The evening times., 1900-10-09
NOTES OF THE DAY.

ISOlGS0 UG Dh l.
Irish mayors are exempt from duty in courts Of
law.
One make the journey from London to Paris
| by five different routes.
rubber tree four feet in diameter yields 20
salons oi sap, making 40 pounds Of dried rub
The Japanese language is said to contain 5000
WORDS, but the people are familiar with only
about 1900 words
The people in the Dominion of Canada are to
nave their Thanksgiving Day on the third Thurs
Gay OF the present month.
Il is estimated that there are diamonds aggre-
eating In value 10 81. 100000 stolen every year
from the South African mines
The largest body OF water in the world having
no outlet IN the ocean Is the Caspian Sea- it being
iooeoo square miles in extent.
a woman who visiting in Kiowa county.
Kan, stepped on one OF the native, fuIi-eroyyn
sand burrs and died few days later
The Uruguayan Government has very wisely de.
creed holiday for planting trees something
after the style of 'tarbor days in the United
States.
Inc ocean, it Is estimated contains 7OOe COO
cubic miles of salt and Il it could be taken mt
at once the level of the water would not don
| an inch. NF
The popularity Of the Bible is far from decreas.
ing. In the year 1899 the American Bible Society
! ferent languages - % III
| The total number of copies Of uewsnaner,
printed throughout the world in one year Is esti-
mated at 12,oc0, 100000. To print these requires
| asl,2oo tons OF paper.
Melbourne is now the capital OF eonfederated
australia, domain nearly as large the United
| States, with population slightly larger than
| that OF Greater New York.
Considering the number OF people one meets who
are Always losing their umbrellas it is rather re-
markabe that only 10000 are left in public con
| Veyances IN London each year.
About 5000 acres of soil in western New York
are are gwen over TO grape culture This rivals the
s,.l cnaalpagne , district of France, well the
SUNNY valley OF Southern California.
Detectives are placed in every royal palsce i,
Europe. They are considered part of private
police system and in guise or aHothe, are
Always on the lookout fos suspicious persons
According TO official statistics. wolves in Franc.
/ are are steadily decreasing. In 1893 there were 20T
kliIed, OF which le7 destroyed In the Gironde
department. In 1883 1916 wolves were killed.
The oyster in Europe is failing in the estimation
OF the lovers OF biTalves in that section OF the
world The best qualities command very high
price American oysters are constantly growing
IN favor across the
England's first war vessel of any pretensions was
/ called the Great Harry. She was double-decksr
| and was built in 1903 She had capaeitY Of
I loo tons, carried eighty guns, was I39 feet
iohg' 50 feet beam and cost GL. Geo
recent traveller in South Africa tells Of Bene-
/ olctlne nuns who have undertaken not only to
/ oulid their house, but even to manufacture the
piicAi. . Ihese devoted women have already made
over lVo,Upo bricks with their own hands
new Maine statute prohibits the placing of
inscriptions upon the Stars and Stripes. and sew
erai political flags bearing the names of candi-
Gates Tor President, Vice President and Govern
or have had TO be taken down in consequence
F. Nearly all the men and women IN Japan smoke
tobacco The ladies have pipes with longer stems
than the men, and if of them wishes to show
gentleman a mark OF faver she lights her pipe
taxes Whit, hands it TO him, and lets him
smoke.
In communication to the lancet Dr. Ed
ridge Green remarks that, incredible as it may
seem, shipowners able to and really do en-
ploy color-Dlind officers who have been rejected
by the board of trade and who may have been
discharged by other companies.
Mr. Bryan possesses the faculty of taking cst
maps while travelling, thus getting needed refresh
! ment he proceeds from place to place. II WAS
tins habit that used to enable General Butler to
undertake extraordinary tasks even when he was
a good deal older than Mr.. Bryan.
Mexico is one OF the most beautiful cities in
| the world. Its broad, open plaza, adorned by Gne
tress and lovely flowers is the fashionable resort
In the evenings, when the military band plays
and the elite indulge in a promenade around the
! Plaza The floating gardens the lake
world renowned.
General Alexei Nicoiaievieh Kuropatkin, the
| Russian Minister OF War, IS probably the most
trusted, most powerful and most faithful serY-
ant OF the Gar. His rise TO rank and power was
gradual but sure, and in Is9s he was made abb
solute master, under the Gar, OF the armies Of
all the Russiss-
| The present orthodox church of Russia Is d-
vided into 81 eparchies including l in Alaska
and IS vicarial seats of bishops. Russia has now
III archbishops including three metTopolitanS
81 eparchial vicariaI archbishoEs and IS bishops.
Most Russian hiersrchs have attended the seInina-
ries and academies
Kafhr beer is male from Indian corn which is
worked into a pulp with wooden stampers, sufs-
eient sugar and water is added AMI the climate
does the rest. When the beer Is ready every hut
xill receive its share, and certain quantity viii
be put aside for the beer drink sorry but
gigantic kind Of feast
4 record for the passage from the Aedit-
erranean 10 Hongkong has been made by the
British cruisers Isis and Dido. The Isis reached
HongkCng in twenty-five days and seven hours
from Malta, and the Dido arrived not six hours
later The speed of the Isis for the 1850
miles was 16.3 knots an hour
Captain Beinier has proposed that the Canadian
Government build vessel suitable for his intend
ed North Pole expedition out of the grant that
has been promised. He claims to have offers of
assistance exclusive OF the Government grant
aggregating $4,000, and says t:ILt the merchants
of Quebec will donate supplies worth 900 CT
$1,000
The suns heat raises from the earth every
minute 81 Geo Oo0, 900 tons OF water, OF say
weight equal TO six times that OF the great pyrs-
mid. Such heat could only be produced on earth
by burning 100000 cubic miles OF coal per sec
ond-that is 10 say, nice little block 200 miles
long zoo miles high, and 200 miles broad weigh
ing 1900 millions of millions OF tons
An Eskimo baby is born fair. except for
dark round spot on the small of the back, vary
ing in size from threepe bit to shilling.
From this centrehead OF color the dark tint grad
ually spreads till the toddling Eskimo as
beautifully and completely and as highly col
oTed weilsmoked meerchaunl pipe. The
same thing happens among the Japanese.
Cellulith is substance produced by long
and continuous beating of wood pulp. It is trans
parent and elastic hardening slowly until it at
tains the consistency OF horn, it's specific gravity
being about 4-5 The celIuith may be worked as
30 per cent lanpblsck, the result is kind Of dark
ebonite; this is dense and may be polished.
About $50 prominent Chinese business men
met in the hall of the United Chinese Society
| of Honolulu recently AND organized political
good government club. It not decided which
party the club would affiliate with. The main
purpose is to secure the rights of the members
as American citizens. The present members are
either naturalized citizens Of Hawaii native
born.
Lucy HaveHs, hailng from Galien, Mich, and
weighing about $50 pounds recently became q
public charge at the country poor house at La
porte, Ind. DR.. Deeters, OF Union City, Ind
offered to marry her, and agreed to
deposit 500 as a guaranty of good faith Ar