The evening times., 1900-01-12
NOTES OF THE DAY.

united kingdom, about AZ 5000 are under crops
and grass.
An International congress Of Roman Cathoiic
workngmen will be held in Paris juriug tire COM
ing summer.
The total revenue Of New South Wales for the
year lsso was slI,500.OO0, the beet record ever
made BY the colony
The "Allgemeine Deutsche sprschverein'' ha,
offered a prize Of l.O0O marks for the best study
of tic slang used hy seainen.
The British soldiers dress was not always red.
IL was white in the reign Of Henry VII and dar.s
green in the time Of Elizabeth
London is twelve miles broad one way ana sey-
enteen the other. and every year sees about twen-
~ miles Of new streets added to IT,
improvements are being made in Bombay which
will reduce the density Of the population in Ger
tain districts from S3j persons to the to 600
Berlin is 20 have a network Of underground
railways u IS expected that two years will
sunice' a. IN the case Of Budapest, for eomplet-
ing it.
The direct telegraph line between Budapest and
London was opened few weeks ago. Tie dis
tance Is about 400 miles, and the route is via
France and Switzerland.
Dissension is rite among the members Of the
London County Council over the question Of al
lowing the public school buildingS 10 be used on
Sunday for meetings Ot a secular character.
Bjgamists in Hungary arc compelled 20 submit
20 queer punishment The man who has been
foolish enough 10 marry two wives is obliged By
law to live with both OF them in the sime house.
To render the subiect-matter and the neth5d %
"hisher criticism Ineligible 70 the MASSES.
series Of lectures by eminent scholars is being
given at the American Church Bible Institute IN
New York.
The eostliest thimble in the world is that which
the King of Siam has presented 70 his wife It
cost $4,000. is Of gold set with diamonds and
gr zsf.uaz and T..fg
lotus Hover 10 shape.
Many Yankee farmer, in Connecticut were swim
died recently by a sharper who secured advance
payments on q corn sheller which proved. on
delivery. TO be the ironshcd board made and used
b. farmers years ago.
Il Is observed by travellers in Siberia that the
effect Of constant cold j. practically tie same a..
the effect Of constant heat The people develop
q Dissemination to work and become strangers 90
ambition Of any description.
The effect Of the recent attacks upon the Eng
lish people and the Queen which have been ap-
pedriug in the Paris papefs is most apparent upon
the Riviera, where the business classes are in
despair and predict ruin1us season.
Tie German postal department now leads the
countries OF Europe. having forwarded in Isgs. the
number Of f.6f&. 600 coo letters. etc Great Brit
ain coming next with q. 40I 10000. while France
had 2-j75-000.o10 and Austria l.Og6.oO0D01
No comet 50 far is known. has ever come
in contact with the earth mingled irs substance
with our atmosphere. The nearest approach ever
observed was the comet 0f I-7H which appro8sil-
ed % within l.f10.D0O miles of our planet.
TdsTe arc no fewer than niuetq-sy tsInsIariars
Of Niltou's Paradise Lost" in the British M
scum. Apart from the great languages Of the
world. these trarslations are in Danish. Polish,
Nans. Armenian. icelsudr, and Bohemian
According TO d decision affirmed by a court Of
Frankfort on -tae-Nain. Germany. it T. unlawful
tor man ia the community TO contract debt
while be is without mouey. II the police find out
that he has done 80 he NAV be arrested and pun
ished.
Metal never r,l>ts in JHa waters Of Lake Titi-
caca. : chain or an anchor can be leiI I'm It
two weeks aud viii be As clean and bright -
bly, owing 20 tie action Ct some CI the chemical
salts in the water.
Nayor Phelln o5 ~au Francisco. being asked
by the public library trustees If he would rent
lsarttrs iH a building owned by him for 4 branch
1f the public library. replied that be- would give
he city branch library building. he vii build
DC soon as Ia eau secure suitable site.
