The evening times., 1900-02-08
NOTES OF TIE DAY.

the Panama Canal.
| After five years of effort the Methodist churches
J Of Albany free of debt.
Business failures in Great Britain during $50
\ were SEQ. against ,s95 in 1sgs.
| The percentage Of recoveries in the Milwaukee
/ Hospital Tor the Insane last year 30.
| The Bank Of Spain has outstanding 80 700.0g9
less IN loans than it reported year ago.
| Pers to the number OF s.j0OJoo are ussa
1 throughout the world every day in the week.
| The Illinois State Board Of Health recommends
/ that sanitarium for eonsumptivos be erected
| American and Australia butter : raDidly crowd
] ing the German article from the English market
Brewers Of the Pacific coast have Of late deyei
\ oped very profitable market for beer in the
Orient
! The New York pres blames amateur piotogrl.
/ Pliers for large percentage Of the water waste
I in Brooklyn.
The first issue with the new year. of the new
Kind Of postal cards IN Germany consisted Jf o.
I 600 cards.
I Spiral srInets Of copper form good protection
! for the arr9 in battle. and the King oi Dshomcy
uses his az defensive weapons.
I Note circulation OF the Bank Of France at the
opening Of January ss32. .593 000--uls the I1re-
/ est in the history Of the institution
I Society women in New York have undertsken %
raise . fund OF $1,000 for the widow Of Bill
AHtLcny. the famous orderly OF the D5tleshiP
I Maine.
In France and Italy it /. believed that tie
maiden who buries drop Of her blood under a
bush viii be rewarded with rosc-tinted
cheeks.
The Providence Journal szys: ''Tha day is
coming when practically every household viii
have 4 telephone, just o. 10 hls other modern IA
cilities
-iamesp people have 30 supersti;ious a dislike
fQr odd numbers that they strive always 20 have
an even number Of rooms. doors. windows. cio-e'-,
etc, in their houses.
Tsshkend is a big city TO find in the heart of
Turkestan. Il has a population Of nearly l60O'si.
Of which perhaps one-fourth may be credited
the Russian quarter aud the garrison.
\ church in Le4venworth. K8s.. has obtlinsd
| circuit court Judgment against tine ChicJgo and
Great Western Railway Company f0r disturbing
Sunday services BY working trains near the
church
Nearly all Of the pure olive oiI-' imported ip
this country j. cottoE,eed OH made in the >9ruf-
eTn states. sent abroad and there refined and
turned to the pure product oi rIe Nedi5sr-
raHean olive.
Germany Is not the only country that furnishes
strange examples Of sport In India the cnief pa
time Of the n3tive- Is unique, though 90 is n1r
surprising 70 the Americans. O. it j. a decidedly
American tang. The great Indian sport a. r5sn
hgis, ing
crease their leverage an tine ped1's. tvp dIt
straps being joined 70 the r.5F and attached O., ta-
undo te of the saddle. while 1he ryHt eHd- ere
passed over tle shoulder and secured % fse
handle bar wthouf fixed Connection to tise rider.
The Orient furnishes rs with melons. eucumbrr5
and onions. Egg plants ard tomatoes were d.>-
covered iu Peru. Quiuees pears, curI1nt- and
large white grapes in Europe. while the most
common ~ CfT vegetables. celeIy- ietturc. cab
hIgg. and spinach. were trar~piJuJed from Oh.
shores of t5a Mediterranean.
Agents Who are food students have been sent
ont % China. Peru. Persia. Hcyir1. everywhere
O.. the hottest ends of the earth far tic purpose
Of finding out what the nets are neglected food
products are, their value 1s nutritious diet. ard
the extent 20 which they can be- used leHgJten
the menu Of the civilized cook
The cotton plant IN Paraguay grows Tire year
around. favored throughout each season hy con-
d;tous # -.il AID climate After the cotton s
picked. tbe plant T. cut down and another grown
from fnc roots. Every two yaa. both plants
and roots are pioSed up and Hew plants started.
hEer grade Of cotton resulting.
