The evening times., 1900-03-03
NOTES OF THE DAY.

| hHbtShfd more soldiers. COnfeder4ts
population
Ne~ ashcroft. British Columbia several sod,
-nd oofax lakes have been found. One Of them
'oH'd'hs about 10000 tons Of the powders
More than oue-third OF the students Of Tire
/ 80 ~is'y OF Geneva this winter-35g out u f.6js
| "'''eh- vi these. llJ study medicine.
bv M, higher duty Is being franticsIly demanded
! - -. automobile manufacturers in Germany to
keeo ont the American autos The ne,ysr,sr,eys arc
sounding the alarm ''
The tramways. omniIuses and ,nde,.,o,,,,t
ls'isaFs - t.a p and around London within rad =
abont .|5 ~, 90 oefiy each year. il is ealculate
d"out ''S-Wo0O Passengers.
Out Of si5.379.OO0 gold shipped bv m. r-ni,si
states IN l5@ nearly oBe-half or $40 25s 600 vent
20 90 Great Britain. France stood second rakine
si'''''''o' Cuba third with &. 10000
me Chicago. Burlington. and Quincy Railroad
IybfS Pp'nE ~ G Its locomotives with electric head
/ $50 70 which current IS furnished hy a small
- u"i'o directly forward Of the smoke-stack
a woman in Frederick county. Nd. recently
ttueui'to tto Tor signatures remonstrance sgain~t
M ne Ei4htlhs Of a petition for the pardon of 4
1a" serving sentence for the killing OF her son.
lhirty thousand fruit trees comprising the en-.
'IIe orchardS Of D. G. and G.. w. Bacon in Mitch
eli county. Ga will he burned bv order Of St,te
EhtomoiOgist Scott owing 10 the ravspes ~ r,,s
San Jose scale " "
Ia Rome the bard times seem to be over At any
rate. the hundreds Of empty and haIf-buiIt horses
tnat have been seen for several years are being
nled and completed and a number Of new. one arc
Ia course Of erection
The largest aluminium kctsle ever made i. i,
Newark. y. j.. and measures four feet by tfrs.
% ahI one e-hat inches at the top. and two feet ,iv
inches at the bottom and is used for nhofo,r.ri,,.
material manufacturing.
The privilege of erecting bootblackips stands
N The large downtown Office buildings Of New
| 19rk Is valuable. and even the right h. On E,.,
, orlce % 0fhce with bOOtblacking bo, i a.
| SeSsed IN some Of these buildings
London Journal recently offered Z, prize for
'he Dest list OF six old English words which might
the iesisea with advantage. Two Of the words IN
setherj and Agate Cat any riskJ
| s~iss cheese was the pioneer Eur,,.,, ,b..-.
IN America. Roqueiort followed. Il il made =,
goat @goAt milk It, peculiar appearance is made b,,
| N'oPpihS m %. while in ire process Of urati,,.
some pieces OF the coarse peasants bread
| Queen Victoria has given orders that no tor..
Of the royal stables shall have it, tail dcrked
This has affected English styles and shipments Of
! carriage horses made from this country h. IN.
| land recently have been ordered without docsti
| tails.
| The Turk is fat4list Of the most pronounced
| type. "Ki-met-it is fate" Is his wstchword
I He may lose the cherished object that his lie
holds. but il viii not him 70 tears or ,IP-
/ plications. OF 10 rage, IL he believes it wIs 70
| have been
| \ bill j. before the House af Peers Of the Jap
| anese Diet having iar 70, object an attempt for
| the first time in the history Of Japan, % place
/ both native and foreign religions on the >dHs
footing before the law. Late sGvices -ay The bal
is likely % become d law.
Prof James H. Iv-lop. member of the faculty
OF Columbia CoIIege may lose bis chair ON ae-
count of his recent public advocacy Of spirit
uaIisfn Il will Pc remembered that his endorse
meut Of Nrs. Piper tHc medium. created c"ii>id-
eTable adverse criticism at the university
London clubs are far cheaper than those 10 this
country. The initiation Zee in the most exclusive
and fashionable never exceeds 500. while the
highest dues are 0ulT So. Only onc charges 20
much - tuat-tLe Tut Club. Tie range among
Squadron things are different. The initiation tec
Is 500 and the annual dues are -.
