The evening times., 1901-01-18
NOTES OF THE DAY.
There are 75.ooo Americans living in Paris.

| Jefferson CITY. No, ieweler has clock
| operated by weights which viii run for Jwo
/ years With one winding
Rabbits are not alone confined to the West
They are IN gTaat abundance in Pennsy lvania
| where they are doing considerable damage 70
fruit trees.
4 eompany has been formed at Wichita Kan
| 70 manufacture a preparation extracted from al
| t1lfa- which IS guaranteed 10 make thin people
| fat and lat people thin
Charles Adams. who died recently at Ozark.
Mo- was 30 large thai no coffn could De found
rhat Eould hold his body and It was necessary 70
| have one made 90 orGer
Mosquitoes were unknown IN Switzerland until
the completion Of the st. Gofhard tunnel under
the Alps The tunnel gave them a short cut e
| the land Of William Tell.
The sitka Indians have long quarreled ove.
theiT clan toteIus, but recently they haze held
grand palaver and wisely agreed 70 make the
American flag their only totem
The parents Of Paul Laurence Dunbar the negro
poet. both slaves IN the sntehelium Gays.
The father escaped to Canada and during the var
OF the rebellion he fought with the Fifty fifth
| Massachusetts, infantry
An ordinance recently adopted IN Cincinnati
| provides that new teRements shall have a bath
/ room for each suite OF rooms having a separate
/ hallway, and that remodeled tenernents shall
| have one bathroom for each three rooms
Dr. john P. Wood of CofeyviIle. Kan. who
has Just celebrated his ninety-ninth birthday.
| has closed contract for series Of lectures on
| Longevity" Dr. Wood Is still in the active
practice OF medicine
William Ricketts, has Just completed his twen-
ty-ifth year as mail carrier and coach driver be
tween Rising sun and Aurora Ind missing but
two weeks on account Of sickness in all that
time The total distance he has travelled in tbs
way Is 5g3. 10 miles.
New York is to have another high school in the
z
High School. which Is TO suls - all the other
buildings IN that part Of the State The cost viii
be 9-3sS. and the work viii not be completed
until the spring OF 1902.
Captain Henry 5, Eastman who died at Berk-
ley, Cal, the other day, began his naval career
as a common seaman under Perry, and
OF the barge crew that rOwed the commodore
through the crowd of Japanese boats on the IA
nous visit TO the MikadO.
Paris gave all her inhabitants a new century
present BY reducing the octroi duty wines, 50
that the ordinary sSorkinguan's family mag save
about s23 year on this account It VIII reduce
the city's revenue 5000, ,0o0 though il VIII be
made up IN other forms OF taxation
Texas Is comparatively very sparsely cultivst-
ed State In several counties there are very few
/ inhabitants Bailey county has but residents
Cochran has =. Anderson has 25, LINN has i.
and Dawson has 80 Twenty FIVE other c0unties
have populations o. less than go each.
Rack taxes 10 considerable amount have been
collected IN various parts Of Iowa through the
employment Of tax ferrets.'' in Polk county
alone $500 was dragged from delinquents in TIE
month Of December last and twice that amount
Is expected 90 be realized this month
In Philadelphia a charitable society thar has
been in operation eiehty-three years has given
away every day for fourteen weeks during each
cold season segenty-dVe gallons Of soup and 800
loayes Of bread The superintendent has been
connected with the work ty-iour years
Two Chicago tootpads despoiIed helpless We
nan OF her purse and fed. pursued BY dozen
citizens When the highWay4Hen had iIred the
Pursuers to a comparatively deserted street they
turned at bay and held up the entire Dozen not
leaving j nickel IN any Of their pockets
Turquoise mining IN New Mexico IS OF very re
mote origin Many Of the present mines, when
located indicated operations By the inhabitants
OF New Mexico at 4 time prior 70 or contempo-
raneoUs With the AztecS, stone and earthen Teo-
sels Of great antiquity being found in the ygorE-
ings.
There IS some taIk in Spain uf sbolishine bull
EgAts. They are not likely zpossblv= % receive
Government support, but priyste bull fighting IN
the provinces are Just Is Likely 10 be suppressed
IN Spain As faro banks are IN Dawson City. OF
/ any other region this vast civilized continent
II can't be accomplished.
One of the most curious mines that IS worked
Is n Tongkin, China where in sand formation.
At depth Of from Il 10 % feet there Is a de-
posite Of the stems OF trees. The Chinese work
this mine for the timber, which Is found IN good
condition and Is used IN making troUghs End for
carving and other purpose
Henry Arthur Jones. the dra--atist says that
when he first taught himself hovs 20 write plays 1t
was his custom 10 witness the same piece six
nights a week in order 70 learn the technique
He keeps stock Of character. plots. scenes Incl
dents and themes all lying ready for use and
sinmering in dramatic Stockpot-
AID Brooklyn ninety-three years WIS interviewed
on New Years day and had little 10 say, except
that = don't know that the world IS any bette-.
but there's more Of it When she first crossed
the river 10 Brooklyn the custom was TO 20 70
| certain street and shout for boat
A young woman in Illinois, angered at the as
sertion OF the editor OF IN Illinois paper tlat her
weight was zl4 pounds called at his efSce and
horseyvhipped him After the castigation the
editor Of the opinion that the lady possessed
an avordupois aggregsting $50 pounds. but he
did not publish his impression n his little paper
| Vice President-elect Roosevelt has been having
me time in the Western wIlds on his hunting
! excursion He was nearly over1aken and eaten
/ bv q grizzly bear. who objected 10 the rough
/ riders invasion of his habitat, but comrades
1 good aim Knocked the bear out in round
/ The Vice President-clect has killed wild cat,
/ up 10 date
/ It has been generally believed BY those engaged
Carrying ltaL CONS Guutt ut ill-LAtu uf @4i1
i mechanical mixer a Glasgow. Scotland. firm
/ claims 10 have machine that viii do the work,
/ and wants TO exhibi: IT at the Pan-AEerican Ex-
position at Buffalo next summer The milking
! machine Is said to be constructed on the pneu-
| matte system. with valves, suction tubes, etc
| Friday IS losing its terrorS day OF bad luck
| Many people are nov sufficiently devoid Of super
| stitiou TO be married on that day Of the week
/ Numerous births have happened on Fridays. as
record. VIII show and OF those who made their
advent into this terrestrial sphere there not
/ probably one among thousands Of millions who
/ know Of Il or. If they do give themselves any
/ Uneasiucss about IT.
| When the present Car OF Russia was czarouitz
| he made an extended tour Of the Orient, returning
| by way of Siberia What he did and saw has
! been recorded in one of the most magnificent
| books ever printed It has been done into Ing
/ Iish and the second volume made its appearance
/ /. short time ago The work Is splendidly Illus
| tr2ted and altogether IS the most superb book
I OF its kind IN existence
| The Ontario Government received last year
| $50 So q in fees from incorporated companies
The revenue from this source has greatly incress-
! ed in late years being SIS. .S4765 IN 1856 SO
2S6 10 in 1877 SIS go 10 lS9S. and S6I .SjI .
| IN 1882 Last year 80 companies were iHror-
| porated by letters patent lSl received licenses
and - granted supplementary letters pat
eEt This Is an increase q - ever 1880
| Melbourne correspondent writes that in the