The evening times., 1900-02-19
NOTES OF THE DAY.

MeNie0s 3 fa8lWaSs bOuKHt @e,vVD worm OF tafs
n the United States in November last.
Nearly 30 per cent of the people of France and
Germany are engaged in farming pursuits-
Compared with the thoronghfares Of other in
| 'iustriai countries Glasgow's streets are mean.
A miners lamp using acetylene gas. has been
| introduced into the selbeck mines II Germany
The average charge for tuition fees in American
soiiexes y S15 year, while the eost 70 colleges
Mexieo's exports Of India rubber 10 the United
States are increasing at the rate 0f 100 per cent
| month
The Mexican mining exhibit at the Paris Expcsi-
| tion promises 10 be the finest exhibit Mexico has
ever made.
Prince Albreeht, Of Prussia, has bought lot Of
| i1nd in the Aarkobrunhen Rhine wine district ~
| $4,000 an acre.
II is said ones is an unerring guide To his
character. Napoleon liked bis generals 10 be men
with squiline Eoses.
Irrigation work in Mexico l. making a heavy
! demand for iron pipe. dredging, ezcsvatIng, and
pumping machinery.
| Women's rights have made such progress IN
Chile that already tvO-thirds OF the public school
4 teachers
| Desiccsted bananas are now being prepared IN
Jamaica. l. takes six p0unLs u fresh ban1na5
/ for one cf the dried.
| Forgery can usually be detected because the
imitatoF bls certain Characteristic 0 has own II
which he is not aware.
Spiral srmlets Of copper form good protection
\ for the arm iB battle. and the King u Dahomsy
| uses his defensive weapons.
The largest real estate owner Of all American
institutions Is the University 0f Texas, whicd
holds over 100000 acres Of land.
The number of physicians in the German Empire
incressod last year by SO per cent. aud Il now
20. .6o9. Of whom 10. l0S are in Prussia
j. h. Huysrrsns the author Of ''Lsbss" and
I'm Route" has decided 10 become monk. IL
will enter the Benedictine order a. an oblatc IN
March.
| Gen. d'Fxea Donmerce. senior o4icer Of the
French army. Is niHety-tOuT yeats old. aud has
| served uEder three kings, an emperor. and two
| republics
! The Vermont state Federation Of W0men's Clubs
\ j. attempting 20 secure the appointment Of women
on the state board Of penal and charitable m
| stitutions.
| Tie annual consumption Of cotton by mills in
| Russia has been about 2l0.000 tons for several
\ years. and the industry * growing steadily In
/ importance there.
1 Capt William r. Dickson. tila Uell-known horse-
owner. who died in St. Lsuis. the other d1y. was
ths first man 10 drive trotter iH less thsn e2o,
/ the hotse being Pilot Temple
| Holland has rational woman's suffrage asso-
| citation with fourteen branches Al present the
/ franchise i limited TO male citizen., who own
property and have their taxes paid.
| Ex-Presideut Cleveland sends TO Cleveland
shoemaker for every pair Of SHOES that he wear
/ This shoemaker hs. been furnishing tAe "a
/ President with footwear for fifteen year--
The New England Women'7 Pres Association
has been giving what are known as gentlemen
/ nights" at the c'ubre"ns, and It Is proving
popular move among the men @f Boston.
! Misz Marv Buchanan Randolph who was buried
az M5pewood near Charlottesville. Va. 1u Mon
1 dsv lat. was q daughter ~ D.. ". e.. y Ran
1 nh for b.
Virgins, and srear-gr granddaughter OF
! Thomas Jefferson.
! Senator CIsrdlc.'- eyeglasses are always with
| him Il ia- been -1d that be sleeps in them.
! and il E. known that he eats with them before
/ his ewes They are big. black trimmed gis~seS
| with black string That = hIt0hed somewhere
( down ia the Senator's wsistcost
! Prot Randolph Geuee the critic historian. and
! orator who has done 80 much 90 popul4Fizs
Shakespeare fr Ce-usUy has Just celebrated his
seventy fifth birthday. lie began bis public rec-
4 tati0us u Shakespeare PLAYS in teoug about
I foTtv years ag" but since is'y Ee las hsen sci
/ tied ir Berlin.
/ Dean Kitchin. Of Durham Cathedral. England.
