The evening times., 1900-04-28
NOTES OF THE DAY.

I mated numbers shout I.eo0.000 men
J One rule of the Mormon Church Is that tie
J young people Of the faith uust serve three years
( IN mission Werk.
] -Four thousand tourists arrived in the Land Of
/ IL ~. Pharsoh= b~treen the Ist OF November and
! 10Th Of February
J The report Of the Ontario Departments Of I'm
mlgrssiou for 1873 shows that 81 oI5 steerage pas.
j sehsefs settled in Ontario.
! '.oSernor Wells. Of ttzh. Is a student Of ey-
petiiienisl CHEMISTRY and spends m.lch Of his
I iais'i-e time IN his lsborzt0ry
Prof JoseDh W Holden. who died Al O-daeId.
Ne last seek- preached the theorr tor ruauy
5ears thar the earth Eas fat
! In Scotland blowing matches are taking place
All over the e0SztFy The ehances fgr 5rscTice
( lately, however, have been few.
The Mississippi River each year WASHES away m
alarming amount Of shore. equal 10 ten ssr1ar.
( miles of territory eighty-six feet deep
The latest statistics shox that the United
siates has over 208 90 Eules Of iroad and les
/ than 5000 miles Of good wagon roads
IN lsos the Argentine Republic imported slo.-
eoooeS more gold than il exported In Isg7 il *
ported s-l,S0,OO0 more than il imported
J By the beauest Of Miss Anna H. Man. Proyl-
oeine 5 70 come into possession Of about S208-
( OOo tor the maintenance Of Roger wiIlizms PARK
Tier are ToE upward Of 900 rural mail car
rieEs N ne lnlfed states. and during the wear
J'ist closed they carried close 10 100000 pieces
Of nail
Governor Cranes reception in Boston the other
evening 10 the members OF the legislature uas
h:. made notable BY the fact t5hi NJ liquor Or
Henry Lzbouchere il described As careless and
Gntiey IN dress and smoker Of poor cigarette>.
he l. fond oi home life and Is devoted TO Lis
wife and daughter
In Norway sRd sweden. before any couple can
. legally married. certificates Hsust be secured
sin Q .a~n.H nae~H
been duly Esccinafed-
Cardinal GIbbsn- deuies ths report shat he i
gong o. Europe this spring Summer he vii
not. therefore. preach the dedication o. The
Catholic Cathedral IN London
D. n Tou,pkinS- eotron-gin owner OF Ms
sisslppt- Is-to giTe S40.ooo for the e0nstrucsioR
Al Jaekson Mss Of the tsxtie school aIltborizei
a -tHe recent session Of the Legislatsze.
Several goid mines now being worked N
Georsia aud Il IS believed that both the nunsDez
I Of the mines and the value cf their OUTPUT VII
largely Increase duringsrhe present year
2 while seated astride Of a log nshing for
has that the Chief Justice of the Kentucky
COufI Of Appeals granted : Ant of error 70 the
Jnited states Supreme Court in the soEeEnosshIP
case.
Miss Kitty wilkins. Of Idaho. who has gained
much fame the owner OF thog.sznds Of horse.
i 70 be married She j. the most extensive
breeder Of hOrSeS IN that state. and sells them
Il lots Of 600 more
The sixteen eIectrie Aosts buiIt in Nex Orleans
Al cost % $4,000 have been sod 10 Denver fss
an exhibition there and they VIII then be sent 10
WICHITA. kss-. tor thr next srreCt fair. They are
the hrst electric aoAts 5silt in the world
Tie h4FdwOrkins lzboFrrs and coolies seen
everywhere IN Japan wear only a n1rrow Ioia
scarf and. straw ssnd + IN cold and rziny
weather they wear 4 macintosh of loose straw
over their shoulders sH1 mammoth rude hat.
