The times., 1899-10-02
NOTES OF THE DAY.
AmsIiea has aOs iemaIs lawysrs.

sular service.
An energetic temperament and active habits
eoRducc TO longevity.
The vasue Of hog is sls6 ez2.779. more than the
total amount deposited in all the savings baHAs
in the country.
The vaccination. or rather snti-vascinatinn.
question IS very hive ono in England. the law
there net being compulsory
The woman who invented satchsl- bottom paprr
bags was offered $4,000 fer the patent before she
eosld get away trOm Washington
During the fsrai year of Is97-'ss the United
States sold SD 900 worth OF typewriters in Mexs-
CO and sls.0oo worth in Argentina.
Eggs as an article OF diet were first used by the
Maiaccans and when we speak Of Shanghai chick
ems We but mention IN Asiatic name
Japan has to rely rfItirsly upcn soreign conn
tries for her supplies of leather there being only
two tanneries worthy OF the IN the country.
Interference with digestiun Is a by 10 means un-
common effect OF excessive exercise, and fsr
as training IS concerned il IS Of the most
destructive.
A New York restzurateur rvcenefy undertook 10
cater exclusively for obese people. but failed be-
cause his customers lacked PERSEVERANCE in the
"banting'' diet served.
Near a certain quarry IN Italy e town IN
which the inhabitants Pay no rent or taxes They
are quarry employees. who have dug dwellings N
the lace OF steep rock
Austrian women can be seen in the best restzs-
rants with huge glass OF beer standing a loot
high the table in front Of tncm. and they con-
sumo the liquor with ease and evident enjoyment
Many physicians nowadays refuse to believe
there is such thing hydrophobia- and those
who do beslrye in it assert that not in ease
in thousand is person bitten by dog in any
danger of it
They are busiIy working again at the wonderful
quarries of yitulano. in the Italian province OF
Benevento. which Charles III, of Naples. first ex-
plotted, and from which he built the splendid Pal
ace OF Caserss-
At Sheffield, England. the scarcity of worknen
for the iron and sscel industry has become 50
acute that measures are being taken for recruiting
labor abroad-especiaily in Sweden, where Labor
Is much cheaper. >.
The american Agricuiturist" has gathered
and compiled statistics which show that Of 81
coo students in nearly 200 colleges and universi-
ties in this country, nearly 2IoOo are from the 1g
ricultural classes
The Pope has received from an English Cath
oiic present of a beautifully constructed motor
car This automobile is seated fos two. As HIS
Holiness has not for three years taken carriage
exercise il is improbable that he will ever use
the motor-car.
The Chinese, as NEST people know. believe In
future existence; but in that future state they
are by no means certain whether al ones wants
are provided for, consequently they have way
OF their own Of eousigning earthly eornforSs to
their departed friends and relatives n the other
world.
Ordinary dark hair Is far hnsr than red. and
more than three dark Eairs would generally
-cpy the space Of a red one IO5 600 dark hairs be-
ing about the average crop. Fair-haired people
are still better Of 1905 TO i60, 900 beng quite
ordinary crop OF hairs on the mead OF fa2f
man woman
remarkable case OF salvage ia that OF the
steamship Milwaukee, which last autumn went
ashore st Port Errsl. near Peterhead Finding
it impossible to float her, as large part OF her
fore end inextricahiy Jzulrsed,- she was cur
IN two with belts Of dynanits cartridges. no less
than $50 pounds Of dynamite being used
In creating the Legioa Of Honor Napoleon did
not contemplate the admission Of women He
was, however, on several OCCASIONS impressed
by the devotion Of women, always in the direction
OF courage that in 1895 he the cross 70 three
women, Of whom was Josephine FrIHqasrt,
canriniere, who had shown courage before tae
enemy =.
A Chicago woman Who went to Nrw York sew
cral years ago to lecture on voice culture. told
the women of her class that New foEkeEs Rat-
IraIIy had weil-modulated voices. but that they
frequently ruined their pitch because OF nervous
ness or Inis,se, and comes man, who al
leges that much goifing Is affecting the voices ot
woInea.
\ Minnesota man captured kiRgasher when II
WAS young, made a pet OF it, and trained the
bird TO capture fsh and lay them at its masters
feet In summer the bird is taken to the river,
where fish are known 20 abound, and set at hb-
erty 1t poIsTs high in the air, and, suddenly
dropping, grasPs It's victim and prsnpiiy de4iV-
crs rhe fish 10 Tts master.
There are more yellow diamonds OF different
shades than one can count, and they are often
very beautiful \ diamond with ros--eo.or
hue IS very rare. while those with red tiRts ike
ruby are still rarer and considered the most
wonderful of lovely gems There are enfy a
few of them. and Russian Emperor paid slSe.000
for Of ten carais weight
The Russian minister Of railways has prepared
time table showing that when the ns-Siberian
Railway IS finished the Journey arsand the world
can be made in thirty-three days. as follows
From St Petersburg TO yladivOstock, ten days;
from there 10 san Francisco. ten days; 10 New
York, four and 6ne-half days; to Bremen, seven
days, and to st. Petersburg, one and had days
Another proof of prosperity is furnished by the
bulletin Of the silk Association of America for
July. The total valuation Of silks and silk fab
rics for the month sl,744.47s OF this amount
the largest item is sls000a. with laces and en-
broideriss as close second the figures for the lat
importation of foreign silk fabrics IN their cheaper
forms is decreasing.
Beekeeping is expensive enjoyment at Bath,
England Miss Keriey. inhabitant Of that
beautiful city, sued her next-door neighber foI
$3.50 damages. caused her by defendants bees
She was badly stIng rvice and the bees frequented
her garden to such extent that she had to let
il go practically of cultivation The jury
awarded her $50. and the judge granted IN
junction. with costs the higher scale
A young civil engineer OF London, who was re-
Gently sued for breach of promise. asserted in
his defence that his sweetheart grew cold and in
different. The plaintiff. Offset to this
charge, set forth with documentary evidence that
when she wrote TO her hance with As much
warmth as She was capable OF ne returned her
letters with faults Of orthsgrsphy and grammar
corrected in red ink This treatment IN the
Judgment Of the court, sufficient 70 account
for any waning of enthusiasm the young woTn-
ans part, and she was awarded verdict OF s250.
A railway in the Congo State in the direction
of the Nile has recently been projected and the
Congo government has authorized the preliminary
study for the construction OF the new branches,
which viii connect the region of the Welle and
the Nile with that of the TaHganyIks- Leaving
Stanley Falls a port open at all seasons to the
largest steamers. the main line wia be constructed
about $50 miles in easserly direction the
plateau near the Upper Ituri. From this point
one branch VIII be constructed north toward Lake
Albert Nyanza. while the other viii extend south
eriy toward lake TangaByika. The cost OF the
entire railroad estimated at between $50 038
and $4,000. coo. and reconnaissance is being
made under the direction Of NJ Adam, who pre-
pared the plans for the Natadi-L -LeOpeidyille line
The magnetic currents that exist in the earth
constitute problem that science has done very
little toward explaining remarked gentleman
of this city. who has had great deal CT erper-
~. a.
Democrat ''apFopos Of the subjsrt, I can