The evening times., 1900-04-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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electrical energy
Rich seids Of minerals have been found in sev-
] eFal counties Of southern Missouri
Germany Is irving to secure International assee-
ment for close time for fishing in the North
An electric pneumatic brake hss been adopted
Tor the equipment OF the Metropolitan Railroad IN
There must be cleaa earning of-Ss 900 per
'rp by every great ocean liner before any prOdt IS
/ realized
American merchants ia Brazil are complaining
l Of the poor conditions OF trade between thar
country and the United states-
/ Fashionable women in Bermuda are making
lad Of rife shooting. Many or these lseE are fae
| shots and pride themselves on their skill
Dr. Thomas J. Cutler. who lately declined The
chair of gynecology Al YALE has been made as
soeiate professor IN the same study Al Johns Hop
yellow pine timber Is becoming scarce in the
south Next month mills viii only two
country
japanese coolies TO the number Of 200 roundly
stated, have recently arrived IN san Frznciscu
Generally sPeaktng they are good V0rSmen Il
4 various trades
In spite Ct the Efforts Of the police author
tics at FrankfertOn- Main TO Suppress the fscts. il
Is known that suicide has become ala-mingiy ire
| quent in that locality Of l1te
| AT their entry into Bloemfoatein the Welsh
Regiment was headed by the regimental goat.
| which seems % have thriven on the hard iare
| recessitated By the campaign
| Many Of the criminals arrested OF late in C,,i-
c1go II j. said have been identified as pa=uied
prisoners from the Pontiac RefOrmxtOry The
I majority Of these are Of very youthful age
PezziHsnon timber. 1t is claimed. makes the best
golf stick in the vs0r}d A faetoEy has been ct
up az Sumter, :. c. for the manufacture on t.fu
/ sporting implement irom rlAt sort Of lumber.
''IneireumSeriptiblsness, meaning Incapable q
1 limitation, has been admitted into Dr. Murra,'s
English dictionary the strength OF il ne
| BY a eoVeHantias Byaeld Of the seventeenth cen
4 tury-
1 The exhibit of Thomas A. Edison Al the Pa-ss
Exposition requires les than s75 eases Three
Of Mr. Edisons assistants VII have charge OF il
Nay L
Wood is.reTy scarce in south Africa some time
! ago il proposed 10 import from Western Aus
trala blocks OF eucalyptus diverzicolor tor paving
The streets q Johannesburg. bot the cost Prs-
| hibitive-
| Il Is becoming the fashion FOR smart women g
| London 70 % their shopping q . morning walk
ing. and IN fact walking + row looked upon a. a
heal giving exercise, and is greatly indued n
BY ali degrees
Drivers Of oxen n France while AZ work win
their beasts the hrids frequently encourage the
animals 20 labor By singing to them The pes-Hnrs
believe that The songs aTe very acceptable 10 the
TOUR footed laborers-
Wyoming Is fest being cleared Of it, vld AMI
mails. within the past year an inlr,ense uuubrr
Of wolves, mountain lioas. coyotes. bea- and oti-
er undesirable fOur-i00ted beasts falling beneath
I the aim Of hunters
1 An American who has recently returned fron
Cairo SAYS that most o. the Esyptisn women now
/ 1days dress in EurOPe1n clothes win great nag
nlhcenee. and wear the most wonderful diamonds
and other precious stones
I As showing the successful operation CT the pa
role system in Illinois. II IS stated that IN The
summer Of 1877 70 per cent OF the prisarers uezs
Z old odencers while IN the summer Of lS99 Jhcns
were les than per ceLt
nOUer known tie laughing plant uhicA
grows in Arabia Is 80 called because it, s-esis
| produce ELECTS Ike those produced by laughing
/ gas The flowers are Of a hEighs yellow, while
/ the seeds reseuble small black beans
writer in New York paper estiulates that
there were 5oooe0.Oo fowls in the United Stzge5
Fast year. and that the number of eggs WAS about
I J. 40 0JJ0c0 The value 0f these fowls and d
/ their product IS set down Al Ss2J.
For good ycars the average fg crop Of tis
smyrna district amounts 10 about 26.JO0.eo0
p0uEss. buJ last year the yield was only 1s.0O1-
600 pounds The harvest time IN AsLatiC Turkey IS
N0vember- The hgs are chiefly shipped three
months later
The new motor FIRE engine OF the Paris Hluai-
/ cipaliIy = doing excellent work Il rendered
valuable assistance az the Trianon Theatre fire snd
az the s. omen Spirit warehouse hre- The eng5ls
carries slN Hen aEa travels the Oi rEIrIeva
miles an hour
The two leading agricultural societies IN Br5t-
| ain the Royal Agricultural and the HighIznd ard
J Agricultural. have united their forces and 4ns
ncnceforth to hsve Nati0nzi-Agrienltur4i Exam
nation Board and TO grant prizes and diplomas
% farmers after examination
Geneva has many uiouutain-ciunbiug enthr-j-
ssss. whom not even winter deters from their
vorite exercise Geneva railway station l. thrOug-
ed Saturdays with young men, shod with heavg.
nailed boots with ropes on their backs and IN -
AK for the purpose oi cutting steps
The big monitor Connecticut which = beng
built by the Bath, Ne. II5n Works for the Cow
ernmeut Is closely approaching completion Inc
contract speed for the craft j. U-5 knots. It =
calculated that fully nifty tons oi fresh water ca
b carried in the d0ubie-b0tt0m compartments
4 modern railway mail car. equipped With ,hs
latest contrivances. such a. ves-ibGes, automatic
coupers. airbrakes etc. costs between $500 and
5000. The Government pays for the Of Eai-
WY mail az the rate Of SO a year for a 81
foot car per track NILE and so per yeAr per track
mile for 6Ofoot car
The sextouship Of the parish church az Chapel
en-le-Frith, Derbyshire. England has been ~
cunlbent, Joseph BramweIi who has Just died. had
I held Office since ISIS lie was buried In a vault
IN which lay the bodies Of the eight predecessors
/ OF whom h. Was a descendant
/ Queen MaTgherita. OF Italy. who take~ kc n
interest in all subjects connected with education,
! vas recently presented with a handsome courh
! cover by the pupils Of the College Of Au1gui a
school for the daughters Of elementary scho0lmasi
ers. The cover was artistic being worked "a
l fifteenth century style in gold and silk daussk-
Astronomers viii busy themselves during the
coming eclipse in searching for little Piantz
I sid 10 be rolling around somewhere half way be-
/ tween the sun ard the planet Mercury The i'm
preston that Such star cues exist Is not unlFtr
/ al among the sky searUhers- many Of them be-
! Heving that the space between Mercury and the
sun is vacant
The OLD Sioux Chieftlin Red Cloud Is fsst lp-
preaching the end Of life Time when this
famous old Warrior power among the trih.-s
in the West but so insignificant has he become
before the path of civilization thaJ many persons
! Who have often heard OF him and his warlike
/ frovesSs are not aware whether he is living -
resting quietly in the happy hunting grounds.
It is not generally known that great deal Of
! the paper money that IS constantly circulating
about gets frequent Washing. in the same way
that the housewife or maid goes A. the dirty
clothes on Monday morning In some banks there
I Is a regular wash day every month, usually al the
I beginning. when clerk NAV be bent over a
I tub and rubbing real money up and down a wash
board.
The distinction hitherto accorded to George
Stephenson as the father Of English railways is
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