The evening times., 1900-05-18
NOTES OF THE DAY

/ Iation
There are not enough colleges for women In
IA.s,4hu- Ihose now IN existence are said % be
vastly overcroWded
Mexico contains great many hacieadas ad.
niifably adapted and almost exclusively devoted
Z 10 the raising Of cattle
Thirty five years aSo the farmers Of the country
so~ed one million acres Of buczwhest TIle
acreage in 1895 WAS Sc. .S32
a young woman was forribly elected from 4
church in a Maryland city. the other day. ior
flirting WITH the ifader Of the choir.
One mile Of 81 stana5s we're n.aauEas.,,sred far
the demand Of lsls- OF the S5 ssamIS, they would
reach distance % ne-sfteezth Of naile.
stray chimpanzee from Central Africa some
times goes q far north Morocco. where Il Il
looked on as d hairy WIKI four hands"
Of me 2leOo.OOo letters ssut out Of Holland lss,
year o.oo00oO went 70 Germany, s.I0o,G00 90 Eng
4 Land. 2.sO1.o0 70 Belgium. I.le0.OOO 70 France.
Z exc
/ Port Arthur gets this year s2,5O0,OOg for her
/ forts and haTbor Improvements aud for yildivc-
Government
/ immigration from Ireland is not decreasing.
/ Over 5000 Irish people came 70 America la.-
year, which Is an increase Of over 90 during the
{ preceding year
: 1t has been decided in a British coart that
3 circulating library can be held PeCgni4rI!y r.
sponsibIe for HbeIOus statements contained IN
any Of the volumes which il eirculates-
Although Csnada's situation among the prin-
eipai wheat producing countries. with respect 70
Quantity is humble with respect 70 quality II y
high The output is also increasing steadily.
There is no native market in Korea OF any cos
sequence for foreign meats. lard. or pork stuss-
The diet Of the natives consists chiefly Of rioe.
with fresh or salti vegetables. fsh-whieh abound
/ in the adjoining Waters-And beef.
/ The importation Of eggs into Great Britain last
year valued a; 81, ,5ss2 2s7, while the poultry
/ and game figures were s.. .s2l. .62s. outlay Of
S2s.3e9, SO in addition % that for the poultry
/ and eggs produced in Great Britain
In many lines Of trade there are practically no
1 jobbiag houses in Germany and retaiIers obtain
! who employ travelling szlesnien and give TO thcir
! customers liberal discounts and credits
TIE hotel keepers and business men generally
Z Of Paris are expecting 10 gather in fTOm Ameri-
cans at least sIO0. .0O0OCo during the Exposition
period Even II their profits be only % OF = per
cent they vii consider IL cause Tor reloiclrg-
I When you get an Invitation = dinner frsm
chinaTnzn. If you accepi the courtesy you keE the
ticket II you decline attend the fszss you
{ seud the card back n the banquet = apPointc,;
+ for Il o'elock, yOu need not GO before p
I The NCdaUakanI0n tribe Of Sioux Indians at
! Mcuo0ra. Minn-, were too busy PrrTariug 20 put
I in their CROPS ~shen the Indian sseas came
] %
I their sguaWs % ne agency % receive the money
The idea that paupers have greater families Of
J children thaa other people Is an error. One IL
I,lstIstion OF this fact is shown Il cen-s stats
ties from BresIau. Germany. which shOWs that
! l0J paUper families II that place contain only
I I-J cHl-dren-
Estimates made by the New York Board Of
I Health are to the eject that 2.090 more deaths
from iufueEza have occurred curing the grip cpl
- -.
during the corresponding period Oi LIST year from
/ the same c3I'se-
/ In Is99 there were sold about s. sJl.0o0 special
delivery stamps The distance Travelled for special
delivery was about 2C 90 miles 4 Messenger
+ boy 70 accomplish the dislEnce would have 20
ab0ut I-le0 tinles around the world or Eve times
I 70 the moon and back
/ Geese are less in favor with the British public
than formerly; but there IS = demand in excess ot
I the home supply. especially al Christmas time,
and France resFs rhis bencft almost exclusively;
i being estimated that 10000 70 $4,000 are sold
4 IN London in December.
/ Building operations undertaken during The first
| three months Of this year in New York amount
I Cd 70 SI6.O10O0D. - against S3sO90.Ogo for the
corresponding period last year. The principal
cause Of tins large falling Of Is 10 BE- found n
/ the high price Of materials
Judge Wiliau- LocilTen cf Ninnesjta 7Eho
since his recent decision regarding the status %
Porto Rico. hs been accused Of aspirations for the
/ Presidency. IS ineligible 10 that otEce. having
! been born IN ireland. although he came 70 thtz
/ country II 4 yyry early age
/ France exports annually 63.e09 turkeys. while
Italy experts from 6ooo0g 10 slo0pO but the bros
from beyond the Alps fnd their way not only 10
! London. bot 10 Leipzig, Dresden, Frankfort. Ber-
! lin. and Hamburg. and they realize higher prices
/ IN those German t0vUs than N EnSl1nd-
Schvartzkoppcn. the German military attaehe
q ~. IL
/ company vita the Italian attache. was compelled
Z % leave France. has beer made mllOr general
! IN the German army. znd has been put IN com
nand Of 4 briesde Of loot guards in Berlin
City Clerk Donovan. Of Boston. has chosen for
his messenger q seventeen -yglr--Sr girl, Miss
Annie C. RILEY the first 0f her sex % hold such Z
position IN Boston Tls civil service commission
ers beia, unable % supply cisI u response 10
Mr.. Donoyar's rcq1s,st, he chose his oUn meSsel-
ger
The largest snokestaczs which have ever been
manufactured in the United States zrc beIns
built IN =. Louis. They viii BE- seventy-fve feet
I IN circuuflrCncc Al the base and gradually taper
vii be 20 feet high and vill est about So
apiece
In starting for south Africa The Duke Of Nor.
] folk carried out the nediacvaI traditions of the
HoWarts- Before leaving London he took his
sword tc the private chapel IN the Archbishop
7
blessed by Cardinal Vaughan. the Duke kDeeiing
before the altar.
| An interesting surgical operation was performed
reocutly al Carlisle Pa, BY Profs. N0bler and
S,eveas. Of Dickinson College. and Dr. : <
Bishop. in the successful extraction from The eye
/ OF 4 man. by means OF powerful maGut;. :
4 metallic splinter tEree-eighths Of IlcL lJsE.
{ Whch had lodged behind the l-ls-
I K Is not generally known even in England that
The famous walking stick used by Her Majesty, The
/ Queen. was orce the property of Charles n. "a
/ whom !; wac presented by a citizen Of Worcester
This royal s-aH Was originally a branch Of The
I tree in BoScofel, IN which Charles ] ild Whcr
I CrcmVells men were IN hot pursuit OF him
Two years ago Louis Patnlud resigned his Po-
( stion as assistant postmaster Of Everett, WASH,
10 try MS fortune in the KlouGike. Three Of
his friends made up 900 IS grub stake for
I HIM No word came from the recipient Until I'd
/ returned &c Everett a few dIys ago. when he
divided SII.6e0 among the three friends who had
helped him
The collection Of statistics at this period Of
the wear involves always the Puzziins question
! OF what an ounce Of gold really Is, says the
Engineering and Mining JOurnsI-@ If anyoEs
reports tors Of pig iron pounds Of lead CT copper.
| we Know what IL means; but an ounce Of gold
| may be anything IN value from SD TO S2967 II
| miners and companies would only adhere to the
| practice OF reporting gold in fine cuaces-pare
4 gold-it would save a world Of troaDle. Mluy
| do 50. bet there are enough still giving pr0duc-
tion in bullion to keep the statistician busy
mare belonging to a resident Of Elkton. NJ.
/ has proved herself heroine far as the wcrd
/ applies to ! dumb animal. One day last week tie
| mare with her Young colt was turned into 4