The evening times., 1899-02-25
NOTES OF THE DAY.

feet wide-
The chance of two hngerprints being alike is
! not one in sixty four billions.
Eighty-hye per cent of the people who are
| lame affected in the left side.
Cork if sunk 200 feet in the ocean, viii not
! rise. on account Of the pressure Of the water.
Until the reign Of Henry VIII English SOW
! eregns. well their subjects, ate with their
| fingers
1t is estimated that since the Christian era
began over 4o0O.OOO,OO0 human beings have per-
ished in
The tongue of young giraffe is considered a
great delicacy by African epicures- The meat
OF the animal is said TO taste something Ike
veal.
the head of the professions and physicians near
the bottom. below coal merchants. milkmen. and
groceIs.
London lady. who the loss of a pet
poodle. has deemed it necessary to have special
In Aemoriam cards printed in memory OF the
| dogs virtues
Calcined seed pearls are considered a medicine
of great potency by the Chinese. and beautiful
art work in motheE-of-pearl has long been exc
| cuted both in China and Japan
five hundred peidlers. comprising almost all
There are in Boston. have formed organiza-
ton. under the name of the Boston Citizens
Association, 10 protect their rights
The Southern COnfederacy was never recognized
as sovereign power; its belligerency
| ognized by Great Britain. France. Spain. Ger
many, and about every maritime power except
| Russia
A university fellowship in English literature
has been established BY Charles Scribner. OF New
York, in memory Of his father. the late Charles
Seribner. This fellowship will yield the Of
500 annually. aud will be awarded Tor the first
! time this year.
Governor Stanley. Of Kansas. recently received
this note: Dear Sir: understand YOU said you
was going to take a week on To tear up the big
pile OF letters asking you for jobs II every
thing else is gone would ike the Job OF tear
ing up letters
At ball given in a small country town in
Ireland. for which the tickets we're not transfer
able, the iRscr.p ion on the tickets ran as fol-
lows: Admit al j. gentleman TO ball in assem-
} bly, rooms; ticktts. = I'd each No gentleman
7 admitted unless he eomes himself
| 1t is a rule at the well-known banking house
! 0f COutts & 10. LondOn. that none Of the bank
clerks wear inusIaehes- II has long been eonsid-
cred point ot business etiquette that all The
! gentlemen employed at the bank should wear
irock coats during business hours
) | Accor,Iin. to prophecy. the volume Of rain Is
Annually in, easing in Palestine Since 1859 the
number Of inehe, that has fallen each wear an
average j. foI'Ws- From lss5-10. ~ inches:
Q from lS4G-1l -. ts9 inches, from lSS-Jo, 2t2fJ
inches and froI@ 1sesl9s. 81 Sol inches tSee
Deut. xxx, .; Joei, ii, 1921; Zech- K i)
People are going in crowds to the Church Of
the Sacre Occur, IN Paris, 70 see statue of
Saint Geneyieve. by Bogino, the pedestal Of
which, in has-relief. = n demon tempting the
e saint whose features are those ef Henri Roche
fort, the journalist, wLo Is Of the most Pm
nounced opponents of all elerioaiIsn- II seems
: the Likeness, which * too perfect not TO be in
: tentiCnal, has Just been discovered
u The speech upon the natural history Of the
I London csbmau delivered by The Earl Of Crewe.
: at the annual festival dinner OF the Cab Drivers
y Benevolent Association. contained a good deal Of
Il interest IL = certainly surprising 10 learn that
there are in London loo cabmen over sixty years
; Of age, ard 10 vino seventy, 70 say
t nothing OF three who have turned eighty Tins
i a remarkable testimony, not only 20 the
advantages OF a lite spent in the open air but
: to the saIubrity Of the much abused climate Of
4 London
: An old clock three feet in height recently was
A given TO Warren. ILL.,, Aeademy. for the use Of
the class in physics in demonstrating the laws
= of the pendulum- When set Up in the laboratory
q the clock refused 10 keep time. Miss Mary r
: Clos, Instructor. Investigated the cause, and
found roll Of bank notes aggreyaJing s2i2 tuck
: ed away IN the cl0ck's works The outer bill
: had been rusted through and was Of the ISSUE
authorized by the act Of lsc2. II had been sent
: Washington to be redeemed The clock had
q been for long time slowed away a useless
q piece OF furniture
1t is not generally known that peat may he
4 used for textile purposes and also for paper
r making The exhibits at the Vienna exhibition
n last wear demonstrated this fact eoncusv,IF.
