The evening times., 1900-09-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.
About 70Oo people in Paris emplored il
lie preparation of human hair for the market

lie preparation of human hair for the market.
a Swiss genius has invented pish cloak weigh
ing about one pound which viii hold up a fully
equipped soldier the surface OF the water
Carl browne. Who was the second in command
Of teXey.s army, Is about 10 make more p'ac-
tcal application Of bis talents by starting an air
ship factory at Fort Scott
The water on the BLAND OF Guam Is not good to
drink. but it is missed for when anybody Is
thirsty native climbs tree and throws down
a cocoanut. the milk OF which 10 refreshing
beverage.
A leading attraction at recent fair in
Missouri comfy town was an automobile The
managers rented the borseiess carriage at $40 per
day and charged the people 10 cents day Iof
riding IN Il.
The Chinese are the most lightly-taxed people
in the world All the hnd there belongs to the
state, and trihine per acre, never altered
through long centuries, Is paid rent This
IS the only tax IN the country.
Ants viii leave closets where sea sand is zprink-
led where oyster shells are laid They also dis
! like iron II YOU raise yonr sugar barrel upon
piece OF iron ants Will enter the barrel. Place
your cracker box upon a piece OF iron; no ants
! viii enter there.
The tefgibie hurricane which wrought whole
! sale destruction in Porto Rico in August 1883,
was longer lived than any storm hitherto rc-
! ported IL lasted from 3H2ust until august
/ u, within which time it travelled between 4,eyg
anu 0.tSD miles,
School children VIII bite their finger nails. In
France this habit Is probably more common than
! elsewhere. \ scientist who has made II a study
finds that the n.aj jority these nail nibbIers
! boys. Girls = general rule qniet their nerves
/ b. chewing their pencils and penhoiders.
In Joplin Mission there have been several cases
! OF smallpox lately. No could understand
Why this dreaded disease should acquire inch Il
hold on the little community until it was found
hat he cit Tyy EiS ted
IN the same suit he wore at the detention hos
tit%I.
The Oldest church bell tower IN this country Is
| located in the top Of a fir tree IN Tacoma, Wash.
When the first settlement made on Com
Inencenent Bay. Puget Scund church was built
| bBt there bell tower, a big fr tree wis
selected The tree still stands with the bell in
| lis top.
As the resnlt of twenty years of experiments
at Rothamsted. it IS shown that in the winter
months more than half Of the amount of rain that
falls peaetrates into the soil. and becomes availa
bic for the supply OF spring. while in summer
only oue-quaTter u the rainfall 10 absorbed by
tie soil.
John Morley tie English politician, Is prolai-
bly, one OF the greatcst If the greatest, real-
efs of the present age. He Is rarely seen without
a book newspaper IN his hand He reads At
6iHner, when driving, when walking IN crowded
streets, ard, in fact, everywhere when IN his wax
ing moTntnts.
\ sad leaf in the history Of teleeraphic e0muu-
nicatioB is encomps~sed in tie story that never
before has there been maEy messages sent 10
the dead a. ct Galveston. Thousands Of de-
spHtehes have been sent L. persons who were de
sfroyed by the recent hurricane and who can
never call for them.
Olive oil Is imported into the United states to
the amount Of about s50G}9 gallons a year.
France Is the largest exporter. but spain and
Italy share in the trade. \ Nev York importer
says that fully tfTee-i0uTths OF the olive oil in
the market Is aduitsra5ed, cottonzeed oil being
used largely Tor that purpose.
DR. J " Snow of Atlantic City has AZ IFish
setter dog, which was recently run over and
badly mangled. Feeling sure that the animal
would die the doctor began TO experiment upon
/ L with morphine. To his surprise the setter Is
| slowly recovering, but meantime has apparently
( become confirmed morphine fend.
