The evening times., 1899-06-29
NOTES OF THE DAY.

NOfES Of THE DAl.
More behring's are eaten than amy other kind Of
fish,
in New York.
Philadelphia Zoo.
Brazil will exhibit 500 varieties of serpents, big
and little. at the Paris Exposition.
Charles Dana Gibson. the artist. earns at least
s2s,0D0 year by his pen-snd- ink drawings.
Canada sells us farm products valued at 8. .s2s-
900. but buys of US other goods worth s1s.0oo0o0.
Thomas Bailey Aldrieh, since inheriting a for.
tune. has been criticised for writing less than
heretofore.
cigarette smoker sends into the air about
4,0O0G00 particles OF dust at every pull, accord
ing to DIR. Atkins investigation.
1t is said that one pound of butter gives a
working force equal to that of five pounds OF
beef nine pounds Of potatoes, twelve pounds
OF milk
One of Governor Roosevelt's admirers has pre-
sented him with a rare old Damascus blade. sup
posed to be that carried by General Blucher at
Waterloo.
Since the war OF 1894 the Chinese population
OF Shanghai has grown from 40o,0o0 to 10o.0Oo.
The attraction lies in the many industrial
establishments
At the annual Illinois crow hunt. in which 500
men participated. 1000 crows were killed.
The hunter getting the largest number
Charles Cruneau, with 81 to his credit
Miss Mabel Murray. member Of the family of
which the Duke Of Athoi is at the head has given
her hand in marriage to Tscng Kwung. an attache
Of the Chinese Legation in London. This il said
to be the first time record that lady belong
ing to the British aristocracy has married a Chi
naMan.
In lower Merton township, Montgomery county.
Pa, lives man who keeps memento Of his
deceased wife Of the slippers she wore at her
wedding. together with the flowers that graced
her hair. These TO him priceless treasures.
and are kept under g4ss cover in the pa;lor OF
his house.
German chemists who have succeeded in pro-
ducing artificial indigo that can compete success
fully with the natural product of British India.
tine Straits, and Java. have established large works
at Ludwigshafen for the manufacture Of this
tice upon extensive scale. The industry in
the East has already been seriously affected by the
competition.
A heron's nest, built almost entirely. Of wire.
such Us is used in some agricultural implements
for binding sheaves, shown at a meeting Of
the British CrnithoIogists Club recently. The
nest b.own ont of tree at Stoke Park.
Notts. With the aid Of field glass il
that there in the heronry other nests of the
same character.
DR.. Hoppe SAYS, in a German medical journal.
that chemically pure water is a poison to the hu-
man system. as it .'withdraws the salts from the
animal tissues. causing the latter TO swell and
initiate" Glacier water and water from the noun
tain brooks which spring from the glaciers has
been found very injurious to patients in mountain
sanitariums and to travellers in those regions.
On the pedestal Of the Joan Of Arc statue
Gently unveiled in Orleans. France. are inscribed
the names of the French soldiers who fell during
the siege of that city. Great difficulty was ex-
perienced in collecting their names and only after
a thorough search of the archives were they
brought to light. But there were probably
great many who died without having their names
recorded
Instead of one cake with eighty candles at
Queen yictoria's birthday party, there were by
her command twenty Of them, each weighing 100
pounds They were most excellent cake. too.
but in view Of the isct that they were all con-
sumed last week by the crowd OF grandchildren
and great grandchildren, news as 10 the present
health Of the royal family is awaited this side
with more than usual interest, not to say anx-
iety.
citizens committee of san Francisco is iss,-
ing calls for a subscription to a fund of slOO.OD
for the erection OF a Dewey monument by the
people Of California in Golden Gate PARK. The
subscription for the first day amounted to s2',eh
California has certainly as much reason As any
Stale in the Union to feel satisfied with Deweys
achievements. for the holding of the Philippines
will mean more TO the Pacific Coast than to any
other section OF the country.
The japanese town of Jeukchan recently
discovered to he in unsanitary condition con-
scqueut upon which frequent epidemics occurred
The japanese officials selected spot in the neigh
hO1hCod that could be well drained Streets anu
public places were laid out upon II. Buildings
were erected and the entire inhabitants of the
city of Jeukchan, numbering i0,Do, were removed
to the new site. As the buildings were slisht
wooden structures the scheme was practicable
The Czarina has shawl which she values very
highly 1t wds sent her by the ladies of oren-
burg, i town in southeastern Russia 1t reached
her in a wooden box with silver aooss and
hinges, the outside being embellisied with de
signs of spears, ttUbsns, whips. etc, on grouhi
OF blue enamel. that being the color OF the Cos
sack uniform The shawl is about ten yards square,
but il is 50 exquistey fine that II can De passSu
through ring and when folded makes i small
parcel Of few inches only
Jo.eph Hstton thus describes Sir Henry irving's
famous dining-room in the actor knights house At
Brook Green: 1T might be i simple Lyceum
set. in which the artist has striven TO represent
an unostentatious interior with all the pct
uresqueness of the old days and all the Luxurious
convsniences of the new. The dark oak side
board and oycr-mantepece, the soft Turkey car
p.r. the brass dogs in the fender. and the white
shining glass on the polished table give an I'M
preston Of qrc; nagnifcence never 10 be forgot
ten"
A curious illustration of canine intelligence
and it, limitations-was observed by writer in
the Outlook few days ago Passing down
the street he saw fine Airetiac terrier lying
down with both forepaws and muzcd nose scrub
bling the surface OF an iron grating WITH Dnhs-
as ii to bring it TO high state Sf poiisn-
The owner saw and explained The grating Is
Just over n cellar in which the terrier sie'ps-
iii. u,uzzie prevents him from attacking bones to
advantage by day. 50 he brings the bones OF his
finding 10 the grating, hoping 10 pusH siheni
through and gnaw luxuriou>ly when uniiiizzisd
at night But the little chap had but IN,
vayles, ideas Of the size limits OF the grating anh
A. the ordinary sizes OF bones go, he must have
had at least two failures to every success Yer.
with real terrier ingenuity. he turned even MS
failure TO account. for after vigorously IRVING
every hole in the grating. he would quietly
SON lick the entire grating free Of the grease
and meat juice rubbed of the bone. then rub
of another layer and repeat the licking.
Entnr,olocists will be interested in new spe-
cies OF fv that; for want Of moro classic name,
has been styled the sulphur fly. Al the mountain
Conner Company's furnaces. situated about six
miles west of Redding in California. the miners
have noticed that during the roasting OF the cop
per ore "a process that evolves sniphuro'is acid
fum.s Of such density that coating OF sulphur
several inches in thickness is usually 10 he found
on the outside cf the ore heaps after The burning
i. eompiet,.D a species OF hy. similar in size
10 the large horse-fy. and having grey bods
and probo.cis like that of the Latter insect.
settles in the steaming heaps, and lives ana
breeds there freely Thesc flies prove most
troublesome TO the miners, who are Obliged TO
wear a veil and gloves to protect their skin
from the bites OF the insects, which are both
irritating and poisonous. II Is stated that these
flies were not observed in the district until the