The evening times., 1899-10-18
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The worlds largest match factory Is at Barber
| ton, Ohio.
The proper distance between the eyes is the
| width Of one eye
| Not single penny, halfpsnny. t4rthing Las
| yet found its way back to the English mint
From boats run by foot-power to FIRE engines
propelled by electricity is tae trend OF modern
| invention
| Next to opium in power are certain kinds Of
| grasses. notable among which is hemp, which
| causes intoxication and anasihesia.
The French electric wagon Jeantaud reeen;l'
made trip Of eighty 1--we miles in seven and one
/ q,arter hours. without reeharging the battery.
| The pinnacle motto OF the cup challenger Sham
| rock is composed OF the Gaelic words 10 Ss-
oradth Dia Eire." meaning in English God save
| Ireland!''
| Englishmen are felicitating themselves on their
siIcceeu in governing Crete, which Is described
! the story OF the soudan over again, but on a
! smaller scale.
| The young Maori men who have been TO college
apparently become white men in all their ways,
but after couple Of years at home drift back into
| their gypsy customs
tree plantation near Satehez has been
| struck by lightning seven times, again demon
strating that lightning sometimes strikes twice or
I more in the same place.
! Experts say that for smoking. tobacco is one OF
] the least injurious substances known Compared
/ with other well-known vegetable substances used
! for the same purpose, tobacco Is very mild
The South Metropolitan Gas Company of Lon
don. have in use in various parts of their system
no less than go 900 penny-in- -the-slot gas metres
which they are increasing at the rate Of 800
week.
For the making of oils perfumes there are re-
quired annually 4i09 200 pounds Of roses 55ll 800
pounds of orange blossoms. 400.y20 pounds Iessa-
mine, S3O690 pounds each eaSsa and tuDeross'
and iiO,g20 pounds vlolets-
port of the Commissioner of Pensions it appears
that the total number of pensioners on the roll
June 30 Is99 was gJl ,5l9. decrease OF 2,lS0
compared with the number for ISIS
singular case came before the London court
of appeals recently A trial was ASKED for
on the ground that at the first hearing the JuEy
had been 50 led away by the elOquenct ei e0uiLseI
that they had returned an improper Vefulet- AAe
application refused
The Parliament building in Wellington. New
Zealand Is the largest wooden structure IN the
world In wellington and souae other New Zea-
land towns almost every house = constructor OF
wood Large churches and important business
premises are built Of the same material
II has often been quoted that grain OF nico-
tine. administered all at once, would Kill the
strongest dog While this statement Is unG"u3S-
edIy true it Is somewhat misleading In oroer
TO commit suicide by smoking the cog Weuld
have TO consume 100 strong cigars, one Tlght @issr
the other.
The great libraries of Pekin contain volumes Of
books numbered by the hundreds of thousands In
the archieves OF the government are stlil 70 De
found the ancient predictions 81 ecHpses mace
with great accuracy. together with WORKS On a.
tronomy. which show fair knowledge OF mat
interesting science
To SOP bleeding at the nose, cut some blotting
paper about al inch square. roll It about the size
Of d lead pencil, and ps!t it up the noStnI hat
l. bleeding The hollow il it Viii allow the SUI
ferer 10 breathe; the blood viii MI the space be-
tween the tube and the nose, and VIII very soon
cOaguldte and cease 20 noW
The uiue forests OF the Llandes. in Italy, are
always fuI Of tiny birds, goIdeE-crested Nfens,
and various members Of the tItmouse family n
cessanti, insect hunting in CeaseleSs activity
Ealv lies 50 directly in one Of the great AVIAN
migration lines that the protection OF Oirus IN
Italy concerns others besides ltdlI2hs
The revenue Of the colony Of New South Wales
for the past financial year the best II has
eui.yed for q long time. and further evidence OF
returning prosperity l. Afforded by the FAliwty
returns for the period The total receipts on thls
account amounted to Sl7 7,50j-OOO, while the net
earnings Of - 100, go sufficient 20 PROVIDE 4
per cent on the capital outlay
The latest confidence scheme for fleeing the un-
sophisticated farmer l. worked thus: A man Who
represents himself a travelling preacher e@iiS
and as&s to remain over night Before the hout
FOR retiring Young man and woman conc aiohe
and the guest marrle= them, after Whlch the
farmer ana his wife asked 10 si9E the hlI-
risge certificate as witnesses The certificate
lit5rward turns up as pTomissory note
Some interesting particulars to the extent
and cost Of fox hunting in England were given
the other day by Lord Bathurst There axe ROW
2sl uacss Of foxhounds in the United Kingdom
ls0 In England. - in Scotland, and II IN Ireland
and these packs consist OF s,UlJ couples "
hounds and they ueces-Itate tie employ nient 't
100000 horses II the value Of >s1OH-u,p iAse'A-
ing an outlay OF >25,D00,OOJ per anEuIH icF tAeir
maintenance.
