The evening times., 1900-07-10
NOTES OF TEE DAY.

1 INC tlDNu yves ot oaAsLl-
The lives os 2O7 persons we're sassd las year BY
] cd
The average annual rain fall in India within
forty inches
A Maine farmer found IN one of his fsids a few
days ago Spanish e0ia bearing tho date Of l-3f
Ihe coin Vas about the sire Of i0-lent piece
The average velocity Of cirrus clouds IS abo.t
times been Known 20 travel al the rat q 20 miI
an hour.
PeAin. China. has the proud distinction Of pub
hs,Iing Jhe Oldest neTsPaPer in the world i -
called the 'PekiB Gazette" and has been regl-
l2rly published since the year 1881 A. ID.
A project recently set on foot IN Hungary %
supply electric power in small quantities to home
workshops in the vicinity Of Budapest has re-
eeiFed the sanction Of the Hungarian Diet
Nova sco;ians are paying much attention TO
cranberry growing and find the enterprise one %
sreat profit. The only drawback Is the great Ia
Dor required IN keeping the Eelts secure from in
sect attacks
Chinese ooasulates pay. with two exceptions.
$3.50 with fees Shanghai is a $500 place.
shile Caeioo pays only 200 H0ngkouS pa-1
ss1-OO3 me notarial fees are. as a rule, oriy =
There are two weIl-knovn families in Devon
SHIRE, England the Carevs ard the Ca-eys. and
u IS said thar the nsrabers OF the Carcvz iarnily
pfg-ounee me r4nle Carey, while the CsreEs
call Themselves -'CareW.''
John W. Ccarty. on sanibel Island, has shipped
7ooo9 'EarerneloHs the presen; season. grown on
200 acres Of Lad. ssys tire Savannah Seus'' and
All have probably many more az bis disposal
before the close If the season
II New York city in the flH 4 private zutoulo-
bile stable VIII be built m addition 20 ts.e
cdTriage house. there ~ill be room Tor chzr.-
iEs the batteries and quarters for the men who
VIII take charge OF the vehicle
The farmers along a proposed trolley rosie from
Lyons 10 Lodus Point y. Y. distance fourteen
miles. asked such exorbitant prices to- the right
II way that the projectors have concluded 20 put
on a Ene Of electric stages instead
AiIno-t soon a. they are oui Of the shell
quail seem 20 have the power Of making them
selves invisible 20 the wave Of a wand TIE
ground may DE bare a hCcr bu- some
hos they manage % vanish utterly .rom -he eye
Two Western men have designed an autoa1zti.
IFrigating machine. having float 70 support an
endless ehziH Of carriers which raise The ,zs-er
over the edge q the bauk. power being obtained
from water wheel supported uuderuo4ta tie
float
Park seats can be used iuued--teIy after s4iu
when provided with a new English covering de-
vice. formed 0t an endless sheet Of fabric. which
passes acres the seat and around PAIR oi rollers
underneath. being received uuril -he dr. portion
crS-rs the seat
he new uay Of shaking hands IN Ps-.s is % rise
the elbow high a. tie ear, ard tGru take IT,
baud sf v0ur isiaHd in yours very Igh-ly iH--eas-
iHS ne pressure a. the hand desceuds 90 IL
original position Even hand Kissing Is being
revived among 4 certain set.
On 4l1nozs every 4th of Jg,y some asroa4ut
meets with 81 sad t-te. Many ssaensi3as ere made
a. country celfb-a;iels, Ficaics. etc. IN ho-air
balloons, snd il Numbers Of cz>s the aerial shi5-,
ca-cH on nre while FAR over the tree tops and the
result IN many instances Is fatal
Women viH appreciate q new hat fastener,
which holds the Rat soIi6iy on the head AMI
DIVIDES rhr strain on the hair two Ioac-tooth-d
combs beng attached Co 4 wi-e ring and mounted
N the hat. wiki ms-ns FOR ;iIting the ccmss %
insert the ross q tsera N the hair
\ pretty girl IN PsznsylrlHiz acaJ-,ry re-
gently took the crl,orielI prize st the Sradu4..:
exercises Her tcrcibIe IargulEe was OF such
a character thar the Young Ran Who was en-
gzged so ae married % her bec1ne alarmed for
his future and broke od the engagement
Toast a. an article Of food is..apidIy disappear
INK Il L nov almost impossible 10 get II II
Nsw York wherever one may order Il Fried
bread II nos accepted eyeryNIere IS the sub
stlrute Tor toast In spite a. the drEreucs IN its
taste. apPllr-I-e and eveTy other CllIiry,
Eagle hawks are very destructive IN Australia.
