The evening times., 1901-09-10
NOTES OF THE DAY.


~ fewer than seven free reading rooms
Within the last twelve wears the number
! resident foreigners IN Switzerland has increa1r.
/ ly 10000, the total number noW being -. on.
Great Britain's export o. iron and steel rnsss
( i3ctureS during July decreased 8 per cent
quantity from 1900 and 2ii2 per cent in value.
The postal authorities of Chicago recently. rad
| test ot automobile vehicles for carving a.
I mans ihe results are reported 70 havs bc
I entirely satisfactory.
An extensive exposition Is uropospd nv
people Of Victoria. Australia TO be held AZ p
digo, az the end Of this wear. TO commemorate
discovery of gold in 1881.
North Sea Goldman carries an outf
lines which extends eight miles in length arr
7 usually fixed upon II the amazing uunt.
1850 hooks. every Cne Of which must be d.
The Minister Of Var Of Mexico has decid-
restrict the number Of gambling houses H.
city, and ofhcers are warned that If eau.-
enc Of tho esI-tl'-hments the penalty
uls7al from the army vill be enforced
them
The rector AZ Shakespe4re's church at
iord-on-Avon picked up a handful of Al 4
copPers that had been contributed on a
sunday when a collection was taken AZ
/ iered 60 return them Il Is needless
there VAS no claimant
While riding on a Maine country road q
days sgo a hcld Of corn was observed
was overrun with rank weeds and midus
I me piece was a large. conSpicuOuSy dis. :
sign with th following MOTIFS, None q
Business II This Corn Amt Hoed''
Much dissatisfaction is felt in Berlin o.
new regulation which orders street door -,
/ from 10 p 70 S A. n. from Nav I 20 az.
81 and from 10 p N % a. m from ser
70 April 50. and makes tenants resp
/ lor the carrying out Of the ordinance
The eight-hour day is not such a neE
On ATri p. 1872. the town OF ParridgefeldR
now Peru. voted Ito grant cl5O for repa.
I hiEn"ays IN said town. 20 b. aorked out
I thirds in June next AZ g sh,liusgs 6 pence
/ day, eight hours in a day to be deemed a day
l work"
An American traveller in ErI-5pa remarks ii,
: Italians laugh languid but musical. the Ger
man deliberate. the French as spasmodic ant
Z uncertain. the upper class English A. guarded and
I not always genuine, the lower class English a.
explosive, the scotch Of al cissses hearty anC
. the Irish As roiiicking-
/ The most famous pearl discovered in Austral la
/ Of late years is that known as the Southern
/ Cross It consisted Of a cluster Of nine pearl.
/ IN the shape Of a crucifx. and Is aio7nst perfect
{ up Al low water on the Lacipede Islands by q
I bcachcomber named Clark. II last sold for $50
/ 600.
/ The profit Of the Government on coming COP
+ per is considerable. Cent coins consist Of
/ per cent q tin and zinc and IS per cent Of
/ copper They cost the Government about A.
I cents a pound and there are I4s in a pound 50
\ that the Treasury makes Just SI-O5 On each pound
coined.
/ The humming bird. Of which there are 900
varieties, is found only in America and the ad-
I laceut Islands The only food thar VIII be Of
any avail in the proposed attempt 20 convey
I some OF these birds % Europe i honev. II {,
. IN F.srr4 III
/ IN cages for a few weeks in summer but Il IS
/ almost impossible TO get them through the win
/ ter.
