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

The Congo River has az one place thirty-two
waterfalls within distance Of ia miles
Fifty years ago there was no; a Christian on
the Fiji Islands. now there is net a heathen
Not less than 10000 persons attend the seven
ty-three branch Chautauqua assemblies every
summer.
There are 42,s0s Baptist churches in the Uni
ted States. increase Of 500 the number
reported last year.
In 1886 the Erie Canal carried to tide-water
l.ls9.000 tons of vegetable food; in lsJ7 it car
ried but 900 tons
A play running Just in Paris has the odd
spectacle OF grandmother and granddaughter act
ing in the same piece
Great Britain exported 81 I4j.0O0 worth Of pig
iron to the European. continent last month,
against 81 .205.O00 in May, 1s9s.
Glasgow numbers among it, population man
who is making a manuscript copy Of the Bible.
He expects to finish it in two years
Near certain quarry in Italy Is town the
inhabitants OF which pay no rent or taxes They
| are quarry employees, who have dug dwellings IN
the face OF a steep rock
| The dogs in Bamwell county, 5. c. are re-
turned at valuation Of s12.s$o. while the as
sessed value of the entire property of the county
! in sheep and goats Is SOL
/ The French cruiser Sfax, which carried Dreyfus
from Devils Island to France, is named after
port town at Tunis which was bombarded and
| captured by the French in Issl.
Charcoal is the great Italian fuel Naples alone
consuming 10000 tons of wood charcoal, at
| cost Of from sI6 10 $40 per ton the national
consumption being 100000 tons
Tory is an Irish word for a bog runner. It
originally applied TO the Romish outlaws in ire
iand. and then all Jaeobites, prior to becoming
a political designation century ago
| New Brunswick IN j. burglar being unable
10 secure any money in house be broke into
| the other night, accepted a small cheek in lieu
| thereof from the owner Of the premises.
The largest salt producer in this country is
New York State IL and Michigan furnish nearly
l.. .O0C. 600 barrels annually. within 5.0000OO
Of the entire production in the United States.
OF 1000 cases of hydrophobia in Paris in
year only six were fatal. Before the Pasteur
treatment was adopted the number Of deaths
! would have been. in the number Of cases,
H.
The cake at English weddings is always star
feature. Usually at fashionable affair it is
fully six feet high, and is marvellous arehi-
tectural structure Of icing adorned with flowers
and figures.
The sawmiIls of Portland last year cut 13O.-
ZOO feet of lumber, at $ per 1000, worth
s104, ,O00, 900. THE cut Of the State brings the
total value Of Oregon's lumber production 10
-, 39S, $50 a.
The Florida legislature has received a memo
attention to the rapid spread Of tuberculosis and
asking legislation 10 prevent indi@criminate kiss
ing and splitting
The Salvation Army has decided TO organize
several eolored corps in the principal southern
cities with a view to establishing coored branch
g Of the army throughout the Southern States.
If the idea seems 10 be practicable
The salary of the State treasurer Of Colorado
is 5000 year. and he enjoys the distinction
which treasurers don't usually get, Of having a
higher salary than the governor. the governors
salary in Colorado being 5000 year
An official of the British Museum declares that
its chronological collections are not more than
one-seventh the extent and value OF those III the
| Ethnological Museum in Berlin. the most COM
plcte institution Of its kind in the world
Wettenberg College. AT Springfield, Ohio. one
of the oldest Lutheran educational institutions,
has decided 10 admit 10 the theological
seminary. and upon completion Of the course 10
confer the degree OF B. ID. upon them, the same
as the men
siamese women entrust their children to the
care of elephants, which careful never TO hurt
the little creatures and if danger threatens. the
sagacious animal viii curl the child gently up
in its trunk and swing it out of harms way upon
its own broad back.
In several respects the Peace Conference now
in session at The Hague, is the most remarkable
assemblage of nations which history records Of
the I,GOO, 10000 people who constitute the poFu-
lation Of the entire world. about 1+0o,O00O0O are
| represented in that gathering
The deepest hole in the earth Is at Sehladebach.
near Ketschau. Germany 1t is 5.5S5 feet in
depth and IS for geologic research only. The
drilling was begun in lsS0 and stopped SIX years
| later, because the engineers were unable with
their instruments To go deeper.
The Connecticut legislature has passed law
protecting the trailing arbutus said 10 be the
| first law ever passed in any State Of the Union
for the protection OF a wild flower. The law II
question is said TO be largely due 10 a news
! paper article calling attention 10 the need O
such law.
native funeral in Manila is an interesting
sight. The hearse is a rude wagon drawn by
white horses. A most melancholy looking Persor
Is the driver, who. clad in black and a higI
beaver hat. sits alOft IN mOurnful dignity. II
front is 4 brass band playing q lively march
while long line Of carriages follow slowly be
, / hind.
The smoke nuisance is at Ie1st coo wears old
; So bad was it in England at that time that
; King Edward l prohibited the Of SEA coal.
fixing the punishment az death Again, durin;
the reign of Queen Elizabeth, John Evelyn wrot'
+ a book deploring the Tayages Of smoke ''Owins
! 10 the increase Of coal smoke, he said, lou
{ | gardens longer fruitful
I tain unexplainabIe peculiarities in magnetic in
: struments in various buildings Electricians nov
declare as the result of experiments and inves
! tigationS that the vagaries due 10 the pres
ence of magnetism in bricks They made o
a earthly matter containing greater less pre-
portion of magnetic or magnetic ore.
The first Creek-letter socety-Phi Beta Kapp
was originated at William and Mary in I97e
= and among the charter members John Mai
= shall. Chief Justice, and BushrOd Washington
= Associate Justice Of the supreme Court; Spence
ROane, who was considered the ablest jurist eve
) produced in Virginia. John Brown and Stepbe
Q T. Mason, Senators from Virginia. and WilIiaI
c Short. Minister 10 spain and Holland
judge in Chicago the other day interrupte
: the unintelligibe testimony OF witness in eoul
:. by saying: Take that stuff out of your mouti
: How do YOU expect me TO hear what YOU al
. \ saving when your mouth is filed with a wad
| gum? This practice of gum chewing on the wi
| nesS stand must stop. II you talk as plainly
YOU can the jury viii have trouble enough hea
ing you without vour making il worse by rol
ing that great wad under your tongue"
The austere life of the Trappist monks. vii
its perpetual silence and daily sacrifice of sci
has its counterpart in the Order OF the Bernar
ines. the Sisters of Silence. says ''Donahoe
Monthly" The shadow Of the Pyrenees falls
the lonely retreat OF these women. whose live
to the casual observer. seem shrouted in glooi
Halfway between Bayonne and Bilrritz, on
ST dreary waste of coast. they have made tho
home. ii the word home may be applied 70
dwelling place where word is ever spoken.
in glance exchanged. Having renOuneed all thiE
i'd of earth, these silent women spend their da
in prayer and good works. medtating ever on
life to come Their industry is unceasing; tn
/ till the soil. compelling il 10 yield a fruit
harvest; they weave and knit and sew, make shc