The evening times., 1900-01-09
NOTES OF THE DAY.


One-third Of the people who 20 mad he Raid
TO recover their senses.
Big crabs are found in India Some d Them
measure two feet in length
Sleeping with the hair pinned Up tightly is not
only bad for the circulation but it is said 70 pre-
vent the hair from growing.
The campaign in the Philippines developed a
J lot Of orators in the Twentieth Kansas who are
lecturing in their home towns.
Several of the native papers in Bombay are
now urging their readers 70 resort to inoellafion
as a precaution against the plague.
The non-sectsrian Protestant Order Of st.
Christopher was recognized az College Point, n
Y, recently for Christian work in prisons.
White hats are worn for three years as a sign Of
mourning by every grown male in Korea after
the death Of member of the royal family.
1t is announced that there are IOI farmers and
II mechanics in the lower house Of the Connecti-
cut Legislature. There are 252 members in al.
Japan is a corruption Of the Chinese word shi-
pen-kne, which means root Of day" sun
rise kingdom" because Japan 10 directly east of
China.
The largest library Of small books in the world
belong to a Frenchman. who boasts that he
pack 200 Of his pocket editions in a single port
manteau.
The little town Of Turner. Kan. with its 400
inhabitants. supplied three soldiers when the call
for volunteers was issued, and all Of them died
Of disease.
Minnesota will have 4 population Of l.
$4,000 in the next census. Unless the basis Of
apportionment is considerably raised the state
will be entitled TO nine COngreasmen instead Of
seven.
The M0have Indians burn their dead, not because
they appreciate the sanitary advantages Of Gre
nation as compared to burial. but because Of a
tradition among them that the Great spirit was
burned.
Delaware publicly whips some Of its male male
factors but no woman has thus been punished in
the State for nearly fifty years, the law exempt
ing them from its infection having been enacted
in ISIS.
The working girls and women q Boston-those
who are single-are seeking 10 prevent married
women who are in no way dependent upon their
salaries for their support from holding places in
stores and restaurants.
The Government Of British India is about un.
dertaking the stupendous tack Of Transforming
into a habitable section the Nagpada quarter u
Bombay. which is described as b.i1g probably the
worst slum in the world.
A revolution in bell making IS at hand. They
viii De tubular. A tubular bell Of 81 inches
diameter and with a range Of sue mile weighs
l.54J pounds. while Old-fIShI0ued bel with
the same range would weigh $500 poJuds.
In the census Of lssO the last volume was pub
ished in 1,,9. Congress stipu'ates that the four
principal reports Of the coming enumeration
On population. mortality. agriculture and minI-
fleturcs-mus be ready for publication July ],
1902.
A GouIdsboro Cue.J man has 21o00 Holsters in
pound which he is holding until next spring.
when they viii be shipped % Ba-tou. He erect
ed his pound last summer uy building a dam
across the cove, covering about tLIes-touTths q
an acre.
Prior 10 1sq7 The European purchases q Ameri-
can maize never amounted 70 a. much as le1.-
coo 900 bushels iH any year except one. The aver
age annual shipments from lsll % 1,46 were less
than 50.O)1,O.0. For the past three wears the
average exports have been nearly g9,0eg,00G
bushels.
just when the day became divided into hours is
not known; nor is the process explained The
Greeks and Romans measured time BY the va,eI
glass and the sun dials The cur-giass, hiled
with sand the Cutgrowth of these vassch
from which the water drpped through tiuJ
openings.
Tarantulas are being raised in Australia FOR the
sake Of their webs the fllments Of which art
made into thread for balloons. They are lishte
than silk and when woven lighter than canvas
Each tarantu,a Yields from twenty 90 forty ard
Of flament. Of which eight twisted together form
d siugls thread
Great Britain's Admiralty has Just orderet
the shins on the China station 20 be pairtCt
black instead Of white TO save expense. P1int
ing the ships buIIs black means that they wil
be made much hotter between decks. and mod
ern ships are quite unlnll4.itoUir enough 'l'f
out any unnecessary addition To- their --scom
iCs.s.
Under the corner Of a room in the House q ,h'
Vesjal, which Is bciug excavated in The ItImlr
Forum a workman lately turned up a FpldefIl
Of gold coins. They are so in number. all stamp
cd with the head cf the LmpeFoz AltAenIu~. ra9
was kilIed by the Emperor maker RIoineT VA,H
De plundered Rome in A. d. ~.
There are many birds in the Philippines, though
few soueetsrs 1t has been tod how the martin
was imported into the Islands and royalty re-
crived by the spanish Government. Thcg have
increased and multiplied. but they 90 n't siHg-
\ few thrUShss Go sing but On" W5fh.e ti tila
North American songStffs ls MISSING ii-il ms
piping.
A verv curious theory lately revived is that ths
sap Of living tree ebts and flows IN some way
in sympathy with the tides q the ocean fhis
idea comes from Italy. where a grower cf vines
and other fruit trees. who is also chemist Lt1
been experimenting in this direction - s!s
that no tree should be topped OF PTuned except
during the hours Of ebb tide.
An electric rack-railvay has been built az Leon.
France. 70 connect the railway station with an
elevated plateau G72 feet above the station. where
most Of the inhabitants live The overhead trolley
system Is used in combination with "a ratLTdi
track Ordinary street cars are used seating forty
passengers The total cost Of the Inc, which - a
mile and quarter long. vas nearly Sv|VV.
Granite is not usually considered TO be an issz.
s1lator but one Of the electrical journals reports
that irsulators are made as follows: Maine gran
ite is crushed and nodded into form and fused
at 900 degrees Fahrenheit. Il reSistS all but
hydroAuoric acid. and does not crush at a lower
pressure than IA. 500 pounds per square m'h anu
gives a tensile strength Of iSJ pounds per square
inch; $500 volts were required 70 pitilt oH'-
quarter Of an inch Of this material IN the shape
Of cup insulatorS
NJ Henri Moissan has recently devised a new
process for the production Of ozone which he has
described in a communication 10 the Paris Acad-
envy gf Sciences II consists Of the d2cOmp0 0>itign
of wafer by huorine and the operation tItes
place when the water Is at the freeD-2 point
and has fuOrine passed into lt rapidly. ih' 'NF-
gen is set free and when anaiyz,d j. ialAd 10
S,ntsin a percentape of ozone which iu some *
perineuts was as much as II per cent. iie zone
tbus produced is said TO be practically pure anu
there is a possibility that the ne" process "l- De
available on a commercial scale.
A remarkable collection Of films FIR usovins-
/ D;cture machinery is now being developed a. the
laboratory Of Mr. Edison. in West Orange. The
pietures are Of the Klondike and are intended tor
the exhibit Mr.. Edison is 70 make st the Pafs
Exposition. The entire series viii show actual
life in the klOndike as IL has never before been
shown. The positive pictures on the MIN are ",ue
times the size Of the ordinary ones. and ln order
20 use the larger hlm il was necessary to reduce
the speed Of the camera from forty y-hve &" twenty
pictures a second. The reduction Of speed las,
Of course, resulted in Il gain IN ciearness.
Much discomfort was aroused among Che blacks
Of German West Africa when short time ago
orders were issued by the colonial government
that all Rrcarms in the hands Cf natives s''"d
be stamped and registered Lieutenant ESgr's.
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