The evening times., 1900-02-14
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The C5nuadian mounted troops which lair Hill
Tax, the thrd TO go % South Africa since tHr
war began. is said TO be a. fne body OF men -
ever followed the cOlOrs into the field.
Al a meeting Of the Massachusett, As. citation
oi Boards Of Health the statement was made thIi
The average city milk contained from 100000 to
lo'VOO~9 bacteria per cubic centimctre.
There is man almost eight feet tall in y,w
York, and he is TO be exhibited in a few days
tie calls himself Hassan All. and sav. he is an
Egyptian llp arrived in this country from Lon
don
Satisfies concerning building operations show
that the wear ls03 was one Of great activity The
total for tVenty-one cities was 522g $4,000 n tsg9
and Sici,5J0020 ia ISIS. an increase Of over $50,
The tNenty-fith anniversary Of the foundation
OF the world, postal union is 10 De celebrated b.
congress az BerEe mkt July The countries now
included iu the union have a population Of about
a billion.
The Manufacture and use Of false teeth is n-
doubtedly practice Of much antiquity Tie
ancient Egyptians were no mean dentists. Jaw
bones Of H.umnies have been found with false
teeth in tLem, and also UiCh teeth filed with
gold.
Tie fashion for decorating fower5 with various
kind Of paper very rarely produces agreeable
aesthetic results. When colored papers supposed
to match the tirts of the flowers 20 contrast
with them used, the general effect is likely
TO be distressing.
plaster Paris design for an ''Uncle sam hat
probably tine largest il the w0rld-eontaining
within its crown practical models for upward Of
200 distinct STYLES Of hats by twenty
uationaiites. viii be sent from rhisdelPhia 90 the
Paris Exposition.
Scotch divorces are rapidly Increasing in mum
Der. During the last year the Court Of Session
has dissolved 175 marriages. compared with l35
in ls.'-, and the annual average Of the previous
ten years wss only III TW0-thirds Of the sc-
tions were brought by wives
Some OF the Parisian journals are excited over
the prospect that street cars viii soon be ope-
rated upon the PRINCIPAL bouievards Of the French
capital They say that the beauty of the CITY
will be ruined, and that If Paris loses its beauty
its fame viii speedily decline.
Missouri has PAS men under arms and 100000
men who are ft for military duty while Nebraska
has only or enlisted and l51 92G available In
Ohio the militia consists Of 4l8l men. with Gj1-
OO0 AVAILABLE. AID Wisconsin has militia force
Of 2.s36. with an available force Of 3'2.L52 men.
HIiter4cy in Russia exceeds that Of any other
country claiming 20 have a civilized Govern
meu,. In 10.O0O villages of The vast empire there
is not a school. and it is estimated that not 20
per cent of the p1pslatigu - the empire has az
qursd even the rudimCuts Of a common school
education
The present militia force q Illinois is made ~
~ 7.2U3 men. Oi The commissioned officers there
are three generals. twenty-five members Of the
general staff, four engineers. tweEty-nv" cavalry.
thirty ligh, battery. 80 infantry. and taree ot
the signal corps. making total o. Ia HE en-
listed force consists ID 6.6l5.
sitk4. the capital Of Alaska. has free reading
room. All the houses Of >.Jka are oi wood. bur
many oi thsm are new and modern. This one 10
old and was Dui.t by the Russians before me pnr.
chase >itL3 has a pspGlltIou ~ l.J.N. lhv' -
.-E-r. +rffr. Is r.
tanned by private subscription.
In addition 20 having Eils Ewing. the largest
woman in tine world Missouri has the smallest
married couple IN The world They arc Mr. aud
Mrs Willie RAY ~ DunsiH c0raty. who have
lust returned home boz spend the winter Taey
are each rErae feet tall srd Weigh ordinarily
about thisty-sizht pounds -'rh-
In ri,. calendar year $50 orr lrgest import -
gold was trau Australia. SIz.5l-,I0J. he second
Ilrzs-t - az7 o8G. from Clsadl. The thiri largest
S-.~a.0l1. from British Columbia tk-ondiAei-
England -,oad 9Th - shipper 7f gold a. -
--rdfue - $1,000, N,.ica sixth. sending N.'-s--
Ull. France seventh. wish S5Sl6.Joo
A certain Dr Cs',yr has scheme to- secure
power 5sr.st.. iron. she sun ay -n arrangement or
curved mirrors ard lenses in -rsl manner g. to
g.-retrtr3-. the suns rIE~ aaa produce IufeU-e
heat ~ a given point where 70 may b- utilized
There Is ru doubt that this can Do done. hIt
the important question = VIE nrf such method
be nr5ds commercially tfa-inIs-
e. p Felu. the armies Belgian artist is de,S
40 the age Of seventy lie va. born without arms.
