The evening times., 1899-07-21
NOTES OF THE DAY.

American trade with Australia in ieath
soods has quadrupled in Ave years
Gerrnany's receipts f-crn picture postal earl
were increased from lss6 to 1871 by s6J0.00l-
Only death from smallpox has been reg
isiered in London during the past twelve months
Some Of the condors shot in the Andes Noun
tanis have spread OF wing isonn ID feet % %
feet.
In 1850 the gross revenue OF the United States
postoffice $33, ,315,i7 II Is now over $J5,-
o00,000 year.
kind Of paper is made from seaweed which
is 50 transparent that it may be used instead
OF gass for windows
Newark, n j., contains 2,207 buildings. in
which are 55,14s families, 1881 stores, and 1,13S
manufacturing ecneerBs-
Several houses near Boston are to have steam
power oiEnibusss soon, TO IN streets where
there are no cars at present.
The population OF the sosth African Republic
consists of 63, ,DoJ Bolrs 90 other whites, call
ed ui:landers. and eoo.eoo Kafirs and ZulJas-
British timber imports for April were 10000
loads OF hewn and 205.000 OF sawed. Of which
the United States furnished, respectively, T.
900 and 1000 loads.
The State Of Pennsylvania Matched s0,0Oo,o3o
shad in the Delaware River this year, and the
United States hatched 20O,Oe0. O0o of the
fish in the Delaware and susquehannah Rivers
combined
In article the danger of long hours in
druggists shops, the London Lancet says that
during the four years ended july Isgs thirteen
dispensing assistants in drug stores committed
suicide. and seven Others attempted, but failed.
to Kill themselves These suicides were the
consequence OF the physical conditions induced
by the taking Of drugs 10 resist the effects Of
fatigue.
The expedition despatched by South African
authorities to the north OF Zambesi, for the
prTpose of marking out the concession CT sd
square miles, has returned with the report that
the country IS very rich in copper, silver, and
| iron. Assays of collected show - ounces Of
silver and over per cent OF copper to the ton,
| and an expedition viii start at once to open
\ the mines
| Water Is 4 very good transmitter Of sound A
| scientist by the name Of Caleion made scme ex-
| periments on Lake Geneva. Switzerland, 10 dem
onstrate the power of sound to travel long
way in water. clock made TO strike
| under the water, and heard 10 distance
OF twelve miles. In the second experiment the
striking Of clock was heard 10 distance Of
twenty-seYeR miles
Miss Meiisin h Sowles OF Prospect, Wis, Is
just sixteen years old. One year ago she
given an unlimited license to preach by the
Honey Greek quarterly meeting OF the Free Bap-
tist Church Last week she preached the open
ing sermon at the yearly meeting Of the church.
i great audience being present Miss Soxles
will attend the Theological Seminary at Hills
dale, Mich, after she gets out Of school
On those rare occasions when the aid of the
European physician Is sought for female
| Der Of any Mahometan family of distinction, the
only part OF the patient which the docter is per-
| mitted TO see is the hand. which is thrust for
/ that purpose through small opening in
/ tain This has had the effect Of making med
| zeal able TO give fairly respectable dag
! noses based upon the sight Of the hand alone
| The HolIanders are perhaps Of all the North
| srn people those who smoke the most Tae ku-
| nIidity of their climate makes it almost ne
| eessity, and the moderate cost of tobacco with
| them renders it accessible TO all To show how
| deeply rooted is the habit, il is enough TO say
that the boatmen Of the 1rekseliuit. the aquatic
! diligence Of Holland, measures distances by
smoking. From here, they say, TO such-and-sueiI
| place, II Is rot many miles, but many
/ pipes When you enter house, after the FIRST
| saiEtatioEs, your host offers YOU a cigar; when
/ you take leave he hands you another and often
| insists upon filling your eissr-case-
| One of the oldest bridges in Europe Is soon
10 disappear under the demand for better nav
igation of the river IT spans This : the stone
bridge, with fifteen arches and 4 total length Of
99i feet byi1t across the Danube AZ Re=ensb.1r.,
| tRatisboE). in Bavaria. by Duhe Henry 1he Su-
| perb. in IlS5- ~ The piers rest plies pro
/ tected by some rIprap and heavy lee breakers;
| the roadway Is very narrow, and the footNays
! allow the passage OF only one perSGn az tiIne-
/ Hans Sachs. the p0ei-shoemaker OF Nuremberg.
| sang its praises Of the wonders Of the
| builders art. and the strongest bridge IN Ger
many. So far as its stability is concerned, II
! would probably stand for another 30 yelrs, buG
| il inferferes with the passage Of steamboats,
Statistics which have recently been complied
| show that persons with red hair are far less
| likely to become bald than those who have
| hair of another color The average number of
| red hairs on the human skull is - 20. Hair %
| dark color is generally much finer than red
! hair, ard three Gark hairs cover as much space
| as single red hair As a rule dark-haired
| person has about 10000 hairs in the skull.
! Fair haired persons, on the other hand. men as
| vel women, have from $4,000 70 I6as.ee0-
| The strongest hairs. however, are those oi
| red color and hence they endure the longest.
| Ii may be added that re6-haired parsons
generally Of Il sympathetic and passionate
| ture. and are, as a rule, far more apt 70 be
| optimists than pessimlStS.
Nature does some wonderful things in the
| tropics toward supporting population render
ed lazy by her climatic moods in those regions.
says the --Pittsburg Dispatch" For example.
| there is carnaHha palm growing m Brazil
which yields nutritious milk, from which -four
| i made. The same tree produces edible nuts.
| from which a fair imitation Of eGfee may be
| extracted: its roots haze medicinal prOpeTtils;
| its palmetto Is eaten as a vegetable; yields
sugar and sago. both very nutritious. and from
il wine and vinegar are produced; the stem con
tains a pitA which be used for cork. is
/
baskets bro0ns, and mats; the wood of the
| sem Is used in the 1na1nfacture of musical IN
| struments, f0T building material, or ground Up
| for paper and cloth; with the psth punched
| out it becomes available for pump and
! tubes. And. finally. this wonderful tree gives a
! reSinous much used for making fine candies.
The Glasgow (Ky-) News prints peculiar
story of how Emmett Seymour. Young farmer
| of WOodsonviIle, Hart county. lost work
! horse. The horse was bcin= worked in a harrow
with mule. when at a certain point in the
| fed the ground began to sink with the herse.
! and he went dowa q distance ct about fogIr fest.
The boy who driving the team quickly Un-
hitched the mule and TO the house for hep
in er6er TO extricste the hcrse. He was gone
6Eliy few moments bpt when he returned witt,
help the horse had entirely disappeared Isav-
ing 4 hole in the ground about six feet in diam
I eter. Work WIS then begun to find the animal.
and il located at a distance OF ffty-thTee
feet below tEe earths surface. and was dead.
supposed 10 have had his neck broken in the
| tall 4 lantern was tied a rope and let
down in the hole. by which means the heyss
could be seen. and when il discovered TINT
ne was dead 70 further attempt was made to
extrioate him.
Here says the ''Nev York Times" is a most
surprising find from the columns Of tbs
Springfield Republican soldier letter breath
ins the highest OF unqIestioning patriotism, anc
! tie most elearsighted appreciation Of the no
hiiity as well the horror of war Not only
does the Republican print the letter. but it
calls it graphic writing, TT TO he called ft
/ e-ature." The sathcr Is unnamed nie5nier o.
Battery 4. Utah Light Artillery. and he tells {
friend in the East that lit mere sol