The evening times., 1900-01-10
NOTES OF THE DAY.

A league has been formed in Maine Tor thc
purpose Of enforcing tine Prohibition law.
France has more person over sixty ycaIs oi age
than any other country; Ireland comes next.
Dealers estimate that more than $4,000 Christ
mas trees were sold in New York before Christ
The widening Of the east end Of ths strand. in
London. ~ long debated, is 60 De proceeded with
90 once.
Nearly $50 residents Of Minne,ota shared ln
1859 m the tree planting bounty, receiving $50
an acsc.
Great Britsiu's volunteer force Of $4,000 is
maintained a cost Of under Es0uGJ0 year
les than - head.
II is said that the lntrsr pcr,rait Of the
Queea briugs out in striking way her resem-
olanee 70 the Stuaris.
The Wild white sheep is found nowhere in the
world bat Alaslzl and few specimens ior mounting
whole have ever been obtained.
The average age OF she British soldier now at
the front b. nearly years higher than taat o.
the soldier vino fought az Waterloo
Years ago the word idiot meant simply .
private person as distinguished from q public
oiheial- clown was anly f4ruer.
The Liverpool City Council has decided 90 con-
vert or Ly down during 1900 hity-siS miles e
electric tramNays 81 a cost Of k3i0.D0
Norway supplied Great Britain with twice a,
much ground wood pulp last year a- the luited
States. Cauada. Sweden and Holland combined.
Up to l75e the e5th Of March was the begin
ming Of the legal year. though the Ist of Jzuu-
Day. D. ''- "''' s''-'' recognized -' New Lear
Mac the scotch preGz means son. SO Mao
pherson means 'sou of PIr,ou" and Macdonald
y the same as Donaldson. FaiFtss means 'ilir
Adyices from Cape Town state that ;hc British
volunteer soldiers show capabilities suitable for
work at the front In mucn quicker time than ez-
pcrts expected.
The statistics OF the Connecticut rsiiroad- fer
the l1st fiscal year show that 5j,3GI.lG, ps-,eu-
ger, were carried on Those roads and H1, pas
seurcl was killed
Jerusalem i, now holding but a shadow OF tHe
. magnificent city of ancient time D. i- about
'HI'e miles iu ,.feUHIiercu,c and is -.tU4ted ca
Z r0ca5 mountain
Tests of OH o. fueI. made iu tle British rs,s.
. have not proved slti,flrt0TE- Patent fuel made
4 of ,oL dust and tar. WAS found ta yield nearly
as good results coal
/ The FIRST constitutional convention iu Ohio CON
laiurd ~ delegate, five Ub0 aitc0.ard were aierl-
. ea Governor of thc state, and four who became
United >tate- senator
. A tsucmsut-lou-c ccu-u. I'm BrlokIvr shows
/ that 5'fsl5 iEhabitant, 0t that borough live r.,
Si.ts3 tenement holses--a1 average oi eighteen
persons to each house
1 French women have thr privilege of being cn-
. rolled s- Freema~aE-. and indeed. if .lev choose
I can join lodge open t0 both sexes which has for
grand Hi--re-- lady
. preliminary statement af tia Board of Agr5-
culture estimates Great bu-a5l-s wheat WELD iur
. l-a3 af ti.5Z3, SIS bushels. compared with -s.-
. u-, so bushels ll-r year.
The horse taat sleeps .r . Standing position
r-t, one leg 90 time. agn.Edile .l the other
three ir sustain the weight u- his hHdr Tie
lllit i- a dangerous -us-
The English Var OH,s has decided TO- gran, tl,
family % every f--ervist II government employ
hat rhe 0zEes De vs~ drfgius in .-Jdiyisa 90
. Ilelr SEPARATION lIl.UEugts-
British -.IdieJs ou leave of absence s-s Obliged
i9 pay ipl fare vhcn travelling by r5ii. unless
;Ic ie1ye i- prN.Ed SIX eay-. vacl ts- I-te s.
single fare FOX tlg round trip.
From Coris Castle to B5urulmouta Wet C.iE
EfSsi-h military men have passed areiyieae gas
signals "a distance oi twelve miles, the uc--sg-,
being clear 90 the t-asd eye
J An English 1u-laIi,y has discovered that tho
average nre ~ which Eusl.-areu ulrf5 Is twenty
egh- year ar5 fse months. and that oi vSu.u
twenty six ycars ard two months.