The gentry and generally those who are not
farmers in England have been ant&goaiS;ic- and
continue %. 70 the introduction and use Of barb
wire. Thev got a law enacted by which any
fence made Of barb wire OF having barb "lre
thereon, adjoining highway, may be declared
a nuisance ard the 0CcuPler OF tie ldnd i'reed
To- remove It The crues-eountry foX-hunilnS
sqilires naturally object barb wire fences - an
impa,iinIsnt to their paztimeS, and people travel
ing along the roads seem unable 70 Keep on H. -
the farmers who put up such fences are haTFleG
both by Pdbic opinion and the law
=re actual consumption Of intoxicants on one
of the large ocean steamers during voyage from
New York to Liverpool was $3.50 quarts and IL
GIs pints oi champagne. S,igl quarts and 'Sl3
pints Of cl4ret. g2OJ quarts of other wines 4s9-
3il piuts OF ale and porter, and 544oJ quarts 81
.'siirituOus liquors. II lS estimated that lhe
u,iInter OF cigars smoked by steamship pas
seusers in wear would suffice TO supply the whole
of London for that period. Several OF the hlE
lines make their own brands OF cigars ana t4lelf
own. cigarettes employing experienced totac-
conistS TO work for them entirely, to satisfy the
/ great demand for smokes
Journalism in Greenland is represented by
! single paper. conducted by certain NJ Noeiier-
This energetic gentleman performs, sinse-h-nded
the functions of editor. printer, and distributor
and the entire paper is the product OF his own
pen He has UP primitive printing estao-
iishment at CiOdthaab, and twice month ne
performs a long journey on skates through the
country 10 dispose of his journals OrlglnaIly
nothing more than a collection of crude Iliustra-
tions Mr. Moeer gradually introduced into the
pages Of his paper first words. then sentences, anu
! finally regular articles of the affairs Of the day
| In fact. he may be said 10 nave actually taught
| his subscribers 10 read.
II is said that Col John Sobieski still lives in
| an unpretentious little house in Neosho. No He
| is" saws the Buffalo Commercial. ''the sixth
lineal descendant tho gh the ode@t sons o. oldest
I sons. of King John SobieSki of Poland. the hero
/ who became Christendcm's champion when the
/ Mahometan was at the gates OF vienna; and Who,
when all Europe panic-sJriekCn. refused AID, went
| forth September II 1858. with little army of
| - 600 men and attacked and defeated the Ma
! honletau host Of more than ten times that num-
| ber The SobieSkis figure glorlousiy IN the re-
| mantle history of Poland. In every historical
national movement they have been leaders IL was
| Count Sobieski Col. John Sobieskls : father, who
led the revolt of 1916. and died upon the scafi0ld
/ for his love of country The family estates were
| confiscated; the widow and son, the present Col
! where the former died. The lad at the age of
| twelve worked his passage 10 New York. When
| eighteen he entered the Union army and fought
| through the civil war. In ls6j he became i