The evening times., 1899-09-07
NOTES OF THE DAY.
Kansas has one eotton mlll.


The worlds greatest marble quarry Is in Yer
Oklahoma Territory now claims $4,000 inhab-
St. Louis is the greatest mule market in the
world
There is epidemic Of heas in one of the New
York markets
Tattooing Is Just now the popular pastime of
the ieisured world.
A man in Glasgow is making manuscript
copy of the Bible.
Aurora, H.. has had thirty four mayors during
the last forty years.
Macon No, has been suffering from a house
famine for several months
\ Chicago rat-catcher Is reputed to make S.
90 a year at tine business.
Lake Superior is remarkable for the fact that
il never gives up its dead
Over 1000 refrigerators are made annually by
Fond du Lac, Wis, factories
The largest pumping engine in the world is in
the Calumet and IIecla mines
The English red-legged partridge makes an
nual excursion out To sea each April
The money in circulation in the United States
has doubled in the last twenty years
There are 1850 central station plants for gen
Grating electricity in the United states
The gimlet-pointed screw has been responsible
for more wealth than most silver mines
Prof. Garner promises to furnish some talking
monkeys for the Pan-AmeTican Exposition
The income from the Monte Carlo gaming Ia
bles for the past ten years reaches S5,520,GJ0.
Nearly one-third of the worlds savings are
in the $50 savings banks Of the United States
Miss Mercedes de Laski one of the latest Lon
don debutantes Is six feet three inches in height
Japan, not TO be behind European states in
civilization, Is going 70 send out an ATctic ex-
pediti0n.
Alcohol was first distilled by the Arabians. and
when talk about coffee and alcohol We
using Arabic words.
In Vienna the Chamber Of Commerce j. being
besieged with demands for the introduction Of
teegraphic post-carC=.
The savoy Hotel. in Kansas City. has dog
rying notes 10 the clerk
According to the ..volkzzeitung.'' Of Berlin
the month Of July in Germany sixteen pros
ecutions Tor leze majesty
In Surrey England. there i great poultry
iattening establishment, which annually sends
about 5000 fowls TO London
factory Inspector al PIJerso,. v J.. has been
investigating the mills cf that city IN the guise
Of a laborer wheeling barrow
In a Methodist church in a remote Georgia
community the cd rule - separation Of the
sexes during worship Is observed.
After the recent thunderstorms in England
thousands OF dead eels were found near sand
wich. floating in the Deli River.
Exports Of coaI from the United states have
increased from 227.gIS tons in $50 to over A.
0DOOJg tons during the past year.
There are three varieties Of the dog that never
hark-the Australian dog. the Egyptian shepherd
dog, and ''lion-beadCd' dog OF Tibet.
A woman in Bradford, England. has invented
marvelou, machine for the removal OF wool
from skins with the aud Of electricity
The Mohammedan students at Cambridge Uni
versily have formed an association which meets
for prayer and the study Of the Koran
Chile Is going 10 n up Il vessel with the
products # the country, 10 be taken to the PEir-
cipal ports on the Pacific for exhibition
Among the Par5ees murderer Is punished with
ninety stripes on his bare back. while master
| who neglects his dog receives 200 stripes
A peculiar clock. Of the time Of Charles l.
wa the lantern. or bfrd-cage style, which hing
| from the walls high up, with their WORKS eN-
| posed.
\ The London underground railroad Is losing pop
clarity During the last half-year the falling Of
/ IN the number Of passengers carried amounted 10
:o0coo-
Merchandise imports into France during July
| decreased I22. .COGo01 francs from 1893 or S2l--
| 10000. Exports increased ss.7o30o0 francs. or
SI7.-4o.Ool.
! beaccu light is To be erected of Quart Point,
! on tie kIs cf Null. a memorial to William
! Back. the novelist. Duart Point is the scene
! OF JIle story OF Macleod ot Dare"
The SiuIa municipality in India = busy con-
| .:dering the construction of lake which Is 20
| he three-guarters of j nile long and lo0 feet
/ deep. with 4 width OF about couple OF hun
| drCd yards
\ common nee,iIe-jhreader is worth $1,000 a
| year 10 lis inventor, and the return ball
wooden hall fastened en- a bit Of rubber bring
| in $4,000 year and j. only one OF many ''y'
as profitable.
\ colossal statue of .-0ur Lady Of Snow" hl'
been erected en- the Roceianelo Mountain. 'a'
peak most visible to travellers journeyiu= iron
France 70 Italy. and which has been desisnate'
the .'videJte cf ltaly-
Enquiries by an English boys ncwspape
brought ou, the fact that Of all the British pcs
sessions. most Of the boys wanted TO s7e India
: rsst NV Zealand and Canada. and then Aus
! tralia south Africa, and the >oudln-
Heidelberg students do their best u enlive
the town In four weeks in July I02 student
were arrested for d;~agderly conduct. which o.
/ several occasions amounted 10 technical riot
in which 4 dozen O. more students were engaged
The foreigner can almost always count on be
ing Justly treated by n, japanese shopi,reper
Except in certain industrial concerns in Oh
treaty ports owned by foreigners there j. rarel
To be found a foreign executive head 10 bus
! ne>s.
Indirect taxes IN France during the seve
months ended with July produced $3.50 ,9'
les than in ISI>; customs revenue. S1G.5W.0
| less: the .-Bourse'' tax s.5S, 90 more. and t.
| tax on corporation interest and dividends, Sioi
! 900 m0rc.
The town council of Richmond, England. h
been crusading against parrots It seems TIN
certain of these birds have been disturbing q
t siunlhers Of the town clerk and an i-derma
e - the music oi nature has been hushtd hS
b penalty If 70 shillinsS
n In remote parts Of Scotland the old Coveuan
% ers' love for long service on the bare hillSi
o still fingers At DingwaH recent communi
:, service in the open air lasted from 10 a.
4 until p. IL without eNhaustins the stayli
n power OF the t0n@TT-5ti n
a Agitation against poisonous ingredients rs
j in pottery has drawn out an order from u
i British officer Of works that al articles supple
It under contract 10 the public departments. q
. House cf Parliament and the royal palaces, shl
. he made with leadleSs glaze.
On Srnium's marble steep the excavatoTs hl
laid hare the foundations OF the thirteen mIFt
columns that gave the promoHtory its mods
rare Care CGlonra. and have found insect
tioHs showing that the tcnFie was dedicated
Poscidon ard ret 10 Arheue. as wss supposed
t. " Char.cs Cottu. the son If Baron CotJu. D
r ,Idcu from YieHra 20 Paris m Twelve DAYS .