The evening times., 1899-07-17
NOTES OF TIE DAY.
New York has 6.e19 acres Of public pars

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Cairo has population CT ss5.as. Alexandria
| OF 27i.G0o-
Chicago has contributed nearly zoao.eoo 80
| far in taxes.
1t h5s been estimated that steamers are 20
| per cent safer than sailing vessels
During the recent session Of the New York
Legislature over GOO bills were introduced
| Client. in BsIgiunf is built on tweaty-six isl
| ands. which are connected by eighty bridges
| II is popular belief that holly blsa, planted
near dwelling protects the house from light
ming.
Among the coaehmen of Berlin seven re-
tiEed army officers three pastors, and sixteen
mobiles
There are in New York city about 10000 who
exempt by law or Circumstances from jury
| service.
The First Presbyterian Church. OF Poughkeep-
sic. \. y, has entered upon the Both year OF
| its life
| Switzerland is said to be the only civilized
country in the world which grants patents
| for inventions.
| The official sterographer IN the trial of the
criminal case OF Senator quay viii receive s1.i5o
| for his services.
| Tie Roman Catholic Bishop Of Maitland. Aus
/ tralia. has forbidden the use Of flowers at fu-
| era,s in his diocese.
In ogdensburgs the church sexton buried
| dead minister in the cemetery lot e~ned by
! brewer. OF course, this was grave mistake
| Two streets in Pinar del Rio Cuba, which
| have heretofore borne the rams of two saints,
+! will hereafter be calsd GSmsz and Mckinney
| The largest insect known 10 entomoloeists -
! Central American moth called the Erebus
| strix, which expanGs It's wings from eleven 70
eighteen inches.
| Charcoal is the great Italian fnel Naples alone
4 fst tCrrc uf charcoal q
cost OF from SIG 10 so per ton, the national
| consumption being 10000 tors
| A Chicago man. when arraigned for sentence
| for election frauds. said TO the iedse: Il hate
/ 10 go TO the penitentia-y fer this, but I'm
| guilty Judge Gary srnt him TO prison, and
did not tell him he hated 10 do it.
| Something like sGJOOO.000 of in.olvent in
tebtedness is said 10 have been wiped out or
/ discharged since the Federal bankruptcy act
| went into effect. Most Of the indebtedness was
/ of long standing and practically uneollsetabie-
| Comparative tablCs published in the London
| financial press show that the British gas com
pany securities have. rule, gained dtirlng
| the past ten years. both III uarset PTice ana
earning power, despite electric lshs eompeu-
/ ton
The schooner Humboldt. fity-eight tons bur
den hailing from Boston, is aid to the enly
vessel in the world exclusively devoted TO the
collection OF zsa shells for sale. Much Of its
| work is undertaken for public and private
schools
In recent lecture Dr. Staadel. 0; Heideibsrg.
| gave an account Of series Of 20 operations
| on the stomach performed By Pref. Czerny dur
ing the last eight years The average de-th ra.e
was 24.s per cent, IN the first year i w1s -
! per cent but decreased 10 Is per cent IN the
| last year.
Nearly eighty years ago an act Of Parliament
was passed for the prevention cf sunday desc
Grafton by London bakers, who were forbidden
urGsr a penalty TO bake or sell en- the Loro
Dav This law has never been repealed ngt
it has not been invoked for several years me
Operative Bakers are now taxing steps TO nave
the old act Of George " enforced
A Ak.ine farmer who raises fine Strawberries
came 10 Wells village with a fine lot recently
and commenced peddling them at u cents
box He sold quite a portion ei ms Ioa" ar AZ
that price. when ne found that be must sen
NJ rwo boxes for a quarter. Then he retTaced
his route and refunded the difference U III
/ these who had paid the Is cents per box
| Some time ago it was announced that a man
! uscr:pt Of the .-Agricola' Of Tacitus had re
/ Gently teen found The pbi'ologists rsjoieed at
| Tn. n9w enrichment Of the critical mate-iH at
/ their command The possessor CT the treasure
/ however tke Bishop OF T0.edo, in >plln, has
| given them pause, tDr he VIII not eSea al.1~
| them to sc the manuscript. on the E.oohd lile
! arv publication Of its contents would diinihish
/ its value.
