The evening times., 1899-11-25
NOTES OF The DAY.


Contagious diseases kill 10000 people in France
yearly.
John Bulls naval pension list consists Of 5,927
persons.
Chicago needs s5.4ss 1oo, for new bridges and the
repair of old ones.
Electricity IL suggested as a substitute for the
guillotine in France.
spring at Ellsworth. Me-. yields water from
10 Il. m TO i:3U p. M daily
In Mexico children who have their lessons well
prepared are allowed 10 smoke.
Whistlns Is said to be regarded violation
Of the divine Jaw by Ice!andsrs.
Among Colorado's relics of cliff dwellers is one
building that sheltered probably six thousand peo-
pie.
In Great Britain Oh certain streets of large cities
drunken women are as numerous a. intoxicated
men.
Since May Is last the township clerk at Holly.
Mich, has issued orders for bounty on l,le spar
rows.
The advent conference at westbrook Me. de-
cided that women may preach, but cannot be or
dained.
Austria has one automobile paper. Belgium two.
Great Britain three, and the United States seven
eight.
According to German Journal more than s
per cent OF all seafaring men are afflicted with
rheumatism
The total value Of sea fi-h landed in ireland in
1885 81 J62. 49, an increase Of over $4,000
the previous year
Al Folkstone. England. an undertaken rode a
bicycle the handlebar of which strapped
Il coffin containing child
The average duration Of lie in Chicago has been
greatly increased in the Last thirty years, result
ing in the saving Of 1880 live.
1t is rumored tha, the French, after having
,ha
selves falling of in their love iOr the traditional
national dish
Tie average loss by fire in the United States
has been retsired in ten years from G.9s2 to
81 $50 The insurance los in the period was
reduced from $, ,s9s .056
Madrid journal is printed on linen with a
composition easily removable by water ami tine
subscriber. after deyouring the news, WASHES his
Journal and has handkerchief.
The prevailing use of electricity has brought
about a large increase in fires owing to crossed
wires. Ten years ago there were only s. such
tires and last year there were a5s-
At Johannesburg the telephone system Is operat-
ell by the Dutch. and one has pay years sub
scription in advarce-ahout s.5 a month-and
service is furnished after p. IN.
English educators in favor OF movement
TO decrease the necessary expenses of students at
Cambridge and oxford, England. to make
them within reach OF humble English sons
About 2O.OOO.0o1 false teeth are produced an
nIslly in the United States nearly all being the
product Of Philadelphia factories. About 1000
ounces of fine gold are used with this output
Many OF the mos; responsible positions AZ the
Kimberley diamond mines. The greatest in thu
world, held by Americans. The general man
aser OF the mines Is United states consular
agent.
Latest reports from some forty cities and towns
show that al era of almost unprecedented building
activity has set in de>pt. the high and advancing
prices of mon. stee. lumber, giass, paint, and
other material.
A performance Of civilian Tell was given in
Switzerland not long ago in large meadow at the
foot q mountain, woodSn theatre having been
erected for the purpose. Tell WIS represented by
soldier of gigantic build.
The noise of the cannonadng in New York on
Dewey Day is reported TO have been heard at
Cape Cod. $50 miles away. An authority on sound
reports that sound upon the water has been heard
al much greater distances.
The Russian Government has appointed a conf
mittee OF technical experts to make trial in the
Neya River Of new form Of cais-on. which has
chof, for use under water.
Instead Of Issuing return checks 10 persons leav-
ing theatre during the performance, the Japa-
nese mark the departing spectator on the hand
with India rubber stamp. the mark. varying
each evening in form and color.
The nations Of the world holding colonies as
foreign possessions are the United kingdom.
France. Holland Germany. Portugal, Spain Den
mark. Sweden. and Italy, to which should now be
added the United states OF America.
At Benevento. large Roman theatre. as large
as the theatres OF Pompeii and OF Marcellu= and
better preserved. has been discovered. The
frances the amhulatorieS. the lower of seats,
the stage and the orchestra are all perfect
There are over 100 gold mines in the immediate
neighborhood of Johannesburg stretching out
all sides of the city The monthly output Of the
mines Is fifteen tons of gold yet II i asserted that
the ground is only beginning to be worked.
Electricity is being practically and most eco
nOmicalIy used in the manufacture OF glass in
Germany Small portable orucibles are used and
the plants are placed near streams where water
power Is available instead OF near coal supplies.
The principal product OF the Amazon Is rubber
in its various forms. Cocoa Is produced in large
quantities. and the Brazilian nut is shipped TO
extent but the two latter but
secondary in importance to the firs; mentioned.
In Texas wealthy st0ckmin will use an auto
mobile for mixing insre ton trips around the wire
fence Of his rancho. The country being level and
free from brush aud other distractions. il is
thought that the automobile Will prove practical
The English admiralty has selected the cruiser
-
training squadron. The st. George has a maxi
mum speed of twenty knots. and can stow coal
enough fer a 1i.00Gmie cruise at ten knots speed.
At Bahrlm- Chat. in India. there is being hn-
ished = bridge, which on account of the char
acter Of the river he'd iS quite an engineering
feat. The bridge is 3,g. feet long. and has seven
spans 200 feet high, each weighing SOL, 100 pounds.
An important feature uf the American exhibit
at Paris will lie its photographs. The horticul-
tural and agricultural photographs will be
pecialy fine. They will show the great ornamental
~ ystems Of some OF the American railroads at
their stations
An American in Jamaica has built plant Tor
evaporatins bananas. The thoroughly ripe fruit is
placed in a heated oven for not more than forty
eight hours. during which time the sugar crystal
Lies. 1t takes six pounds OF fresh bananas to
make one pound evaporated.
1t is said that the bobolinhs which frequent the
shores OF Lake Winnepeg, Canada. during the
breeding season, and which go to Cuba and Porto
Rico each winter twice every year traverse
distance exceeding $500 miles, more than
fifth OF the circumference OF the earth.
An English paper says that the hat of "a GER
tain short-ighted master at Eron blew of the
other day. and as he started in pursuit black
hen dashed ont of the gateway. The schoolmas-
ter saw the hen. and thought it WAS his hat and
all Eton was electrified by the spectacle of
hailess and breathless tutor hunting a black hen
from one end OF the street 10 the other.
Douglass HaIlgren. sccondgrade quartermaster
II the cruiser Boston, now out of commission at
he Mare Island navy yard, called upon Mayor