The evening times., 1900-07-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.

t0n over other parts of the earth in freedom from
I al forms OF cattle disrase-
! To widen business street. the round tower IA
I COpenhagen-l50 feet in height-is tC be bocily
moved a distance Of % yards.
When Chinaman gives state banquet b. A.
ways places the guest of the occasion At his right
hand This : token Of honor
All buildings belonging to the Caine-e Emperor
are yellow. and Il Is capital offence for sEy
private person 70 use that color.
The war in South Africa has doomed the High
land kilt a fghting drcss, ard II EiIl now
survive as parade uniform only
The tube Of a I2-inch gun has 30 spiral grooves
inside. which cause the shot to reY0lve - TIMES
Per second as il rushes through the AR.
good. weIl-fed. vigorous whale Is terror in
weight His equivalent in tons pounds races
That OF about 100 weil-grown elephants
Soil VAS brought up from depth Of 326 feet
rom coal mine N Be giIm. and from il spruutei
weeds Of species entirely unknown % b5t1UisrS.
The town Of Brunswick. Ne. owns r.0O8 acres
I OF Lara and proposes 70 turn it % Account BIZ
7 F'41'iis II IN white pine a pus,ic investment
The difference between the tallest and shortest
races IN the world Is foot four and one-i.alf
inches, and the average height i tive lezt Eve
and one-hAh inches
Locomotives are fired hv petrolerrrr -.zfi,,a ,,
u per cent Of tEe Russian railroads and its use
ls exclusive OF the Inns q the VolSa and on The
Irahs-o4sTi2n and Trans-C Cauclsl4n systems
One q the oldest w0Bisu's clubs in London has
closed its doors owing 20 the little interest is
members feel in its continuance. Funds f5r Is
support are not flrthcOming sufficient quantity
70 pay the clubs eXpenses-
HAwarden Castle. where Mrs.. GlIts;one VS.
horn in IsIz, and which was her home during
the long period oi he. life, nox passes 10 her
grandson. william GlyuEe Charles Cladstone. who
Is 0oy al Eton, fifteen years Of age
The upper Scoring o. a harm belonging 20
4 Pennsy ivsHi% farmer. which vas Flied with hzv.
collapsed a cay or two ag0 and valuable bull
winch Wss IA a stan under the heavy load vss
caught N the wreck and smothered % Gesth.
i The wsnaoo. or white gum. Is q colonial tree
which acts signal % the settler The land
upon which 1t Is found growing most luxurianJl,-
j. invariably st1-aant- sour, and slnLy- P1i-an
plants. too, are Often f0uf7d there Tie county
Is generally Waterlrss.
some years ago one Of the biggest railroad cor
PoTatious Of this country employed a couhEsn-
tial Feaccuaker. with the idea u preventing
suits as far As possible. ios personal dsn4ges- It
IN, proved a prOrlrlble Innovation and is bciu.
t4ken up by other railroads
Cosslcks rarely become merchants- Their pre-
PCnsity Is Tor Gghtiug on all and every oc-asisn.
7 sDd II Is Eryzt deprivation q pleasure ,rHea
peace reisns- NErufyer an emergency 0cuurs
the CossErks c1n EASILY muster an zr7nv u 4
least iz5.yJ9 good fighting men.
Petroleum fields Of some importance ara beng
opened in Japan, and the companies engaged are
capitalized Al more than s5.0oS.oo0 The indus
N Hls reached s1ch proportions that two TJEgO
. backs have arranged 20 open branchcs n The res
g-0n and plans are On foot for bzIliins 4 Pipe
line 20 Tokyo.
] The production q honey in Ev1asvi-,e lad
has reached such a H1lsaitsIe that people are BE-
ginning % complain TIE presence of grs-d
army Of bees ~ looked upoa Is a nuisauee sBf
- Hs.ra T.~rr
qlring the osu1rs u hives 10 move tE. n 0-.s51s
the city limits
Shesp roaming 9vfr the bills in Va-zaz 4HA
Summit counties. l64ho. have stzmTc5ed saz-uls
Of squirrels from tarir usual tzun-s and the
little rodents have deecCD6ed on the farm -
crsps 0i cereals and veSet4hIss- T-lp9iHg- p5,-
soi.iis and otheT means are being valu-y us-L o
reduce their uuu-her-
As GeEeral Wheeler must be retired fr1m active
army service or account Of age September he
cannot go % China a. great as may be his Gss5re
10 mix Up in any f-ht that tHis nation rnlv Be
called upon % participate IN DespsJe h5- years
hoAtvcr. there Is barrel full u 1g-t and CEer-y
left IN the old soldier.
