The evening times., 1899-04-24
NOTES OF THE DAY.

There is not one illterate family in all Dem
mark.
German law prevents proprietors Of eating
houses hon serving beer to people eating fruit
Theatrical companies in Mexico have to paw
nne II they do not produce the pieces announced.
i The city Of Pekin has only street lamp.
and that is in the street where foreign aribsssi-
dors reside.
A little girl of Sxippack Pa. fell on the sharp
edge OF a teakettle the other day and cut off the
| end Of her
The average daily wages Of laborng in
Berlin amounts to so cents Beef is Is cents a
pound pork, 20 cents.
Georgia man struck his funny ybone against
| a wagon wheel the other day, and has since been
| speechless with paralysis
The sketch of the Queen which sells best in
| France is one taken the seaskore with a skye
| terrier walking beside her.
Rela kittridge, Of Belfast. Me-. holds the
worlds record for fine writing by placing 1909
| words on an ordinary postcard.
Cider has been discovered by French investi-
| gator TO be fatal to the typhoid fever bacillus.
II is the malic acid. he believes, that the bacillus
| cannot digest
The value OF the gold. silver. lead. and copper
| mined in Colorado in 1888 was Sl2 GAG. .sa4 the
| gold being one-half that amount, and the silver
| about one-fourth.
| Horace L. Higgins director of the only rail-
| road in the Philippines, is an Englishmzn by
| birth, and the husband of a grandniece OF the
| last King of Spain.
| 1t is getting to be the fashion to address and
! stamp envelopes the back. With the direc-
tions written the folds the letter be
! opened by unauthorized person without the
| fact being noted
Nesuvius was covered by heavy snowfall re-
| Gently while the crater in eruption. The
| Neapoitans watched the unusual spectacle of
| three streams OF red-hot lava working their way
/ through the white snow.
Miss Florence Nightingale is now close upon
eighty. She has suffered much from ill health in
1 her declining years, the result Of overwork
| and Of fever, brought on by her sef-sacrifcins
| labofs during the Crimean
| The captain Of a big Atlantic liner after many
calculations, has to the7conclusion that the
general size Of fog in the Atlantic is about
| thirty miles in diameter. A cloud in Eu-
( rope is no bigger than MANS hand
Hunters at South seavifle. Y. J., have exhaust
ed all their ingenuity in trying to capture a
white crow that for more than a year has been
living In the woods adjacent to the town with
several hundred Of is black companions
American miliionaires adopting the habit
in among European royalties of travelling
under pseudonym. 1t them much annoy
ance and irritating attentions Recently, when
he went to Florida. ". n. Vanderbilt wIs known
as Mr. Eyerard Green
NJ. Brunetiere has made the following general
charaeteiizations Of the chief litterateurs OF Eu-
| rope: The essential character of Italian HteFa-
ture. he says. is artistic: of Spanish. chivalrous
of German. phlosophic; of French, social: Of
English. individuaiistic.
\ pine log eehty-one feet long Is quite an
unusual sight to the people Of East Pitston. Me-.
but such taken from Whiteheli
Harrison Hunts landing recently The log was
about two and one-ilIlf feet in diameter at the
largest end, and was beauty.
The Library Of Congress is ALREADY one of the
greste-t Libraries in the world. The number Of
printed volumes its shelves is somewhat over
s0o.0lo and is rapidly nearing the million marx.
In 1852 the aggregate OF the collection 20
900. and the building will afford shelf
for i-5o0. .009 volumes
The reason hot water makes simmering noi-.
is a very simple one. As the water heats little
bubbles OF steam formed at the bottom Of e.
the kettle Thesc rush upward. and being At
tTacted TO the sides of the kettle. they make
eommotiou which sets the metal in vibration.
and the kettle sings.
senator PIstt OF New York has always been
careful keeper of scrap-books. Upon the declara-
tion Of hostiitics between spain and the United
States his efforts and those of his several secre-
taIies were redoubled and he Is believed
own ore Of the hest contemporary histories
OF the Spanish war eNtaBt.
In the Scientific American Prof. Holden
gives some interesting observations the mi
grations of insects Once in the san Gabriel Nsi-
ley of California he flight of yellow butter
fies which passed continuously for THREE or foar
days to the northeast For sixteen square miles
the column moved. and could not look out
doors without seeins the futtering bits of yel
low in the air. Yellow butterflies famous for
their mysterious migFatiOns. and sometimes Out
rttpNu Nil 1fsgyg lFtk IT
ships.
Fire brigades manned by not
uncommon in England. There Is at ,;irtnu
College wherc the students have their own bii-
gsde aud appliance Seyerals of the hospitals have
separate breades of the nurses and the male at
tendants. and the said To be much
quicker than the AT Holloway College
there is a brigade. formed ot the g;Tl students.
capable OF getting the engine work in les,
than Il minute. Several establishments in Lon
don having a large corps OF women employed
have fire companies among the employees
The Chilean coal mines. opened in 1855. seem
to be nice places to work in. The seams of cosI
run from the shore under the water OF the Pa
ciic Ocean and the tunnels are 30 clean that
you could walk tiIoueh them in dress suit
without making yourself dirty. They lighted
by eleciticity and you can have Tide FOR
mile under the ocean on an electric car al L
speed Of twenty mites hour. The mines form
tie wafsr. The output OF coal is now 1000 tons
day, and 80 miners are employed in them
NJ Docquois, the president of the international
culinary exhibition that has just been held in
Paris admits that England has within the last
twenty years taken the lead in international cook
cry. Europe is fast initiating her grills, joints,
water-cooked or steamed vegetables, and Of
her sauces. But the yearning for choice, plain
food has damaged the rine art OF Briilat Swarm.
The modern and complex O'Clock tea is loudly
condemned By caterers the palate Of Tout
Paris II spoils the tardy dinner, TO which tn.
guests pay seant attention, because they
afraid ct being late for the theatre.
"w V Smith, living south Of Florence. claims
TO have the longest whiskers in the world" says
the Florence (Kan.), Bulletin They
ure FIVE feet in length, and are still growing
circus lie would like TO know if you know
of anyone who can match his wkiskers. Mr.. Smith
would be thankful il the newspapers of the state
would take up his beard and discuss it, His post
Office address is Florence, Kan, and he will
gladly answer any correspondence. MIR. Smith Is
an old soldier. has a haif-dozen wounds. and ii
worthy of any consideration that might be
tended to him. Exchanges please copy.
In the course of an article in the Youths
Companion on Opportunities for Young EN-
plorers,' Sir Clements Markham, after pointing
out how much remains be done in Africa AMI
Asia SAYS: 1T is, however, in South America
that the most extensive uncAplored regions still
await the visits OF scientific travellers. Although