: Peat straw NAV also be used for many purposes.
such fertilizing, packing, etc When used
i ior textile purposes i must be woven without
= the use OF oils or water. Goats. hats, carpets.
u rugs, ropes. mating. and pillows are some OF
the articles which have been made. and which
have been found useful. 1t Is also valuable sub
stitute for absorbent cotton, possessing antseptic
properties as we'll
IT Saws the Buffalo News: "a doctor who sings
in one Of the big church choirs OF this city II
n about to be married to another Of the singers.
The other day he received the following unique
note from the director with regard 10 the event
: Dear Doctor: The members Of the choir a-e ar
If ranging 10 give Miss X a little gift, in view OF
n her approaching marriage should you desire
- to participIte I should be pleased to receive
your subscription The limit OF each subscription
l. is 81 Yours Hubbard The doctor replied,
= Dear Hubbard: / enclose the limit | wish
could have raised you have never subscribed
l. to a more worthy object Nv pleasure IS height
J ened by the knowledge thIt 1t viii be all II TIE
> family.'
= ! The mayor of an English town said in his in
- ausural address that ''he hoped he should hand
m down the em5leHrs of his office to his prede-
cess0r as untaTaished he had received them -
al Upon reSrning his seat he said to his friend:
1t, Il Eoticed that there some titteriHg- DID
of / make any mistake His friend Who WAS
n bit OF 4 wag. said: You mentioned predecessor
= where YOU should have said ancestor" TEs
- - mayor said: Il see should have done 50
y Another somewhat dull-witted mayor attended
at dinner at which his health proposed. and th
ey speaker referred the MAYORS great success II
y life Replying. the worthy mayor said he hlI
C. been very successful, and extremely thanS
fli for IL He hoped his sons wculd be nor
all successful than their father, and his daughter
az more viItuOuS than their mother
al What the drought of the last few years ha
to cost New South Wales has been estimated. an,
Ut the estimate makes up biz of very dOeful arit4
u metic The focks of the colony have shrunk iron
- Cd O9O.011 10 10000, ,OO0- representing loss o
20OO0.O 900 sheep. Ii to this is added the loss O
natural increase. the shrinkage amounts 70 5,)o.
600 sheep: enough that is, TO equip cOusiderl
BILE szed colony saws the Westminster Ca
zette'' In addition there has been loss OF neart
10000 horses and Ij0,00O cattle That the colon
has been able 10 survive these terrific losses Is
striking proof of energy and resource. Translate
Of into money, the colony has suffered a loss
from EI2 600. .OO0 to 800 000O,O0J. For 50 mnct
IN when expressed in pounds, shillinss, and penc'
IT. do a few inches less OF rainfall count
We are probably entering 4 cycle OF year.
contemporary thinks. when the kindly slie
viii pour on the far-stretehiu= plains their bent
dfctiOn OF rain. and these vast losses viii qtIlckf
- ! be made up
A lover OF the curious has just published co
ter lection of names Of inns and taverns in Grea
- -- Britain which contain many quaint and curiOT
titles. Here a few of the gems OF the co
esk lection: The 'COw and snT1ffeTs," the Beet
and Wedge the Grown and TIVE Chairuien,
the Ass in a BaRdbox'' the Case Is Altered.
the .'Worid Turned Upside Down. the Card
Eal's Hat the Valiant Trooper. the Gen
plete Angler, the First In and Last out. u
''Old Quiet E0uan,' the Man Loaded wit
Ni-rbi In fah-s X b1ic hof.