The evening times., 1899-12-05

recent investigation has shown that more
than half the families Of Stuttgart have only
| one or two rooms that can be heated
| American condensed milk is gaining a foot.
| hold in the Asiatic markets. 1t is rapidly sup.
| planting the German product in Japan.
| Burning soft coal without smoke is said to
| be easy chemical problem, but manufactur.
ers have not yet satisfactorily solved it.
| Bottles of perfume. still fresh, jars of po.
| made that had not lost its fragrance have been
| recovered from Herculaneum and Pompeii.
/ There are altogether 33a parks well stocked
with deer in the different counties of England,
and red deer are found in about thirty-one.
Theatre omnibuses have been started in Paris
which leave the chief theatres after the per-
formances and go out to six residence quar-
ters
One Of the earliest coins known is didrachm
of Aegina. coined in 200 B. c. 1t is worth in
money value 80 cents, but sells to collectors
| for 81.
In the reign OF James l. water was supplied by
two three conduits in the principal streets OF
London and the river and suburban springs were
the sources OF supply.
cover large tracts of the interior of Cuba await
only the construction OF railways to render
their working profitable.
1t is a wel-known fact that, but for the pride
entertained by most English nohlemen for their
deer parks. many estates would OF late have found
their way into the market
A Calcutta paper contains an account Of the
workhouse or asylum for infirm beasts and birds
that was established some thirteen years ago by
4 society of influential Hindus-
The imports ef American tobacco into Japan
in 1895 amounted 70 s,3el, rs pounds, and were
valued at nearly S4s5.000. IL was used chiefly in
the manufacturer of cigarettes.
All telephones and telegraph lines in France
are operated by the government There are III
towns outside Of Paris supplied with telephones
with an aggregate population OF e,ooo.00o-
In Texas some nine years ago silver shekel
,, was found dating back to li2 B. G.. IntTn.
collectors put the price of 5000 on it.
The most curious palace in the world is the
Alhambra, in Spain. 1t was originally fortress.
great in extent az to be capable of holding
5000 men. 1t was begun in l2is and finished in
1914.
The editors of Scranton. Pa, newspaper
have caused the arrest of several parties who
furnished a reporter with false information,
which caused the paper to be involved in
libel suit.
Out of l2,ooO, 600 American families the income
of 100000 of these families is less than s40o
each per year. and the incomes Of nearly so per
cent of the entire number are less than 81, 900
each per year.
It is TO be noticed that the Queen OF Eng
land, in her address to Parliament. avoided the
of the word "war." She referred to the
present situation in Africa as difficulties"
''events.'' and "a state OF affairs
For many years scientists have known Of the
existence OF faint companion TO the North Star.
So close and faint is this companion that own
ers OF small telescopes have often used it to test
the power OF their eyes and instruments
Several soda lakes have been found in the foot.
hills near Ashcroft, British Columbia Their
bnff omE and shore. cd yrifh
washing compound containing borax and soda
quite equal to the washing powders in common
use.
The manufacture OF lamps has increased to .
wonderful degree. There today exclusive
large lamp in almost every city OF any size,
and the manufacture and proper use of chimneys
have developed into science which few persons
understand.
Ask the average person where the central point
Of area is in the United States and he will fix it
in Illinois. Tell him il is nearer San
Francisco and he will be incredulous until he
members that Alaska is within the boundaries OF
Uncle sam.
II all the dreszmakers known to exist in
America worked twenty-four hours of each day
for a whole year. without stopping for sleep
meals they would still be able to make only
dress apiece for less than seven-eghths of the
women of America.
A new rival TO Niagara Falls is projected at
Newiane, n. Y, where a ffty-fcot high dam is
to be erected. and large number of factories are
to be erected preliminary to making it, as its
promoters say. the greatest manufacturing town
in America operated by electricity.
The Boston Transcript hears Of an unsophis-
ticated minister living in a town in western
Massachusetts, who ''made enquiries by letter Of
men regarded as more experienced than himself
as to how he should go to work ito buy no.
license votes at the annual town election.
A coroner's jury in st. Louis returned the
verdict: 1--WE, the jury, find that
the deceased. unknown beggar, came to his
death from fracture OF the skull by blow
from m unknown man, who was protecting an
unknown woman, from the insults OF the I'M
known beggar.
Dime contributions in the last ten years have
built 81, ,Oo1000 Roman Catholic cathedral in
Elizabeth. \. J. 1t will be dedicated, it is ex-
pected on the 5th the 18th of November
next and the chimes, it is intended. shall ring
for the first time New Year Eve, to usher
in the year 1900.
There is so much grain consigned to
Canadian lake ports than the Canadian lake
vessels are able TO carry that the Dominion
Government has suspended for the remainder OF
the season he operation of its eoasting laws
forhidding American vessels to carry freights be-
tween Canadian ports.
school girl in Wabash. Ind. is suffering
from paralysis of the muscles of the mouth, caused
BY too persistently chewing gum. As result the
left side of her mouth is drawing up toward the
ear and whSther the affiiction will yield TO
treatment. aided by refraining from the perm
cious practice, is still prublematical.
The crew of the United States cruiser Newark
have presented to Mayor Phelan. of San Fran
cisco a model of the battlcship Maine, made
by Karl Krlistensen, who on the Maine
when she was blown up in Havana barber. The
gif. was made in token OF appreciation OF the
welcome extended to the Newark her arrival
at San Francisco.
New York undoubtedly possesses the finest
norgue in the world 1t was built two years ago.
md has a capacity of 125 bodies, which are kept
n cold storage. The bodies are not made a
,rewsome exhibition in Paris, and the
n which they are kept resembles safe deposit
Tault. There from twenty TO fifty arrivals
lay and in 1s9s s.l22 bodies passed through the
norguc The bodies of unclaimed persons pho
ographed and their clothing is preserved for a
,eriod of six months.
record in shipbuiiding has been established
IT Devonport, England. The frst-class b1ttleship
,ulwark one OF the new modified Formidable class,
he most powerful in the British navy is ready for
aunching in seven months after work was begun
N her. In that time over $500 tons of steel have
,een built into the ship. When completed she
will, like her sister ships displace Is, 900 tons.
,he is 400 feet between perpendicuars and IS feet
,eam, and it is intended that her engines shall
team eighteen knots an hour.
water driven electric plant Is proposed in
,razil to obtain 5000 horsepower from the
riete River and transmit it electrically to tho
ity of Sac Paulo, twenty four miles distant.
aasonry dam 1000 feet long and 35 feet high will
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