The evening times., 1901-10-11
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The shark holds the record f5r Ionr-dis.aace
swimming shark has been known 20 cover
80 miles IN three days.
According % the census reports London nov
'.nssias i1 - Per cent of the whole population
Of England and Wales
Tie Ia-gest cast bronze statue in ths world
IS that of Peter the Great az s. Petersburg.
lt weighs ]. 100 tons
There is salt enough in the sea % cover
t-ts--noo square miles Of hnd with a Iaver
one mile in thickness-
Farmer Springer. o. Chelsea. VI. raised an
apple ths year OF the wolf ribbon variety
that weighs Just a pound
December -. 1872. win complete 200 wears
since Peter the Great sanctioned the appear
ance of the first Russian newspaper.
In spite o. its capacity for hard work. the
elephant seldom. n ever. sleeps more than four
or. occasionally. i've hours day
The amount Of sold coin in actual circulation
in the world Is estimated BY the Bank Of Eng
land officials % be about SIS tons
The Italian Government has established lab
oratories Of micrography. baterioiogy. and
chemistry in connection with the national
Sanitary Bureau
Niagara. though not the highest waterfall.
holds the record for size Thirty-tyo million
tons Of water roll over the clif in the course
Of a single hour.
In many far Western towns SATURDAY. BALBOA
asceEions are becoming regular features The
attraction brings farmers % town. and at least
Tor one afternoon in the week bushes. b0oms-
The total number Of experiments IN living
animals in the United Kingdom in 800 was
l9,et', z5.0 more than in the previous year
u is stated that but Few Of these experiments
were IN any serious degree painful
Tourists in Egypt can now take q trolley
car IN the main street o. Cairo direct 70 the
Pyramids In a short time a line viii be
built, equipped with American cars, 70 run
from the ocean front SO Piraeus % the Par
taenou 10 Athens
A company is about to open house-boat
hotel az Abbazil. on the Adriatic. This float
ing hotel VIII have accumulation for 100
guests It is also % be =eaworthy. 50 that the
visitor can Toe treated 70 a trip on the Adri-
attic from time 20 time
The smallest exhibit at the Buffalo Exposition
is the hE wasp from California. Il can be
seen only witha microscope The insect l.
an an important ard IN producing the .ruit. and
the United states Government spent $4,000 IN
establishing u IN the Pacific hg region
The French army has quite lately put into
service a number Of new types % cauiages-
These include steam vehicles for Carrying pr0vis-
Ions high-speed carriage, for Use In the trans
mission of dispatches. and Others built like a
cage 70 De used for the conveyance Of carrier
pigeons
An cntcrprising broker in New York writes
class Of insurance that you may require-are.
life, marine. plate glas. burglary. and theft.
accident. liability. rent, lease, profit, steam
boiler. surety bonds. sprinkler leakage, or Use
and OCcuuaucy-'
An American bicyclist had lot Of fun IN
Venice the other day. He took q ride in the
St. Marks Place. Several policemen were soon
after him. but they failed 10 catch bin. until
ther number Was increased % twenty-iour-
he rned 3. which he considered cheap for
the sport he had enjoyed
At the recent matriculation examination oi the
University Of Bresl4u a Young German peasant.
with his mother and sister, passed with hon
ors- The mother came first on the en-ire list.
In order 20 encourage the young man in his
work. his mother and sister had since his
childhood studied his lessons with him
a few nights ago an euploye Of a paper
company in Bellows Falls. VT. demonstrated
uazlsaI eeeestrieisi=s as sonuambulist- He
got up at O'Clock in the morning. harnessed
his team. put a load OF pulp wood into his
wagon and drove down 70 the mil. entirely
unconscious Of what he was doing
The French military authorities are making
use Of an Ingenious invention 20 protect their
carrier pigeons against hawks The apparat1s
consists Of a very tiny whistle and screw at
tached % the pigeon. whose flight causes the
screE % reE1-ve and blow the WHISTLE The
noise e-ectullly scares aEay the enemy
In removing the exhibition buildings in Paris
the foundations have been found Of the palace
that Napoleon began 70 build near the Troca-
dero fo- the King Of Rome Plans were drawn
for larger and more magnificent kromlin with
the Bois de B7uiosue for 10 parS, and t1e i9gnd-
atons were begun After the fall of Napoleon
they were built over and forgotten
IN twenty Of the states Of the country At
various times in recent years the adoption Of
FHEH e=r. Hr-ra rHrrrr
has been submitted 10 the voters, and the az
ETegatC vote IN favor o. compulsory pTlhiDlriuu
was $4,000. But the total vote for any pro-
. hi5ition candidate for the Presidency has never
exceeded 5000.
descriptive article on Norway contains
some striking Instructions for the use Of fire.
escapes. taken from a local hotel. Of which The
following lines are part The plated sldtrer
shah De found IN every roou- To increase
the hurry. let down the body one by one until
-I shall be left The cords shall put out
Z the ground from the shoulder rhereunder-'
! London Is a variable term. It's boundaries be-
iu- different fox different administrative bod
| 5eS Greater London the district under the
metropolitan and City police, has a population
I oi G5-s--s4 according Co the new census an
increase 1f gfI 552 since l,3I- The district IS
made nap hy adding O. the London o- rle adj
u.iuIstr4tlvc county seventeen pppuials s1-lr'7-
} which between them have 2.3i2.753 Iuhza-tlnt5-
A Stras5urg aerouaur says BE has seen an
| eagle at the height Of $500 Yards and asaiu
a pair OF st5rks and a blzzlrI SD yards above
I the sea level On March Io. 1s5o. some aero
u1uts observed a lark fyiag 40 a height %
{ o1s va-.Is- on July Is Is99. another balloon
met a couple gf Crows az altitude of L+1J
Yards These however are cXccr-Iezs- Bro,
are hardly even seen above e height 0t 1919
! ylrIss even above so yards they are not ire
queut.
The liberal use of scent on the hlEdze--hizf
/ destroy the germs In It, owing J9 the action
partly Of the spirit Of the scent and partly
I af the essential oils dissolved in the spirit
saw, London medical journal Before. there
Z fore. We condemn the persons who use --s-t
/ or luxurious habit. We should remember thar
tLey may actually De doing good % their
uri-lhcrs hy VrllticIug the Distribution lt m
I fictitious material
an hour after Colonel Roosevelt took the
/ oath 0f o1fcc Is President, one Of the most ia
nous gun rranui1lrurgrs In the world had artists
/ nc work making a picture 0f his Eyceilcuey
| standing on the pinnacle OF Mount Mercy with
/ q rife at his shoulder aiming at bull moose on
the summit gf Mount Katahiin. The gun. of
/ course was thc product Of the alert mluUiac-
Lurtr. Beneath the picture VAS The weapon
/ With which President Roosevelt kilel moose
1 a few minutes before receiving news that be vas
| President OF tine United states etc There Is
nothing historically correct in the work % art.
I uut iJ answers the purpose for which II Vas
/ intended
John KnHI former collector of customs
/ at St. lives. England. erected uauz7Ieum on
/ the hill overlooking the bay and bcq1eathei