The evening times., 1898-11-02
NOTES OF THE DAY.


magnificent collection of gems was the
most perfect and complete set of black
pearls in existence.
a Wichita Man is making fortune By
raising jack rabbits He sells them TO
Eastern hunters. who use them instead
of foxes for sporting purposes.
The Empress of Russia intends to erect
monument TO her mother Princess
Allce' IN the town of Darmstadt.
IL Is said that the finest diamond in ths
world belongs TO Mrs. Cornelius Wander
Dii- ~ weighs one karat. and cost s. go
II as iargs as the kOh-i-nor il world
e "orth a5ou, $3.50 0)O. Ii came from
Goicouda.
some English society folk lament that
there Is no winter season in London Al
thristfnas everyone is at some country
mouse or other. TIE trouble. with the
London winter time for gaverv- i
chiefly the London fog
An economical young man at Liberty
Mo. wanted the recorder to change The
! name in the marriage license he ma
( bought few days before because be L9(I
changed girls since he got IL But the
recorder blocked his intentions bv maxim,
him get new one.
The statistics as to the cburcbes y,
Hawai show that there are in the isl
ana seven Episcopal cIergyuen. and seyar
Anglican churches. with membership
OF I,ocO. OF whom fifteen are Hawaiia1s
There are 50.O00 Congregationaiists ana
1900 Roman Catholics in the island
The making and selling Of the little
confetti in use at carnival time in Eu-
rope is quite an important Industry. Il,
is estimated that the Parisidns alons
spend S1z0.C eco upon them every year The
totai weight of confetti sold in Paris in q
year has been estimated at 500 60 kilo-
grammes. or more than 1.o33 tons.
An Atchison policeman has invented :,
Z poiiceman's club made of rubber. solid
but flexible. 1t will subdue a man with
great ease and dispatch. but without
hurting him or breaking the skin
woman in Horton, Kan climbed 20
+ the top OF the waterworks standpipe.
which is 100 feet high The object was 10
win bet Curious ladies they have in
Horton, Kan
/ Most people think that the canvas ana
/ the paint in an old painting are inseparI-
+ be. But between the canvass and tn.
! layers Of paint there Is a ground Of chaIk
! or plaster This makes it possible for a
/ frescO 10 be transferred from a wall 10
: a canvas. Ru5in's Descent from the
i Cross. in the Antwerp Cathedral and
( Eaphaeis Madonna in the Louvre.
ItbNE Dttu 80 Treated
4 tribe which has no excuse for IN
cleanliness IS that Of the Ma1-is They
nave boiling springs in which they can
soak themselves all day IN warm wealth
er. cook their meat and potatoes b-- sim
ply hanging them in their nets in a cor
Her Of hDt-water spring. launder their
garments - soaking them in "a bo{.ins
soda spring and riusing in the warm
clear water Of another bu5blinc gevser
In France the state has n1ouonory Of
lA~ sale OF matches and tobacco. Ne.~,v
-',N''g g'' matches were manufactured i'm
franc" during lSel, and about jBaJt.J
were brought from other cOunr.ie-
About 500 matches per head IS The asff
mated annual consumption Of matches in
france. The profit upon these was nearly
SA~u'+t- IL may be added that III. 5u77i-
u o! government matches has been rne
subject 5f more than one satiricaI French
cartoon.
PEI maps the queereSt pet ever kepr bv
man belonged 70 Sir John LBbbo~E H.
mad a pet wasp. He gained The affecri,rs
OF the creature by encouraging II To ~ Ike
Us nea on his Rand II never sturg nm
bat once and that was when on "a rail-
Way Journey. he essayed 70 tuck il mo
a 5oJt!e IL d hurry. and the small Ger
vera resented such behavior. IL is said
that the pet became SO tame I'm the nine
months of its captivity that II would even
allow itself 90 be stroked At the end
OF the nine months l. died. presumably Of
good behavior
\ resident OF the Indian Territory has
+ Just expressed his opinion OF the alIot-
ment scheme for Indian tribes he says
that the Indians reasons for obI-ctiul-
TO this plan are quite sound and whole
some The Indian, he SAYS rightly
concludes that so long as the Govern
meut vests within him the uuquestfored
ownership of the country and deprivas
the white man of even the privilege OF
owning land in the nation, he Is c0mpar-
atIvely safe Let down the bars By the
allotment scheme and il viii be about
ten years until the Indian viii b. com
PEELED to take up his limited belongings
and emigrate 70 Mexico. where they may
get land for the taking. The more in
telligent of the Indian leaders recognizes
this weakness OF their feIlow-rribesmea
and protest against any such arrange
ment being completed"
\ weaving machine known as the Nil
lar. has been invented at Verviers France.
/ and i said - give most satisfactory re-
: suits The machine lends itself readily -1
weaving yarns OF different color ard quail
ity, as the various bObbias can bs sup
piled according 10 taste. Raw material Of
inferior quality can also be used as lire
IS little strain on the thread in this mode
of weaving. the wefr thread floating Ike
! that Of a kniiter- The production is as
tOnishingiy rapid; ~ 70 25a meters can be-
7 woven in day Of ten hours. There is
ais" great economy Of hand work one
workman being able 20 oversee six ma
chimes The motive force is perhaps one
half that demanded by the ordinary ma
chine. the Miilar having the motion of a
sewing machine or of knitting needles.
4 Ii will be advantaseously used in The
II manufacture of plain stufTs. drapery and
velvet
The h;sory of the EscuriaI one of the
largest buildings in the world. is an in
tereSting one and intimately connected
with that CT Spain. u was commenced
,e in 1865 by order OF Philip II Of Spain. ana
was intended partly as Il royal byirvi.ie
place for the kings of Spain ana partly
as ComnemOration of Philips victory
over the French at ST. Quentin in I557 II
y is built entirely of granite. and measures
"A feet in length by $50 feet in breadth
ie At each corner is a tower 200 feet il
height The building is supposed to rep
resent an enormous gridiron living upsid,
down, and this shape IS believed to hav,
reference 10 St. Lawrence. who was mar
tyred on a gridiron. Twenty-one year.
= were spent in building it. and il cost 81
0GoGG0. 1t has been twice partly destroy
d ed by lightning and was sacked by tEt
French soldiers in 1SeS. There are IA
doors and 11.0O0 windows.
Some of the Spanish people b Ii We tina
all the ilI-luck of that nation is Gu- 10
1t certain famous opal set in ring Lon
don Answers says: The ring bell nge
l.