The evening times., 1899-03-14
NOTES OE THE DAY.

The first equestrian statue eTected ~ ''fe1C
Britain that Of Charles | at CtaTinS tfo--.
London. facing Parliament Street
\ good Arabian horse can eanter in the desert
for twenty -four hours in summer and iorty-ei9'I
hours in winter without drinking
The iofrie,t inhabited place in the world =
the Buddhist monastery OF Haine. in Tibet u
i about 1000 feet above the sea
Princeton's growth Is remarkable Within ten
years the university's endowments and the NUM-
, Der Of the dOrmtOries have doubled
Minnesota ard South Dakota are the only two
States in The Union that have half OF their pop
ula1i0n made UP Of ioreign-bom residents
II Is calculated that 1000 900 photographs -
7 the Queen and TIE Prince and the Princes ct
Wales produced annually. and find a ready
i sale all over the world
I The White Star Line steamer Adriltie. whirir
was built in 1871 AZ Belfast. and i OF the
Oldest beats Of the line IL about be broken up
( The Supreme Court of the State OF New YORK
/ has decided that title % land does not nclut;
! Hrce~sI-ily tie SKY above it.
The amount Of powder required 20 propel esn-
ron proiectile- Is about half the weight Of The
proi1etiIe \ proiectiie four inche- ia dilgf-
ctcr weighs 3; pounds; five inches, - pounds;
sS inshe-, 10O pounds; eight inches, 20 pounds.
! ten inches -sJ pounds; twelve lHche-- 81
( pounds thirteen inches, LOO pouii-- sixteen
/ inches. 2.:1s pounds.
Tie Rochester Po-t Express tries 70 dampn
the enthusiasm for municipal ownership in that
civ by aging snil Ohio paid 100 for it.
lighting plant and sold II for S1DU11. and marie
. a contract with a private company Gravescrd.
| l.. t. paid sI210D FOR It's plant. -old it tor s.il-
/ gJH ard made q contract with . private COM
paHy also t.reeEvil!r, : G. found tilat li c'u!a
better afford To pay private company Si1'
light Jhau to own is own plant
Tie electric street railway Of Hanover vIs
built under ,he supervision iad direction OF N
American from Philadelphia, and va, op7ued iar
Irl-iuc-s ON V.fv I I-52 IL Wa on. 81 tine 1I-c
electric iiEe- IN Germany and l. uov ore of tH.
+ best -v--cu~ in existence Tie ears are r1od'''t
afret AacricSn ons~. and the tracks az" O..
heavy stool! laid on q substantial Foundation "a
CUUrsste. The tIIg for course Ci- sJ-. iAJ
Z miic- u',hiu Jhe city limits = ~ pfcrHI--- Dr
hess Jasu 81. cents or ctr money Tie -F''t -
: about eight miles uCr hour
Madison VII. dispatch =.y-. Prof. e. "
Wood Instructor IN physic- iu tle University q
Wisconsin. ha- originated the i,lel of th5wiHs
0ai frozen water pips- with cIaetFi,it,- ard made
( two -Ircc~siri experiment. Re takes the ci-r-
tri,. current used for stree. lighting pufpu> =.
attaches vine To- The frozen pipr inside the
cellar % the uau-e. and JHr other wire 70 -iHi-
ilar pipe tu the adjoining or sus aI-"r .Hr~',
Jlu> completing the circuIE- : oHrraur ut LAert
Fifty volts Is then turned og- heating t," pipes
auj melting the igc within Nt fn- ra-iLvu.-
of former Senator W. P. Nil- IyF pee, ut frszru
lead pipe tiuwet our ia eighteen EiIr-
ut-~ Prot. Wood E~.d q ,-rraH-iar'leI' 90 r--
duc- tEe voltage Shat Tie current viil >
Hcir tuc pipes.
Pr0a uuo fIIrracs of Bonn bro-dar n. 10
Biblical yrjtir. Lad remarkable. ld,ru,u-- I--r
before Nrv Year. II. was visiting ir Berlin.
and vsils H5- family went go ta- iletrrr er.
evening he attended scientific diEne.- n I.i.'-
. nigh. sa seen ing tie IHfar-artga "a
evening tJt--. and Iit,u d5-IpUetsg-I- iii- lIrr-
liz advertised Tor him in tie newspapers t.rruza-
/ rrr Germany. aEd I;ict 4 week he .Jsr nju- g
{ ur. very much shaken iH miud- lt Bariiu
eIsrI 4 U,y hospital BE h1d ;.krn tain 81.
vienna seher. Ee pge~.rlrd -4st tyfiu~ g.
scilroi ~oeie,y UE~s ,i--su-'i name. then
ierrd budapest. and unable 20 say ,ay
be- c"t tI,s to Berlin. IT. bad shaved Oft ia
fgA beard ou his travels t1 di-zui~- himself Ii-
was placed 900 -aE1JsJillIi- and r. recovering
rapidly
80 Jsa -ri.ilatyIphzJ Record -Ta. ~.r-
,---iJI l0,c5 ,Irr. must be a par-as. sd dis. rH-
ug mind and good nudge oi human nature.
bU, ticr- afe times when even tt.~- qrti5h,a-
Iipr- are "a HrJic value evidenced i---
day a=o ~ the Hotel Waltan- ''a The page e
rAr register Wrtr fHe following r4lIe-- j. E-
oiarf. New N.sS- !. : C'avL. q, sm4HJryu- T.
r. Clark. Boston, J. H. CLARK NeE No-k- D. l.
