The evening times., 1899-01-27
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Experts say the electricity in a lightning fash
Is not very great, but the voltage is enormous
The Norwegian corps of skaters, force peeuI-
lar to the army of that country, Is a body Of sol
diers armed with rifles, vino can be nsaneuvered
upon ice or over the snow fields OF the mountains
with rapidity equal 10 that OF the best trained
cavalry.
The deepest hole in the earth is near Ketschau.
Germany. 1t is 5,7S5 feet in depth, and is for
geological research oEly. The drilling was begIa
in 1850, and stopped six years later because the
engineers were unable with their Instruments 7"
go deeper.
In the crop of a duck dressed at the house Of
". p Doekhorn. Of Oskaloosa. Kan, found
good-sized lump Of gold ANY mining excite
which might have resulted was sIlayed by
the subsequent discovery that the nugget was tie
artificial crown OF tooth
The postmastership of Pembroke. Ne. is said
to have been held by one family longer than
that Of any other town in the country. William
kiiby was appointed to the Office in 1900 and his
direct descendants have handled the mails Of the
little village ever since his retirement IN 1Sio
The opening of the Soudan by General Kitch-
ener will decrease the price Of girafTes and q
hippopotami- Before this region opered the
prices OF these two species advanced
high that the animals were quite luxury \
short time ago single baby hippopotamus sold
for 5000"
An old gravedigger who lived in a village at
the foot Of the Grampians was one GAY complain
ing about the dullness Of the times Man. John.
Is trade that bad wi yeT' said sympathjzing
neighbOr. Bad, returned John. bringing his
staff down with impatient gesture. Il I,avena
buried leevin' sowl this sax week
The prospect of an epidemic OF bu5onic plague
is terrifying people in all parts OF Europe The
plague RACES persistenty in India. but there il
no greater danger To Europe than ghere has
/ been at any time for two years France j.
thought 70 be the most Insecure Of anv Of the
European nations, and precautions being Ob-
served.
/ The new firepFoof curtain for the Paris Opera
House, to be lowered after each representation or
in the of accident or panic viii be made Of
aluminium plates .3.2 Of an inch ihick. Il feet
! by feet S-s inches wide. representing sur
face OF nearly S229 feet square, weighing I5 tons
/ whereas a similar curtain made Of iron would
/ weigh nearly FIVE tons.
/ The Greuadier Guards i the only regiment IN
/ which the Prince OF Wales really served as I
/ soldier II in the First Battalion Of that
most distinguished regiment that he served L
/ subalterH. and learned his drill. lie was sta
/ toned with them 81 the Currlgh Camp. kildare.
/ in the year ISIS, and made himself highly pOpu-
/ lar with all ranks Of every corps stationed in
/ that salubTioJs camp
/ The King Of Siam has ordered medal 10 he
! struck in comuernoration Of his tour IN Europe
last year. and to perpetuate record of his trav-
i els in foreign parts. Repcas Of the medal have
I by his direction, been presented to the govern
/ meHt of each country visited by HIM The one
j sent 10 London by the SIImese government has
been recently placed in the national collection
! Of medals in the British Museum.
/ Tie Duran. OF snow hurricane cf the Plrnirs i
I meteorological phenomenon Of great interest.
! Even in midsummer the temperature during a
snow Duran frequently falls to II degrees Fahren-
heit while in the winter OF 1892 as II dropped To-
- degrees below at the end Of January. Tha
7 buran comes with startling s;lddeunrss the at
mospheIe growing dark with whiriinz suox-fakes
where scarcely minute before the SKY wgs per
fectly clear.
of all tie curious places on which some church
built, perhaps the strangest i tl11 Of -
Johns Church at Bristol. England. which Is built
on lrehway- Besides the arcbway which runs
uEder II for trafte there Is also lesser one for
foot passengers These formed the gate Cf st.
