The evening times., 1899-12-16
NOTES OF THE DAY.

4 were pcketed on the grounds
A ten-year-old girl. who died in Kansas a few
| days ago Of heart disease weighed 81 pounds
At birth she weighed but five pounds
| Boer patrol consists of three men, a vet
eran and two youngsters. usually an uncle and
TWO nephews, or father and two OF his sons
The ElizabetIan Stage Society of London has
! just performed Richard H." without scenery, in
| the lecture-room of the University of London.
| At the close sf formal dinners in Japan guests
| are presented with any portion Of the meal they
may fail to eat, which they expected to take
| home.
| In Texas some nine years ago silver shekel
was found dating back to l42 B. C. Intrinsicsly
| it was worth about half dollar, but collectors
| put price of 5000 on it.
| When the Beers form a firing line nobody is
left to look after the horses, which are trained
| to remain in statu quo. as soon they feel the
| reins dropped over their necks.
| Tree and shrub planting along the Suez Canal
to protect il from drifting sand is in progress.
Reeds have been placed along about nine miles OF
waterline OF the canal proper.
1t was not until 1917 that steamboat appeared
on the lakes. This the Ontario. which was
made after the pattern Of the S,a Horse, then
running on Long Island Sound.
The wife Of a Long Island farmer, now suing
for legal separation from her husband. alleges in
her complaint that during the nine years she has
been married he has never taken bath.
A euchre party in which 2,iOO persons are to
engage will be held in Grand Central Palace, New
York. January 10, the proceeds TO go toward the
cOinpletition Of the Church OF St Philip Neri,
Bedford Park.
The number of passengers carried on the ele
waited railroads in New York city decreased this
year $4,000 from 1855 and 4IiI. 900, nearly
20 per cent from the highwater mark Of elevated
traffic in 1893.
The oldest existing church in New Hampshire
tta Com r.f rs.I.
organized in August, 1855 Other societies were
formed in Dover and Exeter, in the same State,
later in the same year.
Migration to this country from Sweden has fal-
len to a minimum, but that from Finland is rap
idly increasing since the spoliaton Of that coun-
try by Russia Many OF the Films settle in Can
ada, which country is Offering them marked hos
pitaiity.
Among the curiosities in the New Railroad
in 1880, warming Passengers that trunks cannot
be forwarded unless they brought to the
station at least All hour before the departure Of
the train.
The monopoly of the sale of alcohol in Russia
was applied in 1887 to all the empire. The fiscal
result has been most satisfactory. The receipts
from taxes were 81 ,Ooo,OO0 rubles,. while under
the new system the government receives 5000
900 rubes-
The first American vessel on Lake Efie was the
Washington, built Eric, Pa, at early
1877. In the next year the JerniIna put
together three miles below Rochester, and was
the first of vessels to pillow the waters of
Lake Ontario.
The manufacture Of Christmas toys Is one Of the
youthful industries Of the United stsIes. at least
80 far dolls concerned. Several years ago
there were no doll factories this side Of the
ocean. Now there are three large ones each do
ing thriving business
II is estimated that the earth receives not more
than thousand millionth part of the total
radiation of the suns rays Ii any considerable
portion OF this heat were concentrated upon the
earth it would not only become uninhabtable.
but become speedily consumed
In the southern portion OF the small village OF
Eliot. Ne, there living eleven persons eight
of them men, who are over eighty years Of age.
the oldest being ninety-hve Nearly all Of them
were born there, and several of them have never
been fifty miles from their birthplace in all their
long life. 4-..-.
Much more interest is taken in practical As
uonomy in England than in America Astro-
nomical classes are encouraged by the use of the
telescopes like that one the East Heath. Lon
don. which Is rejecting telescope OF ten and
obstructive.
/. 1t is said that silkworns are very sensitive to
the action of light of different colors, and ac-
cording TO experiments before the French Acad-
envy of Science, silkworns were kept in boxes
covered with glass OF different shades. The silk
worI:ls all received the food. but they gave
different results as to the quantity OF silk and
eggs
Physicians say that there is no person who can
retain his her nobility OF character undey long
continued bodily distress. The argument that
some invalds and cripples have beautiful dispc-
sitions does not apply, for the reason that al
though such persons imagine themselves in con
slant pain there are really long intervals u
relief and quietude.
The enormous prices paid for the pinning on
Of orchids and buttonholes at the Charing Crpss
Bazaar in LondOn-iu several cases - having
been demanded and given-recalis the cantanker-
Gus action OF an elderly gentleman at bsZlar
given years ago, when the professional
Beauty was inst known by that term one OF
these, before serving the elderly gentleman with
4 cup OF tea, told him the price, which he paid.
and then, after taking a sip herself, added:
"And guinea for that There's your
gHnea,'' said the gentleman, "and now give
4 clean cup"
Another heir 10 a throne is on the point OF
Crown Prince of Japan. 1t is
not yet decided whether he will make Euro
pean tour before his wedding or get married Ar
once, but, AT all events. fine palace is being
built in readiness for the princes new household
1hls palace Is quite an innovation for Japan
because it will be built of iron instead of being
lightly constructed like the ordinary japanese
dwelling, for fear of earthquakes However. the
Crown Princes palace is to be specially planned
10 resist the shocks which 50 constantly visit the
land of the chryssnthemun.
The Queens farewell to the Highlanders ordered
to the Cape from Scotland reminds a London
writer of a story which is told OF how Her
Majesty saw the Guards of forty five years ago
when they left London for Malta en- route for
the Russian war. They marched past in front Of
Buckingham Palace. the Queen and Prince Al
bert looking on from the balcony. As the last
company going by the Queen-young girl
shoes and threw it among them, with the old
English idea OF giving good luck. Even the dis
cipline Of the Guards broke down and a dozen
men scrambled for it. Who actually secured the
royal token of good luck known
The successful use Of homing pigeons in bring
ing news from the beleaguered garrison at Lady
smith shows that wireless telegraphy useful as it
may be in war, is not Indispensable An Eng
lish pigeon expert has been giving som. inter
esting information in regard TO the supply Of
birds in South Africa. 1t seems that the pigeons
at Ladysmith belonged TO the Durham Pigeon
Racing Club, and were brought from England for
purposes of sport, though some of the more far
sights2<nembeis may have had some idea of the
possibility OF using them in war. The
thority says that there .t00 English pigeons
in Johannesburg belonging to a racing club there,
and that il these should fall into the hands Of
the Beers, they might do mischief in the early
far south Cape Colony. The English Govern
ment took early measures to organiZ. pigeon
po-s, and they have already done signal service
George De Forest Hyde. prominent engineer
md authority railways, in speaking to
New York Tribune reporter regarding luxu-
rious trains in Europe, says that even Russia
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