The evening times., 1899-03-04
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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church in London still possesses an income
originally given 10 it for the purpose Of buying
faggots for burning heretics.
Connecticut holds the record in the invention
line. the s3l patents granted TO its citizens in
ISIS being in excess Of those granted to any
other State.
In case Canada becomes a part of the United
State a native AissoUTian proposes the State
motto for Greater America: Omitted sc Stand,
Divided by Niagara Falls.
The word spread" as a slang word origin
ated at Cambridge University. It did not imply
protllse feast, however. bat a poor one, spread
over the table to make show
Poetic justice has been dealt to a British
sportsman, who died of blood poisoning brought
about by the scratch OF a wild rabbit he
letting loose for the hounds N 4 eOursing match
In France when a convict IS sentenced TO
death by the guilIotine the day Of his execution
is not named in his presence, and he knows not
when he is TO he led forth until within fifteen
minutes Of the fatal moment.
Gerhardt Eauptmann's s'FuhrmaEn Henschel''
has received the GriIlparzer prize Of 248O forms
from the Vienna Academy Of Sciences as being
''the best German dramatic work performed on
any stage within the last three years
Last season the oueen's stable at Buckingham
Palace contained II3 horses, incluiing about =
for saddle Use, not an extraordinary number
when il Is considered that there are nober:c-t
and gentlemen who keep many, more.
Lord JefTries' bloody assize'' has been OUT
done by Mr.. Bonner, an English lawyer. sent
to Sierra Leone to try the natives who rebellel
last year. lie condemned 151 men 10 death.
of whom eishty-one have been executed already
Senator Ross of Vermont lives in handsome
house about a mile and a half from St johns
bury. IIis residence overIooks the beautiful Pas
slImpslc Valley. The senator takes great de-
light m his farm, TO the cultivation oi which
lie gives much personal attention
II j. said that the total receipts from tie
taxes mixed fO,Ir since August IA, Is~
when the law went into effect. have been > l,l
while the expenses Of collecting this sum las
been $500 The receipts in December wei.
S47l, and the cost Of collecting Sa,Ss1-
At the last meeting Of the Victoria Institute.
of London Mr. PiEches OF the British Museum
said that some old records recently discovered
in tine ruins Of Nincyah told the Biblical story
Of the tall Of Ean, representing the tree OF lifs
a vine and the tEec of knowledge as 4 cedar
In official French investigation Of recent
boiler explosions. fifteen in number, not one
OF the boilers was found 70 have had tubes q
iron steel. the tubes being Of brass in four
teen eases and Of copper in one In eight *
the boilers the tubes were more than iOuT inches
/ in diameter.
A German doctor. who has been collecting
information about the habits of long lived per-
sonz. hnds that the majority Of those vino a.
tanned o,d age indaIzed in late hours. Eight
out cf ten persons over eighty never went %
bed till well into the sIrau hours ard did Rot
get up again TIL late in the day
\ horned rabbit was killed by George W Ter
rir, OF Jewell county, Kan, the other day, and
is now on exhibition at the pos,oface az Robin
son. The horns grew on top Of the animals
head, between the ears and are three inches in
length While not considered a rarity IN that
section. this species Of rabbit IS by no means
common
A Western editor running the mOJto. We
Tell the Truth" At the head Of his paper Tha
| other day. however. he was compelled 70
counter several gentlemen. who objected 70 ths
truth being told. and a. a consequence the motto
disappeared and the following notice was print
ed: Until recover from the injuries To-
Gently received. this paper viii lie Ike the rest
OF them"
4 writer in the current ''COsmopo,itSu.' who
is familiar with life in the Philippines. ssys
that philippine means a person Of pure Spaa-
ish extraction born in the Philippine Islands.
The people Of mixed blood are Nestizos. while
the SpsnidTJi> call the aborigines indians TIE
same writer saws THAT the Indians OF I.uzOn hare
those Of Panay. while both cordially hated
by tie MahOR.etaLs OF MlHdInaO-
William johnson. Of Brandenburs Nv, claims
10 own the longest shotgun in the country He
mad,. the weapon himself for the purpose q
killing ducks but found when it Wis finished
that az ordinary range it would blow a duck
to atoms. The barrels are six feet long and
measure four inches IN diameter outside ard
one and One-hdIf inches inside The weapon
weighs 1$2 pounds, and carries lj0J yarcs-
\ French court has Just made decision TINT
establishes the point in France that when l
bicyeIi,t j. attacked by a dog. and in attempts
ing 10 drive il on meets with injury, the owner
OF the dog il Liable. The plaintiff in the ease
lost his balance in c'.a-ti-ing the dog that pTr
sued him. fell of. hurt his left wrist. and
smashed a valuable cigarette case that he VI5
carrying in his pocket He claimed damages ot
SItsi, and so was awarded him.
The father of Mark Twain Is buried in an uu-
marked grave in a little cemetery at sand Hill,
a small place nsIr Ru,le,lse. Scotland county.
| Some time age There was talk about having the
coffin removed, but a. there WIS great uncertainty
| about its exact location. the idea was aban-
doned. Many wears ago sand Iiill N1S Ot
/ the most prominent towns in North Missouri,
/ and the county seat II four different cofntIe~.
| hut il : merely hamlet on the santa ta
! Road.
I
I Insects to get drunk. sIy<. An intoxicated bee
was carried to my laboratory FOR dissection aEd
| microscopic investigation The insect was %
/ drunk that when placed upon its back IL hlI
the greatest difficulty in getting upon its leg,
! vet when a cosmos blossom was brought with
/ in two inches oi its head the be- thrust out IL
| proboScis and staggered toward it. u nmeii-
/ diatcly began to suck the nectar. and in a f.v
| moments tHEIhlt1 over. drunken. scnSccSs. al.
most inert little mIss-I victim ot Ippetiss.'
An old clock three iect in height WIS recently
| given to i Warren. IL. aeadem5 iaE the Use %
! the cLlss in physics IN demonstrating the law :
! Of the pendulum When set up IL the laboratory
| the clock refused 70 keep time Miss Mary T..
Gloss, an instructor, Investigated tine cause, an I
| found roll of banSncteS aggregatihg s242 tUrk-
ed away IN the clocks works. The outer bill
| had been rusted through. and OF 5he iSSun
of lSS2 IL has been sent to Washington and
| redeemed. The clock had been for a long time
slowed away 4 useless piece of furniture
In ecclesiastical Iaw terrier is book which
is supposed to be Kept in every parish. and in
| which there i record of the sources OF its
revenue and particularly of its lands (terrae in
Latin, terres in French. whence the word t-r.
rier). OF course, it Is the duty as well as tht
interest OF every pasSon to sce that the terrier
of his parish i well kept bur the duty i oisez
| neglected DuIinG the early days OF the incaHI.
I benCy Of 4 paTSOn who rather foDd Of sport
! he received from his bishop formal letter oj
enquiry several matters, to which be va:
| requested to give When he to the
question: DO you keep terrier?" the Eood'
uatured parson replied: NO; bur I have fWS
| well-bred pointers. and Your lOrtlship Is W'lf
come to one OF them II you care 10 have il
French cieFicai rapcr o. recent issge de.
| scribes an electrical barber shop recently fitted