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


10 recover their senses.
Big crabs are found in India some q hem
measure two Feet IN length
Sleeping with the hair pinned Up tightly is not
only udd Tor the circulation. but it j. s4ld 10 pre-
vent the hair from growing
The campaign in the Philippines developed a
lot OF orators in the Twentieth Eansas who are
lecturng in their home towns.
Several q the native papers in Bombay are
now urging their readers 10 resort 10 inocliafion
as a precaujion against the plague.
The n0n-sectarian Protestant Order o. St
Chrl5topher was recognized az College Point "
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
th' dCath Of a member of the royal family.
I is announced that there are l0I farmers and
IL mechanics in the lower house Of the CouEccti-
cut Legislature There are 252 members in su-
Japan is corruption Of the Chinese word shi-
peh-hle, winch means root Of day sun
rise kingdom because Japan Is directly east Of
China.
The largest library Of small books in the world
belong 10 a FrencAmln. who boasts that he can
pack 200 Of his pocket editions in a single port
m1nteau-
The little town Of Turner. Kan, with its 800
inhabitants. supplied three soldiers when the call
FOR volunteers was issued and al Of them died
Of disease
Minnesota viii have census population Of l.
$4,000 in the next census Unless the basis Of
apportionnent is considerably raised the state
will be entitled TO nine C0uSressmen instead q
seven.
The Nohave Indians burn their dead. not because
they appreciate the sanitary advantages Of Gre
nation compared 20 burial hut because Of a
tradition among them that the Great spirit was
burned
Delaware publicly whips some Of its male maIs-
factors, but no woman has tius been punished in
the state for nearly fifty years the law exempt
Ing them from its infection having been enacted
In 1s5j
Tie working girls and women Of Boston-thoze
who are single-are seeking % prevent married
women who are In no way dependent upon their
salaries for their support from holding places IN
stores aEd restaurants.
The Government Of British India is about un-
dcrtaking the stupend0us tack Of Transforming
into a hlbirable section the Nagp5da quarter q
Bombay. which is described as b.ing probably the
worst sum in -he world.
A revolution iu beu making is az hand They
win De tubular A tubular brI Of 50 inches
diameter and with range ot one mile weighs
l-9tj paurc=. while oid-ta-Hlourd bell with
the same saEg- would weigh 6fG00 pounds
In the census OF I,s0 tlc last volume was pub
H-hed in ls-9 Congress stirull,es tHat the four
principal reports of the coming euurle-at.ar-
90 population, mortality. agriculture and manu-
iaeJlr9--ll-l-t ne ready for publication July I,
1902
A CoulGsboro Ole) man has 5000 HOLSTERS in
pound which he IS holding urtu next spring.
whom they uiIl be shipped to Ba-tou. he erect
ed his pound last summer by building dam
across The cove, covering about r--ge-iouIrhs u
an acre
Prior 20 lsG. de European purchases g Are1i-
can maize never amounted t1 l- much as Igl.-
oaoo1o bushels iH any year except one The aver
age annual shipments from ls9l 20 1896 were iess
than 51.ol1u5i- For the past Ehrle. years the
average exports have been nearly Is1G1100g
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.u
glass and the sun dials. The hour-g,ass. hlIet
with sand was the outgr0Wth ~ these vls-clf
from which the water dripped through my
cpen.rEs-
Taanrulas are being raised in Aus-rllis tCr ths
sake Of their webs. the flImeuts Of which au
made into thread for balloons. They are Iishte
than silk. and when woven lighter than canvas
Each taraurula yields from twenty 90 forty yard
of tlament, Ct which eight twisted together tcrn
O. single thread.
Great Britliu's ldmiIaliJy has just c-ie'o,
the ships on the China station 20 oe paintet
black instead Of white to save expense. Paint
ing the ships huI-s black means rlaJ they viii
De- made much hotter between decks, and mod
ern ships are quite uuirhliiJalle enough with
out any uaneces>ary addition o. their --seoiil
'e4
Under The corner C. room IN She House o: 'h'
NeS,ai- which Is bong eIe4raJec IN the brnlr
Forum. O. v,rEmlu lately turned mp q sn1dcful
.s rF coins Tl-- 1-.. s-a in r.-r-1rs- an s--r---
I'd .--.L H., r..F - fHs Ir.rarr- Aurt-.-ir- v.T4
WAS killed Ly the Emperor maker RDmer when
De puudgred Rome n A d. ~.
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A f.,y rar1.-..- 81 ~irr- Int tHe ,rsrt,e rf tha
Nr-rH American sgu-~-g-s IS missing from TIA
uitl1a
,. -...,.-. .s.i g.. Ella. ...t.,
\ VIZ N----N '- '-
sap ot a living tree tut- and Rows ir sellc N-s
In syr7rsrb- with the tides ut THE ocean TtIs
..,. .- .-. 7--I,. ,-r--- q. -.-.-,,.-- ,.f vines
- - 60 -, r b Is lblr-i-- Ils
been evp,rimcutius in this direction A. says
that no tree should le 'opl,u oi li1Ae1 'Aeep'
uuili= '''e No1iS u ''' 'N'
An cieetuc racA-rail"ay mas neth oi!iit al Le'n-
France, 10 connect lhe iaI"-s 7'at''n "''- I'D
elevated plateau G73 feet above the station where
,,,s- 90 tI inhabitants live The overhead trolley
.,-srrl il l1S.I II. combination with q raclraI
80 GrlfDsr,- street cgrs are used seating forty
5s,r,,ers 11-c t6t9I cost of rhe lfnc which is
-. --.5 /, ,,-r--+,r I1.r- Ms nearly Spl ell
Granite is not usually e'hslleI'u 10 oe IN 4-;zl
sula'oT' but one oi '-e el''f',-' l'-i,,@s
that lHsnl-,oIs are i'-1e - i--'o"s' '-'-,
tie Is cr'sl'l -iL IN '--'I -,''i- -'-, =
~ 9gIo l,-I1s ~ -.i' -. ~. - =. is.r
,1.sg,re tbar IA 500 mounds Der Squgrc iucn and
,fr.s , faDsi1a s-rrrn IN Of isl pounds per -aclrc