The evening times., 1900-10-08
NOTES OF THE DAY.

IEe mineral Output DE t3t.dGS 5Of 1871 was
placed at 1000, o00, OF which s2l ,el9,ooo WAS
gold.
The British Government has spent Sss0,o90
buying supplies in Canada Tor its army South
Africa.
Lansrkshire claims to have given judges
and titles for judges TO the Supreme Court than
any other county in Scotland.
New York city has I.522 polling places, only
ffty-one less than the whole State OF Nebraska,
and nine more than there in North Carolina.
Steamers arriving at our Eastern ports for
eral days have reported passing through umusu-
ally long fcg belts in the northern transatlantic
ropte.
Scores of sheep and hogs have been killed re-
Gently the borders Of Virginia and South Caro-
lima by animals which seem 10 be half dog and
| half wolf
A number of Scottish grouse have been import
| cd by the Canadian Government from the High
lands of Scotland for the purpose OF stocking the
provincial parks.
The house Of ChambFey, Savoy, where Jean
| Jacques Rousseau and Nine de Wsrens lived, is
| onered for sale. Il was erected in 1860 and IS
sald to be in good condition.
At the meeting OF the Britisi, Association which
| took place at Bradford week or Two ago IT was
decided that III future should be admitted
| TO The general and sectional committees.
Vegetables are usually sold in piles in Buenos
Ayres, so that you have TO measure quantity as
well quality bF the eye; and butchers sell their
| a mandatory of spurious Brazilian bank notes
has been discovered III Paris, and has resulted IN
the arrest Of six forgers including Horace Grban
Massard. son OF the engraver of the same name
A Canadian has invented a door attachment
whereby door may be opened and closed with
| the foot. will be the friend of every party
standing at the doorway with 2rmful OF par
| GELS.
Snakes of all sizes abound in the sumatra
jungles, Monster lizards are there. measuring six
and seven feet The house lizard is about twelve
| inches long. and makes noise ike the bark Of
| toy terrier.
Shaft No. ) of the Tamaracls mine, Houghton.
Mich, viii be completed about the end Of thls
| year and will then be full mile in dep5h-tae
deepest in the world. The shaft begun III
August. ls95-
4 jury at Washington. Ga, has decided that s5
Is a reasonable charge for shaving 4 dead
A local barber presented a bill Tor the amount
stated. 1t was contested, and the jury Verdi
was the result
Samuel Fries farmer OF near steinzyile, L
l'igh county, Pa, who RAISED q beard nearly sN
| feet long. died tie other day 9e seldom dis
played his sghiskerz, which he kept concealed be-
| meath his coat.
The Northern Pacific relsid 365 miles of main
track with 72-pouRd rails in the last fiscal yea,
but on account OF fhs sale Of old rails al excel
lent prices the net charge Tor rails in the year
was only sl5,5G9-
The police department Of Berlin, Germany, has
/ undertaken thorough revision OF the bakesiiops
much to the astoniehment OF the Master Bakers'
| Association there, which had begun to ridieule
| the bakeshop law.
French E1atistician asserts that the human
eye travels over 290o yards in reading aa ordinary
sizad novel The average human being is calc71-
| lated. he opiEes, To get through 2.j03 miles OF
reading in q Htttime.
In Germany it Is considered necessary that i
child should ''go up before 1t goes down in the
world, SO it is carried upstairs as soon as born
] IL case there are no stairs the nurse mounts
! table OF chair with the infant.
| No immediate Scotch whisky drought need be
/ feared in spite Of recent disturbances IN the in
dlIstrr. There are Igl, ,e3G 4G4 gallons now ripen-
/ ing in bond IN Scotland increase Of more than
| 40 per cent over the amount held five years ago.
| a in Chicago lost his pocketbook, contain
! ing large sum OF money the other day The
/ interest in this circumstance does not concern
the loss Of cash 50 much as Is centered IN the
] fact that good man found the pocketbO0k and
returned II 10 The OVEN.
Niagara Falls Is the latest city to adopt voting
machines. The list now includes Buffalo Roches-
! ter Syracuse. and dozen OF the smaller cities
OF the State, that good estimate OF the result
/ OF the election in the Empire State viii be ob-
| tainable early on the evening OF NoTem5er 8.
| An automobile accident insurance association
is about to be formed in New York city It's OBJ
jects viii be TO insure its policy holders against
accidents and To defend the innuner.Ibe law
/ suits which have been brought against motorists
! all The country, often on very slight provo
cation.
It IS said that the Canadian 500 Canal may
| be closed because OF lack OF patronage Eozsel-
men say that this would be bad move. foT IN
case Of accident in the American canal there
would be a blockade They say they viii US the
Canadian passage more in future that II may De
maintained.
! People in Paris must be very fond OF snaiis. as
it IS stated that than Zoo OF these rep
! tiles are consumed annually. 1t would seem that
the peculiar virtue of this esclent Is IN the n2-
turz OF appetizer, il Is not likely that any
| healthy creature Urder the sun could make
| breakfast or dinner on snalls.
Major Mott, United States military representa-
tive at the recent French army maneuyres reports
| that the autotractinn car which Is OF immense
service IN the French Army conmlssarlat, drawing
| six or seven heavily laden the excellent
roads OF that country, would be Of no Use what
! ever on the rough American roads
The United States leads all other nations in the
matter OF fruit growing. Strawberries valued
al $50 1000 last year, and grapes al $780, OOoO 900,
| Peach orchards, containing as many as $4,000
/ trees TO be found, while the apple crop has
been known to return in barrels 2I0, ,9e. go in one
season. Of these England has taken 3,o99, 900 bar
| rels
Crossings in frufl bring out some fine varieties
| an improvement. >ecently = fruit was ex
| hif,ited to the fellows # the Royal horticultural
! Society in London. The plant bearing it Is hg-
| brid between the raspberry and the common
blackberry The taste OF the fruit combines the
flavor of the dewberry With that OF the raspberry,
| and it comes into perfection as the rasp5erries
| are falling.
| Queen Victoria always took the greatest inter
est in clothes her children wore. She would only
allow simple and comparatively inexpensive mate
rials for her little girls gowns freshness and
| dren's t0ilettes. In summer the princeSses
/ washing froeks and plain white straw hats trim
/ mad with ribbons. when accompanying the
| Queen to the public functions they
| sionally allowed to attend
/ In the silly season every possible diversion
| is hailed with delight says tie New YORK Tri-
bune" The dollar tea is O'Clock fyne-
ton where the guests amuse themselves by irving
table. the successful one receiving prize. The
| baby tea Is another novelty Men and women
| bring photographs OF themselves as babies. and
| the person who identities The greater number
| wins. The baby tea" IS rather amusing.
| Evil associations. more than hegedity. are re-
| sponsibe for the criminal conduct Of the Young
| the laws At the National Prison Congress
! George Terrence. Of the Pontiac RefssraTnry
declared that at least s. per cent OF all yoEas
| men and boys who have committed crime, If
| taken charge of in time ard subjected TO proper
treatment viii become good citizeEs'' IL csti-
mated that not NOE than 10 per ceat of tae
! criminal CLASSES through heredity