The evening times., 1899-10-13
NOTES OF THE DAY.

In the first seven months OF 1899. England i'm
ported from the United States 81 337 653 mora
silver than in 1893. and France 1856, ,436 more.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. PauIs annual
statement shows that s62, 1872 was expended in
| internal revenue stamp taxes during the year
Austrian returns indicate that there are in that
country l,lOl persons whose income exceeds 10000
norlns year, and who are. therefore, rated as
millionaires.
Canada's exports Of butter to England rap
Idly increasing. This year. to August 10. 2I5S1l
boxes have been shipped, compared with q
total OF l5i.0Il in 1896.
The American Board Of japanese Missions
ports that the chief opposition to Christian mis-
sions in that country is not from the. beathen
priests, but from the japanese agnosties-
The osages are probably the richest people per
capita in the world Each one satr thern, man.
woman, and child has 900 acres Of good land
and receives $50 from the Government four times
year.
This is from the Enterprise Herald Of Abing-
don, H.: yves Riner has tame crow that
spends most of its time in the shade near Levi
Bradburys store, talking politics and criticising
the millinery worn by the ladies who pass
Seatte's public square is to be the abiding
place of a veritable Alaskan totem pole''-one
OF those strangely carved symbols OF barbarsn and
superstition which generally grace the front OF
Indian habitations in Southern Alaska
In Germany, as in many other European cOun-
tries, there is rule that more people shall
ride on street cars than find seats Conse-
quently if car is full, if gets on, and
if a gives the woman his seat, the man u
elected.
According TO DIR. Schierning. there were only
$50 cases Of tuberculosis last year in force OF
5l4 $50 men The number Of deaths from this
disease in the army has been gradually decreas-
ing from 10 per thousand in 1892 10 "a per thous-
and in 1SgI
little more than fifty years ago few work
men of Rochdale England. Joined together 10
purchase sack Of four and a chest Of tea That
was the beginning OF cooperative movement
which includes 1000 societies, with total
membership Of 100000.
One of the English correspondents in France
has heard it said that 10000 of the best families
in France are divided over the Dreyfus affair as
bitterly and completely a only legacy OF no
matter how few pounds, 4 religious dispute,
divide blood relations
An autograph volume of music by Orlando di
Laszo. the great composer of sacred music of the
sixteenth century. recently discovered in the I'm
periaI Library at Vienna, contains a hitherto un-
known portrait of the composer drawn ~ae2 ne
twenty y-eight years cid
In France advertising posters must bear reve-
nue. stamps varying in value. according TO the
time stamp a poster which should have had
only 6-centime stamp. has Just been fined l25
francs, s25, for the offense-
sunken ships can be raised with little effort by
the use of an Ohio mans apparatus. comprising
ar-tight bags Of proper shape to fit the different
compartments, the bags being inflated 70 accom-
pish the two-f0ld purpose OF expelllng the water
and increasing the buOyancy Of the ship.
The health officers of Denver. Col. started out
to have all the weeds in the public streets and
vacant lots cut down, but Unexpectedly encOun-
tered strong opposition from owners OF beehlyes,
who protested that the weeds blossoned nearly
all summer and their bees made much honey from
them
The directors of the Great Northern OF England
have issued circular letter to the station agents
stating that in future the standard height for
porters in the passenger department shall be FIVE
feet six inches. and in the goods department hye
feet four inches This Is a considerable reduction,
forced by scarcity OF taller men,
Interest in the medical mission in foreign lands
is constantly increasing Natives in the north Of
Africa come long distances for treatment. and
wild Bedouin characters. encouraged by the Sui
tan and living in lawless independence. who
treated their own women a cattle, are slngularly
amenable TO the women missionaries
woman named Annie Wilmington was buried
on July u at Northwiteh She died at the age Of
forty-four years. and had been the mother Of
twenty-five children. oi whom II stated that
three living, aged twenty, eighteen, and eight
years. - that twenty-five OF this number have
died She married AZ Jwenty-one years ana
had twins three times
One of the most deadly snakes IN India was
caught by an army officer in small mousetrap
few weeks ago The officer just as he go
ing to bed. noticed something dart for the door
OF his bedroom, and, thinking II 10 be ! musk
rat he set the trap for it, placing il against the
edge Of the wall, c.Ose 10 his bed When ne got
up in the morning the snake was found with his
head crushed in the trap
Ten years ago Louis C. Gottman went in debt
to buy a farm of I25 in Marion county. No.
He refused all attempts TO sell him more land.
but carefully cultivated every foot he had except
what he used for pasture He is now out of debt.
has built a 81. 900 barn. and recently made trip
with his family TO Europe. He attributes his re-
markahle success 10 utilizing TO its fullest ca
pacity what he possessed. without trying to over
do the thing
Kissing means different things, according to
where you happen 10 be at the time. In West
Africa the natives hiss when they are aston
ished; in the New Hebrdes when they see any,
thing beautiful The Basutos applaud a popular
orator in the assemblies by Kissing at him. The
japanese, again. show their reverence by hiss.
which probably somewhat has the force OF the
.'hush'' with which the Anglo-SaxoI people COM
mand silence.
They sell sabots, or wooden shoes, at one store
in Indianapolis, and the dealer says they made
in Grand Rapids, Mich. from Eastwood by Bel
gians They are used by people who work in
canneres where hot solder acid etc. on the
floors ruin leather shoes; by people who stand on
wet floors, such employees of creameries and
washerwomen. and now and then fashionable
woman buys a pair TO without stockings
when she wishes 10 rest her feet.
A Kansas man who recently visited Puget Sound
SAYS he was sadly disappointed in the battle
ship Iowa Il expected said he, ITO vast
mountain of iron and steel. with great guns stick
ing out in every direction while from her bowels
would come continuously deep hoarse growl like
a bulldog baffied of It's prey. Instead, it looked
more like a raft with little house and cheese
boxes set on it, and the only growing we
heard from the non-commissiOned officer who
slid couldn't come aboard
During recent thunderstorm in Berlin most
curious effects were produced by the lightning
| persons who were struck Some OF the strange
! freaks performed described as follows: None
! of the wounded has extensive burns; the wounds
| look as if caused by charge Of grain shot The
holes reach 10 the bone, and surrounded by
web of blue and brown lines. Many of the in
jured have quite number of such wounds in their
feet and ankles. while others got off with skin
covered with blue and brown marks. If beaten
with a thick stick
1t is customary for politicians to take their dis
appointments philosophically. An exception re-
Gently occurred in Australia. A in the town
of Junee wrote to the local coroner that if the
referendum in New South Wales resulted in favor
of federation he would ''give him a job by cut
ting his throat. The coroner laughed at the Joke,
as he thought it The referendum was favorable
10 federation and the next day the man was found