The evening times., 1900-03-15
NOTES OF THE DAY.

and many Of them quite rapidly.
Compared to the waters Of the Dead Sea. those
OF the Salt Lake are comparatively fresh.
A single journal in Paris causes the destruction
of l2O.O0 trees year material for paper.
Trolley lines in Connecticut las. year carried
a9:oSl.10 passengers. and the steam lines 50.269.
just now there is considerable taiA on drilling
India.
In the years 1soO 1888 the number Of families
1000.
London mas 6.l0s PHYSICIANS. the English prov
land. 2.559.
5t1,yJOOo acres. one-third Of the country iE-
deed, is forest
dashed acrcss a railroad track in front Of an ali
fshcing train. which killed the dogs.
line Of steamers TO ply between Philadelphia
and the ports OF the River Loire-namelv Nantes
cred
compilation of dates from the year fl6 10
ls61 indicates that Japan must expect destruc-
tive earthquake about in two and a half
years.
Everybody in Paris has just had influenza or is
going to have it. or at the very least. has bad
cold; the prevailing maladies, due TO a long spell
Of damp. cold weather
Judge Woodward, Of Wilkesbarre Pa. discharg-
ed a prisoner the other day because he
/ abe TO decipher the commitment papers made
I our by justice OF the peace.
\ Herds oi BufalOes roam about the vast northern
( plains OF Australia, but blood-thirsty blacks
/ also numerous in that region. and buffalo hunters
carry their lives in their hands.
/ This is bit Of advice an old Boer field cornet
gave 10 one Of the Transyaal recruits outside
y KsrFrfna sIr.f l. l..
won't laugh at you. IL is yOur duty. &"
| The preliminary agreement has Just been signed
/ between the municipality Of Venice and a com
| pany Of Italian capitalists for the erection OF
/ shipbuilding works on the island of Santi Elena
| Motor vehicle road racing not being permitted
in England, the Automobile Club OF Great Brit
ain proposes to run OF its annual contest over
/ the roads in the north u France, finishing IN
| Paris.
The early history Of appendicitis canaot be
| traced, but DIR. George VI. Edebohls believes the
| first reference to il 70 have been in 1852 The
| first recorded operation the appeRdiy Was per-
| formed August 81 lss5.
The French Government navy bill as introduced
asks for 476,0O0JO0 francs for the feet and pro-
vid=s for ifst-c.aSs battleships, simored crus-
% torpedo boat destroyers Il2 torpedo boats
and % submarine boats.
With a largely increased army 10 maintain.
and prospect that the Eavy must be incressde
TO keep pace with Germany aud France. Great
Britain faces an increase Of S5O.OO0JOO a year
IN taxes as a probability.
Tie immigration of laborers to the Hawaiian
Islands during the year Iso9 ws- 2I5T meu.
! 5.o.. women AID 79l children. making total Of
21.4i2. Of these 2O56G were under coatflct and
( 6,ssl were not under contract.
All that was required Of civilians wishing to
enter the British Imperial Yeom1nry was to
/ satisfy the colonel Of the applicants ability To
I shoot straight and ride a horse well. The az.
limits were twenty and thirty-fve.
Roman were the possession of William Of
Orange. the Duke OF Wellington. lnd Raneses H.
Byron's was Greek Keats had a Roman nos.
Tennyson nose that high. but well shaped.
while Th4cker1y vas unhappy about tine nose.
Almost all the towns in siberia are havin.
lights for street use ard inCande>cout lights
for houses. and the larger proportion Of tra
peODle Of Siberia have never seen gas which
theY regard illuminsnt Of a pas age.
steel ties on the Mexican Southern Railway
have given great satisfaction. and they viii be
adopted by the entire line. % miles long. Ae-
cordiHg to the Railway Review these ties hIve
been used for eight wears on lll miles Of the ae.
The houses in Guam are built on posts four to
six feet abtye the ground to keep them from camp
ness in the rainy season. bot entirely comfort
les and furnished in the most primitive manner
Their utensils simple and homemade. but ali
the clothing comes from Japan
The population Of China l. estimated at S0S.-
O9OO0O. and Of these 5000 are direct descend
ants Of ConiCcirs, who lived 80 years before
Christ. They are seventy generations removed
from the founder ot the COnfuciln religion. aid
constitute the aristocrscy Of China
Cassava and fsh form the chief articles Of
food Of the Caribs, Of Guatemala and the form
er is cultivated only in sufficient quantities for
their daily needs, as a vegetable 70 eat with
their fish. to make their strange bread. and to
make the cassareeP. which forms their only
sweet.
In 1850 Harriet Nsrtineau visited the United
States and reported seven occupations only open
to wOmen-telching. neediewcrk keeping board
ers, working in the factories. typeSettug, book
keeping. and household service. Now there are
about 4oO occupations in which women are EN-
ployed.
Havsna's bread carte are usually two-leggsd;
that IS bread IS carried about the streets in large,
shallow baskets. borne on top Of mems heads. It
Is served in sticks long A. a baseball bat. or
in small loaves or pones, one Of which I- sup
posed to serve tor the morning meal of Al
ordinary citizen.
The paper famine in England j, getting to
be serious. It is caused by the dihiculty in get
ting wood pulp, by the rise in the price Of coal.
and BY the eT1TmOUs increase in demand ami
stoppage Of supplies from America. The South
African has naturally increased the circu-
latiou of newspapers
Spinach l. now in high favor as an article Of
Diet Chemists affirm that it contains more iron
10 the square inch ethan most Of the renowned
ferruginoas remedies" Spinach not only contains
salts OF iron and potassium. but other salts,
which are good for the liver and the blood; it.
therefore. improves the complexion.
New YORK dsiryman who re;siis milk aud
cream in bottles SAYS that his customers steal
thousands OF the vessels every year opposite
ries FOR lam and similar GelicJcics and the
petty thefts cost him in the aggregate many
hundreds of dollars. lie has offered $500 TO b.
distributed among the ten drivers vino shall
succeed in collecting the greatest number II
bottles in proportion to the number which each
shall distribute during this year
Bald heads are healthy, according to the state
ment OF a Spruce Street physician, who has
gained a reputation in the study OF bacJeJiaIosy.
say the "PhiladeIpbia Record" "A smoo-h
snaven face" he said. during the course u
conversation yesterday. ''is a mark Of clsInli-
ness 20. all hirsute adornmeEts are apt 10
breed baeiIIi Of the most dangerous character.
Down in the foreign quarters of the cltF.
where long boards are and the facilities
for keeping clean are not the best. even II
the people show any disposition in that wJv.
am firmly convinced that much disease -
caused BY wlIiskers. Even the hair Uf tnc head.
although Of a different character, Is apt 10 breed
disease germs 10 IS theory Of mine that
baIdheaded and SnnOoth-faced less IL
ablc to sickness than others. and I expect to
cOliect some statistics to bear me out.
The oyerssers Of nine forestry stations in the
dusedom Of Lippe have made an examination
of trees struck by lightning throughout an area
Of 5000 acres, IL order to ascertain for o..