The evening times., 1899-08-29
NOTES OF THE DAY.

'ves,Ive,' made OF peat and resin-
Nearly one-third of the paper made in the Uni
ted States Is for newspaper printing
New York leads all the States in the prodasftlH
of paper, Massachusetts, IS second ana Fshi'''-
vania fifth.
The trade Of the United states with New SpuIh
Wales in staple articles has increased Ia peE ssnt
in five years.
Japan mas new Lighthouse made Of bamhoe.
which IS said to resist the waves better than any
kind of wood.
There is strong likelihood that the nsS fed
ederation OF the Australian colonies VIII adopt
the principle of tariff protection
The average weekly wages of the men employed
| in the cotton mills Of Maine are SlOe,- Of the
women $500, and of the children ss1S-
There are LILO paper and pulp mills IN the
United States, producing annually a million tons
| of paper and more than 100000 tons OF pup
| The results of recent driIlings in Borneo have
| caused many persons 70 think that BoTneo VIII VII
prove to be the richest petroleum field IN the
world
| The ports of New South Wales are the freese
\ on the globe, and in of the Australian colo
| nies are there any discriminating or dineren'iaI
| duties.
Vanderbilt University, in Tennessee; is to have
| a new dormitory to cost s125,O0O- 1t IS to be
| called Kissam Hall, and is named after Mr. Van
/ derbilt's mother.
! Out of l24 law students called to the London bar
in one day not long ago (Which establishes almost
| record for London), as many IS u nave
Oriental names.
| On the electric railways of Milan. italy, the
general fare is cents but for the benefit OF the
working people the fare is l cent before a. NJ
| in the summer and before a. m in the winter
| In Pennsylvania ifty-nine firms are engaged in
| the manufacture of paper, operating sixty-hve
| mills. The capital invested amounts to sl3,Oo,-
000 and the annual yaiIe Of the product Is 3d.
| 10000.
| The wild horses Of Arabia will not admit
tame horse among them, while the wild horses Of
South America endeavor TO deeoy domestieated
horses from their masters, and seem eager TO well
come them
The horse has a smaller stomach proportion
ately than other animals, because the horse was
created for speed. Had he the Eliminating stomach
of the OK he would be quite untitled for the Ia
Dor which he now performs.
The Kansas Bureau of Labor reports that six of
the street railways Of that State cost S27 729 and
are assessed at $1,000 or per cent Of the cost
The telephone plants of that state are assessed
at 13 per cent of their cost
In the heart Of George yanderbilt's estate, near
AsheviIle is plot owned by an old negro, who
lives there and refuses TO sell He says he mas
been bothered all his life by bad neishboFs- and
now that he has good one he viii not move
The origin OF the word ghetto has been under
discussion in German papers lately. The most
approved version is that which traces it to the
Venetian custom of compelling Hebrews 10 live
in the neighbOrhOod Of the gatIa. or gun FAC
tory
/ Last wear the Dubois lawyers adopted the pre-
cedsnt Of closing their Offices from July Il 70 Au-
gust 5, to give time for vacation The move was
found suecessfuI-aII the attorneys being united
for it-that it viii be put in practice again this
| season.
Il l.. - s. he city
of telephones. 1t has 23.OOO telephones to less
than 10000 inhabitants. Paris has only 1I,G00
to 100000 people. Stockholm and Paris are the
only cities in the world. il Is said, that have 4
complete double-wire system f,,-
Perhaps the most extraordinary family in the
world is one now living in Arkansas City. says the
kansas CITY Journal" The mother has been
married five times, and for each husband she has
| had u child. The five children living with
her, and each bears the name Of its father
China still has the old fashioned system Of pri-
yate letter carrying Letter shops are TO be found
in every town. II he has letter TO send. the
Chinaman goes to letter shop and bargains with
the keeper thereof. He pays two-thrds Of the
cost, leaving the receiver to pay the rest on de-
livery
In the town of Hidelsheim, Germany, grows
rose bush which is said 10 be a thousand
| years old. Sprouts from the bush have been sold
for fabulous sums Among the faithful its dried
branches held 10 posses magical power. anu
the sale of memorials made from Its twigs con-
stitutes great portion of the trade of the town.
The rose bush grows on the side of the church,
which built in lG22-
The success of wireless telegrspby and the re-
markable capabilities OF the Hertz rays have led
a French electrical saSant. DR.. Ie Ben. to turn
his attention 10 the possibility Of applying this
force 10 modern warfare. The result Is the start
| ling announcement that be hopes shortly 10 per
r feet apparatus by which, seated comfortably at
| home several miles inland. he would be able, 70
| project 4 current capable OF annihilating a fleet
| lowering of the coast The explosions would be
occasoned by the showers of sparks resulting from
the contact between the projected current and the
| electric wires on board the snip, which shower
would be so intense to Immediately ignite the
| powder and shell on board
S journalism in Greenland IS represented By a
: single paper. conducted by certain Mr.. Moeler,
i says the Westminster Gazette" This energetic
Z gentleman performs single-handed the functions
OF editor, printer, and distributor, and the en-
e tire paper l. the product OF his own pen lie mas
s set up a primitive printing establishment az
e Goodthaab. and twice month he performs a long
s voyage on skates through the country 70 dispose
y of his journal. Originally nothing more than 2
collection of crude illustrations, Mr. Moeller grad
ually introduced into the pages OF his paper hrst
words, then sentences, and finally regular articles
5 the affairs of the day In fact ne may be sald
II to have actually taught his subscribers TO read
It Americans are noted for their devotion 10 ice
: water and the Englshman looks in undisguised
horror at our habit of drinking quarts of the cold
;, fluid when we are and tired, says the Chi
- cago News He is taught when child that aw-
full consequences follow washing in very cold wa
v | ter or drinking cold water when he is hot Also
: he has deadly terror of draughts Naturally hG
: | cannot understand how we escape with lives
| An Englishman who went out to Australia
| which shares with fondness for getting cool
| relates how he discovered it the habit of his
| friends to play tennis when the thermometer reg
| istered 100 degrees in the shade, and then rusi
off for icy-cold bath and draught OF ice water
They never seemed the worse for it. We see tht
=. same thing done here every day The Australians
| he also found, particularly the women, after dane
0, ing, hunt up draughts to sit in 10 cool off, ",
= call it ice To the Englishman il is cream
=. ice just when where il invented is th
IA question many people have tried to solve. II
the beginning OF the century il almost un
as known in England, though well known in Maple
and Sicily, where the artfuily mad
e. into copies of peaches. apples, apTieots and suc
4 dainties. much have them today made il
- 1 molds. There Is famous instance in supper
~ of the English against the American opinion o
the subject Of taking cold baths when you ar
o. | very hot. for il removed from the earth in tn
Il, city of Babylon, the age of thrty-three,
te of the greatest that lived. Alexander I'll
ro Great who died of fever brought by bath
| ing in the river when he very hot. This wa
:. | unfortunate, because he would doubtless hav
&c &c | gone on 10 conquer China, he conquered tn
III rest of Asia. and this might have saved severa
ne European powers half their present anxiety.
! The young should be trained in the importanc
of ventilation. for this is OF the most n,
elected requisites of good health, says the '.S
Louis Republic 1t is estimated that 5000 C,
( bic feet of Dure air per hour ia tho reed