The evening times., 1900-09-15
NOTES OF THE DAY.

ages away from St. Joseph and bento2 HafDof,
Mich daily
ir.ser-bitins habit. lie call it onychophagis, from
the Greek, meaning nail eating.
IBtroductiou OF the trolley in the French
Riviera has resulted in injury TO the trolley lines,
which are Of the grouncsd pattern
The best maple syrup comes from the uortt SIDE
OF the tree, bat the flow Is not - large as wien
the tree IS tapped ca the south side.
In Zante ene Of tie Ioniau ISLANDS, there is
petroleum spring which has been known FOR nearly
1909 years 1t IS mentioned ts- Hersdotus.
a Warren, H. razn had to pay the city -
for allowing bis horse 10 eat -gra on The street
w!iie he stepped into house On an Grand
If eggs kept in ea.ld storage are in The vicinity
of spoiled init they VIII taste Of spoiled fruit,
because the smell of the egg, being porous, Al
serbs oTdVIs rapidly.
The largest plurality the popular vote for
PRESIDENTIAL eaEclc3te Was n ls.2' "hgn ries.
cent Grant, running Tor reelection, had I5J,p9-
Ter his first term he had $4,000
There are I002s saloons in the Stz.e OF Ohio,
and they pay tax to the STATE amounting %
$50, ,e5402, The total tax collected from these
saloo3ls last year was SI-55I, ,e3l.e3.
4 happy pair. who were made sriIl happier BY
the miuistIa ions Of 4 New Jersey magistrate VINO
performed their marriage ceremony. te>tfsd their
obligations 10 the justice by presenting him wlsh
a marriage fee OF 70 cents
In Nausitius they make tea Of the leaves OF an
orchid In Peru they drink mate, tea made
from a native species % holly. The Abyssih,lns
make tea from the leaves OF cdtAa edl4Is. winch
has strong stimulating qualities
some idea Of the extent of walnut culture in
California may be formed from The fac5 that
single large association in Southern California
advertised Tor bids fer 2o,90o sacks 70 be used N
the shipping OF the coming crop.
It Is now estimated that the urban population
Of the country, as shown by the new censu=-the
population that Is, Of places containing 5000 IN
hahitants over-will reach % per cent OF the.
total, as against 90 per cent in 1890.
Pasture in the rniIk-raising section tributary
New York has been burned by long continued
dry weather. As result the price Of milk has
gone up and there Is prospect that The poor NIL
nave to do without the article altogether.
There Is an old SWede among the populations
Of Jaan Fernandez, AIexaHdsr SeIkirks Island.
who lives hermlt's life. H rePudiates
ciation with his feEg nelghboEs and suoslsts on
tie product af a small garctn and by fishing
Seaside parties this summer inaueur4ted the I'D
of having toasted Tnarshmdliows Tor dessert alter
i heart, dinner following an embrace in the arms
Of old Neptune. Those who have ;Edused II the
eseuient not prone 10 recuulEllnG II Tor
general adoption.
II tie time OF the Roman occupation 0i Brit
ain fve distinct species OF d g were there, most
of which can win certainty be identified Win
those II the present d4y- fnerr were The houss-
dog, the greyhound, tie bulldog, Tie terrier
and The slovEcund-
Canadian P1ciilc Railway conductors !oeI IN
suited by Being dccosted at unexpected times by
auditors q the company. who board their cars
and d.is4H5 TO look at the records The eondlo,--
ors cali it espionage, aU1 =ay they are Inundated
IN the presence Of I4-zelgers-
The climate Of Guam l. trying in the extreme
The temperature Is elaIer than IN rLe Philippines.
except WHEN there occurs aE interrupt:on Of the
northeast trade WING, curing August 4Id S5ptem-
her Then tie meEsCons sweep OTeE the -aIc and
the heat is almost uuenduTable-
It would Be wise for all tourists going abroad
nowadays to provide themselves WITH passports.
particularly ii they are travelling in Germany,
where a without passport Is of n=cezslt.
more or less under suspicion TniS IS result Uf
recent anarchist demonstrations
Mosquitoes in Alaska in theiE season can give
the New Jersey insect cards and spades aHd then
win cut The poison their bites Estiu into tie
human system has been known to dT5ve men to
suicide. With all their crimes the Jersey mos
quito was never 80 malignant IS that.
