The evening times., 1900-02-05
NOTES OF TIE DAY.

- biI mas Dcen introduced the Legislature =
| OF New forS 10 abolish common law marriages in
hat State
An electrical device which drops feed Of oats
lEto horses trough has been invented az Younes-
town, Ohio.
The statement IS made in all seriousness thaf
Lord Roberts 10 afraid Of eats His fear is due 10
superstition
Since the last Presidential election the asvrp-
gate OF fresh god mined throughout the word il
placed at $500, ,000.O00
Sleeping with the hair pinned up tightly i not
only bad for the circulation. but it is said 10
prevent the hair from growing
Venetian vandsIs are planning 70 build an a--
phait sidewalk along the Grand Canal ia order
70 attract hicyclists 10 the city.
woman who died recently in CIermont COUNTY
ohio at the age Of HiHety-eight had taught
school Tor seventy eight consecutive years.
One Of the newest inventions made by a woman
II the aluminium and sheepskin shield which d..
inventor. Mis- Helen Stornsont Murphy hss re-
Gently sent % Lord Roberts
There never has been such industrial activity in
" est Virginia 9s at present There j. not Que
Idle man south Of the kaBawhd River ard labor OF
all kinds l. in great demand.
Women train porrers are an innovation that
l. fast becoming popular The woman who UfsIia,
her SHOES laced. her dress fastened ETC. f. won
dering h0w she Travelled before without such aid
A automatic electric safety block signal
which will stop a train without the assistance Of
the engineer or mOtorman Is BOW being intro
duced. II i applicable % any style OF motive
power.
In Chicago there is versstile young woman
who for ten wears drug store ard later
served "a an expert nurse. isnitress and plumber
al the home Of the Young Won3n's Christian
Association
In 1s95 there were 1.0sO savings banks in the
United States. and the deposits in them aourte-{
to $i.s4I. 10000. In 1899 there were 942 savings
banks iH the United States and their deposits
we're S2.40l. .000.O0G.
Major Tomeycroft. WHO commands tie irrpgu
lars known Thorneycroft'5 Horse received from
members Of his family. a a Christmas present.
two Maxim guns. 20.OD1 rounds Of ammunition
and number II field glasses
There are not less than twenty-five COLONIES Of
Hebrews. most of them thriving and selfsuppsFI-
ing in Judes. >4maris. PIPER GaIilee and in
trans Jord4nie regions, with total of 500 colon
i~ts and sbour 100 hired Hebrew aboror-.
Not only D. the inhabitants Of Br4unlluger.
Switzerland pay 10 taxes but tine community :
30 rich thar the I'd Of January every year
every native receive present. This year the gil
consisted IA some loads Of wood and $50 easi,
for each.
swedish. Norwegian. Russian, Belgian. Tu-sisi.
italian, and Greek diplomatic representative. all
employ French while those Of China and Jspaa
he English IN large measure English Is sup
planting French both a social and commercial
language
Il the interviews and alleged statements %
European engineering visitors 90 this country ca
be relied upon theie viii be placed within the
next twelve months orders for no les shar 81
100000 70 -. go gJ worth q machinery and eIer-
trIeal equipment
Th7 annual report of the New YORK state Bari
ct HeSItb shows 1s.25s deaths from tuberculosis
and I7.I0J from acute respiratory diseases. 4 l.
estimated that there are over l5.0)U c0H,unptiyes
in New York city who evPeciorate upon the streets
and spread tuberculosis.
FuIit Is ROW being shipped from Ney- south
Males packed in Jhe bark OF tae n tree sud the
outer bark of the mealeuc1 ieucadeu,rou. -Hiea
i> shredded INTO a sort Of coarse chat Ine~e
hark- seem 10 hfe some peculiar power of pre-
serving oranges during carriage.
Brcom- with spring handles are 70 BE- u.nuiae-
tWed b. a Tennessee company. tine wooden han
die being severed close 10 the head and provided
NTH spiudlss at the severed CnCis. which tre In
serted in opposite ends 0f a spiral spring, TO give
HeNibiiity % the bottom when in use.
