The evening times., 1899-10-11
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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Cleveland ranks as the greatest iron ore market
! in the world
] In Germany tramp is called 'chauszergra-
bsntaP~zisrsr."
TAis has been the greatest year for-pears that
the Nsx Jersey farmers have had for decade
There are thirty-seven gold-protItieing counties
in the $4,000 square miles Of California's area
For evey million inhabitants in Russia there
are only ten newspapers and journals of all sorts.
I Cattle raising in Georgia has reached a point
where there Is a surplus, and the surplus Is COM
| ing West.
/ Italy has bought the Burghese Museum and Cal
lery in Rome for 100000 francs, to be paid in
ten annual installments-
| While plowing on his farm Joshua Dean, near
s Petersburg, Ind, unearthed ninety-eight flint
speaIhesds and two skeletons.
Siberia and the Amur country possess advant-
! ages very similar 10 those of North Ameriea,
Australia and parts Of Africa
! The newest lucky piece is carved ivory
rabbit, not bigger than bean, which must be
carried in the palm of the hand.
| The savings OF the enlisted men in the British
navy amount 10 nearly S20OO, 900. all Of which u
on deposit with the government.
Willie Owen and Howard Gordon. of Hobart.
: Ind, spent their vacation their wheels,
during which they travelled 1.e9l miles.
| Servant girls are so scarce in Chicago that en-
/ ployment agencies are rsnsacking neighboriEa
\ towns for material 20 supply the demand
! Among the curiosities Of Russian statistics IA
| the fact that in decade 4l3 school children,
under fifteen years Of age. committed suicide.
! The Italian cruiser Garibaldi recently launched
| at Genoa from the ysrds Of the Ansaldos, waf
launched nine months after the keel was laid
The American Distilling Company has a con-
eession from the Venezuelan Government cover
ing the right 10 make whisky and other liquors
! fruit grower in Mendoeino county. Cal, has
this season shipped 6o.6ss pounds OF Bartlett
| pears. which raised four and one-hali
acres OF ground.
/ The mineral resources OF western Siberia
| vast Between Tonsk and Kooznesk lie 60,OoS
square kilometers t23, 167 square milesl Of coal
| lands which have never been touched
Raleigh, Y. c., has the largest pair of oak
I trees in the United States. when perfect symme-
I try OF trunk and top is taken into consideration
/ They stand 800 yards north Of the capitol
! The opinion that malaria is conveyed to hu-
/ man beings by mosquitoes has long been held by
the somali Of East Africa, according to iniorma-
! tion given in Wickenburg's ''Wanderungen IN
! Ostafrika."
Tallahassee. the fower-bedecked capital city Of
Florida boasts that it is the only American city
, founded BY a member of the immediate family Of
| Napoleon BonaRaTte, Col Charles Louis Napoleon
l Achille Murat-
| woman with pale ears can be safely set down
as one whose heart is hard to reach, while she
whose ears are pink along the curled rims and
| dOwny lobes is creature OF sympathetic and re-
I spOHsive temperament
| A New Jersey man has patented hitehing post
which Will accommodate bicycles well as horses,
/ the portion Of the post nearest the pavement be-
ing provided with slots Of sufficient width TO ad-
! init the wheel Of the machine.
! A five-vear-old boy Of Brentwood, England, has
received the ROYAL Humane Socety's diploma for
/ jumping into the water and saving the life Of his
/ baby brother. He i believed 10 be the youngest
4 certifcated hfe-sayer on record
| From Cape Hatteras TO Sandy Hook inventor
proposes to stretch wire cable of shore. anchor
ed at intervals 50 that endangered craft, instead
Of drifting upon the beach, may bring up against
I the rope and be held in safety.
There are olive groves all over Syria and Pales-
! tine. but especially along the httoral- some OF
the largest ones are TO be found in The vicinity OF
Nablous, in samaria; in the Aka district, and
near Beirut, Tripoli and LataSia
Hy so minute as to be almost invisible ran
three inches in a half second, and was calculated
! TO make no less than SO steps in the time
/ healthy man would take to breathe once man
with propOrtionate ability could run twenty-four
/ miles in minute.
| Fingers are valued at a high price in Australia
/ A Melbourne boy Of eight had his fingers crushed
/ in a gate at level crossing, and one had 10 be
ampurated- An action on his behalf was brought
/ against the State Railroad Department The Jury
/ awarded the full amount claimed, $500
| An ingenious person residing in Little Rock.
| Ark. has patented infatable boat One gets
into IT, sits down. iastens sheet Of rubber about
I his waist and blows the thing up This done,
/ nothing can sink IT. The craft, moreover, may be
4 ffa Of rVv4
. desired
I The hydraulic mining pits in California ma
/ terially changed the landscape in many places
The Dit Of 4 hydrauIic mine in Nevada county,
I Cal which washed out some fifty years ago,
/ Is again covered with growth Of pine and other
/ trees. and patches Of brush again dot the enes
| verdureless slopes
| The Chinese at wei-Hai-Wei have invented
new kind of cricket says the London Globe"
There are 20 wickets. and the only thing the
bowler aims at is the LEGS Of the baislnan Ii the
bowler succeeds in hitting the hatsman's shin
| the sIniter Is not !. b. W. but cleaned bowled
| In few years they viii all be provided with
wooden stumps-
Lima paper tells Of an artillery soldier who
was sentenced TO be fogged. ard in default of the
regulation cat o-ninetails. put in prison to await
its arrival the officer in charge being a stickler
for discipline II was about year before the
thorties, and by that time the soldier had been
dead several months
The judicial department of the German En-
pire has recently been called upon to pass on the
proper abbreviation for 1900. The common alb
breviation for 1890 IS of course 80. but the Ger
man Judges have decided that 90 would not do
at all for the first year OF the next century Ae-
cordingy, the year will have 10 be written out in
| full ON all German documents.
News comes from Baltimore that this year S
catch of oysters in Chesapeake Bay will be the
smallest in the history Of the industry Where
years ago 100000 gallons was only an average
crop it IS estimated that this year the Weld viii
| be less than LOCO go gallons. A plan Is on foot
giving the bivalves a chance TO recuperate and
multiply.
notice in the London Tines of August 81
illustrates the simplicity Of the English system q
preparing the final lists Of the persons liable for
jury duty. "On and after tomorrow for twenty
one days. SAYS the notice, "the lists of per-
sons Liable to serve as jurymen in England and
Wales. will be exhibited on the doors Of tie
churches and chapels and other public places oi
worship over the country. These lists are open
TO public inspection. Unless objection is made 10
the overseeTs Of the various parishes during Sep
| tember by persons who exempt and whose
names appear the lists their names viii be
returned to the clerks of the place and they will
! be liable to serve on special and common juries
| for the ensuing year During the last week OF
September the justices hold a petty session 10
correct the lists and TO allow the notices Of OBJ
lection 70 the overseeFs.
W d. Hunter, a special agent, has Just report
ed to Dr. Howard, the entomologist Of the
Agricultural Department in regard to recent
statement to the effect that it was considered by