The evening times., 1899-11-21
NoTEs OF THE DAY.

| Buddhists are taking steps TO erect fempie
| in San Francisco.
Each pigeon Used in the carrier service of the
| British navy cots tine government - year.
| Within the last two centuries the population Of
Berlin has increased from 20,o0O 10 nearly s-sJO.-
oee.
| kind OF paper is made from seaweed which Il
transparent that il may be used instead ui glass
| for windows.
The Methodist. Church Extension Society has fur
1 nished aid to build churches at the rate OF two
| 4 day for several years.
| The Icelanders will not Iurn ash for irewood.
because they believe that those who sit about such
Il fire will become enemies
In the years 1882 1891. England Io-t ii0pO, 900
| of its population by emigration t;erriany lost
| 5.v0o.e0 between 1852 and lsgl.
Oklahoma Indians have developed craze for the
nes1ai bean. litte-known narcotic Of wonderful
properties. protiueing marvellous color visions-
curious feature Of cycIing. which seems TO be
e"ntned practically to the northern midiands OF
Great Britain. Is the hill-climbing competition.
The historic yileres pecan tree. near New Or
leans. never bore fruit after General Packeniilrn
was wounded and aftcrward buried beneath it,
The most curious paper-weight in the world is
SAID TO belonS to the Prince of Wales. Ii Il the
Hiumnied hand Of one of the daughters Of Phar-
aoli
The British railway companies have agreed to
convey free to the port OF embarkation all book
PAPERS, and periodicals intended for the use OF
the troops engaged in South Africa.
The exhibit of the Omaha public schools ior the
Paris Exp6 sition has been shipped 10 .Ibany n
y. where the school exhibits Of the countr, are
being collected for shipment abroad
New York wants museum OF Living History
and Court II All Natiuns,'' cost several mill
ions. exhibiting contemporaneous art and manu-
facture from every country in the world
One of the interesting -ign- TO he seen along
NlL - AaFE si.aFs saun-
spicuous wooden packing-c5se. And this is what
it sass: Put your banana skins into this box
The original Maltese lace 4 coarse kind OF
Mechin or faienciennes in arsbesgue pattern.
Malta has the first claim the invention oi fine
suipurcs. which usually called Maltese Lace.
An oHterpFising Cincinnati miIkn.an invites his
customers to have the milk he serves analyzcd
twice a wear. al his expense. The tets may be
made 1t any time. without warning 10 the dsiry
man.
4 curious application has been made to the.
New York Police Board by pattolinan, who
wants TO eyeglasses. Some officers use glasses
ON desk duty. hut no plgroiInan la, ever worn
them on patrol duty.
Cremation is popular in Japsr In Isss it is
estimated, sbout IS per of the bodies Of
those who died in Tokyo burned. There are
seven tories in that city, each OF which
has twenty-five furnaces
Iyddi,e Is nothing nor icsz than Melinitc.
which Is the standard hish explosive in both the
navy and the in France. Il is doubtful.
whether thetc j. any European army that has not
an equivalent high explosive.
wsr-iips he repaired Withou, docking By
using apparatus which Iass a series Of
electro magnets arranged around a central cup.
TO the latter To adhere TO the hull Of the
ship over SHOT huie until it tan be repaired
Painted coffee beans are aInon- The latest Curl
osities Of the adulteraicd food market Inferior
beans are colnred with hurnt umber aud made to
look like tle finest Mocha. They are described as
''Shiuey brown outside. yellow inside, aud taste
les.
kIfff corn and mtaIies are two Of the principal
agricultural products of South Africa. Raflr
corn. unlike our mazc. Indian corn. lui- the
corn in the tas.e and not the The
meals i like Indian corn. only smaller in ear
and grain.
The culture OF the pistache nut /, likely to
prove OF every considerable value in California.
Arizona. and New Mexico Noug the Mc'litcT
raHcan. where the choicest walnuts and almonds
are raised. the pstarhr l. considered the very
best OF all nuts for table use.
The work of erecting the foreign pIviiion=, for
The Paris Exposition i being rapidly hurried
forward BY meals of metal framework and fire
pruof timbeTs, faced with = light covering Of
decorative veneeIing in steel cement and IN
'>taf,'' these buildings given all the aPpeaT-
ance oi solid stone edihces.
An Esstbourre doctor has been tie victim Of his
oxn medicine lie made up 4 draught for i
patient putting in By mistake strycfninc irstssd-
OF chloiaform. and when she complained that it
made her sick. cot angry. and TO prove that the
medicine all right swallowed hall the con
teuts oi the bottle himself. lie Immediately
recognized !br symptoms oi -tryc'iinc poisoning.
used stomach pump. and other mears 10 de-
strpy the eifect>. but died soon after.
A,i,icss have been received in New York that
months call for drawings. specifications, and bids
fcr the construction al d01 locomotives ior
on the Trars-Sib, rian Railroad. This. says the
Z hitago Tribune viii probably he d larger
order thar has ever before been given ior iOcu-
motives. sad a. the average Irice Of one oi theSe
machines Is SI5.G1J. the expenditure
will aggregate S1.UJG.lS-D. The New York repre-
>entative- OF one oi the largest locomotive works
in this country said that the probability / that
this large GT,sT fIriu Russia will be divided be-
tween several firms in this country when the e-ti
mates are called for. ~ the present tinie. he
said. all the locomotive shops in the country are
filed with orders Tor engines To be used on do
nestle railroads
The curious plaraTd, Love potiOns, Sd. each
induced London reporter TO enter drug store
there In response TO questions the man be-
hind the counter said: ''NGu may not beieyc
in love potious but the fact that we sell on an
average some forty potiCns day shows that our
Islomcfs do. But then you don't believe that
the fGniguN t0F every tfilltdint L. ui->
lard. which our customers apply both externally
and internally. Here are fe~ Of the other
most popular physics in this iGI.i Of London:
Seaweed suup ennhrocatiOn for rheumatism:
vurzri soup for catsrrl. ard c0ncOcti9n If iagl
and uupautinc Tor 4 black eye. You want to
know hat cur love poticEs are made of? All,
couldn't tell YOU that But the speakers hand
mechanically removed the stopper IRON large
beaker al col0Ttd water.
James J. Hill President Of the Great Northern
Railroad. is workr. ont the details Of great sys
TEN of transit that will stretch from Iandon TO
IIorgkous. The Great Northern Railroad, a. an
nouuccd several months ago, Is building ! neet of
passenger steamers in England for trans Atlantic
service. These viii he completed hy February
II, and ready ion service 10y April. Mr.. Hill has
Just returned from a trip abroad. whittier hr
went to Inspect tie shils and 10 make traffic
According to reports ia railroad
circles the puposc OF Mr.. Hill in gaining control
Of the Baltimore and Ohio to complete
missing link in his great chain Of railroad nri
steamship lines. This system, il i said. will
consist al the North Atlantic Steamship Linz.
the IlaltmaTe and Ohio Railroad from New
York 20 Chicago. the Wisconsin Central between
hicngO ana 81. Paul. the Great Northern from
81. Paul To Seattle, aud the Japan Mail Steam
ship Company from Seattle L. Manila, Yoke
I,arna and Hcugkong.
There is queer battle going on IN the Jewish
at Melbourne. Australia. according -
Inc -israeiic" a. appears that some time aSo
complaint was made tira the ralbs were accepting
prcselytes ,lom Christianity without cnquitins
loosely enough into the motives OF the neophytes.
10 correct This a ''boaId for the admission OF
DToseiytes established, which has since Te-
used every application for admission 10 the fold
which they have been asked 10 act upon, thirteen
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