The evening times., 1900-05-28
NOTES OF THE DAY.

A new Bible has been pablished in London IN
winch the New Testannent prersdez the Old
In proportion 70 its size Great Britain has eight
times as many railways the United Siaies-
in 1900 buileings worth. with the property in
I1ei. over si5So5o,oOO were destroyed By fire IN
TT It takes span Of ffty-;our oxen to move Long
| Naval Brigade.
| Shefiield. England. srm has produced a steel
plate l6 inches thick which car5ot BE- lriI,ed OF
pierced by Lee-Metford bullet
When shipping race horse from Caiiflfais all
! N1-.eIs oOii4h% rom there usually bring along
a iC1 Of nay IN oFcer to avoid chaEge Of diet q
| their horses
/ Pine and hcnl0ck stumps and old logs that v-rre
/ supposed u have become worthless years ago are
/ being gathered in Northern Michigan 70 be manu-
I facbued into lzth.
| Over IO0O banks will kaye 70 be supplied with
I new currency plates. under the currency act Of
March "a II Vin be four 10 six months before all
/ can get these plates
Despite the objections OF the Socialists the
iSechstsS has a. last decided to Psy the expenses
Z of the German EmDerOr's trip 20 the Holy Land
| II the autumn Of ls9S.
An inventive genius has produced a tobacco pipe
WEich has 4 whistle IN the stem IN order 10 en-
able the smoker 10 summon cab without taking
the pipe from his mouth.
The Gaelic League hzs captured the Dublin
Corporation. which has passed resolution % the
eject that il Is desirable preserve ami cultivate
the irisn language In Ireland.
The Board Of Foreign Missions Of the Presby-
terlan Church VIII close its fiscal yesr .ree from
debt. This = the third year in succession taat
this announcement has been made
Besides her almost inuumerable load Of human
beings that the big Oceanic carried OF tom New
York recently she took 10000 young shad WHICH
are % be planted in English waters.
There is plenty Of money throughout Brazil
Para Is city of great thrift and enrerpri-e and
Is ea3esing prosperity The demand for American
products continues 10 increase steadily.
There are in the Presbyterian Church 7.Sl2
Ifli.LsleTs, 100 churches and nearly a million
/ eo1isnlunicants- The contributions for church
Sork last year amounted o sI3.775. ~
The German Government asks 2O00.0O0 marks 70
lay Eth cable % England The number o. teIe-
sIaII-s h1s increased - per cent 70 Z,5oJooo an
/ nually since the fourth cable Wzs laid in l515-
/ In 1896 James Watt Sailt an orrzn for 5;
I Andrews Church. Glasgow. which he attended.
{ There va considerable opposition 70 its use ana
many caricatures were published concerning IL.
/ Mr. JamaHato. The manager OF some cotton
mills N Japan, has secured IN open market IN the
United states contracts tor 100000 bales Of cot
/ Ton. winch a-L be shipped from lokol1Hl in the
autumn
\ Travellers say the h5tels Of Cairo. EGYPT. are
the best IN the world They ere Is good as the
best Continental hotels ard extremely better thzr
the fashionable Loud1n b0stelTies Oi which Ee
3 hear 50 muca-
The average six hat. size ~. weighs I've
ouEces. the 1veFage stzf de-by hal o. tie szrne
saze weighs four and oue-haIf ounces. the average
siTaN I-t q the s4lle Size weighs Two and one
GI2rter ouDces-
Mrz Arthur Prutcn Of Irrinc.ou. y J.. lost
Two teu-cJ,iar bills and knows Jd4t they were
eaten by either her baby or her pet dog Doubt
on tte question L- the only thing -l4t l4s spared
the Eie o. the Clg-
GeDevl which has Just concluded its eensls OF
the canton, reports that the c.ty has total popa-
iarIol OF l69.7tl. Of which 500 WeTe born IL
tne CITY. 49, are rztIvcs u other parts U! the
country and Ja-J are i0rcisneEs-
There is no demand foE foreign advisers 10 TIE
Korean GOverulneHt- Although two Americ4ns
who held such position haze recently died taalr
places have been hl-et ard ,herl Is no further
demand ior assistance oi thar kind
Saason tickets - the Paris Exposition must bear
-he pEo,osrzph Of the person % whom they are
issued The Algerian, Tuuisi4u. ard other N5h4m-
nc1a1 cEsl--ltlrs, however. retsI-. O. a-g. t4.lr
pictures taken As d Is c01tr-ry Co tEe Koran
A school for employees has been started IN o1e
Of Tie shops 0f the Un.led state. Cast Irsa Plpe
and Foundry COMPANY in Cizeiazati. TAe CON
and lrstrEct-o- Nl-- b given II tl1 couP1ly-s
Time
The total number q eEligr4ats % British 0rizia
who ieft the United Kingdom for places OK or
Europe during the month ended January 81. l31J.
