The evening times., 1900-02-07
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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terminei 90 plant truit trees al along the pub
lic high rUads OF France.
Isst year was q bad one for the British peerage-
lIe death list included three dukes. one marquis.
nve Caris- three visC0uuts and ten barOns. SeY
erai peeTages became extinct.
simpIon tunnel is now progressing a. the raic
months ago. and must BE- finished five years and
half from its commencement.
After two terms in Congress Charles Franklin
sPrague, Of Massachusetts,, proposes TO retire from
public life lie Is satisfied with his experience
His wealth is estimated as high s2O.Ge0.O00
Budyard RipIing's absent Minded Beggar.''
with ~ir Arthur SullivaI's music and r. CItOn
Woooulle's pictures had brought in $4,000 10
'he Daily Nails' war FUND by Christmas Day
Trustees Of Princeton College are considering
the adyissbility Of a department. for the systr-
matte study Of the principles Of disputation. %
prepare young men fgr political and professional
AZ Muheim. on Rhine. firm Of rope mauuflc-
J tuTefs makes steel wire towing ropes Eve and a
I. halt iuckes In circumference in one continuous
length Of nearly nineteen miles and Weighing
30 tons.
British possessions in south Africa imported
from the United states in December Szs7.s0I more
merchandise than in Ises. an increase of 90 per
cent. For the full calendar year the increase
va, Sl,t'2-ii- or = per cent.
feline friends Of the shah number %. each having
its nWn attendant and . special room for meals
When ,he Shah goes a journey the cats 20. too.
being carried bJ men On horseback
Jamaica has rejected Secretary ChaIuberIaiH's
proposition 90 Trade with England instead Of the
lnited States Tor q subsidy Of 10000 a yea.
Ians4icans prefer a reciprocity treaty With the
United States instead OF British bounty
Il would seem as il the japanese scneme for
house decoration lad reached the limit. and that
reaction W4s about 10 t=ke place among fash
ionable people Al al events there has been
outbreak Of japanese auction sales in all parts
Of New York.
Russia has discouraged the Introduction and
use o. tYPevriter- ca she ground that they aouiJ
facilitate Nihiii-tie communications, but the
needs Oi commerce and business have become so
admit The m4ciIIues-
New Orleans has secured the largest floating
dry dock iH the world. TIC dock Is being con
-trlcted by tire Governments. It VIII De- 80 feet
long 100 teet wide and - feet an dra2@ht. and
j, capable of lifting any ship ever built. IL VIII
Gust sl.y99oN. and 3 % bee completed IN ,ae fll-
~ other fbrauz pl.us except cotton is grown
.D any extent ir Central Asia In IeU place.
maiuw heup is iogud iu snail quartries. and
lflg durable yarn is made from il. bug the iu-
dustry Aa- not reached any commercial import
1noc- lne yarns serving Tor household use Culs
.----z tlc natives.
Statistics Of the criminal population % tis
United States show ,E.l only pes cent of tie
tot-l number of criminals are women The total
number is gJ.vaJ. The men psuPers ~ the oouu-
,rr 1utrumbe- the women by q slight margin.
and iI The matter of the insane there Is sca5crig
ans difference ia number between the sexes
Ilo fact tHat Porto Rico contains 40 large u-.
occupied areas has Ied some observers 90 repfe
sent the entire island as thicsiy popuiated Tn.
- r..r ..H- r.ar Hsr D. rH.e
able land las been a. some time under clItivl-
ZION there ore UsLT districts iu which not more
th1H 10 per cent ot 30 Is rrgr iu Use. except 1t
al1,A-II-slIE.
A ueU "r-Ll-ilI'- las been invented in R0ck-
H.aft, Ca, Ly d Ms. Roberts, one OF yHe JeucJs
ai which consists in Offering animal sacrifice.
Mrs. RobeTIs q rlgh uTle>Jess and she uoU has
eighteen followers She Sas formerly member
of ,h- Baptist Church for thirty wears one -
the belief, OF the faithful is that al who ride
l-clc-es siii bc damned.
The American society OF Clyil Engineers has
been discussing the sdyi,abilisy Of the gsuer-I
adoption ol the twenty -four-LoUr clock and
Charles ~ Miyer. = member oi the society Wh"
IS a uauufactlrry IN Maine, saio IN recent
speech that De had been using the twenty four
huUT system for some time and al has Workueu
like it and UrOer~taud H.
