The evening times., 1899-03-08
NOTES OF The DAY.


cash register which had been shipped from
the United States to London.
law recently passed in Norway makes girls
ineligible for matrimony unless they can show
certificates Of skill in cooking, knitting. and
spinning.
The grape vine at Hampton Court Palace, Lon
don, which was planted in 1859, shows signs %
decay 1t has borne many 1000 clusters
in one year
In consequence of the great popularity # the
new courses in Russian and Chinese al C;hent,
the Belgian government has decided 20 est4b-
hsh similar course at Liege.
Since the beginning Of this century no les
than hfty-twO volcanic islands have risen out u
the sea Nineteen Of that number have since
disappeared, and ten are now inhabited
Mr. W : Gilbert and his servants recently
put out a fire in the brIIshwoOd on a common adj
joining his estates he Obliged 20 pay the
Local fire brigade besides for the trouble OF be-
ing called out.
The reports read at the annual business meet
ing of the Massachusetts, Cooperative Leagud
show that the last year was profitable for the
cooperative hanks, and that the league has in
creased both its membership and its capital
Golf and archery came into competition re-
Gently near Birmingham. one contestant under
taking to hole out eighteen holes with bow and
arrow in fewer shots than his competitor would
make strokes with club ard ball. The archer
won.
In Paris and otF er large towns in France fe-
male bootblaeks are increasing in number They
wear peculiar garh not unlike that ~ Sisters Of
Mercy. which renders theis appearance rather
neat and attractive Not few among them
attend to their wogk with gloved hands.
Ducks don't need water 70 thrive. There are
many duckraising plants in this country where
thousands Of the fowls are bred each year for
market, and where there Is not even a puddle
for them 70 founder in One Of these farms 3
credited with an output Of 10000 ducks wear.
Mont Blanc has always been regarded as no.
man'sIsnd. but the increasing use Of IL Tor
shelter huts, inns, hotels. restaurants photo-
graphic establishments. etc has raised the 1ues-
tion Gf ownership. The lower slopes are divided
among thTee different elBt0nS, and there -
some doubt a. 70 the rights Of taxation gf
property on the higher levels
The density of the population in LONDON has
been doubled since 1856. 1t is truly wonderful,
SAYS the Lancet that its vast population Of
6.2@Ie67 located only on 6o8 square miles. -,Duld
have in IS97 low a death rate A. L.. per
l.G00 This rate i not greater than that oi 4
fairly healthy rural district England well de-
serves the name she has received ~ rho BIRTH
place and home Of sanitary sciercc and practice
The historic old Washington elm in Cam
bridge, Mass, beneath whose branches General
ashngton took command Of the Continental
army. i rapidly decaring and the ClmHrid-e
Park Commissioners say that 10 viii DC ftup,=-
sibIe 10 save il more than . few .ear~ longer.
I \ short time ago werkmeH went over rbs rree
and cut Of considerable amount rt dead wood.
and there l. nor very much icft % keep .t
alive.
There Il an interesting story n connection
with cement mill which IS about 10 start up
in Kansas For wears uesr liulvsne there u-eI
to be large tract q smoking prairie, d. yss
good grazing ground. hgt during and AFTER
rain IL smoked. and no oHe knew the cau=. until
d stranger quietly bought the tract one dsy and
announced that h. had a fortune The cement
lies On the surface in great Quantities. and Is
, worth so barrel
8 HaniPden, Ne, woman, Mrs P p Mad
docks has in her possession @ sugar bouI which
was once the property Of Napoleon BoHsp4ste-
. II given 70 her mother in I-I2- when Nj
/ pC!eOu was in csmp 40 >rraUsuerl- Tie bowl =
made n earileuWaI-. ard iS silver plated. and
IS considered les valuable berallse af q MEX
; in the cover of tie bowl the -to-v u-u- that
! Napoleon was passing ir o. friend day,
/ when b. accidentally dropped iI ,h- ioe-
making the Aforesaid nick
/ The English engineers who are ar work au ne
/ big task Of harnes-;u. the Nile, picture the H.
