The evening times., 1899-09-19
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Tall persons have the advantage of greater lon
gevity than short ones
The number OF summer hotels in the United
States is estimated at 1900.
There are forty five admiraIs in the French navy
ard $50 generals in the French army.
Births and deaths occur all the world over more
frequently at night than in the daytime.
Persons born in spring have more robust CON
stitution than those born az other seasons
The first automobile club Of Germany has just
been organized, and the Duke of Ratib0r Is the
president.
few weeks ago the Krupp factory turned
out its twenty -thousandth large gun for Euro
pean armies.
In st. Petersburg Is the largest bronze statue
in existence-that Of Peter the Great. which
weighs loo tons
There cotton mills in forty-three of the
ninety-seyen counties in North Carolina, the total
number in the State being 205.
The population of the South African Republic
consists Of 5000 Beers 81, 900 other whites cali
ed Uitlanders, and 100000 KafhEs and Zulus-
The skeleton Of mastodon was disclosed in
digging ditch the farm of F. W. Schaefer,
one mile west Of Newburgh, n Y. recently
The erratic actions Of church clock at Har-
borne. England. traced 20 a swarm Of bees
that had deposited honey in the machinery and
dial.
The German army regulations require that COM
missariat officials and paymasteTs shall be spe-
ciaIly trained for the work of examining food
supplies
Whales teeth form the coinage Of the Fiji ISL
ands. They painted white and red, the red
teeth being worth about twenty times as much
the white
There are at present 5000 languages spoken by
the inhabitants cf our globe whose religious con-
victions divided between 1000 different con-
fessIOES Of faith.
Toronto claims to be the Leipsic of Canada
Nearly s2D.e1J.OJ0 is s1id 10 be invested in that
city and neighborhood N the paper making, print
ing, and book-biuding trades
Russia has abolished the distinction that has
heretofore existed between Russian and Finnish
postage stamps. FINNISH postofhceS are now pro-
yided with Russian stamps only
Maearcni and vern ieeIli are simply a mixture
OF wheaten -four and \ ater pressed through mods
and dried. They are produced largely in Italy,
where they are fayorite articles of food
A Brazi ian doctor claims to have discovered an
infallib!e cure for snake bites Of all kinds. He
administers soup containing two grauimes of cal
omel and 30 grammes Of strong lemon Juice
In Switzerland as elsewhere there has been for
years 4 great influx from the country 70 the
towns From 1884 to 1891 the increase Of popc-
Iation in Zurich Io.o6O to I1.GG0 year
Even little thing like the common needle
threader is worth e2.0O0 year 10 its owner,
while the Return Ball. wooden ball fastened
on 4 piece Of elastic, yields $4,000 per annum
The athletes Of Greece in ancient times. when
training for physical contests, we're fed on new
cheese fgs and boiled grain Their drink was
warm water. and they were not allowed 70 eat
meat
\ service Of motor vehicles has been started be-
tween Rosas and Figueras, in Spain, distance
of twelve miles. The vehicles are OF elsht-horse
~ - aVT1 ~
passengers
Metals get tired well as living beings Tel
egraph wires are better conductors on Monday
thsn on saturday. on account of their sunday rest.
ard a rest Of three weeks adds 10 per cent 10 the
conductiyity Of vine
Hancock Row, one of Bozton's historic and
narrow bywsys. but Of late years one Of the
dfrtiest in the CITY, hes been deprived Of It's hon
o-ed name by the street commissioners and vii
hereafter be known as Public Alley, No ~
"A. Sales. Of Providence, has Just been sued
for the possession of what Is said TO be the old
e. bell in the country Originally convent
hs'l n Amsterdam. il was captured and used oy
;ae British navy as a ships bell until August 49,
A tank Of chlorate Of potash recently exploded
in a factory in Lancashire. England. with disas-
rr3us results IS the substance Is not eoHibus-
tible in itself. although powerful and to com
bcstiOn under some circumstances, the disaster
| IS not easy 10 account ioT'
Yankee ingenuity has upset ancient custom
in India For centuries every rajah, and even
the miner potentates have had special men CALI
ed .puukas'' to fan them during their all waxing
| hours Now their Job Is gone, Tor every fA!4A
! has bought an American eiectTlc tln
The ..Augus.a Herald says that OF Aity-six
| men who have taken human life in Richmond
COUNTY,. Ca. IN the past fifteen years. only four
have paid the death penalty; nine were sentenced
| To lie Imprisonment; seven were sentenced 10
| nom one 10 twenty years, and thlrt!-sN "ehI
| free.
The most valuable natural bridge in the world
| ! 1o be found at Arizona, lying across deep
| cIlsrn forty feet in width IL IS petrlned tree
I about 4 feet in diameter and about 100 feet IN
| length Ii is pure agate all through, and there
! fore i much more valuable regards material
| than any bridge of marble cr granite would De-
| \ party Of geological students from the Uni
versitr of Chicago have started for Arizona where
| they will spend several weeks Prof Rollia d.
| salisbury is conducting the students. The hrS1
| STOP will be made at Las Vegas, v ~ thence
/ the marty will proceed TO HOlbrooN, ATlz- Wiete
| they will visit Chalcedcny PARK and view the
| petrifed forests of that region In S1p'enoer
| The Marty viii enter the Grand Canyon OF
| the Colorado, where ten days VIII DC spent IN
studying the many and interesting geoioSleat ios-
| nations before returning TO Chicago
There are dozen kinds Of hog-fsh, but the
| hor.fsh makes his home in Chesapeake Bay, says
| tbe ..New York Press" Maryland and Virginia
| svear BIZ him He is the colleague and COM
patriot Of the terrapin. the LyHnhaven Bay oys-
Iter. and the earvasback duck. He grarts % a
4 b.c-hence his name. But there is nothing Of
| the swine aboSt him. The Oldest inhabitsEt says
he !, IN, most aristocratie Ct Issues lie Is che
| genuine = F. v Before the war his name was
| myriad IA the waters around Norfolk. but with
the destruction of the Congress aBsi=t Cum5er-
| lard ard tha investing of Norfolk By the North
EN- troops he disappeared, aud for four years re-
| ma.ued cut Cf sight. When the Yankees came
| back home Mr.. Hog-esh returned 10 his Old
| haunis and he is biting there now suspect
he was a Southern sEmpathizer. But he certain
! ly is fine eating.
Over in England they are again claiming that
seed found in mummy cases ms been planted snC
produced blossoms, says exchange. This timC
they are sweet pea blossoms. of a little finel
grade than the ordinary kind. and all produeet
from seed that must be at least 2,00O years Old
OF course, the first impression will be that it il
high time fer seed Of that sort 10 exert itself
little. ard shake off its twenty centuries Of in
ertncss But the seedsmen say that in spite o
the fertfIiziug influences Of 1000 years Of clSst
contact with bone dust this alleged mummy
seed could not possibly preserve its vitality fol
more than a very few years. If the ancient Egyp
tinrs were OF this ii is difficult to under
sand why they flung the seed upon their depart
in- friends. Ii may. perhaps, have been only al
idle CUSTOM without any future life significance
like the throwing ef rice at newly y-nraEriet
couples in the present day. Certainly the modcrr
| custom Of having towery mound above the deai
| seems much more reasonable than the seed-sinet
| mummy case. While seeds net improved By
time, certain other commodities are, and Oh,
average Kentuckian viii tell you TINT the mum