The evening times., 1899-07-18
NOTES OF THE DAY.

In Berlin the pawnshop is royal and philan-
ihropic institution. Any profit that is made is
spent on charity.
An analyst has made the discovery that Cali
lorna roses contain 20 pr cent more perfume
tian those grown elsewhere
Imports into the rnited states from Samoa
during April amounted to sIs in value; exports
10 Samoa were valued ct s, ,5s7.
A recent report in South Carolina paper Of
4 a murder trial concluded tnus: There seems to
De too many pistols in the courthouse''
,., In memory of the poet Cowper a new museum,
library, and town hall is to he erected at Olney
IN BHekInghamshire, az cost Of about sI5RO
book published in Japan 1000 wears ago
notes that at that tine good silk was already
try.
Mexican railway bond issues have in several
instances risen so psr cent or more since the
opening In 1869 One has advanced 2s points
and another BIZ
1t Is a somewhat curious fact, universally noted
by travellers that lions, tigers and other fierce
earnvora are too weak in hung power TO run
more than a half mile.
The English Bible Society. which in these mat
tiers acts with the American Bible Society. has
trans ated the Bible into TagsI, yieol, and Ia-
euno, three languages in the Philippines
The United States shipped to Asia and Ocean
lea in April, exclusive of shipments to China.
Japan, India, and Australia, more than twice as
much in cotton cloths as il sent in April Is9s.
The manufacture and sale of dolls in Europe
exceed. AT low estimate 2s,Oo0.0OO per annurn
One firm in Paris alone turns out 1000 dolls a,
day. and many other houses make even larger
numbers.
Herr Shehsiard, German scientist, has dis
covered that the aroma Of tobacco is due TO mi
erobes, and it is said he will patent il he can.
process for making cheap cigars smell like
pensive ones.
DIR. Laborde, French physician. in a bro
ehure on the subject, declares that, unless meas
ures are taken at once TO prevent il. the French
working class, in j few years, will become ha-
bitual drunkards.
A bicycle statistician says that in 1s9s the BIZ
cycles in Maine were valued at S324. .42O. The
owners paid S. 100. 80 in taxes on their wheels
OF which amount the State received $3.50, the
rest going to towns
Calico print works use 40OOO,OOO dozen eggs
per year, wine cIarihers use OOOO,OOO dozen, the
photographers and other industries use many
millions. and these demands increase more rap
idly than table demands.
ventilated shoe has been invented in Co.
logne, Prussia. steel spring works a bellows
between the heel and sole and every step the
wearer takes drives a stream Of fresh air through
perforations in the inner sole. 10 every part Of
the foot.
Owing to the high temperature of an scety-
lene fame it has been found Of great value as
an agent in hard soldering The heating power
of this gas Is exceedingly great. and it be
used advantageouSly where connection with or
binary gas mains or electric service cannot be
made.
gator, live longer than bachelors. and are less
likely TO become insane, Another argument for
matrimony Is found in the fact that there are
IS criminals among every 1000 bachelors while
ainoag married men the ratio is only Is per
1000.
Officers of the American and British war ves-
se.s that were at Samoa during the recent
trouble there, viii erect a joint memorial 70
sailors OF the two nations slain in the various
engagements. 1t will be OF granite, with the
names of the British on one tablet, and the
of. the Americans on the other, sur
mounted by the two flags intertwined
An old woman from Tasmania, sauntering
through the Chamber Of Horrors at Melbourne
Wax Works. in Australia. recognized the figure
of a hanged murderer George Chamberlain) as
that of her lons-lost son Up 10 then the poor
old woman had been hoping that her offspring
would turn up at any time with an afectionate
greeting and big bag OF money for mother.
The PrTssian Government is about TO start
sewing schools for the peasants. not the fancy
needlework school familiar in America, but
gIove-sswing schools. 1t appears that while
nearly a million dollars worth OF gloves are
made in Brcslau each year. the gloves have TO
be sent 10 Austria and Belgium TO be sewed.
the German girls never having acquired the
knack.
Five members-elect of the Fifty-sixth Congress
have died since they were chosen Nelson Ding
ley, of the Second Maine district, died January
l3, 1899: William e Greene. OF the Sixth Ne
braska died March IL, 1888; Samuel E Baird,
OF the Fifth Louisiana, died April B. 1s99; Rich
ard p Bland. of the Eighth Missouri, died June
II. and Lorenzo Danford. OF the Sixteenth Ohio,
died June 10. 1880
The carnahuba palm is one of the most val
liable trees in Brazil. From its roots is
tracted a medicine Its stems afford strong,
light fbres which acquire a beautiful lustre,
and serve also for joists, ratters, and other
building materials, well as for stakes for
fences. From part of the tree wines and vine
gar are made. Ii yields kind Of sugar, as
well as a starch resembling Sago.
The Presbyterian Synod which met in New
York last Tuesday has discovered that some Of
the orphans supported by the missionaries in In
dia are old enough to die OF old age, and some
Of the contents of the innumerabIe missionary
boxes which are sent from this country for or
phans go to people long past middle age. The
synod has passed resolution fixing seventeen
wears as the age at which orphans may claim
such care
A man who was in Venice when the news Of
the destruction of Admiral Cervera's squadron
came, and who could not make out the Italian
account very well, took the paper to a certain
professor who speaks almost perfect scholars
English and asked him to translate it. The pro-
fessor did so in excellent style until he came
near the end, when. with little hesitation. he
read: ''And the bard PLAYED the flag with The
city this evening II about a minute before
the man recognized the last piece.
4 letter in Glasgow paper records phe-
nomenon much too unique to be reserved for
Scottish consumption The writer says: An
acquaintance of mine. who lives up North, has
among others Of the feathered tribe a little ban
tam cock. 4 few weeks ago he noticed that it
was locking the worse for slight difference Of
opinion with a canine friend. but did not ex-
anime it closely till his mothers ard sisters
vociferatious brought him in in hurry. There
the bantam picking away at corn. but the
was dropping from rent in the birds
chest just as fast as it was lifted Not wanting
10 kill the. bird. my friend got needle and
some horsehair and stitched up the tear. with
the result that the bird now is as good
new.
England has advanced step beyond other na-
ticns in the use of the bicycle as an adjunct 10
the military service by the introduction of the
motor cycle. IL has been enlisted for the pur-
pose of hauling a Maxim gun. One of these
motOr-hauled Naxims was shown at the eastern
maneuvers OF the Twenty-eighth Middlesex ey-
clists, V. X. c., which took place at Adershot-
The cycle which the gun. OF the regula-
tiOn pattern. mounted derived its power
from a two horsepower oil motor, which was