The evening times., 1899-09-02
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Paris gets a part of its ice by rail from a gia-
cier Briancon-
proposal is on foot to stock the River
Thames with saimon-
For more than FIVE wears there has been
scarcity Of rain in Arabia
The public debt Of Canada was reduced by
s901, S96- "a during The month OF June
The wheat crcp in Manitoba and the Northwest
Territories is now in grand condition
The productive area Of the Klondike gold hsld
covers from 1000 to 1880 square miles
II : estimated that about 10000 acres Of land
in the United States are planted with vines
AT the present rate Of increase the United
States will have IN 1850 about iz5,01J physicians
foul breath may be sVeetened by simple
mouth wash Of ehrystal psrm1ngarate Of potash
in a tumbleTful OF water.
The new st. Paul directory shows an increase
Of 3.I59 names over last year. and is believed to
indicate population of D1,6s2
The latest returns of the national banks show
that there are 2D2 fewer of such institutions than
there were at the opening Of ls0i
According TO Judgment Of the courts in the
State Of Washington growing crops caGnOt be
levied upon 70 satisfy Judgment
While Canada's tax on Chinese immigrants IS
| to be increased Japanese to be permitted to
| come in free only for imperial reasons
CT late there has been noticeable increase OF
tourists travel TO Ireland People are discover
ing it IS a fine place to spend a vacation
This years production Of beet sugar in the
United States is estimated al l22.G19 tons from
liIOO0 acres. This Is a iourfOId increase in one
year.
4 missionary paper reports that the opposition
To the Natural Foot Society in China comes chief
~ from the wOTasn. who afraid to go against
fashion
The growing popularity Of the Tyrol as sun
mer resort Is shown by the fact that the NUN
her of hotels has Increased frCm SIS in ISo0 TO
l.437 in 1885,.
The British Museum has presented 10000 doeu-
ments relating to the French Revolution OF
which it had duplicates, to the French National
Library IN Paris.
Among the points dweit on at the recent tuber-
culosis congress in Berlin were the facts that
more than 40 per cent Of the printers OF Berlin
who had died were phthisieaL
One of the longest lived birds on record died
recently in London II was 4 parrot named
Ducky the property OF the Prince OF Wales. and
was century and quarter old
For the past few days Denver, and in fact.
the entire West. has been suffering from potato
famine. As high as cents per pound has been
paid on the market for new potatoes
In Switzerland miikmaid gets better wages
il gifted with good voice. because II has been
discovered that a COW viii yield one-ifth more
milk if sOothed during milking by melody
Before Frederick s Church began to study art
he was a soldier in the civil war and express
messenger. He recently declared that he would
be perfectly happy could he paint but one pic
tuTe year and destroy that If, when finished, he
did not approve Of it.
New York VI. D. takes occasion to assert in
a newspaper communication that IF cats
trained 80 thar a child's throat could be covered
III ,rffsp hon mol n
my profession would have less trouble with MEM
brsnoas Group and diphtheria-'
While excavating channel in connection with
some dock extensions at Dunkirk there was found
buried under the sand an ancient m3n-of-war- IL
IS believed he Of the ships which COM
posed the spanish armada which was engaged
in the final battle of Grayelines m lJSs-
The most curious place in the world IS the A.
harnbra, Spain 1t was originally fortress, 80
great in extent as to he capable OF holding 40.-
go men. Ii was begun in l24s and finished IN
1874. X contains numerous halls and courts, all
decorated in the highest style Of Moorish art
The railroads Of Australia have never discovered
that it is possible to take up tickets on the
train hence The passengers locked in the ears
TO prevent any Of them from stealing rids- and
when they arrive AT their station are hustled cut
through a rUrnS;Ile and held up for their tickets
Official reports issued by the German Empire
show surprising increase in the number OF
horses cattle, swine. and al other domestic ami
mails generally There IS no reason why this
should not be the case. since nearly all the ami
NAL food consumed in Germany comes from the
United States
Bishop Hendrix. IN a recent letter. said:
..Methodism today breaches the Gospel in more
tongues than were spoken in the whole Roman
Empire in her proudest days; and her children,
taken together in all lands, outnunrher the en-
tire hosts of Christianity at the end Of the hrst
two centuries
The Illinois Central Is constructing freight
ear ward at New Orleans which viii have twenty
eight miles of tracks and viii hold 5000 cars
The ward l. being so arranged tkzt be
distributed from the receiving point to any other
point by gravity This VIII sIye IN IruIncrse eX-
pense for switching cars IN.
\ new grain-s,orage tank plant for the Chicago
and Western Indiana Railway IS nearing COM
pIetion at Eighty-hrst Street. Chicago Under
the new system the power house and loading bins
are separated from the storage houses, which con-
sist Of five circular steel tanks connected With
the working house by belt conveyor
The Buddhists in CsyIOn are now energetIcally
preaching that the end of the world viii come
Iiis wear. with the result tEat the faithful
that il would be mere waste Of Tine TO grow
rice or in any other way provide for the wants
Of next year. and instead are giving their minds
seriously 10 a pilgrimage to AnuradhIpura
Proportisra1eiy there is no great city in the
civilized world that has 20 few morning papers
as London This Is due to the larsv expenditure
involved in starting 4 paper in the metropolis
Anyone contemplating this nust be prepared 10
lose many thousands 0f pounds year FOR TWO
or three years, ard then. perhaps. to fail
The famous clock in the Paiais dc Justice in
Paris dates from 1870, aEd IS the wo-k OF the
celebrated De Wick, whose tuTret. clocks the
earliest On Eeiiable record. The carved hgIres
of Piety and Justice, and the ang~is supporting
the reya. csat-ei-a8nS were eNseUtsd % Ger
maine PilOn. IL = believed that X the bell
of this elocS ttat rang the sisEal isr tue mas-
S.eEe Cf ~. Bartholomew in lJs2.
The uew scent Newfoundland postage stamp
bears the likeness of the Duke Of York. who is
an enthusiastic stamp collector ard president Of
the London Philatelc Society. This Is the fifth
OF series of royal portrait stamps issued by
EnsIands Oldest colony GuEing the last year. the
series being - follows: Hali-eent Prince Edward
of Yoris) i cent (tke Queenl, cents prince OF
Wales), cents (Prineess Of WalCs), and > cents
| Duke CT I0rk).
y sun Francisco telegram says William Steel,
| the banker who died recently in San Rafael.
CAL leaving an estate Of $l9lO9O, often express
| ell an aversion 10 ministers, and his will- just
filed for probate. proves that he meant jsst what
he said The closing paragraph reads: And
make the special request thar my body be ere
mated, and that not one copper coin OF the IN
como OF my estate be expendsd upon or IN any
chapel or church, upon the support g en-
couragement directly or indirectly. ii any
vailed minister Of the Gospel. ON missionaries
II any sect for the whole Of the t-ih1 Of whom
1 entertain a sincere, well-fIuHdeds. and Uneen-
querable aversion. because drriEg Esy hietiIae