The evening times., 1899-06-08
NOTES OF THE DAY.

located in India
The blood completes its circuit through the
body in twenty-five seconds. Every three min
| utes all OF the blood in the body is reyitalzed-
The first visit of Thomas Hardy, the novelist.
to America was made college lecturer upon
architecture. Mr.. Hardy is great admirer Of
| the United States.
IS in ireland. Their immunity from this com
plaint is thought to be due to the fact that their
food consists largely of potatoes.
The salmon Gamers of British Columbia haye
appealed to the Canadian Government for per-
mission 10 buy salmon caught in American wa
tiers and import them free Of duty.
More than century ago a meeting house was
erected at the head OF the Tuckahoe River. near
Tuckahoe, y. J.. and il was painted for the first
time three weeks ago. Red was the color.
Potato bread is used by the natives of Thurin-
gia to feed their horses. especially when they
are worked hard in very cold weather. The an
irnais thrive on it, and their health and strength
excellent.
In Russia 5000 students are engaged in a
sympathetic strike. They have ceased to attend
lectures because the students in the University
OF 81. Petersburg were prohibited from enjoying
holiday reyels.
There are now 322 women attending the Uni
versity o; Illinois at Urbana, by far the largest
number in the history of the institution. In all
|, 1872 men,
Charles II. Hoyt has been sued by the doctor
who accompanied him his Southern trip. to
have him under special treatment The play.
wright and the doctor bring counter charges
against each other.
The Duchess OF Bedford was the portionless
daughter Of poor Indian missionary by the
name OF Tribe. She met and married the heir
presumptive 10 the dukedom. Herbert Arthur
Resell. in Calcutta
Manchester. England. doctor. after five
years observation and experience of influenza.
states that cinnamon is the best drug to cure
the disease. Il may be taken as I decoctiOn or
in the form Of tabioids.
The Arkansas Supreme Court has decided that
man cannot escape jury duty because he has
not paid his poll tax. Heretofore the fact that
man had failed had refused 10 pay poll tax
has excused him from sich service
The story Of the finding Of the sea serpent on
the Island of suwarrow, on the British Coun,-
bia coast has been exploded by a Sydney sci
enlist, who declares the bones found those
OF zithoid, a rare species Of the whale family
American exports Of beef products do not ap-
pear TO BE- affected by the army commission tes-
tim0ny- Last month we exported .295.0DD
pounds more of canned beef than in April. ISIS.
and S.l5J,OJ9 more pounds Of fresh dressed beef
Coils p. Huntington and associates have pur-
chased the Texas Mexican Railroad. which runs
from Corpus Christi - Laredo. Texas. dis
tance OF 100 miles. II is a narrow-gauye line.
and il will be Immediately changed to standard
width.
A shortage in the foreign wine produce is re-
ported. along with j partial failure of the home
apple crop, and consequent siIrinkaSe in the
cider output Beer is still holding its
against all kinds of weather and unfavorable leg
islaii0n-
The American Church Missionary Society has
charge Of movement to build Protestant Epis-
eopal hospitals at Havana and Matanzas. Com
mittees have already been appointed to under
take the raising OF fund OF saOO.OJ0 tor the
purpose.
The smallest church in England is in Lulling-
ton, Sussex. II ais built of flint. with stonr
auoins and has red-tiled roof The church is
but siytcen feet square. and five narrow windows
light it. Thirty pcople-the size Of the village
-can fnd within.
A; a public dress rehearsal OF play in
Paris Nine Casimir-Perrier. wife of the former
President of the French Republic. was requested
TO remove her hat. but declined to do Wien
she learned that the rule would be enforced in
her case. in all Others, she left the Theatre in
disgust.
Ex-Congressman Funston Of Kansas finds him
=cIf ovcrsladowed by his sons rising fame. In
a Decoration Day programme at ot-
tawa. Kan. local paper says: The address
viii be delivered by E II. Funston. Of Allen
county. father of the famous General Funston,
Of the Twentieth Kansas"
Pster sclulan. of Jersey City. declares that
A=uinaIdo Is the oi lrishman, and that
his real name i OGormcley The father
tatiye Of Tralce. County Kerry, and went to
liong&ons. where be married wealthy japan
rsa woman. Thence he removed to Manila. and
went INTO the grocery business. Mr. >cJnlan'S
local reputation for truth and vcracitv l. ex-
rc'ieut. and he is not proud OF the facts he al
lesrS.
Two wears ago slys the .Bonston Trans
rrpt. "a Maine numbering party. not being able
to find the conventional green a>h for p'anSin-
their >had. had recourse to a green rock maple
slab. The heat started the sap in the wood.
which brhbcd and hi>>e1 about the fish. nIpart
n- it, delicate flavor I" the dish when ready In
be srrved. and 10. it WAS discovered that a new
liable delicaC, had hen added to the worlds
ui-ire Now there is green ash planked
had for the Maine people. but sugar maple every
lime"
The deprivatioEs incident 10 a s1afaring life
irc well illustrated in the case of Captain Co=h-
Ian. Of the Raleigh. who is unfamiliar with
illustrated newspapers that when Colonel Bryan
visited the ship the ether day the gallant cap
tain did not recognize the great orator. and the
latter had to introduce himself. Later when the
gun that frri the frst shot in the battle of
Manila Bay was pointed out TO Colonel Bryan
h. said: Hum. and then after moment ot
thought: We'll. from what | have heard OF it,
expected that it larger than the ship"
Among the hospital patients of DIR. Lucas
Champiunnicre is man seven feet four inches IN
height. says a Paris correspondent of the London
Telegraph" He is twenty-seven years old. and
IS still growing. He takes after his father. who
WIS seven feet eight. whereas his mother was II
short Stature At the age of eighteen he was
youth below middle height but after. an i'll
,nd Illness produced another rapid increase Of
height After this he had several successive at
acks Of dehitating complaint. On recovery
ne invariably found he had grown several inches.
ill., when at twenty-one. he went to serve in the
,rmy. he had reached seven feet. He was the
Youngest of twelve children. and, fortunately for
them. he is the tallest of them all by foot or So
\ packing case which contained Peruvian
mummy, intended for a museum in Client. was
recently opened by mistake at an English rail
WAY station. thereby causing the authorities nc
End of trouble Murder at first suspected.
but the eoroner's jury disposed of the ease in
quick order. rendering this unique verdict That
he woman found dead at the railway goods
;tation, Sun Street. on April l5 and did die on
omc date unknown. in some foreign country.
lrobably South America. from some cause un-
,nown No proofs OF violent death found.
md the body has been dried and buried in
oreigu manner probably sun-dried and
,uricd. and the jurors satisfied that this body
ioos not show any recent crime in this country.
md that the deceased was unknown, and about
wenty five years OF age"
Patrick Carroll. who died lately in Australia
It the age of lightweight. had one great cpl
ode in his life. when forty-ivc years age he
aved the life OF the future minister of the
rown and speaker of the Victoria Parliament.
'rter Ialor. Lalor at that time happened TO
70 a proclaimed outlaw. lie headed the revolt