/ las brought down On has head EIe wrath % the
city authorities by refusing 10 preach or 20 pray
Z ia 4 uarIike manner. They aInt TO discharge
hin. from his post q honorary chaplain % the
corporation and % erase his name from the panels
I Of the town hail.
The Queen Of Rolun4nis. known III literature
urder the nom de plume Il Carmen sylvia Is
80 pa--iouateIy fond Of towers that sire seeFns
unable 20 rest in room shere there are n bios
sons As TO writing without the ueighb'rhood
OF flowers. that she has declared 20 be quite out
o. the question. Nearly all her literary worss
have beeu composed out Of doors. IN a f2oneNs
room. built # reeds and surrounded by hedge
Of rose byisheS IN tine aollsgs gf which are cu.s-
rir.gIv concealed cages full Of birds The Hocr
l. OF ? mos-v uHf. Iu one corner a tiny fountain
paurs forth Perfumsd wdters; in another swings
q luxurious silken hammock. in which the queen
can rexy -nd dream Her set i a tncssy bank. Aer
desk Iicheued stone, carved into the shape oi q
writing table
A Rational Danish Rat ExteIm.u4ting Society
! has been Organized in CoppeHhagea. which has
built q crematory for the rats II Elle. it being
| found unhealthy to bury them This activity
Ia. extended 10 the Danish provinces, AID the
Norwegian Government has asked tine eNterflina-
/ tiaD society for information and aid In Pans
! the plague j. traced 10 the sewers, whence the
lveTruin have been driven by recent Improvements
inso tine central market and the helsrs h"st .he
seine. Armies oi rats 40 great a tc Geiy 4tIich
| are ray4gina the food depot>. The suburbs, toH,
are threatened, and at Aoheres Plain over l1'VVJ
rats were engaged in deyourlng Two acres ol b''t
/ roots The Danes have thus far been the mc.t
,-creS-hil in meeting the danger and Pans has
! also cons,;ited them. ias Pied Piper "f iAc
( modern rat Will probably hail from toPPen
hagen.
I Tie Monte Carlo correspondent oi d TIL, w
change writes that there arrived at the famous
watering place and gambling resort party o.
vourc American ladies. having uu gentlemen with
/ them. Thev were cbapecncd by somewhat
\ elderly lady and bad di-embarked az Genoa. They
= vrer. III qood-IcaEing lady-ike girls, ami eyl-
7 IDENTIFY had a pleasant time Of it. They stopped
. = tho Hotel g. Paris and attracted much atien-
B ton especially from the French ladies, because
fbeV were unaccompanied by gentlemen. TIE
French people thought them overhcid 10 g. ABOUT
fbIS without male attendants. but admired theM
o. having the courage 20 do So--au the more 80
/ A. fbe American Young ladies paid no attention 70
| tbp people about them-in fact. one French lAiN
/ excI IiineG: s'Elles mont pas fdlr d. etre de5
hirts" eyidently being urder the impression ma.
all American girls we're given to HiFunS- iae
! partv left for Milan. Florence. Rome, ara Va
pIes and will be in Paris in March
Compiaints OF the scarcity OF coal are made All
over Europe. and are especially frequent IN Aus
tria. Germany. and Italy. Even the nA'@i ''-
thorities Of Austria seem to be unable 70 s,I
cpoueb f,1eI for their not very extensive HPe'- y
: aid that the navigation Of the Rhine mas a.
r,inisbsd perceptibIv. and that the price OF ecai
~ ,;ser a1armingiv at all the Rhenish towns
, ne - Rbsnisb N estuhalian coal syndicate has
announced a further increase In ltaly Ihe u,"ln
/; 90 marked thar several Of the LOMBARD iaci"iir'
have been Obliged to stop %OFk- anu II 'itAaiis
iC,epoa Naples and in Rome itseif. Appeals hlFr
been made 10 the Italian Government 70 lanS
come measure toward securing a more adequate
| and regular supply The 'Capitae' Of Rome eN-
! pres1es a suspicion that the coal lords are Sc
cretlv adding 70 their stocks and boarding them,
| with a view to exlorting huge profits. IL y SAID
4 that a number OF factories IN Genoa nave breh
Obliged 10 close. throwing many men and women
| out OF employment.