The evening times., 1899-06-07
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Joel Chandler Harris. Georgia's famous author.
breeder. and poet is to have an exhibit OF Jer-
sey cattle at the Paris Expo<ition-
A New York firm is reported to have bid fab
ulous sum for Admiral Dewey's butterfly collee-
tion. an offer which was promptly refused
The drives about Florehce are among the love-
liest in Italy, and the walks in the old quarter Of
the town are an unfaiiing source of pleasure.
Krupp. ''the cannon king" is an amateur
oogist. his chief delight being found in captur-
ing and bottling curious inhabitants Of the
An inch of rain square mile of land equals
more than H.47s. .is3 gallons. or over Gse55 tons.
100 tons per acre being a rough and-resdy reck-
oning. t
The Archbishop Of Canterbury has in his keep
ing the book in which the signatures of all royal
brides and bridegrooms married in England are
written.
1t is now proposed to extend the boundaries of
Montreal to take in the whole island by annex.
ing the twenty odd other municipalities es-
tabslied there.
During the past three months, in which cop
per prices have been advancing, consumption OF
copper in England has decreased y per cent,
and in France 25 per cent.
Mark Twain is greatly distressed by the death
Of favorite cat. which he has owned for many
years. and which always lay his writing table
while the author was at work.
woman in Greensboro, N. C., has
suit against a water company. because there
no water in the standpipe when her house took
fire, thus rendering the fremen poweriess
A voting machine was used at the municipal
election in Irvington, a suburb Of indianapolis.
on May l. The result of the election
nounced nine minutes after the polls closed.
A Kansas man not long ago shot dog by acci-
dent. and in showing the owner how il was done
he shot him. and later, in showing the coroner
how he had shot the man. he shot the coroner.
From the number OF people who know every
thing and out of employment, it seems strange
that Amherst. Yale, and Brown Colleges should
have such hard time Just now in securing
presidents.
The number Of students at the largest ten uni
versities in the world is follows: Paris l2.0i7:
Berlin. 1896; Madrid. 6,li3; Vienna. $40;
Naples. 5.1O3; Moscow. 4iGI: Budapest, 4.iU.:
Munich, 3,J37; Harvard. s,G1i. and St Petersburg.
3,G15.
The small town OF yiana de Cega. about eight
miles from valIadolid. is the spot which, becausc
II the fertility Of the soil and the luxuriance of
the vegetation on the surrounding hills, has been
chosen Tor the first tobacco growing experiment
in Spain.
Near Grobogara, Java. there is a lake Of boil
ing mud about two miles in circumference. I'm
mense clouds Of stsarning mud constantly as
cending and descending. and the western edge
the gigantic bubbles continually forming and
exploding at the rate of three minute.
During the native attack Manila English
resident demonstrated with General Macarthur for
exposing himself. perhaps I am in dan
ger" replied the soldier. but I'm needed here.
and isn't il a sight? Look at the she'll exploding
in those bushes over there aud he lit cigar
As showing the cosmopolitan makeup Of Amer
lean regiments the following names are culled
from list of casualties sent by General OTIS:
Stotsenberg. Stoch, MeIeck, Whittier. Quinn.
G'Connor Schwartz. Livsteai. Elifritz. Keausen.
vosburg. Fauki, Lsrue, Hemp. Alwen. Larson.
and Alpbanalp.
Portland Ore, is one OF the hca,thiest cities
in the world. In 1898 the death rate l3 per
1000 In 1895 it was as low as sos thanks chief
ly to the excellent water from Bull Run River.
which il cost sigDO, ,eOl TO bring into the city.
Denver has a death rate Of 8 As Los Angeles OF
1916. ard san Francisco of Il.
By the direction of the Postofhce authorities Of
Berlin. automatic telephones are 10 be placed
in all their Offices. in railway stations, and at
many other convenient points They will be
the peHny-in-,he- slot order. and for the small
sun Of penny the Necessary number of minutes
allowed for conversation may he obtained.
4 curious exhibit st the Paris Exhibition will
he a '.Joksi Pavilion" Dr. Maurls Jokai. it is
said is going to exhibit there copy Of every
edition of his works which has appeared in any
language. A. he has written ever 300 novels.
some of which have been Translated into all the
languages of Europe. the display will be large.
The Danish Government has donated the sum
of 5000 crowns to the eminent meteorological.
Adam Paulsen. who has made special study
Of the northern lights PIulsen intends 10 leave
Copenhagen July for the north coat of
Iceland. where he will erect observatory for
the study of auroral displays He intends to re-
main till June 3. 1900
Boston is to have forty free iec water foun-
tans in her streets this summer. The supply of
ice will be furnisl ID from the municipal ice
plants having been from the city reservoirs
last winter and stored away IL i believed that
the. of ice water will not only prove great
convenience. but will put stop to the wasting
of water at the drinking fountains.
The London sunday Mail has. after six
weeks existence. suspended publication. The
ostsnsibc reason for the disconiinuance is that
the religious feeling OF the community is against
it. Clos observers who on the spot say
the real reason is the venture was not paving.
1t will take the English newspaper publisher
longer than six weeks to find out how 10 get out
Il paper equal to the American Sunday paper.
Mrs. Oliver Combcs. of Ocean Side. l. L..
women married in the same month. and each
lost her husband after twenty-one years of we'd
ded life The similarity in personal appearsnc,
Of the two women is striking In build. height
and in features there is marked resemblance, 50
much that if it ever bseomes necessary TO
personate the Queen hsr Long Island counterpart
could do ii with remarkable success
Dixie Thompson. the 'bean king Of Ventura
county. Cal. planted 10000 acres of beans last
year. which produced l.so9 carloads of Ucans.
embracing more than lp varieties. They
sown and cultivated in the5slme manner corn.
and harvested by special machinery. which
cuts the vines close TO the roots The vines are
then raked into windrows. piled into stacks.
and are thrashed by steam-powsr machintS,
which also specially contrivcd for the bean
business.
The western vault in The new United States
Mint now being constructed in PiIliadrlphia. will.
it is said. constitute the largest strong box in
the world. Its various dimensions are upward of
%. SO, and 10 feet. and the several compartments
into which il is divided will have a total hold
ing capacity of Slle.0oD.00o. To silver dollars it
may be noted. this Western vault will be d.
voted entirely; the other two. East and North.
being designed to contain silver bullion and
gold coins. respectively.
In few days the women of Baltimore will
present to Admiral schIey album and beau
tiful silver service. consisting of six pieces
jug. sugar bowl, teapot. urn. slop jar.
and water pitcher. On the bottom of each piece
will be engraved the initial 'S." Each Piece is
made from special design. which is to he de-
-royed. there will be reproduction of it.
The engraving on the various pieces is said to he
splendid specimen of repousse work. The al
bum has two covers the outside one heing of
kangaroo leather. on which is inscribed in silver
letters. winfield Scott Schley. 1890" On the
inside cover. which is OF white satin. is the in
scriptior, Rear Admiral. United States Navy.
lsgg.' The album IS Of white sltin. lined with