The evening times., 1900-01-22
NOTES OF THE DAY.

An association has been organized by the bust
| ness men OF Asheyille, \. C.. to preserve a large
part Of that stili weil-foFested region from the
| ravsges OF the lumbermen.
! In Manila a Filipino was asked to identity
| some soldiers against whom charges lad been
| made The couldn't do il. "AB Americans
/ look alike 70 me-, he said.
ApropOs Of the use OF the Marconi system 4
wireless telegraphy in the war in South Africa.
II has been proved that eanHOnading does not
interfere with the transmission Of message.
Packs Of wolves. driven from the mountain dis
tFicts OF France by severe cold, are causing ter
ror in the vicinity Of Bidon. The villagers are
| keeping their houses and barns banieaded.
The number Of French newspapers and perlodi-
Gals continues 10 grow steadily For Paris the
figures have nOw reached 2.6Sj. Of which lf2 are
| daies, 726 appear weekly and ss3 monthly.
The board of education and the police departs
ment Of New York the two most expensive
departments Of the municipal government. C0l-
iectiveiy their maintenance costs S2j.000OO0 a
year.
physician declares that q person in robust
! health walks with his toes pointed to the front.
while one with his health on the vsue grad
uaiiy turns his toes to the side, ard a bend
Preceptible in bis knees.
| number Of firms in the shopping districts Of
New York will shortly present to the Manhattan
Elevated Railway Company a petition requesting
\ that company to adopt some measure that Wilt
lessen the and din Of the elevated structure
Exclusive OF private charities England spends
something ike eIsOO0.0C0 in providing for the
necessities Of the poor. u has been estimated
that in London person in g Is supported by
public charity. while the proportion in New York
y l in 2O0.
The golden eagle has been so successfully pre-
served in Ro-shre scotland, that the city council
has at last been forced 70 Withdraw it, protec-
ton OF late years it has increased rapidly
that hares. rabbits. and pt1rmgan are no longer
sufficient 70 supply its needs.
Along the streets OF Paris during the holidays
all manner Of absurdities supposed 70 be appro-
pirate to the season. and topical in character,
were sold. One OF the favorite toys consisted ot
two figures. John BOIL and Bosr, which we're
made TO fight by pulling string.
| II is reported that in Austria the custom Of
boxing the Of soldiers and recruits has been
50 and So violent that thousands of them
have suffered such impairment OF their hearing
as partly TO unfit them for service. The minister
OF war has recently issued a prohlbitory order.
The Beers are very much afraid OF tine seIrci-
| light. They asked an Englishman vino has since
| arrived at Kimberley many questions about IT,, e.
pecislly whether it penetrated kUpies They dlsJ
enquired whether the British had guns which
bred shells around the corners Of rocks and hills
company delivering milk in New York offers
500 10 be distributed 70 the ten drivers Wlio
turn the greater number OF its bottles during this
year. These bottles Cost about ; cents each. and
thousands OF them retained By customers. 70 il
said repositories for jam and similar dehcacies-
The army OF the British Empire including Br,-
ish India and colonial troops costs more 20 Keep
up than that OF any other nation in the world In
round numbers France pays EZj.D9D.GOG annually
for her military defcnces. Germany E30.O0O,G0D.
Russia the same. and the British Empire E3s.-
on, go
The Indians q South America use curious
poison which i called ezsaL 4 grain OF it las
the effect Of starting an irresistible desire Tor
eNertiOn. The victim begins walking briskly
round and round in snail circles tin he drops
dead in his tracks. There il No pain, bur much
excitement.
There is probably not officer in South africa
ashting on the English side who ever took p4rt
in campaigls prosecuted against white men a.
cOryiing 20 modern tactics. On the side 0f the
Bcers there scores a trained European Of
GERS who know What the authorities recommend
and admORish
In Mexican match factories AT lsboy i ask
wOrz- Women are employed outside the factories
to give shape TO the boxes Wood brings from
: to pesos a cord The price Of matches vlTies
from zoe. to S5-2j gTosS. according % size q
box and quality. TLe principal factory is in tfr
State Of vera Cruz.
An English cathedral orzsuist divides his H.
low v-Org1nIss ints SiX classes: Those who express
both themselves and the composer those who ey-
pres the composer alone those who express Them
selves alone: thcse vino c8ricsture both; those
who express other peoples views, ard those Who
express nothing al all.
Tire Kruger statue. projected a. Pretoria. Is
flrro,s for two rpdsors: First because the artist
was daring enough TO perpetuate the tan hat;
and, secondly, because the top Of the hat is hot
low and - to b. Kept flled with water. 80
that the little bird may have drink. This IS
the thoughtful idea Of Ms Kruger
Though the distance i not less than thirty
miles. the sound Of firing LadvsUliJb is aid 10
be 80 plainly heard at Este0uFt that the reports
Of heavy guns Supposed 10 he the two naval 49,
inch guns. follow ed By tbe bursting Of Iydd1te
sheilsl be easily distinguished above those OF
the Boer 4N-Pouuders and the smaller guns ca
both sides.
Miss Victoria TuHs, nurse in ore Of the Ma
Mia HOSPITALS. writes thus TO friends in Kansas.
Il am in love with Manila. We are living in the
late Admiral Montojo's residence. II Is simply
grand The nurse have Exed up this place beau
tifulIv some o. the hUe mahogany furniture -
still in the house. and used in our living rooms
and reception hall j. Is al inlaid with pears.
and the carving is beautiful. We have a Roman
hathtub: IL is big enough for four Eve 70 bathe
in at once. and sometimes do; az least two
of Us did last night There are over loJ nurses
here and yolf imagine how we must double
up at times
In some wireless teiegidIfuf tAhffl0itl.t- ht-
tween the top Of Mont Blanc and ChamouniN a
number Of interesting facts we're brought ont re-
Gently bv Nm Jean and Louis LeczrTne. The ice
and the absence Of liquid water did not apparently
have auv effect on the signals. The clouds also
did not have auv influence on the WORK Of the
apparatus. and though the receiver was a.
fected bv Atmospheric electricity, Il DID not spoil
the messages The most serious difficulty enc0un-
tered was d,1e to the three-phsse electric light
system OF ChamoUuix, which made telegTdphy iul-
possible at night. at least with the form OF
coberer emplUyed ChdmCUHix Is 1000 metres
above the sea level and EallOt's observatory
where the receiver stationed. Is 4,s56 metres.
the Ineal distance between the two stations being
seven and one-hah miles. The uInsuliJLug
mast wire was tWenIy-6ve metres IN length and
the coherer Bscd was one OF the BTaniy gold
filing pattern.
The town OF Huddessfeld. Yorkshire. England.
stands unique in the world the only to"a
which absolutely owns itself in every respect
Beriupipg life in a municipal artisans dwelling.
the Young man rides To his work on a municipal
train lie gets his gas or electricity ITord the
civ His wife rents gas stove rom the cliF'
purchases her produce from a municipal fnarhcI,
and hrys meat that has been prepared Dt inuh'-
cir,I butcber Both use the public baths, sni"Y
~. ci,v's parks and Send their children 70 the
cjtv's Fairgrounds. Their house refuse is moved
hv the city. When III they go to the city hoslii-
tai; OF, if unfortunate. to the municipal lodging
room Their letters collected by city post
man And in a thousand other ways their daily
life comes in close contact with the city govern
ment At last they are buried IN a city GENE
tery. This may be socialism, or it may not be-
The citizens are satisfied. and approve Of every
municipal enterprise
Beginning with the Trojan war. which is usu-
ally regarded the first chapter in European and
Asiatic history says the Cincinnati Enquirer it
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