The evening times., 1899-03-20
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Inc hnest shops IN a Chinese city those de-
voted to the sale Of eofFns.
Every cent Of the tax assessed last year in or
rington, Me-, collected.
There are said to be fewer suicides among
miners than among any other class Of workmen-
BaDgor manufacturers are sending canoes OF
birch and canvas to PALESTINE Japan, and China
The stock of gold in the banks OF Europe in
creased 80 Der cent from January l. Is93, to Jan
uary 1. 1s9s.
The cereal yield of Russia for Is07 was forty
seven pounds per acre, and for 1S0S il WAS fifty
three pounds
There are only sixteen breweries in Mexico.
OF which three are in the capital The largest
is in Monterey
In the Bank Of England at least sixty folio
volumes, or Iedgers. filed daily with writing
in keeping accounts
There are millions Of the inhabirsnts OF the
Philippine Islands who kne@ the dominion
q Spain and never a Spaniard
There about eighty distinct tribes among
; the natives Of the Philippines The M0ros
the most bioodtAiTsty sayages known
Secretary Hay Is the proud Possessor OF
qiatrain Of Firzgeralds version Of Omar Khayyam.
written b. the transiator's own hand
What is known as the Bruce meteorite IA
ROW ON its way TO the British Museum from
/ australia IL Is said to weigh no less than four
I tons.
/ The American trade in eottonseed oil Is grow
ing steadily in France In 1858 Marseiles
ceived 81, $50 barrels Oi this oil from the United
( States.
/ The John CockeriIl Company. OF Lege. Bel
\ GUM has constructed for the Russian govern
immense steam dredge, at a cost Of
/ S2SOGJJ.
| The largest library of small books in the world
I belongs To i Frenchman, who boasts that he can
PACK 700 of his pocket editions IN single port
/ mSntCSu.
/ The suit OF Senator Proctor Of Vermont against
/ the city Of san Francisco over the ownership OF
lafayette Park has just been revived ia the Cal
I ifoTnia courts.
/ \ curious thing about the calendar is the fact
/ that century can begin on "Wednesday, FRI
/ DIV. or saturday. The same calendar, too, can
/ be used every twenty years
In one small township in North Carolina south
/ ern Pines 4.0O0.O00 pounds Of frGit shipped
to Northern markets in lsgs. II al raised by
Northern inyali,Is living there for their health
| Bullock county Alabama, may be said to be
| strongly Democratic. At the last state election
| in Alahama there were L. .I22 Democratic. Popu-
list, and Republican votes cast in BullocS
! county
\ writer on China saws that the Chinese believe
{ the Yellow River has always been Of its present
/ color except one day about 5000 years ago, on
! which occasion great WIS born and the river
was perfectly clear
!, The management oi the largest and newest hotel
! IN Boston has Just decided 10 exclude ''irummerS
I or travelling statesmen from the house the
| ground that he does not wish the lobby turned
I into a business Office.
Kansas Paper has discovered that the wear
1sy9 i good one FOR the printers. People cant
/ have the date printed letterheads with one
figure absent. as ls9-. for three figures viii
change with the coming wear
The '.AugIsts Chronicle Is authority for the
statement that a law in New Zealand compeIs in
toxicated men to haze their photographs taken
I and distributed TO barkeepers, who. thereafter.
must refuse to sell them liquor.
81. Petersburg is to have a novel Kind Of nl,;-
scum building containing models Of famous
I iunatic dsyhHns and Specimens OF clothing and
appliances used in such asylums. besides brains in
/ alcohol, books, photographs, etc.
/ An unusual damage suit has been fled Al Gen
-tral'a. Mo-. where Howard Larxin seeks 70 recover
sl.5o@ tom the Western Union Telegraph Com
Plny because the singing OF its wires frightened
/ his team and caused it run away.
! Russia has under way one Of the greatest enei-
neerlng projects of the century the construction
/ OF the shin canal 70 connect the Baltic "a with
| the N0lga River II involves the deepening anil
! widening Of the yolga its entire length.
| \ strange custom Is followed by Mexican far
meTs They Use oxen Of one color in The morning
/ and another celor in the afternoon They do MT
! know why; but they know It must be the right
thing TO d', because their foretlthers did il
home for working women has been estab-
lished in Berlin. Il Is open every evening from
.
come here. and II they desire it they have
sandwich snd cup Il cocoa for 2 cents o. 4
dish sir cents
At Birkiu, neaF Ferry bridge, England. The other
day. plow came INTO contact with a stone cotaa
covered with a stone d. and containing human
bones The coffin i feet q inches long. 3 ices
wide and the sides / inches 10 , inches thick tt
weighs nearly wv" tons
British brewery shares have declined heavily
ia recent months. In February. the ordinary stock
Of A>oPp x sons sold 2D points below the price
ii q wear ago, and - points below t!iat of lS,,f
t;U;EUe~, & Co. ordinary shares showed lg~> of ~
/ points nom I>1j- and OF ia points from 1>9i
The French mint coined last year SIS 600 eco in
new money. OF this Sl:;.665.20O WIS in French
coin. -. .gjG1eO was silver and bronze for Tu,i,-
/ China, >tG1,W0 silver coin for Russia. and 500
Dgp gold coin Tor TuniS- small amounts were
coined for Ethiopia. Morocco and L:chtenSrcin.
The Lord Chancellor OF England is ncver al
lowed. under any circumstances, 70 make a
journey which involves / sea voyage, however
short the passage. lie i supposed to have the
great seal in his immediate keeping day aud
night, under all circumstances, and It's safety
i not To be Ti>ked.
The Empress Eugcnie once asked D'Ennery the
French drIuatsr. after the performance OF one Of
his plays at the TuilerieS: How did your
heroine get the poison that was 50 necessary for
the deuouement3 An. Your Majesty said
DEnncry, that's Just what I've never succeeded
in getting her To tell
john Q1er who died in England recently in
his eighty-fifJh year. spent hfty-fve consecutive
year OF his life in prison, whittier he was sent
i in ISE; for attempted murder Tie WAS found
| To he mentally irresponsible. and was ordered t.
! he confined during Her Maie>tys pleasure His
death due to seHiic decay.
Arab music has been described as the singing
/ ef prima donna who has rIptured her voice in
/ trying to sing duet with herself. Each note
: starts from somewhere between a sharp and a
Hat. but does stop there. and splits Up
+ into four portions. of which perSsn
! can be expected TO catch more than onc at =
time
! Foreign securities in France arc free from tax
= when they have paid dividend o- interest In
! two years: but the Minister of Finance has late
/ ly deCTeed that III order 10 enjoy the immunity,
security holders must produce balance sIeets ~
ventories, ard minutes OF the general meetings
/ the company, certified BY French diplomatic
agents.
/ According TO the laws of good society in China.
! young widows should not remarry Widowhood
! is therefore held in the highest esteem. and the
/ older the widow grows the agreeable her po-
! sition becomes. Should she reach fifty years she
| may. by applying TO the Emperor. get a sum OF
money with which to buy tablet. on which her
virtues named Tie tablet is placed over the
/ door at the principal entrance of her house.
The BritOn's drink bill. published last week
shows yearly expenditure intoxics,nts Of so
| for every man, woman and child in the United
Kingdom. Irishncn and Seotehmen. it seems
have been much malgned in this connections for
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