The evening times., 1900-03-22
NOTES OF THE DAY

uSeu TOT the purpose Of making LiSaIo OF Jsihfu
ncef' for expectation to Brazil Cuba. and Porto
Rico.
Chicago knights OF Columbus are perfecting
plans 10 preserve the caraveI Santa Maria which
Is now falling into decay in the lagoon Jack
son PARK.
Between the beginning Of April 1sg9 aud the
close of January. 1000. Great Britain. pnbic sv-
penditure iBcreased s5s. 10000 oycr the same
months in the preceding year.
The mat terias used by the Swedish shin and
marine engine builders are. a rule. manufsc-
tued at the Swedish steel works. and "Sged-
ish material Is alwIys specified.
The American Indians who have been reported
from time 10 time. increasing in numbers. are
now said to be dwindling away. NoJcds ever hears
tne came story twice about Indians.
Malta is one Of the most important coaling ports
/ IN the Mediterranean and consequently there are
many firms there dealing in coal. Of which there
| l. at all times large stock on hand.
The Chicago postoffce shows great decrease N
\ the sale OF postage-due stamps since the rules
/ prohibiting the forwarding Of underpsd second
and third-class matter went into effect.
! Poets have to wait a long time for publicity
sometimes The latest ISSUE Of the Nassau Lit
contains poem written by Philip Freneau in
lI1l, which now first sees the light Of print.
Near Contui. in Santo Domingo. a small town
inland about fifty miles from the head Of SamanI
Bay. there Is said to be a valuable and extensive
AiOh-oit AtPtcAts iA4G 4dAA DtAoAs1 ~ the Wv
eminent
The rubber plantations Of Mexico, as a rule are
remote from centres Of population. They are al
ways thinly inhabited. Oriental labor must be
imported. The approximate wage is 81 silver (E
cents gold) per day.
II is a well-known fact that American footwear
is not only the cheapest and best, but also the
most stylish in the world Its lasts and shapes are
readily copied by English firms who sell their
goods as American shapes"
There so many languages spoken in the
provinces of Austria Hungary that interpreters
I are employed in the various PaTliaments 10 in
/ terpret the speeches Of the delegates and make
! them intelhgible 70 all the members.
I On thing in New York society is bridge whist
and the women in particular are little short Of
I crazy over it. Il is played in the most
i elusive sets in town in lieu Of poker, and the
amounts that staked at it are considerable.
bitches can be rapidly dug in soft earth by
new machine which is mounted on narrow trucks
and has endless chain Of small buckets % scoop
up the earth as the machine IS drawn back and
forth in the trench dep0Siting the dirt either
! side.
/ In the United Kingdom the term shoe il
applied only to footwear the sides 0f which reach
l lust under the ankle Boot is the term used
/ for footwear reaching above the ankle. and th- =
I the form Of footwear most widely used in this
! country.
| The pay oi south African Light Horse Il s12j
day for troopers and up 20 = day for sergeants
( with rau0ns Men who bring their own horses
and equipment receive SI-7j d8v- Tie pay Of
on erS L. - ioT iieutea8uts. = tnr captains, ard
= . Tor mai1r-.
Uruguay has always been a greg- cattle country
+, cattle ''crioII1''-V,re -fmillr to o1u Tex
O. cattle and even smaller IN -iz. wilder in na-
tgre. and very iigh. IN weight lu the past
fifteen 90 twenty year these small 'crH.iD. cattle
have bcsu graded up ard greatly improved
Nauaos. 10 BlsziI. 100 miles up tae amazon.
b8s population oor---fv8,ivs,g e.rHns-ci 80 b.
tween 5000 and 50cln. and is the depot for sII
the rubber gathered iu tle upper valley. IHe cars
lacks. however two essential elements Ut pro-
pgrIty banking facilities art t.ieErBDHlr COM
muHil5;iou~ with The .ul-lt, U'l-t-
/ \ French newspaper announces O. new eersn-
tr-eity q American ladlcs''. Il seems, according
to the authority. that in this county japanese
mic. are supp'sUfinZ dogs a. adfsce pets one
mouse costs >lgp The French newspaper init
mates tia, in the near future aH exhibition %
these pets 5 10 be hold. "tO follow tic exhibition
el eats"
\ mining COMPANY al Marquette. Mich. has
discovered that rat are the best and cheapest
underground s,svengeT-. Before the men 20 20
work 10 To-, new shaft jt wants r1 have al least
the uuCleu. q colony of rats In tae PIT 50
#
dinners. which are thrown about underground.
may be disposed OF.
