The evening times., 1899-04-10
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Il experiments 10 ftproutCe Otau men'g fe1turt
from their skulls are being made in Germany
| The expense of running an Atlantic steamer TO
three years exceeds the cost Of its construction
Turkey and Greece are the only European coun
tries into which the telephone has not yet beer
| introduced
Kentucky has secured Judgment q
s.u against who kissed her when shl
didn't him to-
Archbishop Ireland Is man Of many tastes
chief among which is that for law. which study
he has pursued for several years.
There are about eighty distinct tribes among
the natives Of the Philippines. The Moros are
the most bloodthirsty slvages known.
1t was one Of Bis,narck's most poignant re-
grets that in his old age he could eat only three
liardboiied eggs at sitting. whereas he forn,crl
Thought nothing OF eleven.
An ingenious mechanical device pa.ies paper
Labels ON 10000 cans in ten hours. Down u
chute rolls ceaseess procession of cans, and
each can picks up label as it passes.
Oakland. Me-, has become such :avorite re-
sort for tranps Of late that the town authorities
have voted to purchase and Use a Baker primi-
tive ciiair.' a kind of modeinized stocks. where
with to make it interesting for visiting way
iarcrs.
The smallest letter received at the Sear--
port. Me-, postotcc last week to Mrs. G..
= Sargent from her sister, Mis- 4. ID. Mowry,
of koxbury. Mas. 1t just the size of the
smallest 2cent stamp. The letter contained 10,
words, and was plainly written.
\ Nashua two -ycar-oid distinguishes people by
such phrases as quart Of milk ..jely auntie.
etc. One morning the baker. who daily left a
half loaf of bread. tracked in which
melted ON the floor. when little two-yeIrOld ex-
planned: .'IIaf Loaf spilled it
Organ grinders in yervicrs, Belgium. are by
law compelled to appear every morning before
the police superintendent aud play their instr,-
ments. The organs which chance to hc out nf
tune must lie st in order before i license 10
play on the street will he granted.
AT sciweinfurt. Bavaria. is of the largest
of the worlds manufactures for bicycle ball
bearings The two factories there. belonging to
one firm. turn Out annually 2Ooo.ypo gross Of
these little steel balls. and employ GD men. work
ing for day of ten hours' duration.
Arab music has been described as the singing Of
prira donna who has r,Ip;ured her voice in
trying to sing a duet with herself Each note
starts from somewhere between sharp and 4
fst, but does not stop even there. and splits
up into four more portions. of which no per-
be expected 60 catch more than at
a time.
Boston's aldermen are to be- curbed in their
cx;ra,agant u-e Of carriages at the city's ev-
pense. bill has been introduced in the Mas-a-
ehn>=tts Legislature To- provide that the city
fathers shall carriages at public eypeus. only
for public funerals and at the entertainment Of
distinguished guests and then only upon the
written order Of the mayor.
A London bookseller ha> iu>t been sentenced
to nine months imprisonment Tor selling indie
cent French books in spite "f his coun-el'> plea
that 4 book in foreign tongue could not cor
rupt the morals 0f her iljr-tys -ni,jeti- Though
this the first successful persecution
xh,ra fis hook IN Ii he
court would not allow appeal.
Mis-, Martha Smith. the Young woman who re-
Gently sued kan-ss City doctor Tor breach Of
promise. and vino awarded S25.0d1 dlnlage-.
has since received seven proposals of marriage
by mail. Two OF the letters from suitur-
in Buffalo, where Miss Smith formerly lived. and
nne ot the writer's wanted her invest sl0.JJJ
pi the proceeds OF her suit i'll hi' bu>ine---
Eleven years ago r. H. White gave a Rich
moud. Me-. farmers boy almanac. with the
that when ;hc b"v became twenty
years Of age VI. White would pay - cents for
the almauac If the hoy would present it To- him
The hoy has now attained that a.e. and last
week the almanac w5- redeemed los Mr. Whit
by paving the sim stated. That boy = now .
Bowdoin student. and il lee fnllr,.- his hand he
will make 4 mark in the world
The New YORK Herald has discovered thai
there are several establishments near Jer,yy City
where horses Slaughtered ior food purposes.
the meat being canned and exported 10 Norway
md France. The health authorities within whose
jurisdiction the-,. -iaughtcrhou-es located say
that there i no law in New Jersey whereby
the preparation of horse meat for food can he
prevented.
Ii a FIRE should nccur in the new Telephone
Company exchange. at indianapolis Ind. sand
will be used To cxtingui-I it. 1t i used because
IL Is les injurious to the electrical apparatus
rhln water chemicals would be- The sand II
.torcd in 4 large tank above the exchange ROOM
md i sifted automatically TO am all parts
II the building in -Geh manner a. to smother
FIRE effectively.
An appropriation of ss,0O for the expectation
IF German girl, To tine Gcr,uan colonies, with the
,hjeet ef preventing the evils caused by the union
# white co!nEi-ts with black women recently
proposed in the Rcch-tae. Herr Bcbcl. the So
-ial Democrat. however. managed to make the
plan of official marriage bureau 20 rIdict-
ous that the government withdrew the proposal
rom this years budget
Tho New York Legislature i about TO apPropr-
,tc sjupa to enable Dr. y. T. Cervin. accom-
,li-hc,i Dutch scholar. to translate and publish
he valuable Dutch record, relating to the colo
nal history OF the Empire State. which he has
u>t gathered. Two wears ago DIR. Cnrwin was
ent 20 Holland by the general synod Of the
Reformed churches tn collect these records and
lpcn returning he brought with him i large
iuInher OF important and interesting documents
The secretary OF the New York Tree Planting
Association calls attention to the fact that dur
pg the next five week, trees can be successfully
,lsrtcd in city streets. The Arst cost oi setting
ut trees i small, he says. aRd the expense of
maintaining them alno>t nothing. while the en-
oyu,ent Of seeing them grow, and the knowledge
hat each tree. even though small. will exert
,o0ling and beneficial influence ON the air IN
umner. makes ihe investment OF a few dollars
most satisfactory
According to Notes and QucricS.' no date Is
wen approximately given in the Century Die
ionary for the intfolU,tio Of ''trou-oTs a. a
word in Our language. Compilers
nay appreciate this reference from a letter writ
en- hy Lord Carlisle To his wife. uEde= date Of
HIS, June II, on beard the Trident. River De's-
ware. to July - ''Thc guats in this part of
he river large sparrow>; have armed
myself against them hs wearing trousers, which
: the constant dress OF this country.
Apropos OF the fact that the perpetrators Of
rain hold-ups in Missouri often escape de-
ection and punishment. the Henry County Re
,ubiican.' Of that state, sarcasticaly observes;
a law 10 compel the railroads of Missouri TO
,rovide medical attention and proper nursing
or train robbers who are injured while indus
riou>ly plying their vocation. as we'll Is siit3-
lie provision for their dependent relatives in
,lsc ci accidental drath during hold-up would
NJ !, measure WORTHY OF earnest consideration by
he Legislature"
Some of Colonel Picquart's Hungarian admirers
ccently combined to present him with sword
4 honor When completed it was exposed in
he shop window OF the maker, and was an OBJ
ret Of much interest The police authorities.
owever, objected to the fact that the Hungarian
cat -of-aInis wa engraved upon the weapon. De
iaring this To be infraction Of the law, they
rcsccuted the maker. and had him sentenced to
nc,ergo two days imprisonment and to pay 4
ne of e2i. 4 tremendous ouicry in the press