the d.
rector Of the KonigIiches Schausrielhaus had 70
/ nav Comreusatiou to the tune ~ 5000 marks.
PraiigaI Is the Rothschilds we're and are they
nearly an have and had one trait in common.
They viii give 4 thousand pounds without mo-
mcnt's hesitation; they viii not be feeced Of six
pence after hall an hours discussion There IS
/ ycrv amusing story in connection with this
trait relating to Mr. Leopold de Rothschild's "a
/ tbs- The son was in the habit OF taking the
! same cab every morning from Piccatilly TO St.
| Swithlin-s Lane. and always gave the Iehu half a
crown One morning when the away
! the sire hailed the conveyance, and at the end
/ OF the Journey gave the driver form. CahbV
T1ked at the coin wistfuly. What's wrong2''
/ asked the old man. Nothing, SIR was the re-
ply. '.but Mr. Leopold always gives me half a
| crown 81 don't wonder at il. Mr. Leopold IS
| a speudthrift. but he afford il; he has a
rich father l an orphan, and can't"
The worlds product of tobacco is estimated at