| This is from the .Terak (EaSt iadi1) Pioneer;
| ..Trau Sved Mahomed bin Ahdula al-Hadad. Of
| Singapore has arrived a visit 10 his core
| Iigioniets Tae gentleman has seen some seventy
eight summers. and Is accompanied = rs "a
rem. which consists Of four wives and tN1
stsye- We are tod that Es never allows the
| pur,lrr ef his wives TO fall short Of the nGure
| given above. and that ne has altogether con
| trac.ed no less tkan III marriages
| Dr.. Tia,ovisf a di ztingJ he'd Russian physi-
| clan has computed that crows can count ten.
parrots four dogs twenty-foar. cats only SIX Dr.
/ Timovieff found one horse belonging 10 peasant
| tIat when pIowing. always stopped 10 rest az
| ~. t--rntieth ftrTow no more and no ICss. lie
also drove after horse that had 5een tE3Insd
| to stop for q feed after twenty-five veTsts- On
familiar read this made uniform iee'.ing plt'
Groe however. On a road this horse had Fever pc
| fore travelled it stopped for food afteT tFaveing
/ only tvcntv-two veEstS. The doctor watched care
[ fully IN returning over the same rtad- ana -"
/ how the ha.se bad made its mjstase- In the
co,ir=, Of the tvreEty-two ver,ts. which were all
c.srrf,tIly marked by the Telegraph company, were
| three cthee stones similar To the verst signs
These the horse had sen and counted, being. OF
course unable u distinguish them from the oti'-
| eEs.
About 200 vccetarians and their friends sat
down 10 dinnzr the ether evening in London
Bottles were on TIE table. but they contained
only milk and lime juice cordial. OF sodl water,
/ for tI,5sa who trrid- chops. Joints and beef
/ steals hold Temperance tenet> aSo- L1tIntudiHi-
rian vccetarisns drink milk and eat eggs cheese,
and butter, but sjricter members Of the cult
will rot touch anything connected with the AMI
NAL CREATION They wil not even tolerate the
| phrase There's nothing Ike leather, and have
| their boots made cf stout woven cloth The
rovaI tcaSts having been duiy h1nored, the chair
man proposed: '.IGcToascd Success to the Move
| merit" renarking that tkey were getting slor-
| riouS examnie whith weUld one day be emu
laird at Tie Guildhail. For three wears past the
association has been running a farm IN Kent,
| where regularly fifty CT sixty HSpn were kept.
all of whom previously were wrecks in health
and wealth. but were made strong and wei
again after from three TO twelve wee&S solou-n
Every fine morning. says i London COErespond-
ent CT imposing eavalcatle may be seen prssne'n
! out of buckingham palace gates. The procession
consists OF the Queens horses and its object IS
To give the rogal animals their daily exercise
The Sleek weil-kept horses and the comfortable.
well-elad men astritie them, proclaim regal state
! at every sep. Tie horses leave News ut about
! 9:3O a. M. for a hours airing in the parks.
Sometimes IL l. Hyd, Park. soGrtimes Regent,
I sometimes the Green. and sometimes St. James
/ The white HlnOveTiIns are the taecH's fsvnritcs
for state occasions. TIE original STOCK came from
| the Elcetcr CT Hanover stock, in the time OF TIE
first George Their pedigree Is traced beck 10 The
! days OF Wittckind. the Saxon king. and tee
I cred horses Gf ancient Germany. Until Victoria
! assembled the throne most Of the recruits came
from Hanover. but stree 1857 they kave been bred
! at HAMPTON Court. and they havc become almost
prre III glish reed. AitaO- sh trey tavc marov-
| ed in shape SINCE their HaRnvVriaB DAYS they
are stiI a tTife clumsy, according 10 English
TORS. But they are strong AID st ady. they never
give ir. they perfectly dacile, and II wO;lld