From south Afrisl a war correspondent ur.t~
10 the london Daily Mail "A certain gIlan,
corps cf Clieveley camp provided the guard that
should protect our precious bees tjI tH-i>trl1-
Day. r. tie morning Two dozen bottles Vere mis-
I ing 'Ui-.rIceful.' said the authorit-. 'douni.
( the guard Md they doubled BE-. \sNf day t7I-
/ dozen bottles were missing.
| Possibly the mo-t famous woman gambler OF
| English history was Ne,l Gwyrue- the scrGe--.
/ Manners were much the same s- they were a. tie
( French court Nell GvyHue lost >-5eo1 to ta'
/ duchess gf Cleveland. ard in aur wear io>- up-
/ ward Of S300 co. There had nsveI been known
/ 50 much gambling among women as was carried
/ On in that reign. After the GurHes- 70 Aazarln,
/ niece of tie cardinal bad lo>' >l.at#"o She del
I in absolute want,
/ Lady Ceorgiaua Grey, The oldest iDAabiJaut Of
+ Hampton Court palace Of England. has just en-
/ tered upon her Tooth year Lady GeorgIaila. WI,
occupies an apartment Oh the ground toor looking
into the public gardens. Wa given rooms eaIE l
: the COS She Is the dUghtpr q jac famous Te.
form statesman and prime minister. the second
Earl GREY. 10 whom she acted as private ~ecfr.
tarv LADY Ge0rgiaHa IS frequently menjionfd
hy literary men and Statesmen in tucH memoirs
Iud- letters. Lord NJllnt>bury. lu hl- mein'ii-,
relates how beautifully she played the harp
4 recent number Of the Philosophical Mag
/
pr. 4. Davidson. a somewhat neglected branch %.
sei.nloIsgv The sound i, described -Iy> w
turc'' r. generally deep aud rumhliug. Ese ,hI-
uf a heavy wagon passing. u SOM flti'- ft>t"i
hleS thunder or wind more ct'Stiy. iht riI ''
heavy stones CT the hre of distant cannon.
Near the epictuter of the e1rtag1hr I"ud 'T">i'~
I tre heard bv some but not all observers az iI-
/ time when the shock j. the strongest farther
I away IL becomes rouEher and more q .nHiHS 3t
| this moment while at greater distance iH"
I = IL. rlyu Sn1nrn ard almost IlrUII
/ onaus like the low roll Of distant thunder lI-
! peighbarhcod of the sound az the lower itnlt ~
gutibiIity l. shown by tho fact that 90 Is heard %
= -.u1. Observers like the rrmbilHg OF a heavy
traction engine passing. Whilf 9'htl~ 'Y|'iN dSit
/ h.ar 10 sound 40 all
! Bv stuivine the map of Brazil. says q writer
in ..ktusIee's.' YOU can see that the Para River
eytents almost due west. south Of the Island 'i
Var,io 70 network Of narrow streams. known
A. the Passes. which connect the Para win t'e
Amazon These numerous channels are from % 60
"a yards in width and some Of them are n1Vi-
gsbla for vessels Of l. to 20 feet draft These
Passes are interesting enough 80 those l'''ef-iHS
tbeul in small craft but 20 the officers and sdItr'
I of such steamers As the United states snip VII
] pington they are tTeby So At night there Is
little TO arrest the attention othsr than the Welr3
I dirk shapes Of the banks. which ever seem close
I aboard The land being low and fat and Che
/ trees near the waters edge lj seems as it The
I .hip has forsaken her natural element and IS
running overland on invisible wheels Whom day
/ Iight comes in sudden burst Of light Ike the
hersIded fash Of the theatres Illumination t4crs
i revealed on each side Cf the narrow channel tHF
! forests solid wall. exposing 60 view panorama
Of Overhanging vines. ot creepers and toil1Se aid
/ branches brilliant with tho multItudiu0us Hu"s
I of tropical vegetation There I strange chat-
t teriHg Of animal life and a wHlrr ot winged M
/ sects The discordaut cries Of myriad parrots,
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