The evening times., 1900-06-11
NOTES OF THE DAY.


Germany is putting a tax on imported beer to
help IN covering the cost Of the new warshiPs-
The tanning industries IN Maine have suffered
very much BY the great scarcity ot hemiock bsrz-
More than 81. 10000 people in India are affected
py the f2aline- About 6OOo,co0 are in receipt Of
No receptacle has ever Jeen made with sui-
s Helent strength to resist the bursting power Vt
Whatever f4ults the turbulent TURKS may have.
they deserve credit for the reverence always paid
| 70 their mothers
The hay-fever season in North Germany lasts
/ from May p TO June 3; in South Germany from
May 20 TO Nay 25.
In Germany I man in 2ls goes to college. in
i Scotland / in go in the United States in 2oo3
and in England ! IN 5.0oo-
To keep Champagne bottles from losing gas a
I French scientist covers the cork with layer Of
/ copper electrically deposited
Australia is the greatest in the way Of jewels
1 With her opais, today oufdoinS even Hungary and
Mexico in those lovely stones
! Emigration in Hungary has assumed unusual Ii
! meEsiOns lately. In one month (March) I5.5sI
I passes we're issued TO emigr1nts
Last year over 1000 British and s7s German
Z ships PASSED through tire Suez Canal. The Ameri-
I can fig was seen there on only = vessels
I Troy is OF the oldest cities in the State Of
{ New fOrk. Il has recently been enlarged by the
{ annexation 70 il o. Lan=iugbuIg and Brunswick
/ The City Of Mexico has nearly a score Of beau
tiful parks Tivaiing in beauty many CT TIE noted
reservations Of cities IN its SISTER Republic, Afnes
I ic2-
! OficiaI figures recently compiled show the main
line mileage Of mail roads in Missouri 70 be
ly 1000 This total is likely 10 be considerably
. increased this yea-.
Parts Of the side OF a sheep seized IN London
slauGhterhOuse time ago presented the first
ted Of fasHf IN hat
recorded in England
l Certain quecrly disposed people have intro
GHced fad for perfuming beds. The process l. BY
( spreading cotton pad th0nughly saeheted be-
/ meath the lower sheets.
/ In the Province Of Snolensk Russia. there is
/ held every three months lottery in husbands
and wives. who chosen by the chance draw
/ ing Of q lottery ticket
The total receipts OF the Methodist Foreign
Missionary Society fOE the last year were Sl-S76.-
399 o.. which Is the largest amount paid into
/ the treasury IN one year
1t Is estimated that the losses by business fail
ures in the last ten years amount to Sl.s)lOc9Ceo
I which Is more than twice the amount Of tia
country's circulating medium
The original manuscript Of the speech fzTorins
( the admission OF Ksns1s into the Union. mae=
Z By William II. seward has been secured by the
Kansas ssa5e Historical Society
Il is one Of the risks Of a soldiers career that,
while in time Of peace his profession ls the health
l1st of al caillngs. when var comes n l. tram
formed Al cEce into the deadlicst-
| At the battle Of Moddsr River. although the
1 Boers expended million bullets, they killed only
/ = AID -oun1ld only 30 meH- This Is no aFgU-
I Ecut IN iaTOr o. their ua2rksEl4nsiip-
! There are $500 csmeIs in the service of the
/ British Amy IN lnd,a and Other PAGES They are
us.d for barring the BURDENS Of stores and equip
mcuts when the armies are on The march
( Ho-scmsn say il IS bad policy 70 keep horses
1 IN ds-k stabies- q l. apt 10 make them rsstlEe
and shy TIE retiDa becomes desdened and the
Z sight q the animal Is seriously impaired
Germany has built up her foreign commerce
! Il Er.l.ud's e0pfuse, and the United States
I wtiCh is just entering the hce-d. Is Hui-4lns Up
I q great foreign trade Al the expense O. both
( Rhodssia has its civil list and its royal granti
I With other cider and more settied and p2Pg-atad
I colr1suzi.iez The late King L1bgnSula. II sP-
pears lsit eighty wives As penslo15rs On The com
/ Iuuuity-
Motor cars registered In Paris number 8. .7oi; the
( suburbs Ct Paris, l,2ls; IL the Test OF France.
