The evening times., 1901-10-12
NOTES OF THE DAY.

of che 1857 towns in New England Igl nance
lneF schools under the district system. eighty
one 90 them being In Connecticut.
The coal 6el5- % the south cover a11o1 Su-r,
Britain. France, Germany. and BELGIUM cr-1-
On July there were. as officially reported
- l'rei-n sfn,A companies doing business l-
E.1-.', With combined capital of 100000
been prazrected iu Cubs TO --.-,--. 75 80 -.-.
Of sugar season The plantation takes .a
L.vro acres
New York city recovered last year. stGiis5
from forfeited bail bonds SOP 62 from che O.
science fund. end IS from the sale OF grass So =
on staten Island
PoSen, in PTsEsian Poland is 90 have ITS
fortlhcati0ns disrautIed- Prussia vii Har ~.
land they cover trom the German Empire f1r
ll,z5o.oJ9 marks
Among the peasants Of Turkey almost an ,he
cociorng s. StiI done by women o. C-ustla-
tinoule there are -aEs against these hea.ers. b1-
t-ey flourish, nevertheless.
In most European railways the principal differ
elce between seclaa-class and E-st-class lies IN
the color % the seat cushions Erst-cIass Heft-
usually red. sccond-c.as5 grey.
The three greatest shipping ports in Tie eor-d
arc NcT l0rA. Liverpool, and Hamburg over
12"o vessels arrive and depart each year 10
Hamburg, and over 4l,000 az Liverpool
Most of the people in Pictou and Auiigonish.
IN Nova Scotia. and great part Of the neigh
boring counties. are descendants Of the scotch
H--AlAnders wEo settled there about a century
se'enty-seven tribes are represented in the .0Y-
pupils IN the Indian training school az Carlisle.
Pa. the Seneeas leading in number. Last year
S2s.7l5.
AHr q.
city proper Of London in consequence Of the
application Of an old ordinance f1rbilIfu- -,rf-
miles an hour
The New Hampshire Historical Society has the
original patent on process for the Use %
steam m propelins boats It vas Issued TO
samuel A0Tley, March p, I7l5 and was signed
ay George Washington
Italy has debt Of e50a010.059. which is
growing at the rate Of eILol0.009 a wear. Tie
only way the Italian can escape the taxation IS
~ einig'lie- and th-s they are doing in con-
siderable numbers
Australia has pro70rtionateIy more churches
than ans other country. their number being 6Ol3.
OF 30 % every 10000 people England has lli
churches 20 every 10000 people. Russia 0uiT
nity-hve % the sane number
In the higher regions Of the CordiIleras refuge
Huts have been erected for the p1stmen who have
% make their rounds Jil late IN the winter
Even thus some OF these men perish every vim
days. H '-s several
The Court oi Civil Appeals in Texas holds
that persou wbo receives a letter adirs-seI
% another and Vho retains il an unreason-
aDie length o- time Is guilty Of ohstruetiny the
man, and i liable for whatever damage nav
thereby result
Albany, y. Y. claims the honor Of having
rrHTf
tALs country. Several we're built in the wear
->Lf and The event vas duly noted az the tine
a. Al evidence Of the spread of United states
enterprise
The Governor Of North Carolina hss n5tfaed
the people o. his State that al petitions for the
pardon Of c0uvicts must first De advertised for
some length Of time in the newspapers Of the
locality where the offender lived or where the
crime was committed
The f1IIouing-n1ueI states and Terr.t8rfas in
800 do not contain any city with a p0ul1ti5a
Of 500 or more. Arizona, Idaho. Indian Ta--
-ilarF- NlsS-Sslppl. Nevada, New Mexico North
Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma, south Da-
NoL2- vermont, and Wyoming
While a windmill roof was being orarhsrl-I
near. Besancon the 1aumni6ed body Of pigeoa
was found Attached % wing was a QUIZ
containing a misSlre dated l--I which read:
-Dari-ns All "elL but starving. p. p. g."
The pigeon VAS uos- likely one oi the h51ners
released IN Paris uurlaE the seiEe-
The little Elfn, the smallest o. the British
royal yachts. Is 90 be- broken up, after nearly
half ceutury's service as q despatch boat far
the late Queen Victoria. Her fate is thus a.
rurel- soon all that remains of her VIII Be N
Tie form Of a relic. possessed probably. By the
Tie Yellow River is styled the sorrow q
China During the iast century i- has changed
its course twenry--w7 times. and n0a f5EI
distant t-1u thar lf IJI yeats ago IL is es-I-
mated that It's foods in -he present century
have cost China 100000 lives.
During the session Of the British Par.ilnen.
thlt began on January . and ended IN August
T. u3 fewer than 6.+4S questions were asked n
the House Ot Commons This number has only
once been eZreal5t -1 recent years al any rate.
namely IN -ha session lsli-+. when rhe number
lt questions Vls a-aS4- Bur The House
90 LlEs duriEg Il-J session whereas there we're
only us sl-t.n-s during the recent session
The first B5er baby born in the West. and
perhaps in this country. IS the infant son q
Dr. and Mrs T. A. Belly o. Denver. Col Ths
parents came 20 this country in Is7s- They were
born in the Orange Free state. and educated in
the public schools there Before the war broke
Cu-- Dr. and N-s- BelLy went 90 Nex Nars,
the former J1 take a special r-lluiu. and tie
latter % continue her musical rlucatiou. Then,
with the war. came loss 1f property. and Dr.
Beddy concluded % remain and practice in thls
country.
An important ministry IS the production q
ElhoEraphic stone ard up 70 the present time
our main sources Of supply have been limestone
quarries at Soluh0sen Bavaria. Germany.
These quarries have been supplying the United
states with stone tlr many ye-rs. but are slid
% Be becoming unsatisfactory. both In regard
% quality and L=pendahi.ity Of supply What
ever the cause the orders i0r German stone
ly arms IN this country have not been eX-
pellti1Isly dlIet- These facts are tending %
stimulate the search for good deposits Of this
stone in the United States
The arrival in London Of several Turkish ez-
lies Las been notified TO the palace az Yildl1
hiesS, says a London newspaper. In couse-
qusuee the S-,ltan IS said 90 have increased
che allowance a the officials in Len3oa for the
e'pt11IEe scandal VIII U1w probably become
greater In London that IL vas iu Paris owing
20 the greater freedom enjoyed by the spies
Many Turk residents in England rc-arl THIS
espionage as an abuse Of the hospitality shown
T. their countryUen by Greet Britain
The late lord Norris was uusparias in tho
couuter-thrust when he was assaiIed. An Eng
Ii-h official who hlled the post os uuder--ec-e-
tary to the Lord Lieutenant. once was rude
enough 90 remark, in a loud voice. az a DuLIia
dinner table, r-lr IL was strange @rrllEe-
mlut. and one CllrlCIerisIic Cf Ireland. that
Es should have much smaller salary than the
Chief JU-,ige-NnTris was then Chief Justice
though hrs functions were VEN much more
important Chief Justice Morris. amid the
avet silence which cIsued. >iI- That is
tAraiu o. tE1u-ht that / ara sure often oceurs
10 me tUstaf-'
a new crop of os Mrs. Nalaprori,m, was gath
cred by The passengers WAC returacd % this
country uor long ago on the same boat with