The evening times., 1900-02-27
NOTES OF THE DAY.

iod, nearly doubled.
One Of the duties Of a psriiInentry private sec
retary IS to ill up time when his CHIEF is not quite
reaay 70 repiy or when the hours are unsuitable
Tor minister tn rise.
Public reyenue in Great Britain for the hscal
year 20 date is $500 600 larger than ia the pre-
eeclnS year Pubic expenditure for the period
has increased si7.OG00o0.
I.aliGn agents who have been in New York f.r
couple Of weeks past have concluded arrange
mems for the equipment Of several trolley roads IN
the leading eiles Of northern Italy.
1t Is proposed to hold congress Of al street
r9i.way aad tfsmEav companies in the world
ugder the auspices of the Un.Fersal Exposition an
thorties in September Of the pies. ut year
One Of the largest national cemeteries in this
country il 0ca.ed al Salisbury. y. G. There
are H.00 unknown dead in the cenIstery. whisb
Is Kept IN splendid repair by the Government.
Baldwin Gig. Kan. is the scat OF a Methodist
college. Cards cannot be bought in the town.
there is no place in which billiards De Played.
and two attempts 70 hold dance have failed.
Eighteen men in 81. Louis were summoned to
act a. Iul 0Ts- When they we're a-ked bow many 0f
them had suffered from the visits u barg r.
Gently sIx Of them answered in the Affirmative.
At Iuhem-on- Rhine a hrm Of rope manuiac-
tursrs makes s.eel wire towing ropes i've and one
half inCLcs IN circumference in one continuous
length Of nearly nineteen milss. and weighing 20
tons
Except for local showers there practically
no rainfall at all from the fret CT August to the
olase Of December in British Guiana. and the
ground under cultivation has been baked 20 brlsi-
like hardness.
The Fifty-iourth Congress passed SIS private
pension bills that became laws. and the Fiftt-
fifth Gg3. The average increase per each bill in
the Fifty fourth Congress WAs sl9-Tf, ard for the
Fifty fifth Sl2-5j.
The agricultural part of Chile, which lies south
OF Valparaiso. i being rapidly developed and the
cities Of Tsicshsuano. the principal seaport and
Conception, the commercial metropolis u that
section, are fJn Of enterprises.
Within the last year an ancient grave was d.s-
covered near Rome and opened. Ia it was found
the sse!eton II woman with complete set q
false teeth. displaying admirable workmanship
ard wrought oUt q solid gold.
Germany sends out post card on which Is
printed a red strawberry. When the strawberry Is
exposed 10 heat the color Of the nuit blluches
and disappears. II GIn be brought back to I-s
original red colcr by blowing upon It.
In Isg0 2.1G0.1G0 tons Of legs were imported
into GcInIBy In 1,9s 2,6og.00o tons weIe import
cd. an increase Of % per cent Daring tins same
period sawed lumber increased from 100000 tons
to 10000 tons, or an increase % about 100 per
cent
The London Lancet declares that ghHe "tbe
country Is passing through period Ct exceptional
anxiety it j, a'~g passing Through period of
exceptional prosperity. la every branch ot trade
th-re is the same report of tui work and high
wages
Maine Is a LAID Of longevity. In the southern
portion Of the small village Of Eliot there are
living eleven persons eight Of them men who are
over eighty wears of age. the Oldest being ninety
i've ACarly all ot them have never been hfty
mics ffom their birthplace
Colchester man at Nasupcort write~: "We
made grand capture yesterday. \ case. supposed
to contain pilro. was opened and found % con-
tan lovely machine gun II was addre-sed % a
lady in the Orange Free state. Of course, are
g0;rg 60 play II Cu.selve--.
Tae Zalus carry their wounded TO the hills and
oppose their wounds 20 the air. having found BY
experience that th7t is the quickest way of curing
them There : in London some sort Of hospital
for the treatment Of wounds by Uzouc, founded
upon tAis very Zulu practice.
new telephone switchboard uses an electric
light for signaling purposes II the subscriber
fails to have his cal attended 20 rapid move
meut OF the hook VIII cause this light TO ticker.
and the monitor st tire operating ro0m VIII have
bis attention directed t. the delinquent.
The present population Of the province Of
Tumbes, Peru. i 5000 sous in sad contrast with
is former prosperity. when 100 miles Of c5rai on
either bank Of that river furnished occupation for
squeducts iogiad throughout the county.
One OF the most interesting features Of the
Paris Exposition viii be the restoration Of POM
peii Net the familiar ruins but the living city
will he represented. Arrangements are being
made % have she finest spectacular performance
IN the world. and the work Is making remarkable
progress
France this wear vii, require a revenue oi sh0ut
eIH0Oo00o OF this amount nearly E50e00,gal
Is absorbed by the pubic deb; and Ei1.2oJ 0o0 by
the army and navy II Lew says that every
Frercilnan between dawn and night must gam
CE0ugh To pay the gDyefHmrnt p eeutl-EeS utiffe
he c5n he free 90 cat his daily bread
Direct telegraph communication v9s opened
from tie capital Of Hungary the grsnsry OF Eu-
rope. TO London Hitherto il has taken three or
flur hours 10 transmit a message from tondou
VIA Vienna or Berlin % Budapest. owing TO the
number OF messages intended Tor those tvn places
which bad 70 pas ever the same wire.
The population Of India is about iour times that
Of the United states while the latter has about
double the area Of tie former The bJi6 0t the
people ase employed in agriculture. Zach man
rents. generally. but few acres. There are. ot
course occasional barge plantations run by rich
man or r5iah buJ they arc exceptional
The electric ambulance for st. Vincent Hospital,
New York city i row completed. and il = q most
handsone vehiclc. II is stsered by the front
wheels. vifa two two-norSe-powCr motors driving
it. Solid rubber tires are used and a rawhide
gearing % lessen the noise oi the mlcAiNry- Fnc
Interior IS lighted by tsn-c5rdlepoWcr electric
ligEt.
Tie frst electric launch to be used oa the
csrals Of Venice. Itlly. has been delivered from
England The launch which Is called the Aies-
sandr1 Volta. VIII accommodate fity passengers.
Its length is about fity-siX feet and width ten
feet II l. equipped with Storage battery %
IL IL z a~ifi NJ G-H &
miles hour.
Nature is economical aS wen wise. When she
Puts animals in dark places where they need no
/ ewes, eyeless they are. There are blind E-h AMI
Insects 9ud spiders in Mammoth cave. ard in the
( sdeisherg cave il Carolina there Is the DIN. 4
singular reptiIe with queer punches Of giiis t5ree
| claws 20 it, feet. and minute ana u,eic-S eye
beneath the sAin.
/ The finest honey in this country is gathered frcm
hiyes whore white clover and baSswood are a.
| eessible In quality however. il falls behind that
made from the golden rod and buckwhcat blossom
I From New YORK.. Perr=yiv1ni1. aad Vernon,
comes the most Of the comb honey, ana nom W
zong and California the i5tGest amount CT eN-
tracied or liquid honey.
| speaking about animals said Augustus
Tborras playwright. chatting with party at
The Lambs. according to the "New York Times, -
''the qieerest ones I ever came across are the
mountain rats one sees at the mines in Colorado.
They are about as big as a wharf rlt. but they
have bushy tail like squirrel, and are pets q
the miners Whenever the luncheon hour comes
You viii see the fellows come from their holes or
/ nests or wherever they live in the intervals be-
I tween meals squat on their launches. and sit
| there until one II the miners shares his dinner
mil with them Whatever they get Of the scraps
80 that meal thev sit M and eat just as