The evening times., 1901-07-23
NOTES OF THE DAY.

/ itS cahat htsseIl
There are nearly eighty cities in British In
| dia with over 5000 inhabitants
| rho principal frsternal organizations Of the
| United states and Canada have membership
| OF 5.723.0IG The Odd Fellows have ]. I.02507s
/ members and there about s95.6s0 Free Ma
/ sons.
/ The census returns Of manufactures in Rhode
/ Island show that the percentage Of capital IN
( vested in manufacturing has isereased s62 per
cent since Issss, while the value 0f the products
| has iucFeeSed only 22.5 per cent
| DH.ng the recent Ashsntee campaign the
megaphoue was tried BY the British officers for
| giving orders. since the columns trave-sfng
through the African bash were 80 long that
/ IL WIS impossible 10 convey orders IN the usual
\ way. The experiment was Unsuccessful how
1 ever. because the thick jungle and the uindinE
| paths prevented the sound from travelling.
Cleveland is the field of activity of an IAN
/ kle bug which promises TO rival the '-kisSiJ<
| bug IN evil nO3oTiety- i Is partial 20 low
/ sioes and openwoTk hoSiery. and its b!te il
/ said to be 50 severe that the swelling sometimes
! extends % TIE knee. In some cases the victim
/ has been crippled for a week more. The
local scientists have not yet discovered the in
| sect that causes the mischief.
Statistics published by the telephone compa-
mics show that more than $50 farmers within
a radius Of thirty miles OF the city limits Of
Chicago have teIepF9nes in connection With
regular exchange connecting the county seats
and other towns and aIT can be reached from
Chicago Besides this showing, there
| fnerous country people who their own tele-
phones on private lines with neishbors-
The prize Of 500 offered some time ago By
! the Association des IndustFieIIes Of France for
/ the best insulated gEJye for electricians vas
won by Franz CTouth- % Cologne The prize
winning glove had electrical resistance Of
/ 500 megohms and in breakdown test It
witirstood a pressure Of I1,0oo volts for three
being penetrated The glove Is oi rubber lined
with tricot.
An experiment was lately made at one Of the
/ geological gardens to see what effect catnip
would have on the wild animals The tigers and
the puma would not touch It but the lions the
lionesses, and the leopard went fairly wild
IL The stately old lion played with il, snelIe,f
It. and licked 1t, Just as If he we're domestic
cat. and the leopard picked IT up IN her paw.
took long shifts At It, and rolled over it IN
perfect delight
From France and not America comes the latest
novelty in inSuraHces, saws a London correspond
ent- Up to the present the Yankees have led
the way IN innovations and many Of them
have heeH popular that they have ben grated
on 10 English and French systems but 30 far
American company has been bold enough to
insure a candidate for Parliamentary houoTs
againzt E5sS OF failing at the polls French
company. however, has undertaken this work
Louis Nsrt51s, OF Yarmouth, Eng. has Per
sian cat Iicir daily take turns with cropper
pigeon /. sitting upon the Iatter's eggs He
had noticed pussy enter the pigeon cote several
times and kept watch She has for niuc DAYS
gone each morning between and o'clock
through the entrance used by the pigeon into
the locker, and remained upon the nest until
or O'clock p III Twice. when the pigeon
was slow 10 leave. the cat pushed Il of with
her paw, and then stretched herself upon the
nest
Texas is becoming very gay State GeoIogist
DUmble mas disclosed to the people Of that
State sources Of mineral wealth that are as
founding lie says that in county alone.
that Of Cherokee. there are 6C0,edO0OG tons OF
rich iron ore in sight and that in east Texas
a whole there are Geo tons And
By the side q this ore lies all the coal neceS-
saTy 70 work the into shape The Geolo-
gist makes the fat statement that mo couR-
try IL the world has cheaper material for
smelling iron than east Texas
At Little D,Enrnovv. IN Essex, Stitch Of bacon
IS given yearly TO such married couples as can
declare upon oath that they have been true to
each other. have not quarreled, and have not
wished themselves unmarried for a year and a
day A jury i eTnPs8eied 10 enquire into the
cases ct any claimants to the fiteb, and,
the jury being satisfied, II i awarded 10 the
happy couple The custom established in
I444, and although II fell ito disuse for maEy
years, it revived in lsa8. and has taken pisee
every year since The number % claimants has
ranged from two TO nine
woman OF New Britain. Conn. who Is
Christian Scientist. IHaiutSins that mosquitoes
have brains and reasoning p0SeTs. tbat It IS
outrageous TO Kill the Little harmless in
sects-" and that all that Is necessary i 10 res
with them She says: sIf mosquito 5
troubling you Just speak 10 him kindly and say.
Look here ny friend, You leave alone and
III leave you alone Then believe that he
won't bite youi Even if h does his sting
wont hUEt. have done this for years. and
no0 enjoy having the pretty little things
around and listening to their musical buzz
The War Office following the lead Of France
has approached the postofiee With view TO
attaining for the army the privilege OF hav-
ing letters carried throughout the Empire for
one hali-penuy, says 4 London newspaper This
privilege viii not be extended TO officers. but
solely 10 PrivaJeS ard non-comuis>ioned officers
with the cOioTS- These on active service are nov
ailowed-When stamps not aylil2ble-t0 have
their letters carried post free and this cOnCes-
sion has induced the authorizes to emulate the
example OF the French War Office. whose sol
djers allowed 10 post two letters a month
fTee Of cost
The latest remedy for mesquite bites was
accidentally discovered by DR.. Toges Director
of the National Board Of Health at Buenos
Ayrcs, during his trip 10 Paraguay 10 study
the plague He had been supplied with all
sorts of remedies among them aaPhthalene. an ar
bgt which. using II for mosquito bites. he
found Of surprising efficiency IL neItTsiized
the poison when the spot bitten was
greatly infaTued- II fresh bites be rubbed with
naphthaleHe. the doctor SAYS that no swelling
results He thinks it almost 4 specific for
mosquito bites
In 1882 the Government issued 4 very care
fully prepared map OF the Niagara Falls ter
ritory In 1871 II issued second or compaIa-
tive map. by which il was shown that the fails
bad reccded 2o4 feet. Though It Is claimed thlt
the river IS comparatively you.g. scientists n
Sist that t must have taken at least 7GtJ ve5rs
for II TO TcCCdc from the commencement Of the
precipice at Lake Ontario Still Others claim
that that 700 years is too low estimate but
regular system Of records Is kept by bOJf
the English and American Governmuts. SO "
shall be able 10 know moYe accurately the wOrc
of this turbulent waterway
It Is said that Edison deSpises music AID
that Nikola Tesla Is peculiarly averse 10 Is
charms That Is a strange freak Many p
lieve that a person who does not love music
has no soul. But some of the acknowledged
geuiuses Of history, among them true poets.
could not bear the sound Of the sweetest mel
oty- Byron had e-lr for music, and neither
vocal instrumental afforded MIN the slight
est pleasure Edurnd Burke, whose oratory
music 10 his aG.Iisnces. hated music Charles
James Fox, another great orator; Daniel O'COn-
nell still another: William Pitt. third; Rob
the sound Of music
Uncle sam IS 81 bound up with red tape
that he sometimes has TO take money out Of
one pocket and put II IN another Occasionally
he pay its back into the same pocket again As