The evening times., 1899-07-25
NOTES OF THE DAY.


A successful exhibition Of the works OF Rodin.
the famous French sculptor, has just closed in
Brussels.
The Lutheran Chsrch in Iceland numbers about
1900 baptized members, which is about the
total population.
The people Of Cleveland are Subscribing to
fund for the family Of Blaz Petrie, laborer.
who sost his life while saving n woman from
death in front OF locomotive
Among the latest collecting isds is search
after odd trade signs and circulars The col
lectors declare there is fun in il than any
thing in the collection li1 yet attempted.
In Company D. of the Twentieth Kansas. en-
listed at Girard and thereaborts, there are no
less than eight young who have lost one or
both parents By death since they went away 10
war;
A new law has Just gone into effect in Massa-
ehusetts forbidding the performance of the mar
riage ceremony by Justices of the peace unless
they have been specially designated for that pur-
! pose.
Since January / ninety colleges. academies. and
seminares and eight art galleries in the United
States have received gifts amounting 20 s270I2,-
S1s. not counting contributions OF less than
5000.
| Last years production Of gold in the United
| States amounted to s6i 10000 an increase Of
| II per cent over the previous year. Colorado
| led with sz3 800, California standing second
with sI5,es7, 900
| English barbedwire manufacturers having re-
| duced prices. while American goods have ad-
! vanced hope to be able to compete in South.
! Africa with what has heretofore been almost an
\ American monopoly.
| There are great forests of costly woods in the
Philippines mahogany sappan wood, logwood,
ironwood, ebony and cedar. besides about fifty
varieties not known 10 European markets. but
/ eagerly sought for by merchants from China
| Kate DeIOugherty of Kansas City, is perhaps
| the only woman switehterder IN the United
| States. Her position is an important one. she
throws the switches for all the passenger trains
! which enter and leave the Union depot in that
city.
This is great country for big fairs. those
ahead Of demonstrate. They are the Greater
America. at Omaha Judy 1, 1893: the PAM Amer
| lean. al Buffalo, in 1901 the Ohio Centennial,
! at Toledo, in 1892, and the Louisiana Centennial,
| at 81. Louis, in 1908.
| single foundry in New Jersey, il Is said.
| casts annually 2s.OOO bells for the farmers and
about 1900 for schools. churches. engine heuses.
etc. IL is estimated by foundryman that at
| least $1,000 sold every year in the country
/ 10 tillers of the soil and breeders
Fires on autoears are said to be becoming
| numerous in France with the increase of alto
mobiles Many of these fires are due to inexpe-
| renee, for instance, in a recent case where
the attendant foolishly tried 20 I'LL the reservOr
! with petroleum without extinguishing the burn
ers.
Princeton University continues to be the envy
| Of most other institutions of learning. She re-
ceived about $4,000 in gifts during the last
collegiate year, including 100000 ror new
! dormitorv. 100000 for a profe>sorship IN
English. 100000 for a chair in politics, and
| $500 toward chair in history. .
The mining of the natives of the Philippines.
has been confined TO the aluvisl deposits Of the
/ rivers. for there Is not a stream rising in the
mountains of Luzon and the other islands which
has not its gold-beaEing sands and deposits. from
! which for centuries the larger portion Of the
precious metals has been obtained
The Chicago Penny Savings Society, operating
| through the public school teachers. last year
ceived from the children OF that city over s7O,-
600. This means that at least $4,000 less
year is being spent for candy and chewing gum,
and that Zoo children are becoming cap
italists at the. rate of cents day.
Reindeer meat as an ordinary and inexpensive
feature of the menu in Europe IS about to be-
come an accomplished fact Some en,erprisins
Norwegians have undertaken, under very favor
able circumstances, TO raise the animals in large
numbers for siaughtering purposes They ex-
! pect to find profitable markets in France and
Belgium, and viii endeavor TO induce the
beef-eatng Britons TO purchase IT.
1
good photograph with simple pastebeard box
and dry plate. An aperture was cut in the
/ box over which was pasted piece Of black pa
per- in which small hole was made with the
point Of a pin The box was then taken 20
dark room and the plate securely fastened in
| side. The plate was exposed for one minute and
a half and the result very satisfactory
, One of the girls in the mills at Watsrville,
, Ne. several months ago wrote her name and al
I d orNa- Iav- cba
received a letter from a lady in Arizona. who
said that the cloth had been purchased by In
| Gle sam, and being cut up for garments N
4 school for the Apache Indians there 1t was
but few years ago that the Apaches. the most
; cruel and iendlsh tribe Of North American m
! dians. were taking sealps instead Of making
shirts.
a A London reporter. who, lends some color 10
his account of the Ascot races, says: Thirsty
American shoppers could be seen erowding into
b ice cream soda rooms. but. TO Judge from their
n | expressions when they emerged, the article was
| not like what they had been used 10 at home.
v | Indeed, one fair Virginian was heard 70 re-
e mark: Call that ice cream soda2 It's much
e like the real thing as a mint julep tossed to-
o gether by an English barmaid resembles one
h mixed by White Sulphur Springs darky
7 The cloisters of the Church Of st. Ethelreda,
. Ely Palace HoIbOrn, London, are being
n used for a purpose very different from that iOl
| which they were originally intended fathsi
Jarvis, the head of the House Of Charity there
!. has placed them at the disposal OF any cyclists
: | who may wish to store their machines while at
n tending divine service In Essex the unwonteC
; spectacle of monks riding bicycles may be saiiy
witnessed Tire Franciscan Fathers, who hav,
:, charge of the mission at Braintree, have ais
: to attend TO the spiritual needs ef two othe
:, missions at long distances and, in order thai
: they may accomplish this work, they have. will
!. the permission of Cardinal Vaughan, invested il
= cycles, which they ride from one mission Z
another.
The town OF Pullman has become merely
geographical expression, says the Chicago Trib
une.' On July 1 the city took formal posses
sion of its streets. sewers, and public buildings
Chicago has no municipal flag, it would hav
At been hoisted over the possessions This
the end Of Mr.. Pullman's dreams of building u
O. model industrial town. He had the success
his work so much at heart that he would hav
. been distressed greatly had he lived TO see th
IN courts hold that he must turn over his town
the city and to the latter take pOSsessiO
of it. When Pullman was started il was reInot
from everywhere II the making of streets. th
provision for sewerage system, etc. had No
"a been looked after by Mr.. Pullman the resident
- of his town would have Jared badly. His schem
IL was a good at the outset But when tn
~ y CITY expanded and took in Hyde Park. and whe
" Pullman ceased 10 be remote, isolated outpos
n of Industrial civilization on the shore Of di:
: tant Lake Calumet. then there ceased to be an
excuse for the ownership Of Pullman by eOrpC
ration IL is not likely that the experinlen
which has just come to close will be repeated
Olive oil making is a simple process; tn
quality depends upon the care exercised fror