The evening times., 1900-01-04
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The great national games Of Venezuela are
chess and checkers
Over $4,000 pounds Of hides and skins we're
bought in Mexico for the United States dealers.
There are Lbs miles Of railway in Cuba. SOL
miles OF which are controlled By British com
panies.
New York keeps fock Of sheep in Ceatral
Of the turf
AZ a stock raising country Venezuela could
supply the world with beef were the grazing
facilities utilized.
A tunnel is 20 be built in Chicago thirty feet
below the street. four feet wide and seven feet
high for telephone Wires.
The bread-esting world requires more than O.
500 coo 900 bushels o. wheat every twelve nouths
to supply its table with bread.
Philadelphia claims larger number Of Con
gressmen cf extended periods e consecutive serv-
ice than any other locality in the country.
A press correspondent in Rio J.peiro telegraphs
that a bin has been presented = the senate %
Bfazil authorizing women % practice the learned
professions.
It is claimed that improved construction q
vessels is doing away with ssasickness Scientists
claim that few generations hence sessickness
VIII become an extinct malsdy in ocean travel.
Telephone communication between st. Peters
burg and Moscow * obtained by a line 4l2 miles
long. II Is said 20 be the longest single line
in Europe. Nearly al Of the towns in Finland
are connected By telephone; the rates are very
low
The origin Of the phrase ''to give the cold
shoulder Is said to have been a custom 20 France
Of serving a cold shoulder instead Of a hot roast
joint to guests who had 0Ut4tsred their welcome.
In some districts of ireland seed cake was used
10 convey the same hint.
Few people probably are aware that there Is
variety Of passion flower which bears a luscious
fruit. about the size and color q a purple plum.
The botanical name of the variety i, Passifi0rI
edulis. ard as it does well iH Wales and Scotland
Il should DO 20 elsewhere
The sweet potato is most commonly pEopagated
By means Of the buds or shoots from the roots.
which are called sets The roots are planted IN
irotbeds, End the sets ~hich develop are removed
and trsnsPaHted in the field. This crop Is SOM
times grown irons vine cuttings.
Tuli is remarkable Cor the immense coal fields
which lie unwoTked in the ueighborho0d. lt Il
believed that with capital and enterprise Tuii
might be made an important coal centre At
present il Is known chiefly among hunters of big
game as a final base Of departure.
From Mexico comes Information describing
particular herb. ..yerbs De "a ribors' which is
used with success in sHakeiite eases. One Mexican
has fOX-teTTier. bloodhound. and three hcrses.
all Of which. bitten By fattiesBakss, have been
cured by the herb and are now well.
The total number OF immigrants who cane 20
this country last year exceeds the number the
year before by something Huorc than 5000. In
IspS l3J lU3 a the immigrants we're men and
g5.125 We're women. az hast wears arrivals 49,
20 wcre Icrn and 1855 were women.
American bottles are preferred 10 all others far
tbe export trade, and especially in warm climates
where American and English goods come into
close compe tItiOn. American glass Is SAID 10
stand tropical climates better rh8u the English,
the reason being that it If better anaealed.
Three electric fountains have been started at
the Crystal Palace. near London. and they are
drawing large crowds Electric fountains have
been known for many years IN botH France and
the Eired States but according % report this
) the first time tAey have been shown in Lon
Moths g. against the candle fIme because their
eyes can bear only a small amount of light.
" heH. therefore. they come within the ght q
candle their sight IS overpoVcred and their vision
confused. and - they cannot Distinguish oi iects
they pursue the light itself and D. against the
fame.
The washing in Egypt i- Usually done Lv the
men. Tie Egyptian vasHermcn stand on the banks
of tie Nile and slap the vet clothes with a noise
like the shot of a pistol on the sruo1th stones 81
the edge Of the running water. and such women
as wash pound tie d.r. gs- et t.eIr clothes LE the
same way.
Il is interesting to observe that tie disposition
Of the japanese j. apparently to Iook aluast
cusi9ely 10 the United States IN educational mat
tcrs as the total number Of japanese studeuis
residing abroad shown Ey the census figures,
was s.io5. AND CT this number 2,l7s weIe in the
uited States
Speaking cf the TiIipiEo 81, men, a Manila
correspondent sgy~ ,llat. a. q rule, they near
lv all a. Straight as the wall oi house. "A
plumb Iire dropped from tne nspc of the neck
would. in most Instances, fall well behind the
heels But the gait i a peculiar swing, which
is quite noticeable.
The Ulited States Publishers BuiIding at the
Paris Exposition IS nos being constructed II Is
for th4 exclusive exhibition q American printing
and allied interests and gill be the
headquar,prs Ter tie publishers Of the United
States A large number of the latter VIII ez-
Ii5it hound volumes Of their periodicals, and
current numbers viii he kcpJ On f-e foE the use
Of visitors.
Several months ago q Lathcr Was diving in
shallow. water and fractured several Of the spinal
vertcbrJc He was taken to Roosevelt Hospital
New York city. and operation was performed
upon him for the removal Of the fractured pieces
OF bone. Tire result Of the operation has been
very satisfactory and Tire improvement from day
to day is marked. He is now regaining the sense
Of touch and has some slight control o. the mus
cles
All hopes entertained few months ago Of the
recovery Of the enormously wealthy Earl Of
SETON. who lost Lotb his reason and the use q
most Of his limbs BY a terrible fail while riding
a stceDiechsse. have been abandoned. Tie is under
restraint aud IN the care q medical attendants
and Of keepers in his superb country seat at
CroS.eih. near Liverpool n Iict. ms physical
and mental condition is So hopeiess that the
family mansion in london and all its contents
comprising valuable art treasures and library. are
70 Ia sold by auction next week. II m5y he re-
rcmbered ihst be met with lie accident on the
verv eve Of the date appointed for his wedding,
and that his former hIHcec stlI remains single
Il is said thas when Young King Alexandria of
Servia was in Vienna the other day. Emperor
Francis Joseph declined 60 take any notice what
soever Of his presence or % receive him The
Slight was all the more marked. a. the Servi1n
ruler was IN the Austrian capital for week and
had number Of interviews With the various
Austrian ministers ard Statesmen. Francis
Joseph is so courteous to visitors 20 his capital
that his treatment Of the young Ming has c>-
cited q great deal OF attention, the more as Tue
political course adopted by the present Servan
Goverutnent in virtually dsfving The Gar and
breaking "a diplomatic relations with Russia, has
been with the avOved object OF prePftdt-ns
Austria
An Interesting and valuable collection oi duel
inc rsapons. owned By Louis Marshall Of Buck
Dopd >, near Versailles, Ky. includes the pistol
with which, on July Il. 1904. Aaron Barr fired the
shot that put out the life Ct Alexander Hamilton
ninety-fye years old. the pistol is IL
excellent condition and shoots true to the mark.
Il is OF unusual size. with clumsy wooden stock
and barrel almost foot long The weapon
originally had q flint lock, but some years ago
was altered for percussion caps Mr. Marshall re-
ceived the Burr pistol as a legacy fTJm his
father, the late Edwin Marshall. an ex-CongreSs-
man and former attorney general Of California.
IL faF baar. haF Fdef down bv elder