The evening times., 1900-03-05
NOTES OF THE DAY.

/ INC ottoud b3ttIUeu OF tnc brilisn Larf1sffiFe
Fusilers has sustained the heaviest loss in south
Africa-S6O men out OF 200.
Lieutenant Raphael. whs-fell at spion Kop, v >
the hfst Hebrew officer in the British army 20
fall during the present war.
Estimates Of Germany's foreign trade in 1879
show SS56O00.000 excess in imports, against s37.
VO'cOo excess in imports in 1888.
=, There are about l2,5OO persons on the pay roll
OF the city Of Boston, and the estimated populs-
tlon OF the municipality is $4,000
An agent Of the New YORK State Civil Service
| Board has been sent TO Syracuse to investigate
/ the Municipal Civil Service Commission
Soil was brought up from a depth Of Of s2s
I feet from ccal mine in Belgium and from il
I sprouttd weeds Of specie unknown 10 botanists
( meeting Of 5000 persons was held in the eis-
/ Gus at B0rde aux to protest against a proposed bill
prohibiting the saughteTiBg Of bulls a. bull fights
/ New Workers have asked the street railway
/ companies to rin "Open" ears in the winter
on account OF the poor ventilation Of the 'ci0s-
| ed ears.
| Every member of the North Somerset contin-
gent Of the British Imperial Yeomanry has been
presented with a copy Of Baden-Powelrs aids
TO Scouting
/ II is rumoTed that the management a Monte
Carlo will make prO-Boer demonstration TO r.
| gain popularity with the French lost during the
| Dreyfus case.
The children Of the pocr in Japan are nearly
always labeled in they should stray from their
hOmfs, whilst their mothers are engaged on do
nestle duties.
4 city ordinance Of Evansville. Ind. relating
10 temporary transient stores, upon which
heavy license Is imposed. has been decided un-
constitutional.
The iailer in charge Of the prisoners az Pre-
toria, Oppcrmsn by name. dismissed after
WiEaton Churchill's escape. He went TO the front
and was killed at Spion Kop.
the beasts when in their natural element in the
Jungle will often travel for miles 70 some marshy
region in search Of a erustaeesn neal
An ofHcer OF one Of the Highland regiments has
written home Tor sleeping bag and also reql' s5ed
II was impossible TO get anything washed
A letter from Sydney to Londoner saws. They
are war mad in Australia. More than half the
white gold miners in the TransyaaI were Su-.
traiians and were harshly treated by the Beers
Formalin can be employed in Photographic
processes with considerable advsutage II Is rseI
to harden the gelatin Of fins and ii has recently
been suggested to prevent the attack Of the nil
dew fungus on carbon prints.
The latest estimate os the population Of Great
er New York made by the board Of health i
3eji.5e4. divided as follows: Manhattan. 20e1.-
2il; the Bronx, Ia. $50; Brooklyn 261.I5S;
Queens, 1850; Richmond, CO Pos.
An English artilleryman saws the effect Of Ivd-
dite shells IS greatly exaggerated. They are in
tended for naval Use, and arranged to explode
after penetrating armOr They VIII net explod.
by impact unless they strike a rock.
tuberculosis caused more deaths in Denver dur.
ing lss9 than any other disease. The annual re-
port Of the health department shows thar there
were DO deaths 0f tuberculosis during the year.
WhiCh Was u more than during lS's and q mJrs
than during lsg7.
The magnitude or the implement and vehicle in
teIesis Of the Emitted States may be partially re-
allied when it is known that these interests to-
Eether with the accessory trades. are second in
importance to only one other business interest in
the country, namely, the railways.
The publication committee Of the Associqt.on
Of College Alumnae is making a statis.ica! inve--
tigation Of the health. occupation, and marriage
rate Of the college womeR Of America. Tie sta
tlstcs VIII form part q the educational ex-
mbit OF the nited states at the Paris Exposition
The first ocean cable vas laid across the British
Channel in 1s5k Great Britain now owns Is
cables. France -. Japan 20, Austria A. Depnsr.
