The evening times., 1900-07-02
NOTES OF The DAY.

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Last months import Of gold into Enela
south Aiie4 vas only $4,000. against y
Red bananas coming into the market as-'Ss
| tefy lev have been shipped 70 the United states
/ curing the past h9e years
The latest statisties show that the United s1zts,
has over 10000 miles u railroad, and less than
20oo0 miles Of COED wagon roads
TuberculoSis. which has hitherto claimed sch
muititudes Of victims. i, many phssicians say.
yie'1ing 70 the open-sir treatment
In the great Empire OF Russia the hens attend %
Their business with much cnsrgy. Tue export Of
eggs exceeds 10. .ooo.0o0 every year.
Teachers with physical ailments are 70 be barred
from the Chicago public schools in future. Only
those Of robust physique viii Be employed
The Paris Exposition Of ISIS Is cournernora.ed
by tue TrocaderO and that q ls.g BIZ TIE Einel
Tower both Of which form part Of the present
exhibition.
Mexico in the past nine years has doubled iti
Der o. its factories, and multiplied By three ia
( banking capital.
railway Is 70 Be built between Cape son,
and Port Clarence. Aiazs. ssd rails and narrow
gauge iocomotiyes and freight COS have already
arrived AZ Seattle
trees IN The tropical regions Its fruit i dah-
cious and highly regarded As a food among the
natives in the West india Islands
When the south African war Is ended and ths
troops come back London has made up It's mind
% have review Of the Grand Army VITA s-Bohs-i
al It's head and march through the streets
japanese art, according to Nr Alfred East, Is
great in snail things. but snail in great
things" Among other things IL has never sue.
eeecec ~ successfully transferring 70 canvas ihs
human form divine
In fhiladSiphia a case has Just been anisaec
concerning diamond which hss caused two yesrs
litigation in the law courts. sent four persons ts
tne Penitentiary Tor long terms, and has bil
sums for lawyers fees
The house at HuH Mass. which was once oe
cupied By John Boyle OReiIly, the poet Is 70 b
purchased BY society organised FOR that pur
pose IN Boston A portion q the cottage IS to De-
converted into free library.
Evidently the tide of travel Europeward IA
been disappointment this season. for two lesdins
steamship companies announce that their wintes
reduc-i0u IN rates VIII begin August l. instess
Of tWc months later. usual
Boston has opened its free public baths. Tz
bath trustees asked for appropriation Of sI0s.
Ooo. but got only $4,000. Thy decided that sum
ner bathing s a great pubsie necessity. and vii
sPend most Of the money for that.
Prom Manila 10 Australia IS like going down
river, for one is out Of sight OF land only TIVE
days The voyage lasts txenty-one days. but th,
course Is through the South Sea Islands uhicl
accounts Ter IL resemblance 70 river navigation
When British soldier is taken prisoner o
war he is guilty Of an oa=nSe against the QueeI
and can be put upon trial He must then Prov
Ihat u Vas impossible for him 70 Take any Otle
course without uselessly throwing away MS lire.
The Chinese NAY not be civilized, bur ocess.oa
ally they ere pretss smart A gaHg Of 4sszSzius
after shooting an ofseer at Canton threw = bu1oI
OF silver coisrs into the street and made ther
escape while the crowd was scTambling for thf
money.
There are few good opportunities for eruigrzno
70 South Africa. Tie Dutch possessors q Ian6s il
that region are not wiling TO zen their grouns
y 4 yields them good living Ostrich farming
= the mot profitable industry, but a large capi
IA Is required.
The authorities Of san Francisco have 6ecidet
that after July r next year no fence OF bilIbca.s
shal be allowed 70 exceed ten feet in height
This extension q tine VAS given On account d
contracts already entered into between biIlposr
eES and advertisers
The farmers Of county in Kansas have elabbes
together and bought 100 pounds Of bisalphids
Of carbon. TO be use6 in driving the prairie dogs
out There is no doubt about is driving the prai
ne cogs osIt- The trouble Is that the PopuIatioz
may have 20 90 with them
Talk Of introducing course Of iHstrnstion in
agriculture in colleges is being ridicucG BY West
aFeraee Kansas boy or giri knows usore abou:
practical farming than tie average college pro-
lessor could ind cut II ten years
Doctors in Germany are increasing four times
as fast as the population. and A. 4 Consequence
the medical profession Is becoming enormously
evererowded- In the past dozen years tie pOPu-
latIOn has increased Is per cent but the nurnber
oi eoctoIs shows gain Of 50 per cent
Iowa has an octogenarian association. about
City members Of which recently attended pic
ME, in onion Park. Dcs Moines No man ander
eighty Is eligible .or membership In the society
The eldest member IS y. 4. Bacon. of Des Moines
who is IN his one hundred ard first year
In Strasburg engineer has invented a sub
stitute for gutta percha- In ordinary temPerA-
turas The mass is hard like pitch. and while not
beng bTItt-e is hrm against pressure L does not
break when hammered. even az the freezing point
IAin plates were subjected 10 the action Of
water with good results
sara Bernhart, in the book which she Is about
to launch upon the public SAYS that her first ap-
pesrsnce as actress made while she
a pupil n convent Inc subject selected T2s
the Biblical story Of .TobizS' Journey" On that
occasion modal given 10 her for her pro-
hciency as a juvenile artist
An extensive building has recently been opened
in Leeds England, TO be devoted 10 the develop
ment Of clothworkers' research, dyeing. etc It
4 Is the intention Of the Cfotkworsers Company Of
London that this college should become the lead
I iES and mos1 complete example Of Z textile and
| dyeing school in the world
Australia Is not a land that gives promise as old
age People in that region die at ar average age
of fifty years. Sentimentslly this may suggest TO
some folks the o'd notion that the good die Young
but il has not et been discovered that the deni-
zens from the Kangaroo Country are much better
! than those Of other lands
One Ct the late fads Is silver buckle with rep
resentations Of Chinese hieroglyphies on it. Some
are Of green jade China's lucky stone and mount
I ed in rose gold Others are eIquisitsly carved
I white jade, and equally attractive made
I Of dark oxicized silver, decorated with applied
/ Chinese flowers in bright yellow gold
| E. II. Towne. who lives at Chuhbs Crossing,
comes to the front with probably the longest IN
| his farn is a big, cOne-shaped knoll. Commenc-
/ ing at the base, Mr. Towne drilled round and
round corkscrew style. clear 10 the summit 70
/ SO get one continuous row that covers the whole
4 piece
In Berlin. ever deg is subject to a tax Of 20
marks per annum- When this tax Is paid the dog
is registered and the owner receives small bras
disc bearing the registered number Of sSe animal
l which uIst theaceforth be worn on its collar
ne dog. when outside the incloSec premises Of its
owner 10 immediate seizure By the dog police
New mines Of Ignite have beer discovered in
/ Germany. which are OF considerable Importance
They are located at QuajTat. in the PeighborhOOd
OF Cologne. a series Of soundings has shosn the
presence OF a compact mass Of Ignite from forty
/ 10 nifty feet below the soil The bed extends
over several hundred acres The extraction has
commenced and at the present time about COO tons
q briguettes are made per day, these being used
/ to replace coal