Johns, the principal entrance 10 the ancient cfty
of Bristol. The thickness Of the wall may he cal
culated from the fact IlLIE the gateway Is about
seventeen yards long.
| The useful beetle known as Novius CARDINALS.
and employed in California 70 eat up The white
/ or tuted scale insects OF the orange groves has
been exported TO Portugal for the same purpose.
. The beetles were packed in moss. with a gBlSn-
MY ef scale insects 10 eat and sent b. mail to
, Lisbon only few reached their destination
alive but they are prolific. and in a few months
thousands were available for work Ca the Ssal,.
i Insects wilieh iufr>y The grange groves of the
! Tagu>.
One of The most Interesting ard novel effects
| in the new drama a. the Princes. SIys the
''Lou'ion Evening News Is the demonstration Of
mechanically produced hypuoJisln b. means ~
/ the revolving crystal globe thai gives IT. mans.
to tie piece This gicbc which Is the latest in
[ ventiou OF the French HsSenrisEs. has such pow
eT that the actors and actresses the stage have
| 70 exercise great care 10 keep their eyes away
from IL There Is To ri-k To the audience. a. The
globe i focused ''Up-staSe.''
! The latest example of lese ,naieS.e in Germany
: apparently more tiyertin2 than s-riouS TL,
/ offence occurred >pandau. near Berlin. anF
the offender Is q @JonewI~au with J numerous
/ family The mason was simply having dinner
IN the bosom OF his family when he let fall ~uss.
observations which were not exactly compliment
| aty to the Kaiser 10 his great surprise. his
I wife did more than dissent from his views: shl.
/ went To the nearest police station and denounced
her husband who was Immediately arrested.
/ At the dedicltion of Kansas Guys new public.
+ building. the convention hall. the other 6av
/ 700 presents were distributed 10 the holders az
! lucky numbers in mammoth prize drawing The.
gigantic rattle was gotten Up to help pay for the
/ convention hall. and I6G,0O0 tickets had been
! sold 1t = cents each The prizes ranged in value
/ nom lt-cent sheet ot mCsic 10 5000 house
/ ana iot Nofe money was raised hy the sale at
- each of thousands oi convention hail buttons
/ each o which entitled the holder 10 one sGare.
| OF stock in the building company.
The Memoirs OF the Princes Netterni,b.
companion OF the Empress Eugene in her fight
I from ihe tulerlcS and fUr ten years the fore
most figure among the ladies Of the imperial
court, viii be one Of the interesting books Of
the year. At the end Of her prosperity the
clever. ready-witted princess loved show. Her
diamonds and dresses and high-stcpprr- Were the
envy of fashionable. frivolous Paris, Iad Sil.
could if she would draw many curious word
picture OF the Third NaQoleon's court
AR Arkansas farmer. who was a delezaie at n
recent convention in Little Roo,. WAS greeted b.
a felIow-farmer and delegate the morning after
his arrival and asked how he ielt. Mighty
poorly the reply: ''dida't sleep a wink
| the whole night through. why What the
matter?'' asked the other. There was gol-
darned light shining right in my eyes all night
| long why didn't YOU get up and blow it
! out.'' BLOW it out2'' the repiy- How
| could blow il out when the blamed thing WIS
| shut up in bottle
The HawesviIle. Ky, Clarion SAYS that ''tn-
Gle jim Scott OF that place. who has jus; died,
| survives him. They were sold and scns to differ
ent sections OF the country. and were lost 70 one
another for more than ifty years In that time
| each had married and buried another partner
| -Four years ago was brought to light, in his
! deayor To secure a pension. the existence OF the
! wife Of his young manhood in Louisville. y
| reunion followed, the pension secured. and
| the old couple lived happily together until his
| DEATH
Walter RotlschiId, the eldest Of Lord RethS-
child, of Tring Park. thirty years old and
| the successor in Parliament of Baron Ferdinand
| De Rothschild, recently dead, is keenly interest;
! ed in zoology. He has written extensively On
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