The evening times., 1900-01-05
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The French Government paws the Eastern tx
| tension, Australasia and China Telegraph Com
/ paht SSJ,0O0 year.
| In 1855 only three bodies were disposed Of BY
| the London cremation society In 1858 the num-
/ Der had risen 10 go.
/ Tie Philippines supply the most important OF
I our tbreS. Manila hemp. which in the present
year will amount 20 about sG.OO0.g00 in value
In all CeyloH there are ouly 5000 Europeans. as
against 5.2JgDD0 natives. The island Is almost a..
large IS Ireland. sHd tea planting is the chief
industry
Mexican capitalists are about to erect four or
I'VE large cotton factories iu that county. The
principal ones Hili be at Atot0nilco, san Martin,
and IJrreon.
The director Of the Royal yesrvisn Observatory
announces that Mount seSryiu. is low perfectly
definitely closed
The london Count, Cornell las received % pur-
chase an estate near HorIey with tine purp0s. ot
es'a9,lishing a reformatory ioI men and erecting
buildings thereon.
Meteorological Kites are dcselopip. valuable re-
suits and the experience derived i used in making
Improvements. height of l2,pg To- 1900 feet
has been attained
A tongue made Of rubber aud resting on "a pivot
set between the teeth belongs 20 "a New York
man He is also able o. talk distinctly and freely,
and eats with ease.
Experiments recently made in Europe with
forts-niHe different kinds q German. French, and
Austrian sugar beer see'is show that German seed
u by tar the best
II the Counors Syndicate, Of Buffalo carries ont
its plans 70 build elevators at Montreal, whence
70 export wheat, it viii give the Canadian snip
yards eighteen months W0rh.
II Amsterdam, 900 diamond cutters have been
laid on on account Of the exhaustion of stocks
Of diamonds n Is said there that Hy March
the price o, diamonds VIII be doubled.
A flock Of SOD turkeys was driven through the
frapr az (-lrs No 4.f. a.
herd of cJttIe. The turkeys bad been collected
from number Of localities aud were driven "
Columbia for shipment.
Hamburg. Celmauy's first seaport. has adopted
the overhead American trolley on f-- street Iles
EiEhty German cities are supplied with electric
railways and American appliances are admitted u
De beyond comparison the best.
There are large furniture. stores fr johannes
burg and Pretoria, and the better class NJ Bar-s.
have their houses furnished iu Che rn.-f modern
styles. In l-ys tue imports of wooden aIra5tere
alone were valued Jt Slll-.p9a-
The National Library in Paris ass fr,s acquired
the 10000 volumes thar formed -Ea famous eo.-
lection Of books Of NJ R=teIhuher. tae Austrian
author The ts-tJ19F a rlra man. and -uars
nearly ali his fortune on the library.
Though the German Emperor EMPLOYS Berlin
tsiicr7, be believes IN giving pro7ilssi- employ
m=u- also. Ia every important town there is a
court tI.Hr. who -ogrl-l.T.Fll. h5s ff- lr1aI u
supplying tIe Emperor .ira uniform.
/, is announced thar the Russian t-.-arar.-
cal society has finally given lP it- attempt %
revise the Julian calendar and sd t.s -,ft-.agfra-
VII stand WITH ''ieece Do e.iHg.ag o. Size z--.em
of tHe first Cse-lr and against i.l Err.ps.
a large Glasgow l>,atI4rl -al chest l.aD.ny
has purchased 1000 acres Of forest Is1f sr Narrl
Carolina. with .5.JJJ0l4 te... ~ --1rr1z- ta us-
tHe lumber i4r svues,lr- Of ret Ghosts 4 .Jss.ry
90 prepare it VII De- gl.-t at N..l.1--.Ju-
In China. twelve and are.HaIt miles from fine
village ~ Llarl-' las. then. IS mountain OF alum.
which. IN addition q. being natural curiosity.
is q source sI Hai... rr -.a -g-11I-8u-~ af The
country. aIJ dig ,llru BE- .-7r'y tons OF sisiu.
There are 5-I1.pn1 .heer in the United States.
Zach annually averages s.x and our-aslf pounds q
wool, TIE total wool clip IS therefore. 9seH",-
COD pounds When pulled. secured. and fer.-d
tuese ngires 1Ie reduced % II4.0oe1e1 pounds
Fhe pension agency at Knoxville. Tenn. las
upon lis rolls tie Haiuc Of the sid-E oi 1ac -oI-
dier of the Revolution, and while there are 10
names 1t soldiers EE0 served lu tl" war uf i-l2
there are the NAMES Of tIe willows ID fJJ .i liem-
In Belgium organ grinders are compelled Hr law
% play each morning before the police magistrate,
who must be satisfied that t.eir Instruments are
ia tune An organ which - ost % tune must be
pa In order before Acvase Is issued 10 Tie
player
BT11sIyu's postmaster i planning .- u-s a1.5-
mobiles for the delivery oi msi. i1 t.5. borough.
II -ba svne-frr4,rs arc, -ucrz--srr The mss. of tr.
trolley mail cars aiu be- l5auda-..f and probably
smaller automobiles "iL be Csea i-l collecting
the mail.
Tie most peculiar rsorI. Of India or. l.e Paris
Tor Passes meaning "fers1fHs p. wa. feed
heir dead % the vui,GrTs upon the Towers q
silence They fed e. lrgft from, PeI-.a when ,ltt
and +aI1 f-rI rs- a..,. ~ rIa Ar.r- -..arya aat-
...r.., ago.
woman 'i ba-N' No, --r JUS. ".-tl.L .t 1"e
Mayor II G8lesburg, IT,. tta. iu Is1t she rode
-hr-ucf. his town on q rirvala NJ rfgHf without
2 Eight. and would L,Ss lfm e. -~-. Der suitable
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l"r '"'.'' 9-''-' N'.,.i.- -
'."' was l.-'-'A I'D
..9- cadets W tAe-e -'l' pre- -'..l l-'.. Il'..s
mere are M" lu gre army N'- ,.'. i've f''
retired il7lsl lJ'- gli'ia.tS' lh '.'- 4l'- '-9'e-
Tore, 90 tNihg gld'Hal-s-
Jx,r.- r-.-,-,-r, ,-, s,.+..r.. ra l-u. -e ..a
PROPER -s'si ot "s" N'''f -'.l' ".." - E1
sd on either side OF the outlet with pocket at
lcueG 70 the gate at right angles tH Dr. lifted
With the overflow. the weight 1i the water gFgs-
balancing the gate art allowing 10 o. open
IT,. -,-,r.,,-.r, 81 F,r;y;, j. sf-.r.- 4 --s H.-.
i' -, - = -....,..
ms Jotal = u'lded mo -2',''' "''..'' '''
's,s'' ''.l -, 5.., .. ,,J5 i,is,r-
f,frg in the sg-5e-r Ji.frirts bordering upar tar
Brgzils and the basin Of the Amazon and i-s cHn-
1uents-
An extraordinary phenomenon has been noticed
With regard 20 chestnut trees in a street IN BEIr
;eIs since the installation ot the electric trttn
mrs The foliage begins TO turn brown and drop
.,rIv in August 10 bud and even blossom sgsiu
in October. The trees on the opposite of The
ramwav behave like ordinary trees, f1r they lose
ba;r foliage in the late autumn and DO not uur