The evening times., 1900-09-17
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The frst book ever printed in Switzerland bears
the date OF I740.
A Chinese rice merchant Of Annoy recently gave
81 200 to the C.'riatian mission in that city
The newest labor union in Springfield. Niss.. IS
organization cf the fruit peGd!ers Of the ci1y.
The miners OF the Yukon district. siaska.
ploy $3.50 men, who receive an average OF d an
hour
Abous one-fogrth of all the agrieulturists in
WutembeIg. Germany, are caitiTatofa si vine
yards.
Massachusetts uses more postage stamps pr
capita OF population than any other State Ia the
Union
At Kyak. Alaska. are great fishing ground.
Habut caught there weighing so Pocnds,
cod ~ pounds, and salmon IS pounds.
The yandaiia Railway, a part of the PeHIazyl-
vania system. has begun wedding ot cui-
pioyes who indulsent OF strong drink
There is beehive at Peckior,5n. Cheshire
Fl gland, IN TIE shape of a castle elephant
back This curious affair is carved in stone.
Many Chinese temples have windows made from
mother -of-pedTl, found in oyster shells. The
terial IS transparent and looks Ike opal glIss-
OF the nineteen leading cities OF the country
Chicago stands fifteenth in cost atsre protection,
hrst IN parks and bouleyards, and sixth clean
ing.
The biggest find of ancient treasure ever made
in England was l.21o gold pieces OF King Gym
heline, d. C. 55, in Whaddon Cs.ase BJickingnain-
shire
Rabbit heads with small horns exhibited in
some Swiss taverns for The mysti6cation Of tour
lists The horns affixed 10 the heads by clever
and waggistI taxdeTmiSts.
There is well at C.irisbrooke Castle. Isle OF
Wight, in which the water stands 10 fect below
ground level Yet drop pin into ii and sou
viii distinctly bear it strike the water
Lake Morat. in Switzerland. has the curious
property of turning red every years oyiag -
the presence Of certain aquatic plants which
not known il any other lake IN the world
The German Government has set aside 28,0J9.-
oe0 marks si,7pooGe1 Tor providing small homes
for its railroad officials. It is reckoned at
/ least 1900 more OF these homes viii be butt at
once.
( Nearly so eInigrants a day are being shipped
| by agents of the Government Of Queensland fIom
| England Australia. For every adult shipped
| an agent gels $50, and for every child ne Is
! paid 81 D
It always pays to be courteous. Recently a
i railway operator at Louisiana, No, received Il
present Of a dozen young chickens from an old
lady, 10 whom he had been polite while she w-s
| waiting for train
81 Ives. Cornwall, has q very queer memorial
| in The shape OF the mauSoIeun of John kniU.
wieh j. fifty feet high. Every i've years various
ceremonies money for which Knll left BY will
| take place n front Of The InoEaIment
Three VIII lecture at Swiss universities
iIe coming Writer -Ni=s Ttlmarkin az BsEuc on
tho history Of modern aesthetic Miss Redrigzic at
| Geneva on -hieongic foTaie.' and Mrs. ZefnOpssi
| 81 tic Aeneus'urg Academy German literature
out in Linz: count, No, man wished to
| marry widow who had seven children With
! view Of avoiding all future trouble, he obtained
tie consent OF all the children. and OF the in
tended brides father, before getting the license.
The most deIf-ely populated spot IN tine United
/ States Is the block o3 tenement houses n New
! York bouI,,ied by Sixty-first and Sixty-zacoud
! streets and Tenth and Eleventh avenues, In tbs
block the CENSUS showed. live 5,.'o persons, most
OF them negroes
Florida. according. to local papers. IS becoming
! one Of the great to'accogrOuiDg States. and the
product has Ieeu pronounced in some respects
I equal 10 that oi Cuba SyuHItTs wrapper tobacco
raised ia Flofi.is recently took The Ffizt al the
! Paris Exposition JEeT the world.
