The evening times., 1900-08-01
NOTES OF THE DAY.

If man could walk day and night vitsost
resting h could make journey around the earin
IN 42S days.
On some cf the japanese railways terra-cotta
sleepers are used They ere far more dlraoie than
those Of wood
Constradt- which Is the RussiSn naval depot Of
the Baltic Sea
One million eight hundred and hity thoasand
sauare yards q looking glass is manufactured IA
Europe annually
P iHce sheng. the Chinese Director Of Teie-
graphs. is ssiu 10 b. oHe Of the best tciesr1p-ic
experts IN al the Fast
The first Protestant missionary IN China vas
Rev. Dr.. Robert Morrison- Eho seEt cut BY
the London Missionary Society in iSJI-
Artifcial silks axe n- de Of wood fibre. dissolved
70 giue-ke cOIiste-. .ty BY acids. forced through
holes in gi1ss =nd dawn out into threads.
a girl shopiifter stole = clock in a store in New
York the other Gay, but the alarm went oh
before she reached the Door and she was arrested
QueCn Victoria keeps on hand ! stock Of the
most superb Havana cigars far her guests No
srnoains- however, Is allowed in the presence Of
her majesty
Moscow has the largest hospital in Europe
ulth 100 beds There are uinety-six physicians
and 500 nurses and about 1900 patients cared
for annually
Mrs samuel sWsrtWOod- wife Of an engineer Of
the Central RailToad OF New jersey. las Just IA
her twenty -hfth baby, after twenty ynine yeats Of
marriage felicity.
Elephants have only eight teeth-two below and
two above Oa each side All Al ELEPHANTS baby
teeth fall oct whcn the animal Is about fourteen
years old. ard a rev set grows
Insaaitv has for wears been On the increase in
Ire-aEd ard moCiszl Commission declares that
the increase Of insanity and melanchoIia Is large
~ que 70 exccssiVe IcG drinking
On June - there were under construction in
0
win =ross tonnage Of l-265-sl3. against sos
year aso, with 4 tonnage % l-2s6-s76-
= the seismoioGicaI Observatory Of Quarto near
Florence, ob-eUzJioHs u more than 10 earth
qzakes were made in TIE year beginning S0venl-
Der ], l,ss, and ending October 81, lss5
The tso principal German fortresses On the
Baltic Sea aEe az koaaSsberg ard Danzig: On
tie French frontier, EEiz ard Strasburg. and on
tine Began frontier, Cologne ard Coulsnz-
The i-rcoSt cotton ginning pant IN the world
IS now uEdg- construction Al C1-siean1. Tex aRd
the aeEr largest Is being constructed al Bryan.
Tex A thiE1 ls being pat ia ~ 4sxiS. Tex
Tie garments of tie Orier-aI xamen are not
sJhieCr 20 change Of fzsL1on-the shape aIUays
tie s-Tne. from ggueEariCn u generation and tJ-
u-is reason their N4Fd--l.es are very extensive
France has on the German frontier tzree a-st-
class lor,Jezss-~ Be.f1rt. VerJun ard Br.a.cO-u:
the Eelz5sn fra=sier. LiI-e. D,asirk, s--as z=4
Bee1ngon, and cn TIE Atlantic coast, Rcei-eiOrt,
Lcrieut md Brest-
There are 7gs distinct species q ro.es in ex-
istczce- 4 Lortic-i-r--ll exhibition WITH 4 san,-
PIE q every Onc Ci tEcse queens Of the floral do
ram IN itS midst Cf crgzdeUr has nj taus lar
err71rced the world
The Ctiuese bean 20 write books before they
migrated :-om the resion south Of the Caspian
Sea. Two Of th-ir greatest literary productions
are dictionary ia SEQ v5llr.ss ard an encycIo-
pe,i4 IN =. 81. volumes
The little Grand Duchess Olga % Russia is the
Iieae-, baby in the world TIE week s.e was
born S5.000.C5J was settled on her, ard It IS
sid that tLis huge wss -a-ely invested IN
British zEa Fre-ch stcuIues-
The difference between a fort and fr-tress
lies in the TACT t-as the former is d..5=-sd %
eoa,ain solely the garrison ard their munitions
w-i5- the istte- j. often a CITY caIII.lIl-s a
large number q rCu-c7ElhaI-urs-
Gibraltar has been regarded zs the st-ougss5
fortre-s in the world. while Malta cons next n
TIE lire q iu-pre-slbilIty- Z IS q-es.ilnabIe Z
riIhlr q them could long stand the sa1-5 Of n
assault from the great guns OF modem cousJrue-
u-n-
Q-een Victoria is a great friend to the canine
family. bgt has no affection for cats h the ken
nels II Windsor there are ra1re than Liu-drrd
dogs, every ono OF them being dog % high de-
gree The Queen Is sid 20 have little regard i0r
-EgI-s. - bl-cs-
The question . Els5s5sf Guiana As Il
aeld Of ou-i=r1rion for some q tie TTibes z
In6la win A virW 20 getting thaIa 70 s-ttle on
TIE soil ard thus reiIeyIrr. some 81 the cc-E1st-
sJl arSyr 0f rhe Indian Empire Is pressing IL
seli 10 she fToHt
The apricot orchards in santa Cara county.
