The evening times., 1899-09-13
NOTES OF THE DAY.

London annually consumes 10000 tons of i'm
ported meat.
sewing machine is supposed TO do the work
of twelve women.
Opal mining il one OF the latest Australian
mineral industries
\ pure blue is shown by experiment to he the
natural color Of water.
Five million roses are required to produce one
kiogram Of altar Of roses.
I Ferrybcats are 10 RIM across the Danube be-
/! tween Roumsnis and Bulgaria
An automobile street cleaning machine is in
successful operation in St Louis
In the United states $4,000 cubic feet of pine
is used annually in making matches.
California produces about one-third of the al
| monds consumed in the United States
| All the Australian colonies will be represented
at the Philadelphia Commercial Congress
/ Arcola. H.. with population of less than
| 1900. leads the world in the bFOomcOrn industry.
| The library of the Peterhead penitentiary. in
| Scotland does not contain copy Of Burns
] poems.
| Englishmen may now spend fortnigh, in Paris
or Switzerland for s35, enjoy Norwegian tour
! for so
! Our of l2l law students called TO the London
| bar in one day not long ago, nineteen have Ofi-
| entail names.
! Russia has made the metric system Of weights
and measures legal, but without prejudice TO the
old system
Thirty-two German school children died during
the last school year from the effects Of corporal
| punishment
| Japan has established at Yokohama an impe-
| rial commercial museum, modelled after the one
/ in Philadelphia
| London is importing ice from Norway. The
| regular supply has been exhausted because Of
| the intense heat
To the academic CITY of Edinburgh is accorded
the distinction of having the largest railway sta
. tiOn in Great Britain.
The wc.r;,::Ly women OF yenezncla are said to
be extremely fond - dress, and will spend much
| money personal adoTnmeps.
While in Washington women are in distaro- ~
Government employes. they increasing in
number in the British civil service.
| The worlds births amount 70 36, 792 900 everv
| year. 1O0.SO0 every day. 4.2o0 every hour. 20
every minute, and and fraction every second
Women interested in employment for the work
| ing girls of New York have on their lists Gf un-
| healtkful emplOymeBts that Of pearl button max
| ing.
Parliamentary return shows that during 1ses
| 9.l5I vivsection experiments were performed IN
| der license ia England and Scotland living
! animals
Athos small town on the coast Of Macedonia
| may not inaptiy be termed The Baehelors' Par
adise-' is be seen anywhere in
the place.
When John Carroll was hanged a few days ago
| al Atlanta for the murder of woman he wore
black cap which had been made for the oeca-
| sion by his mother
Russia has about 29.OO0 miles Of railway
line. including the great extensions in siberia
Half of this great mileage has been added during
the past eight Years
The British Board of Trade reports that 800, 500
English workmen received an increase of wages
during July. the average advance being 81 pence
per head per week
IN enterpriSing Western firm is making ar
/ rsngementS 70 Let up i modern sawmiI in China
! where lumber i still sawed by the primitive
! methods Of a century ago
The conversion of the fihtie>t. roughest lime
stone into soft, white wool is one OF the Wonders
| Of the century. which viii shortly appear in i
| practical way to the manufacturer.
The only tea gardens in the United States are
| at Pinehurst, 8 c. Dr. Shspard's estate com
pTises about 7oo acres Of which between so and
100 acres are now planted in tea
Nuremberg, Germany. has az electrical and op
teal works which employs 1000 men. besides
large scientific staff and which in IsS. exc
c'ited orders aggregating sl5,Oo0.O00.
West Virginia has become the first State for
oil and lumber, the second for coke ard third
for coal. II has tIirty-siv railroads projected.
eight Of which under construction
Two German societies the Landwirths-Gesell-
schaft and the Verein der Zuckerindustrie. have
combined offer prize Of $3.50 for the invsn-
rion of machine for harvesting beets
Ten years ago 9.0DOO01 bunches Of bananss
would satisfy the American demand for the fruit.
bur last year the twenty more importers Of
bananas sold a many a 100000 punches.
The introduction Of iower-growins as an indus
| tIy in Southern New Jersey is being seriously y
considered and in connection with bulb growing,
/ some lan5> being especially fitted for the eombi-
nation.
Bavaria bears the prize for beer drinking the
| yearly average Tor each man. woman- and child
being S36 litrcs. Belgium comes NEXT with I61
litrcs. then Great Britain with 10: the average
=. for the United States Is y Htres wear
\ writer in an English magazine declares that
the real average Engishmsn Il workingmau
earning 30 a week. wearing collar. knowing
nothing Of tooth brushes and landkerchiefs. ana
y getting shaved only sundays He does not
! ! huy books, and reads nothing but sporting pa
r l. pers-
/ NJ the last meeting OF the Paris Academy o
s Science Prot. Noissau described combination o
boric acid ard carbonized sugar which forms
new stone quite superior 70 the diamond in hard
[ ness Ii cuts diamond without difficulty and ear
! be made into any size or shape The combIna
| ton of carbon with bOrium occurs when Jh
| mixture of horic acid and carbon sugar l. hEaIe,
in electric furnaces by temperature OF dhou
I S,OOD degrees The stone will be of conSid
= etable importance where hitherto the expensive
black diamond has been used
n K,ntIcky farmer seventy wears old lately he
/ ! came a convert to Mormonism. and departed 70
a Utah. his aged wife walking with him FIVE mile
10 the railway station to bid him cheerful an
contented good-by. She did not make Il seea
u and adiure him remain in the faith Of hi
il fathers and the hos. of his old home but sp'
=, him on his going forth with pious alaerity al
u resignation. At his age he viii be lucky il h
: gets Mormon wife worthy TO uuloo>e the Sho
II latchtts Of his old though on trial she Nigh
n be equally ready l" let him go
! 4 very interesting addition has Just been mad
IS to the exhibited aHhropoiOgical collection in N
e Natural History Museum Of london. IL i pc
e feet skeleton of an aboriginal Tasiranian- Oni
q four complete skeletons Of this extinct race al
2. known 10 exist and. owing 10 the custom
d burning the dead which prevailed among then
a | IL is very doubtful whether any Others WIFI no
lie recovered. The last male of the died
March, 1860. and in June. 1876. there died th
I last woman. Truganna. or Lalla ROokh. as sf
e was aferwsrd called. She absolutely th
last survivor of the race. and this fact lena
additional interest 10 the possession by the ma
scum Of authentic busts of her and her husband
modelled by Mr.. Murray. of Hobart Town
Helen Keller the deaf. dumb. and blind cir
whose requirements have attracted the attentio
of all students OF educational methods is spen,
le ing the summer WFentham. Mass. as Il
guest of Mrs J. T. Chamberlain. says the Ne
'e York Tribune She keeps up her study
Greek and Arabic. and writes her exercises
| machine especially designed for The