The evening times., 1899-07-15
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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life OF $50 years.
The estate of the late Francis Paskman the
historian, OF Boston, is now valued at $500, ,008,
large part Of it being stock in the Calumet
and Hecla Copper Mining Company.
1t Is said that there is snaH lake near a
volcano in Southern California which contains n
liquid as black ink, not at all resembling
water This liquid dyes cotton cloth perma-
nently black
Complete statistics show that in the export OF
American manufactures the month OF May last
was the third best in the history OF the eoun-
try The report for June will probably show a
still further increase
Recent archaeological researches have made il
probable that the ancestors OF the modern jap
anese immisrated about two centuries B. C.
irom western Asia to Japan, gradually crowdins
out the aboriginal Ainos
Some indication of the emoiuments OF English
literature is given in the fact that there are
nearly 300 candidates for the secretaryship Of the
Cambridse University Library. the salary Of
which Is $1,000 a year, rising TO 81 100.
The number of visitors to the London Zoolog-
ical Gardens last year was 1854 The number
OF animals living in the gardens at the end OF
the year was 1855, Of which SIS were mammals.
1853 birds, and AS reptiles and batrachians-
Prof. S. II. Short declares that the first com
mercialy operated electric railroad in the United
States built in Denver in 1885, and that it
was underground trolley system He says
that he knows this because he built the line.
girl who came from saxouy two years ago,
and knew only her native language, has taken
first honors in a public school in New York.
with an average of 94-s. She ranked third
among all the grammar school graduates in
the city.
DR.. GOldsehneider, OF the University Of yien-
na, says that in 90 out of 100 cases OF illness.
the presence of light in the sick alleviates
the suffering Of the patient He says also that
il children prefer light in their sleeping room
they should have it.
One of the most remarkable things on the
North Pacific coast is the large number Of hall
but in Alaskan waters Small steamers catch
cargoes in a few hours time, and il is
strange thing TO see hundred thousand caught
in from two TO three days
Admiral Dewey's salary amounts TO $3.50
day; President McKinley's Is equal to s13l
day; Cabinet officers, the Vice President, and
the Speaker OF the House get SD p day;
Senators and Congressmen. $3.50. and the Chief
Justice OF the Supreme Court, so day.
Bucks county has thirty-One prisoners in its
Jail, only twenty Of whom under sentence
and eleven waiting trial The encumbrances
not having summer vacation, but labor daily
a large stone pile. The broken stone is sold
to Doylestown borough for street purposes
full-grown lion will tip the scales at 500
pounds. Five hundred and forty pounds Is the
record for an African lion His bone Is solid
and heavy as ivory. The tiger runs the lion
very close. Bengal tiger. killed two years
ago by an English officer, scaled 520 pounds
1t is doubtful if anyone has more gold and
silver than the Pope. Il is declared that
he to melt down all the medals. chains. vessels.
and OIL iaetl in he. TarTe Ho
amount OF gold obtained would make coins
than the whole OF the present European ciFcula-
tion.
Greek divers have discovered treasure in a
Russian flagship sunk in Greek waters in I7T0.
Cold coins to the value of $4,000 have al
ready been recovered and the divers report
great stores Of silver and jewels. which the storms
OF century have washed out from the hulk OF
the old wreck
young woman, taultless m dress and lady
like in manner, who lit cigarette after light
luncheon in a hotel cafe in London, was put
out by the proprietor. and the magistrate be-
fore whom both were subsequently arTsigned dis
charged the lady because she had right TO
smoke. and the proprietor because he had right
10 put her out.
a perpetual notion machine was sent from
Bradford Pa. 70 the Scientific American" Of
fee An x-ray photograph retealed silhouette
of ordinary clOekwork- This artfuIly
concealed that il had puzzled the men 70 whom
it had been sold by J. VI. Aidrich- now serving
a sentence in Auburn prison for obtaining money
for the machine by fraud.
The work of making a biological survey Of
Lake Erie under the auspices Of the Unit-d
States Commission Of Fish and Fisheries. which
was begun last year, will be continued during
the summer. The party will consist OF Prof
Jacob ReighaTd. OF the University of Michigan,
as director: Prof. II. B. Ward, Of the University
n l. 1T
College; DIR. Julia B. Snow. of the University of
Michigan; r. II. Pond, and a number OF assist
ants
Frank E. HYDE. who has been practicing law
in Paris for some years, and who is now visit
ing his former home in Hartford. Conn., is thus
quoted in the ''Coursnt, OF that city: There
was great interest in the outcome of the Dreyfus
case. but all the excitement that / heard of
portrayed in the columns Of the New York pa
pers. The ZOla case. in fact, attracted about as
much interest q murder trial There was
nothing of the scenes OF bOisterous excitement
described in the American papers. There were
some demonstrations by students, much As there
might be by Trinity students in Hartford" :"
Botanist Selby of the Ohio Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station. reports that through wears OF
inattention the yellows have got firm grip
Ohio peach orchards. Only in the Alumee VAL
lev. he saws, the orchards free from It,
while in some localities - TO 90 per cent OF the
trees are affected The disease, he reports, has
been allowed to spread without hindranee, and
is progressing with phenomenal vIr'I-
lence." The laws of Ohio are not up-to-date a
to the yellows, and Mr. Selby's recommendation
OF the free use of the may be needed in
some eascs and in others not
A novelty in summer schools is offered in
Missouri this year The State University has
given instructions along the lines familiar in sIch
schools during the vacation season for a good
while past, and it now adds new courses. in
horticulture and agriculture President Jesse
holds that some attention should be given in the
public schools Of agricultural State to- studies
of SOIL climate. birds, insects. and plant hfc.
and he points out that the fields. forests, and
highways in the country. and the lawns and pub
lie squares in the cities and towns furnish all
the laboratory facilities which are needed for
such studies
Although Balzac died only half century ago.
says the springfield Republican the number
OF his friends now living is very small. He mixed
but little in society for he was slave 20 his
work. toiiing, to figure from his --Pauvres
Enfants,'' like a miner buried by a cavern, and
struggling for his life. IL WAS his habit TO work
eighteen or twenty hours out on the twenty four;
keeping up his strength ON the strongest and
hlackest of coffee Naturally. person working
en- this regimen, could see little of the world,
and BaIzac,s novels far less realistic than
is commonly supposed Instead OF meeting and
studying people, he imagined them
Since the production of precious metals began
in Colorado that State has contributed to the
worlds supply of gold and silver $500 O0oOoo.
Other portions of the Wild West have been pro-
duetiye even to greater degree. The gold and
silver output OF California has exceeded Sl.311,-
600 coo; the sage-brush plains of Nevada formerly
the bed of inland ocean, have yielded up
$50, ,Oo0 coo; the crags of Montana have given up
S400, 600 600; Idaho has contributed oo0o00;
Arizona tas furnished $50, 600 600; South Da-
kota $50 00o,Oo0 and other States and Territories
k,x-s Il oft hose in