An American woman living in Manila writes that
the two greatest depfvatioBs that size and her
American friends have to undergo are fresh fruit
and sweet milk. There Is no berry OF any sort 10
be had and small fruit There are plenty o.
bananas but they have an iU~ipid taste. Con
Gensed milk is used exclusively by the American
colony Nosi Of the vegetables that they Use are
canned.
Cape Norre's riches are described BY a correspon-
dent A. the greatest ever discovered since the gold
fully up 10 specifications viii be learned IN the
course ot time as the yellow meta! comes in for
circulation. The certainty Is there Hli De rush
for that frozen region in the spring thc Ike %
which has never been seen, and the United states
Government needs 60 provide q:i-a'y some ua-
clinery tor keeping order.
Among the weil-te-do japanese a demand S rap
.dly growing ior foreign boots and shoes. Japan
accordingly, ofers promising msFaet ia iae neas
tu,Ure for American manufacturers Of ,hese goods,
provided that they are specially made tor tlc
japanese trade. Tie principal requirement. l. that
the toes De wide ard ruOuy. because in chile
hood the sandals and clogs which are woTu give
full freedom the front part Cd the foot Most
oi the fOreign-made shoes hitherto imported have
failed to give satisfaction through ues.tt. 0i this
requirement in construction.
An instrument devised b. NJ. T. r Nichols
has been used at the Yer1es Observatory Co meas
uTe tlc heat q the stars. Persons out at night
under a clear winter ,Ly geg the impression tAst
the stars are very poor radiators, bgt Nr Nichols
seems be able 70 detect neat rays coming tr"us
them. Ills instrument consists essentially Of two
light mica dI>as attached 10 d Lorgzynt-l rod
which Is suspended by q fine fiber IN vacuum.
The disks are biIeEcHsa. When a heat ray strikes
OF them With more force than the other there
is 4 movement which Can be measured In plac-
ticc the rays % be tested are concentrated uP1I
ne disk by Igeaus a mirror. With the appa-
lltus properly arranged 4 objection Is saseG By
candle fifteen miics distance.
Modern science las brought to Light nothing
more curiovSy Interesting than the idct thdt
worrr VII kl. More remarkable stilI. il has been
able to determine. ircU recent discoveries, inst
hou worry does kiiL IL is believed By many
scientists who have followed most carefully the
growth Of brain diseases that scores Of the
deaths set down TO other causes are due
10 wuTry and that alone. says the journal OF
Health" Tie theory il simple ore->p simple
that any readily understand it. Biiehv
put, it amounts TO tlis: Worry iGjure, beyond
repair certain cells of the brain. and tie brain
organs become gradually Injured. and when some
disease Of these organs, combination Of them.
arises. death finally CusUss. Thus does worry
kill. lnSGi0usly Ike many another disease. it
crCeps Upon the brain IN the form I'd single.
constant ucver-i0~t iGsa. and as the dropping of
water over a period oi years VIII wear groove
in a stone. so docs worry gradually imperccpIh'y.
but no less surely. destroy the brain cells that
lead all the rsst-tl.Ir are. % speak. the
wautiug officers Ci mental power. health, and
motion Worry to make the theory still stronger.
il an irri.auf az certain points, which produces
LITTLE harm Il it comes 40 intervals Cr IrrCglldrlr
Occasional worrying OF the system the brain cln
cope with but the iteration and rciterJIiCn OF
ore idea Of disquictiug the cell Of the brain
are not proof against. II Is a. II the skull were
laid bare and the surface 0f the brain struCk
lightly with a hammer every few seconds, w tn
mechanical precision. with never the sign Cf
let-up TIE failure of a stroke. just in this way
does the ANNOYING idea, the maddeuiug Thought
upon certain nerve cells never CCasing, ard weet
by week diminishing the vitality Of these de cI,e
organism that so minute that they can be seen
only under the microscope.