Every horse in the FnSI-sa army IS n-raba-ed
and has little history kept for it al to himself
The nu-uLer = BANDED upon tire ANNALS h5nd
test-IEe Thousands OF the near hind foot,
and the UlltS. tens ard hundreds tie
or hind foot Thus The horse u-0-e rfuter l..
= y
. 81 on the other ore.
i Among the Causes Of death reported 20 the
F c-ers OF the Crp-aus' Count in Backs COUNTY. Pa.
by census enumer4tors were those OF hart par
las --p4rallya.' hart trlb.e'' .'ne.E-n0uIl'' -
3 "Guinzie.' hopping cough and tuner An
otEe- person vas reported A. having died q 1--we
euIl4t- wllicA w1s Translated into meaning ''l-F-
Ct compliant"
Fire u raging IN the Dismal Swamp. Yi-y=ri1,
abolnts. are seeking safety in fight One By
cinnamon hear. craz.d By hur=,- and tlirst. en-
tered tie yard u farmer In N1nsCmcud county,
drove the dog away. and after drinking hz,s 4
hlIrel 90 water made meal Uf several f1uis and
then went away
ATricoJs stand second % craEges Is A MONEY
making crop IN California. and more OF the fruit
Is grown on the Pacific S-5pc than in al other
States and caun-ries- Roughly estimated. the
UrCSCu- Gur1cu- yislt = worth $50 $50 20 thlr
Sc1ta- and the sIWe estimate Els Il that there are
between su12o6O and f6Uo8 grJ pounds u apr
cots IN California this year
recent Issue Of the Japan Times says: 1t
is reported that bill prohibiting smoking ~
young people was presented in the HOUSE q
. Representatives Tie purpose o. the bill Is 90 the
effect that juvenile snoks-s under eighteen years
. q age snail he punished BY g tne ranging IA
amount from To 70 zen, and the cln1sc4tiou Of
/ pipes and fittings usld by the offenders
Bridlcs were in Use in very distant ages An
cieut ThsSzsIiln coins often represent horse " n
a IoaS rein touching the ground The young Ro-
mans were trained % ride and mount u.aS.ist a
but the use q the bride was known from the
first According % LIyy. AUlus Cornelius. IN 4
battle wIth the Fideua.. ordered the Roman
cavalry 10 Unb-idie before charging. probably -
give then more weight
The Empire STATE sugar Company. which =
. building large beet sugar plant AZ Lyons. y
Y, has ordered ten auto-trucks of Eve tons ca
f paciry. which are % b. used TO cart susar baeJs
Z from farms % the rcdGery- The company has
800 acres ot land cCuf-acy- for Three electric
. omuIhussS have also been ordered 20 run between
I Lyons and Socus Point. on Lake Ontario, sum-
/ mer reso-t. 10 compete Wi5h the steam railroad.
On the Jurna Canal at Delhi. monkeys swarm
I upon the banks and being 0vercr0wdad and con-
( seQuently unhealthy. they suffer considerably
: viousy III a few of the larger MONKEYS watch
tlr favorable rJuEIry and thCl push II into
. the canal II the poor creature be not DR. vy-g,i
az once. IL Is thrown into the water again after
IL reCains the trees. OF else y IS forced 20 keep
/ 2iopf from the rest OF the company
4 Chinese writer. says the London correspond
ent, thus describes New Zealand in a paper pub
! lishad China. The people Of that country -
! the observing Chinlmzn SAYS. live months with
I cut eating mouthful OF rice; thCy eat bull0cks
I aDt sheep in enormous Quantities. wIgh knives
: ard prongs. They never enjoy themselves by si--
. ting quietly their ancestors graves but Jump
I around and Lick balls II paid for IL. and they
/ have no dignity, for they may Be found walking
/ with women"
/ Foreign countries spend enormous sums on S.
cret service France and Russia have agents ev-
| erywhere, and there are very few secrets % any
nation which they Do not know. for IT Is. lnfor-
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