The evening times., 1899-02-14
NOTES OF THE DAY.

1000 years old More than 1900 Of its editors
have been beheaded
A well-known collector once paid 500 tor
single leaf with which to make his first folio of
Shakespeare perfect copy.
In London a paving stone which weighed 5o1
pounds. and which wedged in on all sides iy
other stones, lifted up by mushroom
The word "sidar.'' which has been 50 frequent
ly used since the exploits OF Lord Kitchener. !
contraction Of the Arabic word "Sayer ed Oar
Ropes that viii not sink when thrown into the
water are proving very useful. They made u
a core composed Of pieces Of cork, covered Win
cotton.
AT Binioni the volume Of the warm water OF
the gulf stream is sixty times as great the
combined volume Of all the rivers in the world &r
their mouths
Miss Lenor LindbIom has just made formal APP
pheation for admission to the Chicago Board Of
Trade, the processes OF which she has studied
her fathers Office since 1898.
There has been no religious census in France
since 1872 All religions are equal before tiie
/ law. and have allowances from the public treas
ury in proportion to their numbers
The term '-tabby eat is derived from Atab.
/ famous street in Bagdad inhabited by the
facturers Of slken stuifs called Atihi or tadety
| This stuff is with waved markings Of
tered silk, resembling tabby eats back
| A London man, who always takes cigar when
J invited out TO dinner, though he does not smoke
has now collection Of hall a ctuturys aceumi-
latiOns. each cigar wrapped up and labelled with
the GATE and occasion on which it was taken
The morocoto i a fsh which Is found in the
orinoco River. and is peculiar in that it h'>
moIar teeth. so that it is able to Thoroughly
chew its food before swallowing it. Un.ike other
| fish which feed all sorts Of things, the moro
/ cOtO lives only on vegetables
i Tsr.-. pr.sl
has had debate lasting several hours to decide
/ whether women doctors should or should not be-
/ admitted 10 membership - the society- \
/ luton finally voted 70 revise the statutes ot
the society 10 allow OI their admission
| Ninety-cne members voted for and 1 against
] In North America one Of the largest Of the
weasel family is the fisher very large beng
Z furred polecat. living mainly by the wateTside.
and. ike many Gthefs OF Ine tribe. very partial
nsh. " weighs about sixteen pounds, and ~
long richiy-coIore Iur i exported in great gIag-
titles To different parts Of Europe, though not
often used in this country.
An Ants semitic theatre Is 10 be opened soon
in Vienna 1t is especially designed as It's name
indicates. 10 spread, according 10 its means. or.
rather. to increase in the Austrian public. rhe
hatred Of the Jews that J. already dangerr-S
q sentiment among a certain portion of the pop
ulaticn All works hy Jewish writers viii be care
fully excluded from it, stage, and only pieces
VIII De paved Jhdt represent tle Jews IN On
antipathctic 0di0U- light.
Certain physicians al Europe have attempted 10
TX the time Of DAY at which most deaths occur
From many thousand ea-e- Glasgow mesiicaI
man is inclined 70 believe that a m. j. the
fayorite farewell hour; Berlin doctor hnds rbe
time TO be- from 20 3 m; another observer
gives II . 10 4 M FOR men, and tse evening
hours for women; Italian authority has foUnd
the afternoon 10 be the usual time, and PeTis
hospital attendant has noted hull in deaths
from 70 N p n.
The most expensive material ever produced for
= dress purchased by the German Empress
last year from Lyons Il white silk bro
eade, having flowers, birds. and foliage in reliet.
and cost SI35 a yard. tue actyal value oi the lav
silk. IL is said. being 500. The Empress
struck with its beauty that she had not tAe
heart TO cut il up and IL was eventually turned
into curtains. The price paid for this mafergI
i about double muth the fareous cinrh
Of gold that Louis AN had made into dre-~-
ing-sOwn-
The Rev. Patrick Watson. vicar Of EsriSfslI.
a great authority on the Holy Land. who las
Just died Cairo. was 4 s;ickIe- for acegra y-
An amusing paSsags Of aims once took place he
tween him and the present Archbishop Of aHIsT-
bury. A committee report under cousideIJ-
tion. and Mr.. Watson objected t. the heading.
