The evening times., 1899-02-22
NOTES OF THE DAY.
The bogs Of Ireland cover g.soO. 200 acres.

The bogs Of Ireland cover 100000 acres
species Of elk has been named after
Governor Roosevelt
The Salvation Army has fust dedicated
workingman's hotel in Boston. The institution
has accommodations for 800 men.
Joel Chandler Harris is said to be the richesI
newspaper writer in the United States His
ciiarities are IN proportion to tIs means
The town council Of Thornton Ind has adopt
ed an ordinance forbidding persons from lining
up at the close OF church services, a j. in
review.
\ remarkable feature Of India j, the number
"t deserted capitals There less than three
old De'hls, all close % each ot:er, and south ii
the present city
There are now over 25g O0g words IT, the ing
il>h language acknowledged by the bc-t aUtI15i-
ties, about 10000 more than ia The German
French. spanish, and Italian combined
About iorty wears ago a notorious ro.ber named
Aon-GooIh doniir1ted over iasgr part Of the
country between Jafa and Jerusalem. and a VII
iage IN that region still bears isIs name.
The cuiiou, fact that eoru potatoes. and other
plants thrive better when placed iu rows rum if
north and south has now been proved Planted
thus they obtain more uniform and regular light
seven miles hour i the csueI'- bs-t pace.
can 10 maintain tlis rate as r two ho..-s
Its usual speed is about five miles an hous-l
SLOW, leuneIn2 pace, beyond wAich IL IS dancer
/ Gus 10 urge them.
/ Count and Counre>- Bondi De CasteIaue have
7 Just leased fos three years with the option II
purchase. the Chateau Du Nsfias. belonging 90
( the Due De Naal.ie~- Three H.iiliaH dollars VIII
De spent in restoring the estate
The term .tahbv eat is derived from AraH.
famous street in Rlgdad. inhabited by rae
manufacturers of siIseu stuff called atihi or
tafety. Thi, stuff Is woven with waved mark
iHgS 81 eatgred -iis, f-sen!biiHg a ''t1hhy cats
back.
Fifty walnut trees in Cass county. Mich. were
recently sold for $1,000 cash These tree hive
now been fclied and VIII De- shipped TO En- ish
BUYERS Tie largest tree seven feet ~ di-
dIneter at It's base. and viii yird lumber worth
from 500 10 SI.00D.
The German debt Is growing constantly a, the
rate Of about S3G.Jo0O0J d wear. In 1sss it was
! sl73.OOG.OOO Al the end Of ISIS II was three
/ times a. great These figures from a Ger
man statistical paper. The total debt S54D. .U-zi
/ 0D0, Is very small. a. debts 20 in this age
| The Nenorninee Indians. in Northeastern Wis
/ consin. successful anybody in their
lumber operations. By the -ae of pine Iog- in
years past 300 men, women, and children have
tribal fund which aggregates about Sl,uu1.plo,
F and u still growing The tribe eNpends about
! S75,OdO year in logging operations. and clears
3 $4,000 20 SlOJ.000 yearly, which > added 20 lie
fund
Postmaster futile. Of Car,hase. No. has Just
!
for 5 70 in payment of debt thai has been
running since the civil war, but of which T.J-
. lie knew nothing Il appears that In settling
I with Captain Tuttle for his services as a soldier
day, pay was overlooked. and also At
IuUaHce tuE clothing II took Uncle sam thirty
four wears 20 discover the error
Boston syudirare has purchased from various
small Loldrrs about 2jg acres Of land Nouu-
meut Mountain. just north Of Great harrington.
rTl sl4a Ind "A
iHlEortalizet by By8nt in his poem of the
loyeiorn aboriginal maiden who threw herself
over the cliff because she could not wed the man
ot her choice What the syndicate proposes 20
do with this picturesque tract has not been Gi-
yuIged.
