The evening times., 1900-01-06
NOTES OF THE DAY.


Calcutta.
Michigan has nine beet sugar plants in slc
cessful operation.
A Colorado girl died from the effects Of eahe
walk IN rag time contest.
France is about to raise a loan Of $50. .000 O00
for public parks in Algeria.
The average saIary paid to Methodist preachers
IN the United States last year was S81S.Sj.
About 800 Western horses were shipped the
other day from Jersey City for South Africa.
The demand from South Africa for Oregon wheat
and -four has been greater than ever before this
season.
The oil Of tobacco found in the stem Of long.
used pipes is one Of the most active and powerful
pOisons known.
| Negotiations have been in progress with view
to smalgamatiHg large number Of hotels IN the
/ north Of Ireland
Ordinary headaches almost always yield 70 the
Z simultaneous application Of hot water % the feet
and back OF the neck
During the past season the visitors to Abbots-
ford. Scotland. numbered above 5000 being
~ l,OOO more than last wear.
The Irish Transyaal Committee appeals for funds
I 70 send out an ambulance % be attached 20 the
I Irish Brigade in the Boer service.
The habitudl use Of tea a. a means Of reliev-
[ ing headache is. says a doctor. without doubt an
efficient cause Of rheumatism in numerous w5ss.
In Chicago. ILL.,, schools have adopted the pen
ny savings system. The children in these insti-
tuti0ns saved Sg.2l4 during the month Of October.
! The admiration Of the world Is challenged for
the her0sm Of the British troops who fought the
I battle Of M0ddeT River for ten hOurs-nOt even
I stopping for luncheon.
France with population Of as.5isCO0, has Il
peace strength 0f 51O,UO0; strength. 1850. 600
Millions more could be called out II wanted, bur.
f. Of course they would be unframed.
An agent for tine American Bible Society saws
that the first book printed in Minnesota was a
Bible. Ir WAS printed in 1896 about thirteen
years before the hEst issue II = newspaper IN u.
Paul.
Some Euglishwomen. grieved at the lack Of
rational amusement among the children Of the
present day, have formed themselves into a body
Tor visiting board school Fairgrounds IN order to
I teach children how to play.
I The United States IS sending corn to Europe at
/ the rate Of j.000.O00 bushels a week. Such large
I shipments never before made at this season
/ and the prospects that the exports for the
J year viii sIrpsss those Of any previous year.
( Europe Is depending on the United States not
! only for a large portion of bread and meat sup
plies for the people bat also for great quantity
ef feeding stuffs for animals and. moreover. this
dependence is growing with every passing year
The latest form Of massage employed in Ger
many in the treatment Of rheumatic finger Joints
consists in thrusting the hand into a deep glsss
partially filed With mercury and dipping and
raising II about thirty times al each treatment.
The standard weight Of 81 in gold snail he
( 2js grains; the quarter eagle $50 piece. 641s
grains, the 81 Piece. "a grains. the half eagle.
or s. piece. l2y grains; the eagle. $40 piece,
25s grains. and Of the double eagle, or so piece,
so grains
10 announce the arrival Of carrier pigeons 90
the home nest whistle has been patented for
attachment % the bird. comprising q hollow ball
Of light material. with a clamp ro secure il 10
the tail feathers, an opening being cut in the
front % let air into tiIs whistle
A paper communicated 70 the Academic des
Sciences Of PARIS says that the HerzisU electric
waves employed in wireless telegrdphy are easily
stopped by sheets Of metal or Ccmented walls A
layer of sea water arrests them more successfully
than oeWeHIed wall Of equal sire
To raise water from the ocean level b. utiliz-
inS the wave power q uCH apparatus mas rigid
structure 81 near tin shore. with a long tru-sed
lever pivoted to rise aud fall when actuated by
h01t az the outer end. q pump being set 1t the
short end Of the lever % raise the water
In the region from Richmond. Va. to Port
land. Me s7.0J0pg0 capital is invested IN the
wood business. some OF the kiudiiug mills are
elaborate. IL PeuuSE wanna are mills That glsJ
81. go Thousands OF men ind employment yhe
year round in cutting transporting and dl~ili'u1-
ing kiIdiIns wood
fact that iodine occurs in certain articles Of hu-
man food in small quantities and as 10 occurs in
R=h and shell fish. 1T has recently been suggested
that this fast may be tine reason why FISH - 50
valuable a food Tor iuyallds. Traces Of IODINE
have been found in cod liver oil, and IL IS po-spis
that it. together With the bromIus and pAesplg-
ms, contributes To it, tonic effects
American shops have turned out 2,475 locomo-
tiyes this ye5r-yAe largest number they ever
manufactured in one year, and 59s more than
were made in lSa> More than - per cent Of the
number. 80. were made for railway companies
in other countries. Large ~ the output was
ard IL was fully egus! 20 the capacity ot the
vorks-ir was little more than sufficient % replace
the engines which were worn uUt and discarded
There are about 5000 locomotives ln che tinted
Sjst-s
b. recent invention Of a Young Danish en-
gineer. it = possible TO connect a Uhoupgl aph
with a telephone In such manner that the for
mer becomes available for receiving tie record of
the speaker, IN case the individual win whom ne
deSIrpS 10 communicate Is not 5- hand Ihl5
at auv time n l. desired The Plouograph -
said t. be quite different from ECiSaU :. and much
less complicated Instead oi the WAY roller. a
steel band Is used, and rhe record can be wiped
of In The same manner chalk drawing is re-
moved from sl4tC.
Balloons are generally accepted as likely 10 be
Of little use in warfare. ON account Of their la
bilitv 10 fall To- the ground at once on receiving
the frs1 uerforatiou % bullet The Austrian
Government has however. recently carried ont
some experiments which Show that a balloon -
feet In horizontal diameter and ih feet ID vertical
diameter can be- used with good effect 20 recon
noitre the maneuvIe~ Of aH enemy whose guns
are GOU wards or 5000 yards away after height
Of . 900 or p. .10p feet have been attained by the
car While in this position eighty shells. con-
tanning over lG@1G bullets were fired at the eN-
perineutsI balloon which on subsequent rN.iHli-
nation was found 70 have been pierced with only
three small holes and these Igr long TterWard
did not materially Diminish the buoyancy. la
effect the balloon j. d.tfcIit Co bit. and when
hit continues to float foT very considerable time
notwithstanding the holes made through the en-
velope.
news despatch from Woloatt. Y Y. says:
For lack q a scientific name which the puzzled
medical fraternity are unable to supply a new and
general complaint here is called 'sore knee A
large proportion Of the population is using canes
to hobhle around. Tie maisdy struck here three
weeks ago Il attacks only the rtghy kEtc- but
those who have passed through the ordeal say the
psugs Of rheumatism and gnut do not hold can
die to it. Clarence johnson, business man. vSs
the first victim He noticed stJnE1ug sensation
in his right knee while at work me knee began
swelling and in three DAYS Mr.. johnson was at
home suffering great agony. In ten DAYS the
knee had become double its usual size. For an
other week Mr.. Johnson was IN great agony, Wfile
the swelling gradually grew less, and at the end
of three weeks he was able to get around. The
disease seemingly had TO its course. NUM-
erouS cases Of the disease are reported from North
Wolcott and Red Greek.
The terrible disaster at AmaIf. Italy. is not
without precedent says the philadelphia Ledg-
er.'' for in l9lS large portion Of that city was
buried under the sea by a terrible storm, and
the place, which was once one Of the most i'm
portant in Europe. never recovered from the
shock. 1t became a mere fishing village, and sc
remained The disaster of FRIDAY helpS 70 eN-