/ 2fi5: in -he whole Of GerHa1y. I-i2.; in the
whole OF England, coo; in the LATED SS2ccs. less
! than S5a.
The Great Siberian Railroad row in rapid
course Of construction. viii reach Port Arthur in
about three years. Then the time reqsired %
travel from MOSCOW % Pekin VIII be about two
weeks only
on women's hats Is spreading rapidly. II Ar
kansas Iziies in5ulgiuy IN tss style ef osnl-
nleuJstion icT their head ce-r are liable -
hcaYy fne-
The Rlo Crande River ovsGaows its banks e1el
wear when the SHOWS IN Colorado begin 10 Eae.t
For short SPACE Of time the-e The riyJ.. waIc IS
dry during 3 large part OF The yc-E, becomes !
raging torrent
Accortias 70 decision OF the Kentucky eourt
Of appeals. II one anH0ys dog While tae @a-iial
Is eating. and gc5s bitten as 4 eonssq1enee' t1e
victim j guilty Of cou,rsbutJry negligence 1aa
can=ct recover clrnases
Bl'lcors are used fo- dryins Izren in Par-s
!aundries Bsu-5oo frames are attached % a cap
tive balloon and the clothes sre attached u
them The balloon u-bos ssx s>ceEts o2l-3 u
height Of about leJ :'et
Tie clectroph0ue is EacetiFs V--h favor in EnS-
land There are many pl1cls = r. leadIHs stFee-s
q London where anyone g. b. p1yTaSH, @.
snail Tee, be switched t. -N-rtcr o. n ii'0t
oEto any OF the music h1lls-
william c. Nzsh of Weymouth. Elzs-. Is
thought 10 be the oIde.t grocer Il I'll tnited
states. be having entered the business zs Al en-
Move in ISL. Ard having v1EduguSu store 0i ils
own io1 the las siXJy-seE1H years-
Al engineer eaupIoyed by IN American company
who recently visited the CeTO del MCrcado II
D1rsEgo. says that the iron in siSht on this
I
Of Englznd With ioE period OF 80 years
A French explorer h1s discovered on TIE set
coast Of Africa what he regards tie yaIaest 30
pIe On csrth They are JEe PaEoH.zs. a U1TiIze
tribe. whose main employment Is tie @d5rErei4t
o. Jheir FcTsoEs. chicHx by lnssHs o. t1i-o1irs-
In Rournsnil cut Of a poPalaticn c; about O.
600 COO only abe. i000.0J are able 10 read and
write The country IS, when he advantages ioT
t.ccrnir.. educ4teC taken iEt5 coiSid-i1il'l'
probably the most IliteIate country o. tie 1Se
of the CSrth-
President Mckinley has been enumerated t"lee
by the CENSUS man. Oncee in WsShiEston =Id
a.a;n in Csaton. This Is i little AFFAIR. however.
ana the a,ijusters IL the Washington C1hce WI
easily arrange matters There IS only one "ii-2in
Mckinley, President.
| Al undertaking establishment n Chicago oiers
| 20 conduct funerals on the installment piaz- II
issues policies which ar1c1ut 10 SO when paid Up.
and which cnitles the holders members ot t2elr
fsri!ies 10 q decent burial when sgea person may
/ require post-nsorteIn Offices
The DunkarGs are not as generally supposed
AZ prohilit.ouisss- While in politics they ara
rrsizlv inclined to be Republicans, there are
many Democrats among them Teey care i-ttleY
hoxCver for voting. and on election days many o.
theIa forget 10 60 10 the polls
In a small lot Of literary curiOsities recently
oaersd for sale in London was the following
printed notice. whish used 10 be exhibited on the
aalls OF the DrgTy Lane Coffee House about ls2Z;
1T Is particularly requested BY the company
that those who are learning 70 spell viii ask Tor
yesterdays paper"
There * scarcely a record Of anv siege OF i'm