The evening times., 1899-09-27
NOTES OF THE DAY.

them IA officers
Where Captain Cook first stepped on Australian
soil a park opened reeentlY.za
Vienna will soon celebrate the 5O0th anniyersa-
saEy Of the foundation Of its medical school,
Not more than 10 per cent of domestic servants
in England keep their places over three years
The seasons lumber drive in Maine. by the
Kennebec Log Company, is reported as 1OO.010,0eO
feet
In the first six months of this year the assTe-
gate value Of all the fsh landed in England was
over S15,O00,0o0
The official records Of Kansas show that there
are sixty-one counties in the State where there
IS not bicycle in use
4 prisoner about to be executed in France
does not know the day. He is informed Just hf-
teen minutes before the ak falls
The government of Norway has decided to
proclaim a law for the introduction Of a purely
Norwegian flag for the eonsulates-
The seaport town Of Great Yarmouth. England.
contains a thoroughfare that Is considered tls
narrowest buiit-up street in the world
An enactment Of the Texas Legislature pro-
vides for the teaching in the public schools of
course of humane treatment to animals.
The new census is expected to shift the centre
| Of population from the southeastern boundary
of Indiana into the eastern part Of Illinois
A Bangor. Ne. man has gone into the business
nSieruen
no time or are too lazy to dig their own bait
4 Kansas City woman has brought suit for
breach of promise of marriage against her d.
vorced husband who courted her second time
At Roubaix one Of the Socialist stronghoIds of
France the 1000 public school children received
free food and clothing at the expense Of the town.
The royal crown of Persia, which dates back to
remote ages. IS in the form Of a pot Of flowers.
surmounted by an uncut ruby the size of hens
egg
\ beggars' trust is reported in New York. One
man controls forty mendieants, feeds. clothes,
and cares for them, and handles their daily coll
Iections
The latest government census in India showed
6,pl6,I9 girls between five and nine years of age
who were already married, Of whom 10000 had
become widows.
dwarf Bebe. born in France in 1910. He Just
twenty inches high and eight pounds in weight
when fun grown
The British Museum has presented 3n.OO0 doeu-
ments relating 10 the French Revolution. #
which it had duplicates, 10 the French National
Library in Paris
There now 100000 ernbaImed Speci-
! mems Of birds, mammals. reptiles. and fishes in
! this country, the bulk Of which embaluned
within eight years
| China drew the largest check on the Bank OF
England Of which the bank has any record, in
/
| sl,oos,s5I les. 3D.
| 1t Is somewhat curious fact universally noted
/ by travellers that lions. tigers and other Aeree
/ caTnIvora are too weak in lung power
| more than half mile.
| The Dominican Friars in the Philippines have
| begun the publication Of a newspaper under the
| title Of the 'LibcTtas'' for the purpose Of de-
! fending the Brotherhood
The latest test for @obriety Is a word Of twenty
three letters 1t Is electrophotomicrograpby. and
the meaning as there given i .'photographing bv
electric light objects magnhed by the micro
scope
Mr.. SUchsland German scientist has discOv-
| cred that the aroma Of tobacco is due TO MI
erobes and it Is said he will patent. if ne can,
a process for making cheap cigars smell like
pensive ones.
The assessed valuation Of the real and personal
estate in Milwaukee for 1879 will show an in
crease of nearly s5,OOO.ooO over year ago, the
increase coming largely from the discovery Of
hitherto untaxed personal property.
The British Pacific cable. which is now soon to
be begun viii be $3.50 miles long, extending from
Vancouver by way Of Tanning Island and Fi=i
70 Norfolk Island. and thence by branches to
New Zealand and Australia.
The botanical garden of the Vienna University
can now boast Of possessing specimens Of Ara
hian incense bushes. plants not To be found in
any similar institution IN the world indeed,
anywhere else in Europe or America
\ circular has been issued by the French min
lister Of public works 10 the railway companies
in France, informing them that unless their
| trains keep better time the government will en-
force the full penalties ordained by law for rail-
way mismanIgement.
Although the apple crop this year is expected
10 be the largest that has been produced. the
demand has increased - greatly during recent
years that il Is thought the prices VIII fan.
The largest yield OF apples in the United States
/ was 2lU009,b09 bushels. about three bushels for
/ every man. woman, and child About oue-third
I OF the product i made into cider. The price OF
/ apples has been rising each year. and a demand
| for them has arisen in Europe, 10 which many
/ are exported The exports Of dried apples for
/ the last nscal year 10 93l5. 749 pounds, val
ued AT >-245, 1SS; while Of ripe apples there
/ exported 3s0,222 barrels, valued at sl,21O.45g.
/ The profession of rdt-catching seems to be mere
| profitable at the present time than it was in the
time OF the Pied Piper OF Hamlein. says the Chi
| eago Daily News" Il was some time ago that a
! gayIy painted, one-horse wagon. with piategi gisss
] sides, appeared on the down town streets Signs
about the wagon read. ''Rat-eatchers'' We clear
! your house Of rats, etc The wagon stops near
! the curb and It's presence there Is u signal for
! curious crowds to collect and swarm around the
| wagon in eagerne>s 10 catch a giInpse OF a
( number Of sleepy ferrets inside we'll NUM-
her of captive rats, separated nom the fer
/ rets by heavy screens \ ia the front
/ of the wagon hands out cards that wasn the pub
/ lie against Imitators-
Making bricks without straw seems child's play
compared ts printing without ink. says the Lon
don Standard However, some one has found
out how 20 produce an entire British Museum
Library without a drop OF that fluid. All you've
/! got TO 20 Is TO have paper susceptible to the
magnetie-electric influence OF light. and 10 run
| an electric current through your machine Any
| machine-platen, fat-bed cylinder, or fast rotary
! news-can be adapted for electric inkless print
ing at "a very moderate cost. As for the
! amount Of current-weil, put the cost down At
from Id 10 i I'D per hour The PAPER de-
riyes its special virtue the addition of ''cer
| tain chemicals while il is in the pulp stage.
| At the moment OF contact the current passes
| through the paper, and clear, legiDle, permanent
characters are produced. Impressions come dry
for the ink to dry The prepared paper and
the current being together much cheaper than
ink considerable economy Is involved in the
new prCcess. There is also saving in human
labor tuIps oil, and lye, TO say nothing of di-
mini>hed risk from fire. Then listen 10 this:
The chemical preparation OF the paper makes no
appreeiable addition 10 its price Nsreover, the
paper does not deteriOrate by keeping; II can be
MADE up in the customary reams and reels, and
il can be used for ink printing well Tor
inkless printing. When associated with the new
process machines can, 1t Is claimed, be run at
a higher speed than when ink has 10 be manipu-
a1ed New machines built specially for the pro-
cess WILL We are told, '-be considerably short
! ened that three OF the electrical inkless ma
chimes will occupy little more than the floor space
necessary for two Of the present machines.
Col. Dave Henderson, who is to be Speaker OF
the next House of Representatives has naiion-
al reputation for his generosity in the Distribution
| of garden and flower seeds, says the Chicago
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