There are thirty-fve letters II TIE Russian al
phabet. Some OF them have the szme form of
Roman characters, but their sound is usually
entirely different this similarity Is rather addi-
| tIonal sIumblinghock than help Others again.
resemble our letters turned upside doRn- or
wrong side about, or otherwise coBtoTted
Raising slnaewe4z r spayiTys =enterpfiss. in
Russia The seeds are sIlTtd and regarded las
! ciBat:ne edible At street crossings in ali the
/ provinces Of Russia there stands where ped
! ders with big baskets sell the saltsd prodICt OF
the big suRfi0Wer- \ good crop OF sU9Ti57efs IS
il stands in The field Is wsF5h 50 an acre
Whale fishing in this country is gradually be-
, coming extinct The Eew England coast towns
that once tElrfved upon this enterprise are great
sufferers because OF the fact. The time may soon
! come wien 4 whale may blow OF any little
, northern port and the general comment Of old
fisherman Will be let him blow and be blow
ed"
Beds are comparatively scarce IN Russia and
MANY weil-to-do houses still unprovided with
afa he Df heir
middle class people and servants roll themselves
M, IN sheergsliHs and lie down stoves; s9I.
Ciiers rest upon wooden Gets without heGclng and
il Is only within the last few years that students
| IN schools have been allowed beds
The Houston POST notes that strange ieat-
: ure Of the Galveston CALAMITY Is the absolute
+, disappearance Of the natural scavenger OF the
I | country-the buzzard-jGSt when he Is most need
ed Not one Is to be seen anywhere, though 1t i
= ! natural 10 suppose that the bodies OF 80 many
dead animals and h;Inzln beings would attract
: | thousands of buzzards from distant parts
= Mrs s r. Hiczon. OF Nuncie. Ind. seized hei
/ e-year-old child. supposed to he dead and
! rushed about the in frenzy. insisting tht
! child must live and refusing TO have prepared
i for burial In a few minutes she exclaimed tha
il was alive. which was found TO be true !
physician 81 IS the child probably res1ls'fate,
P" from comatose state by the motheTs frantic
q action
L Passengers on far western railroads arc beins
Q advised to carry guns with them and not t
( sfuInber at night There Is no telling when
d lone holder up may begin operations IN
= sleeping ear If one good. wlde-awake man, VIII
II his wits accompanied by hEst-clsss SIX sboote
y about him sh euld assert himself the hlghway ma
>, ! woEIld not be apt to leave the train unless Il
: | went feet first on stIeteher
: The cameo cutters work is OF she most nerve
irving description He labor at his beautiful
trade only a few hours at time because OF th
tension on his nerves He must have eye al
most like a microscope and very delicate touch
he mus be an artist IN souI and a skilIfu
craftsman as is 4 matchmaker he must know hoS
to mcdel and draw, and he must have knogi
edge OF chemistry, so as 10 remove offending
spots
: On the grounds which have been selected a
the site OF the s5uth Carolina Interstate an
West indian Exposition, to be held at Charles
ton. there stands an old colonial home which Wa
, the scene OF lavish ceHfcrt and 0pen-hearttd hos
- pitality in days gone by. II l. proposed TO re
store this old home, now somewhat touched b
| time to something Of is original state and t
collect within its walls valuable relies Of the past
No State in the Union pc hIFs contains more c
these relics than South Carolina
CAPTAIN J. r Eliard of the Brazilian Pacii
- Railroad Survey reports the result Of his cxp!ofa
t ii. : IN the volcanic region Of Ecuador IN
x m, ltions ;hat the crater Of Mount SaTsaE ave
n ages sixty cinder eruptious al hour, IHG t.a
,6e evnsn=iaIs OF smoke whiris are almost eel
tfruoEs The Iiyeliest volcano of the CID hcTi'
.ever-srerting StromboIi," can barely equal iii,
REGARD and has TO pump up lis lava to an e.cFi
ton Of only sec feet. while Mount SeFgay -
I7.fg1 feet above the level OF the Pacific
- Heaven only knows how many covered rains