The evening times., 1901-05-18
NOTES OF THE DAY.

+ found At Kurnalpi West Australia.
The people Of Siberia. when .auced to hard
! straits, make tea of cabbage leaves-
The Bank Of France compels customers check.
ing out money To aecep. at least one-Aiih in gold
! coin.
The United States grants 5000 patents per
! anHHm or nearly as many as all the rest Of the
/ Strasburg newspaper reports the discovery at
Nelstadt oi the bones of a reindeer while digging
! cellar four yards deep.
! Three hundred Mediterranean lemons yieid only
/ zen ounces OF Ctrlc acid. against tWeuty-seyen
ounces by the California fruit
Tea became known in England about The middle
OF the seventeenth century It was first sold in
pubic houses as beer Is now tapped
The first mention OF stamps Is in the letters of
/ the old Bishop Syuesius Ct Cyrene on the Greek
coast OF AFRICA, 100 years after the Christian era
TIE Imperial Government of Austria has lately
placed women on exactly the footing "a
men IN regard to the practice Of medicine AMI
the conducting Of chemists shops.
A great falling of IS noted in the British tin
plate trade. At the end Of March 2gs mills uers
running. against as mills a year ago. and
me workmea vas $50 instead Of the q. 90 in
March, 1900.
young man in Belfast. Ne. recently shot at
a flock Of Wild geese and killed one. When he got
It home he found that e was a tame goose that
belonged to a neighbor, but was going away with
the Wild flock.
Women have been gardeners at heart since the
beginning Of all things. but it is only during the
latter portion Of the last century that they
thought Of flowers as makers Of a fortune or Of
fruit and vegetables as sources OF income
Manchester. y z, IS to have what IS claimed
VIII be the largest single mill building ever
erected II Is nearly completed and is 20 feez
long, with two WINS of $50 feet all OF an
average width OF 100 f=st and ave stories heiEat
including basement
The Oldest private soldier in South Africa Is
W Robertson. who though more than seventy
years of age Is hale and hearty and IS doing
| trench duty Robertson served IN the Crimeza
war and the k2ffiT Of IS7s and wears the
medals Of those campaigns.
Of the %, COS. .25I bottles Of champagne exported
from France IN the past twelve months. it aD-
pears that at least .G41OOO bottles came to this
country It IS not related how much Of this wine
vas reimported. after having been received from
the great vineyards OF America
Some remarkable relics Of the early civilization
IN Egypt have recently been unearthed and de-
posted IN the British Museum Among them IS
beautiful impression OF royal seal which
represents the King wrestling with 4 hippo
potanuS and speaFIng a crockodile-
Forests ara unknown in the orange belt Of
Southern California cad the growers are con
stantly experimenting. with the result that the
Tult has been brought TO state of rsrfactioa
scarcely dreamed OF fifteen years ago when il yyaz
coarse and strIngy, with more pulp than juice.
American material for the building Of railroads,
tramways etc, continues to be exclusively en-
plrved In Mexico The latest order in that line
placed IN the United States amounted to a large
nS1Te, for It was destined for three lines OF
udin'yay around Medina, IL the State Of Yucatan
big drop IN Neissoniers is reported from
Paris At the Hotel Drouot lately thirty pic
tEres and sketches brought only 5 500 Among
them were The Guide sold soon after the ar
lists death Tor SII,600. which went for s. go
and The Hussars" sold for 500 instead Of the
SI,500 1t cost
The hat factories Of the United states give en-
ploymcn to I25-o30 persons, who turn cut
finished prod1ct valued at S25.e03,090 annually.
o. the gigantic business New York has the lions
snare, there being about So. co invested in
the manufacture OF hats and caps, and fully z5G1
hands employed.
Thirty-eight inventors have taken out h1lz-
dred OF more each q United States patents since
the beginning Of the year Is72 Mr. Edison leads
al, with ~ PateEts; Prof Elihu Thomson IS
credited with "a. and Mr.. Westinghouse and Sir
Hiram ; Maxim both occupy high DIaces On
this modern role Of honor.
Lake Copais, the largest sheet Of water IN
Greece, and oae OF the natural features OF that
country, has recently been nearly au drained OF
oy an English company, and It's former bed Il
Gow being cultivated vrItl gratifying results the
sol! Delng very fertile aad well suited for cotton
melons, colZa- DeeIs, and other vegetables
Candles are extensively used IN Mexico. owing
to the great expense OF petroleum. i bookkeeper
nay be seen making his entries IN a great ledger
BY the hght OF a single candle Mexican
printer can work with candle stuck carelessiy
INTO one OF his boxes, and two JaiI0TS in the
Inall shops can be seen sharing the rays Of 4 sin
gle dip
Recent experiments IN wireless teIegraphy OF
he coast Of Malta have resulted in the successful
Transmission OF message I3+ miles While ex-
0erTmcntIng on 4 snip Ii the open sea the
'peT2tOrs we're surprised to receive q message IN
Italian. asking as 10 the position Of the ship It
,fterward turned cut that the message came from
n italian war vessel AZ Syracuse
According to Prof spaIdiag the white pine
Zee seldom attaiHs height greater than 40
eet OF diameter Of more than 80 inches tree
4 tins variety once measured BY the Division OF
'orestry OF the Department Of Agriculture was
20 feet tall and Is inches thick That tree was
% years old It was a little saplIng 30 years
'etOre Columbus sailed from Palos.
In sermon to the Chambersburg Pa, Luth-
rams Sunday, Bishop Il L BarkIey, Of Cali
0rIia, who Is attending the general conference Of
he United Brethren explained that mans rule
'ver woman (Which, he said should always be
IS 5 part Of her punishment for eat
ng the apple The Lutheran women did not ike
he sermon and told the bishop
Some OF the stalwart lads OF the University OF
Pennsylvania VIII pass teir vacation in the Bald
win locomotive works some viii bark on the
iidway Of the PaR-American, one viii work IN
brIckyard, one VIII a laundry, and employ
cl2SsuIte TO drive the laundry wagon An
Iher OF the boys has obtained job Is assist
Mt engineer on an ocean steamship
An intrestiEg discovery was made N course
I sinking the shaft at Kent coal works, Dover.
rhen seam OF fossiIized wood was passed
hTough- Some unusually large and beautiful
pecTMeus have been secured and VII be sent TO
be British Museum In some cases the specimens
now with remarkable dIstiRCtness the structure
I the tree, with the grain and knots
Londen, II spite OF EngIand's war with the
Oers and the recent death OF Queen Victoria
D al Appearances vas never more prosperous
lan now The theatres, music halls. and concert
)oms are crowded Every hotel IS full OF visit
IS At night the luxurious supper rooms at the
a:Iton. Savoy Cecil Princes, and other less
nown restaurants overflow with fashionable visit
IS
An electrician named Smith at Cardiff. wales.
as invented two xFay tubes. for which he
aims several advantages over the ordinary tubes.
specially that they are not injurious. one of
ZEN actually tending 20 heal burns and wounds
ne makes bones and not flesh visible on photo
raphiC plate, while the other makes neither
isible, the plate only showing foreign sub
aEces-
-pt as legal tender the new gold 70 and 20
anc pieces OF the Italian coinage The pieces
ar the inscription. .yitt0rio Emanuee III and