The evening times., 1899-12-06
NOTES OF HE DAY.

on Sundays.
The number of marriages in Manhattan and
Bronx this yHr will be greater than ever in
their history.
Manchester. England. has opened lodging
houses nr.der the control of the city to ac-
commodste $50 men.
union OF beer wagon drivers in Brook
lyn has received charter from the National
Union OF Brewery Workers
The Georgia legislature has been asked to
appropriate 1900 to found a summer school for
teachers in the public schools.
With this years payments, the South Caro-
lima dispensary will have contributed total
Of 500. .i1 to the schools of that State.
The total number Of women over eighteen
years old employed in the factories and work
shops OF the British Islands is about 10000.
Women occupy seventy five positions along the
line OF public 5 Ditation in England and her
colonies. the salaries ranging from l,oo0 to
$500.
The revenue OF Sierra Leone for the past year
reached the sum Of $05s, 40 the largest ever
collected in the colony. The expenditure wa,
$505, $50.
While the year has been exceptionally dry in
America, ireland has had 3l.04 inches OF rain
up to the end of September, IS against 23.05
for the same months last year.
For the contemplated telephone connection be-
tween Berlin and Paris two lines are to be con-
strIicted one direct line from Berlin TO Paris,
and the other by way Of Frankfort, 50 that 4
complete breakdown Of the service between the
two capitals will be remote contingency.
The admission fee to the Paris Exposition will
be, before 10 m. francs. about 40 cents, to
the entire exhibition; between the hours OF 10
a.. m. and p. m-, franc will be the charge. and
after p. m on week days francs while
Sundays the fee is not to be raised for the even
ing hour.
Thn ~ -. VII
store shows prosperity. The Coop is man
aged entirely by undergraduates and for under
graduates. and is strictly a college department
store The cash sales for the first six days Of
the present term were about 1900. and MT
profits for the year =, 700. The total member
ship OF the Coop" is 80. The cash bu.i-
Dess for the year Si5, l23.
The recent proposition to undertake the rais-
ing OF cattle a somewhat large scale in
eastern Maine has aroused the oldest inhab-
itants to say that many years ago large herds
Of cattle and sheep were raised there but
the tracts Of land thus occupied were given
up 10 the raising of blucberries. The canning
OF these berries has been carried somewhat
extensively in Maine in recent years.
A colony on the TolstOy plan mas been founded
by some of the Netherlaudish disciples Of the
Russian teacher at Apeldoors. in Holland. where
William iii had his favorite hunting seat before
he became King Of England. Three professional
men have renounced their positions and have
joined as agricultural laborers. One is Prot.
Van Ries, the other two are Protestant clergymen-
Each is to be paid yearly wage OF $3.50 for his
labor.
Three hundred Japanese eolonists located two
years ago in the southern part of oxaea. Mexico.
near Jimiitepec. under authority Of concession
granted by the Mexican Government. The colony
has been experimenting in tea growing and has
made such success that 1000 more japanese men
and their families are to be brought to Mexico to
join the original colony. Other tropical products
also raised by the colOnists- Their extensive
plantations are located in the Verde River VAL
ley.
In recent paper DIR. Sbeard. medical officer
of health in Toronto, says that during the past
year in the Blood Indian reserve of tine Canadian
Northwest Territory. in a population Of s.Oo1.
there were l2I deaths from pulmonary 'c5nsumP-
tion, constituting % per cent Of the tNa death
rate. This occurred in a tribe occupying nf
the finest climates in the world, among the
foothills OF the Rocky Mountains-a region in
which consumption IS extremely among the
white population.
One Of the masterpieces of musical clocks has
just been completed for the Emperor of China.
in whose palace. besides pointing out the cor
rect time. it will play selections from a fully
equipped automatic orchestra 1t Is pronounced
the most complete isusaesi x,nanxtoa in the
world. having eight divisions. each OF which
the pieces played by this musical clock were
selected by the Emperor himself, and consist
Of forty foreign and twenty-four Chinese
citais
whl; is considered one Of the most remarkable
yerdicts ever rendered was that OF jury in the
United States district court at Pittsburg- G. A.
Samuels was tried for selling oleomarglrine IN
original manufacturer packages without paving
special tax and the jury found him technie1lly
guilty." vet in the absence of any apparent IN
tent on the part Of the defendant to defraud the
Government and other extenuating circumstances.
they felt compelled 10 recommend the defend
ant to the extreme mercy of the court and ask
the court TO suspend sentence
Dr. E. ". Scripture described before the
American Association for the Advancement OF
Science the method of producing esthesia by
the direct application Of electrical current
without the application of drugs An alternating
current with equal positive and negative phases
was made TO traverse the nerve AT proper
frequency of about 5000 complete periods in a
second it can be made to cut off all sensatory
communication by this nerve Needles can be
into the part of the body supplied by this
nerve without any pain being felt
According to social usage, women in Peru
not attend funerals. and they do not appear at
weddings unless they are very intimate friends
When a funeral procession passes through the
streets the coffin is carried upon the shoulders OF
the pailbearerS. VINO are foioIeu Dy an cfnpty
hearse drawn by two four. or six horses, Accord
ing to the means of the mourners and their desire
for display. All the male members of the family
and friends of the deceased follow on foot, with
line of empty carriages behind them. A.
lone as they are in the presence Of the dead
ii is considered a proper and necessary evidence
of respect TO walk. After the body has been
committed to the grave those who attend the
funeral brought home in carriages.
The president of the Royal College OF Sur
geons. who has Just volunteered for service IN
South Africa, is novice in service the
field of battle. He served i Toluntcer
geon during the Franco Priissisn war, and
present at the siege of Sedan He has written
a book describing his experiences in this con-
fict, which had a great influence in improving
the condition of field hospitals and ambulance
served in the Turko-Seryian war. and is the
pcsseSor of many foreign decorations. given
in recognition of his services He is now serv-
ing his fourth term as president OF the Royal
Africa, says the Chicago Tribune Sir vii
liam gives up an enormous practice. He -
nearly sixty-four years old.
One OF the priced curios Of the Philadelphis
mint is a coin which is 2.0t0 years DID, and
which was coined at the ancient mint of that
other Philadelphia of the Far East. II is still
in good condition, and the inscription is per
fectly legible. The design on the face Of the
coin says the philadelphia Record, bears =
striking resemblance to the Goddess OF Liberty
OF our own currency. and underneath is the
one word 'Demos." which means .the people"
On the other side is the figure Of Diana. with
her how arched. and the inscription. DIANA.
Friend Of the Philadelphians.' When this coin
was struck off Philadelphia was the most i'm
portant city of Lydia. The prize was picked up
in Europe by Joseph Mickey. celebrated
Philadelphia violin maker and numismatist OF