The evening times., 1900-01-18
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NOTES OF THE DAY.

More herrings are eaten than any other kind #
FISH.
There are 5.4o0 square miles Of coal field, in
Great Britain.
Among the flowers the chrysanthsmum Is said 10
live longest after being cut.
The collar bone is more frequently broken than
any other bone in the body.
Mrs. Amelia E. Barr SAYS men are suppanting
women as household servants.
Since December / the wages Of 10000 workmen
in this country have been raised.
The wages Of mill operatives in New England
higher than al any time since ISL.
1t is computed that there ere 100000 men
capable OF bearing arms in Great Britain.
Pretoria. the capital Of the Transvaal is
small city Of about 5000 white population
The ROYAL Irish Constsbulary h1Dd for IIi~h
soldiers widows and orphans exceeds tlloo.
During 1893 Brockton Mas, shipped j29.27T
eases Of shoes, gan Of 30, ,30S cases over ls9s.
The nav of private in the British army IS
three times high a that Of one IN the French
Lamps ought to be used in rooms where plants
and flowers are kept. Gas Is detrimental TO them
The population of London equals the combined
populations oi Paris, Berlin, ~. Petersburg, and
Rome.
If all the money in the world were divided
equally among ;hc people each person would get
about $50.
The net bonded debt Of View York city on No.
vernber ! reached the extraordinary sum II
S256, ,O7s, ,S79.69-
One Of the Australian contingent, a member Of
the Gold Field Rifles, IS curiously enough, nam
ed Paul Kruger.
The New Zealand general elections have resulted
in a victory for the Liberal party fer the fourth
consecutive time
With the exception Of sydney possibly 70 town
in Nova Scotia enjoyed a greater degree OF pros
perity than Pictou in 1899.
Some of the Crimea widows are -tiu receiving
ten shlliugS n week. although TIE war teImlndt-
ed more than forty wears ago.
During the year 1899 there were more visitors in
[ Atlantic CIV than were ever before gathered IN
the place during any twelve months
A report shows that there were landed at New
York during 1880 IO7 415 cabin and 3o3.sb2 steer
/ age passengers. They were brought over !H 20
/ ships.
Applications viii be made 70 Parliament ior an
/ act authorizing the construction Of railway
tunnel under the Thames between FurHeei ana
Gravesend.
/ The Erie Railroad Company has begun work 0u
/ the omen cut which is % be made through jersey
+ Citv Heights for the accommodation on the pas
I seugcr traffic.
Since ls5s Britain has ruled India and its 800
600 600 of people its 1600.oo square miles % ter
I ritorv. and It's revenue Of from S4OO.JooUot 10
/ $500, 100000 i year.
Tbere has never been such Industrial activity in
/ WpSt Virginia a. at present There IF MOI one
idle mill south OF the ksnawha River, and L@'pF
Of all kinds Is in great demand
i The Tran,vaaI Government has reduced The
wages of the natives at all the mines thdJ are Df
I ing worked from SOS 70 21s per month Ills
I means saving Of G1,J00,00O per annum-
4 Lord Raglan. in the Crimea. had under him
orI, a5 OOG British troops. Lord Roberts VIII be
in command Of 10000 men-the largest army thdt
Great Britain has ever placed IN the neLd.
The duu-tfum bullet Is shaped very much ike
I o+ber ammunition but has the pecuIarity 81
[ s,ftening ont OF expanding on leaving the rife
barrel and thus makes jagged, torn Wouhu-
Two davs after the battle Of Omdurman the rein
sts,ment Of British rule in the Soudan was sol
a,,ly insug,Irated by an impressive religious sery-
I ;co held amid the ruins Of General GORDON r'I-
ace at khartum.
Jersey has a sliding population OF the 2'ooo'-
ooo (estimateCD souls there are that many "lihih
-. borders at night; at noon there are 1,sooOO0
Tbe other 100000 are at worK OF arc eDsa-'O ''i
I sbonping in New York and Philadelphia
.f,,ca is the most elevated of all the eonti-
| norts II is the continent OF plateaus The
/ re,+ table land in the south has mean altituGe
! Of over g. 800 feet; the wide table land on The
north has an average elevation Of about l5O feet.
! The honesty Of the civil servants in Great Brit
| ain is attested by the fact that during the past
twenty wears there have not been brought to light
a dozen cases Of official corruption in the higher
/ branches Of the service. which admlnlste-S the
affairs of about 400. 600 people
| The second Canadian contingent for South NJ
RIGA will consist Of three squadrons Of mounted
rides Of 5Sl men and 53S horses. Artillery, 5l3
men. sq3 horses and Is guns. The rifles viii 6e
! made up Of Northwest mounted police and "t1-
ers qualified as hOTsemen, crack shots and Scouts
In Japan a railway train was blown from
bridge recently. The train consisted Of two loco
motives. three freight ears, and four passenger
ears carving eighty passengers. While crossing an
/ iron bridge the whole train. with the exception
Of the locomotives. was blown from the bluse
into the stream below
Amateur photographers win receive eXeeuent
treatu,ent at Paris. The French commissioners 3
~. made a ruling concerning the taking OF PIC
80 AZ the exposition Cameras viii be allowed
on the exposition grounds after a permit shall
bove been secured from the exposition authori-
49, A charge Of 10 cents will be made for this,
and the applicant viii be required 70 furnish ms
name age and other personal data. together WIN
his residence ia Paris. Only the buildings and
general groups can be taken Ph0tographlng m
/ diviIual exhibits will not be allowed. as the
patent laws Of France guarantee the patentte
| against photographs Of articles exhibited
charge OF & was made for similar privileges az
the Worlds Fair in Chicago. and photograph .
were even then taken with difficulty