The evening times., 1900-05-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.

it - Is sad there are fewer divorces among me
ohieSasaWs. than with sny other races Of people
Hardly y per eeat Of the total Empire Of Japan,
"nieh embraces f7ooo square miles is culiiTable-
The thirty three largest souns Of England and
wales wales have total population Of nearly I2.O00,-
Nearly all the elOthespins in the world used for
| tht purpose Of hanging out clothes are made in
! this country
There is private soldier in the Imperial Yeo-
many, serving in south Africa who has an m
come Of $4,000 year
Bombay receives its water from three large
lakes which receive their supply from region
that is intensely malarious-
An electric railway Is now running between The
north and south extTesnifeS Of Beriin- The length
OF the line IS lj-1s0 metres
Thursday Was the eighty-first anniversary Of the
nave entered upon the sixty-f0urth year Of her
The pupils q one school in Syracuse brousht in
IN one day Z5,oj0 cocoon clusters Of the tussock
moth under the ssinuiant Of prizes offered for
The catch Of salmoa in Canadian waters las.
year valued At s3. .l59 2G5. decrease Of s. 5eo
SIS when compared with the returns q the pre-
| Vious year
Passports are not required in Europe That Is
70 say, passport IS not needed to secure ad-
MISSION TO any Of the countries except RussiI
and Turkey.
A real scene Of troops in action hardly exists
Pictures Of them are taken az odd spells snd out
at dangers reach. suns and troops being Pcsed
| for the purpose
The great place Of guInbling.. Monte Carlo. 1.
( not IN danger oi a colap=e The company th1t
runs the institution mas just declared dividend
Of forty per cent
The pie bakers of New York attribute tire great
demand lately for their product 70 disapRearsnce
Of the belief that Pies are indisestible- Even
athletes rJw eat pies IN training
SoneNof the greatest fishing grounds Of th=
/ Great Lakes are in the Georgian Bay district
From the cold. deep. and clear waters Of Geo--
gian Bay thousands and Thousands Of rocky Izlets
rise
British soldiers viii be allowed 10 drink at Brit
ish bars during the var At least The secrtary %
War has requested officers 10 report the naIRes u
p1bhe4ns Eho refuse refreshments 70 Eeh IN en-
I form
Persons who have experienced the ssnsatioa
say il Is Eot difficult 20 fast One becomes used
70 IL in 4 weeks experience The discomfOrts
after that length Oi time are reduced % slnsll
proportions
For preserving timber from decay an Australian
has patented new treatmer; consisting Of i'm
uersius the timber in solution Of arsenous acid
and Al slkali Untl thoroughly iulpreguated. after
which a coating q sulPhste Of copper Is applied
American dentists can. according to recent or
cal reports and a good field Of operations in
Brazil 4 kno1Iecige Of the cOun1Tys language
i Of value ard skilled experience IN deaiistry,
c0Upied With IL l. bound 10 lead 70 road 70
fortune
Buckvheat cakes are going out Of fashion It
IS undoubtedly due to the great foreign POPula-
tioa iuhabiring regions where buekwhezt was once
king Of the breakfast table. Rye -four Is taking
the place Were buekOhe2t Vas AZ one time pre-
eEGnsat-
President Eliot, of Harvard. IS 4 good horse
man and frequently spends q part Of his vaca-
tion riding through New England When at
such times he passes country schOolhOuse he
never fails 20 dismount and visit is Il the school
Is in session
The astonishing total OF SGs5.O00 has been zeal
ized from KipIing's Absent Minded Beggar'' in
various ways. the proceeds going TO the families
OF men RShting in south Africa This is at the
rate Of $1,000 line, which doubtless breaks The
poetry record
California is the prince in the great art Of pTuBe
raising This delicious esculent vii be presented
to the people Of this country and ali other o0uR-
tries this year in abundant magnitude The STATE
will produce at the lowest calculation l25.OoO.Vo
p0uncs Of the Prunes thls year
Pilgrims Of al nationalitieS, who visit Rome
ere apprecating the use Of bicycles and in several
cases are anxious TO traverse entiEe Italy
wheels, Bandits pressDt~uo scare 70 a party Of
touriSts Who are armed AID equipped s1in-lentiy
10 keep the path they intend 10 Tuu-
Massachusetts, was the Arst state 10 establish
Free Public Library Commission by the act Of
in COLORADO. Connecticut, Georgia. Indiana, lows,
hanaas Maine, Michigan, Nex Hampshire, Ohio.
Pennsyi ivania, Vermont, and Wisconsin
Ice cream freezers Of American manufacture
are sold al over the world wherever ice. either
natural OF ar;iacial is used The ice cream eaten
in Calcutta OF in Melbourne in any other city.
| European included. would be more than likely 70
have been made in an American treezer-
Tea drinking is a constant occupation for
/ Tibetan- In every tent and in every house the
kettle Is always on the FIRE The laws Of hospital
/ ity bind al 70 present tea 10 their guests, and
| every TIbetzn carries Kith hih a wooden bowl
/ OF hiHlalsyan maple BY way Of 4 tezcup-
| Cyclones are oonsiderate in Texas. Word CONES
from that state that a recent whirlWind picked
! I'D a young xomEn carried her on aerial ex-
cIrsiOn for thirty minutes Snd then after an ex-
| perience more sensational than delightful. re-
placed her on terra hrua without siIgle OValSe-
Church fairs are in no way numerous a
| they were in years gone by. The enterprises are
I not nrCftable nov. and strange 10 say there Il
some oppOsiyiCn 20 such euterprlses on moral
/ grounds There 4 too much fun and frIyollty
I connected With the heretofore considered harm
1 les gatherings
/ Tne oId-i2slioned stage driver, even in New
England, where he stiH fingers. Is fast passing
\ away, and those who have Travelled with him II
/ his coach are ready 10 shed tears AZ his passing
/ awsv Bicycles and automobiles. II = declared
/ can never deiace the memory OF JOYS experienced
I IN riding il the old stage coach
/ Two young men VINO were on their way home
1 in the Bronx region Of New York night or two
| ago were attacked by a Wild cat. 4 battle royal
1 OF ten minutes duration resulted which ended
I in ths defeat Of the animal. L was not cap
4 tured. however. but having enough Of the con
/ fict c. she'd away into the woods and escaped
/ Al the --latest electrocution in New York the
victim failed 10 succsEEb 10 go Tets. TUNED on
for Thirty seconds so the execauOners renewed she
volts for thirty seconds more Nhcther TINS meth
I cd Of killing i advance upon the g7IIlo-
tine, galioVs, ca g1rrote L beng questioned ol
/ persons interested IN the Law requiring capital
/ punishment
Arso1g !ate items Of social interest appears the
fact that the great and only PadereWski has be-
| come irnbtIed with passion fer ice cream soda
BE proposes 70 take the sppiizncts for making x
| home with hin. excepting the dear young GIL
| who would rather serve Ice cream soca on tlils
I continent than be queen OF any mineral Waser
I station in the old world
Strange As II may appear in these days Of ad-
vaneed civilization there is a feeling in several
communities akin to an endorsement Of the prin-
ciple OF corporal punishment In several countries
I il IS believed TO be Of advantage to the young.
| especially IN Germany, where after 4 long dis
| Of the Empire
There are taxes assessed upon the people Of
Orsa in sweden. This is accounted for BY the
fact that the community has. in course of a
generation. said nearly $4,000 worth Of trees.