The evening times., 1899-08-30
NOTES OF The

at Montevideo-
Venezuela has Just put in effect new tariff by
which the President Is empowered to add % per
cent to all duties
In the African elephant both sexes have ivory
tusks while in the Asiatic they generally re-
stricted to the male.
Sir wiifrid Laurier. the Canadian Premier. is an
admirer of David Garriek, and has the best col
lection Of Garrick autographs in the world
A law was recently passed in Switzerland pro-
hibiting the manufacture, importation, or sale OF
matches containing the ordinary form OF yellow
phosphorus-
The latest government census in India showed
6.016,759 girls between five and nine years OF age
who were already married, of whom 10000 had
become widows.
The marriage OF Prince Danilo. of Montenegro,
with Princess Jutta, of Necklenlurs Strelitz- has
been fixed for July %. The wedding VIII take
place at Cettigne
Indias area OF wheat farms is about two
thirds as large as that OF the United States Inc
wheat is still threshed by being trodden out BY
bullocks and buffaIoes.
John Philip sousa. the composer. is contemptat-
ing devoting himself exclusively to the higher
planes of music, and has already. during his sea-
side vacation, composed portion of grand
opera -<
An immense but unsayoTy omeiet was made not
| long since in London by smashing the pave
ment $4,000 condemned eggs and washing them
into the drains Many persons were made SICK
lby the stencil
y Coleridge Taylor who composed the eania;4
played at the last festival in Norwich, England.
is sil-bIooded negro Mr. BiSpham declared
the composer Of .'Hiawathas edding Feast the
coming niIsical genius. 80
Science h4s calculated that an average puff Of
cigar smoke sets Tree 2.OOO,OOO tiny PARTICLES
Whit from Iipe Iiberates over 500 900. .0O0 OF
these particles, and one from a cigarette starts
2.9O00o0.OJ0 OF them flying through the surround
ing atmosphere
1t is said that some 100000 acres of IaEd in
Italy, the cultivation Of which has been ahan-
doned because of malaria are to be developed by
| the aid of American capital. Land Of this nature
can be reclaimed by drainage and proper atten-
tion to sanitary laws.
One of the curiosities of the Bank Of England is
TO be seen in the printing man sits at a
desk, and every three seconds a machine delivers
to him two complete fve-pound notes II he sits
there six hours he receives over 10000, and m
800 days over s20, 600
1t is curious 10 note that wood tar is prepared
just il in the fourth century B. C. \
bank is chosen and hole dug. into which the
wood is placed, covered with turf FIRE Is light
ed underneath, and the tar slowly drips into the
barrels placed 10 receive it
The city of New York is made defendant each
year in suits, claims of which amount TO about
S5.00oO00. but the sum set aside for the payment
OF judgments actually recovered against the city
in such cases is $4,000 this YEAR and a greater
sum viii not probably be needed.
The province of Ontario IS becoming alarmed
over the seeming deeadenee- Of the Welland Canal
and strong pleas are being made for harbor in
proyenehts at Port Colborne. its Lake Erie terIi-
nal. II Is urged that the lack OF harbOr faciIi-
ties at that port is largely responsible for the
loss in traffic.
Robert E. VI. Cooper. who formerly prem
inent newspaper editor and politician OF ST. louis
but who of late has been in stTal1ened circuni-
stances, has received legacy OF S5OO.OO0 from
John c. Crego, niiser hermit who receatly died
I at Cripple Creek. Years ago Cooper saved Crego
from drowning, but had since then lest all track
OF him.
Brugseh Bey has lately described comic pa
pyrus which IS unique The artist lived in the
period OF the twenty-second dynasty. and has
| painted burlesque scenes in which cats and rats
conduct themselves like human beings. For in
| stance, a rat attired a great lady served
| by cat who IS clothed slave and Is pse
| sentiRg mirror to the mistress
\ Melbourne lady whose husband is in the BIZ
cycle trade lost gold-nugge brooch while whiTl-
ing along on her wheel. A ST kilda hotel
| keeper got puncture in his tire the same day,
| and took the bicycle TO the shop OF the husband
| aforesaid with the result that the wife's lost
brooch was extricated from the puncture. Provi-
dence enjoys little Joke occasionally.
A welIknown curio expert states that there arc
factories in Europe fer the manufacture Of al
kinds Of works OF art that are likely 70 attract
the collector Modern articles OF china are stamp
ed with old marks 30 cleverly that even experts
have been deceived, says the Pottery Gazette
Arms and arrno- are treated with acids which eat
away the metal, thus producing the same eiiegL
| as the ravages OF time
\ despatch from Passaic, Y J., says: Anti5ONir
serum was injected into a mans braia in the
Passaic General Hospital last Monday afternoon
in an effort TO save his life He attaess@
by lockIaw. The patient is Joseph y Grotsky, a
| lawyer and justice OF the peace OF fasszle. he
was injured the night before the Fourth OF July
| while discharging blank cartridge pistol One
| OF the charges entered the palm Of his lett hand,
inficting a severe wound. Blood poisoning devei-
| oped Saturday and lockjaw set In early Monday
morning The doctors hope TO save his lie. The
first patient 10 be lnocUlated with serum IN thls
county was operated on IN the General Hospital
| at Passaic year ago. and he recovered lie Was
| A. VI. HemiOn.
The Dumdum bullet secured its name from the
Indian arsenal by whose officers it devised,
and the name should not be spelled in two words
or even hyphenized. a great many people ap
pear 10 think. Dundum l. a town and military
station aboat four miles northeast OF Calcutta
| IL was the experience IN the Soudan, and a!Sc
, zine rifles. whose small caibres allow them Il
! have greater accuracy and greater carrying pOve
than the old weapons, were faulty IN one Impor
tant particular The small calibre bullets havi
slight effect those struck by them. and il wa
i | to obviate this difficulty that the Dumdum bplie
was devised. This bullet is from which psG
of the nickel copper covering Is removed. :.
that the force of the impact spreads the soft lead
making a missile that infcts severe, shatteTin:
wound.
F. ". johnson. superintendent OF the ceHtTs
; division of the Mexican Central Railroad, who
stopping at the Hotel Walton has been a res:
+ | dent of the City of Mexico for the past eight
| cen years. and during that period has witnesss
vast strides in civilization in our sister repubfc
| SAYS the philadelphia Record When he frs
went there he introduced English saddle int
: | the Mexican capital. and whenever he rode on
was regarded with great curiosity by the natives
: Today the old high-pomeled Mexican saddle an
= | the fancy costumes OF the Mexican horsemen ar
. | So obsolete that they are regarded with as muc
curiosity as was his English saddle eighteen year
ago At that time Mexican woman thOugl:
of wearing hat or bonnet Now hats have en-
tireiy taken the place OF the mantilla, and mill
merry - OF the staple trades IN the large cities
Foreigners transact the principal business. Tn
: Germans, Mr. johnson says, have a practical md
| nopoly of the hardware trade, although som
: American goods sold by them. The dry good
| business is principally conducted by the Fre-ch
1 | while the Spaniards generally run the grocer
| trade. The Americans and the English contro
the railroad and mining business
Winchester Cathedral is one of the old glorie
OF England situated in Winchester. the birthplace
of Alfred the Great, whose Tooth anniversary
soon to be celebrated there, says the New Yor
! Press" Architects and builders have Just con
| pleted their three years work OF repairing tn
roof of the old cathedral and giving it sener.
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