The evening times., 1899-10-02
NOTES OF THE DAY.
America has 2os female lawyers.


Our clocks ard sun dials were invented in the
Orient.
German newspapers praise the American con-
sutar service
An energetic temperament and active habits
conduce to longevity
The value of hogs is s166. .272. no. more than the
total amount deposited in all the savings banks
in the country.
The vaccination, or rather anti-vaceination.
question Is a very live in England, the law
there not being compulsory
The woman who invented satchelbOttom paper
bags offered $4,000 for the pateEt before shs
could get away from Washington
During the fiscal year Of ls9T-'9s the United
States sold s29, oe0 worth of typewrters in Mexi-
and S1s, 900 worth in Argentina.
Eggs as an article OF diet were first used By the
Malaccans and when speak of Shanghai chick
ems We but mention an Asatie name.
Japan has TO rely entirely upon foreign eoun-
tries for her supplies Of leather there being only
two tanneries worthy Of the name in the country
Interference with digestion il a by no means
common effect CT excessive exercise. and so far
as training Is concerned it is one Of the most
destructive.
New York restaurateur recently undertook to
cater exclusively for obese people, but failed be-
cause his customers lacked perseverance in tho
! "banting'' diet served.
Near a certain quarry in Italy Is town in
which the inhabitants pay rent taxes. They
are quarry employees. VINO have dug dwellings in
the face of steep rock
Austrian women can be seen in the best restau-
rants with a huge glass of beer standing foos
high the table IN front OF them, and they con-
sumo the liquor with and evident enjoyment
Many physicians nowadays refuse to believe
there is such thing as hydrophobia, and thoSs
who do believe in it assert that rot in case
I - A,,e< ant
danger Of it.
| They are busily working again at the wonderful
quarries of yitulano, in the Italian province %
| Benevsnto which Charles III, of Naples. first
plotted, and from which he built the splendid Pal.
ace Of CaSerts-
! AT Sheffield England. the scarcity of workmen
| for the iron and steel industry has become
acute that measures being taken for recruiting
labor abroad-especiaily in sweden, where labor
| is much cheaper.
| The American Agriculturist'' has gathered
and compiled statistics which show that of ST.
90 students in nearly 200 colleges and univerSi-
It's in this country, nearly 2lCO are from the az
TiCulturai Gases
The Pope has received from an English Cath.
olic 4 present OF a beautifully constructed motor
car This automobile is seated for two. As His
Holiness has not for three years taken carriage
exercise it i improbable that he viii ever uss
the mctcr-car-
The Chinese as NEST people know, believe IN
d future existence; but in that future state they
are by no means certain whether al ones wants
are provided for consequently they have a way
Of their own Of eonsignilg earthly comforts 10
their departed friends and relatives IN the other
world.
Ordinary dark hair Is far finer than red, ald
more than three dark hairs would generally &C.
cupy the space of red one, 10000 dark hairs be-
ing about the average crop. Fair-haired people
are still better off, 10000 10 10000 being quite
ordinary crop OF haIfs On the head CT 4 lar
Nan or WOMAN
A remarkable case of salvage IS that of tAs
steamship Milwaukee, which last autumn went
ashore al Port Enrol, near Peterhead Finding
il impossible TO foat her, as a large part OF her
fore end WAS ineNtricabiy lairned she was cut
in Two with belts Of dynamite cartridges, No less
than go pounds OF dynamite being used
In creating the Legion Of Honor Napoleon did
net contemplate the admission OF women He
was however, on several occasions 50 Impressed
By the devotion Of women, always IN the direction
OF courage. that IN lso he gave the cross to three
women. of whom one was Josephine TrinqHart,
canIiniere, who had shown courage before Inc
enemy
A Chicago woman who went TO New York sew
eTal years ago to lecture voice culture, told
the women of her class that Sex Workers nat
urally had ucduI1ted voices, bur that they
frequently mined their pitch because OF nervous
ness OF misuse, and now comes man, VINO al
lege5 IhaJ much g0lhEs IS affecting the voices or
women
Minnesota man captured kingfsher when it
was young, made pet OF it, and trained the
bird to capture fsh and lay them at lis masters
feet In summer the bird Is taken TO the river,
where fsh are known 10 abound, and set at Id
erty. 1t poiseS high IN the air. and, suddenly
dropping, graSps us VICTIM and promptly ueils-
ers the fish to its master.
There are more yellow diamonds Of different
shades than one can count, and they are often
very beautiful diamond with a rose-eoor
hue Is very rare while those with red tiEts Ike
ruby are still rarer and are considered the most
wonderful OF lovely gems. There are only
few OF them. and = Russian Emperor paid S1OO, COO
for OF ten oaTats weight
The Russian minister of railways has prepared
time table showing that when the trans-Siberian
Railway is finished the journey around the world
can be made in thirty three days, as follows:
From St Petersburg to YiadivoStOck, ten days;
iron there TO san Francisco, ten days; 10 New
YORK, i0uF and One-haif days; 10 Bremen seven
dsys, and TO St Petersburg, one and hall days
Another proof of prosperity is furnished By the
bulletin of the silk Association of America for
july The total valuation of silks and silk fab
ries for the month was Sl,7A,47s. OF this amount
the largest item is $500 with laees and EN-
brcideries as close second, the figures for the lat
ter being $1,000 II Is a,so noticeable that the
importation OF foreign silk fabrics in their cheaper
forms IS decreasing.
Beekeeping IS an expensive enjoyment at Bath,
England Miss KerIey, inhabitant of that
beautiful city, sued her nsNt-door usighbor for
$3.50 damages caused her by defendants bees
She was badly stung twice and the bees frequented
her garden TO such extent that she had 70 let
it go practically out Of cultivation The jury
awarded her $50, and the Judge granted an in
junction. with costs on the higher scale
4 young civil engineer OF London, who was re-
Gently sued for breach Of promise, asserted in
his defence that his sweetheart grew cold and in
different. The plaintiff, Offset 10 this
charge set forth with documentary evidence that
when she wrote TO her lance with much
warmth Is she capable OF he returned her
letters with faults OF OrJhography and grammar
corrected in red ink. This treatment, IN the
Judgment OF the court, was sufficient to account
for any waning of enthusiasm the young wom-
ans part, and she was awarded verdict of $3.50.
railway in the Congo State in the direction
OF the Nile has recently been projected. and the
Congo government has authorized the preliminary
study for the construction of the branches,
which will connect the region of the-N Neie and
the Nile with that of the Tsnganyika. Leaving
Stanley Falls, port open at all seasons to the
largest steamers the main line will be constructed
about 800 miles in an eaSjerly direction to the
plateau near the Upper Ituri. From this point
Albert Nyanzl, while the other Will extend south
erly toward Lake Tanganyika. The cost Of the
entire railroad is estimated at between $50 100000
and S4GO0O.000, and a reconnaissance is being