When the yerDa-Inate, or native tea CT Para
quay, i cultivated the seeds treated 20 ay'd
bath before planting. This soItens the sseds asi
enables them 10 sPaout n three OF four morIls
Is planted their natural state il requires Vures
or four .cllS Tor the seeds 20 gerIn'nate.
a new range Rnde- has Just been invented
which, It is said, IS great improvement On ali
range-6ndess nov in use The distance Of any
object can be ascertaiued by mere glaEc-
through the instrument, Il being shown q III
Tie dial the moment the object ! focused
The sverige Breton Of today is Ike his fore
fathers Of times beyond reckoning. . sailor.
whose natural accomplishments are unsurpassed
the world over Il Is claimed TIaJ LLe four d.
pa-tmtUfs q Brittany ~Upniy the merchant ma
rine service of France with oHe-ttth OF lts sailors
Glasgow Is not 50 free from taxes a most
Americans believe, for the receipts from lie nuun-
elotls industrial plants belonging 10 tie city
rot allowed by law be used Tor the decrease Il
taxes bur must he used for the improving ana
cLe4peniG+ q the article q which iAe I-oEt "@s
Tads-
IN optimistic English physician says that mod
EN- life i easier, safer, and smoother than lie
! q hundred wears 5go; that young people are
I healthier stronger, AID betteE-growu than tBa1E
/ great grandparents. and thar The complaints =
increasing ncurot!. Tendencies are wholly AZ
/ founded.
| 1t an carrier period in the development CT t..e
art imitation tech were made @s perfect as pos
slble. in respect t both shape and vhireness. 5,
| that their 1cry freedom from blemish often IeT
! deEed their ia!~it: more conspicuous AoW-eilS
the matter Is ba,ter understood and Geiscts are
puposSly H}dde in order 20 contribute to She liH-
| ~lon-
Joseph B. Noble. father Of the first child horn
Of polyeanous marriage in the Mormon Church
~
funeral services were attended ny thirty OF his
children eighsy-foUr OF his grandchildren and
several Of his great grandchildren Mr.. Noble nd
! six wives, forty-scy,n children, OF whom tnIFt4
| three are living, and l24 Grandchildren.
/ The Naval Brigade ship Minnesota since it came
into control OF the State of Massachusetts,, has
been berthed at the Atlas stores. National dock.
! North End Park pier. Commonwealth docks, and
/ Commercial wharf. Now the cid ship must move
| again While Commercial wharf Is being repaired
she will lie at the new Commonwealth pier, South
| Boston, alongside the Boston Tow Boat Company ;
| tugs.
Railroads have taken little interest in acety-
lene gas for car lighting and there have been
many failures in this field. The Chicago, Milwau-
kee and St Paul Railway Company is making
| experiments in the laboratory on generator for
lighting car One advantage OF acetylene Sas
! is that each car can be made separate unit
There are to be service trials OF the apparatus on
the
Daniel De Foe, author OF Robinson Crusoe, first
sold stockings az a means Of livelihood; but even
at that time il seems strict attention to business
did not prevent him from writing numerous pam
phlets on topics OF the day One Of these pr0dIc-
| tions-''The Shortest Way With the DiSSenTeJs =
| was condemned and burned in the House Of Com
mons and DeFoe had to stand three days N the
pillory ca account Of lis authorship.
\ four-foot rattlcsrake, with nine Tattles, was
killed by Ralph Rhodes, oil City, Pa, hoy
last WEEK His d9S .,holed'' i woodchuck and
while the boy was digging the animal out ard
! removing 4 pile Of s,ones, ObstrCcTlng the n0itH
| OF the hole he heard the snake sound its waning
| and killed it by a lucky blow with club. Tas
snake, in addition 10 being four feet long, va: