The evening times., 1900-02-27
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Physicians in Springfield. Mass. have agreed
not 10 contracts with any society 70 furnish
medical Attendance.
In the past ten years the production Of whcat
has increased So par cent in the South. and the
number OF hogs raised there has. during that per-
i0d. nearly doubled
One Of the duties Of a pariilmentry private sec
reiaTy Is 10 81 up time when his CHIEF b quite
-! -! - Isiny OF when the hours are unsuitable
ior minister % rise
Public revenue In Great Britain for the a-caI
year 70 date l. $500 900 larger than IN tbs pre-
SeciHs year fS9.ie expenditure for the period
l.aiisn agents vho have been in New York fr
a couple u weeks past have concluded arrange
mems for the equipment q several trolley roads u
the leading oies Of northern Italy.
II is proPo-sd 80 hold congress Of al street
iIl,"4y Aid tf1mSay conPlEics in The world
usagf me ~t-P'ces % the Universal Exposition au-
tLohties ID september o. the ple,-nt year
One Of The largest national cemeteries in this
,,unIIS l' locd-rd al salisbury. y C. Thers
are I-V-o unknown dead In the ceuletery. whish
Is Kept in splendid repair by the Government.
Baldwin Ciiy. Kan. is the scat Of a Methodist
cYiieee- Cards cannot be bought In the town;
th'fe is no pace in Nh3eh billiards may be paved.
and two attempts 70 hold canee have failed
, EsLtcea men in -. Louis were summoned 20
Z act a. Iul0rs- Nh Nhen they a-ked EoW many of
tHfm had Suffered from the visits ~ b1TE -Irs
Gently FIX % them answered ia the Affirmative.
Al Muhe.n-on- Rhine a firm Of rope mauufac-
tUTsrs mlkes s,ee wire towing ropes i've and one
halt inches IN chc inference in one continuous
length Of nearly nineteen miles. aud weighing 30
tons
Except for local zhoWers. there was practically
no rainfall at an from The fret Of August % the
cIo=e os December m British Guiana and the
ground under cultivation has been baked 10 hTil-
like hardness.
The Fifty-fourth Congress passed SIS private
pension bills that became lass. and the Fifty
NTH C93. The average increase per each bin ia
me Pity fourth COugTczs Was sle.Tf, and for the
Fifty -Af'h Sl2-55-
TIE agricultural part q Chile. which lies south
Of Valparaiso. i being rapidly developed and ths
cities of Talcahs i1no. the principal seaport and
Conception, the commercial metropolis ~ ihat
section, are fJH Of enterprises.
4 Within the last year an ancient grave was d.s-
/ covered near Rome and opened T. IL was found
! The sse!et0n of woman with a complete set -
{ false teeth. displaying admirable workmanship
( ard wrought out q solid gold
| Germany sends out post card on vhicn IS
printed a rri strawberry. When tae strawberry Is
cEpo-sd 90 heat the color Of the nuij bi4uche-
AID disappears u can De brought back tO its
{ original red color by blowing upon it-
I In Isgc 100000 tons OF logs were imported
into Germany. In I,gs 2.611Ol1 tons were import
od, 1H increase Of % pc- cent Daring this same
period sawed lumber uf fras-e3 from I.20o.Ul8 tons
Co 1-91,5l9 tons, or an iEcgcase 90 about 100 per
{ The London Lancet declares that .gii.e .th=
couury is passing t.roush period ct exceptional
aaNie;y 5s is a'-a ra--irz through a periad q
/ exceptional prrsTcrity- Iu every b-aach % trade
4. tl.re ls tae slGc report uf fuu uoTk and high
I wage"
/ A1iHe i ald ai longevity. In the southern
/ portion Of the small village of Eliot there are
living eleven persons. eight of them men who All.
over eighty wears Of age. the oldest being ninety
i've AClrly an ot tLen have never been hfty
miles f,om their birthplace.
A Colchester man st Naaupcort write: eve
made grand capture ye-tcldsy. 4 case. supposed
20 contain pilro vss opened and found % con-
tain lovely machine gun DO vas adtre--rd t1 a
lady in the Orange Free State. Oi Coursc, We are
s1-rG 60 play IL ol-selvc=-'
/ Tic Zuius carry their wounded to the bills. and
expose their wounds the oar. having found by
experience that tl5, is the quickest way oi ouriuz
them There Is ia London some sort oi hospital
tar the treatment OF wounds by oz0uc, founded
upon t.ls very Z9lu rTsctice.
4 A new telephone switchboard uses an electric
light for signaling purposes II the subscriber
fails % have bis can attended 10 q rapid move
rnept oi the EooS VII cause this light 20 die-er,
and the monitor ~ tire operating room VIII have
his attention directed q the delinquent
/ Tic present population Of the province e
Tumles Peru, Is J,ooo sous, IN sad contrast with
it, former prosperity uhen 100 miles Of caral ou
either bank 90 that river furnished occupation for
5000 sGricUitGr-t- alone. NeStiSes o. roads anI
aqletlcts are iouad Throughout the cOUElTy-
/ One ei- the most interesting features Of the
Paris Exposition Uiu be the restoration OF POM
peii. Ne, the familiar ruins but the living city
viu De represented Arrangements are being
made Co have lhe tul,- sp=J t4cu-ar performance
ID u I- ma . IuIr
Ur1gress-
France JhE year Wiz Tlquire a revenue OF shout
] eIl4003.10o. OF this amount nearly &51.s05.J1l
is absorbed by the pubic deb; and Els.2ol 020 Ly
Z the Amy and navy. Il lew Saws THAT every
Frenc.lnan between aawn and night must gam
. oloagh GO pay thc government . ceutiEss before
be can be free Go cat bis daily bread
Direct telegraph communication was opened
from tie capital Of Hungary. the grsnsrv oj Eu-
rope 10 London Hitherto IL has token Jbr5e or
tlUr hJuIs % transmit Ts--1Ee from Lcrdua
va Vienna OF Berlin % Budapest, owing 60 the
humber oi me-~-ge, intended iav those tUu places
which had t1 pass over Ihc same Ui-e.
Tie population Of India is about iour times that
Of the Uai;ed State. while Jae latter has about
double the are1 Of tie former. Tne b8is 0i the
people are employed ia agriculture Each man
rents generally. bct few acres. There are. Of
course. uCCl~iou1l large plantations run by rich
man r5ish. lr- they are exceptional
The electric ambulance Tor St Vincent Hospital
New York city. Is -cv completed ard c IS o. most
handsome yeticlc. It Is steegcd Ly the fr0n-
wheels. vita tva ty.o-nor~-povor motors driving
] 10. Solid rubber tires are used Int TawblLe
gearing 90 lessen tne noise % Che m1cl.iNry- rre
interior IS lighted by t,r-c1Edle-powcr electric
light.
The frs. electric launch 90 be used GA the
I canals Of Venice. Italy, has been delivered from
England The launch which Is called the Ales-
. saudr1 Volta. VIII acecuu.dltc EIJy passenger.
It's length Is about h;ty-s,N feet and width ten
D feet Il Is equipped wiyh a st0rlEc batt,r a
los cells and VIII t.svd at speed cf about nine
miles hoUr-
Nature j. economical as wen as wise. When 81,
puts animals in Llss places where they need r.
ewes. tyelcSs tlcy arc. There are blind G-h aU.
Insects and spiders iu Mammoth cave. srd In taa
AlrisherE cave iu Carolina there Is the olm.
singular reptile with queer buEchus oi Eil,s tire.
claws 90 its feet. and minute and useless eyes
beneath the sam.
Tie finest honey in this country is gathered from
hive, whore white clover and b2z-Vo1d are ac
oss-shle In quality. however, ], falls behind ta1
made iron the golden god and buekvhcat blossom
D From New York. PerrsylvrniI, aad Vernon
c1TrfS the most cf the comb honey and truu AIt
. zon1 and ga.iiasuia the l-iS-st amount ci cN
tracted cs liquid honey
.-spoaLiug shout animals said Ausastu
Thomas. playwright chatting with 2 party at
The Lambs. according TO the New York Times '
.'the qoecrsst ones ever came across are ID,
mountain rats one sees at tle mines in Colorado
They are about as big as wharf rlt but tbel
have a bushy tail like squirrel, and are PETS o
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