From ,ie numbers ALREADY arrived it Is estims--
ed Iu Rome tllt more than halt million Of
jubilee pilgrims viii vsil that city before Ea-trr
DAY The total during the year Of those desiring
Year Viii reach several millions. it IS expected
The consumption Of tea in the Cnitsd St4.ss
u4s estimsJed sU.JVO.O0O pounds is8a. Crs.5
Britain and Ireland. Isl.OO0.O0O pounds. Russia.
81 90 ut1 pounds. and Canada, % f64 900 psunds
r. coffee the past year it IS estimated that the
in the United states was 7lz.24,
go pounds
Nesriv the whole South African plateau Is GOV
ered aiJh 4 long. slender grs-s. uhich. under the
live ia a yeldt hre. end in iTs passing IL leaves
desert Under the cover OF the smoke that
arises tine Boers utilize that strategy f1r wlicA
they famous.
All endravors 10 d i->uade Miss susan L.. Hal
versou the American missionary doctor aJ Canton.
lrom marrying the ChiusFnsu who w4s formerly
her cook have proved OF no avail. The wedding
came of ca TUESDAY December s. at th. establish
nr4rt of the American Board Of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions.
Every Friday evening New YORK loses thousands
Of iJ~ residents, who % to other cities iD the
STATE and To- Boston and PidI4delphia. These peo-
pie are ciizeIas Of Albany. Jca. syracuse. RocI-
ester. Buffalo. EInir3. Bipghamton and the
travellers to Boston and Philadelphia have their
homes IN those cities All of these men DO bust
re~s in New NorS city. They return TO New York
from their homeS or sunday night. arriving
Monday morning. snd from that time until Fri-
dag cyeIHns they are gong after the almighty
dollar
Certainly the Bible does no5 circulate by any
law Of nature. as oi water running down bilL or
the viewIess wind blowing where il viii. yet hosy
few readers Of the Bible realize what the agencies
are. and how vast and complicated a mechanism
is necessary to give ths unique and wonderful old
book it, present circulation among mankind,
saws s.Ie-Iie'- Weekis." b. trustworthy estimates
tappI1vimate. Of courSej. during the last cen
tury no les than S0.0gO.000 copies Of the Bible.
or some nart thereof. have been put into Crcul5-
tion. Newspapers publish their sworn circuls-
tIcu.- here are figures which. all things consid-
cred. more marvellous Than those pertaining
TO anv secular Journal Neither do they include
ali Bible circulation but only what has been done
bv Bible societies. n an circulation could he
reekOned ID would hardly be less than Bo.0}JGB3
copies These societies. however. are now the
chief agencies for printing and distributing toe
Bible There are seventy three OF them. mostly
in Europe and America. though there are nine an
British Irdis corrected with the greater sofiety
in Great Britain Two Bible societies stand tar
above an others ir the gross amount OF their CIR
culat ion-the British and Foreign Bible Society.
whose output during the century has reached A
total OF 100 600 900 ara cur own American Bibic
S,ciefv which Issued last wear l.3SO So volumes
and in ali since its foundation. 65,G39 go voluIes
Where has this vast army OF books gone. and how
did they reach their tlestination9 IL has taken A
regiment Of skilled laboFers to accomplish it
porterS and carriers. or colp0rteurs as they are
Technically called carefully marShaed and or
gapizpd under a staff OF experienced officers In
MANY countries all over the world. and employing
every mode Of transportation known to mankind
to carry the book across seas and continents.
some suggestive statements are presented in his
late report by Dr. Abbott. secretary OF the hossa-
chusetts Board Of Health. showing that diseases
are becoming les dangerous in human life. Is
appears that the bygienic condition OF the peoPis
in that Commonwealth vas better last year thaS
At apy previous time for hall century and there
- iii. b,. ,esrtv 400 from iufp,.