The evening times., 1900-06-02
NOTES OF THE DAY.

/ Japan, amount 10 q million dollars
! The webs Of taszntlslzs are found to be very
useful in making threads for balloons.
Petroleum occurs in Algeria, and al oraa there
I Il tract 10 miles in length that Is said e be
I exceedingly rich in petroleum
Jeferson DAVIS birthday. June s. isfa legal
hoIio=y IN iouf southern States: Fi0-f11. Yir-
gina. South Carolina. and Georgia
Dsvotees % coffee drinking claim that the re-
% ssht teis ssoE that the beverage rather
th2n retafds mental and bodily waste.
The mortality from Pneunoni4 is still quite high
in tie German Army. Every soldier eonszles-
cent from II has iuriossh u four weeks
The value % Tr4nsvasi mining, machinery Is not
far from 47.000.009. Most q the machinery
I tabout S49O0o.oOO WORTH il on the wifE4ters-
/ rard.
| The Commander -in-chief o. the Army Of Morocco
/ Is ScOtchIEsn- He is the son of the Maclezn
I Of Loch Buie- ad his father Owls a great part Of
/ the Isle Of Mall
All sorts Of healing pools can be found At wha-
/ k2re~4rewa. New Zealand- There can hnd
geysers hot springs, boiling pools mud voleEnoes,
and hot waterfalls.
The new English halspenHy stamp in green. As
IN lss0. has reason in thar IL falls IN line with
/ the naltpenny staHsFs used within the interna-
I tional postal union
In Southern France successful eforts have been
I made 70 arrest forest rres by growing the juicy
I cactus plants in open spaces srp1r4t5ng the sec
uons u the forests.
/ SWedens seventh ironcIad Of moderen type. the
Z Iristigheten. was iaunched az COthenbUrg. My
10, IN the presence Of the minister OF the marine,
3 several naval officers and others
/ Tie number Of vessels passing through the SauIt
Ste Marie canal prior u Nay I. was AZ carrying
f75,fs2 tons q freight. In 1899 no freight p1sset
+ throogh the canal before Nay l.
] In NsnehuIia the haTsbor Of Port Arthur Is 10
I be eNcayated and = new hzrbOr Is % be built-
( The PRESENT channel viii also be made GeePar-
/ Dredging VIII be done By hydraulic d-edgeS.
The golf fever is raging in singapore, which Is
/ practically Ciinese city. There are two clubs
I and the m-nbers are very enthusiastic The eli
mate Is 80 hot that the golf balls are kept On
The highest court Of appeal in Great Britain has
sustained the DECISION that eirculating Library
| can be held peclniaTily responsible FOX Ebelous
statements contained IN any Of the volumes which
| it eiTculztes-
/ The Oldest newspaper vender in Ireland * a
resident Of Kingston who has sold nevspapers ior
more than half a century he has had among his
patrons more famous nlen and women than ans
other man IN tie United Kingdom
Petroleum occurs in Algeria. and at Uran r1iere
is a tract 80 miles in length that has recently
been examined by French Government ecologist
/ The district Is said 70 De exceedingly rich IN
petroleum. resembling the oil reglOas 0f BzkG
/ and G4liciA-
One Of the. Irain hozae industries Of Donegal
county, Ireland, Is the knitting o.; socks. The
market price Cor them per pair is very lou, bot
many old ladies engage IN the industry and are
. fully satisfied with the compensation for their
pllasgrable labor
White ants are amOag the pests AZ Naniiz- Tney
have a foudnezs for wood and make tieir meals Or
. furniture S,rnetiIncs they devour tie Iess of a
chair. 50 that when person ats do.-n the chair
erinli'les uEcer hiGs and be uHgr4eef1lly takes =
seat On the floor
rim n -rr~ ~ra--
+ views regarding Sund-y anus meats Tie COR
seryatiyes beginning 70 recognize the fact that
II Is no SIN for Workingnnen Who have q other
1 time for recreation. 20 enjoy Themselves On the
I hrst day Of the week
4 Whether it Is due TO the recent eclipse OF Eot
amateur fishermen are inclined 20 believe that
I there vii be more than the average desree Of
piscat0ral sport during the present season. Land
lords IN the mountain regions al over the country
I are looking for a multitude Of guests
( St Louis in addition 70 its Ilneutable strikes
is .laying lots Of trouble. servant girl famine
. prevails in the great Missouri city The state
I employment bureau. which = looked on as a last
applications behind with this kind Of help.
