The evening times., 1899-11-09
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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By the recent Improvement in the Canadian
canals a vessel go feet long. drawing "a feet
| and carrying $500 tons, pass from Lake
Erie to the sea without breaking cargo.
The art Of seifdefence is incucated early
| among some Of the wilder tribes Of the Car-
! casus, who instruct their children as soon AZ
| they can walk in the OF the dagger.
A woman's club in Iceland, known as fhe
Thorvaldsen Society, looks after the poor, keeps
\ up sewing school, visits the hospital and car
| ries On various phiIanthropic enterprises
| Among the women students at German uni
versities the most favored studies are the lit
! erature and philology Of modern languages.
| philosophy (psychoiogy logic and ethics) and
! history.
Returns Of the London Board Of Trade for the
last quarter show that " 600 emigrants embarked
for places outside Europe from the various places
OF the United Kingdom st which emigration
Offices are stationed.
Complaints were made in Seattle, WASH, re-
Gently that the fIe-alarm system Of the city was
working very badly. Investigation of the boxes
showed that yellow jackets mad ciOgged many
OF them by deposts CT clay, which lad haId-
| eEcd.
1t Is curious property OF the compounds Of
teiiurium that they have putrid and undesirable
odor- London physicians have taken advantage
OF This Tact IN pr,sciioiry il for feminine pa
tents whcm they wish TO temporarily Isolate fTom
society.
At the present time there are between 500 and
1000 men in New York who worth a million
doiiais more. In Isis, when New YORK had
population of ll0,OJo. there were only nineteen
men who assessed at Sl0J1Jo more and
the highest assessinent was only sstJ.OOo.
1t is not generally known that there is still
living in Europe Large herd Of Eur-pean bison
Larger, probably. than the herd of American
bison winch rvains Yellowstone Park These
rais anima1s are preserved by the Gar of Ras-
In the imperial forest Of BieOys ge, in Lthu-
ania, and number something ike itv.
Twenty-three miles OF aluminium cable will be
used 10 transmit 1900 horse power al a pressure
ef i0,cp volts from Tariffyille 10 Ha tiodd Conn.
The cable Is three foustns OF an incn Ii diam
et.r aIi of strands, each made
Of seven Wirts- At the present piice Of copper
the saving to be made by using aluminium VIII
amount 10 $500
writer in Forest and Stream asserts that
the criminal tendency is manifested TO a greater
or less extent by all the lower animals, and he
has complied list of eighteen crimes, which
commonly committed oy birds, beasts, or
reptiles The indictment includes murder, par
ricide, fratcide, suicide, tieit, kldI1plAg, hYi-
way robbery, polygany, and drunAenress
Statistics just completed by the income tax
commission Of Great Britain show that out Of
a total adult male population of ls,SSe.oc more
than lu,tsJt,UD earn tess ftan $50 year Inc
income tax Is collected at the rate of Id cents on
year amounted TO nearly sl0o.JDO.ejp, was con-
triuuted by not more than 2,p1o,IJt people.
late issue of the London Times stated
that at least a OF persons perish each
year in Switzerland in trying to secure the
wonderful snow hower-tne edeiweiss-which
grows in very inaccessible places some OF
those who lose their lives trying 10 secure II
are reckless tourists; otners arr sSlss poys,
who wish to get it that they may sell II 10
travellers
In Boshzga where the finest and most costly
cameI's hair shawls are made, the canes
are watched while the fine hair on the under
part Of their bodies IS growing II l. 80 care
fully cut that not a hair is lost, and Il is
stored until enough has been sccuaiuiated 10
spin. The yarn made from the hair Is OF SUI
passing softness, and il dyed an sorts u
lovei- eolors.
There are thirty two regiments in the German
army of which all the officers are members oil
the nobility, including princes. counts, dukss maj
quises and barons. To Offset these afis,ocfatS
regiments there thirteen regiments OF winch
not a single officer is re-ated 10 the nobiiity In
any WAY There is a riya.ry between the TWO
groups which in time Of war, II IS consldereo'
would make them both more daring anu ioFiniaA-
BILE.
II Is calculated that the $1,000 American tour
lists in Europe this summer spending about
81 zoo apiece or 4 total Of slvor1,0yi. CT 4
lite bit more than the value OF Nebrasaas
800 COO UJo-b -bushd crop Of corn ai 80 cents q
uto, 10 Europe every yesr-and chiefly 10 Great
Bri,ain--neariy enough to pay the charge Oh the
British national debt the cost OF the b1usA
army.
An American piano, retailing here for $780,
fetchcs $500 in the Transvaal, says the New 1otA
Press An organ, worth $50 here sells Tor sieo
there American saddles and harness don't suit
tbe R,er,- the former being too high priced and
the latter too fine foI the rough overland Work
Of trekking. In the canned meat line, AustraIa
50 far undersells Chicago that our packers are IN
d,spsir Our manufacturers sold over .,oo Tors OF
bar,ed wire in 1897 to the Transsaal- but strange
TO say the fence posts came from Germany ano
England. -Four ice plants were iuriiSheo Io'
the Kimberley mines by Chicago. having an az
prcsate capacity of twenty tons day, besides
100 oOo cubic feet Of cold storage
Ii Is said as much as $4,000 per annum IS e1-
pepded by various Atlantic steamers 10 over
come the friction caused by fouling. while the
cost of docking large steamer twice year
would nearly double the total loss as a penalty
for unprotected bottoms report mas receh.y
OF a four years test of Cranes system OF
copper plating huls- The ocean Tug As
sist.nce was electro plated and launched IN $50
Recently il was docked and examined and u was
found that its bottom absolutely free frori
marine growths. 1t is claimed an iron vessel with
a speed Of twenty knots. if costed with copper,
will have a speed OF twenty-oEe knots
The London Daily Mall says il an aerial ma
chine was capable OF tfaNeAlhs Ut any tate Wy "
L 900 miles an hour a traveller in il starting west
ward from London at speed of 600 miles an hour
would arrest the progress of lime. II he started
al 10 a. m. it would always be to him 10 a. N
should he find this Hnending day mDnctonots, he
could reverse his direction and get quick sue
-esion OF short days and nights of some six hours
l,iration, but he could regulate the length by the
speed O. his machine. Suppose he travelled from
London one night at 10 O'Clock, westward, at
sreed of 600 miles per hour. be would soon
experience the sensation of seeing the sun rising
IN the west, where IL had set short time before
DR.. Thomson, in knowledge studies differ
rnces Of height in and establishes three
categories: (I) Tall races that measure feet
inches and over. This group includes the Pata-
,onians West African negroes, some Polynesisns,
some American Indians. Scsndnaviars. Scotch
and English l2) Races of medium -height. vary
ing from feet inches to feet . inches. 90
Short races having height OF feet inches or
under. Among the short races are the Nalays,
Laprs, BnshInen- Hottento.s. Segtitos Tor dwarf
Asiatic negroes), and the Akkar. According to
sergi, people Of height not eXceeding feet II
inches are found in Sicily and S1rdinia, where
they form Il per cent of the population and
short race Is found IN Central
European Russia.
The Indian corn propaganda at the Paris Expo
ition and the conventions recently held in the
West, in the interest of corn producers, have :
,rough out the fact that over twenty important
products are now manufactured from corn, says
he California Vineyardist- One OF the most
important products is distilled spirits. the de-
,iand for which has increased greatly since the
invention of smokeless powder. in the rHauufac-
nre Of which the spirits are largely used Among
he other products made from corn mixing
lucose, crystal glucose, grape sugar, anhydrous
Il fHtar