Farmers Of Dubuque county. iowa are banding
t5gcihes protect syLat little game = ie:t IA
that section. ovBcrs of 900 acre~ have formed
| compact with tins end IN view, and otii=rs are
! joining daily. all determined to perrnat fur
/ tier violations OF the game laws.
Tine British Government has suppressed the
! district messenger companies and transferred the
I business done 10y them the postofFicr.-o. tie
/ ground that the companies are enc7oachinS Un
1 The pleros2lIyes nt the State. which uiaiu1s
ln"noP"iyof tiic convey Uf messages by letter
| ard by Wire-
\ plaeue Of crlckcts has fallen upon Fort
| Worth, Tex They thick in the streets
that they are shuVeIed N The walks The cuHsfi-
ton of the streets j. WONDERFUL. CricketS-
| incheS deem They have been blown mo stores
and houses until TIC spGtis ID thr stores are COW
/ cred with tiIeH.
Tie sacretf.ess OF the COW has been enormously
| costly IL IEda thjs famine wear When the rams
failed and the pastures dried up. instead Of kill
ing and CITiT4. the cattle Tor food. as our Amer
ictn Indians would have doEc, and 80 helping %
tide over the famine time. the cattle Starved
with their masters
Every zog and then one hears Of murders aud
outE2Ees committed in The closed carriages Of
English railways They are 80 few. however. -
not 10 create more tIiIu passing impression In
Russia. It is stated about ten persons are every
! year robbed and murdered IL railway trains and
the Iu71rcerer- are SELDOM caught.
! Chinese tradition tells cL a maiden "A talt
Empire Haue,i NprI.eu whu fiI!5d ,hc per
fecf rofc al the Joan OF Arc Styie y 1u5ideus.
! Shc oncf led the armies OF Tire Empire Z, We
! tarr- Tie event does III >egm te hdr" hson
corded in the archives 81 any patiera I-yeer .s.-
! than those Of the Ccle>tia. nation
Mario Ronge Il German lsI,- Who wa I.rl. Ia
! london, and now resides IN Wurtelnher-. has
found an original yTJv OF utilizing her hne libra
~. She writes u school teachers. especially in
TUdl regions, t0 ascertain Their taSte III rise way
ENot reading, and theE sends them parcels OF hrI
| books. to bc returned al her expense after ;Eey
have been read.
! Ftonsiucs are the products Of putrcfirtion.
They are alike developed in the putrcfactIon of
vegetable ard animal matter. All ptomaiuc> are
not Poisonous and. indeed Investigation has
demonstrated that tHe greater number H"t,
sit science has rot been IiIe 10 Distinguish he
tween the d,i-,IIy aud the harmless uHfil S,,ne-
body has eaten the wrong kind
In tirundy County, Nc. Young people sra uni
ted in vedIock while seated in their buggics
tyCapt. William Braurncr. justice OF the peace o
Trenton, has been marrying one CT two C5Upie-
Il week in that style all summer. Just he Wa
| sitting down to dinner upon 4 recent SUNDAY h
. / was called uP - the roadway marry q coup
who refused II alighl.
: What they call the rainy season in Nexic,
comes oEly in TIE form Of showers which 'iaI IL
: the afternoon. These showers usually occur ever
| day. hur sometimes there viii ke two or Jhre
| days OF perfectly clear weather. There j. L,
- steady downpgur however, ~ III most tropici
. | countries. and in Mexico the rainy season J. fg
| gardcd the fEe>t OF The wear
r New Brunswick has large areas Of hne soil la
until recently farming neglected for lumber
ing and >ldphuilding Now attention j. be
| ing paid TO IL and ;v establishment - s,siIas
| cries and cheese factories i rapidly nI>uE ru
| butter are now exported 40 the United kingdom
and this l. a trade that i certain 10 grow.
To discourage those curious individuals who prr
sst in lingering the various portions OF tt
mechanism of his auto when ne leaves il stand
ing by the curb. Boston motoriSt has rugged ul
4 egalvanit battery. which lc has attached 10 tn
= various levers When lie leaves the vehicle ht
turns the current, and when ne returns il .
IL IL.