The evening times., 1899-07-19
NOTES OF THE DAY.

inhuetzd curing the recent epiueriicS tiidn those
persons who not habitual smokers.
L. z. Gilbert, Of MarysviIle, Kan, accompa-
MED by twenty-five herders is coming through
from Oregon with 25,0O0 sheep. Il Is an all
summers job.
The Bank Of England note is 81. by s1k inches
IN dimension, and is printed in black ink
irish linen water-marked paper, plain white and
with ragged edges.
COronaeh is name formerly used for the fl-
eral dirge among the Irish and Scottish High
ianders The dirge, dis,ised in Scotland, is in
ireland commonly known as the keen
The largest dairy in the world is located four
teen miles from Newark, n. j., the minimum
number OF cows kept being 1000 The proprie-
tor runs a ranch in Iowa for the special pur-
pose OF supplying his dairy with cows.
In the estimation Of coin collectors the most
valuable of all the American coins today is the
perfect silver dollar of 1904 The highest auc-
tlon price is $1,000, and there is a record OF
sale
One OF the largest shipments OF agricultural
machinery to South America ever made from
the United States has been arranged for. IL
VIII consist Of seyentyseven carloads of Peoria
harvesters, and its destination is the Argentine
Republic.
There are eight inches more rainfall on the
south shore of Lake Superior than on the north
snOft, anu ihree lncneS more IN the cases OF
Ere and Ontario. There is also greater pre-
cipitation on the eastern shores Of Lakes Hl-
ron and Michigan than on the western.
DR.. Felix Brunei, surgeon Of the French "a
w, has perfected a means Of removing tattoo
marks Many who bear these marks grow tired
of them, and. with advancing years, desire their
removal, but heretofore they have found it ex-
pensive and difficult to do so. and in some cas-
ordinary methods fail altogether.
Broad Street. Philadelphia is unique in being
exactly 1l3 feet wide and eleven miles long
1t is now paved with asphalt for seven miles,
but will soon be asphalted its entire length,
and then have the distinction Of the being the
Longest and widest smoothly paved straight
street in the world. 1t passes through the heart
of the city.
Inhabitants of the coast towns Of England are
alarmed over the encroachments Of the sea The
pretty little village Of Dunwich was formerly
large town, and held small place among the
commercial cities OF the kingdom. All its
churches and monastic institutions have been
washed away by the SEA, and large forest has
followed the buildings
law was recently passed in Norway prohib-
iting the sale of tobacco TO any boy under six
teen years Of age without signed order from
adult relative or employer. Even tourists
who offer cigarettes to boys render themselves
liable TO prosecution. Ths police instructed
TO confscate the pipes, cigars, and cigarettes OF
latS VINO smoke IN Iue puDIc Streets n ult TOT
the offence is also imposed, which may be any
where between 80 cents and SIS
The discoveries Of science are not all pleasant.
says the Columbia State" OF all the harmless,
lovely things in the world, flowers rank the
least harmful But comes one Dr. Domingos
Friere, who declares that he has found bacteria
Of various and deadly linds in the most beau
tiful flowers and disease, perhaps death. Is COM
municated in each Whit OF delicious odor from
the leaves and petals where germs and bscilh are
treacherOusIy hid. Bur despite the learned doc
tor, the June rose has lost none of its sweetness
An automatic teapot, infusing tea any re-
quired number of minutes, is the idea Of
Scotch chemist, Mr.. Edward Stamford The in
fusion vessel stands on an ordinary teapot An
indicator regulates the speed at which guam
tty of water falls into the infusion vessel and
at the end Of four minutes-Or the time neces-
sary for the infusiOn-the liquid, having risen
10 a certain height. ruas by means Of siphon
into the teapot The apparatus Is useful not
only for tea, but for pharmaceutical iniusionsL
new paper product is the result of the en-
terprise Of one of the japanese paper eompa-
nies. II is substitute for ordinary shingles,
made OF thick tal ed pasteboard. The paper
shingles have met with a quick and large de-
mand. selling for about one-half the price OF
wooden shingles, and being much easier 10 ma
nipulate. They economic the labor Of mechan-
les and are said 10 be proof against rain
and fire the ordinary articles Paper shingles
have been adopted for the subrOofng Of the new
Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Imperial Tokyo
University buildings
copy Of a curious newspaper has been found
IN the French national archives. says '-Litera-
ture' It is dated January T. 1sOs and is call
ed ''LAthenee des Dames'' The articles are
evidently written by women. and the object OF
the paper seems 10 have been attempt TO
place equal footing with men.
The feminine pioneers of 1s0S evidently
rIv ahead Of their 81
Fronde.'' the Partisan newspaper, written. print
ed. and published by women, Is IN its
third year, and appears to be successful, while
only copy of -L'Athenee des Danes Is 10
be found
.'on Saturday night remarks the Petit
Journal nlustre," of Paris ''in the London
streets one meets numbers of men walking
tomaticaIly, their teeth cIinched. their look
fixed They do not sing speak words, but
suddenly fall like logs. 1t is a miracle that
they do not fracture their skulls on the pave
ment. To these men. in the bars OF ylrtuouS
England, has been dispensed for the sum OF a
penny pint of atrociOus mixture composed
OF the dregs OF bottles and casks OF gin, whis-
ky. absinthe, etc. i do not know the name OF
this horrible eoncoetion, but l have seen its
terrible Effects
1t is likely that there viii be trolley road in
Pekin and another in Seoul Korea before there is
one in London, says the Chicago Record" The
track Is already laid in Seoul and the cars have
been shipped. IL was expected that the road
would be put in operation by June |. and II Is
probably running now, unless something has hap
| pened 10 delay matters. Work was commenced on
| the track in Pekin about January l. The rails
had arrived and also the ties. which Were brought
/ all the way from Oregon The cars had been or
dered and the power house in course of
ton The line of the Pekin road Will be quite
circuitous. and traverse nearly all the principal
streets OF the city. All the material for both
these roads comes from the United States
despatch from Norfolk, Va June Is, SAYS:
Hillary Jones, negro laborer, has made a
grewsome find in the hold of the former Span
| sh cruiser, Reina Mercedes, in dry dock at
| the navy yard. The Mercedes put in dock
| 10 have her bottom cleaned and holes plugged
| Jones was sent to clean bilge hole, which had
| become choked. and stumbled against something
| hard He picked up the two objects, which
proved TO be human skull, with black hair on
/ top and a bone from leg. The frightened
| negro rushed up deck, and could not be in
duced TO return to the ships hold The skull
| and bone were secured by relic-hunters. Ii is
| believed be part OF the remains OF Spanish
! sailor who was drowned when the ship
| sunk at Santiago.
| j. b. Calvo, the Costa Rican Minister, who IS
an eminent philologist. tells me, says the Wash
ington correspondent OF the Chicago Record, !"
that the word .don'' in the Spanish language
| originated in the same way the word ''cop."
! The latter stated few days ago, is eem-
posed of the initials of the title constable po
| lice. "A long time ago, said Mr. Calvo, ''in
I the church of Spain, distinction was made in
the baptismal records of the nobility, by writing
! after the name the words de origen noble (of
noble origin) from which the initials don. now
! used as title, derived. IL is customary
nowadays, however, to address every man ''se-
nor don. But that is not the end Of the story.
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