The evening times., 1899-06-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.
There are s.ooo. 900 varabona, IN R,,.,i,.

There are 100000 vayabonds in R,rssia
OF every loo girls who play the piano Co
are afflicted with troubles.
The Empire of Morocco is the most important
slate that is absolutely without a newspaper.
The Siberian Railway carried I75.0O) passsn
gers In 1895, $4,000 in 1857. and $4,000 in 1893
vi the cargo steamers passed through the Sue,
oahal last year, i.y2l were british, 2ii German
80 Dutch, and IS French.
wadoboro. Me-, barhe,or. while watching
beside the couch OF his sick father last winter.
! made three fine bedquilts
Army engineers declare that New YORK haripor
| VIII be in perfect state of defence against any
| foreign foe by July l. 1901.
Tic Bank of Russia still reports ca,,, hal.
anee -be,d abroad OF $40 s50. .0Oo against 81.
o5o.0Do thus reported year ago.
Michigan expects to have the largest park H.
| the country. The tract involved covers ~, so
! acres, and is located in six counties.
Last year California shipped, to Eastern mar
kets 5000 carloads of wine brandy. fruit. nuts
and Vegetables. an increase of 5000 carloads over
the preceding year.
! In France, ii person dies leaving ir,sufieien.
money to pay his debts, the doctors bIh is set.
tied fist, and then the rest of the deceassIs La
hi'ities are dealt -ith.
Rev. DR.. J. P. Greene. president of William
:
! president OF the Southern Baptist Theological
| Seminary. at Louisville.
| 1t may not be generally known that the orig
inal idea Of the Chinamans pgtail was that
| It formed convenient handle hy which one day
| he would be lifted up TO paradise.
Tissue paper is SO called from the use i; va,
put to when it WAS originally made. which wa.
10 place between gold silver tissue cloth to
prevent its furnishing when folded.
In the copper mines at the foot of Monte Rosa.
which are being worked by an English company.
vein OF gold has been f,und which Yields two
| kllosramn.es Of gold per ton of minsrlls
The three States in which negroe. outnunber
the whites are: Louisiana, white 5Js.ss5 colored
55D. .fo2 Mississippi, white 81 s5l eolorsd. 80
'8S; South Carolina. white i62 0l,. colorpd 6s9..
Ill
There are. approximately. 5000 Indians in
the United States, and the larger number of
them maintain such tribal organizations as ex-
CInpt them from the operation Of the ordinary
laws of the country.
Al the ROYAL Academy this year more than l5.-
900 pictures submitted. and less than LOO
hung. Hereafter members will be allowed to
offer only six pictures, instead Of eight As here
tofoTe, and others may offer only three.
Erie, in the northwest corner of Pennsylvania.
reports scarcity of school teachers. Chester.
usually large number of applicants for Teachers
ceriIhcaies- much in excess Of the demand.
Three elms. about a century old and weighing
about 80 tons each, were recently successfully
trausplanted at Lynn, Mass. The contractor re-
ceiyGd 500 for the work. and gave guarantee
that the trees. in far any damage may be
done IN uansplanting them, will live for two
years
The recent cyclone at Kirisville. No. is re-
sponsible for lawsuit over the disposition Of
slGD,OOO. \ and his wife po>s ssed of that
amount OF property and money had agreed that
the survivor should administer the property.
and the heirs Of the woman claim that She
sasped i few times after her husband died.
4 correspondent uf one Of the New York papers
states that after having moved several tirc- within
the past two year.. in quest Of apartments where
he might rest uniisturhtd al night he AT last
found orderly ueighbofhood. He had been
Just a month III thi, peaceful abode when the
hs-snr nj Of the house next door was rented -
= bowling alley and the top Eoor dIncias
ACADEMY.
The gold medal which the American Geographic
society has awarded to Sir John Murray fer his
services to geographical science will
be presented by the American Ambassador at the
annual meeting Of the ROYAL Geographic So
riety. which l. to be held early in June. Mr..
huate has undertaken this pleasant duty at the
president cf which organization Is former Judge
Charles P. DAILY, Of New York.
Rockan is perhaps the smallest island in the
world. 1t is situated in the Atlantic. over 800
miles west Of Scotland. and Is a mere rock about
80 feet high and 225 feet round. arising from
reef OF sand. The rock is hasalt and granite.
very magnetic. 1t i, haunted by sea-birds, and
he mackercl Of the surrounding very
inc. Of cnurss, it never inhabited and
H-1.r lfuF I1f1ry
# landing on it
II for very curious reason that old
ady. who died few wears ago, condemned her
elf to more than thirty years confinement to
ier house. She had married a widower. as mi>cr-
y as he WAS uITom1uiic and he insisted that his
econd wife should wear the clothes left behind
Ter by his frsf wife. The wife untinous
: the husband reSoiute. and she determined
hat until she could have her own clothes she
would leave the house-a vow she kept
intil her death
George Wilder. of Madison, Wis. who Is pur-
uing some special lines Of study in Zurich.
switzerland" says the New York Tribune is
tightly incens,d over the treatment he received
[ the hands of the local health department.
ecentIy. \ son having been born TO him. he
otied the proper department, Is compulsory,
nd demanded the certificate, which. according
o law. he must have. Being patriotic Amer
can. lac desired his sons name TO b. George
pewey Wilder. but here ne rockoned without
lis host. for the official informed him that in
smuoh Dewey not name in any of the
our languages spoken in this country-German.
'rench. Italian. and Romanish-tbe could
lot be accepted. After an hours pareying the
iiciIls agreed, however. 10 name the Young
american George - Wilder"
The Saxon Ministry of Education has issued
e:ula zion forbdding girls attending all the pub
ic schools in the kingdom to wear corscts The
elsnu given for this measure is that the corset
: undoubtedly injurious to health, as il checks
he Development of the body. The girls are ex-
ected to wear loose-fitting JACKIE, in the form
blouse remarkable counterpart 10 this
on the part of the Government Is
royided by recent. decision Of the Dresden
municipal authorities not TO accept proposals
lr the construction OF school baths The town
rtheis were OF the opinion that as it has always
cen the task of parents to see that their chill
ren are kept clean. it is decidedly wrong 10 re-
eye parents of too MANY OF their duties 1hr
ice chairman Is reported TO have given HIM
III as an example Of one who had grown up well
nd strong, although he knew little about baths
his youth
The horse hair used in making violin and other
milar bows is imported from Germany. s1ys
ne New York SUM- a considerable part OF the
air thus imported. however. coming originally
ON Russia. Horse hair for these purposes is
hite and black; the black is the heavier and
ronger. and this is used in masking bows for
as vios because it bites the big strings bet
r. In preparing the hair for in hownakiny
lc white hair ased for violin bows is bleachcd
bring it to its final wiriteness. The standard
olin bow il twenty nine inches in length: long
bows used by Young persons. hut the bow
immonly in the hands of violin PLAYER
twenty nine inches long. Horse hair for viO-
N bows is imported in variots lengths hut
oStly in lengths of thirty-siN inches. Hair suf
,ient for one bow is put together in what il
III. al han he hanks tod nm in lffp.l