The evening times., 1900-01-27
NOTES OF THE DAY.

There VAS les poultry buying IN London at
0NiiSiiia' Than Tor many year.
The saie-gir.- IN a New Jersc, town have started
. crusade against the use Of slang
Cape Town is ordinarily calculated As twenty
wv" Gays distant from Southampton
One wears sweeping o.; the British u.nt Welded
over 5000 in particles Of gold and silver.
The lat was the greatest year for pear, tlat the
NeT Jersey farmers have had for q decade
There are thirty-cight Yeolnanry regiments in
England, with muster exec ding 10000 men.
Il IS -sPpo~,d that the syersgc depth Of sand
m the deserts ia Africa Is from thirty 20 forty
The laTgest eii, in the county In Wa.hineion's
.me vas Philadelphia. 1t had 0g.OOJ iHhabi-
There seems To be a veri,ablc craze for some
SORT OF physical culture IN New York tnis
sdelslla by John Far in 1870. the year oi u
discovery.
The Congregational churches Of South Carolina.
COMPOSED Of coloEed people. have foTm-d a S,a1e
-SsOciltiOH-
The former military camp a MoHtauk Point.
which FEW months ago WAS alive With American
soldiers, Is now only O wild waste.
Potterymakers in Great Britain and The United
States Of America are drawing up q Iuice list
70 govern prices in both countries
The African Methodist Episcopal Church viii
endeav0r TO raise SGg.JJJ Tor its twentieth cen
tury thank Offering by January I,i9OI-
In DeEonshire the cycle has been applied 20
butJeunakiug- man sits on his bicycle, pedals,
and by means Of q chain turns the churn-
Cripple Greek produced more gold in 1870 than
California, Montana. and New Mexico combined
and all m a space Of ground six miles square
The postal money order service in New York
Tor 1895 amounted % 500. .Osl ss2. For Isgq Il
amounted 10 sll5,4ss. .02s-a gain Of $25.4O7.1f6-
The celebrated Boer ponies have the blood ~
the Basuto pony in them, and the B4-uto pony IL
a DuTe-bred Sc0tchm4n- lie is not even a half
caste
There were % emigT4nts for every 1000 per-ous
ln Germany last year, against f3 IN lsg5 ana -
IN lssl. Bremen and Hamburg furnished most Of
these.
Boston's police made Sg.7G9 arrests last year. a.
compared with sl.s1G iu 1886. The records show
slight increase in thc cTim-s In which violence
is employed
The principal undertake. ct GreeuyiIle. 8 C..
says that IN the past six years he has buried n
that town the boties Of seventy three persons Who
met death hy violence
The Michigan supreme court has decided that
jury has the right 20 refuse t0 follow the dreg-
tiou Of trial judge and % fud a verdict OF sc-
q1.ttsl when verdict Of guilty has been directed.
The new house serlbber IS eautriy4uee that
moves Oh ruhher-riIeI wheels. carrying q number
Of brushes Uhi,l ro-t Oh and move hack and f1r.h
over the floor ID c0es Tho Uu-k u two sr three
women
After Eve year, o. strenuous effort % s-t4bIsh
the lyceIm system iu ODE southern states grad
tying success h-s J,sn attained. The larger and
many Of the smaller cities Of the south nov l4,s
their lyccums-
The British EzcHcqusr budget q NaIeh g. s--i
mated Sl4.1o),oo0 increase ru public revenue for
the ensuing twelve months The increase % date.
with three mrntHs o. spare IS $1,000 greater
than the estimated gain for the ful fiscal year.
The Ieyees on both -idss Of the Mississippi are
Of sufficient extent trat H ,Le. were built In a
single straight line they would be about 800
miles long. OF long enough 20 stretch the greater
YORK ANU -''"
During the uird quarter Of Is99 the rainfall IN
England was % inches below the average for tho
preceding eighty -four years. and the temperature.
which was excessive during al the three months
OF the quarter WAS 33 degrees Fahrenheit above
The average for rHe previous l2s years
The walking fish, OF santa Catalina Channel.
