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

Estimates Of GemaHy's foreign trade in ls19
slow ssSo'O1Oo0O cXccsz in imports. against S3j1-
VO''oDO eNetss in imports in Is9s.
I There are about 1850 persons on the pay roll
oi The city Of Boston. and the estimated populs-
non oi the municipality is $4,000
/ An agent Of the New York state Civil Service
i'1'a mas been scnt 10 Syracuse 10 investigate
Z lhe Municipal Civil Service Commission
SOIL was brought up from a depth Of OF s26
. 'eet iroin ccal mine In Belgium and from IL
spiouttd weeos Of a specie unknown 20 botanisis
( A meeting Of s.Ooe persous was held in the eis-
Gus 4t B0rn1 aux 20 protest against proposed bill
PFomDitlng the slaughteriHg Of bulls a. bull hght-
/ New Yorkera have asked the street r,iIv,v
ooinl1hles 70 rfn open" cars IN the winter
oS account Of the poor ventilation o1 the .clcs-
4 Every member oi the North Somerset coutin-
gent Ci the British Imperial Ye1manry ha- been
I presented With a copy of Baden-PoWen-s Aids
I % Scouting"
Il is Hlmored that the management cf Mont.
Carlo will make pro-Boer demon>tratiou TO r.
gam popularity with the French lost during the
I DTeyfus case
I The children Of the poor in Japan are nearly
always labeled in they should strav frorn their
homas- whilst their mothers are engaged on do
nestle duties.
city ordinance Of Evansville. Ind, relating
10 temporary or transient stores upon which a
heavy license is imposed. has been decided ua-
The iafer in charge OF the prisoners at Pre-
toria, Oppermsu by name, was dismissed after
MlE-ton tHurchill's escape. Tie went 90 the fr5EC
and was killed at Spicn K0p.
Most monkey have liking Tor land crabs. AMI
the beasts when IN their natural element in the
jungle VIII oiten travel fer miles % some masshy
region IN search oi a CrgstsCcsu meal.
An cfsccr Of one Of the Highland regiments has
written home for sleeping bag and also requested
that clean shirt be szEt him once a week. as
1t was impossible 70 get anything washed
A letter from sydney 10 Londoucr saws: They
are are var mad IN Australia. More than half the
"hllr gotd miners IN the TransyaaI were Au=-
tr4iians and were harshly treated By the Bocrs-'
Fornalin can be employed in Photographic
process with considerable ady-utage tt Is u-rI
10 harden the gelatin o. films, and il has recently
ueen suggested 90 prevent the attack Il the u.l T.
dew fungus on carbon prints
The latest e-timste os the population Of Great
er New YORK made by the board Of health IS
$.e5i.5si, divided as follows. Manhattan. 2oo7.-
S' S4I' the BFoaN' i.+.S'Oi Brookiyu l,265.l5S;
Queens 1890; RiChm0ad, CO .2J5.
An ErSIish artillerymau SAYS the effect Of ird.
dste shells IS greatly exaggerated They are in
tended for naval use and arranged 10 cyp,ode
after pFuetrating arruor They VIII net explode
pJ impact unless they strike A rock
tuberculosis caused more deaths ia Denver dur.
ing ls,9 than any other disease. The annual re-
port of the health department shows thar Their.
were go deaths o.; tuberculosis during the year.
Gilleh lleh N.s u more t-a1 during ls-s and i5 m5re
than during le9s-
The magnitude or the implement and vehicle in
tcrosts q the. United states may De partially re
allied when It is known that these Interests. To-
E=tner with the accessory Trades. are second In
importance 90 only CIe other busine.s interest in
The country, namely, the railways.