and while still baby vas taught by his motH>r
20 gather bi, TOYS with his toes. on becoming
man he studied art and copied hundreds Of tie
best masterpieces in Antwerp H- held the
palette with bi, lett great toe posed through t's
orihce like a thumb. - admirable we're bis pic
lures that both the Qussr Regent ~ spain ard
The King Portugal bought some q them I'd
bestowed decorations upon aim. while English
tourists were always ready buyers trfl The
last few wears he always shaved himself with -
feet. and bis 1Et grievance Was that H7 .'1.' Mt
gain mastery over the 1utt.uhale
...nathrr deprivation that must always b. sltF
fa'..- writes an American woman iu Msuiil lis
r,ls }4ch OF fresh fruit and -Ve,. mills Iaer. 8
r-t such q thing ss a berry ot ,ny SORT ohguv e
any small .IIiJ. TIE ia~ip'd banana. the mango
aurIt and mango stems are plentiful. Do is trHs.
and iH the way ot vegetable lettuce. tomatoes
cUCmbers. and poor quality 7f sweet corn nay
be had. and matter of course. 1nli' dad
everything that Is canned. hgf what woman who
herself puts up Esr own frlIlt. "s ~Ipervf--- IL.
viii e8t timed IlomiUatlau- or IS willing t' r-e
condensed milk. Nearly on tales ot foreign conn
tries leave ore iu the same frame II mind rrlt
characterized the >oorgEUaH from PEBBLES. WHO.
after r,itiu. glasgow end EijuhrrS- ssit. They
may De gran. yen cities, I orUaI d'.t "at
pao5leS for m-f
Tests ot tae new If-srca -e@meu,d wire gsn
made al the ~luds H.ak Proving Ground under
somevHa. novel conditions. Tff, big -gr is TO h-
fred dsfIy tar an entire month st the r5re Of tn
shot, a dsv with tuIi charges ri -woEe'e=, pos-
der ard 51--puuud rraie.tilc-. b. means of ,Hcl
a crucial experiment.. which VIII cost more fna1
the contract price Of the gun i,seli the Board of
Oriulrsc ard F1rtifCJtior~ hopes g. arrive re-
an e1rly and definite conclusion as To- the resi
vslIe and merits Of the new weapon. 7-iLcu
gun " the same type holds the worlds record for
muzzit velrgitv-5 @ go feet per sec nd-dud great
things are expected from the forthcoming trials
Of the heavy 19-inch wire wound gun E the
tests shall prove successful the way Wiz .syr been
opened for q radical departure from current ap-
proved methods Of Guu making
II Is uot generally known that Cen 81 Charles
Warren. now commanding one ,f the British IL
visions IN south Africa. is che same Officer who.
| ls n quitc Young ,ubaIteru Of engineers. dis
covered during the course ot his Palestine eNp.sra
tiou, the famous MJJ5i-e stone the lnscript' rs
l on which have CONSTITUTED 50 valuable CJutIIhu
tion 70 Biblical history, and 70 the elucloiiIen oI
! the old Testament lie likewise fOr a couple oi
/ wears directed and NAV be said in fact to have
acted as tine pioneer % the subterranean eNpioid
riou of Jerusalem l may likewise add That Cen
sir Redyers BulleF prior TO thls war on terms
of warm personal friendship with Mr- Kruger. AMI
that until year ago they were won, to exchange
cards If good wishes every Christmas. thsfE
friendship dating from twenty years ago, wHeH
Butler Lad a regiment Of Beers under his courranI
in the against the ZllLs, says correspondent
Going back into the history OF Shoes one reaches
the sandal. with an its ,aIi .au~ a. worn hy .be
Greeks and Romans, and tEe primitive boot ~
hussiu-iorlruHucr oi jhc laced boo, ci TO-DAY
sometimes made Ese -Judll with is- pi-rc
snd sometimes errsrir~ tbc t9o-; Jteu come tie
hide shoes with leather ties and fancy fronts
F4rlv Briteu- wore ,hae~ OF ttv hide. with Che
L a .rr. .rr..