Clark Boston and J. y tisIs. BsiliHaT.-
Beside tli- symposium oi Ciark~ there vr-,
other persons "i tae -slnr uIIue ln Che nutr. zoo
the time, and Dc WIS U"t rlIoH vi dry f~
CiEsk-- either TFey were All travelling men, ant
There were many enquiries ier Nj Glars du.-
Z for CLERKS IdWJit and lgud. tUf ss-.r rsii-r
,izsj up carefully. and rot single uii-tszn vs,
made
\ novel iorm ~ cnter'Jinweur has h..a t'-
vi-,d ior the Paris Exposition and 10 IS -a D.
called ghe NIaseorana, being Ju 5drl oi s.- p.--
| Ter artist. ". Hugo d Ale~i- Il consists uf
I platform rrgIreSeutiue the darz rt e. pi--g-.
/ steamer approached by = =InaWar. sa'i carH-
pielc with U,5-t~. tunnels. rigging and a!i H-.H-
I equipment From The d-vk VIII te ~~sU par
oF3T1 OF tire and the port from vhirf r.'
vupasr IS commenced. bat Hv various dsri,-~
jhe~r viii fi,l" lvty. and the NtraJ:~ -'-t.>
To he eugauutyFyd IN voyage 90 t"E~JJUflr.-
pie witnessed. Naples and VeSy.Ivu- seen uv
sunset and sunrise, and a storm AZ 50 l. a.-'
shown % the traveller \ rocking motion : given
tu tap fictitious vessel los mechanical ne5T-.
I aHd concealed fir- afford SEA bT-azs~- Tie ef-
/ ftcr % the Illusion j. said be- E1-- pleasing.
and ia Hi.UE gs~a~ the deception is almost PEI
feet
/ Alter t'.r announcement Uf any scientific Dis
coyery Ia l. q.litc u~sl4i % look :ar some p-le-
ti,s,J u-- to which tIs new substance. mleliu'.
. or method may be prJ. ard in jE" case ei tine
( lqustIrj;gH o1 hydrogen. which WIS 5rr upii-..-
ed d'isiu@ the year IuSt past. F- have number
ot U-E~ In v.ioa the lj1u5d - HI> agsn apPilvsl
hy Prof. pevaT. uUe Of rne~- 8 H. employment
I a. 4 tsr1ru~iE- agent la Obtaining very l.I2l
VJeUa. Iut method consists .u iamer-iuE iu fH-
iiG.id hydrogen tbe end o: closed tube contain
ing lig- which then becomes yHa,i.Ds-d -utul
air. u ua. the portion 90 the t-Ihe nom WAi,
tHg arr Ej~ been removed hy condensation F'
sealed vllH d haGriFe, 20 VIII contain vlc-
uuu - high a. To- -es5.ealv allow electric
dis lsTge tu pass The tnIT r5qullei t"r tii-
immersion f. lc~- than a minute. aad P-oi-
CTookcS / quoted - saying that the resulting
vIcGUm higher titIn he couid obtain with
the ordinary pump aiEer several hours wara-
Mr. r IIopkirsou smith IcctursJ erf in Keo-
kuk the ot'icg day, -1ys the New York Tim,S.'
AID row the people OF the favored city and %
the whole stale Of Iowa. for that matter. are
worrying oyer the question whether Mr. smith
has or has not dress S,IiJ. They know that
on the evening II the lecture he wore q srIv
travelling suit that hasged at the krae~ but L.
explained TINS by saving that his trunk had gone
a,tray and then hc told o charming story about
going once 10 see Harriet Beechar stowe, dis
covering his return thIt he had neck
tie. and then seI.diug her b. mail the scarf he
would have worn il he had not forgotten IT,
The explanation and the story would have been
received without question by the kcoSuSisns had
il been for the tact that in NJ Sfith'S
GiCuce wlS a Young lady with a memory. This
iucCnvenieEt person declares that she heard NJ.
smith in Chicago wear ago, and size dvrFs that
he then appeared in th' same travelling suit az
told precisely the same story in precisely the
same words. Hence Iowa doubts.
The geology Of the KIondikc region formed the
subject of a paper presented at She annual meet
ing OF the American Geological Society, in which
the territory where gold has been found in large
quantities va, described. IL comprises aho-t
i.010 square miles. and is bounded hy the lu-
| kOu River ON the west. the ki0ndI1se River
the north. which flows into ths Yukon from
| the east; the valley 0f Flat Greek on the cas-,
aud the watershed between the stewart and IN
dian Rivers tine west. The greatest elevation
! fb. -el level l. lbnur t0fi fpr.. and the.