The evening times., 1899-03-27
NOTES OF THE DAY.

NVA vi
The worlds navles employ 1.6oe0o0 men.
The Empire Of Japan today comprises about
100000 rocky islands
Three thousand marriages are performed every
day all over the world
Catholic chapel has been built on the spot
where Maximilian. MiraRon. and Meiia were
eeuted az QueTetaro
New York lawyer charged counsel fee Of
$3.50 anG bondsnan fee OF so to defend a boz
who was held for the larceny Of 20 cents wo-ti
Of groceries.
The drummer in servian regiments never car
ries the drum 1t is placed 4 two-wheeled
cart. which is drawn by big dog just in az
vance OF the drummer.
The nest of the boya bird in India is inge-
n;eusly illuminated This little bird tEs;ens fire.
flies to il with moist clay and in the night it
gioWs with changeful sparks
Far away from civilization gesture language il
still extant in Australia Some of the tribes
possess such an excellent code that it is almost
as efficient as the spoken language
Ii Wing Vow, the Chinese consul general al
Havana. who has just been transferred to the
similar post at Manila. has had more exp-riehee
IN the consular service than any OF his country
men.
Among New York's most ardent sportssnen are
Governor Roosevelt. the Rev. DIR. RainsfO:d ths.
Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, DIR. John d. Quacker-
hos, OF Columbia College; A Nelson Cheney. AL
/ H. A Surface
/ Offences against Kaiser Wilhelm's dignity in
/ the one year 1898 were punished. taken all to-
/ Eether. with 2,oo9 years OF imprisonment. aceorI
i ing TO the "Nurnberger Zeituns, So'-isi
/ Democratic newspaper
The Lalande prize of the French Nca,IeuIy Of
/ Science has been conferred upon Prof A. &.
! Chandler, OF Cambridge. Mass. in recognition
/ of 'the splendoF, the Importance. and the
/ riety Of his astronomical work
| The house in which Robert Louis stevep-oa
/ born. No. 5 Howard Place. Canonyille. Ed-
inburgh lately sold for $1,000. The pur-
chaser Caxton Dibdin. a descendant OF the
| author of ''Black-eyed Susan
| DIR. Richard GaTnett. keeper of the printed
| books in the British Museum has resigned hi4
place after forty-eight years OF continuous
| ice. II under his direction that the
mental catalogue Of the Museum complied.
A woman in Ottawa. Kan. recently received
from her son in Manila a package which
wrapped in brown paper She about 80 Law
this paper away a. souvenir when she diseOv-
cred that il bore the printed card Of an Ottawa
merchant. II had made the round trip to Ma
Mia.
For more than 100 miles to the south of Jack
sonviIle, Fla. the orange groves have been prse-
tieaIy destroyed by the recent blizzard. THREE
( years ago the trees in the region
frozen and the new shoots had just begun to
bear, promising crop. when the February c"id
wave destroyed them again
In servia there still survives wonderful I'D
institution known Is the Zadrnsa- Ii Is the Iiv-
ing together of whole tribe numbering som.-
times many lO0 persons. all under tic
absolute authority of chief IIe keeps all
the money, makes all the purchases. anil decides
the minutest details Of family lif-.
Sir Martin Conway Whe has ret';rred to Eng
land after an extended mountain climbing tour
through South America SAYS that he has had
I he oF hat .f md 10,
wont go there any more" He may DO q lit
lie modest picnicking in the Alps where there
railways, but he has given up forever the
conquest Of new peaks
Berlin has struck blow at the German's right
10 amuse himself as he pIeases. All cafe chan
tants are 10 be closed at IL O'Clock. at which
hour the audience viii be turned out. regard
! less Of whether they may have inissed their
| beer or not. Detectives in plain clothes viii
watch the performances. and stop thcm II they
should become too lively
In four hours recently Paris court granted
2J4 divorces. a little divorce a minute
All the parties received state assistance in their
| cases 30 that their divorces cost them nothing.
| Now it seems that effort has been mase t.
{ balance matters, in the httie village Of Plau
| gasel the other day. thirtytNo marriages werr
= I celebrated at stroke Of the priest Of the
| parish church
DR. c. Carl Huber. assistant professor OF 4nat-
|
| at the University Of Michigan has demonstrated
that contrary 10 the belief OF the best Phy-ioIo-
gists cf the world the blood vessels Of the brain
are controlled by nerves. Dr. Huber viii pub
lish the results of his extensive research in the
/ forthcoming number of the Journal Of Com
| parative Neurology.
In the war Of the Crimea. with 55o
troops there were killed IN battle Is.s7e; died
Of wounds Co. 600: died u disease Ic2.sD0. In
the American Of 1S5I-'65, in the Northern
army. there took the field 2.:sf.ftS troops, there
were killed in battle i4.2I0: there died of
wounds. "a eco. there ded oi disease. il9.249 IN
the spanish-Ameriean war there took the field
ga III troops: there killed in battle -;
there wounded, l.555; there died from dr.
ease, 2Gl9-
An Egyptian papyrus. which for many years
had been lying among the manuscripts in the
ROYAL Library at Brussels un4ppreeiated and
l covered with dust, has lately been decipheret
by a young EgyPtologist- II i u fragment ot
; the Book of the Dead OF the twentieth dy-
nasty. 800 b. C.. deposited in the -arcopha=rs
, OF a priesteSs Of AmmOn named Aen sang the
! living picture Of the vestal Offering Sacri-
hee the god OF the nethcr world Eliminates
the manuscript
All the foreign papers announce the visit II
the Count OF aurin the Yieeroy OF India,
but none of them has given the real reason Of
his presence in India. which j. 10 take part IN
D one Of the biggest game shoots gu record This
invitation affair, given by the AaiETajah of
kuch Behlr. And royal sport may be ex-
; Pected among the Iiiuos and ths buffalo. ~
e this part OF Assam j. grass Jungle, all The
shooting viii be done from elephants. l. gen
[ | orally the ease at these big Indian shoots.
Sometimes dreams are OF value. Before oIe
E Watts ii plumber. OF Bristol. England. dresIHtd d
! his dream shot made by pouring melted lead
through colanders. vessels pierced with small
holes. through which the lead dropped IN small
pellets directly iHte water The shot fattened
on one side. however. and manufacturers thought
the difficulty was insurmOuntabie But Watts
dreamed that if the lead dropped from a
| cooled before striking the water to prevent its
fattening. He tried dropping ii from a ehuTch a
tower, found he had made a success, patented
the idea ard sold il for round sum
Pretty women trial haye habit OF dress
ing so as to impress the jury, but the highest
| type of this art was naturally left for develop
| ment in Paris, where toilets composed
! fer tie occasion. An example Of the was
| in evidence at the trial OF Mime. Bianchlni VINO
| WAS accused Of having disposed 0f her husband
| in an unlawful way. Her costume, says 4
! chruneler '-was the essence of outraged dlgnlty =
/ and resignation. and at tine time Of eie-
: gance due to her position mondaiae- Psrisi-
II | enne She naturally all in black with mantle
| close fitting al the waist and a high esllet. de
| mongoIie The severity Of the low hat, with
! its ostrich piumes, relieved by her jIunty