TIE rich south Africans in London have been
much criticised rur the small part the have tak-
ETA iu the var that l- r8w being fought chiefly
iu 'beir behalf The only woman who seems j'
ilIl. done anything Is Nrs. sydney Goldman, wife
0f Of the richest of the rrililoualres- Who l2S
gone 10 the Trau~yasl as a field nurse. Sne
rhe daughter of LORD Peel
B-rou Tolls expedition Organized FOR the rz-
pioratiou OF the New Siberia Islands and SsrHi-
kad land VIII set ont next June iron No-vegial
port. whence II via proceed the mouth Of the
Lena. Oh Tire hanks of which. Al a point above
fue town ul AIkUtsS. lL VIII pass r1e winter
During tlr summer oi 1921 the expedition WIZ
begin It's exploration toward The north
During murder ,-ial al Ne@ Brunsvlck, n
D.. the other d1~ one Of the witnesses testified
tiat i1 Hungary sll persons intending 10 imni-
CRATE % tho Jrited states are given 10 under
stand that nearly every American caFTIes t.
v0iyf- and IS very quick on the Trigger To
Ue-= al U-rSs-iaus 90 rSc knives and gus N
qulueiS
TH--Lria- ,lrre'.' -ay-. ''Tll Right Rev. d.
Bor,6eid lls been tie Anglican Bishop of Pre-
toria the capital oi Oh, TrausvlaI RepubIie. sar
the last twenty years Whsu the order came Cor
Jhc departure oi ali foreigners De- naturally de-
sired t0 obtain permit 90 remain and continue
his uliui~trtigu- 10 Li- n1gA Who are described Is
q most an bur-Eer- IUd subjects 20 the republic
We was told by President kruger thar be- was 1t
IiherJ, te remain. hut when the official permits
were issued none came Co ham, and his zpu.tgd-
tiou Co the bureau or committee having Gre mat
ter Iu charge met WITH Uu response IL 1iielIs
Jhat tire pruaIty for rgu-liuing in the republic
without q permit was twenty-five Iashcs and three
months iulrris1ruieut- The possibility % such
contemplate The bishop tCuDa himself unable 90
face such a penalty, ami accordingly departed
with tHe u.uts eLIeS-
According tp az article -u Hias MeueLiS q
Aby.sznsa IN tHc NosrIn5er Windsor Mas3z.uc.'
it would seem th4t this du-ky rulers govern
mrut 8, truly 'p-,eruJi'' one II a chiCi has
displea-cd t1m in some -igat manner he calls
him TO the palsc, and settle> she sc're 40 once
with heavy cane. TIE does not rebuze- the oi-
ieude.. nor put him O. public shame, hut, iu
truly tathcriy way sives him s1uld le5tir-
With hi~ oUu strong hands and the chief dJ-
parts the better Tor H. Again. instead oi Ss,-
ting reports about occurrence in the city from
his policemen gr other Sybard.uste-, De hlds oul
What Is going on himself ny the hcip Cs o.
powerful pair % field glasses. With these i1
hand. he spends many hour~ in tower Dullt tor
The u-ruo~e FROM which be can sweep the puu-
ciraI streets and open places. And a. the people
never know Uhru the Emperor may be watching
them they are careful what they do hlLS
Mcueiik ucrcoyr-. l. constantly supervising all
that goes ou To- the palace making his tour ut
he stops lJ che kitchen. which is a building BY
il-els. and secs what the cooks are doing now
he looks iu aI the treasure house. where the gold
aud precious things 5t the kingdom are guarded.
now at the saddlcr's and bi8Ck,mith'S; now De
watches the women making hvdrounel, and noys
the children chanting tGeir reading lessons ig
DUN sing-soHg. Or, again, he walks through
the gardens, where the fIuit trees are grow
ing many 1f them specially imported from
EUrl Pc fIr loves every detail Of g0rdeUiUE AMI
rs particularly interested la experiments in irr-
cation. rCr-llizing gnd Tie like.
In view Of the constant activity 10 Atlantic
cables which has resulted IN new cable every