The evening times., 1900-01-20
NOTES OF THE DAY.

son is to hold up the clssped hand and stick out
| the tongue.
Old Fort Carroll at Baltimore is to be
/ modelled into a modern fortress for the protection
/ Of that city.
Switzerland has three institutions for the cure
/ OF drunkards which record permanent cures ia
one-hah the cases treated.
The police department at Astoria. Ore, has
been seIf-sustsining for three years. The cost q
maintenance is 5000 annually.
st. Paul is having difaculty in securing mate
rial for an ice palace during the winter carnival,
owing to the unreasonable weather.
/ Cleveland authorities expect to complete during
| the year a tunnel bringing water to the city from
| point five miles out in Lake Erie.
Five hundred and fifty thousand dollars was the
/ price paid for the great Tavernier pearl It was
| originally owned at Catifa. in Arabia.
| Smoking is almost unknown in Abyssinia and
/ is punished a crime when practiced- French
| explorers have TO smoke their cigars in secret
| A woman has sued Chicago hospital for 800.
900 for the loss OF her OF taste, due. II -
stated, to a mistake in administering medicine.
I The depopulation Of Peru is illustrated b. the
/ fact that the Valley Of Santa. which in the days
of the Incas had population OF 10000. now has
| only 5000.
| When the result Of the census Of 1900 Is de-
/ clared it will be found that the United States
has taken long leap upward toward the lOO'-
/ 100000 mark
| Last years prosperity in Canada was due large
ly to the opening up Of western mining territory
and to good crops in Manitoba. the Northwest
and in Ontario
London magistrate recently decided that a
girl was not obliged 70 return bicycle she had
| received a present from man whom she SUD
sequently Tilted.
The ages Of the four generations Of the ROYAL
family in the direct line Of succession are: Inc
Queen, -; Prince Of Wales. 81: Duke Of Yorh 81
Prince Edward Of York, s.
The ancient frigate Franklin. E.lic Of the Old
wooden navy, which has been used for many years
as receiving ship at the Norfolk navy yard, -
soon 10 be a deserted hulk
Several deposits of copper and tin have been
located in Northern Queensland. and prospecting
is going on actively. II Is said that TN mining
| is all the rage in that colony
Probably the top is the oldest toy in the world.
Il has been used for thousands Of years IN al
parts Of the globe and some savage tribes use 1t
J in the performance Of religious rites
A London postman has been sentenced to twelve
months Imprisonment for stealing letters He
loses a pension for nineteen years service. and
e2o0 contributed to the Postofice Benefit society
Tie tug Three Friends which became notorious
during our difficulties with Spain, is again going
into Cuban waters She is towing large new
scows built at Jacksonville for concern az ha-
vsna-
One Of the specifications Of the contracts made
BY Greater New York for its charitable ins5it1-
tions is that all the meat shall be killed and
dressed in New York State. This year ZSJ3.VJ
pounds viii be used
Loss of life on the Great Lakes during the 5st
season has been about 109 Fifty-siH persons were
lost by the laundering Of ships and thlrtytwo
were lost overheard. No passengers were lost on
any % the regular lines.
One million five hundred and thrty-eight thou-
sand seven hundred and thirty-eight is the pre-
cise number Of birds estimated by the British CON
,,ll in yenezuela 10 have been killed % provide
aigrettes for ladies hats.
In Colombia the snow line il about 1900 feet;
in Ecuador. near the Equator, about ZOO feet;
IN Peru and Bolivia. about 1900 feet. and IN
Chile from 1900 feet in the neighbornood OF
Santiago % 5000 feet al the Straits Of Magellan.
IF Adam had worked 500 days each year from
the day he was created TO the present time al a
salary Of $50 a day. he would not have earned BY
this time az much property "a l. owned by k'cSe-
f.ller or Vanderbilt said DT. Wright. Of De-
troit
Il is estimated that at any given time in Ger
many alone 10000 persons are afflicted with
consumption and $1,000 in America have it at
all timcs Prof. TiiTsCh pTonounces DC eupA1Jic'l-
Is a disease Of all times, all countries. ara al
races
All the flags FOR British ships q war. except the
royal standards are made in the government
dockvards. and the enormous number required
may be Judged from the fact that IN the color
loft ar Chatham alone about 1900 flags are made
in a year.
The Bosr women are accustomed 20 tiuing the
soil and Joining with the men in domestic labor
of all kinds When the men are called away tp
fight with the army. the women 90 night along
with the work Of the farms, and thus insure an
abundance of supplies.
Like the Australian contingent. the Canadians
have been put t. stlf work since their ARRIVAL 10
south Africa. building sidings and erecting plat
forms besides the usual routine Wofk % e1tdlti~
They sFapc well and are very jealous ia The
performance q their duty
AsbeS+os six feet in length has been found On
the Orange River banks. It is coarser Than th-
Canadian product but is more valuable on ac-
count Of its length. The GriTIalanl West Copper
Company and the Cape Asbestos ComP3h! are
mining the fibre at a profit
Notwithstanding the great mineral resources of
Nova Scotia the forest wealth Of both Nova
S,oti, and New Brunswick. and the great value Of
tb. coast fisheries Of all three Of the maritime
nr,yirces agriculture must be regarded As the
leading industry Of the Provinces by the Se1.
An Australian savant has declared that the hu-
man brain contains ''name centre" He says
that il is the Office Of this cell to retain names
A striking case which would seem 70 coufsu
this theory recently occurred at CIeveiand
brakeman was shot by a conductor. and The
former could not remember the names Of per
sons or things although he could perfectly well
dssrribp the functions # all articles exhibited 70
him The surgeon pr0bed for the bullet ana
found II in the exact spot necessary % dHtct
the remembrance OF names, according TO the
Nrsrri3D's theory. When the pressure on the
brain had been relieved the patient remembered
names "a well as he had done before his iaJury.
and told the name Of his sssaIldnt.
A New York despatch says: Tom Noore's hap
has come 10 America: 1t passed the custom
house this afternoon, and is now in among the
treasures Of Mrs. Marie Glover Miller OF l57
West one Hundred and Nineteenth Street The
harm is about three feet high and weighs about
ten pounds Its compass comprises thirty notes,
tuned diat1ncIiIy in the key Of u u mas no
medals Mrs. Marie Glover Miller l. the grand
daughter of Prof. Glover editor OF s'd.ar edl-
tious of the Irish poets melodies. and the harp
passes to her by inheritance IL was given -
The professor by the Messrs. Power. VINO hfst
pubIished Moore's melodies. Moore gave the hdth
to the Messrs. Power when he left Duoiin. IN
1stn Mrs Miller who inhcrits the harp Is
well-known concert singer
The important point is made by intelligent ldvo-
c,tes of cremation that il must be regarded al
vastefuI and expensive process unless proper
means be taken to utilize the great heat which
has Of necessity 20 be employed if the operation IS
70 be conducted in the thoroughly effective manner
rpquired Something more is essential Of course.
for the cremation Of animal substanccs-without
the production Of a positive nuisance--than mere
burning: that Is. such temperature as VIII nos
merely burn up the body into gases but also
consumes such feaFfully od3rous gases into harm
les compounds. To heat furnace 50 as TO pro
duc- such temperatures for each single trenaJi-h-