The evening times., 1900-02-07
NOTES OF THE DAY.

! owing TO the large NUMBER Oi Othnfbtis tVt7f
] taken out of London for the war hundreds Of en-
/ ployes in the omrfus yaTds are out OF employ
I ment.
( u Is announced that the French Government,
looking out for a Eew source Of reyeHue. has DE-
termined TO plant fruit trees all along the pun
! lie high roads Of France.
Last year was a bad one for the British peersge.
The death list included three dukes. one marquis
/ I'VE eatls. three viseounts. and ten barons. Sew
ersl peersges became extinct.
simplon tunRe is now progressing at the rate
Of sixteen feet per dsy. Il begun fourteen
/ months ago. and nust be finished five years and
halt from its commencement
After two terms in Congress. Charles franklin
SPrsgUe. Of Massachusetts, proposes to retire from
public life He IS satisfied with his experience.
His wealth is estimated high s2O.0O0-0o0
Kudysrd kipling's 'Absent Minded Beggar.
with sir Arthur Sulvan's music and x. Cation
Woodville's pictures. had brought in s250O00 10
the Daily Nairs' war fund by Christmas Day
Trustees of Princeton College are considering
the advissbility Of a department. for the syste-
matte study Of the principles Of disputation %
life.
At Siuheim. on Rhine. a firm Of rope manu,ac-
turefs makes steel wire towing ropes FIVE Ind
half inckes in circumference in one continuous
length OF nearly nineteen miles and Weighing
30 tons.
British possessions in south Africa imported
from the United States in December s2S7. sol more
merchandise than in ls9s. an increase Of 20 per
cent. For the full calendar year the increase
was Sl6,2,iis. or y per cent
Cats are greatly yenera5ed in Persia The
feline friends Of the Shah number 90. each having
IL own attendant and a special room for meals.
When the Shah goes a journey the eats 90, too.
being carried by men on horseback
Isu,.fI, l,- r.fao+oI 1.ars4.r,- (Is4vgrorr.ir,'a
proposition to trade with England instead Of the
United states for a subsidy Of S100.000 yea.
.iamaicans prefer a reciprocity treaty With the
United States instead Of British bounty
Il would seem as il the japanese scheme for
house decoration had reached the limit. and thaC
reaction abOat 10 take place among fash
ionable people. At all events. there has been
ar outbreak OF japanese auction sales in all parts
Of New York.
Russia has discouraged the Introduction and
use d typewriters On the ground that they would
faciiitate NihiIi.tic communications but the
needs OF commerce and business have become
urgent th5t tine Government IS now disposed 90
admit the machines.
New Orleans has secured the largest floating
dry dock in the world. Tue d1ck is being con
strlcted by tire Government I- viii be % feet
long. ID feet viGe. and p feet iH drauehf. and
j. capable Of lifting any ship ever built. d viii
c0sf 81 g0,O0J and = 90 be completed in ihe fil-
NJ other ibraus plsu5 except cotton is grown
90 any extent in Central Asia. IN few place.
nsllov hemp is found iu snail quantities. and
bong. durable warn is made from 10. but The iu-
dustry has not reached any commercial import
anre. the yarns serving for household Use Only
.----z Tie natives
Statistics Of the criminal population % ths
United States show tH4t only per cent OF tie
toIaL number Of criminals are women The t1.4
fuffs - be-
try Outuunber the women bF Slight WGrg
and iu the matter Of the insane there - scarcely
ans difference ia number between the sexes.
Tic fact that Porto Rico contains 10 large ua
occupied areas has led some observers to rep5e
sent the entire island thickiy populated This
~ NOT the ss~a- While large part oi the avail
able land has been a. some time under cu-tlv5-
lion there are nsnr districts I'D which not more
han 10 per cent 9i % Is rou in Use, except 1T
stock raising.
