The evening times., 1900-07-30
NOTES OF THE DAY.

! The longest continuous a railway train
i in Europe Is that from Paris 70 COnstantinoplc,
1871 miles. in 641S hours
The British Government. il i said makes
profit Of nearly pence on every shilling tarned
/ out from the English mint
A New York druggist said recently that accord
ing 10 his experience men use hair dyes 70 a much
greater extent than woman
Endiess leather belts. acting Is moving stair
/ cases. convey the patrons Of the large PasIsan
stores from one floor 70 another.
! Felix Ho-cumiIler. who is now seventy five
l years old has taught school in the same room
| az Ste Gtnivcye. No. fos m0Ie than ATTY years-
The tube # a Is-inch gun has hfty spir.I gTooses
inside which caUse the shot 20 rcvolve sev-nty
! five times a second a. il rshes through the air.
In a perfectly dry atmosphere animal life can
exist z; temperature oi 80 desrees fafirenhe-t:
I that IS. = degrees above the boiling point II
water.
sand registered the hours in the Middle Ages
I fcr this purpose black marble dust boiled nine
uHfs IN vine, was favorite recipe with learned
/ monks
In the past year. according to authority. Har-
I Fard. Yale. Columbia. Princeton. Penusy iyauia
ana Cornell uuiEersIties expended sSJs, ,2s3 On
/ athletics
Shepherds in many places depend upon the wool
I on their sheeD's back IS weather indicators II
the wool is curly the atmospheric conditions are
( likely u be favorable
: An estimate Of the money lost on th= turf
throughout the world curing each year places the
amount ~ s-J9OoO.O0o. q which SJJGJ0.GJ0 IS
lost on Engilsh r2cc CoCTscs-
Chinese bicycle riders are frequently seen in the
streets q Honskoug and Shanghai carrying an
/ opel umbrella and a fan. and IL some instances
4 with the handle bars removed
I a teamtcr got stuck IN the mud over in Ho-
boken a few nights azo. and before he vas ex-
trieated he xas stung by mosquitoes 50 badly
/ that he - 20 be taken 10 a hospital
kansas City VIII send some Of her Arenen %
/ Paris 10 show the Frenchmen how to get out
/ Of bed. hitch the horscs and get the fire engine
| cut q the engine house IL eight and one-hdf
| seconds
! There Is weIl-autbeatieated report in ;he
newspapers that the icadin- merchants Of Athens
I s=e urging the Crecian Government 70 impose
/ heavy duties upon Turkish products enteriEE Cre-
I can ports
There Is a tree in yenezueia known as the COW
I tree II produces d lquid that resembles the
milk of the patient domestic animal, and those
I who have drunk il ssy IL tastes Ike The same
/ laeteal fuid-
On a-st-clazs roads passenger engine, II IS
/ said. VIII average about $500 miles year. or
/ say 100 nils DAY. and win consume about 20
/ pounds Of coal % the mile Tie life Cf engine
/ is about - years-
I Free lectures given under the auspices Of the
/ New York City Department Ct Education sEc<
an increase IN attendance q 1903 during the
last winter and spring. a. compared TitL tie sane
I peIllt u q ye1r before
a vieanesc dentist, while cxpe-ime1tiug at the
I Hysicuic Institute Al Wurzbur-. claims 10 have
discovered The successful application o: electricity
for the destruction q bacteria L Is said that
I the treatment Is very simple
The people q the southern Appalachian Mog7-
taius number about 100000 their descent being
from the Scotch-Irish. French Hugueu1ts English,
3 and Germans They have been in these mountains
/ since long before the revolution
! = good giraffe skin is worth from SO 10 so
IN south Africa to-day, and much more IN Europe
! On their huuting trp ten or fifteen years ago u
49, cou-nI0n matter for one hunter 70 XII
{ forty or fity gIrafcs II one day.
