The evening times., 1900-06-05
NOTES OF THE DAY.

John Hrsg. reformed burglar has made his
reSPpearaHee in society a Salvation Army
Twelve doIlsrs ard thirty cents is the annual al
Carolina.
There Is high school in Munster Germany.
that has been in existence Tor more thsn taoas-
and years
The Amer Of ROunlsnia Is passionstelv to,d Of
flowers He is never happy unle1s surrounded by
floral decorations
Investigation commissions in New YORK in the
last twenty years have involved an expense 70
the State OF about S1,O00,000
The franchises Of nsArly I.OO' corporations IN
Texas have been revoked recently because Of their
failure 70 pay the state taxes.
The Boston Board Of Health has cisssed tuberes-
losls ss contagious. and requires reports from pay
sleians Of cases Of the disease.
Il does not take many minutes to inaate and
float the war balloons now used by The military
icrceS IN the field in SOU-h Africa
In coming such modern words as 'steleararn'
PhotograpiIr,' etc, the Japar1 have RECOURSE
10 tse Chinese language, We DO the Greek
The municipal authorities Of Lcndon are en-
gagged IN the establishment cf -steriiized milk
plants in different parts Of the English metropolis
For the last thirty years in Denmark the p1r.y
cf the let nas had a majority in the Cglauli.er.
while the hils has retained n power 4 minis1ry
Of The right.
In Is95 the British Museum stored away Ss2.57I
numbers q 5l54 English. scotch, and Irlsh peri
odieals and 6s.502 numbers of z92 foreign and
io-ial periodicals
An Industrious calcularor has discovered that
II would take nine years for a pedes-ri1n. walk
ing At the rate OF ten miles DAY, 70 traverse al
the strests Ct LoEd0a-
The people Of 81 Louis expect 70 spend on their
exposition the same amount Of money that VS.
paid for The L0uisiana territory IN lsJS-an area
Of lis, 755 square Hailes-
The eisht-hour working day has taken root IN
the d-y goods stores u Boston This l. tae result
Of an agitation by the M1sszchusetts Assertion
Of Working WCmen's Clubs
There Is a good field for artesian welI-makers
an Persia Water costs money IN that c0tntFy
where irrigation Is Of the utmost importance
for purposes Of cultivation.
Great attertion is being given TO the cultivation
ripens n that part Of the world a. a time when
other regions cannot produce IL
Recent tests in European manufact0ries have
demonstrated cunciusively that the hard wheat
q Northern Texas L particularly available Tor
making inaczroHl and other so-cailed paste
30 wonder is it that baTbarizm instead Of civ
nizatiOn reigns in China In The whole empire
there are oniy hfty-six papers published and
these reach only very small proportion Of the
people
Mlhmud Pasha. a brother Of the Sultan. Is aux-
ious % become newspaper man. and has tlkea
editorial charge Of the ''O=nsnii,'' the Turkish
organ Of Tie reforming party, which IS Published
When q swcde in his own country goes out 70
take constitutional vaIk Of . mile he has 10
walk much farther than lie would in any other
country The Swedish mile Is the Longest uiie
IN TIE world
There Is 4 horse in Havana Cuba. which. II IS
said. in 1--WE years has furnished 10 the medical
authoritios who him 1900 cubic cenlimeters
Of aHti-diphtheTiA serUrn, from which I,so0 cures
have been elected
The total amount 9f fractional currency isssied
during the WAS SIS. 7e4.0ls- Nearly s-.O3OOJo
Of this has never been turned IN for redemption
The probability ls that very large amount Of II
i being kept CuTos
In Eoticins the progress Of by-Products manu-
fsctUrers begin 70 doubt If there = any such
thing waste materials Furnace sag IS now
turned into hTeproof cement pI-s,er. and durable
brick Of SOL, grey color
Their Imperial Nsiesties the Emperor and En-
press Of Japan have from their early years ex-
celied IN literary attainuents- The verses that
have been made by the EnperOr since his corona
tiOn number hundreds OF hundreds
Miss Josephine Milford. Of Madison. y J.,
claims she has q bigger American flag than the
that is 70 be unfuTied IN PARIS He's meas
Ures 100 by s. feet Each star measures > fset
inches across- The stripes are i've feet vide
a microbe which viii wipe rzts out Of existence
He has tried the effect Of his microbe IN ware
houses. farms. and other places. and in % per
cent Of c=ses the rats completely disappeared
PennsyIyania's coal output Is greater than that
Of AL other parts Of the country combined. equal
II quantity 70 the mine returns q Great Britain,
and larger than Is taken from the mines Of al
nations IN the world except the United Kingdom
Gea. Pitt Rivers. the weII-knoxn archaeoIOsiSt
who recently died al an advanced age in England
Was president OF the Anthropological institute.
and presented % the museum al oxford a hne
collection Of articles illustrative Of savage lie
and embryo CIVILIZATION
The cotton acreage this year VIII be the largest
on record and VIII not faH tar short Of 26 0O0OOO
acres Cotton raisers also expect good prices.
fO- last years crop IN India almost total
failure. OUTS was snail, aRd the present Egyptian
crop Is not promising
Rural England VIII soon approach the condition
Of desert is the pathetic vail that comes froa
Yorkshire, the May hiring fairs indicating that
the rustic inn0cents IN e-er-InCreasiry numbers
into the Juggeruaut Of city hfe.
The paris EouveiIs'' SAYS. IN regard to the
work % getting the Exposition in order .'As
usual. when precision and energy are brought into
play. the Americans have been among the most
prompt Of a.: nations This mark applies equal
" 70 the exhibitors from the United States
An Illinois man has patented a guitar which
can be taken apart for storage in = trunk. the
neck portion being attached to the end Of the
sounding body BY a bolt and thumb screw. with
the upper portion Of the keyboard overlapping
the tace Of the body % form rigid connection
practical illustration Of the devotion Of Quak-
erS 10 peace among men Is shown in the refusal
of the Hanes Gauge Company 70 furnish apparatus
for the ships Of the American Navy on the ground
that the proprietOIs Cf the company members
of the Society Of Friends, and are oTI,sed 10
var.
4 Birmingham firm has entered into contract
. supply the War once with 50.ODg shrapneI
shells. which VIII Re turned out al the rate OF
: 5000 q week Besides Tins order, they are alsO
making shells for lyddite- The output of mill
tary cartridges Is between 100000 and 2.1o.O00
/ a week
/ New York State Is the great cheese producing
| section Of this country Last year 1t rnanufe-
/ tured 76 10000 pounds out Of total production
I of 2s5.CO0.OOO pounds Much Of this Was sent
abroad and reimpcrted foreign cheese Of all de-
scriptions- There nearly 5,000 cheese factories
/ in the country
A novel trolley car is in use in Berlin. Outside
Of the CITY II ru-s on tracks with an 0Tcrheac
trolley contact, Just IS the ordinary csr when
the city limits are reached extra sets OF trucks
are lowered and the car becomes an electronohiIe
omnibus. propelled by storage batteries carried
under the sides Of the car.
wooden slab, eight inches wide by sixteen
long, with the numbers 2o30 painted il black
letters. is all that marks the grave Of Gen Fred
I erick T Dent famous soldier Of two American
wars and the brcthcr-in-law Of Gen L. :. Grant.
This neglected grave is under the shade Of a tor
est tree near the flagstaff in the northwest cor
| ner OF the National Cemetery at Fort Leaven-