The evening times., 1900-09-08
NOTES OF THE DAY.

vile Kan, few DAYS ago
In Southern Itag there IS such stress OF famine
that Jewels fs0rn church siirines are peing s5.d
for the benefit Of The destitute
So far the census returns show that .he eIIies
which fave made the largest gains IN DepHistion
IN tie last decade are the manufacturing cities
The Spanish import duties paid during tl1e
first SIX months of the current year eNtsaed bY
% G0J 6t9 pesetas those for the corresponding per-
ioG OF lS99.
CT the 4,lf0 varieties oi f-sers known and cult
waited IN Europe scarcely sGj haVe sHE odo7- and
Of these nearly 81 haFe odof wkici IS, if any
thing, disagrecabie
Tlass ..butebers'' report t3a5 there Is 10 de-
Biand for campaign oaoss- -Four years ago at
tFis date campaign literature formed the bulk
Of the IaiBboys trade
A frightened wiT5 dove pursued by hawk
IN a Massachusetts village recently took refuge
between mans feet. and stayed Jaere tEgil the
Puraucr was driven away
railway operator at Louisiana. No. recently
received present OF dozen young chickens
from old woman 70 whom lie rad been eogg-
teous while she was waiting for train,
Rubiez, when fine. are frorn 1--WE to ten times
more valuable than diamonds Of the same weight
A toIr-caFat ruby may be worth from s. go TO
Si5,1G1 teu-carat ruby recently sold for $50
Bees are known 10 be excellent weather proPh-
ets. There Is a common country saving mat "a
bee was never caught il shower" When rain
IS coming bees do not 20 FAR aiield but buzz
about close to .heir hives
\ cork sunk 200 feet in the ocean VIII not rise
again to the surface owing TO the great pressure
OF the water. At any les distance from the sur
lace, however. II viii gradually work is gzay
back to light once mere.
4 humorous friend ef the Prince Of Wales "a
cenIiy gave him silver stethoscope as ! present
the point lying in Ihe not generally known
fact that His Royal Highness has Keen given d.
ploinas az physician and surgeon
II Colorado wild ducks have become 50 numer-
oUs that they regarded as nuisance, and
some counties offering premiums fer their de
struction- IN nearly all other States these Wild
fowl are protected by the game laws.
Montgomery, Ala, snd C5lumbus Ca. have
both recently passed ordinances requiring street
railways 10 provide separate accommodation for
the col0red passengers. either by partitioEHg ths
cars or the provision Of separate cars
An enormous mushroom Was found in tie neigh
boThood OF Rickmansworth England It was per
fectly round in shape, and measured nine inches
across and tweBty-seyea inches IN circumference
aEd weighed without The stCm ten oung6s.
On July !. 1900, the price OF salt IN German,
was advanced frora $50 10 500 per 10 pounds
The sait mines Of the COUNTY ara owned am,
operated by the Government. The increase 10
attributed to the rise IN the price u labor
Prof. Cege,sbsur, glo has done more for the
BaTwiHiaR Theory OF evolution than any et8er
German excepting Professor HaeckeI, has resigned
his prutessofsh!p o. comparative anatomy II Hel-
de4heTE, where ne has taught since I55s. lie IS
seventy-foGT years old
Tie average Breton ci today IS ike his fore
fathers of times beyond reckoning, sailor. whose
natural accomplishments are unsurpassed Jae
Werld over g claimed that the iCur depart
m5Fts Of Brittany supply the merchant marine
service Of France with one-iiith OF It sailoTs-
Lovers, OF apples and every man. woman, and
child J. lover OF this prince Of al fruit, vii he
gratiised by the knowledge that the crop this year
viii be one Of great proportions. Not only n
this County, but ii the British American neigh
boring territory l. there prospect Of yield th4t
VIII exceed many years product
Loed Wantzee enaph4ticalIy protests against tie
aGnission Of women 10 the new rife cIuts nov IL
course OF formation IN England, The idea Is Ii
diculous, he Says, and, what Is more he even
suggests that Uou!a reduce me great game
OF national defence TO the level ci golt OF cro-
quet tennis II once women Joined IN IL
The worlds population Of Mohamnedsns mum
beis very nearly 2g3,0eJoq0. OF these IS.oo0,go0
are under the rule of tie Turkish GeveTfiIusIsi,
% go, 600 are ruled hr other Mussulunan soveI-
eigps, 81, 6,5oo,3d0 are subject to Artisan primes,
% 600 live China %. 90 900 uIsder
Christian rulers Ui these last about &c. .0o0.o9J
under British rule
In the village Of Dalton LedaIe, near sunder-
land, England, 500 couples want TO know wherh-
er they are married OF not For years tley h4ye
thought they yese- b-- lac Bishop &. Durham
declares they not. Thy say the mdJrlm"-
niaI knot was tied iai 4 fee- iElI II il not
regularly done they ss=erc that tAs B-sAoP ougaJ
to have Il repeated frae.
