The evening times., 1899-10-25
NOTES OF THE DAY.

acres.
Jerusalem is about TO be eleansed both inside
and out by sanitary committee
There has been reduction Of twenfy-six
licenses for selling liquor in Liverpool, England.
As early as September orders were placed in
Wisconsin fer $1,000 Christmas trees, be shipped
East
Rain has never been known to fal in that pert
Of Egypt between tie two lower falls of the
The proportion of paupers to the population of
England is lower now than it has been for forty
1--WE years
The Nile is the longest river in the world,
$500 miles Tie Niger is $500 miles long and the
Zambesi 1,69O miles
Henry Kirke Whites birthplace in Nottingham,
where his father carried on business butcher,
was sold few days ago
It is nc unusual thing for vessel plyiag be-
tween Japan and London TO carry IeJ9 co ians
as single item Of its cargo
cave has lately been discovered in New Zea-
land, which is believed to be larger even than
the Mammoth Cave Of Kentucky
In Great Britain there are 7,3i000e houses Of
al kinds As the population Is about 40OsJ.090
tins gives i've persons and, say. Eaby to each
house.
If the reports Of the criminal court Of the state
OF New YORK may be taken as an index, it IS
United States.
Karsas has new crank in the person of W.
h. Reeme, who advocates the dynamiting Of sa-
Icons. dstileries, and Lreweriss and the lynching
Of corrupt officials
Near Grobogana, Java, there is lake Of boil
ing mud about Two miles in circumference Iin-
mense columns o. sttaming mGd constantly
ariing and descending.
BaIdncss is Tar less common among red headed
people than among their darker-haired neighbors
The ordinary crop on the head Of a red-headed
person l. about 29,2JJ hairs.
Card playing has increased Of late in Britain.
Tie number of new packs brought into Use last
year exceeded 2,25OoJ0. an increase OF 2J0.000 on
the year before, and Of 3Do.OJ on 1886.
The little town Of Norehesd Kan, has a CO.
operative hotel, laundry. hail. creamery, and
canning factory, and cooperative dining hall,
with several cooperative farms nearby.
Eight sections ~ the Paris Universal Exhibition
Of 1900 VIII be devoted to the history Of the
religions Of the world with the beliefs of all the
known races OF men, past, and present"
The largest drydock in the world. which viii
accommodate TWO Of the largest ships in the
world at one time and have rOem 10 spare. VIII
soon be completed az Newport News, Va
1t is forty years since the first British Volunteer
donned his uniforni-and at that time II was
his in reality, for privates in those days
provided their own garb and weapons Of wdr-
After recent tornado in Australia Thousands
OF water Snakes were found on the beach in one
place, while IN another the beach was entirely
washed away leaving nothing but bare rocss-
The Bank Of England destroys about 350,0G0 OF
It's notes every week to replace them with
freshly printed one one evening in each week is
set apdTs Tor the masking Of this expensive bon
fire.
An prgrar zTr1nr A-rf- Huz
aeTonaUt 10 give series Of balloon asce-zieHs in
Ceyiou and while ascending TO drop small sam
pie bottles Of whisky attached to miniature -Isra
chutes,
The best price ever paid in Berlin for properly
was for corner measuring two yards long aud
two yards wide. for which cigar dealer a few
yosrs paid Sl.j09 and which he sold the
other day for $1,000
American coal miners are teaching all the
miners Of other countries how TO mine eoal b.
electrical machines. Hauling BY mules costs 50
cents day per mule, while electric loeom0 tives
do the work at half that cost
Tie Technical school at Leicester has two
rooms devoted shoemaking, in one OF which a
good collection Of the latest machinery in use
fer manufacturing purposes may be seen at WoEk
propelled by an electric motor
In ten years American life insurance companies
have doubled their assets the amount arising
from S57 12S 6l2 in 1Sss 10 81 34i COL 1gs in 1ss
The increase has been decidedly the greatest
prosperity returned 10 the country.
The fecundiiy OF microbes : prodigious. 50
much 70 that if fifteen drops OF water polluted
with bacteria are allowed to fau into a cup Of
broth the germ popu alton would have increased
in twenty four hours 20 sI-uJiUIO-
1t Is estimated that ;he amount paid in Lon
don al auction sales Of secondhand boosz isst
wear was I355l1 pounds feature OF the ,tar
has been the large number % rare books rfr-rG,
and the exceptionally high p-ices obtained Tor
them
\ medical man prophesres thar if FOR the aeXt
teu years the present. relative death rates are
maintained in lggJ there viii be TH1re- s5ItHs n
the State Of New YORK from cancer tnla T. m
consumption. smallpox, ard typhoid ieves eln'-
bined
1t is estimated that there are u9Jo,OyJ cows
in the United states devoted 70 bu-teT making,
and that their average yield i I25 pounds u
butter q ys4r or a total Of l.5I5,Je5,FJ pgUu.is,
or about \ pounds Tor each enc II the poPciairen
~ the country
French railroad companies have been ordered by
the courts 10 provide their pl-zUsers with season
tickets without adyeTtLs ment-- The Western iiaIk
read had increased tne number q adSeEtl=ta ait nts
ruti. season UicsCI was q thicS pOesetso0k,
and commuters refused o. carry Them
1t j calculated tu4t the sJ,OJJ Anericau couT-
ists in Europe this SUMMER spending about
= 500 apiece. OF a total Of SlDo,ocJ,OJ0 of IT.
lie bit more than the value Of NebrasSi's a''l,-
0J109J-b;lshel corn crop at 30 cents htlsnei- Ia
other words this country contributes 10 tdfuFe
every year-and chiefly 10 Great BrltIli-heS' y
enough To pay the charges OF the British national
debt or the cost oi the British army without any
apparent diminutioa of cur prosperity
Ii was decided in England in fs2l that the
public have no common law right Of bathing IN
the sea One interpreter Of this ruling has ex-
pressed the beiiei that "the meaning IS that the
public have 70 right OF walking or dnvlng On
The beach to -rt there; II eHCe they can get INTO
the sea it seems they are within the law
AnoheT Daui-I come 70 Judgment asserts tn4t
bathing III the i not only ldWfu- but
proper, aud often necessary ioT many oI tae m
| hahitaHts OF JliS country
Henry Atyeri wealthy business man. OF san
tIskv Ohio hls brought suit against tie Pre~iy-
| tcfian Church of that town. charging II Win
| having on April l., Isgs, dismissed himself and
family from the church. thus depTiving them ol
the nrivileges OF worship. communion OF iIlstEue
| tion therein. He claims thar, a. he assisted
! greatly in huilGiRs up the church, he sseftd b'
| allowed 70 worship therein An injunction hd'
1 been granted. tnlt next sunday MI AtNtt csi
| enter the church and remain there to his heart :
/ content
The French have added another to their large
liz ot beautiful monuments This time it i uC
! Francois Chabas, the eminent EgyptoioSist. who
when he began to publish his works, was wine
| merchant al Chalon-s -SIone. II Is here, IN
| pictures,ue corner of the Rew public garten-
\ that the bust OF Chaias has been erected on 81
obeIisk appropriately decorated with herogiyP pm
| les and a erouching sphinx Just as Nix AuneI
| had never been To India. CuIiouSy eu0us n
| this great EgyptolosiSt never went 10 Egypt.
| His only excursion abroad Was to the museums q
| Italy. where he remained few weeks IN 1863.
| The ownership OF $1,000 worth OF solvent note;