Before tie Iri-a Inland Fisheries Commission
.ae witness said he MAS convinced that Irish sai-
mon was sold in the London market a. scotch.
ri-h salmon was about the best to be got and
re ~r1trhneH sIew that. and consequently sold
riS. I9 Scotch TO get a good name for their own
ISL
Vg.mHr, ia maple sugar stands first in the In
,u. making nearly 2,o000J pounds annually.
lore butter per COW 1. made IN Vermont than any
,thsg ~tItg-Wore pounds OF wool per sheep are
Tipped than in any other state. and more BUSH
- Of potatoes ave raised per sefe than lu aHy
.thci state.
IN tire region from Richmond. Va, to Portland.
3e.. s. 10000 capital Is invested in the wood
,usiucss- some ot the kiHdliug mills are eiah-
rate. In Ptru~y ivJpiI are mills ttiat cost SD
W. Thousands OF men find employment the year
ouud in cutting Transporting. ard distributing
sudirg wood.
An English observer has called attention to a
5uc overlooked source Of error in the magnetic
arrplss. This {, the nickle of which nearly slj
lsc~ made. the $uppc-itIon that this metal
5 non magnetic seeming 60 be general. although
IS I0rg ago - i-4j FaTJday referred 20 It's mag
ctc character well known.
This Years vintage has been an unusually sue
essfuI enc for France. both as % ths quality
nd the quantity Of the wines. The total pro-
uCticn for 1Sgg amounts to Los sE.3l9 gallons.
eing an increase OF 4l2 rs, So gallons over tie
int9ge Of Is9S. and Of 3ji2IS.3e1 gallons over
he vintage of the last ten years.
In recent paper by Francis GJl,ou on 'Fin-
er-priu,~ of Young Childreu. he demonstrated
has clear prints 81 an ten fingers Of baby
rt bv an expert only. Although new ridges may
ppe4r ia iufautilc lie The type Of each pattern
ers-tS all through hre. and If never douhe1ui 10
praeJiCed eye.
SIR William Forbes Catacre Is known to his SCI
ieg, under the nickname OF ''Bill Blch5Cher.
iver To- hiF because OF his clp1citv for hard
.ork Tie won bis reputation IN the British
rmv ru she recent India and sudan eampdlgr-.
lr E., Eilv--iV wears of age. and irom the tiTe
hat be- entered the army iH the tIkc Of tau-
ridge :, own Wdji'~cN. has passed a most active
Military career.
While Lord Roberts = >iv,y-seyeH years "ld.
.Icyauder the Great di,d tt thidy-tSC. Hannibal
-aS most successful at tlirty-oue. Cesar won
harsall at forty eight. Napoleon at The height Of
l. power Wa> forty, Wellington won dtcrioo &C
1rtv-siv Washington was rGTmandar-tn-Ch4et at
lrty-threc Grant was torty-three when Zee suf-
pnGcred and lee was hfty-elsht. and sheridan
vas famous % tGirt--fo3t-
It has been shown hy Koch ard others t.lt
DAD i a microbicide, OF gCrm-killer. and. at-
ordiur 90 Prot >crlGri soda or potash soap
$ unite q good disiufectsut. not only because -
rc ,li,{is but the combination itself Heating
nc water fIvors the effect. Re-Inous soaps are
of the b-.t djsinicctaEtS. NgTseiliCs soap *
err good q s"lutiOa Cf . ~ . per cent kiiss
he riosi resisting microbes
John Boutler, OF W1pakont ,I Ohio, has man
scripts and books that have Hcc5n handed down
ON father to son since the ninth and sixteenth
-ntuIics. He has original manuscripts Of tine
lde Of IJ;stinian she Great. Emperor Of Rome.
rtteu in the latter part Of the fifth century. lie
SO has original manuscripts Of the annals Of C..
oruCius Tacitus. the Roman historian. written
Greek, about the middle of the ninth century.
\ correspondent of the Boston Evening Tran
.rip; q" In d>crjbiug Judge Goodwin. who edits
Ie salt Lake Tribune. and has a cou>ieBt war
ire on against the NoTmoEs. because they are
breakers Of pledges" saws De Is ''as solemn rs
sphinx "a, uureIcnting : death. and as cold as
dogs na-e. lie will sit Cross-igES-d beneath
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