The evening times., 1900-01-16
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Birmingham. Ala. has a cooperative clothing
mill.
Germany has twenty three boats Of over 17.O)D
| tons capacity
There are 1000 miles Of railway open for traffic
| in New Zealand
In Austria coarse cloth Of good quality and
cheap paper Is made from peat fibre.
Paris has the largest library in the world. It
contains 2.@00t0 books and 100 manuscripts.
During 1890 Brockton. Mass. shipped 529277
cases 't shoes. gain Of 81 ,SOS cases over Isgs.
France has more persons over sixty years q
age than any other country. Ireland comes nexf
The Earl Of Rosebery has been initiated as an
honorary member Of the Ancient Order Of Forest
The number Of women studying medicine in
London has increased nearly 50 per cent in three
/ years.
/ Russian photographers hang the pictures Of the
/ deiinquenis upside down az the entrance OF theic
\ studies.
/ The peat bogs in sweden. many Of them eight
70, 70 ten yards deep. cover an area Of about s.0iS
Il is Christmas custom in Atlanta To- relsas4
| all prisoners charged with Offences against citv
ordinances.
The black ileuar Of Central America win At
! tack any man by night day whom be 6nds
| lying down.
German experts estimate net import Of gold
into that country between October 4 and Deem
I Der l.. at S7,500.O00.
I Nearly s5.OOoO00 were taken in at one Of the
Z seven railroad stations Berlin in Issrs and
/ nearly S4.GJ0.GgO at another.
The highest masts Of sailing vessels are from
IG0 % 1S9 feet high. and spread from G9OOO TO
100000 square feet Of
Brazilian coiTee-grovers are now experimenting
in shipping coffee in casks instead Of bags to
better preserve color and aroma.
The Canadian Government has finally completed
the great ship canal between Lake Erie and
Montreal, at cost Of s1O009.0g9.
Sir Charles Nicholson the sole surviving mem
ber Of the first Australian parliament. has JUS.
entered on his ninety second year
Henry Shepherd. an cighty-year-old citizsn
OF Northampton. Mas. took horseback ride Zee
Gently Of il5 miles, covering weeks time.
Khsrtum may now be reached from Cairo ~
boat and rail. and hotel with room for sixty
guests has Just been completed at Khsrtum.
DR.. William Nixon, pastor emeritus Of -
John s Free Church. Noutrose is the oldest liv-
I ing Presbyterian clergyman in Great Britain.
An editor IN Tennessee to1u. who stated in
bis paper that the new century would begin Jan
uary l. lSoi. was ridden out Of to@n d rail
The italian railways have promised the Pope a
20 per cent reduction In railway fIres for the
jubilee year If they are assured Of 10000 vlsis-
Ors-
The amount Of silver dollars coined by our
Government, under the act u lssS restricted b.
the repeal Of Is95, has increased Sj400e.OD0 in
three years.
A Jerseyite has successfully sued the New Jer-
sey Central. and recovered s2j for blocking the
street and keeping h.m twenty i've minutes in a
pouring rain.
The wo5nsn's branch OF the Church of England
Temperance society Will provide rai1rmatory,
available for an England for women inebristes,
20 co-t s5Jeo0.
\ minister Of Asburv Park y j.. ccIebq4ted
BIZ golden wedding. the ffticth anniversary of
his ordination and his seventy ninth biEJhdly. AL
on the same day.
The Rev DR.. George D. G-1ndy. aged ninety-
three. is the oldest clergyman in England. and
l. still active in the performance Of the DUTIES OF
his pulpit and parish.
The Rev. stopford Brookc'- friends are raising
iumIs fer a leclurrsiiip in English literature at
University College. oxford 20 bee called stop
ford Brooke Lecture>aip.
During the first eleven months Of $50 Calves
ton shipped l9.55s head Of clttle-three times as
many IN lSrs. This put Galveston fourth ina
the list Of cattle exporting ports.
\ woman inventor Of Bradford, England. has
designed apparatus % remove wool rom skins,
employing an electric heshing knife which in
Jurgs neither the wool not the pelt
IN a suit 10 recover the price Of a bicycle sold
on the instaIlment plan. an Albany court has d.
cjded that bicycle u not necessity 90 girl
under age working out a. domestic.
At the last meeting OF the Society for Ethical
Culture ia Munich q plan discussed To- estAD-
li-h public hhrarie~ and reading rooms, taking
those Of AmcricJ and England models
Three Partisan women. Nine GusJave Psraf.
jIme. George Ostheimer. and Vine. Gustave Rictr-
lot have offered a prize OF $1,000 to the irveutl-
Of the best device for saving life at sea
A new steamship liIe viii b established be-
tween St Petersburg and New York, and another
line from 81 Petersburg 10 YladiyOstock- Amen-
can capital 70 the extent Of Sl,JOJ0OU l. to De
invested in these enterprises.
Amelia T. Barr. author OF many suecessiJl
books. including The Bow Of Orange Ribbon
has abandoned her country place at Coru~alI-op-
the Hudson for the winter. and is living al the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York
China boasts breed OF dogs which is virtually
known in all Occidental lands. The sleeve pup
py'' as The tiny creature is styled. is 50 dminu-
tive that il can with ease be carried IN the baggy
sleeve Of the Chinese overSarment
Niagara power was psed long age a. I72j.
when tbe French erected . saWniH near the site
OF the present factory OF the PiJt-burg Reduction
Company. II was used for the purpose OF sup
plying sawed humber for Fort Niagara.
Coyeut Garden. London. has a contingent of
over 100 Old women who keep order. catching at
horses heads. ordering drivers TO stop or move
Oh. and clearing lines OF traffic. They receive small
salaries iTom the market pTopretorS.
The enormous losses On the high seas ase not
always brought to tie ewes of ihe reading world.
During the past three months the Lloyds have
records Of a loss Of t3 vessels. Of lls.sH tons.
In the preceding quarter the loss was zoo ycsseiS,
OF 25l.253 tons.
There are 100000 postal savings depcsitors in
Great Britain, who have accumulated Sjj,ot0,oJJ.
on which in ISIS. a dividend Of 2iz per cent was
paid leaving a surplus II S5.JJ0.oy1- Tie cost OF
the management Was OIL per cent Of the mean
amount OF the deposit
Minnesota is the greatest of all the wheat
states. Last yea. her wheat fields covered ucAgiy
J. .OOO 900 acres. and she grew upward OF 7s.o10.-
BOO bUshels--mOTe than twice the entire proGdf-
.ion Of the Continent Of Australia. and more than
that Of Great Britain and Ireland
Tie latest available statistics Of the operation
OF the postal savings system in France vss lsgj.
when :. 500. 600 accounts were handled. and per
cent was paid on Sli3.0O0C00. beside leaving
profit Of SI7O.GGG The management cost o. - per
cent Of the mean amount Of deposit
Paris has the largest library in the world 1t
contains upward Of 100000 printed books and
lsD 600 manuscripts The British Museum contains
about 500 coo volumes. and the Imperial Library
a. - Petersburg about the same number These
are the largest libraries in the world
The holly tree is mentioned in the earliest days
II Rome. Piiny wrote Of one that was standing
"a his time and said to be then 100 years Old.
h is a tree that will grow in almost any elm
tie situation or soil Many Of them in England
md Scotland grow to height of forty feet.
New York man has patented a collar button
which viii save trouble in fastening a stiff col
ar. the. shank of the button being telescope,
With an internal spring which prevents the sh'nN
IL n.lnrar