The evening times., 1899-08-31
NOTES OF THE DAY.

1ctHiaHF Has dDOul Eo,coJ oul-
geons-
good ironer in a London laundry earns from
S2 TO 81 80 daily.
is placed at 5000.
There are over seventy miles OF tunnels cut in
the solid rock OF Gibraitar.
Chicago street beggar who died a few days
ago left fortune of $4,000.
Cashmere shawis are made OF the hair OF a
diminutive goat found in Little Tibet.
California produces about one-third Of the al
monds consumed in the United States.
In 1895 Russia had a mercantile marine OF
2,S9s vessels, Of which 69i were propelled by
steam.
Japan has established at Yokohama an impe-
rial commercial museum, modelled after the one
in Philadelphia.
Englishmen may now spend a fortnight in
Paris Switzerland for SS5, enjoy Nor
wegian tour for $50.
Boston banks paid out $4,000. 600 in dividends
July l. New York banks said to have
paid ten times that.
process has been invented and patented in
Brazil for preparing coffee in tabloids, by a sys-
tenn Of compression
Il is estimated that at the beginning OF the
new century England will have 81. coo 100000 tons
Of coal still unused and available.
Most Of the pianos and organs in the South Al
riean Republic bought from Germany but
some from England and the United States
German army officer estimates that in the
century just closing no less than 80. 10000 men
have been killed in war in civilized countries
Only in New York. Buffalo, Yonkers, Boston.
Chicago, Brookline, Mass, Providence, Philadel-
phis. and Worcester public baths maintained
Slate pencils are made in Tennessee from slate
dust and other ingredients compressed by ny
draulic means One concern made p, 900 last
year.
The death rate OF the French colonial army is
39.5 thousand a wear. In Madagascar II Is
1881 a thousand, and in West Africa i0I.l
thousand.
The aggregate increase in Dominion trade for
the ten months ended April 30 was 81, 900
over the same period OF ISIS. and the duties show
| an increase OF S2,IOO.0O0.
| 1t has just been judiciaIly decided in Oregon
| that IN an emergency case physician may drive
across bridge at a speed greater than that
\ permitted to ordinary traffic.
\ writer in the 'Contemporary Review esti-
mates the losses of the Indian government result
| ing from ''the unfortunate attempt 10 introduce
bimetallisnl'' since 1854 at S59e, ,O00, zoe.
| After recent tornado in Australia thousands OF
water snakes were found on the beach in
| place. while in another the beach entirely
| washed away, leaving nothing but bare rocks.
| The Liverpool Fire Brigade boasts that it has
| the largest land fire engine in the world It
weighs five tons. and can throw l.sO9 gallons per
i minute. II Is drawn by three and sometimes four
| horses.
Melbourne dispatches reckon the total Austral-
| asian gold product for the first four months Of
1879 12iI, ,iS9 ounces. against 1.O0o3 3sS ounces
! in the period OF 1895. This would make
| annual increase Of nearly 100000 ounces.
| The London Statist'' declares OF the gold ex-
| 81, ..-ha
| mitted IS the balance OF the sum due to Spain,
| which. notwithstanding assertions TO the contra
iii Bills > H'' H'' ''sA -O'F ''' 'F'
! An imperial limited railway service just inau-
| guTated covers the distance between Montreal
| and Vancouver in loo hours, thus bringing Lon
| don within ten Gays Of the Pacific coast The
/ l.424-mile trip from Montreal TO Minnepeg IS
| covered in foTty-rve hours
1t is proposed in California to celebrate on Oc-
tober I3 next, in Monterey, the mi-centenniaI
drafting of the constitution OF the Golden State.
Cotton Hall, in which the constitution franz
| ed is still standing in Monterey, ard the des.l
on which the instrument was signed II IN eX-
| lstence-
Opal mining Is one of the latest Australian
mineral industries. The principal opal mining
centre is White Cliffs, where the gem has been
] found in highly payable quantities and OF tine
| richest quality, within radius Of ten miles.
and population Of Loo or thereaboutS Is set
tied there
Vienna engineer named Pollak has made a
discovery which seems to have solved the ques-
tion of the rapid transmission OF telegraphic mss-
| sages. By a process CRly requiring the of
| a simple apparatus Herr POlIak is able on the
ssine teleEraphic line 10 wire 5000 words an
hour The details OF this remarkable invention
have been bought up by stock company, which
states that up 10 the present they have met with
great success
On one side of the kentucky River lives man
| named Joe Curd. ON the other side of the stream
lives man named Joe Curd. he being i nephew
CT the Joe Curd living the opposite side Of
| the river. Many years ago they married sisters,
| both now have grandchildren. man out there
| cffCrs d chrome 10 anyone who unrGvel the
| relationship existing between the grandchildren
Of Joe Curd. sr., and his nephew, Joe Curd- IT.
and vice versa
The letters addressed TO the President averag:
200 l day. Eighty per cent OF them never reaci
the eye either of the Executive OK his pri
vate secretary. They are sorted by the clerll
under the direction Of Private Secretary Porter
and to the proper departments f0T atten
ton. The largest proportion of the letters asi
for financial assistance The next largest mum
Der pray for the Presidents assistance in purel,
personal matters
Tetanus or lockiaw, the almost uniformly iatl
/ | disease which has developed as the result of ;
| many Fourth Of July accidents, is baeteriolog
; | ical disease. The bacillus OF tetanus was frs
: | discovered IN 1851. The bacilli found com
4 | monty IN garden earth and other substances
| That tetanus is dangerous only in injuries OF
! mangled or lacerated character is explained b
the fact that because OF such injuries the bacil
are enabled TO get directly into the blood.
DR. J. Deniker gives in ''rAnthropologie'' th
| results Of his long studies the principal Il
cial types of Europe excluding those which Il,
i. | long TO immigrants of historical times. such 4
| the GypsieS, Jews MOOrS, Films, Laps. and HuE
> These primary types are (D tall, blonde ion
> | head (doiehocephalic) of the North, Caiis
Q the Teuton by many anthropologists; ~ a sh0r
: blonde and rather broad-headed type OF Z!
2 East, for example, Great Russia and Easel
|; Prussia; (3) a short, dark long head of the Ne
i iterraHean. sometimes called Ibernian. thou9
the IS too local for this widely pread e.
: ment; (D short, dark, broad head (brachyc
IL phalic) of Middle Europe, including the Cent
u French. and South Germans, which is no
u called Celt Rhaetiau. and sometimes the
n pine race; tO tail. dark tmesoeephaIic)
A. medium-he headed type along the Mediterranean Il
toral, and {6) a tall. dark. broad head about d
Adriatic. Deniker does not claim that the
: types are original. They probably result fro
the union Of several types. but these types Pc
sist wide areas.
The wonderful power Of refrigeration possess.
by liquid air were illustrated in New Sire
restaurant this afternoon to a group of interes
ed brokers and newspaper men. says the Ne
\, York letter Of the philadelphia Ledger" Tv
gallons OF the liquid air brought into q
saloon. Basins were filed with il. and in HqJI
r that appeared 20 BE- boiling furious,y pieces
ham were frozen quickly that they could alta
ward be broken in tAc hand like 50 much chal
They frozen hard that they became bri
tie Liquid air was poured into straw hats. al
, they became cold that it unsafe 10 p