The evening times., 1899-07-12
NOTES OF THE DAT.

bicycles.
Three cut of every Is5 EngIisi-speaains people
have Frd hair.
Mexico has 800 miles Of railroad. having added
40 during 1s05.
In ten years the descendants Of two rabbits viii
number 10000, ,O00-
IS many 4.O6I muscles have been counted
IN the body Of moth
The total area OF the coal fields in the world
is estimated at i7l.8Oo sqsare miles
The Italian Government has imposed tax OF
10 lire bicycles. and in future all machines
will have to carry a mark showing that the
yearly tax has been paid
The average speed Of carrier pigeon in calm
weather is LOO yards minute. With strong
wind in the direction Of fight pigeons have
covered 1850 yards minute.
A. VI. Klein. a weii-known Partisan musical
critic. declares that less than 500 operatic
scores "haye inundated the musical world dur
ing the last century and hail..
Sailors call low-lying iceberg gTowler, and
the word would. in general. suggest something
cool. were il not for bull dogs and London iou--
wheel cabs, to which it is also applied
English and German SPECTATORS have acquired
rights 10 lands in Eastern Servia, where the Ro-
mans known to have found gold. and where.
accordingly, mining works are to be started
The most costly piece OF railway line in the
world IS probably that between the Mansion
| House and AIdgate stations. in London, which
required the expenditure OF close upon SO 000, Do
| per miie-
1t is estimated that about 10000 acres Of land
| in the United States are planted with vines.
tFree-fcurths Of them in a bearing condition
| In the amount Of wine raised New York State
| ranks neXt after California.
| Clocks are manufactured in various parts Of the
| Empire OF Japan TO sich an extent that the i'm
/, portati0n Of all but the very cheapest kind has
been stopped American movements are exactly
/ initiated. bur the springs are imported from the
1 United States.
! The son Of a Yorkshire clergyman named Kins-
| man has Just died in Melbourne. where. min
| istsr Of the Free Church Of England he had
| celebrated 1I.O00 marriages. and Was known IN
Australia 'the last representative OF the Gret-
| m Green blacksmith
Russia in Europe has a forest Of about
| $4,000. 900 acres One-third Of the country. in
deed, is forest It is be noted, however, that
the whole Of the forest area in Russia IS under
| careful crown management, and effective meas
| ures taken to prevent waste
Discussing the earnings of Indian railways last
year. the London Economist declares that GER
! tain lines earned more from the haulage oi
foods;ufs into the famins-ztrieken districts than
they would get. in normal seasons, rom the out
| ward movement OF native-grown products
1 As the name OF Collier > not common one
in this country. it is somewhat unusual that last
year three cities Of the United States had mayors
| by this name-Nsyor Charles y Collier. Of Al
lanta; Mayor Perry Collier. Of Berkeiey. Mass,
and Mayor Charles F. Collier, OF Petersburg, Va
The Lord Chancellor Of England IS never al
lowed. under any Circumstances, 20 make Jour
! ney which involves 4 voyage. however short
the passage. He Is supposed 70 have the seal
in his immediate keeping, d2y and night, under
all circumstances, and its safety 5 not to be
risked-
European railroads have smoking compartments
for men and womFn's compartments They have
now TO deal with passengers who insist
on smoking. and viii not go into the mems
compartment Belgium. where the first cases have
arisen, now puts up the sign. smoking forbid
deH,' all wouen's compartments
new crime has been invented by London
bookseller He took novels that would not sell
and bound them with covers bearing the names
of novels called for by the pubhe Hur-
ried passersty who purchased these books did not
notice the fraud until too far away TO protest,
until one Of them took the necessary trouble
and the bookseller is in Jail.
Anna $ Douglas of New York. caused the ar
rest of a man who sold her a Cripple Greek
| mine last year and sued for the purchase money.
8, ,OO0 on the ground that she had been bGncOed
into buying WORTHLESS property. She lost her
| case. and the ore being taken out OF hsr
mine runs from s10.000 SI00.Ga0 70 the ton,
and the vein Is about eight feet wide
visitor at the Central Park Zoo recently
gave a snail pocket mirror 70 sullivan, a most
| pugnacious monkey The monkey his image
reflected in the mirror and reached cut savaSely
for the fellow behind the glass. and, not finding
| him, took revenge upon the mirror causing the
| monkey keeper no end OF trouble IN his endeavor
| TO prevent The monkeys fTum cutting themselves
with the broken glass
New YORK chemist claims 10 have dseo,-
cred solution which viii keep collars and cuff
straight and stiff through al sorts Of weather.
| II is said that all has 10 do IS 10 dip th>
collar cuffs into this solution. and persPir2-
|. tiou thenceforward only has cleansing effect
upon thoSc articles Fer two years. the chemist
! saws he experimented upon this solution fail-
ing repeatedly. until now success has crowned
his Efforts
The ..Kennebee Journal. tells of man who
has a fox and a hound that are boon eompan-
ions. When both animals were in the pup stays
they were placed together. and have enjoyed a
year OF each others society in peace and hsr
: | mony. They sleep together and play with eacf
: | other much after the manner OF two frolicsOm'
= ! pups The fox has perfect freedom of action
coming and going out at VIII. but he always re
5 turns at night 10 share the dogs bed
$ The oatcrpilIlrs recently stopped an electTi'
: car on the Augusta, Hallowen and GarJine
e Road and now from Corinna Me, comes tn
i story
Il train. For long distance between Dexter an,
. Corinna the wriggling woTH1s covered the rail
> | to sufficient depth that the engineer had &
- } use sand and all the steam possible to tur
II loose in order to haul the train up the grade
e | The rails were literally covered by the WORMS
| and the friction was rot such that 1t was a
easy matter to keep up any degree OF speed
of The monster telescope which is now bein
built for the Paris Exposition, where il VIII b
., one of the chief attractions. IS Of such siz
m ! as 10 put even the Ycrles instrument into con
rv parative insignihcance II VIII measure over p
4 / feet long. and the diameter of its tube viii
I'd - inches. The difficulties of its eonstruetiO
n have been enormous. but il is believe
On that they have all been satisfactorily oveTc0m'
r. and that the huge telescope should easily outv
The Eiffel Tower, and. besides. it will have a Sc
entiic value which that architectural abortio
had not.
is In his first sermon in his church in Liverpo'
% after his arrival from this country the Rev ID
r Watson said that the thing which most startle
him in the United States was the power Of Il
secular spirit and the weakness of the Christia
Church Men were devoted to money and none.
getting in way and to a degree which he eou
not have Imagined possible The churches
the United States. he continued were conducts
q, | to a considerable extent as large business Col
oe Germs money-niakilg permeatinS everything
many districts he found congregations consistir
sr, almost entirely OF women. He eulogized q
viyacity. intellect, and energy. the boundiess
We | source. high hope. and confidence OF the Amer
| can race. which he declared 10 be one OF q
III most promising OF the Anglo-SaXon branches. IT
readiness Of rich Americans to build and eudo
educational institutions he considered matt
for national pride.
The Aztecs worshiped fire. and Nontezuna