The evening times., 1900-09-20
NOTES OF THE DAY.

tafy service.
People as a rule hear better With their right
car than with their left ear
Danish lighthouses are supplied with oil to
pump on the waves in case OF a storm.
The dykes of Japan cost ia The aggregate
more money than these Of the Netherlands.
The forests Of North America. in value AMI
variety, exceed those of any other continent
France derived an income OF 229OOo,O0o francs
fTara its monopoly Of tobacco in tie year lS3a.
Ii il is not allowed 10 run down, 4 weI-regu-
lated watch will tick 1eo,l 600 times in year
Michigan holds title to over half million
acres, most of it primary school and tax home
stead lands.
Manila fibre is derived from a species OF plan
tam or banana tree which grows on the Philip
pine Islands
1t is proposed to erect an electric Light plant
at Siinla, the summer capital OF India Kerosene
Is used at the present time.
sisal is obtained from the leaves Of plant
belonging to the cactus family. which thriyts
chiefly along the gull coast Of Yucatan.
1t in the last weeks oE July, just century
ago, that FrenchmaG named LeboR made the
first public demonstration OF the of gas for
Illuminating purposes
As China ignores tlre humane provisions CT the
Geneva convention, the unusual sight Of surgeons
and ambulance men fully armed will be vii
messed On the field OF battle.
Forty-two Thousand dollars WAS the offertory
taken VI. 6J the conservation OF the Bishop OF
CarpeEtay1a, at the Sydney, Australia Cathedral.
1t Is perhaps the largest ofertory recold
Swiss antiquarian recently discovered at sis.
in the En2adine, roll marked ',iilcgible pa
pers-" 1t contained 80 valuable historic d0eu-
ments, some of them dating back far 1880.
An English physician makes the statement that
the health ef fhe people is much better than it
was century ago He says young persons are
much stronger and better grown than their grand
parents we're.
The house OF the famous old higrwsyman, Dick
Turpin, in Long Sutton, Lancashire, Is 10 he
modeied into a modern dwelling In the cellar of
this establishment was the stable OF the renowned
old Tutian's pet mare Black Bess.
The Earl of Dysart is very fond Of music, and
il he finds that any OF the his estates
have children who are inclined to court the di-
vine art he gives them every opportunity, in
Guiding the gift Of piano, 70 improve their
taste.
Every second Tuesday Is 4 reception day of the
King Of Sweden. Any CT his subjects may cs;i
upon His Majesty that day. The only To-
mallty required Is u send in ones card, the
itors being received when their turn comes Ist
the order OF arrival.
The experience OF The British in South Africa :
said 10 have demonstrated the superiority Of small
horses to the larger Is draft animals in the fell
Ct hostihties. They can go longer without food.
it Is said, do just as much work, and make
smaller target foF the enemy
The German Cnira expedition corps j. clot.le4
in yeliow-brown khaki The troops carry highly
sharpened sword hayonsts, ard The new rifles.
ls.s model. known As '3cer guns The officers
are armed with long swords Every soldier must
carry mosquito net and blanket
Never before has such food Of campaign lit
eraturc been poured out IS that with which tie
country Is now being ielugefS by the Republican
National Committee. Something OVER Il5, ,0Oa0D)
pamphlets viii be distributed By various organI-
zatiens under direction OF the committee named
An Appleton, Wis, maD Hans Hohl by name
recently swan across Lake WiuRebago, j distance
of nine miles. Lenders little Helleepont ex-
oursions pale into insigTihcance With some Of the
generation. though Lesnder swan for love while
the other fellows SWIM for fame.
a Cardiff pawnbFoker has among the numerous
articles pledged for loans mahogany coffin with
! gold monogram on the lid. This IS on promi-
neHt exhibition III the paWnbTokers shop window
and naturally attracts much attsntion than
1t would II il occupied a place among the WaTei
IL URdertakeT's establishment.
The JHpa7ese Masking rapid strides in thei-
march toward Western culture. The --latest i1no-
vation Is the formation Of commercial schools sor
the training 1f female clerks, and che of the
largest railway companies IN Nippon has iati-
mated that after Z certain date women only Kiu
be employed IN the clerical department
In the numerous excavations that are going on
in the Old World and particularly IN Greece and
Iaiy many wonderful things frequently come 10
light Recently, ne&T Athens there wss dug up
a ine-SIze marble statue Of Apollo. the head of
which wonderfully well preserved Ths
workmanship Is OF the fifth century before Christ.
The old Ftchburg railroad station IN Bostcz Is
only memory. and the entire interior has
been tom out Ic he replaced By Offices In the
old station Jenny Lind sang Tor the first time IN
the United States, the railroad station having
been deemed the only place in which the thous-
aHds who wanted 10 hear her could be IccuIn-
Gnodated-
Tine greater PortiUa Of the worlds supply Of
platinum comes iron the Cral Mountains. The
metal is found IN grains and Nuggets IN the sands
OF river and creek deposits and in the mOraine5
OF glaciers and Is either quite pure or IN the
form ri an alloy with iridium or some oi the al
hod metals OF the Platinum group, snrh as rho
dunn TuthenIum-
In order TO facilitate communications between
the German soldiers il China and their hemes
the Government has contrived a special code of
about hundred important sentences and reduced
the rates from $50 word to the same charge
Ger telegram OF any length from a commits
stoned officer and to = cents FOR the messages Of
lower officers or prlFates
An astonishing piece CT news now comes from
Bolivia, where the newspapers are talking OF an
Bexation to this country & avoid
submission TO the aggresSions Of Chile. More
over IN the provinces of Taera and africa, which
held by Chile. there have been meetings Of
the PoT4ilace where il was formally resolved to
raise the Stars and Stripes II the provinces were
restored TO Peru
Bray The pretty riverside parish in Berkshire,
England, the charms OF which fascinated the
accommodating vicar celebrated in song has IN
earthed a venerable relic. This IS fire engine
les years cid, which years ago superaunuated
The parish council however has had it over
hauled without tepTiving 1t OF its primitive feat
ures and has pronounced il thoroughly fit for
service by neigiiboring fire brigade
The largest hothouses in the country devoted
exclusively to The cultivation OF orchids in
New Jersey. Four hundred varieties may bs
found there from Colombia. Venezuela, Brazil,
Ecuador. Bolivia. Costa Rca, Guatemala, Hon
duras ard Mexico the principal supply soureesI
country, including from the Philippines,
which has taken kindly to American soil.
Studies Of the zodiacaI light made 1t sea, says
the st James tSazette,'' lead naval officer to
remark ttat The air the Pacific Ocean ap-
pears clearer and better adapted Tor celestial ob-
Ocean. Honolulu Is isNadmirably situated fer clear
I.ess of air. and it may become important out
pest in astronomy. 1t has already been selected
as cne OF the chief points for the study Of the
vibrations of the earth
Philadelphia physician declares that people
WHO are stricken with malaria after their return
from their summer outings and attribute their
sickness to the atmosphere they breathed while
ON their Vacations are in the main mistaken He
Attributes il to the fact that families do net take
The precautions to give their houses a thorough
Isfara they move iuTD Them No tfl1ISa