The evening times., 1900-01-03
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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LytIdite. the new explosive. when taken inter-
naliy Is gentle febrifuge.
The University OF Leipsic has decided 10 expend
FZW.OD0 on a new agricultural institute.
The latest fad in German postcards is 20 have
an embossed head OF Kruger in one corner.
No natter how poor a man is he can now buy
'he Ne" Testament in English for a nickel.
australia has peace strength Of $4,000 and
:, w VT strength OF 5CO.00o. Her population is
The National womal.s Temperance rpio. has
heen organized ~ Belgium, with Madame KeeihoR
as secretary.
The orange crop OF southern California j. es-
tiInsted thi, -ea,on a. 5000 carloads. Northern
California citrus districts viii ship 100 cars
The Beers ard other residents Of South Africa
ward ~ horse sickness by rubbing a little tar
| or eucalyptus oil in the nostrils Of the horse
When he is out on the veldt
Germany, with population Of %. 27g 600. Las
2 peace strength of 5fj.OG0 and a war strength of
3,ll3oOO. Besides this. there is the Lsndstrlm,
Ct defensive army, Of 5.2O0.000
Tho year ~ B. G. was tire longest year on rec
oId. By order Of Julius Caesar il contained i45
S@lS- The additional days were put in 10 make
the seasons conform nearly as possible with the
solar year.
The Indians who. If not now, in former dsys
roamed our Western borders. practically with
out clothing to shelter their bodies. become.
4 through iDrE exposure. Injured 20 the cold
T II gave them but little discomfort.
/ There now remains only one people and one
/ little valley south Of the equator whose sover.
/ elsHty has NOT been claimed by soms European
I power O. Is the valley Of Bsrnfse dffv or sixty
m'ies WIDE north of LIalui. in south Africa.
( On the isthmus Of Tehuantepec a most remark
able flower has recently been discovered The
tree which hears it changes it, appearance three
times ddIy. fer in the morning the the blossoms
blue.
/ RU~sI. with population of 00.O00. 900. has q
peace strength cf $4,000. war strength Of 8 49,
Fhl These numbers could be increased in time
| or "ar- Inc peace strength of It4iv Is g22 40
war strength, including trained and unframed
f9rce~, @-5-j.5Gt
/ A Canadian company has applied 70 the Dr.
nrinioH Government for certain shore rights in
UNCOVER harbor They propose to utilize the
tides 70 generate sa electric power which Will
I serve Vancouver. New Westminster, etc. and az
the same time provide cheaper power
ot Oh the curious kinds Of lace, especially Old
! lace. the most curious is that which Is called
point tresse. It is very rare. and was made Of
human hair. French collector, .ay b. EXISTS i'm
The present day only in their cabinets. Il vas
confined 70 the early part or the sixteenth cen
tuiy.
lR New iors company has been formed for
ihr manufacture Of an lrmor for pneumatic tires,
using Unwoven. fiIous material which =
. Saitencd OUT into wide sheet aud covered On
one side with iJOse woven fabric o. keep it IN
pace hef'E Then t0idrd over until 10 atI5ins the
[ proper width
TLis year in Germany traction motors yer,
used fos the provisioning Of columns aad a.
though the roads through Che Black Toress were
steep aad IA places bad. the experiment vls
most successful. There were exceedingly few ac-
c-dsnjs. ard the motors effected a great saving
Ia both men and horses
In the United States the first class passenger
fares lat year averaged s.If cents per mife. In
EHs and the first class iarc j. cents per mile:
the tHIrd-cla-S fare for vastly inferior service ia
: cents per mile; ia Prussia the service is 2g9
cents per mile. IN Austria 800 cents per mile.
and IN France 80 per mile
Peasant women in Siberia wear shlv.s OF ker-
chefs ;heir he4cs, wf-c The rich women
wear no head covering whatever. 4 traveller re-
Gently returned from tnal para on the world says
thaJ R1ssian woman who Is otherwise rr.m and
Hoderu dress with q about with her halr di-
-heveicd 10 the point Of the iudicsous
Probably ,le smallest monarch IN tho v5-.d
re.gus ovcs the Hindu ts--ai State Of Bloyau
snd governs people OF more than ID million
souls iE-s dwarf Is a woman. bIlua1- He-ln
NE name, hTt although she about ht,v years
old, Src does uc- appear ilrEag tnan child of
te1. icr dimiLutige size does not prevent her.
however, IRON holding ,he .siu- et E1T-u.ueut
rrrE firm hand.