Removal of PFemiSes- the ground that the
| things inside the premises removed. and
| pect you often tell youT wife the kettle hoiiS.
but it doesn't. The meeting roared with laugh
| Ter and passed on 70 the next business.
Major e, W Ford. OF the Kansas eoIored s---
iment in Cuba, writes follows Of funeral
. toms in the island: Il Wa sitting in hal-e
: TODAY in san Luis. locking oGt in the street,
/ when | noticed Z crowd If CiItans coming aIou-.
the street talking and smoking cigars kaeyS
At IL fuLe-dl procession Pailhe&re- :
Fand everyone else putting away az JhciI
I cigars Women reyer attend funerals here. The
coffin 81 a dazzling blue COiCr. and that
[ I had seen many times before for they d. r"-
bury the coffin with the body. When they reach
I the cemetery the body l. takea ont wrapped iu
grave clothes and the coffin brought back -'I--
ned, and used for future occasions The grave
IS from fourteen 10 eighteen inches deep
The original plan prepared by George S5epi.r-
son and his for The first line Of railway frenl
Birmingham 10 London was sold the other day
in the latter city. II bears the autograph sigma
ture Of Robert Stephenson. p. r :. NJ F.. pres
| idenJ Of the Institute oi Civil Engineers. who
| died in I>59. and buried IN Westminster Ah-
bey. The plan, which i drawn 10 the scale oi
four inches To the mile. i all The more valuable
seeing that the copies at IL. which duly de-
posted in the private bill Office AZ the time were
destroyed in the disastrous hre which broke ont
at the Palace Of Westminster in 1854 The bills
relating 10 this great undertaking were passed on
May t. 1>;SS. during the reign oi William "
and the work was begun June I, in the fol-
| lowing year.
Methods of rendering nitrogen Of the air availa-
BE in agriculture are being considered on ac-
Of the theory held by certain scientists that
the amount Of this element found in the earth
is being exhausted \ process to accomplish thi,
end has lately been proposed by VI. NOiSSdn in
connection with his recent Undiscovered method
Of producing pure calcium. The plan suggested
consists in bringing the calcium into contact
with nitrogen at a high temperature, when the
metal changes IN color from white 10 yellow,
until il taxes fire a low red heat and burns
forming brUnzecolored nitride. II this calcium
nitride is thrown into water it decompoSes with
efferyeseeDce. producing ammonia and calcium
hyGirate- The metallic calcium Is produced by
means OF the electric furnace, the nitrogen Is
free IN the atmosphere. and the ammonia OBJ
tanned be used for any Of the Agricultural
or Industrial compounds in which il is desired.
Mr. Mchea. leading English physician ba,
advocated a most original method OF treating
diseases. says the New York Herald He cure,
his patients by fright. lie had observed that IL
certain ssIdden shock or fright produced
healing effect upon the patient He then carrie,
! his idea into effect By writing and sending % tht
patient anonymous letters. which contained every
thing uncomplimentsry he could think Of. are
| TO which the bTavesJ would not afiN his name
Excitement Of the patient at receipt Of such ;
letter and the concentration Of his mind upUI
the problem Of finding out the author OF tEi
abuse would cause decided change. and nlelaH
, choly hypochGndTia would SoOn take wings
DIR. NiChea has tried every sort OF frightenin.
, methods. and. according TO his statement tn
effect is always beneficial II Is an acknowledge,
fact. he says. that rheumatic patients who hav
either witnessed or experienced a railroad acci
, dent begin TO recover from their malady. HyS
terica and epileptical eases are eurahie by thi
fright method, he asserts while deaf and dami
persons, have. in several instances regained hear
ing and speech through the same means 81