- and spain ID Norway has in use So mainly
short lines The United States owns no cables.
Eough Il Is nrSt-Cisss customer in ocean teieS-
rsphy.
The total number Of iIiterate voters in Bal
timore IS 9.531 out Of q registered vote last fan
d ll5.2l0 The Ilitsrste eolored vote il ) So ont
u a total OF 1850. or not far from ore-tbird
while the 1illtcrste white vote is S.g1f out Of A
otal Of y5.j69Or about one-twenty-fourth Of the
3 hole.
a folding hat has been patented by Scotch
~oElan. a single sheet Of stif paper or other
material being folded into transverse pllirs.
with a crease through the centre AZ rignr an
Sles with the pats. which allows one portion
10 bend out and form the brin after the sheet
5 bent into a tube.
TurGuoises Of remarkable beauty are becorn-
nz more and more rare. The character Of tAis
gem adds to its interest. for it is believed u
iave some sort Of sympathy for it, wca-er. 1t
= aid to grow paler if its owner becomes
d. ard 70 lose its beauty entirely il worn bv
person Of muddy complexion.
The moving vans Of Havana are little narrow
,auged wagons Of moderate height whose Fat beds
ire built en- high springs. making il as difficult
or their driver to load furniture on them a. il
Tor the drivers Of carts in the wholesale section
o load heavy cases and bales on their high carts.
The moving wagon is always drawn by one mule.
Sheikh Slohammed Behlcdin, director Of IN,
Convent Of Dancing Dervishes a Cairo. Fa= pe-
itioned the government against the engagement
Il bogus dancing Deryi>hes for the Paris Ex-
position. who will insult ISLAM BY their shame
ess parody CT the religious exercises. II is
aid that the governor Of Cairo will prevent
hcir going
In Seoul Korea. a bell is rung az sunset and
hen the golden CRIB has sunk beneath the horizon
very man mU-t be safely housed II a msn should
e found in the street after that time he Is Ii1-
ie 10 the punishment Gf a fOsging: but. Oddly
nough women are allowed % 20 about as usual.
is.ting their friends stsoiliny about according
o their pleasure.
Society Is rather put to it to find novelties in
he way Of eHtsrt sinmcnt occasionally. Perhaps
he latest venture in that line was an after-the-
peTa luncheon given the other night in enc %
he lunch wagons that stand Herald square
'ew York Inc hostess was a lively young wo-
1an, who had Scsn the lunch wagons near the
-ale camPus when she a- New Haven.
Ocean dEiftwood is quite the fad for use as fuel
open fTcp.aces. Ii is impfe-uJtcd with copper
nd ocean salts. and when burned gives out the
lest brilliant coiorcd flames. Il Is asserted thar
New Bedford dealer has orders for thc wood
-Om all paris Of the country and even from Eu-
lpe and ships hundreds Of barrels cf 10 yearly
arious attempts have been made 10 initiate his
'ood by artificial processes, but without success
oHS submersion in the sea water Is necessary 90
reduce the brilliant flames
The largest drcdger ever built was designed
" a Chicago man. and handles 800 cubic
ards per DAY. Now comes new type of ev-
AVIATOR. which almost walks through the earth.
rhe machine consists Of a series % projecting
,lades or cutters which rey0iye around a Cyiiu-
rical conduit Of sheet iron Within this con-
Init rcyolveS a screw canveyor. which car
les tie material to the upper eUd of the con-
uit. where il falls into the belt coDveyOr ard j.
srried away. The machine IS operated by three
ngiHes.
The scarchight as an adjunct to fire service
as used in New Yors recently. with sati>;ac-
ry results. Two big lights were attached to the
lok and ladder wagons, and their light enabled
e 6rcmen to work at once more effectively and
ore securely after the hIrrts had died down. Il