Union Pacific Land Company nearly million
acres q land in ColorsGo. which viii be used as a
WlnteT range for sheep grazing This the largest
transaction o. the kind which has been made n
this country
Tilat birds accomplish great good Is made evi-
dent IN receut report Of rhe Illinois state IN.
tofsioogist, Who es5iEases that without their A.
sistance the state world b. carT,eted Eith IN
sects. one 10 each square inch Of ground AZ the
end u twelve years
Cermsny's export IN steeI raiLs Is Increasing
each ys1E IL 1924 she exU5rred 10 40 tons.
worth S2.s16-200 In ISIS IL increased 70 H. ~
tons. worth q. 3.G94.ooo The importation OF sleri
rails iato Germany decreased from 2.5f2 tons N
ts9i 70 207 tons n ls9S-
Birmingham l. the only place n which Manu.
faciurilag crowns j. az industry that may be s8sd
20 flourish The trade X principally With Afriea
where the native kings have come % regard a
Birmingham crOEE Gar more elegant emblem
Of royalty than the sJOye-pipe hat which they
formerly affected
A Canadian has devised an OfBce message box,
which prevents rne-ssses Dehs read ~ outsiders.
having reel Of paper 70 be unwOund and slide
acres shelf 70 receive the message the sheet
passlEg between tEo rollers through slot in the
door. Eith locking naWls 70 preTeuf the rollers
fr0m tuning backward
Reports from Paris say that royal visitors are
scarce a. yet These notabIes are awaiting until
everything ) in complete READINGS GeEer4liy
thty are more interested m the American exhibit
ttaH that Of any other nation Japane>e prince
and q brace OF Austrian princes have been among
the frs, 10 pun IN their appearance AZ the eK-
position.
Raising foxes for their peIss j. assuming pro-
portions or considerable magnitude On the Alas
kan Islands. many Of which have been LEASED for
this purpose and Others have been appropriated
without tire payment of government yearly rent
a Of Sl0e for each island Thcre are now 10 less
than thirTy-five isllniS occupied by the pTOprlg-
tors 0f fox ranches
Trees are 10 be restored 10 Bostoa's streets By
.the eforts Of the R0xburche Club and the HOms
the public grounds department. and individual cit
izeEs. Zach club Is 10 furnish l,Oc0 trees this
spring. be given free Cf charge 20 citizens who
apply for them. on condition that they be planted
IN good lean and in proper alignment.
The killing OF 4 circus elephant By strangIing 4
few DAYS ago Is causing comment from devotees
20 the principle aetuatin opposition to cruelty 10
animals The question l. asked II better w1y
could hIve beer devised for hIs removal nom
earthly cIimes A MaUser rife bullet a dyna-
mite projecflie would II l. argued. have beF1
Cl.sistilniEe than the slow torture 10 whic
rAs auima leyilthan Uas subjected
The Engineering Magazine says thIt contrary
Il the ordinarily accepted belief the Oriental Is
br nature 4 Traveller when be gets the oppor-
tlnirv. and the extent % which he VIII travel
i enormous On the 65D miles of government
lines IN Iap1n for the year IssS, there were ear
ried no fewer than . 0o0 O08 passengers an aver
age per nile OF ~ 900. The average number Of
passengers per mile Of railway IN the United
states L sbesIt 3.oGo.
A retired zrtTllsEy oficer Of the Belgian Army
has invited a number Of officers and engineers
to an oxidation at Antwerp Of an invention he
contends VIII reyoluiionize warfare. The inven-
tor. a Mr Reuilng S1ys that his invention i
50 deadly that the army against which It is di-
rected would be entirely destroyed IN few
minutes II j. q species Of bomb loaded with
terrible explosive. the nature u which the in
70 give incontestable proof ot tlc destructive
powers os his Invention before experts
The electrical energy required for the many
uses of the Paris Exposition viii he produced by
coudensing sJeam engines directly coupled 20 a
common shaft There are eighty-three groups q
electric generators. nineteen belonging 70 the
tiOu. The total output Of all J. 10.2f5 kii0Watts.
Al Of the electrical energy produced by these
groups viii be used for general lighting. power.
and freight and passenger elevators. Poxer tor
special lighting, special enterprises. and for
tInraufS- theatres and sther public places WiI
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