/ The complete set Of unused Australian stamps
I comprising all the issues Of the verious States
I Of the commonwealth. presented 70 the Duke Of
I Cornwall and York, Is valued at $500 The
/ Dukes collection is one Of the finest in the
world and It's value is probably not much les
I than SJpy,t99 Il Is specially rch in the va
rletles Of English STAMPS and on one occasion
reprint Of some rare stamps Wa specially made
/ Tor the Duke by the P0storhce -I-horities-
/ The most costly garment in the world was e1-
/ hibited al the fisheries exhibition IN London
Z in lss3 Il is one Of the rovaI cIoaks from the
sandwich Islands Il Is made OF red. black. az!
yellow feathers, and the bird which supplied the
yellow feathers Is nov extinct II was always
{ 50 rare that 70 took century and a half II
/ collect enuu-h 20 make the cloak and ezch bird
produced but three OF four feathers Of the requi-
.
| II in Isd0 a man had set our on a business tour
which required him 10 visit all tmeriean citi4s
| Of 4,00o population and upward he would have
/ had TO 20 no farther north thai Boston and
Salem, no farther west than Albany and Lan1a-f--
and no farther south than Savannah. eTrstes.
/ by stage coach and allowing q week - es.1
I place he should have made the rounds - {
months The commercial traveller Who nov "a b
out % visit all American cities Of .Q0e- and ss
.H |.H
Z upon the average, must expect 20 be a matter O.
about tWenty-one years on the -0ad-
( Paving experiments are 70 Be- made in Havana
with vitrided bricks. granite Flares and sand
stone blocks The most durable materials vii. o.
course, be used iu the z.v-@ts in which heavy
vehicles are most numerous. Ais Havana gets
substantial pavemeuts in its business quarters the
city Government should take care t<Fthe road
WAYS be torn up a. rarely As s9SSsible In
/ New York the payements are almost ike the
tides ~ the sea. IN a condition OF perpetual IN
I resr. They broken open. split apart and
/ tossed about SO often that they get no peace.
and when they are put together again the work
/ Is horched. and gaps and riiJs and hills and h0-
\ lows abound
/ In the Catholic Protectory. opposite Valley
I Forge, Pa, there are several curious poo. a.
. b,es that the boy inmates whuSe average age Z
only fourteen wears made themselves The st0ne+
I broad and fat for the foundation Of the tables
I they quzrried In the neIehborhood. and the care
/ fuI cabinet work they did in the shops Of the
Z institution. without the aid Of anyone They
Z covered the tables with coarse cloth. such a5
/ their ClotheSe we're made Of. and the bags under
[ the pockets they knitted on the machines upon
! which their stockings are turned out The ta-
/ hleS smaller than regulation ones. and they
are also much lighter but in appearance they are
quite p-esentable. and for pool Flly ing they are
| Is true as almost anyone need desire
One afternoon a couple Of players we're on tbs
1 Peuzrth. Scotland, golf links when a might,
/ drive by one Of them sent the ball away out
/ sight. and II could not be found. Next morning
whilst taking his anteuz tutinaI stroll the goIfe-
! was attracted by the pite0us cries OF a small
/ bird that kept flying backward and forward IL
/ front o. him He followed the bird until he was
/ led % a small bush. IN which he found a nest
/ The bird few into IL and appeared 20 be tryiH-
I 70 scratch something out, hopping in and out
/ repeating the action two or three times In
I state Of acute excitement all the time. Tht
/ golfer raised himself 20 look into the nest anJ
/ there was the lost golf ball
Lotteries are now usually frowned upon in thu
country. a. they ought 90 be- although in the ols
colonial da-s it was the commouest Of practice
70 raise tnds for churches. for charities, and fo
many admirable bgneiaetionS by the chances o
drawings. But even the seyercst Of fault finder
might be inclined 10 excuse the recent lottery IT
France for the benefit Of poor actors. with uig1
OF relief somewhat similar TO that Of the Actors
Fund in this country The elder C0gueIin uork@,
iHdffarigabIy for this scheme OF b5ueyoI5ncs an,
/ personally disposed q a great number 0f tickets
| The Paris firm of the RorhchiTd's drew the eart
tai prize OF 10000 francs and turned it over c.
/ the fund. A lottery Of that kind may possibly b
condoned-
1t Is a remarkable fact that scarcely one ou
of q hundred 0r the residents rf N.rr y--- Inn,