\ new word 20 Americans l. ''quinophaGis,,,
indicating that tfey consume more qaiuine Jaan
any other people in the world The total imports
exceed and oue-haIf million ounces year,
a average consumption IT twenty grains To each
innIhitaat- Its price % importers within twenty
hve years ha~ fallen from = an ounce 10 Is cents
Two-thirds of the quiuine comes from the chin
rhond trees ot lava planted by the intelligent
/ Dutch governors since ls52-
/ The use Of crude oil on bad roaduay- h4s re-
suited wei in Iowa. Major Neigs, OF Eeokuk,
/ wa~ led TO try II by reading that bad piece
/ u road in PenusyIva .owu. impossible dur
I ing spring and tall rains. became hard and dry
I after the leakage OF an oil pipe nearby. send
i ing 10 the Standard OiI Company. he given
tank Of 1870 gallons of crude 9Ii- eight ef walsh
I tried very bad piece uf road nelT
keokuk with satisfactory results tie found q
barrel OF crude oil costing ~ cents az the wells.
was sufficient for strip ~ road leo recr long
and = teg- wide # forms a hard crust which
sheds water
/ une Of the most sensible attempts 70 deal with
the unemployed is being made at BiIlcricav. in
E-~ey. England. where farm has been e--ab-
lishcd by NJ. A T. Hills. ot the Thames Iron
Works, solely for the purpose = giving wora 70
/ the genuinely distressed The WORK i spade dig
EiUs that idle l0ater is likely 20 apply
for employment. and tie payment l. mJte hr
suits The men come down from London "u N.n-
siay morning and return on the following ~l,s--
dly. Beds and meals provided iDr them ar
/ q very small charge and ~ the end 90 the week
. man who works Well take back tg ms wife
uIueH l6 i ~hIllIns-- MF lill~ J. 4
B vegetarian, and during their week a, BI-IerIcJy
/ the have 90 20 without animal food and
/ alcoholic liquors.
I There Is no revenue cutter called the Union
! in the Government service. a tact which mer-
/ chants of New York at intervals during the past
>iS years have discovered TO their chsgrin. Agents
Of John CAristInan, a piano dealer Fast Four
teenth Street. Were yesterday hunting Tor the
/ mythical Union. and. Of course. they failed 20
I fud II. ON Tuesday afternoon an elderly man,
/ wearing blue uniform with brass buttons. call
/ cd the piano store and said that the hoys
tue revenue cutter mon. lItG WING AT llt l|ifl
. Of West Thirteenth Street. had decided To chip
{ in and buy a piano for the boat The caller
/ said his Davis. and that he had been
requested TO pick out instrument worth about
$3.50 at Christman's place The fellow got the
I instrument Uncle Sans credit Captain Brad
/ ley. Ot the Hudson, when he learned ot the hunt
that being made for the Union, laughed
I upon learning that a piano was the latest thing
! ordered for the mythical cutter He remembered
in the years past having seen butchers groCers,
and bakers asking auNioUs,y Tor such craft.
. hut the idea of buying piano for customs
boat TO him appeared ridiculous
To see and handle absolutely the first book ever
printed, what a pleasure for bibliopbiles, Mr.
Percy Fitzgerald saw and handled this book and
he gives description OF il in Literature One
would naturally expect it TO he. as Mr. Fitzger-
| aid saws. "A rude informed hl-fa,hioned thing
Instead it i really masterpiece Of the printing
art. 1t wa- a first attempt. and Vet modern
printers agree thar II i impossible match IT,
II Is interesting tc know that the book Slid
at >otheby'S for E3.00O. and that copy at the
Ives sale in New York fetched S14.sOO. 4 vol
uule might be written about the printing OF this
first book now known the Naz5TIB Bible, and
Gutenberg. Fust. and their clever apprentice,
Peter Schoetfer. These men began the task about
1850 and four years were spent in experiments
and failures. First they tried wooden letters.
but these were utter failure, they either
spIig away. Then the letters were out
from metal 10y hand, process which very
costly and at the same time extremely slow
Finally the apprentice. Schoeffer, hit upon the
plan Of casting lead from m0ldS, and liz not
slow To claim the honor of the invention IL Is
an interesting fact that the printing business
established by SchOCffer was carried under
the firm name Of SchOeffer i Co until the French
revolution