The evening times., 1899-08-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.

In China, to salute anyone by taking of ones
hat is a deliberate insult.
One OF the Buffalo papers runs its entire plant
by electricity furnished from Niagara Fails
The new city directory Of Chicago contains 563,-
400 names, which indicates total population OF
1,9i2,0 ,000.
Nearly 81 900 immigrants entered Canada last
year, of whom 9475 were from England and 9,ll9
from the United States
Warren C. Coleman. Of Concord, y. G., is the
richest eoiOred man in the South HIS income s
invested in cotton mills
Among birds the swan lives TO be the oldest, in :
| extreme reaching 300 years; the falcon mas
| been known to live over 1872 years
The Oldest German coal mines were first worked
| in 1895 They are Worms England did NOT
| begin to mine its coal until the fourteenth CEN
| tury-
The city council OF Montreal is not satisfied with
\ the fender used on the street and proposes
sending committee TO the United States 70 study
/ tenders generally.
The question of proposed loan of 1882 600 is to
! be submitted to the voters of Lancaster. The
| entire amount is planned to be expended in bet
| tering the water service of the city.
| China drew the largest check on the Bank Of
England of which the bank has any record. in
settlement Of the japanese indemnity. II was for
| Ell, ST. l6 shiilinss, and pence
Reading, Pa. is agitating the expediency of
| having paid fire department. while the average
outsider wonders why city with 10000 populs-
ton has not paid FOR such service long ago.
| June bugs are thick in parts Of Germany this
| year. AT Brody school children lately gathered
25 IL hundredweight from sixteen-aere. feld
Someone has figured out that this means 1,27o,ooo
| June bugs
An expedition consisting entirely of women has
been formed in Australia TO explore the solomon
| Islands, the home Of the fercest cannibals known
Hitherto white men have been able 10 penetrate
only few miles inland
In the early days of Rome the ladies of that
city wore such heavy earrings that they made
their ears sore and sometimes tore their lobes
There were doctors whose business was cnieHy
| TO heal thus injured
An Auburn, Me- man says that his tabby is so
well trained that ii has a seat at the table with
the family Its table manners entirely cor
| rect and il uses a napkin with grace seldom
displayed by human being.
For the first time in its history Milwaukee had
colored jury summoned last week 1t was
corners jury and called together 10 hold an
an inquest over the body Of one negro supposed 20
have been killed by another.
woman without arms has been married at
Christchurch. New Zealand. The ring placed
upon the fourth toe of her left foot. simi-
4
Church. Bury ST. Edmunds, IN 1882
Since 1853 the United States Government has
expended in the distribution of seeds and in pro-
muJgation of statistics concerning them s. 46 ,eZ
| The cost of seeds and Of statistics On the seed
question involves expenditure now OF Sl0O,O''
year
The clergymen Of the Methodist. Baptist, Con-
gresational. Presbyterian, Church OF Christ, and
| Lutheran denominations of Ann Arbor, Mich, have
| uenr moi q
| persons except in cases where the unorenclhS
party is granted decree for seriptural reasons
One man, with the assistance Of two "shoekers'
| in Decatur township. Ind, last week cut iorty
| acres of wheat in two days The work was done
with TWO horses and a six-foot binder ana TWO
| pounds Of twine 70 the acre were required 70
bind the wheat This is believed TO beat lhe
| record
The wife of Western millionaire fish packer -
| going on the stage for the sake OF being In an
| artistic atmosphere She says she went through
4 a rigid course of theosophy, Christian science,
p-ychicaI research, and hypnoIisu for the purpose
OF establishing electrical current between AeE-
, self and her audience.
Whenever the Stonewau Jackson Camp Of Con-
fedcrate veterans at Staunton, Va, turns cut 10
hurry a comrade as it did recently, veteran OF
tine civil war who fought on the Union sice IA1iS
| IN with the procession and participates N the
, | ceremonies The Grand Army man OF sucb occd-
sions. wears his uniform and badges, and ne Is
always treated by the COnfederates as brother
Germany. with an approximate population Of
-. .27g SOL has at present 100000 sufferers
from phthisis and, according 10 Prof LsS---E-s
estimates 10000 die annually from the disease:
| The United States has in fifteen years lost moro
| than 100000 by tuberculous diseases, and nom
, | statistics it now appears that in America and
Europe one person IN seven or eight dies OIL tGoer-
/ eulosis
; Arrangements have been completed whereby a
band of forty Creek Indians viii be sent 70 Paris
in 800 to give exhibitions OF the game OF toll :
a sport which combines the principles OF goh- and
Shiuny with the brutality of football only about
twenty Indians are required TO play the ganie, bat
Il IS about fifty exhibitions to be glven- IT VIII
be necessary 10 have score Of substitutes to take
; the places Of those who may be injured
II Frederick Billings, OF Woodstock. Vt. has re
IT | ceived a curious and ancient statue Of Buddha
y from Darpeeling India The piece is Of soliC
u brass and represents the great heathen deity sit
e ting with legs crossed upon ornamental base
q | while n circular bower of leaves in brass rise
I back OF the figure each leaf bearing a socket 10
- incense tapers- The figure is jeweled, and alto
: | gether is very curious piece OF workmanship
% triple rainbow was noticed by several Els
;e | worth, Me- citizens the other afternoon an
d caused considerable comment. The inner an
lie outer bows had their colors in order, :
l. that the colors shaded from red on the extrem
outside to violet, from violet 10 red in the eentr
. and from red to violet in the inner bow Tn
- three bows were considerably separated from on
another and the effect was remarkably beautiful
J. Prof Miguel Marazia has made what
k curious anthropological discovery in the Vale
- OF Rebas (Gerona), at the end OF the Easter
s Pyrenees There exists in this district sons
rs what numerous group Of people, who are ealle
at Nanos (dwarts) by the other inhabitants, and
p matter OF fact, not more than four iet
I'd | in height. Their bodies fairly well bull
hands and feet small, shoulders and hips broa'
sy | making them appear more robust than they real
IN are Their features are peculiar that there Is
:, | mistaking them among others All have red han
the face IS IS broad long. with high cheekbOnC
1T strong developed Jaws and far nose. The eyes a
not horizontal, but somewhat ohlique, like tho
re OF Tartars and Chinese. A few struggling, we;
he hairs are found in the place OF beard The sk
.te is pale and fabby Men and women are 50 mus
ef alike that the only be told from the elot
% ing Though the mouth is large, the lips do n
"A quite cover the large, projecting incisors-. ~
GU Nanos who the butt of the other inhabltani
us ! live entirely bv themselves in Rebas. They i
he terniarry only among themselves. so that their p
* | cuIisrities continue TO be reproduced. Entire
RS | without education. and without any chance
" improving their condition. they lead the lie
- nirialrs They know their own nance, bur rare
=. remember those Of their parents hardly Il
~ where they live and have no idea OF numbers
% We are all. saws the Lancet too much in
ne hurry about what we do We have too many iro
al in the fire. too much business hand at the sar
ed instant. and are far too energetic in sndea
cir ors With deliberatiOn. ealmness. and such
es of strength result from perfect restrair
IT a man may do infnity of work without eitF
'is trouble or injury. Breathess haste, eager al
'eu iety and an excessive expenditure OF energy Z