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

There are over ten tsogssnd persons living ia
tents IN the Miss0uri-kan mineral district.
In south Africa all the large rivers take their
ifarsFaai, about GOO feet above sea level
A Toronto street car concern has been subject
80 70 me for not providing rear ycstibules on
. .s@i portion Of ifs cars for the protection Of
tAere are sixty-three young men in the SUNDAY
school ciasS Of John d. Rockefeler m who i 4
Church. New YORK
a. American canned Prc-lucts have a large sale in
sihsapcTe- i-zfc from this country Is sold there
"a ~ ten,pouI cans at a cost Of p cents A paund
tanned meats and vegetables are also sold there
While in ISIS there we're in lunatic asviurus in
Scotland f.ez0 patients and in private dwellings
lsCl. the numbers had risen in 1875 % 700s and
10 respectively, znd in ISIS 10 I2,I39 and
z,767.
In the borough Of Phoenixville Pa there Is
one trolley ear- This vehicle was inspounded r.
Gently BY the borough officials and held until the
IaiIfoao company replaced hat-sded Thee with
Two young Germans from New Hampshire. Who
had gone to Germany with the idea Of travelling,
on to the TransvaaI to fight for the Boers. have
man Army.
Bank-note and general lithographing work has
reached high degree Of perfection in intricaey
Of design in late years. and while eoun,erfeiting
has not heen stopped, the difficulties have beea
greatly increased
United States immigration Agent Healy, Of
British Columbia, says 5000 japanese immigrants
have arrived there. 5000 are On the vray and D.
90 rnoFe viii probably take passage before the
end Of the SImner-
The phylloxera Destroyed $4,000 acres Of vine
yards in Spain in Is9a Vines in Spain or France
are not worth cuItivsting unless they are grzfled
with the American vine, which renders them
proof against the insect
The health authorities Of Owen county. Ind
find difficulty in controlling an epidemic Of meas
les, sesause many parents carry their CHILDREN
10 infected houses. believing that IL j. advisable
70 nave the disfsse in youth.
The married and unmarried woman Of the Unit
ed States Of Colombia South America. are desig-
mated by the manner in which they wear Sewers
IN their hair. the senorzs wearing tl-In On the
right side and the seuortss On the lcft
The English military traction engines are re-
ported 10 BE- great success on the veldl- Zach
one haBls three wagon loads. and whenever one
gets stuck fast another engine anchors itself
distance ahead and pals II out Of its difficulty.
Mr. Lorin P. Woicott, Of spauld, IL. recently
celebrated tie one hundredth anniversary Of his
birth by cooking his own breakfast The cen
teisrlan has been married three times has present
vile who WIS welded 10 him hfteea years zgO
is forty Eve years ot age
There are over 1000 Mormons in Sweden. last
year they bsptizcd IsS persons and over a hundred
eEligTsted 10 Zion. Utah There are now in
Sweden sixty prominent workers in the MOrm0n
cauze and they claim great success in spreading,
their faith among the people
Russia IS said to have compelled China to con-
sent 10 the building Of the Pekin- Kiakhta Rail
EaE. which Is &c be run nominaIly by botn IA
tlons, but VII really be under the control o. tls
kus-o-C hines Bank This road Eill form the
eastern END Of the Siberian Railway.
Thirty American muleteers. who went to Cape
Town aboard the steamer Magician Two Eioutl,s
ago. with cargo Of mules. enlisted IN the C5pe
Mounted Police, although assured Of free passage
back 10 this GoantTy- The Magician vii leave
New ORLEANS in ieN days with a cargo OF hC-se>-
SIR H. Il johnson has declared his belief that
had Africa beea cut OF from the immigration Of
the Arah ard the European, the purely Negroid
races- left 10 theuselyeS- 20 lar from advancing
toward higher type OF humanity. might have
actually reverted by degrees 20 = type 70 longer
human
Coal has been selling in Austria at $40 ton.
and some OF the German schools have been closed
for lack Of fuel Exports Of American oaal 70
Europe are beroming Common An English syn
cicate Is szid 70 have contracted for 2000.e 600
tons of Alabama coal - be forwarded BY way Of
New Orleans.
\ Canadian has designed an ofsce message box.
which prevents messages being read by outsiders,
having reel OF paper to BE- uEwouud and slide
across a shell 70 receive the rIesSage. the sheeE
passing tUO rollers through a slot in the door,
With locking pawls 70 prevent the rollers from
turning backward
Prot. K1lle. Of Berlin declares that large Por-
ri0n Of south Africa Is very healthy and would
be very suitable for phthisicsl patienrs II tres
were more plentiful Water. Aowever. l. very
sc1TCe. 20 that the ram water has % be collected
and stored IN reservoirs. and better methods Of
filtration are required
The tovn trustees Of Benton. Ky, have granted
a license 90 I citizen 10 open saloon on an
agreement thai he l. 70 keep his doors open all
the time. screens whatever and that
one be allowed 20 treat or ''sst EN- up
ms place Of business Every man Who drinks
must pay for his own liquor.
An Indiana man has invented q burglar proof
window. On the sir are two small knobs; one
Is fer raising or lowering tie upper sash. the
other for the lower one By turning the knob
the window be raised or lowered 10 any
height, but the minute the finger Is removed from
the knob the WinGow is locked
The impression that some people have that
AcuoSsicS, called are rot c0nveTssnJ with th-
Scriptures Is a mistake in many instances The
late Attorney Samuel Howard, OF Milwaukee Was
Of the best Greek scholars the WeSC lie
a close Biblical student and knew nearly the
whole Ct the New Testament BY heart
4 novel idea 10 prevent the spread Of plague is
suggested by ConstantinOple physician. who.
taking the ground that rats aboard slips are ac-
tive ageats Of the m1lsdys transportation. pro-
pose 70 kIll the pests by carboIic acid ga The
gas being heavier than the air would sink 10 the
bottom Of the hold and stihe the rodents
Nine. Derute Of Paris poses candidate fer
election 10 the Academic Franchise Her friends
urge her election on the ground that sire has
written many valuable WCrEs- that she Il thr
daughter Of L1CIrn BOEapaFtei that she has bcen
loved by fiCtaT HEgo, GsTibaldi- Castelar,. Victor
Emmanuel. GenersI Melira. and King jerome.
The "Philadeiphia Record hears from -
Petersburg that Charlemagne fewer. tie Uniscd
States Ambassador at that court has doi ned sod
stripes On fu-dress occasions instead Of the coz
yentinnaI black that has hitherto differentiated
American diplomats. Tepro0i irsnt the Grand
DUehess P0ulovua Is reported 70 have led 10 the
change.
Missouri apples thai have been kept IN cold
storage since early last tall have been repacked
and shipped ir refrigerator cars 10 New YORK
There the frait goes into the cold storage crd %
a steamer. Il is supposed that cold storage EiiI
keep the apples until they wanted az the
Paris Exposition Missouri is cuitiyaIing Eu-
ropean trade for its apples
The catch Of shad in the Delaware River this
season Is ssid to be something wonderful Over
10000 Of these fsh were brought to the Phila-
Gelphia market last Saturday II Is said that
week thsn during the entire season OF lssa he
fore the work Of artificial propagation OF thiS
spCcies cf fSh WAS Systematically begun. and wise
fish protective laws rigidy enforced