The evening times., 1899-12-12

| railway vans to take them away.
A planter in st. Thomas parish. near Charles
Ton 3 e, has achieved very notable success in
SIX culture, his annual income from this source
amounting to from 5000 TO 5000.
The turkey was first discovered in America and
| Drought 10 England in the early part of the six
teenth century. Since then il has been acclimatiz-
ed IN nearly all parts of the world.
French scientist has found that some kind. Of
mushroom afford a vaccine against the venom
OF snakes. The juice of the mushroom renders a
person imHnune from the poison for a month or
two.
The sntho{ities in Algeria gave $4,000 toward
lighting the grasshoppers- In one section 5000
| eaInels were employed to carry the material for
burning over the places where eggs had been de-
posted.
The tomato is now definitely assigned a place
| IS tonic among foods A noted physician has
| made extensive experiments with the juice as a
medicine. and ssys as health preseryaiiye il is
| unequaied.
city meeting in Burlington, Vt. recently
| although held in the forenoon was attended by
loo citizcns- II adjourned in three and half
| minutes. after having voted to abolish the city
| liquor agency.
| Wild boars still abound in some parts Of Mo-
| rocco. one hunting party having lately killed
over 100 in one week near Casablanca They are
| hunted on horseback with lances. exciting and
dangerous sport
+, The butchers of Berlin have curious way Of
| informing their customers of the days on which
fresh sausages made. by placing a chair
covered with large. clean apron, at the side
of the shop door.
Canada lacks only 2s7 900 square miles to be a
large as the whole Continent OF Europe 1t Is
nearly thirty times large as Great Britain and
Ireland and Is $4,000 square miles larger than
ihe United States.
In Bavaria each family on Easter Sunday brings
TO the church ward-fre a walnut branch whie,
after being partially burned, is carried home to
be laid on the hearth during tempests pro-
lection against lightning
Tie potato crop of the country this yeas is one
of the largest raised. The yield Is estimated
at 2i2 ,oC1ooo bushels, about ioooo.oOo bushels
larger than in ISIS. and 6s.0oO00o bushels larger
than in 1881. The yield per this year
about 81 bushels
DIR. Joseph Parker. Of the City Temple London
said the other day that if every curate were a
saint. if every dean were beyond reproaci. and If
archbishops were in point of excellence almost
archxnsels. he should still be a s,rong Protestant
evangelical dissenrer.
From one end of japan TO the other 4 child il
treated a sacred thing, be it ones own or
Strangers Each one carries its name and address
on ticket around its neck; but should il ir,ieed
stray from home food and shelter and kindness
would meet IT anywhere
Inc Second Nortuafnpton>- WHO nave gone to
the Cape. Is the best shooting battalion in the
army. 1t is said they got this position from the
fact of their being at Maiuba in Iss1. where they
learnt the value of accurate shooting a lesson
they have never forgotten
1t is said of old curiosity shops in general that
nearly half the objects offered are spurious. ex-
pressly manufactured for sale. The ingenuity Of
the fOrger of antiques Is remarkable. Furniture.
china. prints. bronzes, armor. ivory, and tapestry
all are initiated successfully.
The brides veil had its origin. it Is said in
the Anglo-SaxOn custom of performing the eerc-
Inony under 4 square piece Of cloth. held at each
corner by tall men the bridegroom and
bride to conceal the latteT's blushes II the bride
was widow the veil was dispensed with
1t has been found that the pain caused by the
sting of nettles is due partly to fcrmic acid and
partly to a chemical resembling snake poison.
Our nettles comparatively harmless. but in
India. Java. and elsewhere there are varieties the
painful effects of whose stings last for weeks
The Boer is no mean fisherman. Given a piPe
md goodly supply of his fayorite weed. he VIII
lit for hours angling Very fine sport. indeed.
Orange River. The only tackle required consists
ii the usual coarse i>h hooks and a strong rod,
Cincinnati, Ohio. will be well represented in its
industries the Paris Exposition. large piano
concern OF that city will make 4
most interesting exhibit. This company will set
pianos from the material to the finished in
;irtnnent.
The up-keep and organization OF 1900 mules
md loo camels is provided for by the In
lian Transport Department. This innovation is
egarded with satisfaction by those who recos-
ize that almost all the heavy losses in the Ti-ah
ampaign were due to the absence OF regular
transport train
The Chinese handmade papers are made mostly
f rice straw and are colored or stained on one
ide by hand. The visiting cards. which are thin
ctavo sheets. are eolored crimson; pale red is
.sed for bills, yellow sprinkled with gold or
Ieen for wrapping goods, orange for weddings,
nd so on through the list.
The most curious street pavement in the world
that which has recently been put down in
yons, France. Ii is of glass. the blocks being
bout eight inches square. each made up Of sixteen
mailer blocks. The glass blocks are SO tightly
tied together that water cannot pass between
ien- As a pavement glass is said TO have greater
isistarce than stone.
NJ Emile Zola, the French author, thinks that
he English use of the capital I is one of The
lost curious features of the language. He call.
ttention to the fact that "a Frenchman refer
ng to himself writes je' with small j:
erman, though he may CRAFTY all his snbstan-
,tives with capital letters. employs a small in
riting ich.' Spaniard, when he uses the per-
nal pronoun at all, bestows small his
o. while he honors the person he addrssses
being very arrogant.
resident Of East Duwich, England recently
Irchased at local auction for few shillngs
lot of old books. among which family
ible. On the succeeding Sunday evening his
ife. while reading in the good book, discovered
at several pages were pasted together, and she
oceeded to separate them. A pleasurable sur
Use awaited her, no fewer than six Is Bank Of
,eland notes being found secreted between the
IN fta hleE Of nf 10fa
lowing extraordinary will was written: .T have
ID to work very hard for this, and having none
natural heirs leave thee. dear reader, who-
ever shall own this holy book. my lawful heir.
ne Il, 1910. Southend. Essex
bIishcd, both in the English and American
wspapers. about the alleged unwritten laws of
e British army, which debars officers from
eking cover with their men. or lying down be-
lie them the ground. when under fire. Col
ans have been written about this pecuIiariry.
is. however, by no means restricted to the
glish army. any military acquainted
tn the upto-date methods of warfare ought
rtainly to know, says London correspondent.
wadays the attack IS nearly ALWAYS delivered in
succession OF rushes- In consequence of the in
eant firing words OF command frequently
possible to hear The officer in command has
areiore to communicate his orders by means of
sword. At given moment he raises it aoft.
his who the motion rush forward
til they once more ordered to lie down 20
liver their fire by his downward sweep of the
ord. His men look to him 10 guide their movc-
nts. How, under the circumstances. can h