The evening times., 1899-04-17
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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In Turkey they call the bicycle the devils
| chariot"
sl,oal Of herring numbers from soooD to L.
| 00O. oo8l es,
| Japan had more tl.an hundred railroad colIis-
| ions last year.
! Many houses in Berlin are numbered with Iurn-
inous figures. which arc easily visible at night.
Last summer Lorsion used up 25o,00O tons Of
ice. or lDo,0Jo tons than in the preceding
| simmer.
Sails made Of paper are corning into use Oh
vessels. They said to be stronger than those
made Of linen.
In Germany new houses being supplied with
hoors to step on, and having cIacss of any
Kind karbor dust.
Mr. shoots Him. Rosebud agency Indian.
has applied for divorce from his wife, the first
| instance Of the kind record
Ostriches. when frightened get over the ground
at th- rate OF twenty-five miles hour. Their
strides measure eleven and oHe-halt feet.
H i estimated that at the prcsent rate Of
growth London. which has Il population of
''C'',e'o. will. in 1911, have over i59Oo.0oo
The Fix University Jubilee Singers are in Eng
iand again after interval OF than twenty
years There are tn Of these eo,osed minstrels
The passion flower. which grows in the South
American forests Only be enjoyed where it
grows. as it fades almost soon as il is picked.
There is pine nut of Korea which is rich in oil
and supposed 10 be STRENGTHENING iha. il is
given to Korean children who are delicate of
constitution.
The mail carrier between Antrim. " H.. and
North Branch. four miles. has lad II5 days of
continued scirhing. from November 26 to March
q. and here is still enough TO last few
days longer.
An ostrich cannot kick backward When the
al, h.- T. f.J
feathers it's head is inserted in a bag. and the
piucker stard- behind his victim. 4 blow from
its foot has yigor enough to kill a mar
81. Petersburg is 10 have novel kind of
museuui-a building containing models of famous
insane asyiurn-, and specimens Of clothing and
appliances Used therein. together with the brains
of lunatics preserved in alcohol, books, photo
graphs, etc.
Tests have been made in Finland to decide
the comparative value OF iron and aluminium as
material for hor-c-soes. After six weeks use
by the cavalry the aluminium shoes were in all
proved to be in better condition than the
oters.
At Birkin. Ferry ybridge. England the 9TH
day a pow came into contact with stone
collin covered with a stone lid. and containing
human bones. The coffin il : feet inches long.
3 feet wide. and the sides inches to . inches
thiek- IL weighs nearly two tons.
that paesr,s Illustrating the evil effects of aco-
hoi shall be placed in all the barracks in tina;
city These cards. which are hung in conspicuous
place. show side the interior organs Of
druBkaId and on the ether those Of 4 tempcr1it.
Beneath i a brief explanation Of the path
OlOeicai and moral effect, OF the abuse OF alcohol.
\ curious discovery was recently made by the
worhinen vino were rr,.1iring the siCsuler LADY
OF the Lake. which has run On Lake Memplire,na-
u -, -
found in the steamers bow which was pac-
od there ht tiie late Sir High Alcr Of Montreal
when the boat fir; built The rive; va,
four inches long, and must have cost originally
about $500.
Ii i reported from Honolulu that just before
the bsttio,hip Oregon allied frcm tist poi; for
Manila the mascot pis, Bianco. which was cap
tured from The Spanish cruiser Cristch,l Colon
during the engagement Of Santiago. was tende5y
taken ashore IN the -si.iHc E1r4e. 1t secIs~ that
Blanco's hoofS weGa wearing OF the hard dec
Of the oTtsor. and il thought best 20 send
tiie spanish pig to the San Francisco Zoo.
Harvard University is to pension professors and
assistant profess who have served the in>tisu-
tion for twenty years OF more. a plan of refir-
Ing allowances having been established h. the
president and fellows at the University. The plan
was ff-t E.sgs.StCd in H-tyaId in IsSsi, .iHte
which time tie Necessary fI.Ed has grown 10
sjio.oA. Harvard ! the hTst American uniyer-
allowances
Pns;lIuinoG~ ic-r iuaic'tc seeus to he the crime
Tor which iIe German po>tofiiec authorities have
roud>cated all pictorial postal cards with por-
traits Of thr lnte King Ludwig II. If Bavaria.
Some represent hiIl ia the boat LolieIi-
grin, others in company with Richard Wagner
yhe Empires Of Austria. or other persons Thoutn
occasionally in bad t4stc from an Artistic point,
ihr pictures have heel current for yeas ia Ger
nary without creating offence.
The largest frozen-ueat ia,tory in the world j.
1T Bauaca>. a suburb Of Bucno- Ayres and I.s-
longs To the sansintna family. The establish
mcnJ i, capable Of output OF 3 j1) sheep per
iiem laDfsi9 mutton carcI->es PER month. Thl
freezing rooms have a capacity oi nearly I1d.gf
cubic teet. and have hanging loom for 6.olJ
-heSp- The >tcrcTuonIs in which the sheep
slowed alter freezing TO await shipment have 4
Ipscity of l50U9 cubic feet. and can contain
upward oi 5o.Gj9 sheep.
The total amo,ut of power estimated a. nee
'--aIy fcr the Paris Exposition i snOp hor~--
power. cf which 5000 Is allotted for lighting
md 5."o tor motive power rpou this aSsrI;up-
lion there i allowed consumption Of iio.en
,ourd- OF steam per hoIr. or. for 2g5 DAYS. ~
hours per day. total of eSI I+01,0a1 pounds
II steam for the entire period This viii rcqIif.
,na tons "f coal day. and the water required
Tor cun,cn-ing purposes Is estimated 1t
han 2s0tcn.hn cubic feet Tor the whole ps'iod
Df the exposition.
Emery coue> nom the Island of NaVo<. in the
Eastern Netiieriauean. wherce it ha- been sv-
ported for tie last two centuries or more. Tha
beds are ia ti- northeast Ct TIE is'dni. There
are about 80 usu engaged in the trade all of
,yhoin have to be married before they are admit
ted into H.. ftItcJnity. The material i mUcli
asd To he dug u,Jt or even blasted. Great fires
Ife lighted ar1lrd the blocks. till the natural
racks expand with the heat. and levers then
inserted to pry them apart This system i
inufd until the biocks reduced in size 10
masses ii cubic foot or les. aud they are then
iipped ii they coal. There i, said To H.
n. $50. .GaD tcti- yet available Makes. and the
asst reported years export $3.50 tons. IL Is
,ue OF the hardest substances known.
Passenger rates are lower on the railroads of
he Urited states than those Of any other coun-
ry in the world, says The New York Press
fire average is about Iii cents mile, as against
30 in England, 2.s5 in Belgium 80 in Ger
many. sos in Austria and $50 in France II
he American rate had been in 1877 l cent
mile than it (Which wolld be less than
he rate in France), the extra cost Ia
he people. and the corresponding profit to the
ailroads Of the United states. would have been
i3D, ,Oto rJb. The difference between the nited
,tatrs and foreign freight Iates i far greater
han that in passenger rates While native
oads haul a ton for O-91 cents Germany charges
80 cents: Belgium. 1.1; Austria. Sc; France.
80 and England lbs. Mr.. Turk SAYS that il
he average cf American freight ratcs were ~
Ugh it is in Belgium. the people in th,
ountry would have paid to the railroads in Isl.
bout sss6. 900 more than they did. II the
stes had been "a high Is they are in England
ie should have paid the reads about 9S5 O01.O .O1J
lorc than did
..JI,rx,.I Cr,Jt-,tcs.