Nss 5.a-ir ef Nh1ln --S9l we're bound fcr tas
Mas c-.-
The Ice bushes IN Coz.a Pisa is small There
are factories il San Jose. Port LE0n. and Puuta
Arenas. and several smaller towns are supplied
ircl rEesc- T-e clIsEmpJiuu Is not erg-t and
the machinery II 1hc plants Is capable 0. much
improvement
So4rcity Of aeHalock bar Is reported to have
caused lhe almost total extinction Of the once
prosPerous tanning INDUSTRY IL Maine Though
there Is large growth Of hemlock the SJate
Il Is 50 -4- nom practicable Jaunery sites Jalt
tle cost oi hlullns prohibits lis Use
Hhteraey il North Caro- ma Is i-cr1lziu- par
IicUizriy among the whites By the ceusls Of $50
there were SIN uIitorale shite voters IL North
Carolina, IN 1850. "a l-D- In $50 80 57J-au aver
age increase OF SO illityrz5e voters year. a-d
total o. Il Der cent OF The cD1lr- Ual1e vo-Ing
population
oaiaTiO's G0yeraaaezt h-s completed arrange
rEeUts for the formation OF forest reserve q
almost $3.50 square uiles in exJeHJ embracing
t1e district N which L4kes TaIuasami and Lady
Evelyn ara sltuated- The bulk 0f the reserve Is
virgin forest, With the finest WhI-e pane In cana
da upon H.
German writer who aspires 70 a high degree
OF wisdom. declares that there Is 10 pain n ry-
iEg- de asserts that Consciousness ceases in near
~ every instance before the heart stops beating.
hetEer n Is slNty seconcS twelve hours before
the heart stops beating The szvzEt does not give
~ opinion upon
The Academy Of Natural Sciences, which claims
the distinction e having been the frst scienrlic
bcdy 20 issue a publication IN the United Stlres.
Is shortly 10 resume the distribution OF is pro.
ceedirgs IN printed FORM Is earliest pubIiCariOa
W-is Al octave journal, begun - ash. and con
Jlnucd UEt.I ISf2.
On the occasion Of the resent visI; 70 Dublin o.
Queen Nictoria a number o. pictures for the cine
UstlcTlpG were obtained. 0Re ssries taEen from
the reviewing stand WIS G25 feet IN length and
contained y--o0 separate plcIures The nlm WzS
developed. and the same day positive copies were
Eade and distributed among different cities IN
Great Britain
In incla the military programme for The yrSr
includes the Permanent OF the native army and
volunteers with the magazine riae, rvar1szmenl
OF mountain batteries and the reorganization o.
horse, heid, End mountain batteries Military
f4cJ0rieS- are TO be improved and apparatus pro
Be made with var balloons and the 4U5GlaDce
and hospital service Will be improved
Il IS a common faceti0us saving IN this country
that more widows Sasrry thaa girls Il Chins.
however it Is the rule OF good society that Wid-
ous 20 not remarry- They are not forbidden to
DO 50 but they are thought more Eghly 90 L
Government when they have passed the age Of
fifty and have not remarked cOUfcrs on them =
tablet containing culOgy Of their virtues
By a stroke Of luck the Sird.-'s palace az Ehar-
tum, which Is now rapidly approaching com
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