The Buddhist priesthood in siam Is divided into
two sectS- The one known aS the Maaa Nekai4-
( the Large Body-is the older ard more eonserE4-
people. while the ene known as tae llama Aa5a
+ Nekaiaa-the Body Whe Follows Righteclsaless-is
+ the and more aIistocrotic order. "ns II IL
numbers are the most scholarly nen
New Brunswick possesses immense forests @,
hard wood The principal woods being The birah,
beech maple elm. ASH and buJteruat, ali Suitable
] Ter making furniture Tnesc great sources II
/ wealth have been but little drawn Upon. bat Row
/ they are beginning 10 attract attention. ana Il
large trade IN these woods TusuuTactJiItc CT plE-
| rally manufactured may ht eNpccjet-
! Puuta Arenas, recently miserable little VII
/ lage 1t the extreme poirt oi SoUll3 america, :
now fine city. bearing every sign OF coHi-lgr-
! cIaI prosperity. i has dHe buildings, broad
streets, many ci'ibaoy<5s- an excellent t4eil z,
! and is on the run with modern cities TO greater
advancement The success of the city rests upon
| its trade in wool, hides. and salled meats
| The Australian coasting steamer KameFuka,
| while going from Eden to sydney, travelling at
| full speed struck on a reef at Aoruya Head.
/ There being no rockets on the ship. the captain
| tied life line 10 some pigs, which formed part
| Of the cargo and had the animals put overheard.
| The pigs swan the shore, taking the line with
! them and by establishing communication every
soul board vas rescued.
Mary Anderson-Navarro attended bazaar il
England the Other day m aid OF a religious com
munity, and was told by the father rector that
| she was a mother TO them ''Our Mary is, OF
| course, no longer in the full blush Of youthful
beauty but this remark rather startled her ter a
| moment In the OF 4 short reply she
good humoredly said that the reverend gentleman
| might at least have calTed her sister
Though Jenny Lind only died in 1857, not
| everyone is aware of the fact that her husband,
Otto Goldschmidt, the composer, is still living,
and recently celebrated his seveIty first year In
| the American tour of 1852. which resulted in 4
| proft Of $4,000 (all spent in charity, by the
NY the great singers pianist was Mr. Gold
| schmidt whom at the end of the tour, she mar
| ried The veteran professor is u native OF Ham
burg but has lived in England since 1855
Each year the London County Council submits
to public anction the surplus population of ducks
| from The ornamental waters in the various parks
under their jurisdiction and at these sales many
| valuable birds are often purchased The number
this season will be greatly diminished. BrockweII
| Park has hitherto supplied fine lot of birds,
but during the recent breeding time rats have
| been very destructive. and it Is said that few
| er that seventy newly y-hatebed ducks have been
carried of by these pests
The Oldest church bell tower in America is
| now in good condition in Tacoma. Wash When
tie frst sett lenerlt va- <e on Comm -neerls.;