The evening times., 1899-02-17
NOTES OF THE dan.

than that claimed BY any other city in tie
world.
Venice is built on eighty islands. and Las
100 bridges, which are very steep and have msnv
steps The circumference o! the city Is about
eight miles.
Scented tea is very largely drunk in China.
This is made by mixing orange blossoms w.;h
the tea, and letting il remain tightly shut 70
for twenty-four hours
The late Dr. Campbell Black. Of Glasgow, en-
inent physician and clinical lecturer, vas
fond Of saying tina; medicine IS more an ex-
act science than millinery.
''Nr William Born Dead was the somewhat
deceptive heading OF obituary notice in a
Kansas paper last week. The heading meant 20
announce that NJ. Born was dead.
The largest cab-rank Is situated in London
namely, az Waterloo station II IS 4 quarter -
a mile in length. More than 1,O03 cabs have
been called in the course Of twenty-four hour
There is bridge in Germany where toll S
charged on every ything that passes over II. ana
bicycles are liable to the impost under the de-
scriptiOn of small cattle, with driver or at
tendlnt"
The musical scale is said 70 have been invented
by Guy AretiHO, monk Of Arezzo, about lT-1-
His scale. with material differences in naming
some of the notes, was substantially the same
now in use
Psittaccsis, the infectious pneumonia spread
by parrots, has broken cut again in number
of italian towns Some years ago IT prevailed
quite extensively in Genoa and Florence, bur
decree Of the municipal authorities forbiddiHg
the keeping Of parrots in private houses put an
end 10 the epidemic
A pew-opener in England recently astonishcd
a group of women who We're constructing ever
green notices and wreaths for Christmas by az
nouncine that she had found "a stray hen a-.-y-
ing in the pulpit" Their excitement vas ca!lnel
when she produced a large green which bad
a'sfravpd'' cor tfNr Or
Spencer Pratt United states Consul General .,
that memorial should he erected az Manila o.
the memory Of all Americans who fsI or died
OF disease during the campaign against the span
iar,s- 1t Is suggested that al Americans lay-
resident in the Far East >l1sid be invited 20
contribute
The outward signs on the houses where some
one has died in North Holland are original =
the extreme When the dead person was
Protestant a long black mantle. such as the a--
dertakcr wears when BE goes 10 the grave,
hung in the middle Of the fFent door. II rle
case Of a Roman Catholic a tall black c-0-- -
placed on the doorstep.
In the board schools q Great Yarmouth E1e-
land there has been FOR several years a ci.-,-
dren's Hyacinrh Mission. rs idea being TO sup
ply the children for the ncI..in2l payment ai a
penny with a choice hvacinth bulb g,od
plant. which they are 10 cultivate AZ home ard
bring back later TO be exhibited II flower show
organized for the purpose.
\ resolution introduced in the Arkansas house
declaring that hereafter i would be considered
a reproach upon the integrity Of the house t,r
one member 10 ask leave @. absence for another.
on the ground Of sickness. when. in fact. tHe
absent member was intoxicated. was regarded
a reflection the house. and vas rejected.
Subsequently the resolution was expunged from
the record.
