The evening times., 1899-08-17
NOrEs OF THE DAY.

Switzerlands expense for the keeping of eaeh
inmate in the iHsane asylums is s4s a year
For white man to marry a eoIored woman IS
contrary to the law of every Southern state
The mail matter that comes to Topeka from Ma
Mia sometimes numbers high 1000 pieces
day.
Christian Science is in its infancy in Ireland,
but church has recently been established at
Belfast.
The wool trade of the Argentine Republic in,
creases steadily Most of it is sent to France and
Germany.
Within the last ninety-fye years the population
OF Belgium has doubled itself, rising from 3,100,-
600 to 100000.
California reports an unusually fine prune crop.
the size and abundance of the fruit exceeding
those Of last year.
The kissing bug has a rival in the unidentified
insect up in South Dakota, which eats holes in
the roofs OF houses.
The number Of immigrants from Southern Italy
curing curing the last fiscal year was 63,639, OF whom
20,052 were females.
Owing to the difference in the average death
rate it may be said that three Engsishmen live
Us long five Russians.
IL has been computed that $3.50 900 600 per an
mum Is paid TO British shipOwners for ocean car
riage between ocean ports
The number of vessels leaving the harbor Of
Hamburg in the month OF May increased from
3,379 in 1894, 10 4.935 in 1s99-
Kansas has two head Of cattle one hog, one
third of a horse, and one.afth of sheep for.
every man, woman, and child in the State
More than two million poles have been plant
ed along the line Of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road in Dakota, 10 protection from
drifts
Rufus Benner OF Waldoboro, Me-. has an
earthen jug that is said TO have come over in
the Mayhower. 1t has oval bottom and no
handle
Prague seems to extend its chanvinism even
in science There TWO botanical gardens-one
belonging TO the German the other TO the Bo-
hemian University.
Mormonism is gaining ground in England to
such extent that the advisabiity of introduc-
ing pFohibitye measure in Parliament is being
seriously considered.
Argentina buys most Of her goods from Brit
ain Italy is second. Germany third. and the
United States close fourth, with the prospect
of soon being second
The imports to Argentina to the United states
during the first three months of 1880 were worth
-. 500, ,0O0. being nearly double what they were
for the first three months Of IS9s.
Although one-haf Of the rubber product OF the
forests along hte Amazon goes TO the United
States, most of the steamers. wharves, and bank
ing houses In the region belong TO the English
IN the Italian part Of Switzerland continues on a
large scale In the canton of Tessin alone the
guards destroyed last year 1900 traps for birds
Prof MOritz. Of Munich. has investigated the
conditions necessary for the absorption Of drugs.
| and Finds that medicaments are absorbed most
speedily when taken with palm water while fast
ing.
At Munich there is hospital which is en-
tirely supported by the sale of old steel pens
and nibs collected from al parts Of Germany.
| They are made into watch springs, knives, and
razors.
| Great Britain's imports of iron ore last month
increased 1912 per cent in quantity. and 2l14 per
| cent in value. For the hall year quantity Of
| ore imported increased 2412 per cent value Of
| same. 25as-
Within the past eight years there has been a
gain of Sc per cent in The enrolment Of the
secondary schools of the United States. rate Of
increase said be five times that of the increase
| in population
In the new directory of the boroughs of Man.
haitian and the Bronx there are 3Ss sos narnes al
| increase over last year Of 2s 4a6 In the eompi-
ation of the present directory 621z square miles
have been caHvassed.
The proposition 70 remove the present capital
| OF Florida from Tallahassee has been revived. but
| without success. though it Is probable that the
| supreme court and the railroad commission Will
/ be transferred TO Jacksonville. go
In one respect. says Nature the Madras Uni
versty is ahead of English universities. since it
| requires students of history TO possess some
| knowledge OF ethnOlogy and comparative pliilol-
agy, which is not the in the British instr
4 tutions.
In book entitled ..Roma FINS saeculi.' iedi-
| Gated 10 Mark Twain. but extremely serious a.
| Milan professor. nnder the pseudonym Of PulifIo,
A .ls
| gists, whom he accuses of general ignorance and
/ incompetence.
| Copper has riSon and aluminium declined unit
the price of the two metals is almost the same.
| one pound OF aluminium is equivalent TO two ~
copper in carrying electrical energy, and. if IL
were as easy TO work and solder. would probably
| displace copper 10 considerable extent.
saturday, sunday, and NJ ,nday are the favorite
| days in the week for marriages-Sunday in rural
districts and Saturday in towns Sunday we'd
dingS seem TO be generally less numerous than
| they were. while the number which take place on
Saturday are greatly on the increase.
The ''Frankfurter Zeitung'' has brought to-
| gether a number OF facts, showing that there is
at present in Austria a remarkable growth Of
clerical influence and multiplication OF mo: 4ster-
! les. Al the principal hospital in Vienna forty
| nurses were discharged the other day and re,
placed by nuns.
.'Prometheus' declares that over-indulgenee il
tobacco will prove the ruin Of South American
i people. Not only do children Of two or tAret
years smoke all day long. but mothers have beef,
| seen trying to quiet their babes by putting ei-
gars in their mouths.
After convict has served out his time in th,
State prison of Maine. and has donned the suit
of clothes given 10 him by the State, he is re.
| quired TO sit for his photograph, and il is kept
for future use, should his subsequent career call
| for il. Heretofore only the picture taken upon
the commitment has been kept. and this has OF
| ten been found OF little avail in later years.
\ scheme of Girard Avenue bootblack tc
boom business has been interfered with by the
| police, though it not found out until aftel
the originator had reaped quite harvest say:
the philadelphia Record" The bootblack ha
u dog. one of the ordinary board-yard beasts
| which i very susceptible 70 training. and tht
sinner. enc day while business was slow be
thought him of good plan TO make il brisk
As result he went WORK as i trainer, ant
soon had his dog well enough learned to spTint
] the new invention Several weeks went by be
fore it discovered that the bootblack wa
! not only in the shOe-cleaniHg business but ais
made practice of dirtying the shoes and tTous
| eTs of who passed near his stand Youns
shine them up had taught the dog to walk n
the muddy cutters and then jump up in a play
iul way at who passed by, with the result
/, that the animal made the legs of pedestrians
trousers and their shoes anything but presenta
BILE In nine cases cut OF ten the boo;black wa
called upon TO clean the shoes and Clothes a
30 mu-h per job. Tho dog mad been { inet
not to loiter about the stand, and thus the fac
that the bOothlack owned the animal was no
found out. Finally the bootblack told the seere
| of his brisk business to a storckeeper near bv
who thought il his duty to inform the police
Now the cleaner of footwear is not allowed Il
have the dog at his place of business.