The evening times., 1899-07-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Within year nineteen free public libraries
have been established in Wisconsin
1t is proposed to institute open-air restaurants
in London during the summer months
Professional etiquette prevents French judges
and judicial officials from riding in omnisuses
Russia wants to borrow money in the London
market for the purpose Of extending her rail-
ways.
Mexican dollars are current all over China.
and when they cannot be had block silver,
coined, is used.
Rhodesia's output of gold for April was 5,755
ounces, and for the first four months of the
year 5000 ounces.
Japanese do not care much for novels Among
were works of felton, ~'ss
Vegetables are like fresh air-indispensabie for
our health; they cool and purify the blood, and
add a necessary acid to il.
The Malay language is spoken by more than
io,OOo,o0O persons. 1t is said to be easy TO
learn, as il has almost grammar.
William Moore, Kentuekian, seventy-one years
Of age has not left his bed for sixtythree years
He was injured by horse when child
At present England sells Colombia nearly 70
per cent OF the cotton cloth used by the latter,
and the United States only about II per cent
The London County Council has offered a prize
Of sl25 for the best design Of dust cart that
will prevent the dust from being blown about
the streets
The disproportion of the sexes Is still very
great in Australia In West Australia. for ex-
ample, there were only $1,000 women in a pop
uation Of 16s.0O0.
The brewers Of Germany are getting alarmed
at the growing competition in South America OF
British and American brewers, who supply in
ferior goods at lower price
The sword Of naval officer is one Of the most
peaceful and useless tools on board of ship
Orders cannot be given with it. and il cannot
reach the enemy that IS being shelled.
Mrs Emily A. Fifeld, member Of the Bos-
ton School Board, presided at a recent session of
that body in the absence OF the president 1t is
the first time in the history Of the Hub that
woman has been 50 honored-
1t is curious fact that the Queen should
have equal number of grandchildren and
grandchildren-thirty-two Of each-which.
together with her seven children, makes the
number of her descendants seventy-one.
Poienken Swennsson.. n tenacious swede, was
drifting in a boat on the Smoky River, Kan,
smoking a pipe. The boat went dam,
and eapsized. Swennsson kept his head above
water, and swan to shore still smoking his pipe.
The De Beers Consolidated Mining Company,
in the South African diamond fields, paid 40
per cent. in dividends last year, the amount paid
Dtlne St,ctJDpu- LIE price IeCeIltN Quoteu
the shares in London was equal 10 145 a par
basis.
The Advocate of India, tells of curious
way of rejoicing The Nawab of Rampore being
blessed with a daughter reioicings were taking
place in his state, and weeks pay de-
Quoted from every state official in connection
with the event.
The gross expenses Of the State of New York
in the year 1899 viii. it Is computed, amount to
s25,OO0.OOO. Of which nearly 10 per cent viii be
necessary to pay the deficits Of departments
which exceeded in Is9s in previous years the
appropriations made for them
Perhaps Carrara Of all marbles is most ia
and best known. II is always used in the
finest statues. The Apuan Alps. of Itsly. hQld :.
the quarries. Indeed. the mountains are nearly
solid marble. and 1000 years work has not
made much impression upon their treasures.
Gospel yacht is being built at Jefersou-
vile, Ind. II Will carry the Gospel to the boat
on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers as il
fcats down toward the Gulf, and then sets its
course for the coast of Cuba, where II VIII be
used a floating chapel Tor evangelistic work.
Floating churches are not so uncommon as
they used to be. The most interesting in Eng
land is the church on the iens at HoIme, ne1r
Peterborough. II is houseboat. S0N90 feet
None of the parish lives than mile from
the river. and the church has the advantage Of
being movable.
In the course of the last decade the manufact-
ure of cotton goods has become firmly estab-
lished industry in Brazil Vast areas q Lard
are available for the growth of the raw IA
teral, labor i cheap. water power Is convenient,
and be utilized without great expense tOr
driving the necessary machinery
For some time past a large battalion Of dogs
has been drilled in the village OF LeeTench near
Cologne, to operate in conjunction with the
German Ambulance Corps Each dog Is sup
piled with a saddle. in which are pockets con-
tanning all that Is necessary for the first dress
ing Of wound; also ! large gOurd Of brandy.
Brookville, Pa. has a crow hatchery, said 10
be the only in the world This birds jet
black head makes handsome trimming for Ia
dies hats and miIlineTs credited with pay
ing p cents for each head The eggs Of crows
hatch in an ordinary chicken incubator in nj
teen days. and in eight weeks the birds are big
enough TO he suillOtIned.
London magazine gives estimate of the
money lost on the turf throughout the world
during each year. The amount Is placed at
$3.50 600 OO0, Of which s50Oo0,OO0 is lost on Eag-
Esh race courses. and, strange to say, about
800. 600 600 on Australian courses. The remain
der is chiefly distributed between France, the
United States, and British colonies
Prof Winchell. State geolosiSt of Minnesota.
holds that the so-caIled greenstones OF that State
are the Oldest known rock. older than the Ca
madam Laurentan. heretofore held TO be the dean
of the faculty of rocks He considers the green
stones TO be the bottom rocks OF the geological
series, and the representatives OF the original
crust of the earth. formed from the molten mass
by the earliest soidihcatiOn-
A young man of Ellsworth, Nc, allowed him
self to be mesmerized by a travelling hypnOtist
recently, and lay for twenty-four hours asleep
in the show window Of one of the principal
stores in the city For the service he was 10
receive so. While he slept the city tax col
leetor filed the necessary legal claim for the
Sl0 and the sleeper awoke to hnd his poil-taX
for the past three years paid.
The German sGovernment possesses several tor
pedo boats constructed of aluminium, and it has
equipped four army corps in all their metal
eoutrements with aluminium, these including
cartridge boxes and cartridge cases, calteeDs.
cups. sword handles. bayonet scabbards, the dew
ices on their helmets, and the metal work .of
their uniforms and the pegs in their boots
constructed OF the same light material
Some weeks ago, says the New York Tmes.''
one of our readers noticed in this column
brief reference to the ''easket girls of New
Orleans, and wrote to us. asking who and what
those girls were. Now, the Times is wont
to answer promptly all such appeals for infor-
nation either by giving the information
sought, or by frankly eonfessing inability
to do so, but this particular question. il must
be confessed, Intentionally mislaid and for
gotten, in the hope that the perils involved gin
answering it might be avoided. The hope was
vain for our reader still has the problem
his mind. and has written again the subject,
as he says that he Is not only reader but
| constant reader of the Times" and appeals
| thus supported cannot be ignored, however en-
vnny ha f61rh