The evening times., 1899-05-09
NOTES OF THE DAY.

u
use Of living rooms for manufacturing purposes
! The worlds herring catch every year is 10000
| tons. which is all consumed before the next sea
| son.
Collins in Russia are never covered with black.
! II the deceased is child pink is used; il wom-
| an, crimson, though for a widow they use brown
| Khartoum will be reached by the railroad fy
| November next, barring accidents The rail-
road is now fifty miles south of the Atbara River
One hundred and fifty cans Of ~hitefsh,
tanning l.5O0.OOo whitefsh. from the hatchery at
Caledonia. n. y, were planted in Lake Ontario
the other day.
The Free Library Of the Philadelphia City In
stitute, founded in 1852. contains % 600 volumes.
II is called '.free." brt those who with to draw
books must pay - year.
Receipts Of the Suez Canal from ship dues for
the first quarter Of lss9 were. in American val
ues. si.693. 900, against Sf,235G00 in the same
period last year, and 50. .12s,50o in 1897.
Gottingen University has established seminary
for ''The Science of Insurance. with two
tions one mathematical, the other legal and ad
ministratiye. There sixty insurance stu
dents already
The Pan-Presby.cran Council meets in Wash
ington, ID. C., on September 81. seven days after
the convenng of Consregationalsts in Boston.
and will have delegates present from Cavinistic
bodies the world
The reason that it has been and is supposed
that thunderstorms sour milk is because the con-
dition of the ar-sultry. close, damp. and warm
are most favorable to the growth of bacteril,
which is the cause of the souring.
Under the auspices of the Army Y NJ C. A.
the soldiers at Porto Rico to have first
class cafe. also a reading room ard gymnasium.
General Henry has eo-opefated with the secre-
taries. and the army officers all in sympathy
with the work
An Assyrian tablet in the cellar o. the British
Museum has it the representation of the hang
ing gardens of Babylon, according TO Herr Bruno
Meissncr. II he is right. this is the first testi-
mony to their existence found among the cunei-
form Inscriptions
union Of the Baptist church North and South
has been taken in Missouri The young peoples
unions Of the two divisions have been united.
and committee has been appointed 10 pro-
mulgate the idea OF a union Of their missionary
interests in that State.
Jacob Cash. a young man who is in the City
Prison in Havana, charged with theft. and wearing
the uniform Of a volunteer soldier. has cut all
the United States buttons Oh his clothes. be-
cause he says he IL disgraced. and removed the
buttons ''out of respect for the flag we're all
ready to fight for" He keeps the buttons wrap
ped in a paper in his pocket
Shopping has really become a profession in New
York city, and the professional shoppers manage
10 rake off, big incomes annually from per-
centage allowed them by the big stores in which
they spend the money of wealthy women who EN-
ploy them. For enterprising woman there IS
Just as big field to ariass wealth in the
tropoi;s there is for a husting Thousands
of them are doing it. and doing it well. too
Just fifty years ago this spring the country
wild the discovery Of gold in California, and
companies of men were forming over the whole
United States to start for the new Fl Dorado.
Some went by Cape Horn. some by Panama, but
most went overland. These in after DAYS
the forty-niners. Marshall discovered gold. at
Suffers Mill in 1913. but it was not generally
believed until Polk confirmed it in his annual
message.
An item going the rounds is to the effect That
the Sultan of Turkey eats nothing that has not
first been tasted by his eup-bearer. and. accord
ing to Turkish etiquette. no other parsonage uily
perform this preliminary. One eveaing the cup
bearer was called away and did not return until
late next day Consequently the imperial din
deferred for FIVE hours Since then the
cup-be5rcr has had 10 taste the Sulian's dishes
day in advance, and then seal them up
Judge Davis. Of the circuit court. at Lafayette.
Mo-. has shattered the tirie-horored practice Of
locking up juries. At the conclusion of evidence
and argument in a case the other dsy he di-
recfed that the jury be conducted to their rooR
and that they be left to lock the door on the
inside. If they chose. There is res
son." said he. why i jury should be locked in
by bailif than there is why judge should be
similarly treated while considering case"
One day. when the late Judge Pinney, Of Wis
consin. was member of the supreme court OF
that State, a young lawyer who was arguing his
first case. began as follows: Ancient history
teaches US" The Judge. looking up from the
printed brief. remarked: Young man. Just pass
IL
gin with the mcdern era The young lawyer
was put out for the nonce. but learned lesson
which has stood him in good stead ever since
Senator Clark says: 81 am a great admirer Of
good pictures of the early Barbizon masters Co
rot. Millet, Daubigny and Daz French pictures
appeal 10 because of their brightness and
life. their mastery of color. ! find great diff
Guilty in getting authenticated originals. and you
must he pretty shrewd to yourself from be-
ing imposed upon by copies. of which there IS
a systematic manufacture on the Continent 81
perfect TO deceive even experienced conn1is-
seurs''
For some time past Parsians have had occa-
sion to complain of defects in the telephone
service. Blame officially thrown first on the
influenza and subsequently the disturbance
caused by tunneling for the Metropolitan, but
third explanation is suggested by the arrest Of
gang o. who have been stealing telephone
access to sewers. and. armed with insulated nip
pers. they helped themselves daily to as much
copper wire they could carry away
Queen wilhelmna. of the Netherlands. dislikes
to be called THE Little Queen" She thinks the
phrase rejects upon her kingdom. as she is feet
III inches in height. The Queen of Spain Is
only 5 feet 5 2-5 inches; the Empress Of Russia.
feet ek inches; the Empress Of Germany. and
Queen Victoria still smaller. Aside from her
height the young Dutch Queen is also of the bess
build. Her 2lE-inch waist measure and i2-inch
bust give an admirable proportion. Her powers
Of endurance were well tested coronation day,
when for six long hours she the ceremonial
mantle of red velvet trimmed with ermine. .
weight of not less than thirty pounds, and show.
ed no marked symptoms Of fatigue.
The opportunities afforded Chief Wiley. of the
chemical division. United States Department oe
Agriculture. have led him to the conclusion that
the liberal application of lime to all centres q
infection would prove of immense benefit. by
promoting the vigorous development Of nitrify-
ing organisms. thus securing rapid destruction
of organic matter, ard the conversion of the ni-
trogenous part thereof into nitric acid ntrates:
and thus il is that lime may indirectly prove
valuable in disinfecting and destroying the germs
of malaria in general and yellow fever in par
ticuar Briefly, il may be said, lime promotes
vigorously the decay of organic matter. chiefly
by furnishing a neutral alkaline environment
in which the nitrifying germs. which are most
active in the destruction of organic matter cx-
ercse their most important functions The nitri.
flying germs are. in many respects the most ef-
fectual of all that active in the decay OF
organic materials, and. il malaria be a germ eS.
hibiting its highest vitality in such an environ.
ment and warmth. it is evident that its vitality