The publication committee os the A.-5ei.tsoa
OF College Alumule is making q statistical ipve,-
tigatiou Of the health. occupation. and marriage
r1te oi the college women Of America The grq-
t.,lics VIII leIin a part a. the educational ex-
moit OF The United states Of the Paris Exposition
The first ocean cable vas laid across the British
'lannei IN ls5k Great Britain now owns Is5
cables, France -, Japan 20. Austria a. denmark
90 ~A- spain - Norway has IN use s25. mainly
1IlisA d Is nrst-ciass customer ia ocean teIe--
The total number Of Hliterate voters in Bal
un1re Is 95Sl out Of registered vote last iaH
Of ll5-l0- The HitcrzJe cOIored vote Is 3 55- ONT
ci total OF li,bJD. OF not far from ors-+bir4
"-lle JNe l.llicrate white vote Is 2.Jsf cot Of a
whole. '-'5
A folding hat has been patented by Scotch
WOMAN single sheet of stif paper OF other
material being folded into transverse ulairs-
with crease through the centre q rieHr an
giles with the pats which allows one portion
20 bend out and form the brim after the sheet
Is benz into a tube.
TurquoisoS cf remarkable beauty are becorn-
ing more and more rare. The character of this
gem adds 70 iis interest. for it is believed 10
have some sort OF sympathy for its vcs-er IL
d said 20 grow paler q its owner becomes
al. ard 10 lose its beauty entirely il worn bv
person Of muddy complexion.
The moving vans Of Havana are little narrow
gauged wagons Of moderate height. whose fat bed,
are built On high springs. making il AZ 5iHici-t
for their driver 90 load furniture on them As IL
Tor the drivers Of carts in the wholesale section
% load heavy cases and bales on their higr carts
The moving wagon Is always drawn by one mule.
Sheikh Mohammsd Behlcdin. director Of th,
Convent Of Dancing Dc7i-hes At Cairo. has Pc
uuoncd the government against the engagement
Of bogus dancing Deryishcs for the Paris Ex-
position. who viii insult Islam by their shame
less parody Ci the religious exercises It IS
said that the governor Of Cairo viii prevent
thcir going
In Seoul, Korea, bell is ruug az sunset. and
when the golden CRIB has sunk beneath the horizon
every man mv-t De safely housed Il m7u should
be found IN the street after that time be Is lil-
be % the punishment of q logging: but ODDLY
enough women are allowed 20 20 about as usual
visiting their friends stsoiiinS about according
60 their pleasure
Society IS rather put Co it to find novelties in
the way Of entertainment occasionally. Perhaps
the latest venture In that line was an afrer-tEs-
the lunch wagons thIt stand near Herald square
New York The hostess was q lively Young uo-
man, who bad Sssu The lunch E-CoE- near the
Yale camFUS when she was az NCw Haven.
Ocean dsiftvood IS quite the fad Tor use as fuel
in open Elcp-aecS. Il is imp-e-uJtcd with copper
and ocean SALTS and when burned gives out the
most brilliant colorcd samcs. I- Is assorted thar
New Bedford dealer has orders for tla wood
from all paris Cf the country. and even from Eu-
rope. aud ships huudrCd- 0f barrels rf it YEARLY
Various attempts have been made to initiate his
wood hE artificial processes, hut without success.
Long Suhuserslou in the sea water il necessary 10
produce the bTi-IiIu, flames
The largest drcdzer ever buiIt was designed
by A Chieaso man. and handles 1,Sol cubic
yards uer dly. Vow comes new type Of cx-
cavator which almost walks through the earth.
The machine consists oi series of projecting
blades or cutters which reyu-yc around Cyliu-
drical conduit Of sheet iron. within this con-
duit rlyolygs screw carveyo-. which carr
rics tie material 90 the upper tHd az the con-
duit, whore Il tails into the belt c1nvgyor and is
carried away The machiue is operated hy three
engine
The scaEchlight as an adjunct 10 fire service
was used in New Y0rs recently. with slti-iac-
tory results Two big lights were attached TO the
hook and ladder wagons. and their lish; enabled
tine frCmcn 90 work at once more effectively and
more securely after the fITts had died down Il
is noted that tue ToSt dIugCT0us part Of the Er.-
man WORK COMES after tuc fire has been SD fIr
subduld that II DO longer furnishes him any
light and as the gas and electric service are
work in the dark al tn. risk Of falling through
burned floors or being cU-hod under f4i ing walls