The evening times., 1900-01-15
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The worlds production OF lead amounted In
lS9s to 1909 tons.
Gondolas on the canals Of Venice are giving
place to naphtha launches.
About s9,OO0OO0.O00 is the present capitalia-
tion of trusts in the United States.
At a temperance revival in a Kansas town last
week S05 persons signed the pledge
The New York grape belt contains 10000 acres.
and the average yield IS 7,o00 cars, 3fO1 baskets
to the car.
blu has been presented 10 the senate Of
Brazil. authorizing women to practice the learned
professions.
Only by an expenditure Of 500 900 in combating
grasshoppers was il possible last yeT 70 save the
crops in Agiers.
Waiter girls in Munich restaurants work four
teen TO sixteen hours day, without single
holiday all the year round.
An English paper has been Offering prizes fer
the best guess at to the date which the British
dag viii be hOisted az Pretoria.
Orchids have been popular gift Of the season.
In New York 5000 blossoms OF one variety were
kept in cold storage for the holidays.
The phosphate output Of the State Of Florida
last year amounted to 42j00O tons. and Of that
total 300 900 tons were purchased By Germany.
The Italian railways have promised the Pope 4
20 per cent reduction in railway fares for the
jubilee year If they assured Oi 10000 visit
0rs
In German cities merchants are not allowed to
put up selling out signs unless they are hon
est. In NIyeuce a fine Of 80 marks Is inflicted
for every transgression OF this law.
At a recent auction sale in Paris copy Of the
tIjj edition Of the Fables Of LafOntaHe brOugal
s. 100 francs Ii belonged originally % one OF
the court ladies Of Queen Marie Antoinette.
The casualties in the battles Of south Africa
remind the "St Louis Globe-Democrat by WAY
OF comparison that one Confederate regiment at
Gettysburg lost 20 killed and wounded out Of
500 men,
Bolivia is the most mountainous country IN the
world, and that portion Of tho great chain known
a. the Cordillera de Le Paz L eoIlopnsde a
pure white sumnits. extending more than $50
miles almost iB a direct line
Tire German exploring vessel Movie stopped n
its last cruise at two small Isolated islands. Natty
and Dlrour the inhabitants oi which strikiugy
resemble the japanese. though the islands
only shOrl distance from New Guinea
During the fscaI year Just ended iorty-niu-
men were killed through accidents in Montana
mines. The per cent Of fat4litie>-3-gs less
than in any year since the Office of stale mine
inspector was established. with the exception ot
1924.
Al recent congress Of Russian railway pAy-i-
ciaus il was decided that there should De erected
al various places LH-iltdi stations ana udlL-- an
that iu some regions special bathing cars should
be run as is now done along Che siberian rail-
way.
\ yosug moor,liner Is in the peBftcntar, st
Nashville for -h.s father TIE officers found
stiH 10 his fathers cellar and arrested the OIL
man The son thereup0u claimed thar he 0perst-
ed the still. and that hi- father had nothing -
d. with &C..
The stealing Of valuable paintings IS rather
useless operation. because Of the dificulty tbst
the thief has IN dspoeiug Of them. II
were foolish enough to steal a really celebrated
painting. he would have 20 wait years before dis
posing Of IT,
Ii il reported that ths h0Jelkeepers of Paris
have formed trust and agreed % charge their
guests a minimum Of s. per day without meas
during the exposition. This Is another i;lIslrs-
uou Of rapid adoption Of American Institutions
by foreign countries.
That venerable part Of the Tower Of London
known as the Bloody Tower is undergoing consid-
cradle repairs. The upper part OF it, which faces
Tsitor's Gate has been refsced in parts. pointed.
and colored " resemble age. The building l. -
be restored aii round
The .-Iu,eruatiou1ie- Criminal -Polizeiblatt-T
just stuced in Mayencc. Germany. viii furni-i
thc police al over the world with the descrip-
tion u criminals who are wanted by the van
ous governments. The paper Is published in Ger
man. French, and English
New York confee,ioner ssys: i have sold a.
feast - per cent more confectionery ,his season.
than usv, ever sold IN NY experience Of moe
than a quarter Of century. I have never rad e.
y orb my shop and my stores 50 heavily a. I dla
during the month Of December
What j. known To- geographcrs ss the Cordiilc-
Fas De los Andes is the longest and Che highest
range = mOuntsius in the world It extends from
Terra del Fuego TO the I-thmus Of Panama. and
although some OF the peaks Of tue Iilnnaa1% IS sEc
higher, they are not as numerous
\ paper communicate 10 the Academic dss
sciences OF Paris saws that the Herzi-H electric
waves employed in wireless telegrsPhy are easily
stopped b. sheets Of metal OF ceTueuted walls
4 iaver OF sca water arrests them more Success
fully than ccmented wall OF equal sire.
One Of the most important epocb- in the his
tory Of German Jurisprudence began on the hfst
dsv Of Janusrv 1000. when the new German Law
went into effect. Under the system Germany
has uniform legal procedure applicable 70 tAe
various states comprising the German Empire
A preacher from the eastern part Of the state
visited this section recently for the purpose Of
limiting deer. saws the '.Nandan tN D. Times "
He srlcceeted in killing cuc. and then found &c
could not be shipped To his home - be cHt
up the animal packed II in a trunk. and took
il along a. personal baggage. thus e'ddinS tHe
law and beating the railroad company.
pair Of elephant tusks, the largest on record,
was found recently in the KilimsndiHFo district
in Africa ard bought for American museum
for s2 5HG TIE larger tusk measures ten feet
fc,,r ipehas along the outer curve and weighs -
pounds. the other is trifc shorter. anu weighs
len pounds IeSs The record tUsk before these was
nine feet fve inches long. and Is now IN England
A Young man. ns Bath Mich. who was 90 be
married on Christmas forget st about bis li-
cenSe until the morning Of his wedding day. In
stead of having the event postponed he got On
his bicycle. rode to the county seat thF""g" a
En,r1ing blizzard hunted up the county clerk,
and got his Tcpuse ard then rode back agaih.
arriving in time for the performance Of the cere-
rnonv at the hour which had been set for H.
Various fruits are colored on the surface or in
their substance to st the ftney Of purchasers m
France. For example Strawberries that are un-
ripe are given a red color by ueaHs ct tuchsinH
preparation; ordinary oranges Of poor qnahy
are made to pass tor biood oranges by l"ictl"s
ro,e1ire u3s their pulp, and melons 5re rendereu
ri n tine orange color by injecting a solution Oi
fropoeIine and az the same time aronlatizc"
with an artificial melon essence. At certain
dinner party the pears had the outward look
rrgper 10 pears hun on being cut open, displayed
on the section Che national c0lors 0f France.
Prof J. Cesar Evart in lecture on "ZcbTas
and Zebra Hybrids~ at the ROYAL Institution,
London discussed the invisibility that bad been
attributed 10 the zebra at short distances, and
described some OF the observations De himself had
made on this point These quite bore out t5t
belief that IL was possible for i man not only
moi to hear a zebra breathe. hui even rush into II
,-itbn,,t being able 10 see it, Young zeb.as wer.
less easily seen than adults, but in his eN-
t,eriulruts with q fu1-grOwu one he found that on
a starlight right it became invisible at ten yards
and in moonlight AZ forty After giving reasons
for sl1pposipe that not SO very long ago me
horse was completely striped. be projected TO
consider why its stripes had disappeared and came
40 The conclusion that the reason was be sought