The evening times., 1900-09-13
NOTES OF THE DAY.

ing gardens 10 free them from injurious inscc,-.
At the end of tba1sear 1885 there were I.55,
savings banks in Prussia. with c.0i9,Ja9 dcI'o-i-
Within a radius ot six miles OF St raui's
Cathedral, LONDON, arc located 255 railway sta-
tions.
IN spite of famine and plague the Indian rail-
ways continue to prove more and more ilnan-
eial success
1t requires $500 eGo 0Oo bushels of wheat every
Twelve moHghs TO provide bread for the worlds
| consumption.
Fred Archer is the Jockey who won the greatest
| number Of races within cnc season. In 1875 he
| rode in first 24e times
Cotton mill owners in Fan River. Mass. are said
| to be alarmed at the prospect Of numerous new
| cotton mills in tie South.
The karri tree. which is used 50 large
| iy IN paving the London streets, Is the giant
| tree CT Western Australia.
There is great sport in Sierra Leone in hunting
| for big game The hunters principal objects are
| elephants, hippopotami, and deer.
~. A model Of the human heart. working As in
lie and pumping blood through artificial arteries
| IS the WORK OF a continental physician.
| The petriied leg of giant has been uneartlsetl
IN FcHnsyivania and the Denver Post suggests
that 1t was pulled oft in prehistoric political
| campaign.
Office at Innsbruck. wheFe all wheeimen who in
tend TO make tours obtain information Tree
| Of charge.
In the Manufacture OF pocket knife in France
/ twenty-five workmen are employed for the handle
and blade. eighteen for a table knife, nine for
scissors. and six for Tazors.
| BY order of the London School Board the teacfi-
eTs IN all lis schools have tested the sight Of the
| children under their care. The result is that
255 per cent were found to have defective vision.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Watson, of Jackson town
| ship, DeKaIb county, Ind have lived Oh one
! ixt+
ding.
The machinery Of the United States is doing
the work Of one billion men. Today one man
and two boys spin much cotton as 1,la1
| spInners could have dnnc 100 years sgo O-,.
| weaver does she work of 81
! chIorotorn should not be administered 20 ;.e
same subject twice within week, il II can -.
avoided. because it has been shown thaJ is;
! elimination OF the drug is lot completely ~
} iected within 4 shorter period.
! The subjects Of the Sultan OF Turkey are aappr
IN the impression that the disappearance Of tae
{ sun at night IS accounted for by the dispaz.t.o4
I 0t the great lBminary to take few hours of ioc
prayers and religious reflection
! The large=t raft ever hoated on the Mississippi
! IS en- the wsy to St louis II l. 76s feet long
! and 258 feet wide and contains 0-5JGoJ1 feet
! OF lumber. to say nothing Of 81 carloads ii
] shingles and laths On is deck.
| Unique properties are possessed by the River
/ Tint0 III spain. Il pctrifcs the 6sud OF its bed
t and if stone falls IN the stream ard aIights
! upon smother n few months they unite and
become one stone Pisa cannot live in is waters.
| Dr.. Sven Hedin, the Swedish explorer. has not
/ been heard from IN more tban a year. He Is
supposed In br his way 70 i-s7~a the Trysteri-
ous capital q Tibet, have actually reached
that city. Dr. HetIin y making his second o;.r
/ ITO this part q Asla-
until November he win cast his eighteenth vote
for President OF the United States. He Is tile
oldest person IL Grafton, first voted 1882 and
has voted at every state election and Presidential
election since that time
Gout il rarely known among the vorking classes
ef Ireland. Their immunity from this complaint
Is thought TO be due to the fact that their food
consists largely OF potatoes II Is not usual now
ever, FOR working men any where 10 have gout
unless they inherit il. a. some poor men do.
In the losrolIing contest for the Champion
ship held II CheTuemag5u Bay, all records were
broken by Allie Stewart, OF Minneapolis, and
Joe Oliver, OF Eau Claire, sis. who remained
the log FOR eight hours without poles This is
at least tive hours longer than I'll. previous
records
There Is q rule OF the san Francisco Board OF
Education which forlids tie marriage Of school
Tnistresscs. Recently one % the female, teachers
married IN defiance o this rule and refused TO be
removed from her position as a teacher. Her case
argued before the city-s highest legal au-
thoTity, and the bride won.
The bund IS the name given in almost Al Lust
ern seaports to tho street fronting on tile Elter
This street Is usually the trade centre, and ru-
mers that are likely te affect trade political
conditions iy thick and fast about it A. most
Of these TumoTs are uniounded. II Is the habit III
the Orient 10 call story whose authenticity Ia
doubted "bunder.'
The new German code Of civil law defines the
rights Of husband beirG supreme in most So
cial affairs. He may prescribe the hour for dan
ner the manner Of serving it. the number Of SER
wants. and may limit the quantity of linen TO be
purchased In the year. but he may not open his
wife's letters under any cigcuTnsE Eanccs without
her expressed permission.
Tire Buddhist priesthood in Siam is divided IN
to two sects. The one known as the Maha Ne
kaia-tilc Large Body-is the older and more con-
ssrvatyc order. and represents the great mass Of
the people, while the one known the Hama
Yuta Nckiiaa--thc Body Who Follows Righteous
ness-is the new and more aTiStocratlc order.
and II its numbers the most scholarly men
Farmers IN the vicinity Of Kimb2Ii :. D.,
excited over the success Of experiment sue
cessfuIly carried out by o. A Crown who Iives
near the Bii0G Hills Mr. Crown became
vinced that his ground suitable for growing
broom corn u crop which had been hitherto IN
known in that section. He PlaDted bToam corn
in q patch q twelve acreS and VIII have crop Of
about sir toEs Broom corn i woFth about 500
ton
Thirty years ago. when Mrs anna n Smith
left Richmond Ind she packed IN larEe boxes
all her household good. ana personal property
and stored them there. Recently Mrs. Smith
died in Phiadelphi:. and her administrator
has opened the boxes Among the many inter
estinz relies wearing apparel Of every de
scriptioH. OF finest material. valuable paintings.
siiverwaTe. and dishes. In Gle box lot of news
papers we've stored
The peasants living on the boundary of the
provinces CT Jaeu. Cortova, and Grenada, IN
Spain, have been much excited by the rail of
thuudcrBoIt broken into small pieces They
twelve fragments OF aerolite fell. fortunately
without iuilE1inS apybody. One fragment weigh
ing about a pound winch picked mp VAS
hex2gCn1I IL shape had gray surface, ri:'l vas
Of d erceuisla color lnsie-
passenger on BoSton ard Maine express
train. the other evening went out the
platform to get cool. HIS bat blown of aud
in attempting 10 catch il he fel of while The
train VA, travelling AT the rate oi forty mics an
hour About an hour afterwards nc was dis
covered walking along the track with Jne cigar
ie had been smoking still between Ms teeth. lie
UTiHjITed ard IN addition TO Ais o,her good
fortune had recovered his hdt.
peach grower near Georgetown. ncl-. pro
tected lis trees from the depredations o! fruit
thieves This summer by conspcuou-)y disiiagias
this Isgend or s;grs nailed 10 ti.e fence strrsur
ing his orchard: Caution. This Fence l. sqf-
rounded by Live Electric Wire Tnr
ccIld be on the top Of the fence. strung
Il ,~ Il 4 NJ fflrf f1fft III