The evening times., 1900-01-29
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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! The rose was an emblem OF immori ality among
the Syrians and the Chinese planted it over
/ graves.
All glirn-b bearing trees or eonifers are especial
| " heaIthful, since they give out great quantities
| OF ozone.
Twelve hundred bottles Of eau de cologne viii
be sent to the sick and wounded soldiers in the
/ Transvaal.
The Minnesota Federation Of Women's Clubs
has deeided TO try TO save the beautiful forest
| about Leech Lake.
| Los Angeles Is a thoroughly modern American
city-a city Of churches, schools libraries clubs
and beautiful homes.
The olive crop Of the past year Of southern Cali
fornia including picSled elves and olive OIL Was
estimated at $4,000.
The ncw German postage stamps represent the
values OF 5, ). 10, 20. p 30. 20. 80 - pfennigs
and l. ., 8, and ; marSs.
In many parts Of Europe it is at the present
/ day considered omen 0f ill-luck for a hare to
cross the road of a traveller.
Our foreign trdde-expOrts and imports together
List year Tor the first time touched and
/ ceeded two billions q dollars.
! In Holland and Belgium it is believed that III
luck Is TO follow all through life anyone that,
accidentally or otherwise. kills a stork-
| Scotch and English nilkmaids believe their
J cows win Ego dry II they forget % wash their
hards when they are through milking.
/ patent has been taken on; for stocking into
/ the top Of which threads OF india rubber are
woven, the stocking thus being seif-supportinS
Tie American hospital ship Maine now at Cape
| Town. has on board two bogsdeadS Of hne cd
Madeira vine, presented By some isdies Of spain
Nearly 5000 cats were received last year a. the
LOnGcn Institution for Lost and Starving CIts-
Tie number ct unhappy felires increases annually
The tramways. omuib,se- and underground rail-
wsys in and around London. within radius %
five miles. caIry each year, il IS calculated aboug
4j3,O0o.oJ0 Passengers.
In the pest ten years the production Of wheat
has increased 81 pet. cent in the South and the
number Of hogs raised there has during that
period nearly doubled
/ Too much forest growth has as dalcterolIs an
effect on climate as too little. Careful tr8iHin:
i and trained care needed D. keep the balance
I really beneficial 70 mankind
| The statistical maniac calculates there is one
! piano for every seven hoUses in the United King
dom, and each instr1ment costs on an average
$50. the enormous aggregation is E20G1goJ
/ The warden Of the Jail at Chicago i. about to
1T the female prisoners to work cuitva;ing roses
lie believes that eventually their cultivation VIII
. raise the moral standard Of those who tend ,hem
Among many of the celorsd people o. the south
{ the superstition prevails tnst IL is good luck
! to meet frog. they believe the one thus Hvored
il about t. receive money from some Unexpected
place.
+ Woman are ROW street c..- conductors in SIN
/ ti5go, Cl.le- They we5r neat uuiirrm FOR thc'r
/ dr:ties and When auy trouble with oh-tr-perous
men passengers coIne- uQ. they blow whistle for
/ the police
J Il is commonly believed among The p,l-7-tfy
! in the Ur.I Mountain. Jalr for d wolf 20 see
I man before OBJ. man sees the wolf b. omen
that De viii be- struck dumb" and 50 remain As
Iorg as the wolf lives.
Chicago now Als lu 4uJgmgbiie FIRE wagon
Chemical tanks. hose. etc. are carried in tAr hes
wagon and there are seats along ,le side for fAe
firrmcu. The vehicle Is ua by e-eetr.eij- and
Ialke- ten miles su hour
Tie fact that most Of the artillery practice in
tho Trau,ysaI Var hs- appeared ineffective on
both --de- need surprise no one. lr IS we'll
known fact thst On an average only oae 'u.leI
0u. oi j00 fret IN battle strikes home.
Two decades ago the South produced annuity
bet 100000 tors of bitumiH5us cold; t.at prod
u,t his now reached the f9000.09o mark. end Of
tHs A.. 40 sqIIrc mile et coal fields n Tho >1uth
Only about 1000 are uuder Development
Ifve-tigtfiau h1s convinced the Commissioner of
iybor statistic IA C9rre,t.cul thar electric light
.Hg is furnished BY private companies To- Hlniei-
palj,ies cHcipig rgw that m7HiclIi owner
ship would bring 70 saving worth eoHsi'eflNs-
Through tine influence Of i-e women who TOOK
up the matter Of planting and culnvating trees ca
College HiU. Cincinnati q dilapidIted locality
has become attractive ard property in that src-
tion has advanced . peg cent In value ln tr0 G.
three years.
The London CllcH.,lc'' says that While Coz
oucI Baden PovsI-s book on scouting has to b"
purchased by English soldiers AZ its published
price. within week Of its appearance 10 U4s
trars5t-d. published. and distributed without
cost 70 every soldier iu the German army