The evening times., 1898-10-18
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The Vienna municipal lottery continues
in spite of protests. IL is said that hun
dreds of people have ruined themselves
and then committed suicide as d result Of
gambling, but the lottery keeps down the
direct taxes.
The Republicans Of an Illinois Congress
siOnal district did not object 10 the pla-
gtarism SO much, but only 70 the taste
Of their candidate in selecting an Old
speech of ex-senator ingalls, for repeti-
tion as an original Grafton
The readers of an English newspaper
are asked TO believe that a subJerraneau
city exists in Galicia, Austrian Poland
which contains a population OF over 1.dJ)
men, women and children. many OF whom
have never seen the light of day.
BY mistake. new empIoye Of a rnenas-
erie at Moscow entered the cage OF the
fiercest tiger with a bucket of water.
and coolly proceeded 70 wash the animal
The tiger liked the novel sensation. and
quietly submitted. delightedIy turning
every part Of its body 10 the Cossack-
Col John A Watkins. the Indian his
tOrian. who died in New Orleans the 9TH
er day. was veteran Of ;he Mexican and
civil wars. He was very proud of the fact
that he traced his descent directly 70 one
OF the followers of Capt. John Smith, Of
Pocahontas fame. Capt. Joseph Watkins
In sending in copy with abbreviated
words St Louis editor did not take ac-
count of the military spirit Of the day.
SO his paper is made TO announce that
the principal musical number OF the
morning service" at one Of the churches
will be Mozart's Twelfth Massachu-
sets
Nobody knows how many books are in
the British Museum. Some years ago
II was estimated by measurement that
there were 100000 books there. Since
that estimate was made the number mas
considerably increased. so that at the
present time the total is probably nearer
3.000 CO.,
Educated women in England find great
difficulty In obtaining suitable enplav-
raent, as is shown by the enormous mum
Der of candidates who present themselves
for cleTkShips at the London general post
office At recent examination held for
women clerks there were ]. so candidates
for thirty positions.
Less than two years ago Colorado
abaEdoned capital punishment. and al
ready there IS a movement TO restore il
/ Il is asserted by those who wish a re-
/ establishment of the gall0ws that The
/ Life Imprisonment law has resulted in an
I tpi2eiIllS OF crime mat Is not the case
/ IN Wisconsin and other States that have
! given To the experiment a longer trial.
/ The Atlanta Journal SAYS: I'VE wou1s1
/ have had carpet mills and many manu-
/ factories of woolen fabrics in Georgia but
I for the fact that we protected several
/ thousand worthless ours and make profit
/ able sheep-raiSing almost impossible in
| this State When We come to the concIu-
/ sion that sheep is worth more than a
! yellow dog Georgia win be a great wool
| producer
/ A horse railroad about mile in length
/ accommodates the residents of a suburb
! of San Francisco. The grade Is about
l three and one-half per cent. A horse
/ draws the car and passengers uphill. he
| car deScends by its own gravity. and then
! carries the horse on the rear platform of
| the car. The ascent is made at the rate
| of two and One-haf miles an hour. the
! descent averages at the rate of fifteen
! miles an hour.
! The New Zealand assembly has lust
/ passed an old age pension bill which ap-
| plies to all persons over sixty-five wears
/ old. The pension amounts to but $50 a
year, or about $1-I5 week and no one
i who has an income of over s. a week or
! property worth more than s. 100 will be
/ entitled to it. Twenty years residence in
| the colony and ten years exemplary con-
duct are among the other qualifications.
| the vagrant and the drunkard being thus
| shut off.