The evening times., 1899-11-29
yOiEs OF HE DAY.

II u proposed to expend 50, ,0oO,COO in changing
New York cable to electricity.
The Pyramids are to be electrically lighted by a
| 1000 electrical horse power plant.
A long distance telephone line is just opened
from St Louis TO Fort Smith, Ark.
Electrical power can be probably transmitted
eighty mics and used as steam is used
Wireless messages have been successfully sent
| between captive balloons mile high. six miles
apart.
Research laboratories are to be established in
various parts Of India, under charge Of health
| officers.
Automobile races will soon be the order Of the
day. They are popular in France and draw large
| crowds.
Pstagonian expedition is organized in Lon
don. and is 10 be backed by the Argentine Gov
! ernment.
Every boy in Germany, from the Crown Prince
! TO the meanest subject. is obliged TO learn some
/ useful trade.
| The India College under the auspices of the
Lutheran General synod, has forty teachers and
Se3 students.
To keep champagne bottles from losing gas a
French scientist covers the cork with a layer Of
| copper electrically deposited.
| The Mohammedan students at Cambridge Uni
| versity have formed association which meets
! for prayer and the study Of the Koran.
A. Jamaica, L. J.. the crowded condition Of
school buildings has forced the authorities to
! open sehooroom temporarily in barn.
! The American Forestry Association is making
strong plea to State Legislatures 10 set aside
forests at the headwaters of rivers in each State
4. The Gersoppa Falls, the sharavatti River. in
South kanara India, are larger and more magnifi-
cent than Niagara The water makes clear drop
OF $50 feet
The changes that occur in wine are due TO
living organisms. Wines contain many. microbes
some Of them dead. hut most of them able to
sit up and look cheerful.
The first Of Califonia's exhibits for the Paris
Exposition has been shipped from San Francisco
to Washington. This first installment from Cali
fornia weighed about 2,50o pounds.
The men-of-war Of the Romans had crew Of
about 225 men of whom la were osrsmen work
ing On three decks The speed Of these vessels
was about six miles an hour in fair weather.
Latest details TO hand regarding a terrible
earthquake shock experienced in Asia Minor show
that centre alone 900 houses and shops
were destroyed while hundreds OF liyes have been
lost.
Berlin physician has written article the
dangers resulting from what are considered in
significant wounds Tor instance, in thirteen
wounds TO the thumb permanent disability fol-
lowed IN 81 per cent.
Pencils from slate dust nodded b. hydraulic
pressure are made in large quantities in Tennes-
see. They much more popular than the solid
cut slate pencils One concern last year made
25. 5.0oD,Gt9 nodded pencils
French army officers report that aluminium
cooking utensils employed in the messes OF the
rank and file stand the wear and tear OF service
very well, suffering less than timed vessels when
overheated. Other observers make the same
report
The oldest tree ON earth with authenticated
history IL the great Bhud tree of Burnilh- For
twenty c.ntuIi,s it has been held sacred by the
nrlf md u. all cd Tulff -
Trunk. When the leaves fall they are carried away
ss relies by pilgrims
From tinle to time experts have noticed certain
uuexplainabIe peculi&rities in magnetic instru-
nents in yariou, buildings. Electricians De
clare. the result of experiments and invcssiya-
tions. tnat the vlgsries are due to the presence
of magnetism IN bricks.
The first attempt to manufacture watches or
clocks large scale in America was made by
Yankee who invented wooden wheels fer clocks IN
I79s In 1881 machinery was applied 10 the max
ing OF metal-w heeIed clocks, which drove Ihe
wooden-1heeled clocks out Of the market
The American Jewish Year Book just issued,
gives the Jewish population OF the country as
/ Ois 500 II Is stated that Of these there
400 900 in New York % 600 in Illinois. 5000 il
Pennsylvania. JoOJl- in ohio, 5000 in CaliiosnS.
900 in Maryland, and 5000 in Missouri
American soldiers in the Philippines all wear
dog checks dog check Is lead medal
about the size OF a dollar, with the volunteers
name, regiment and company stamped on II IL
i hung d leather string around the meek, and
serves to identify the dead or severely wounded
The palace of the moon, told Of in a choice
and curious poem of the year 1855, was built OF
carbuneie The walls were OF diamond, great
WAS the flaming, and it shone 10 hearts desire
in floor and Getting. even as Odlns house on the
Ida field shGne 10 hearts desire with Ine lsht oi
spears and axes
bFes "a. "a
shell it is TO all intents and purposes as active
as at any time during its life. 1t will make
straight for the water, if i; he Out Of sight
and good distance of, and it will pursue its
prey with eagerness and agility during the hfSt
hour Of its free existence
1t is proposed in France to establish court OF
Justice run by women and for women. 10 which
may be carried all those cases concerning which
the most. learned men know nothing. THIS Will
relieve Judge. for instance, from deter
mining questions as 10 fit in suits brought oy
dres,irakeTs against their clients; and II ought
to do away also with much expert testimony in
such cases.
A football team composed of ksfirs from the
Orange Free State is now in England. IL is conf
posed principally of members of the Basuto tribe,
though two are Hottentots. All of the PLAYERS
speak English fiuently, and profess unbounded 10y
atty TO the Queen and to British authority in
South Africa. They look upon the BOes as
enemies who kept their kind in slavery until
Great Britain lnteflerec
A perpstusl calendar has been constructed by
Frenchman named Jagot 1t consists of i've
wheels having a total Of ninety-six teeth and of
nine levers or catches. II indicates automatically,
without any attention winding. the day OF
the week the date and the month. and shows the
18th of February every four years. besides sup
pressing it in the centenary years that ere not
leap years and showing it in these that are
Prof Bergman, the great surgeon Of the Bsr-
lin University. states that the healing power OF
the Roentgen RAYS IS imaginary. The determine
tion Of the presence and position Of foreign bodies
has been extremely successful with tine Roentsen
rays as Is we'll known. Their in connection
with broken bones has also been very satisfactory
The hope Of discovering, by the aid of the Roent-
gen rays the position of gall stones has not been
fulfilled.
A wedding was recently celebrated Saint
I:ernain rAuxeuois. OF the most ancient
churches in Paris at which the entire bridal party
arrived in some twenty motor cars of the newest
pattern. The brides and bridegroom's carriage
was decked out with white lilac. chryssnthe-
NUNS and ferns. The others merely
.perdent with brilliant paint. After the
the party drove away to Saint Cloud.
he mechanicians of the played kind OF dis
,ordant wedding march ON the toshoTns and trifn-
lets with which automobiles are customarily pro-
iided.
The Cape Town correspondent OF q London paper
avs that of the sum Of IL shillines pence. which
vas the total amount OF the Boer treasury at the
line of the gold fnd on the Rand, President
lruser thoughIfuliy appropriated the only gold
oin with the remark THE last of the old gold
|. charm upon his watch chain. and is said to
ave regarded il with 4 feeling of almost super