Pearl fishermen dispute the tale that the oyster
Of commerce ever contains the genuine gem 1t
l. in a very diferent sort Of bivalvs that these
jewels make their homes. The pearl Of an edible
oyster Is pretty TO a degree. but at the best n
only counterfeit pgeseHtment' Of the regular
article
The Oldest pTseticing physician in this country.
Z if not in the world. Is Dr. JOAN P Wood. OF
CoaeyviIe, Kan, who i in the ninet ninth year
Of has age he Is daily called 10 give attention 70
the ailments q people IN his vicinity. and in
sp:.e Of his advanced age is in an exceIleut eoa-
/ dition Of health
Miss Alice Cunningham Fletcher. who Is best
known for her remarkable work III ethnoIosy Is
| a friend q the Indiaus- II due 10 her efforts
I that many children Of the Onahas were sent 10
the various Indian schools. AZ the reyf1est q the
Government she wrote book In,I4R eivlliza-
tion and education
/ There Is a little town in Harrock County, Ne,
called Blue Bill. which has the distinct honor Of
being the only toxin in the world poSseSsing
bean Kin In this furnace Ove- - per ceat % the
people q the locality hsve thHir beans baked lis
patrons claim that tae delights u a fe4s Of beans
baked in this '-kill.-' they call IT, is beyond
comparison
/ Maurice Hewlett. whose Forest Lovers and
Little Novels Of Italy.'' has put him in the frst
rank Of English story writeIs resides, when he IS
az home IN Talbot square. Bayswater. London
His wife Is a skiiiful pastel painter. and their
httie boy Ct :, child Of remarkable beauty, Is
known 10 multitudes thr0uEh having served as
mOdel for both Aiilsis and Leighton
Bank experts say the counterfeit bill shows
| better work On the right-iand side than on the
. left More care Is taken to make the WORK accu-
rate because unless a nan Is left-handed it Is
Suston2ry IN counting pie OF bills TO hold the
1 LETT encs Gown and turn uIi only the right ends
I The assistant teller IN city banks row reyerses
the process and turns the bills with his LETT hand
An outside but interesting feature Of events
connected with the recent eVliIse Is that the
/ derful phenomenon did not 1care anybody. Time
was when even in civilized countries such events
4, caused many unhappy hours 10 nunbs-s OF 81
J -pefs1Etio people. The masses, however have
been eGucSted 10 a de-ree that blnishes al fear
I oi evil results from such Occurrences To the
! pEblic pres this Is due
A wonderful phenomea0n has occurred among
[ the fish in the harbor AZ Sydney. New South
/ Wales The waters assumed coppsry hue. and
| fish BY the thousand have died whether from
( the large quantities q disinfectants Of various
| kinds which have been washed into the harbo-
these fsh have been lefr On the foreshores y the
harbor, where they lie rOtting and making the
/ air pestllcntal
Christmas Island that We - often hear about IS
situated $50 rziles south of Java being twelve
miles long by four 70 Eine niles wide. having an
area q forty-tree square miles Its climate IS "a
vOrahle. the temperature varying from % degrees
to SO degrees eeEtIerades the soil is fertile, and
I lime. The trees have remarkable development;
| in some plaees the sago palm reaches q height of
! sixty to seventy feet
There are $4,000 volumes in public libraries in
I Mexico Excepting the American republic the
ancient Aztec nation is the most progressive land
in the world in proportion to it, existence There
are IN It's domain .7sS pOstOfices 5lT steam fac
tories 1S6 public buildings. 79ooe kilOmeters Of
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