The evening times., 1899-10-03
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Most OF the New York diamond cutters were
born in Holland.
Maine and Michigan require but ninety days
residence for citizenship.
Five thousand Chicago families are seeking le-
male help without success
The New Zealand budget shows that the year
closed with surplus of R49O,o00.
Owing TO the dry, cold atmosphere, not a single
infectious disease is known in Greenland
A few weeks ago the Krupp factory turned out
its 2O.O00Ih large gun for European armies
The Phoeniciars were not the inventors Of the
alphabet. The honor belongs to the Egyptians.
A girls seminary at Auburndale. v Y. has a
fully organized cadet corps that drills with Spring
field rides
Among the infantry regiments Of the British
army are 10 nominaIIy Scotch, s Irish. Welsh.
and 43 English.
An English statisticisn declares that crime. con-
sidered in deeennial periods bears constant rela
tion TO population
kind of paper is made from seaweed which is
50 transparent that it may be used instead Of
glass for windows.
The house at FaIkirk, Scotland in which Prince
Charlie slept before the historic battle Of II46
was recently removed
The population CT Jerusalem has been rapidly
increasing of late, and is now about 5000; Of
these $4,000 are Hebrews
Western Australia has an act in force prohibit
ing the landing of anyone who cannot write out
given passage in English
King Menelik of Abyssinia Is said to be at work
upon chain of evidence to support his claim Oh
descent from King solomon.
The geHuiHe ''nielanolestes pieipes" which
name given TO the mythical kissing bug,
has a long but nOn-pOisOnOus sting
An expedition consisting entirely of women has
been formed in Australia to explore the solomon
Islands, the home Of the fercest eannibal5 known
Wesleyan preacher named HouldswOrth. whe
had preached for eighty wears, died recently il
the Halifax (Eng.and) almsholse, aged ninety
four years.
In Iss6-'s7 there were 2.O95 professors and in
structors at ali the universities Of Germany. ln
1s96-'97 the number 2,i9i, an increase OF Is
per cent in decade
The l3O-yeaT-oId vine at Hampton Court, Eng
land, Is reported 10 be vigorous ever, al.
though it is not allowed 10 produce many
grapes as in its prime
London capitalists are interested in the proposal
to lay a cable from Vancouver, B. C., to Skaguay.
Alaska. to connect with the telegraph line tc
Dawson City, which is expected to be completed
soon.
Public story tellers still a good livelihood
in Japan. In Tokyo COO Of them ply their trade
provided with a small table, fan, and a paper
wrapper TO illustrate and emphasize the points Of
their tales.
The highest price ever paid in Berlin for prop
erty was for corner measuring two yards lGn.
and two wide. for which cigar dealer 4 few years
ago paid $3.50, and which he sold the other day
for $1,000
But a very short time ago a Sicilian advocats
was found guilty Of sixty-three different acts OF
fraud For his industry and enthusiasm in the
cause OF dishonesty he was sentenced to ls9 years
imprisonment.
The velocity Of light is 10000 miles in a second
Of time. From the sun light comes to the earth
in eight minutes From some Of the fixed stars Of
the twelfth magnitude il takes 4,G00 years Tor
their light 10 reach
A Russian expedition will visit the New sibe-
ran Islands next spring. with the object Of finding.
out the truth about the mysterious Sanni1ow
Land which several travellers assert they have
seen 10 the northeast Of KotjelRoi.
Prof John ]. SnaIIwood. President Of the Tenl-
peranoe Industrial, and Collegiate Institute ci
C!aremont Va. was born in slavery. but by sheer
energy and courage has obtained better eCuca-
uun than the average white receives
In many employments requiring dexteritr and
quickneSs with the hands women are far more
valuable than men. For instance. where the fold
ing Of large quantities of books magazines Is
qIired one woman do much two men.
The Central Association Of London Anglers has
passed a resolution against the Introduction q
salmon 10 the Thames on the ground that the
proposed experiments would jeoparCize the rights
If the citizens Of London 10 angle freely in the
Thames.
In selecting his rev crest ard shield Sr Thomas
Upton, owner Of the Shamrock. decided that his
descendants should constantly be reminded Of the
manner IN which he made his fortune. Accord
ingiy the tea flower AID coffee blossom fguEe upon
his escUtChCpn-
sculptors must be doing good business in
Germany. Nearly every old town ha- scIae celeb
riiy. and it is the fashion row TO sci up rrcuu-
ment him. hrefe,d Is the latest city heard
from. Its hero i, the Augustine monk, Thomas
Il kempi>. who died there in Ii7l- He Is 70 have
i statue soon. the funds being already in hand.
II Is generally conceded that tie arc light
i unsa tisactory for use in lighthouses. chiefly
owing TO it, seeming inability 10 penetrate log
In fact. in this respect, many lights
inferior 70 the be~t oil lamps used in lighthouse
The are when examined by i sPectroscope i seen
to he TiCh IN the blue and violet rays. which
are easily absorbed BY fog or mist. Attempts
are now being made TO large incIndeseent
lamps in lighthouses. the large proportion
OF red rays that they emit are expected 10 pass
through tog better than those Of the are light.
\ story on the fraudulent eonferring Of de-
crees is told in the London Post which, while
il nav not be strictly accurate. is not without
interest It seems that chimney sweep JooS
proceedings against Edinburgh tor debt,
and in the course of his evidence the sweep men
tionel that his name wIs jamie Gregory, LID"
The following colioGuy ensued between the Wit
ness and the sheriff: That. 4, ct0r cf laws. or
lctterS2 Ard where earth did You Stt that
Distinction: 1T WAS fellow fra an American
University, an l sweeViI his chimney three times.
L Gamma pay We cash, Jamie Gregory he says.
hut I'll make V IL D., and we'll "a 1t
GUets. An he did
The well-knowG symptoms induced in the hui
man system by subiection 10 unusually high at
mospheTic pressures, such as those commonly
used in caissoEs for bridge piers, are attributed
to three general causes: Poisoning by carO-n
dioxide congestion of the Siscera, and excessive
solution by the blood Of the atmospheric gases.
which are again liberated when the subject r.
turns TO the region of normal atmospheric pres
sure While tine first two causes certainly do
contribute their respective effects. the third Is the
most important factor concerned. In much of
the caisson woIk Of the present Gay. pressure
of thirty-hve pounds per square inch Is used,
and the most reliable me dirIl opinion now held
is that the gases absorbed by the blood under
such C nditionS are quickly set free when nor
NAL pressure i again restored, that they cannot
be Immediately got rid OF, but act as emboh in
the blood vessels, especially of the brain and
spinal cord.
A Philadelphia contractor who has recently re-
turned from the Sou,lan tells of interesting
fact connected with the building By the English
of the new military railroad in that region. says
the philadelphia Record" With every gang OF
forty or fifty men assigned two harpers and
flute player. Music is furnished almost continu-
ously and 30 long as the musicians play the WORK
all DegrOes-do not seem to feel the
fatigue and their movements conformd
nearly as possible TO the time 81 the music As
general thing the player ge, it'd be the Work.
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