The evening times., 1899-06-22
NOTES OF THE DAY.

As many 400 dates have been gathered
from single palm.
The Denmark dykes have stood the storms Of
more than seven centuries.
Queen Wilhemina has preserved her dolls and
adds constantly to her collection of the puppets.
q. L. Watson. designer Of the famous English
yachts has owned even a rowboat of his
own.
The Siberian Railway already has FIFTY refris-
efator cars for taking butter TO the Russian
cities.
In his youthful days Emperor William dreamed
that he could reconcile the masses and the
classes.
There are ffty-fou ports in the Island of
Cuba, but only fifteen open to the world,
commerce.
The capital Of Herzegovina has a nan named
Gjugia. who is 100 years old, and boasts of l3j
descendants.
The maximum weight Of freight locomotives ia
now 2ls,0O pounds against 10000 pounds fiji.
teen years ago.
Russia has tw; nty- nine women who have de-
voted themselves 10 pharmacy, and Germany has
more than 100.
In France the Withdrawals from the savings
banks thus far in the year have exceeded de-
posi;s by s2,iis,0Jp
The market gardeners around Paris cultivate
the dandelion a large scale. and sell it for
soou pIitt5 IN
An Irish philosopher says it, great blessing
that night comes late in the day when
l. too tired 10 work longer
Tie sacred book of the Sikhs. now in the pos
session of the Marquis of DuEern. is only about
half the size of po.iage stamp.
Thomas Wocott. of SMYRNA. Neb owns a
copy in L;ncoln's own handwriting of the fr-t
speech made by Lincoln in a court Of law.
At the Geographical Congress at Berlin this
summer the languages TO be used will he Irn-
tied TO English. French, German. and Italian.
Upward of 10000 pounds of snals are eaten
every day by the residents Of the gay French
capital. the snail market being the busiest in
dustrial T,art in Paris.
The busnes. connections of a family in Kirwin
Kan, rather suggestive. One son i a doc
tor. another is an undertaken. a third makes
tombstone. ard the wife of the latter il a drug
gist.
\ hole in his right heel enabled 4 negro work.
in the diamond fields Of South Africa TO
crete and steal gems to the value of s253.OOD.
These he expressed in small parcels OF fruits to
a cousin in King Williams Town. in the cx-
treme south II Africa, from which place both
recently departed for England.
A despatch from Cairo 10 the London press
SAYS ths. Lord Kitchener intends. some time be-
tween September ! and Il. when the railway
will be completed by khartOum. to throw open
the soudan 70 traders and Others without re-
|trctou. Foreign goods viii enter free Of duty.
but subject to q small registration fee. TO he
levied at Wady Halfa.
Queen Mdrrherita. Of Italy. i pas-ionately fond
OF white and wears it mors than ANYTHING else
Gne day she asked the King il he thought she
growing too old to wear white dre--e~. The
King replied that he would like TO think the
matter over. In the course OF week the Qu"cn
received note from her ROYAL husband. sayin,
that his would be found in the accom-
panyin- box. The box contained three beautiful
white dlcsses.
TIE most extraordinary forest in the world
discovered by Dr. Welwtsch and occupies a
tlbleland siN miles in width. between 800
and 400 feet above the sea. near the west coast
Of Africa. The pecuiarity Of the trct> Of this
forest is that. though their trunks much
j. four feet in diameter. they attain the height
Of only foot. No tree bears more than two
leaves. and these attain a length of ,ix and
breadth Of two feet. Tile flower make gorgeous
crimson clusters.
The Persian colony in Pari, las been greatly
perturbed lately by the choice Of the c7mm--
-onaire general. sent from Persia to look after
her interests At the exhibition Of 1900 This
official. who Is described small and unknown
merchant. who thinks he knows il all, i, it
appears. not Persian subject at all. and the
feeling on the matter i strong that ". Dell
o4>-c. minister Tor foreign affairs. ha, ordered
an investigation. which. II i hoped. will place
things Il more satisfactory footing
The late William Morris views on the laure-
a,cshp, as made public in Mr. Msckail's bio--
rlphy. we're peculiar and interesting. Mr.. Glad
stone was willing to offer Morris the succession
To Teuny>on; hut. on being sounded. the 50
cialisi poet. although pleased with the honor.
declined unrc-cFvcdy. stating that, in his opin-
ion the function Of poet laureate that Of
ceremonial writer OF rse. and that the Marquis
Of Lorne. the lan=idiy literary sou-in-law Of
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\ p,an i now said To be under consideration
by the British Government for the lighting Of
tn Pyramids by electricity and the installation
II an electric power transmission plant OF p 0DJ
horsepower. The plan involves the erection Of
power generating plant al the ASsouIn Falls. On
the River Nile. and its Transmission over dis
jlnce OF 100 miles. through the cotton growing
districts, where. it j. Thought. the provision ot
cheap power from this Will permit the
buildins Of cotton factories. Part OF the scheme
contcmplate> the lighting iroH this source OF
the interior corridors OF the Pyramids and al~n
the operation Of pumping machinery ioF irrisat-
ing large areas O: desert lands along the Nile
II i also stated that an American company is
likely To receive the contract for this work
New Mexico correspondent OF the Chicago
Record says: The famous turquoise mine at
,srrilIo~. about thirty miles south OF santa Fe.
l. now the property of tho Tiifanys, the N+w
York jewellers who are working il on scientific
MANY ievs'- D. it Welded before There
are abous sixty turquoise mines in the territory.
th" product @: which amounted to >J21.niD last
wear. and ! entirely controlled in the United
>tateS The largest piece ui turquoise Dis
covered here was taken from the Tiffany mine.
and lSl- vdiu,d at >H.ua- The high prices Il
copper and zine during the last year have lei
to a revival of interest in those minerals in New
Mexico, and several important discoveries have
been made. Copper i now more sought after
than gold and great deal Of money ! being
invested in the development cf Old rIiEcs that
were abandoned yearS ago"
Capt !. w Williams. OF Greensboro. Ala, IL
in search of a sword which taken from hiTu
when he was captured by 4 P'nnsy lvanil resi-
rnent at the battle of South Mountain. Md,
September Il. ls62. Williams was very boy
i'm captain and the colonel of the regiment into
whose hands he fell taking a fancy TO him be-
cause he refused TO surrender his sword to an
officer inferior in rank, promised to restore the
weapon upon the close CT the Captain
Williams failed communicate with the Penn
sylvauian after the war. however, and now has
little information to guide him in his quest. The
colonel's name wa Fisher. and he lived either
at Harrisburg or Pittsburg. The >cahbard Of the
sword bore the inscription: &c. p Nelson, by
whom the weapon lH'd been presented to Captain
Williams ard the latter hopes that he may learn
something OF its whereabouts through Colonel
Fishers family or descendants
Tie recent New YoIk-Nevport sclndal is not
the only testimony to the theory that tine di-
vorce plague is growing. The figures
show IL II seems tn he a fatal luxury. but
one that. though it comes high. some
people must have In 1861 the population
Of England and Wales about 21.0l).0oa- In
that yeaT 2jS divorce suits entered. Ten
yeai> later there were iI0 suits among 1900 900
population. In ISL there 6ls out Of 26.
O)D,001, and last wear there were SD out OF 81
0oO.0J0 The majority of p2titions are filed by