particularly in the west. ard reward Of >
sHiIlngs Is offered BY the G5vcrrulen- f5r every
One destroyed. the claimant having 90 produce 20
Justice % the peace the head and Jalons. which
are then % be entirely DESTROYED n his presence
According 20 an accounts tse 1osss On Chica-
g0's famous wooded Worlds Far Island. n
Jackson PARK. are sliH q great attraction Plant
et IN ~. they axe stiu beauties The border.
however oriSiaaIly % Tea TosaS has been rlanged
70 choice variety Of hardy herb1crOus psreaai4l
plants
II requires about four days 10 make an iaycsti-
cation o. the EseurilI the sr5a- spanish pl.aoe,
there being such a multitade Of roous and apart
ments- To traverse al the halls chambers, CORR
cors lengths ara depths OF lie great palace would
r1q-lTe a tour amounting N length 90 over
hundred miles
Tie most magnificent work OF arliitecture IS
the Tai Mahal. in Agra. Hindustan- II Is oc-
tagonal in form. o; pu-e white marble, iRlaid
with every sort Of precious stone The SOTk
took 22.c00 men % years 10 complete. and. though
there were numerous gifts and the labor free.
the cost Was Si5,OO0.0O0.
In 4 little patch Of ground in the neighborhOOd
Of Llyy1uviIle. Cal, there are several miniature
volcanoes in action. spouiiug mud aRd warm
water The liquid mud Is not unlike the lava cf
the more preteutious volcanoes OF the world.
IL streams down the sides Of the hills upcn which
the volcanoes are located
A persoH bora in the United States Of foreign
parents Vho have not taken oat naturalization
papers In this county. IS a nsturaI-born citizen
OF the United Statcs- having been born within is
territory. and i Therefore entitled 70 al the rights
Of a citizen He i a native-born citizen inde-
pendent of the citizenship OF MS parents
In 1901 there was printed in St. Petersburg
book containing interviews with many prominent
persons on the position Of Hebrews in Russia
The authorities interfercd ard apparently every
copy was destroyed One however found It's WAY
70 Berlin Il has been translated into Ger14ns
ard the original presented & the British Museum
The annual crop Of mushrooms in France Is
vaicd at 81 Ooo0Oo; and II Is said that there are
sixty wholesale Arms in Paris dealing exclusively
in them In the Department Of The seine IT ap-
pears there are some 5000 caves IN which mush-
rooms are grown. ard about Sp3 persons en-
plQyed n their culture, and rarely leave these
caves
company is preparing to build 4 road across
! the Great salt Lake. The route viii be over
/ the water Two trestIes siu be built, one
I eighteen miles long ard the. other seven miles
long. the prumOnJ0ry dividing the stretch Tie
company has completed all is Scryeys. and vors-
men are distributing material ard hIt.Hs oUs
pile drivers and bCGlS
| During the session Of the Republican Convention
/ IN Phladelphi1 there were cigars smoked By dele
/ gates visitors. and citizens generally amounting
/ 20 hlh a million dollars The street car lines
gathered in a quarter Of A million n nickIes and
| the Butchers bakers. cantleSti icknlsScIs e ID
| omne genus gathered ia about a million dollars
/ more The returns from Kansas City are not yet
| in
| FROM an industrial point Of view the Flemish
city Of Cheat ranks first among the communities
CT Belgium According to the recent industrial