Philadelphia Bapti,, Temple has beer placed Or
the tlz list despite the exemption OF eH1reI
property be1auss &C. WIS giving promi-cuJg- en-
tcrt1inmcuts ir the church building. t1 which ID
mission was had BIS the purchase Of tickets. which
-ae % the public just tickets r3 any
other secular entertainment are offered.
In 1856 astrologors said the world would b, ie-
s,royed by the conjunction of the planets. 4 tes
wears later another alarm was raised. and jn ll;s
simon GoUlgrt claimed mountain had opened
~ A--uid and a scroll be- lCC1 shown liw On
uhich was written tire prediction the world vas
coming % an end Tie frightened evervbody
HippopotImus ivory at one time was much
used for 5rtifci1I teeth. The hippopotlmus lived
on tire lower Nile in the day. Of the PH5ls0I,,
tre-co iu the old temple Of Ediu shows that DC
was iarPcCued by the natives s, it IS u1U bF tIs
>udIueSe HerCdsfus describes 81 ard Roman
cruU,lS stared % ir IN Tire days of the efnpsrt-
y one would naturally expect in country
where the provision q freight ears is So generous.
tas total amount Of freight carried in the Joite'i
states j. far In advance OF that Of ans other
country. tie rotai given in millions berG for n.
uited safes. yl3: for Great BritIin- 4ii Ger
many, 276. France. 10. Russia. 20. and Blu-sl
India. 81 tons.
In tie middle If the fourteenth century in
Paris a ueu ordinance enioiuiuE tine ClsaHsins II
tue streets and the shutting mp ot swine vas
carefully neglected O., usual and a terrible pl lg1e
was tine queGce. The faculty of medicine.
called upon frr rtmcdr 10y the kIn-- sent t'
inform him. after laUg Discussion that tHe p.isue
The result 0t hostile conjunction 't i4c
planets Mars and Jgpiter-
More Vermont maple sug5r is made every year
in Davenport Iowa. iom cheap yellow sugar
favored cith ge-=tIble extracts than can be- pro-
d5rtd f-am al the maple trees in the whole
state Il Vermont. Curart jelly l. mlnuflC ruTeI
from tho and pJsjnEs ei apples utilized after
tlev have been evJpor4tcd- glucose. sugar.
vegetable acid and some ouiotinG and HIvgrrS
matter complete She deiI,1cy.
IN spain a waitress mas be had f,r SI.l5 Jr
> a month and aftgu merely for her board ana
clothes. Good cooks command SO. but ii allowed
IN do the marketing. they viii accept =. Mar
Leti0-r Is "a peculiar process iu that country
Everyone buys simply for the day. and lt pays
him ID 90 90. Eggs come cheaper by The dozen
than by buying in a large quantity Vie >'n-e
thing holds good Of candy aud other supplies.
There seems 10 be little doubt SAYS rhe --L1udau
Daily Graphic that the recent decision OF the
arch5ishops with regard to the Of incense in
Anglican churches will have no apprccilbe effect
on the trade in that commodity At most Of che
Anglican churches incense would be used only
four times a year. y very small quantity Dt M
eersc Is required f,r entire service As Tar 1s
can b. t,certaiutd o.. AnGeiCsn church W'uid
spend more than - wear on incense, 3nd iir
entire ,radc Is probably not worth more tH1h
c 600 "A wear. II j. p0pul5riy supposed thii iIeir
is a trade secret in the making gf incense Oii
in rrnst cases IL il composed simply OF gum
olibsnuu Siam benjamin, caseIrilla bars, ny Iih'
and c0Dal varUish.
The eighth Marquis of Quecusberry. whose death
took place this week. scho0lboy at Eton
when he framed the rslcs for boxing which have
given him such prominence. lie always pro-
tested vigorously against being considered pl-
tron Of pugili,ts and he said once that took
little interest in the prize ring as any man in
the world. He never at a ringside but once
in his life and then be was disgusted before the
hcht WIS hall over lie was a pronounced free
thinker and his statement that he was not