/ ture ot their great varer-povsr in glowing coz
| ors- They say thai the city % Cairo can AID
/ viii be lighted cheaper by electricity -eae.lcci
I AZ the rr>t cataract the Niie. over gGu miles
/ from the city. than ly means OF steam engines
located in the city itself. Ry system Of irfi-
| cation which is 10 be arranged n connection
/ with the great water-p0ver plant the English
/ expect 70 make the province Of DonE"t tie
! most fertile in the world.
| The Baltimore sun SAYS. -'pr. T5ous- 7.
! >mitLers and Edward B. Uard,a-llc. Talbot
county deputy game varleus. are making -t-,n-
/ uou- efforts ta -ave the partridge and other
/ birds irom starving and perisiu- during tHis
I her ls. .uf- shells Il
I wheat ard screenings which they have puL
/ around the heads ~ branches and other places
| where the birds likely % sex cover. TIE
I snow Is removed well as possible whore ne
food j. put They have slso called the attention
| Of the farmers 20 the peri. ri.s birds n.
and suggested methods OF feeding them
The Popping stone marks the spot ,iere
/ Sir Walter Scott asked Mss Carpentel 90 Iu-.-v
| him. 1t is sirua.cd in the beautiful valley at
| the IrJhing, Cfi-isnd, inland watering
| place near Carlisle The Popping stone 4, VS.
/ lied by many thousands during the summer
! months. and, it l. said, many l5Egsrd lower
! has had his courage screwed up 90 the popping
| point At this romantic spot. In the Immediate
| neighburhOod may also be- secea ''NumPS TIA,
! which Scott immoTtaiized in Guy MaHncring.'
| while little farther aheld the Roman Wall aud
IanercOSJ PrioTy prove attractions to visitors 70
/ C,il>lsnd.
The English shipbuilding drm OF Short Bros-
has lately made report the results ot a
| seven years experience ii the eghr-hour day
! Formerly the began wors ar o'clock in
the morning. took half an hour ior br1Skia-J,
ar O'Clock hall an hour al noon for dinner.
| and quit work at O 'CicCA- but lt J. said that
the dav was 80 long tina; many employees lost
much time from breaking down under the strain
They now go work ar : .3p m, take hllI
an hour for dinner. and quit az ) p NJ and she
| firm maintains that these shortened hours
more work Is done per individual Ind the gen
era operation Of the plant II much moce eeo-
nomicSL
A recent siberian traveller narates. ''At >a-
donisk in the intensely cold nights, the silence
was sometimes broken by a loud report. OF a
cannon. This the bursting OF oi tine ice
bubbles on the river; phenomenon had neither
heard read of before. The streams coming
down from the hills were frozen the -urflC.
some six 20 nine inches thick The water be-
| meath flowed faster than 1t could escape and Ihc
| pressure. on the principle ot a hydraulic prg~s,
| became irresistible First, the elasticity IT the
| ice was seen by the rising OF circular mounds
| some six 70 eight feet in diameter. and from toUr
to fve feet high The bursting point came at
| last with a report like explosion. The wafer
| escaped but froze again. have seen scores
of these ice hiilockS in few vsrst> Of the rivs.-
some interesting figures to the prices
| brought by BembFandt's paintings are given by
| the .'Moniteur De Arts" At the Amsterdam
| sale in 1851 the portrait of Rembrandt. now IN
| the Louvre. brought L francs: in I692 ne
| Christmas Eve. now at Buckingham Palace,
was sold for 800 francs; in I6g+ the study 90 q
| nude man. in a private collection W Ber-
| lin. brought l franc 80 centimeS. b. 100 the
prices Of Rembrandts had gone up. Tor in that
wear the st Anne ExpOunding the Scriptures 20
| Samuel now in the Hermitage, 81. Petersburg.
| sold for GOO francs but in l7G2 a portrait by the
master was sold for francs. Between thar wear