Roofs OF small dwellings in Paris are now made
on a new principle. They have only very gen
tie slope and are covered with battens and tar
he'd cardboard, which ! a LAYER Of clean
sifted gravel nearly two inches thick Rain and
hail and sun have verv little effect upon sll- %
a roof and houses thus yered suffer less from
the extremes Of heat and cold than those with
zinc slate roofs
Archie HoSarth, who is 70 command sir Thon-
as Lipton's America Cup challenger, shamrock,
is a West Of Scotland nan. residing at PIT
Bannatyne, Butte and i sjH less than forty wears
old. His first command q note the ten
rater Yvonne, IN lSgO-gl. lie made a name tor
himself in the Isolde. which was brought cut ly
Peter Donaldson in Is95. winning IL prizes. q
the value Of ef21I. in tour seasons
\ device 10 prevent -lecr-walkinG IS 10 I4v
upon the floor. by the side Of the snmnambuli-,'s
bed. sheet Of iron, zine other metal, v...e
enough 20 insure that he Viii step upo1 IT, Wien
the sleep-wslsing ht comes UPON hun hiS t.'t
touches the cold surface q the metal. anj -
inStinctively draws that leG into The bed a=a1--
After two or three attempts the somEIEbu-.sJ
gives it up, and settles down II, bed
Ostrich feathers in their natural state are vE--a
or gray, but passing into the hands Of tle
milliner for as ornaments they are o,F.n
dyed in various col0-s. and sometimes. il 'e
curl Is not as decided should be. The shape
i improved hy mechanical treatment. An .s-
nj. WI =
Of feathers every wear Of different qualities TIE
prices vary frcm = to S2ub-I-r E-'uns'-
What is described as "a typical mountain we'd
I ding took place near BatesviIle Va. -cv
days ago when Miss E-,elir-efr:rrrre-s- besaula
Mrs Ben Luthers. About 100 guests were pre-
ent. A rejected sUit0T Ct Miss Ciemmons VAS
among the guests. conspicuous by broad hand
Of crepe worn on his During the cererss 80
the lifted man and his svTlpathIZers EXPIRE O
their sense Of bereavement by low sorrov--li
moaning.
The Berlin correspondent Il the london Morn
ing Post states that lady living in 4 Berlin
suburb has been the victim Of most curious
mishap. A couple OF DAYS ago as she was vs.--
/ ing along a public IhorouShiare a pair Of spar
rows came flying toward her in hct cillSr OF one
| another. The foremost Of the Two birds d. ve
/ its beak with the full force of its flight into
the lady's right eve. and. according 70 the rss.-
/ ical report, completely destroyed the organ
/ A most sensible bill has been introduced in ,.e
/ Connecticut legislature 10y Mr.. Bree. OF NV
Haven 1t provides that sunday shall be ob-
I served as the individual sees it' a long as Le
does Eot disturb. conflict. or interfere with -r-
! other individual individuals II permits ga.;
football. and other games. the selling Of pe'--
| papers, milk, meat, and other necessities aat
the blacking OF boots, etc. Il seems 70 ll''e
| been strongly borne in on the mind If Mr. B-oe
that the sabbath was made for man
An Albanian woman expects 10 be beaten Il
she misbehayes, this being the pTerogatiye 4
an Albanian husband. He must be careful. how
4 ever. not to draw blood during the castigatioH,
or the wife can complain TO the authorities who
/ will fine the husband and give his property t0
his wife When an Albanian mdrrieS he ls hcird
TO provide his wife with food. clothes, and a
home in keeping with his station and means,
/ and cannot REQUIRE her 10 earn money for he-
self or him by her labor Divorce i quite com
| mon. Excessive cOrpulence the part Of o..
husband is considered quite sufficient excuse te.
the wife TO divorce him
Dr. Alfred Russell Wallace saws in the Lion
don Chronicle that tropical regions, whole
are more conducive to health than the temperate
regions He contributes his own long-continu'd
good health (and he j. now Seyenty-hye) "a
! twelve years residence in the tropics when hi
was a young man. and threatened with lung DIS
| ease. The pure, warm air restored hun e.
| permanently sound condition He SAYS Fare
pean soldiers in India have better health thar
the sedentary native classes British soldier
in the Seudan stand up TO the work. Thousand
Of Austrian gold miners endure intense heat
and HOanders have fourished for generation
in the Dutch colonies. He believes the regI"T
on each side OF the equator for thousand mii;'
to be ''the most healthy and the most enjoyable
abode for man. where with the least labor D.
can obtain the greatest amount Of necessarits
the comforts and tne luXuries OF life, and .
the same time develop and cultivate his hg.c
nature" But work, he adds, is necessary {
health there, elsewhere
The use of the diamond for cutting ston
is facilitating the erection Of the buildings 70
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