l Natu1aI-sts say a lion always places its hcsd
I rear the ground when roaring Ths beasts probl-
bly, DO 50 on the principle ti4t the earth. hsiuS
conductor cf sound. the Other lion Cr animal ne
+ Is roaring AZ cannot f-il 10 hear him
! Germany has given Up The Relumlr therncm-
eter- and. after January = I,sI. WiI only the
Ceniigrade- In the Eea1rnur the division Iltaesn
freezing and cle boiling point IS into - degrees
I IN the CeutiSrlLe il Is into To- degrees
/ City authorities q s. Petersburg have resolved
70 raise loan of SII $500 for the purpose e
I building. repairing and improving the holdings,
streets h--c--s. qla-s. and plvEuells uf t-e
city by the year 1893. whea the zG3th anniversary
/ of The foundation q s. PcterSb-rg VII be ce,e-
/ bratCd.
I Moths ay against the candle f-rae because thsir
\ eyes can bear only a small amount q light
+ When therefore. yLey come within the light q
B Jhr candle their s-ELI Is OYCTpCHrrCL a1l IIlIT
vision confused, AID as they ca-rQs' distinguish
objects tLty pursue the Leat Itself AID a. against
1 the fine
Il is noted sadly BY a New York paper that
I while w4r reports i1om south Africa and even
news Of the slaughter II Pekin attracted 55 per-
% tie newspaper bulletins there, Ett several
I thousand Patiently stood waiting fCr bulletins
/ from the fclt between McGoyen and Erae. .
which, besides, tl~re VAS "A at1elc1ace ut 1900
Lightning hits taIi trees very often. esP-ciaIIy
| when their roots reach running water The
li-h-uirC blasted Cak OF elm : a familiar of .elt
in rTgrll laEj-eapeS. some 0.6-fa~higueG PEI. lee
believe that if C-e has the toothache It can h,
Z Gu &C hy picSID- the aching member with
silver G. wood from oae Of these lshtauS-str4ezel
trees
The flslior has set in Of presenting fruit IN
stead Of flowers as farewell gifts On almost every
occasion and particularly fcr persons starting q
+ ocean voyzces- Flowers are beautiful buJ they
soon fade There Is something practical IN pr,s-
euts of fruit particularly 20 persons going on loaz
] journeys. Presents Cf flowers 10 bridal couples.
{ however viii always De in order
! Speaking of the health of the British army n
/ South Africa the Lancet slys that zone Z
the greatest dif5culrcs which confront the Inod.-
[ cal officers l. 70 induce The men % drink wltCr
D
I boiling and alterlng- After long march tHe
average soldier VIII any risk 10 obtain
Z crEUght Of water. however had
Thefe are over 100000 people IN China who
: are engaged IN the Je4 industry Some Of them
are very wealthy. though they know little beyond
the cultivation. marketing, and sale Of teas IL
i also l4CJ hat many Of these tea r1iSers and
tea merchants are members of the secret societies
in the Empire that causing such aVpre-
{ hension among the nations Of the universe
Death from sufooation IS pleasant, according 70
/ Joseph Grady. wins5ed Comm plumber, who
/ was in a ''cave-in'' until unconscious lie said:
Il thought Of every prayer l had heard, anG re-
peatCG them over and over ! could hear the men
/ working above Then came sVeet music the
l meE-hcr."
The Seminole tribe Of Indians, who have been
I the leading tribe in Florida for 50 many gcne-a-
I tions. are fast leaving that country. There are
n0W but three bands left in the State and these
pletely have these people been dsinteCrated that
--ihal relatiChs nov exist between them. They
have acknowledged chief and they rec.gnize no
mans authority
For 4 number Of weeks past there has been
constantly increasing stream OF Roulnanian He
brevs passing through Vienna in parties Of from
/ Of these wretehed folk are their way to Canada
where they intend 20 settle lab0rers- ThouS-
ands Of them have blen compelled 10 desert their
homes by steady persecution. which made ir
absolutely impossible fer them to earn q Iveli-
hood
IN days long gone BY when a man was going
on an ocean VOYAGE he As 2 general r1iIr ,r,-a