The evening times., 1899-09-26
NOTES OF TIE DAY.

More than 5000 persons buried annually in
the paupers' cemetery Of Berlin
French society Of charities is seeking to es-
tablish a free delivery in Morocco.
The telegraph will be extended 1000 miles south
OF Khartoum by the end Of the year.
The town of Maros Uivar. Hungary. with $500
population, is without single piano.
The postoHiee building at Virginia, san Diego
county. Cal, is made of an old piano box
In the South within the last five months s1T.-
000,0o0 of new capital has been invested in cot
ton mills.
Even radishes are sduIterated now in Berlin
They dipped into aIiline dye to make them
look fresh and pink.
The London Folk Lore soeiety's publications
include forty-two volumes Of transactions. col
iections, and monographs.
There Is in the far West a little insect called
the ''tule gnat,' which is remarkable for its al
most total lack OF weight.
There are eighty eight silk plants in Pennsylva-
MIA, and the output of silk ribbon in the State
has been doubled in three years.
Madrid has at present thirty-six daily papers
and 12s weeklies. Two Of the daily papers have
circulations OF over 10000 copies
In the Medical News Dr. Getehen declares
that cardiac lesiens do not forbid the use Of the
bicycle, but il must be prescribed
States sold $4,000 worth OF typewriters in Mex
leo, and SIS, 600 worth in Argentine
There is urgent need in the City Of Mexico for
more foundries and machine shops capable OF
doing frst-class work in reasonably prompt time.
\ summer street car has been designed which
has windows the sides for in stormy
weather. the window frame being pivoted on the
roof supports.
The famous clock on the PaIaiz de Justice in
Paris lnfp and l. o$r tho
celebrated De Wick. whose turret clocks are the
earliest on reliable record.
The finest looking people of Europe are said to
be the TZigdRes, gypsies. of Hungary. Phys
ically they are splendid specimens of and
women, and rarely i'll.
The exports Of dried apples for the lsst fiscal
year 10 9205, 40 pounds valued at 81 245. 3:s;
while Of ripe apples there were exported 3s0.322
barrels, valued at Sl,210,+50
Commentators Bodia an Italian statistieian.
has computed from railroad returns of passengers
that the foreigners who visit Italy spend $685. O0O,
600 francs year in the country.
A New Orleans man is said to have invented
slgar-cane planter in the form of wagon that
with three men and four mules will do the work
heretofore done by nine men and nine mules
The spider that seeks out pebble and anchors
her web with it clearly makes use of tool
The pebble is analogous 10 the iron anchor used
by man. Spiders have been seen 10 use nails for
anchors
In Germany potato bread is used by the na-
tives Of Thuringia 70 feed their horses, especially
when they are worked hard in very cold weather.
The animals thrive il. and their health and
strength are excellent
Cherrapunii, in Assam, northeast Of Calcutta.
has the reputation of being the wettest place on
the earth. the average annual rainfall being 4gs Is
inches. while il has the record OF one month in
which H7.H inches fell
The free distribution in San Francisco OF anti
toxin TO sufferers from diphtheria who could not
afford 10 pay for il has resulted. elsewhere,
in halving the death rate from that disease, re-
ducing ii TO II II per cent
The board of agriculture of England has pro-
mulgated an order forbidding the landing of dogs
from Ireland in Great Britain, under penalty OF
go. This IS done to prevent the spread Of rabies.
which is common in Ireland just now.
The wealthy Russians are said TO be extremely
profitable to hotels and shopkeepers in the lands
in which they travel Swiss authority insists
that 200 Russians will spend more in a month
than 1000 EnglishHeR and for the same
period of time.
Housekeepers in Berlin are facing what seems
to be crisis in the servant question Recently
the ''dieHstmadehen'' have been seized with
fever for going into factories and dressmaking
establishments. ard now those who are Jeff are
forming labor union
W H. Farr. Of Osborne county, Kan. though
weighing but 135 pounds, Is a prodigy OF strength.
Recently on a wager Of $50 he carried $50 pounds
OF -four on his back three miles without setting
it down OF resting, and then offered to carry
ii back the same route
There are eight inches more rainfall annually
on the south shore OF Lake Superior than on the
north shore. and three inches more in the cases
of Erie and Ontario. There is also greater pre-
eipiiation the eastern shores of Lakes Huron
and Michigan than on the western.
Ships in Europe are being fitted with a new
pattern Of rudder which is formed Of several cir
cular plates arranged 80 that the supporting
shaft passes through their centre. thus forming
a balancing rudder which extends equally on
both sid,s Of the ship, and relieves the pressure
Of the water in turning
People who wear faIse hair viii be interested
in the announcement Of a strange discovery made
az Antwerp. In that city a bale OF human hair,
weighing fT2 pounds. stolen from a railway
station. IL was afterward learned that the hair
had been clipped from The heads OF lunatics and
convicts in public asylUms and prisons
A curious fishing wheel is used on the Columbia
River. near Portland, Ore. 1t is fixed near the
bank Of the river a place being selected where
three receivers These are enclosed on three sides
BY wire netting. and. the wheel revolves by
means OF the current. each receiver is submerged
beneath the water. and scoops up the salmon as
they jump IN the rapids.
England always has a little war; on hand
to train her soldiers. Germany not being thus
provided. the Emperor has devised a scheme for
making the army maneuyres like as possible
10 the conditions of actual warfare. Dummies
have been made of straw, canvas. and old uni
forms They will be set up in mimic forts. and
at these real shot and she'll viii be fred by the
soldiers The Kaiser has evidently been impressed
by the feats of American soldiers swimming rivers
lnder fire IN the Philippines. tor one OF the feati
consists in the firing at dummies painted with
| mIIStaches and furnished with caps These heads
float in the water, and make splendid targets.
During their stay in Paris the black men who
marched with Major Marehand across Africa were
| well treated Through the nlunihcence of a pa
| triotic woman and of Others, each negro re-
| turns to the banks Of the Congo or the Senegal
| with a watch and a fine supply of trousers,
poekethandkerchiefs, knives. pipes. and tobacco
| pouches. \ large Of money has also been
/ collected for them One day the men were cart
/ ed around the city in order to see the sights
thereof, and they refused to get into the wagon
| cites unless their officers accompanied them.
! Lieutenant FotTques had accordingly 10 ioin the
party of black military tourists who were piloted
] around Paris By officers OF the fire brigade
| The following estimate. as made by the ''Sci
| entihc American gives an interesting idea o
| the money that can be made in the soda water
business when it IS operated on a large scale
| with the carbonated water reduced to cent.
a gallon, the profit glass of soda water i
| great. The syrups and cream represent a greater
| cost than the water itself; but where the fayer
4 ing extracts made right in the store, gIasc