The evening times., 1899-09-25
NOTES OF THE DAY.
t. Louis ha. an aluminium hand ear.

IL is estimated that about fO00O0 acres OF land
in the United States are planted with vines
A million dollars were spent in stipends to
Presbyeterisn ministers in Canada last year.
The black iaguar of Central America will attack
any man BY night or day whom he finds lying
down.
The Government Bureau of Ethnology has the
services of two women of recognized reputation in
ethnology.
The average duration of yellow fever is a week.
but in graver cases the attack may be preeiPitate
and prove speedily fatal
Among the peculiar attractions at the Paris tx-
position will be a great machine for making
-elouds of all varieties at Will.
Belgium has ..e largest amount Of railroad in
comparison vita its total area, the amount being
S2.2 miles 10 square mile OF area
While Liverpool has greatly increased in i'm
portance a shipping port II mas ior years
steadily declined as a shipbuildiDg centre
All mechanical powers, the screw, lever, pulley,
inclined plane, wedge, wheel. and axle, were
known to the ancients. and used IN everyday me-
Mormonism has taken refuge in Switzerland Re-
Gently published statistics apprise Us that there
fewer than l. 100 Mormons scattered about
the Swiss Republic.
The output of sardines on the Maine coast Is
likely to be increased from 100000 cans IN ls's
10 200O 900 cans this year. in consequence OF the
introduction of new canning machine
Anaesthetics were known in the days Of Homer.
and the Chinese 900 wears ago had preparation
of hemp known 'una 20, 10 deaden pain
something similar to our modern cocaine
A new way of blasting rock IS to place cart
ridge Of water into a shot hole and convert ~
into steam instantly by electricity. This meth
cd is especially applicable in coal mines
DIR. Laborde. French physician, in brochure
the subject. declares that, unless measures ara
taken at once TO prevent it, the French working
class in few years Will become habitual drunk
| ards.
After the convict has served out his term in this
| Maine penitentisry. and has donned the suit Of
clothes given him by the State. he is required 10
! sit for his photograph, and 1t is kept for future
| reference
! The report of the Commissioners in Lnnaey
| states that the number Of Iunaties in Eng
| land and Wales al the beginning Of the present
| wear was los, ,0e5. incTeass of 3sllt compared
| with the previous year
1t is stated that the Welsh tinplate trade is in
better condition at the present time than il has
been for several years, and that upward Of 400
mills or double the number Of seven or eight
| years ago, are in operation
| The Liverpool corporation is about 10 invest
quarter of i million pounds (s1, ,25OGO0) TO pro
vide electricity for street railway and other trae-
! tion. lighting. and all other purposes for which
! In West Africa the natives hiss when they are
astonished; in the New Hebrides when they
| anything beautiful The Basutos applaud a pop
/ ular orator in the assemblies by Kissing him
/ The japanese, again, show their reverence by
! hiss.
| The abolition Of the penny postage stamp Is the
latest proposal that has been made TO the Eng
lish postofHce for the improvement Of the sys-
TEN 1t Is suggested that form of automatic
machine should be employed with slit into
which the letter should be inserted
The hull Of the oldest steam vessel on the Pa
cihc Coast and the second tugboat built in the
United States, was made a bonfire Of on the
West Seattle Beach. TO the delight of large
| number OF excursionists The vessel was the Co
liah, built in New York in ls4S by W. IL Webb
The famous stepping-stones ar Bolton Abbey.
England are picturesque but ike those OF other
rural and romantic streams. they have been the
cause of endless inconvenience, and not few
ugly mishaps- The Duke Of Deyonshire has re-
Gently erected footbridge over the river Just be-
/ low the stepPing-stones-
Forty live sea lions were captured at the santa
Barbara Islands recently for the Zoo at Antwerp.
[ Belgium The lions are lassooed the rocks
| with an ordinary rope, and with much difficulty
/ are landed and Grated ready for Shipment The
/ men hired 10 capture the seals are expert Va
/ gueros. The animals bring about Sl51 each
The largest cargo OF railway material that has
/ ever gone from an American port WIS cleared
/ from Philadelphia saturday last aboard the
I British steamer Puritan II consisted Of forty
/ locomotives and eighteen steel bridges Tor the
/ Chinese Eastern Railway. in course Of con
\ struction under the supervision Of the Russian
/ authorities with the financial aid OF the Russo
/ Chinese Bank. similar cargo Is now loading
/ there destined Tor Russian Black Sea ports
/ Indiars will be admitted hereafter to the Uni
/ for more students than the present enrolment
| without additional expense to the Territory and
the hoard Of regents has directed the president TO
admit 10 the rights and privileges Of the univer-
sitv all applicants for such admission made
/ by or on behalf of the bona hde citizens OF the
| Cherokee. Choctaw. Creek Chickasaw, and semi
I mole Indian nations. upon the same terms dRd
conditions IS prescribed for residents Of Oklahoma
| Territory.
| An epidemic cf absceSses has spread among the
men employed in the mills of Muneie, Ind. Most
! of the sores come upon the hands and foreaEms-
Physicians explain the ai.ment by saying that the
/ excessive heat OF the furnaces, added 10 the al
ready warm temperature Of the summer disorders
I the blood. The erupJi0ns not IafrequeHtiy appear
on the palms Of the hands, and are especially
| painful because Cf the great thickness Of th-
skin The peculiar disease never had been Eo-
I ticed until this summer but there many men
now unable TO attend 70 their work by reason
of it.
1t has been estimated that any crack steamer
leaving New York takes with il bouquets worth
from 5000 10 Sl5.O0O. In a few hours the pass
engers begin TO feel queer, and send the flowers
out Of their rooms. Then they collected by the
stewards, carefully sorted over, and put into the
ice house, and when the vessel reaches her ing
lish port they are sold and the profits divided
among the men. American travellers. when they
land. often buy flowers from English howcrg1rls.
in the belief that they are English blossoms.
when they are really Ihe products OF the gardens
OF New jersey or Long Island.
4 beehive in beer cask was discovered by
the coopers Of Boake. Roberts & Co. on the ar,
rival at Carpenters Road, Stratford East. Of a
truckload Of barrels from Burton-on- Trent, says
the London Globe" swarm of bees had con
structed a quantity Of comb which contained
honey Unfortunately a large proportion Of the
busy insects and their belongings were destroyed
by the workmen before the managers heard OF
the curious discovery They at once took prompt
measures 10 preserve the remainder of the swarm
in a new caSS where the Industrious bees have
evidently commenced a new home, and ap-
parently quite happy.
Some idea of the pictorial postcard craze in
Germany is given by the figures Just published
by cur consul at Frankfort, says the ''London
Globe About 1900 worLmen are employed in
producing these postal souvenirs, and it is esti-
mated that every day about 100 new designs are
| published Allowing for each card issue Oh
| 1909 Only-and this * a modest estimate-it
means total Of 100000 per day. something
like So 000.000 per annum. Since the Introduction
Of the souvenir card the number Of postcards des-
! patched in Germany has increased by Il. 2.O01 O01.
| The latest cards great Improvement the
| earlier ones. and bear etehings by Artists
| OF repute.
Organ pipes made of brown paper are iortu-