California. is o member Of the pediculati tribe
aut has c0ngeuers among the gulf weed q the
Mexican coast. It's TectoraI FMS are shaped 90
al 60 serve for leg and 10 can rest on them 50
as 90 snap lis prey 10 builds nest OF sesWeed.
It seems positively wicked 90 ear the turkeys
IN Spain. Near seville this winter travellers met
d couple % peasant women going 10 market with
poultry They were driving CreaJ hocss Of tu--
KEYS, which were beautiful birds. some were
snowy white with heads and uecks Of Won
dCriui lrdC-cCut pale blue and rose color.
Ars5pas OF tls Use of The Nlrlaui system Of
wireless trie-rar.g iu tlo war iu South Ailiel,
IL Is Interesting to note thlt ir has been proved
tEa- euuuustiuG does not interfere with tHe
Transmission OF m.~,.geS The apparatus '47
been worked ,ueeC~siIlly and HISS Ce- sent while
che largest guns iU the British navy were being
fired
Among the ,rrfo- which form au interesting
feature Il thc Manchester q. Ti1 poultry show
!, twin ben and rooster that were hl;ched fram
douDo-voIEcd eLE, April IT, l-.-- The PAIR
IS oi buff Brahma breed and tac hiris s7e aS
well formed and strong a= Is tle ordinary t1v-.
Ii, is the first instance, FAR known. lhaJ TWINS
so hatCHCd ever lived
E4syut'- climate is ul1rIflgur- and there z7a
few winter resorts That are preferable, motCJrr-
logically speaking. The air IS iuo and dry and
the sunshine is perfect while with lquah.C gentle
ustely the sanitary arrangements ru Egypt are
poor and most Uf tlg hotels. even il Cairo, are
built ou contaminated sites
In a number Of automobile vehicles iu s.
Petersburg and Moscow. the motors are supplied
with alcohol as q fuel, and it has been found 80
work most satisfactory. It Is stated tha; su,u
fuel can be ruauufag tured az cost loU
cents a gallon This ~ present Is out ~ TIE
question IN tho United States. rs the internal
revenue tax upCu such alcohol would amount 20
about 90 cents gallon
Storekccpers I'm several Western citicz-uotarly
Denver and Kansas City-have been greatly au-
moved Of late by the activity Of q clever feminine
shouliftcr who pIys her vocation with the aid u
a false arm She wears long cape, the front II
which hanging open. diScl0~es % the un~uSpecunc
salesman two hands clasped; but the left hand
Is Of wax. Under cover Of the folds Of the gar
ment the real left hand scizes uDon small arti-
cles displayed the store counters
The increased price Of Manila hemp-the price
now being three times what 1t was wear or ,wO
ago-has led TO The present resort 90 substitutes,
the latter however, being by no means uuu-
crous The substitute now generally resorted 70
IS the Sisal or NuCstan hemp. which Is not 50
good As the Manila article. lacking nearly ali the
strength aad 6neness Of the latter, though uSeiui
for binding irvine and similar purposes EVcn
This substitute mas advanced IN price, the reason
for this being SIMPLY the natural sympathy OF
such a product with the hemp market and the
increased demand foT Il BY reason OF the dociIne
in the use OF hemp. There Is also American
hemp which IS being used 20 a considerable *
tent in the making d binding twiue-
Science has lately made it possible to obtain
good wine from the apple, which has always been
devoted to sparkling cider, says an exchange. TX.
perts have been deceived in sherry. madeira. and
sJutcruc which came from apple juice instead Of
grapes. Juice irom the apple Is iermer,ed with
veasts of different kinds brought from the grape
growing districts of Europe 90 this country For
instance the favor OF sherry Is due not To- the
Crane. but 20 the Iulinitr>Imal fungus germ, THAI
cause lis fermentation The American companies
import these germs from the district in Spain
where they flourish, iuoCullte the apple lulre