The evening times., 1899-12-27
NOTES OP THE DAY.

beef.
There are nearly $4,000 acres of swamp land
in South Carolina
Australia has on an average one hospital for
every 2,290 persons.
Dublin University is to establish diploma for
teaching agriculture.
Chickamaueua is to have Confederate monu-
ment TO cost $65, CO.,
Fourteen towns and cities in Massachusetts, have
sewage hltrction plants.
Baltimore claims the largest negro population
OF any city in the world.
The meat OF sheep killed by dog fatally
poisoned Kalamazoo girl
State organization of druggists wives has
been affected at Denver. Col.
They say an energetic temperament and active
habits conduce TO longevity.
The chance Of two finger prints being alike is
not one in fifty-four billions.
Sundays and holidays reduce the number Of
work days in Russia 40 PCS a year.
Columbia University has received total of
$4,000 as anonymous Christmas gifts.
Intemperance made 534 New Workers insane the
past year; love, II men and 80 women.
Fifty-seven new cotton mills have been built in
the South during the past twelve months.
The castor-oil tree (Richinus community is be-
heved in Egypt to keep away mosquitoes.
At Antioch, Cal. a snake unsuccessful in
attempting to drag a squirrel into its hole.
The foot-wsrrner in winter is a Characteristic
feature of the cabs, trans, and buses in Paris.
The brewers Of Johannesburg were the first to
be commandeered for horses TO supply the Boer
artillery.
The average duration Of marriages in England
in 2s years; in France and Germany, 26; Norway,
"a; Russia, 30
In (1hfpa fork keepiuC his
clients in health. The moment they become i'll
his emoluments cease.
The widow of Detroit dipsomaniac has re-
covered 1000 damages from the who sold
liquor TO her husband
Monuments to mark the boundary line betyten
the Federal district and the State OF Mexico are
to be erected shortly.
tion for epileptics, founded in 1865. which now
has about 1850 patients.
Ladysmith. which figures So prominently in the
war messages. is one Of the oldest, largest, and
healthiest towns in Natal
A iackrabbit sausage factory is to be started in
Kansas. in order TO utilize the heavy and yearly
increasing crop Of this creature
Saturday. April H. has been selected as the
date for the official opening Of the Paris Expo
-ition. instead OF Easter Sunday.
There five '.tasters'' in tine Sultan's kitchen
at Constantinople. They taste every dish before
it is put before their royal master.
The hygienic reports Of Paris for the year 1893
record so persons bitten by dogs supposed to.
be mad: eight Of these persons died.
More than 10000 tenernen, dwellers are in
Brooklyn. according to ofieia. figures Just issued.
The number Of tenement houses is 81, ,6s5.
The London Missionary Society is sending out
wenty-three missionaries to China, India Africa,
ind Polynesia. They will include several ladies.
About 81 per cent Of the fishing nets in Hok-
saido. Japan, are made Of cotton thread. Cot
on nets were first introduced from Scotland in
Mohammedsns to the number of 10000 have
deserted Crete. The remaining 5000 are be-
rinning TO feel reconciled to the new order Of
hings.
The largest plant in the world is probably
gigantic Sasweed. known the 'nereocytis.'
which frequently grows TO height of more than
90 feet
At indianapolis an effort is being made TO con-
1lidate the various schools Of higher education
Ito an institution TO be known a. the University
indianapolis.
In all the towns of the Philippine Islands which
re under American control any native who may
e found out a doors after $50 p m without
ass is fined. 50.
The japanese Government decided some time
20 to increase the price of railway tickets by
ne-third. The result loss instead Of
ain in receipts
Near quarry IN itaIy Is town IN which the
hsbitsnts pay no rent or taxes. They are
larry employees. who have dug dwellings in the
&c % a steep rock.
At Amherst COLLEGE thirty-e,eht States are
presented among the students Massachusetts,
ads with III New York has 20 Connecticut
Is %. and Pennsylvania IS.
Cooperative factories in Great Britain last
ar made profits sggreGating over s1.0O0. 600 on
capital of little over sl1,oOo.O0O This is
ore than 10 per cent on the investment
Experiments made in Baden, Germany, in
rd to coeducation have convinced the authori-
e that there is no harm in it, and that II has
Nantases, especially IN the smaller towns
At a recent auction sale in Paris a copy Of the
80 edition Of the Fables OF Iafontaine''
ought sIOo francs. /; belonged originally 10
e Of the court ladies Of Queen Marie Antoinette.
-Four million seven hundred thousand cubic
rds i. in round Numbers, the amount ofsma-
rial that has oecn removed from Duluth-Su-
rior Harbor under tine continuous contract in
2 season Of 1883.
The crow in New ZEALAND strikes sweet
tie as any heard in the woodland. The robin
: no song and no red breast the native hen is
E greatest c: rat killers; there is caterpillar
1ich rurns into a plant.
In Paris a newspaper publishes statistics
iich show that in certain period only death
d S3 injuries were caused by automobiles. and
ring this time .. deaths and 7+5 injuries were
used by vehicles drawn by horses
are being made for great eXpsn-
IN in rice culture in Texas next year. In one
unity in that State there will be an increase Of
10 acres. with increases in other counties run-
ng up into the thousands OF acres
Hereafter bells that can be heard distance Of
D feet must he attached to all private scsv-
ger wagons in Chicago and these bells must be
ng continuously while the wagons are in serv-
. which may be between sunset and sunrise
A Missouri farmer announces tas a result of
les Of experimen,s) that with corn at 25 cents
hu-hel the first 100 pounds OF a hog cost the
etder 81; the second 100 cost S2-15; the third
50. and the last loo poi;nds of porker weigh
: 400. cost S4.25.
six thousand acres of land opposite ST. Louis,
=, that only few years ago marshy
dy Of water called Big Lake. was drained and
,laimed. and is now, according to the st
uis Globe Democrat, the banner comfed Of
nerica with 100 bushels TO the acre ripening
on it.
sixteen wears ago Sabsr Rouse, the daughter of
section foreman on the Union Pacific Railroad,
$ run over by a freight train that line. in
erokoc county, kan.. and one Of her legs
,shed below the Enee. Al that time she
D years old. She grew into womanhood with
making any claim against the railroad COM
~; but few weeks ago. Just before her eight
ith birthday. she was advised to bring suit
damages. A Jew DAYS ago the company was
ifed that action had been commenced in the
lrt of Cherokee county for $1,000.
n Nice the weather has been so cold that the
prietor of one of the hotels there. who has
n sending daily reports of the thermometer
dings TO the New York Herald" was hard