The evening times., 1899-12-22
NOTES OF THE DAY

Boer prisoners say that the Lee-Metford bull
| lets are deficient In stopping power.
-Four hundred Belgian miners have moved to
1 Russia to work in the mines at Donetz-
Manchester merchants. in response to request
| irom Durham, are sending blankets to South
| Africa.
| The pay Of English officers. as well as men, Is
| stopped when they msde prisoners by the
enemy
Research laboratories have been established in
| various parts Of India in charge of the health
| officers.
An English medical man drove his motor car
| 1000 miles in year. at total cost of running
1 All stone fruits are considered to be injurious
for those who suffer from the liver, and should be
4 used cautiously.
Residents of Valparaiso Chile complain that
the city is becoming haven for American crooks,
because of the absence OF extradition laws.
During the ten years in which the muzzing
order was in force in England less than e.
900 dogs were seized. OF these 1850 were killed.
The yearly report of the Province oi Zululsnd
| for 1895 recently issued shows that the popula-
tion Is increasing at the rate of nearly 1900
year.
An English authority has discovered that the
average age at which EnglShnen marry is %
Yeas and > months. and tina, of &c years
and months.
rrcnch women nave the privilege of being
rolled as Freemason- and. indeed. if they choose.
can join lodge open to both sexes which has
for grand mistress lady
The English War Office has decided to grant the
family of every Reseryst in Government employ
half the wages he was drawing in addition 10
their separation allowances.
Although Aldefshot has done its best. it has
been found impossible TO provide the Scots Greys
with grey horses in place Of their own which
were taken I'll with pink eye at Edinhurg-
sanitarium Cor the 'open-air'' treatment
OF phthsis has just been opened near Hamburg
The Hamburg authorities presented the site and
VIII pay a part OF the expenses for five years.
The authorities in Algeria gave $4,000 toward
lighting grasshoppers- In section $500 cam
els are employed to carry the material for burn.
ing over the places where eggs had been deposit.
ed.
Two French plsywTights have dranatized De-
foes Robinson Crusoe-' The play Is in the
nature OF a spectacular extrayaganza in twenty
hive tableaux. The cost of mounting it
80. 600.
There are 80 routes for rural free mail delivery
in Indiana These routes have a total length Of
1.i.5 miles. p miles EACH and the carriers
who make trips six days Of every week are
serving $3.50 country people.
Several Dickens relics have lately been brought
under the hammer. The latest is the gateway Of
the burial ground in Russell Court Drury Lane.
interview with Lady Dedlock.
A great deal OF excavation he's been carried on
in Italy OF late. theatre which. it is believed.
will prove to be the most perfect yet found has
Just been brought to light at Benevento. II is as
large as those at Pcrnpeii and Marceilus and in
better condition.
An engineer from the Creuzot foundry, if the
French press is to be believed is i'll commend Of
the Boer artillery: il was French engineers too
who supervised the mounting of the big gun
overlooking Ladysnih; foreign srtillerists work
the smaller guns.
The military motor cycle is i terrible en-
sine OF The machine Is driven by an au-
tomato petroleum motor ard mounts 2.-pound
GOO rounds per minute while travelling along at
the rate OF - miles an h0ur-
Pole vino was arrested in New York the
other day tor putting banana peel into letter
box explained that in his country boxes are
attached TO posts for the reception OF refuse, and
he thought that the same system Of garbage col
lection was in vogue in the Metropolis.
A Belgian royal decree has approved tie reso-
luton of the provincial council of Bra5aat fixing
an annual tax after January /, 1890, on all au-
tomobiles The tax viii be 50. So for an auto
mobile weighing less than ssa pounds and vehicles
which weigh more will pay s9.65 per snnam.
The coffee is always good in the Transyaal. but
usually oyer-swcetencd. When any guest is in
Dutch housewives good books she shows her ap-
probation of him by loading his cup OF coffee
with sugar. which he must drink unless he de-
sires TO upset her essily aroused susceptibities.
American soldiers in the Philippines are all
wearing dog cheeks dog check i lead
medal about the sze of a dollar. with the volun-
teer's name, regiment and company stamped on
it. II is hung a leather string around the
neck. and serves TO identify the dead or severely
wounded
Most Of the ammunition used by the Beers is
Of German French make, although small per-
ceutase OF il was manufactured at the Trlnsyaai
Government works. near Pretoria. Strangely
enough. the head of these works is named Kruger.
although he is always careful TO assert that he
Is relative of the President
The Australian ab5rigine- are not the only users
Of the boomerang, nor were they the first TO use
that missile. The Egyptians knew all about it,
Just as they TO have known all about every
thing else At the present day the boomerang is
used by some American Indian tribes and by the
Drayidisn races OF the Indian Peninsula.
An American furniture manufacturing company
IS now shipping from its factories American furni-
ture in the rough. Being in parts and tightly
packed. it occupies little space. and consequently
the freight is low. II is put together IN London
and Glasgow workshops, ard the Salesmen place
the furniture III the hands OF dealers in England
and Scotland.
There is one packing house in this country that
makes lJ9,OO0 pounds OF sIJsages daily, and
other that makes almost ii quite. As many.
Other large packing establishments in various
parts produce great quantities Of slusages,
and there are sausage makers engaged solely in
that business who tuin out from 35,0OO TO 5000
pounds daily.
There Is cherry tree in Clinton. Iowa. accord
ing to a local paper, which is loaded with fruit
and blossoms. A few weeks ago il began to
bloom, and in 4 short time there were cherries
the tree which turned red. ard would have been
-ipe in a few days had not the recent cold weather
killed them. There were blossoms greeu cherries
and fruit almost ripe on the same bunch.
Statistics just completed BY the income tax
OF Great Britain chow that out Of
total adult male population OF 1e.50O.0D0 more
than 1000 600 earn lCss than $500 wear. The
income tax is collected at the rate Of I6 cents on
wear amounted To nearly Slg0 OO0 G0 was contrib
n,ed by not than 100000 people.
NJ Artcn. the chief briber in the Panama Canal
has been released from prison through
the unceasing efforts of his daughter. after four
years confinement He is broken in health and
will live hut little while. Despite the-inGgna-
ton which Is still extsnt in France at the Pans-
ma scandal that impoverished many. the gen
arsI public make objection to the release of
his old man
The Emperor OF Russia is rot sure whether he
md the Empress can attend the Paris Exposition.
ms, do the.- will bs. under rf,eir