The evening times., 1898-12-10
NOTES OF THE DAY.

1t is said that many owners of large
pear orchards i'm France are under con-
tract to send their entire produce 10
firm Of wine merchants in The cham
payne district.
The Methodist Episcopal Church has
ten deaconess hospitals in this country
They are located at Cincinnati Omaha
Kansas CITY. Minneapolis BlOominst- n
Spokane Great Falls. Boston, Jefferson
vile and Washington.
a large order from Hongkong for bar
Der chairs has just been received in this
country These chairs are destined for
Manila where it seems. our so d ers and
sailors cannot accustOm themselves To
the primitive tonsOriaI accommodation
now offered.
The Korean legation is soon to receive
an addition In the eldest son Of the N n
lister. ChOHg hi Ye. who has recently
been made an attache that he may b.
allowed the opportunity TO study Englis1
and the social and political ethics Of the
United States.
Mud and dust can be easily cleaned
from the inside of bicycle mudguards by
a Connecticut mans device. consisting
of brush with a clamp on the back.
which is gripped on the face Of the tire.
the wheel being then revOlvcd and the
brush engaging the guard
\ Florida inventor has designed "A steam
boat to run on the ice in winter runners
I being mounted on the under side AT the
proper depth TO bring the paddle blades
10 the level of the ice, each blade being
tipped with e stee! point which sticks into
the ice and proPels the boat.
The late Or. Bliss was for many years
T Cen SbHrTr.f ftfyzigfFn vCnEU
the soldier complained. Your stuff is do
ing me good he replied. Take
Shakespeare advice. then. and throw il
To the dogs There are too many val
liable dogs IN our neighbOrhood, :" heplied
Sherman
A San Francisco friend Of Admiral Dew
{ ey who sent him am account Of Hobsou'S
I csculatory experience and the dire prOph-
I ecies for Dewey's fate upon returning, re-
/ ceived this answer from the admiral.
| The clippings you send do not seem pos
/ sible- The threats you make persuade me
/ to remain forever in Manila" "
/ The most curious European oath Is ad-
ministered in Norway. The witness raises
/ his thumb. his forefnger and his middle
finger. These signify the Trinity. while
/ the larger of the uplifted fingers Is sup
. posed TO represent the soul of the witness
/ and the smaller TO indicate his body Be
fore oath is taken a long exhortation is
delivered.
What public opinion amounts 90 in
Russia may be gathered from the recent
census of that empire. which shows that
in a population Of -, s,e11.001 there are on
~ 743 newspapers or one TO every 10 6.G
people. or these $50 are IN Russian. 81 in
= Polish Il in German. 9 in French 5 in
Armenian and ? in Hebrew. No English
paper appears in the list
An English paper says that a deputa-
ton OF complaining iaymen recently wait
cd upon the Archbishop of Canterbury
and laid theiy burden before him. one item
after another the last one being. as eX-
pressed By the spJSeman: And. my lord
we regret 70 observe that YOU fail 70 treat
US a. gentlemen. But you are not. re-
piled DR. Temple in his most raspias
manner
4 correspondent Of the London Daily
News notes the growth OF The use OF Eng
iish on the continent. Wherever he went
he was able 10 converse with staJe-men
and diplomatist> in his native tolsu.. He
found that aS rule The governing class
- in Europe would understand ard
speak English. In the Russian royal
family especially English is the familiar
Language of conversation.
NslANr "A A4-e tA Llsi tr4 - - iilt bt-E-il use
foT telegraph poles. but the idea of stone
for this purpose viii be- new 10 most peo-
Die. Ii i nevertheless a fact that thl
messages between Milan and w.tzerIand
by way OF the Simpi0n Pass, pass over IL
telegraph line with stone poles. 7 his line
runs along the fine military road which
skirts the west side Of Lake MIEgOir--
The poles are Of gray granite. and aver
, age about 10 inches square. and , fee,
. ,Tsrr i'm for "a -
- or - miles.
There is "a pretty HJJie -quabble going ON
ut weTi-SnowH church in East London
TIE hard-workir- vicar conceived the
plan of replacing the plain S.ass east win
dow win stained glass. and got different
people each IN give panel IL all went
well until the work was nearly finished.
when someone formerly connected with
the church has come down upon the vicar
ard threatened dire things against him
for removing the plain glass window with
out a faculty. the objector claiming tha,
the said window was put I'D in memory Of
his father.
The Scotch did not use the knocseI
yearSa ago Instead. they adopted the curl
, Gus contrivance known as the ''Jirlr-piu.
c This was Just "a rasIins substitute for j
& knocker. made Of twisted bar Of troT
fixed against the door or douOrPOst. with
an iron rinE hanging loosely from It. IN
. . stead of knocking a person who deStre5
: admfttarce would seize the ring and raSI
upon il producing "a noise some. hing sim
liar 10 that made by a housewife ws'
srsteS nutInegs upon nutmeg CRATER
This device came from France. where J.
- uriginated In the time of the NaloiS.
Herr Lanaan. the editor Of the MUuici
n comic paper SimpIicissimus. and Her
Heine. the chief cartoOnist, have fed C.
Switzerland TO avoid arrest for lese ma
este The cartoon which has given OF
fense represents the ghosts of GodeIro,
3. de Rouflliou and Frederick BarbarcSsa a
e revisiting the Holy City. where the lat
ter picks up the Kaiser's helmet. puSS3re
O and all. His fat sides shaking and hi
u mouth agape with uncomfortable merr
meut. he shows his find to GOdefr0y, VII
remarked: stop your silly laughter
Why. our Crusades hadn't any Sfri'u
purpose. either
Those who have Travelled much throus
the damp iUEgles of India. such "a IN
TeraI cannot have helped noticing IN
large amount OF fuHgoid growth. both tel
restriaI and epiphytlcal. that presents il
self much OF which i edible. bUt require
an Intimate acquaintance with botany {
determine between the poisonous and ta
- unininicaI What were not long sine
considered semi-savage races OF ti
northeast frontier are the best guides n
uninitiated however. can employ 70 ia:
tiugig;sh the two classes. SO close IS u
- resemblance that il would be danSefot
for the ignorant traveller 90 trust to