The evening times., 1899-12-30
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Syracuse University will make its first expert
ment with the dormitory system ars TIE finishing
OF Winchell Hall, for which ground has been
broken.
has been formed in Australia to explore the Solo
mon Islands, the home Of the tsrSasts Garpibals
known.
1t is ascertained on scientific data that the air
resistance TO 4 railway train of average weight
moving sixty miles hour is II 374 pcun,ls-near-
ly six tons.
In Milwaukee recently nineteen sspirants for the
position Of keeper of city na,atoriu.r were re-
quired TO plunge into the tank in their street
clothing and swim. 1t part of civil service
examination.
Milan possesses one of tine most curious cIocFs
in the world. IL is made entirely OF bread and is
the handiwork of a native of India. who spent
three years in constructing it. IL n of iaif size
and goes well.
All New York city contractors wishing permits
for blasting will have TO make application to a
board of examiners first and then send man
who must pass the examination, which is TO be
a practical one.
British imports of tin during October increased
over 1893, in quantity 90 per cent and in value
2s1% per cent. Quantity Of copper imported in
creased 6i1z per cent; of iron ore, 1sA per cent;
of jute 1l3 per cent.
The cultivation OF coffee on the northern coasts
Of Queensland is stated to be becoming an i'm
portant industry. Growers said to be making
preparations TO export to Britain coffee in 4
ground and timed condition.
Wives in Tanganyika are considered luxury.
and even in Zululand they cost from $50 to $500.
but on the Tsnganyika plateau can be had for
five or six goats. One goat equals Is to 20 cents,
therefore one wife equals Sl-2o.
In Santiago in the better class of houses, the
beds ara na.d vit clio EipI Of
netting, beginning at the floor and gathered at
the top. This is intended protection against
tarantulas, the bites of which poisonous.
The Second Northsmptons, who have gone TO
the Cape, are the best shooting battalion in the
army. 1t is said they got this position from the
fact Of their being at Majuha in ISL. where they
learned the value of accurate shooting lesson
they have never forgotten.
The potato crop Of this country this year is one
of the largest ever raised. The yield Il estimated
al 2I2 OO0 eco bushels about 5000 900 bushels
larger than in Is9s. and Is 00),001 bushels 1arger
than in lss1. The WELD per this year is
about eishty-one bushels.
To rapidly decrease the of a canoe sail
new recfng device has light brace set in the
sail parallel to the boom. the latter being
pended in brackets which allow il to be Tevolved
by pulling cord. thus winding up the sail and
drawing it down on the mast.
kish island of that name lying of the coast of
Asia Minor, possesses the oldest tree in the world
| Cnder its shade HppOcT1tes incucated his, dis
ciples in his methods and views concerning the
healing art two thousand years ago.
Near Deer Gulch. Wash, the leader Of 700
sheep jumped over precipice and the remainder
followed it, Tie narrator saws that after 3j9
were killed they made a pile high enough fer the
others TO walk them and down the incline
Of carcasses. The dead were burned.
1t seems that in the present day Arabs who are
obliged to traverse the sandy wastes OF Arabia
depend to a large extent upon angels food
both for themselves and for their camels- The
lnanEs is in reality fungus which i found IN
great quantities on the sand after rain.
More people over 100 years old are found in
mild climates than in the higher ATTITUDES Ae-
aordin= TO the last census Of the German En-
Dire. Of a population of 55.Oo0,O0 only = have
,ls-ed the hundredth year. France with popu-
alton OF i0,0o0,Ooo has 2l3 centenariars
person ride on 4 street car in Adrian
iich., for cents, provided 100 tickets be bought
It one time Single fares ) cents. This ar
angement has proved very profitable 70 the COM
AMY. for people ride many times where they
gould ride only once il they had 10 pay cents
are.
support for the spines Of persons picking cot
on and other material where it is necessary to
AIRY baei1ets is made of a piece Of fat steel
tied with a head, with straps to support the
houlder blades a second crusspiece fitting the
mall Of the back and carrying a strap for the
raist.
The director Of the Meteorological Observatory
n Mount Blanc has been considering the advis-
bilitv Of installing the Marconi wireless teleg-
Apply system upon the mountain. The ordinary
yst.m OF telegTgphy Is used normally. but the
reat snow drifts have played havoc with the
elegraph wires-
A twenty-five mile railway ios tlc. Philippines
as recently packed in the hold Of steamship
t san Francisco. EVERYTHING needed Tor the
abroad was sent except the ties which VIII be
htained in the islands. Il i said that the
lilway will be used to extend the thirty rile~ f
iiIroad now controlled by the american troops
4 curious point in insurance lay Is troubling
he Vienna courts. \ surgeon in trimming his
ails before an operation cut his finger, but went
n with the operation and his finger was injected
0 that he had TO call in 4 doctor for himself
le claimed compensation on accident policy
ut the company refused TO pay the ground
hat operations performed by doctors on them
lives were expressly excluded IN IL policy. The
ourts must decide whether nail cutting i
lrgicai operation.
In Johannesburg no negroes are allowed TO he
ut on the streets between the hours OF p.
nd 4. m, without special permits. under pen
lty of a fine of Sa5. fourteea-Iass, .jinpri>on-
lns must remain indoors betwcen a ~ m. and ,
m the fine for violation of the regulation be
NJ a fine of S5, eight days imprisonment. In
idition to these measures. very stringent liquor
dict has been in force since the beginning Of the
outh African war.
India is accumulating gold reserve. now that
IS currency has been placed on the gold basis
he gold has been obtained from Australia.
n to the middle of October siiIoJ.Ooo lad been
eceivsd from that source and the movement has
ontinuad The India Council found it easier
et the yellow metal in Australia than in London.
here a special effort is being made by powerful
auks to prevent the effiuN Of gold while the
oer war Is in progress. The councils purchases
o not directly affect the Indian treasury. since.
nder the regulations adopted by the council. II
as power 10 issue currency notes to the tull
mount of gold held.
.'Dreyfus: or vire la Francer' is AustrsliAs
test contribution 10 the British drama. 1t i the
lint production OF two formerly wsl-known Lon
on actors George Rignold Of Drury Lane and
ialtcr Bentley, of the Lyceum, and brother Of
aithful Bogg, VI. p. Mr.. Rigpold made a tri-
mphant tour of this country years ago, starring
l the role of Henry v The villain OF the piece,
sterhazy is made governor Devils Island
here he guads his victim into mad RUSS AZ
ifl an incident which is wildly cieered by the
aery In the final E>tcrhazy, attacked
v an angry crowd is magnanimously rescued by
le vindicated Dreyfus beneath the shadow OF
larket cross. Comic relief is brought into the
rama by providing Dreyfus with a Franeo-Irish
,rvant.
1t seems an astonishing thing that the natural
snature the impression of the thumb finger
p is not used TO n greater extent than it is iOI
lrposes of identification. II the thumb be light.
pressed upon a surface smeared with printing
TX. and then pressed upon clean paper. an i'm