In the vicinity q Sln Jose. are the largest II
the ror-d Several orchards there are over y;
acr-s ia CU-eut. ard many c-vCr 81 and 20 arTJs.
Tie total acreage of aprlcot orchards iH S--ta
Cara county Is 0ygr 500 acres-
Nscltiou cards. issued by a pzblic library n
Soulgryillc. Mas. are socd caring jelly ard Az
gust. and those who posses them zre allowed .
within soar weeks hy mail or ezP-oss ard ex-
change tLcm ior another Ten books
; Tle southern eutrluoe of the Rod Ssa IS CON-
mand5d by the fortress Of Atea and the fort oa
;E= I:ttIe isl.nd Of Perrin in the Straits e Bah
el-1lEdrb- The guns q the ilr-Cr completely
covering tlr narrow channel. ard the t1rtrsss
dominating TIE cLtr1Ulc 60 JGc sea
There IS IN EN- tree IN front of shop q;
Spencer, Mass About ten fe,t fra-a the ground IS
a bush lsaf-J with ripe csrrauts- bow +; came
there = Uiystl-y- The bush j. growing 1-y nom
. the side II the ei1 tree and mus, have s-lr,si
( from a seed brought there by a sparrow
{ The worst flmines Of modern times ws-p the
( famine - Ireland in lsl5--- IN which Il1l.g1l
people persisted; the Indian famine in IS. which
. claimed 1.i5).c50 victims; the Indian famine N
l>-7. In which $4,000 people pCri-hed- and the
graat famine IN China la Is7s, iu which s5ll-o5l
/ died
{ A Woo5ford. Vt. farmer s-E IN his hay deld
Z the other day animals e=oueh 90 stock uaHage-
RE. Within tuo hours 5ae-g passed before h=ra z
huge hen hzUL. a few crows. large st-incd
snake. two wocdeLueks. hedge hog. many cEip-
u-GnkS a red fox. tWo deer. and q Aln-s, ne
3 silver gray fox
( Pekin Is called '-tk= forbidden city bsc4-se
10 fereiSngr Is ever permitted ta go foot in IT.
Ore uart Of the town Is called tic Chinese CITY
I In this section there are numerous temples ard
beyond the ARA reserved tor JAese Is the Tartar
val the --ICuS Wal of Pehiu. Ta5ch Is twelve
Q miles in circC=lf5rCEcc-
I There are 400 mics Of iceHe-=s. floating ice,
/ plains Of ice and al ocr-r sorts II arctic Oh
{ stractions 20 traverse between The uc1-csr Dis
: covery 20 tho pole azd tae noIe Itself Perhlpl
s-ne means af overcoming these Gificu.lies r1ly
I TFcs-1t themselves W5tH5a tie reNt c~-tr-v. as
+ sei-ncc goes on in It's rros--7-ive way
An inventor has hi. upon a r.etsod % i.,r-
4 ting stcne so.es bots sad shoes He ri-s
| 4 waterproof glue vi,h a suitable quantity o..
clean Craraz sand and spreads IL over the leather
sole usal a foundation ThtSe quartz soIes ara
s1I3 10 be very flexible and % give the foot a
/ f-m hold. even en- the most slippery surface
/ Portraits Of the Governors q Massachusetts, 70,
[ the States collection are to be painted BY Ed
mund C. Tsrbeil. Henry Sardlam. Robert Cor.
[ don Hardie. Frank ". Benson. Frederick p. Vin-
/ ton. Daniel J. Strain, Philip Hale. Walter GiI-
I man Page, Ernest l. IpseH. Marie d. PEge W.
/ liam Wizard, J. HaTvey Young. ard G 4 Whip
l pie Tie price 10 be paid is 500 for each pOr-
trait. The choice Of the artists was left 20 TIE
/ families Of The respective GuvsTnors-
! Bordeaux tradesrnaa who had zone 70 Paris