In German litie- merchants are nor allowed
. t0 pun ur selling Cu' sign unless they are
honest. Tn Wsyeu,a hus 90 504 marks is ia-
tic-ed tlr every iraa,grr2iou OF this law
Tac suthsritjes ia AIge.ia gave $4,000 toward
hsHuug gIssSioppeIs- ln one section $3.50 cam
els employed t0 carry the ulteIi4. for burning
tue places where cSE- had been deposited
+ The senior class sy Emory College. oSiosd. Ca
has formed itself into a society I1I the purpose
of oamIliilG hibul-lphy Of GeolEiz authors
4
. Time
uea --alrsrium for th. ,opsu air. treat
mtuf of phtfi~i- ua- iH-y been opened assT I4m-
burg Tho Hamburg autloriJie- presented tie
site ard ..H pa, part o. tle expenses far dys
years
+ Tho common house mouse when g. has oucc
7 been caught Ia @ Trap and escaped cannot
De- caught again us any r4p ever invented By
man. Rats are Jess careful aad sometimes tail
a second TINS.
/ Indiana las - counties. Iu these sre I,Ui5
townships of tHi- number 46 were manned aiysr
. jackson. sG after Washington. 1U after Harrison
. aud Jefferson, Wayne and Clay each were hon
. uIcl J. Tunes
German authorities made tr-t oi the uutH-
tive value OF bread for soldiers. using twenty
four different kinds from dDe Hour Ja ,uslse
. meal. sld found the ypaf~eT bread Wueil 'H-
/ ierior iu results
! Tho age of ,bc dccslse cf paiio-opher- Uls-
Spiaoza, A. Des,sae~, 80. HegeL OF. Aristotle.
o.. Socrates. Is; L.i5uitz, 20; Liunaeu-. 20;
/ Copcrgtu-. 90. CaliIeo. e, k-Hi, 20 Plato 8.
Newton, 81; Humboldt. So.
Durham E, tle nearest port ta Johannesburg and
Preroril. being only asa miles from tH" gold
mines. From East London 90 Jgh1uu--fuIE b,
665 miles; fraU Port Ei.ztc-Ir- iH mike ard
. from Cape loE9. LOIS miles
Girls working IN the match factories oi Eng.
land become p,rmoaced with tas chemicals and
minerals used. The sulphur sometime eats t.Isir
Jaws n lhr most paintu and Disgusting way
Their wages ayclaec $50 week
&c used to- p, tae custom ts slu am iads-lliaus
/ peasant q ---illeiu.'' and q '5uavc' ur- simply
q boz ''Sily" msaut blessed in old German
. and the old Saxon mean, nothing uur gt rls WAY
. uECU they called man -c1rri.
& ycr, yaIrable book is Hebrew Bible iu the
N-tie.a. M 1912 The Hebrews tried t1 buy it of
Pope Julius N Cor it~ weight iH gold DO I- 50
large snd heavy that two mon can hardly Ii. %.
and ID would have rrog-hr SIoo.oUo
An attempt IS being made Co arouse r1hIi. --u-
,imeflt regarding the '-tramp ships" Between
. the I,tH and 21tb Of january ls-r year tvu Of
3 these steamers. starting from America i.T Jc
f British Islands or weston Europe were i'e'-
There are Gity-uius route ta- rural tree m1i
delivery .1 Indians. These routes have total
length OF I355 miles. or twenty-five miles each.
md the llrriers who make thc JI:p, >iN days oul
OF every week are serving $3.50 country people
A correspondent points ont That SgotJ'- old
arm chair iu the lihElIy At AbhoJ-iord was made
. about tie beginning Of tac century cf b,arN oak
taken from the raiycT- of thr house at RchrHystou
where Sir William MalacC VAS behaved h5 "tIe
( base MeUtcith.
sap enough Co supply l51.oC5 person, fa- one
year recently arrived iu Denver iu one load It
was carried in "a special train % iorJy-Gyc car
loads and I'll stacked mp one bar or cop of a.-
: other. this soap would make pile over l@5
miles high
The Austrian Emperor, crown was recently
photographed In order TO correct jmpcriee, rep
roS1u.lti0us Of it on coins and official d0cu-
mCnts The crown is regarded ls one .i The
I finest works of European gold~uith~- Ite uS-
teriaI alone IS worth S5lo,11o-