\ new '-rCIizion'' La, been invented in Rock
mart. Ca, by a Mrs. Roberts, one Of the tenet5
II which consists in Offering animal sacrifice
Mrs. Roberts l. gh pTle>teSs and she noU mas
eighteen followers She vas formerly member
Of iha Baptist Church for thirty wears. One =
the beliefs OF the faithful is thal al who ride
bicycles vii BE- damned
The American society OF Civil Engineers ms
been discussing the 8dvisabi.i-y Of the general
,Hoptiar Of the twenty four hour clock, and
IS a manuf8cturer IN Maine. said IN a recent
speech that he had been using the twenty four
hour system for some time and al his workmen
ike Z and urOer>t8nd u.
TIE rich south Africans IN London have been
much criticised for the small part they have tak-
su 10 the war that = Row being fought chiefly
10 their behalf The only woman who seems u
ave done ANYTHING Is Mrs sydney Goldman. wife
II one of the richest Of the Wiiliouaires. who HsS
zone 10 the Trsnsyl4I as field nurse Sne Sds
he daughter Of Lord Peel
Baron Tolls expedition organized for the eN-
,lora,iou Of tac New Sibsril E,aDds and Sarni-
,na land will SCI out next June IRON Norwegian
,nrt. whence IL will proceed TO the mouth Of the
cua. Oh the banks of which. at a point above
lie town o. Yakutsk. it win pass the winter.
During The summer OF 1901 the expedition VIII
lcgin is exploration toward the north
During murder trial at New Brunswick, \.
D.. the other dlY one Of the Witnesses testified
.ba, IN Hungary all persons intending 20 Im5n'-
crate @ tho ni1ed states are gwen 70 under
stand that nearly every American carries re-
yoIysr and i vsrv quick on the Trigger To
his tact. tH6 witness said lS due the refd'-
1e-= Df UurssrisHs 10 r>c knives and guns n
I,areis.
Tbe''L5yia- tiHrgi' sdy~. The Right Kew u.
3on,6eId has been the Anglican Bishop OF Pre-
oria. the capital Of tht Trarsvasl RePublic. Cor
he Ig>l twenty years. When the order came for
Inc departure Of ali foreigners be naturally de-
ired ta obtain "a permit to remain and continue
j. miui~tritious 70 hi- foCk. Who are described -
most an burghers and subjects 0t the republic
H. was told by President Kruger that be was &C
liberty 10 remain. bur when the official permits
we're issued none came him, and his 4puIirJ-
ion to the bureau or committee having the mat
er iu charge met with Hu response. IL appeat9
nat tie penalty for remaining m the republic
Without permit was twenty-five llSnes anu t.He'
months inprisurmeut. The possibility % such
m ipHittiou was undoubtedly a horrible thing 80
The bishop found himself unable o.
lace such a penalty. aHd accordingly departed
gith the other eSIies.
According to ar article au King Nene.iS d
Abyssinia in the November Windsor NagazLHe.'
il would seem that this dusky rulers govern
nent i, truly a ''p4,ernU' one. Ii a chief has
lisplea~ed bun in some slight manner he calls
him to the palace and settles the score It once
With heavy cane. He does not rcbuke the Of
feude., nor put him 70 public shame, but, in
t-uIy fatbcrIv wav gives him a sOuud beating
With ms own strong hands. and the ehiei DE-
part, the better FOR it. Again, instead ot Gtt-
ting reports about occurrences in the CITY rom
his policemen or other subordinate, be hnds 1as
"a hat il going himself with The help o.
noverflII pair Of field glasses With these In
hand he spends many hours in tower nuiit Tor
the purpose from which he can sweep the Pfiu-
cipaI streets and open places And a. the p'op-F
never know when the Emperor may he Watching
them they are careful what they do. Ming
Neuelik moreover. i constantly supervising az
that goes on in the palace, making ms tour OF
inspection at all times - nc gay Or nisn.. Now
he stops at the kitchen. which il a building by
\ SELF and sees what the cooks doing;
he looks ia at the treasure house, where the gold
md precious things Of the kingdom are guarded
now at the saddler's and blscksmith's; now DE-
watches the women making hydromel, and now
he children chanting thei- reading lessons in
Iull sing-snug. Or, again. he walks through
he gardens, where the ffuit trees arc grow