The biggest egg in BE vpfrd has recently been
taken 90 london for sale. 30 Is the finest known
specimen Of the egg oi Sepyogai~ mlvinr-. and
over foot long and nearly q yard N circuui-
ference. IN cuhcst capacity Is equals -iE ust-icl
1r In hens eggs Its yIin- is about $50 Il
was found buried IN the sand IN Madagascar by
natives. II. C. Wells recently wrote amusing
stony of the narrowing experiences OF a natural
SO who laiCEcd ous OHe Ct these m0Hs-rlts birds
-ad VAS ne@rly PeckCd to death-
Two of the largest trans Atlantic steamship
lines the White star and the Atlantic Trans
port have announced their new rates Of pas
sage for che season 0f lgJ0. IU both cases the
rates nave been advanced about - per cent.
which simply resumption oi the standard of
rates which obtained before the reduction IN
prices tor saloon passage last year The reduc-
tluu lsst spring only affected the minimum pTlc's
% which sJ'nCu passage could tr sec1red- tAe
maximum saLoon rates were not touched.
4 uev and quicker ue5aod tnan the old orc of
melting sand IN glass rnIsi~g is being used b. !
Tr.5rrelctil~rr in Anderson, lad. According 70
;L- account given this u'ar1iscJurer, while Pl>s-
ing through his plan. recently. observed globe
on an are light break and piece ef glass t5ll on
tbc carbon. Il only a second until it Vas
reduced % q liquid and t1.pped % the ground
This gave him his cue, ana be erected tRe c7'h-
.+r1,crign Of a hg vat. with sides ana bottom
composed Of CsTt0ns, over Tmch C0Vtd De lHh-
a lateral and longitudinal cure nj. IN lr-li'7.-
mou- being made tr run the Sard through ms
vat tEc plan worked perfectly. the oest-noilth
l.'q,z being thas turned oft In about as miHy
second, rs requires hours for the fuels % ue't r.
The va mas been patented. and Is being used
being So arranged Inar IL can be sd1ptrd l't
eyrry kind ~ glass masking from plate TO bottles
The cost Of melting BY this process IS stated as
being raf great rs bv coal or OH. 'ioHSh ~
may be more expensive than by natural gas
Tie English printing trade papsrs have lately
devoted ualch spsc" ta discussing an Invention l'r
rr.r.-i,. .v.lthaul ink. The basis 0f this scheme
IS an iu5r.iau for printing by an electrical
process. the patents covering which have been
acouired hy an English corporation The pT'Ht-
inc bv this method is affected without the Use
of NH in auy form, by simply hyiugirG tie pate
in contact with chemically o1nped paper, i-hen,
silk wool or other material, the result ntihs
good clear impression. the density ol W'icn tIh
be varied as desired The print oht3lnfd hy tas
process resembles IN Ciearres- to'peit'1 gI
iitb0- -ereraving. ard is Obtained in more slu-pis
manner than By lejter-rrcss printing me or
dinarv printers type. forms. 7-ei'"-tntS. or 60
trutypeS. cons tifuJe IN tAeHl5-- 't- q >''S u
ing surface. and may be uSed ii a sii'H'-i W.,
,,grer, coming in contact with the dumped paper
4, f,T,,4 tine print The chemical additions Co tie
r,ner which make il susceptible 20 the electric
current are TO be added to the pulp, and are said
10 be so cheap as TO cause no apprec2bie H.
crease IN cost.
4 Chicago inventor. says the Scientific AmeTi-
can, has recently patented electrically iIlumi-
mated clock. It seems practical, and Is not very
expensive to make. u is specially adapted for
clock towers and the idea is 10 illuminate the
figures on the dial N turn this end being obtain
cd By the mechanism Of the timepiece. pon the
hour hand Is arranged a brush which travels IN
contact with a ring and segmentll contact pieces,
for the purpose Of completing the circuit be-
tween the ring and each Of the contact pieces