The evening times., 1899-08-22
NOTES OF THE DAY.

| lese Mountains.
The Church of Scotland has forty mine mission
| schools in India, with 5000 pupils.
Buckingham Palace mas scent fountain which
| on state occasions il fed with eau de cologne.
| An artesian well giving flow Of 500 gallons
| minute has been opened at Waterloo. Ontario
africa has very nearly 700 languages and this
fact presents great difficulties 10 missionary ef-
! fort.
The fraternities Of the United States have s.
O00.000 members, the Masons leading with 76s 500
members.
In the British army in India there are about
l;5oo cases of typhoid fever every year. 800 of
| them fatal
The doll is probably the most antique of toys.
1t has been found inside the graves Of children
| OF ancient Rome.
| The most costly parliament in Europe is that
! OF France The senate and Chamber of Deputies
eat up annually sl,500OO0.
| During the fiscal year Of 1s97-'9s the United
/ States sold $4,000 worth OF typewriters in Mex
! leo and $4,000 worth in Argentina
! The sigrette is to disappear from the beadgear
/ OF the British HussarS and Royal Horse srti.-
| lery. and its place will be taken by an ostrich
| plume.
The largest mass Of pure rock salt in the world
| lies under the Province of GaIieia Hungary II
IS known TO be $50 miles long. 20 broad, and 250
/ feet in thickness.
Lord Kelvin in lecture stated that. as a re-
\ suit Of recent Investigations il was estimated
| that the earth had been the abode of life for
| about thirty million years
| The peso. a silver coin, is the monetary unit
| in Central America and Colombia where it Is
| worth ~ cents. The peso of Argentina is worth
| DGiz cents the peso Of Cuba % IL cents. and
| the gold peso of Uruguay S1.OS.
The Canadian government is to subsidize clcc-
1 in adj rn sfaa r.ra-
| is being made for trolley line from Lon
| don. Ontario. TO Goderich- sixty-six miles con-
| Meeting several towns not provided with
| railway facilities
| There is trouble in the Irish courts. The Lord
| Chief Justice of Ireland has just reproyed The
hcDermott. Q. C.. who is attorney general. for
| appearing in court in "unprOfessiOnal costume''
because he were a white waistcoat under his
gown a hot dsy.
! Humorous swinders have been gulIinS the
! British by advertising that on receiving eeFtain
sum they would send the Patent Phoenix Alarm
Safety Cash TIL. ''the greatest Of all inventions,
| afording perfect security to employers" They
| took the money, but sent nothing in return
| Discussion concerning the unmarked grave Of
Senator Plumb Of Kansas has brought cut the
suggestion that every newspaper publisher in
Kansas shall contribute certain amount Of type.
out of which shall be nodded an appropriate
ument, that would have duplicate in the
world
| The Cairo correspondent Of the London Lad
err has been Informed that the aahdi's body
was not entirely DESTROYED as has been stated
when Ondurman taken. The skull which
/ WAS sent to Gordon B-y (Gordon's nephcw1,
| sill exists, and is believed TO be in the Cairo
| citadel.
| Frank /. Richards. of Rochester Y H. has
in his possession a So bill of the old Cont
mental money. which was paid 70 one Of his an
| cestors for service in the Revolutionary army
| II is curious piece Of currency. and Il took
/ bill OF that amount 10 buy 4 pair Of shoes
| one time.
The recent edict of the King of Siam that no
| naked children shall hereafter be allowed in the
| streets of Bangkok under penalty Of fine Is
| proving hardship to parents, as the children
unaccustomed 10 any raiment. cast of what is
put on them a. soon as they out of sight
of their parents
The New York Sun has been telling its read
ers again that Canada is ripe for annexation Il
may be admitted, perhaps. for the suns com
fCrt, says the Montreal Gazette that Canada is
as ripe the Philippines. where a United States
feet and an army Of 81. .0d0 men are debating the
matter with the natives
The most serious epidemic of triehinosis or rec
ord happened in 1855. In the little town of He
dersleben, in Saxony. butcher killed three hogs
and made them into sausages- They eaten
by large number of the inhabitants Of the lit
ately Ill, and 100 died.
Someone asserts that a tremendous waste oc-
| ours in all the fruit-growing districts Of this
country, and that when there is a gIut carloads
are thrown away Most of OreGon's great
prune crop last wear rotted the ground Amer
lea is far behind Europe in itS system Of han
ding and distributing fruit
According 10 the wheel Q.ondon), the po-
lice of St Petersburg affect 10 regard the SKIRT
OF FHa -rfs IlrG
Of the wearer ard the public in general and kaye
laid down law that no lady cyclist shall ride
through the streets Of the Russian capital unless
| clad in the bifurcated garment
| Richard Brownlow. known as the Lancashire
Hermit has Just died near Bolton He began
life as a lawyer. but was afflicted with a disease
that disfgured his face. compelling him to wear
| a mask. He built himself fine country house
on top of a hill at HOrwch. and lived in il for
| fifty years. never leaving his grounds except at
| night
| Paris most fashionable society no longer uses
envelopes but has reverted To the old fashion
of folding up the sheet of paper and closing il
| with sealing wax or waters All sorts Of delicate
colors are employed for the waters, the favorites
being faint heliotr0pe- sky blue. dull gray, tlwn
cream. and robins cgg blue Dark green or red
Is IN had taste
| Every year the Treasurer OF the United States
( is called upon TO redeem millions of banknotes
| constant handling During the fiscal year re-
Gently closed Treasurer Roberts gave new bills
| in exchange for cd TO the amount Of 500 00q.-
] GOO. breaking the record Of the last six years.
This i an indication that, with the return OF
prosperity, money is in free circulation
! Yale's recent reverses in athletics and a vide
discussion of some means 10 regain her oId-tirne
| prestige have revived the proposition to create
chair of athletics in the Yale faculty. and 70 ave
this chair filed by Walter Camp. Vale so. TIE
idea is to have Mr. Camp become the head OF
all the university's athletic interests The en-
dowment of such chair would mean the raising
OF from sa5.o00 to 100000
| A pair of iron stirrups sold for SI3,500
at the Forman sale in London They made
for Matthias CoTveaue King of Hungary, and
partly plated with silver, parcel gilt and chased
each of the outer sides having exquisite border
of translucent eloiSOnne enamel goiri. 6l2
inches high and 6 inches wide The WORK is Ittl
IAN of the end of the fifteenth the begin
ming of the sixteenth century
A German savant has constructed bacillus
proof house. The supply OF air is first forced
through a pipe; it is then filtered through cot
ton wool and lastly Is driven against sheet OF
plate glass coated with giyeerIne Fhls IS sup
pcsed to catch all the bacteria which have not
been seized by the cotton wool. 1t is built en-
tirely of glass that the heat OF the my kill
any stray microbes that have entered by chance
| In "Pearsons'' ". L. Alden writes amusingy
| of slying horses. He says: The mortal terror
of newspapers, to which the most intelli-
| a horse meets a torn newspaper lying in the mid
/ die of the road he is seized with the conviction
| that il is on the point OF tearing him 10 peces,
i bn Fallz into 81