The evening times., 1899-04-19
NOTES OF THE DAY.


Lyons is trying a new street pavement made Of
blocks Of glass.
A fve-year-oid boy was recently adjudged in
sane by Chicago court.
Spain last year exported to the United States
100000 pounds Of rsisins.
The Empress Of China travels with 5000
TUNES in 600 trunks in charge Of l.20o servants
Major Marchand, the French African explorer.
is to he made grand commander Of the Legion
Of Honor.
Five prisoners taken from the Jail at Car
Isle. KY, the other day to be baptized at the
Christian Church.
1t is alleged that Of the various Highland rep.
resentatives in the House Of Commons not
can speak Gaelic
They say in Pembrokeshire England. when ii
SHOWS while the sun is shining. that 'the devil
is beating his wife,
The pistol taken from General Santa Ana at
the battle Of San Jacinto recently placed
in the Texas Department Of History.
Last year the number of Germans who emigrat
ed to other countries across the Atlantic was only
20,yG6, against 100. .0s9 in 1891 and 220, ,902 in
1851.
The number OF Austrian emigrants who left
Europe By German ports in Is9s was 49, 493; that
of Russians who left the way 21.sos
When dog barks at night in Japan the owner
is arrested and sentenced TO work for year for
the neghbors whose slumbers may have been
disturbed
The origin Of the modern circus dates back to
about I770. when Philip Ashley. discharged
soldier. gave exhibitions Of horsemanship in an
improvsed ring at Lambeth.
The Argentine Republic has placed with the
Remington Arms Company, OF lhon, " u
contract for 10000 rifles, 1000 carbines. 800"
rife barrels and 10000 bayonets.
Germany has now on the active list in her navy
two admirals. three vice admiras. and fourteen
admirals. The total number nj officers
above the rank Of cadet is 1s4. Twelve royal
personages hold honorary rank.
The new building OF the Charitable Eye and
Ear InfirInary of Boston. which las Just been
dedicated recalls to the Herald of that city.
Mrs julia Ward Howe's mot on the Institution:
Charitable Eye and Ear. I didn't know Boston
had either.
Russell Sage works hard during six days Of
the week. and is constantly receiving a steady
stream of business callers. On sunday. how
ever he refuses TO think Of his work. ami
" sees anyone but his family and most intimate
friends.
Nearly 60 per cent Of all Russians unable
to read and write. Italy comes next with ".
while in saxcny. Bavaria. and Baden there are
no iiterstes all. An effort i being made
in various parts of Russia 10 make elementary
schooling compulsory.
A correspondent of the Baltimore sun stig-
ges,s that the fftieth anniversary OF POes death.
which falls on October Of this year. he ceis
brated in Maryland by a hearty revival OF the
movement to erect in the city Of Baltimore
| suitable monument to Poe.
Several cases hsve lately been recorded in which
the dumb have been restored to speech by -ome
sudden and violent shock 4 Mrs. Patten.
Colchester England found voice suddenly
short time flor -llp of
years. the shock being caused by the illness Of
her daughter.
Samuel Ryan, the oldest editor in Wisconsin.
has Just celebrated his >sveniy fifth birthday.
He started in newspaper work in ls41. on the
.G.een Bag Republican. \ dozen year, later
he started the Appleton Crescent. which pa
per he has conducted ever -ihce.
One of Joseph Choate's peculiari,ie- i, told by
q friend. who declares that whenever Mr.. Choa,e
was studying over or working up Ease. he
became extremely nervous, had to have absolute
solitude until his work done. and would
sit for hours at his desk without food
The foor oi The rotundi in the London Coal
Exchange where the merchants gather is very
unique. II is composed of inlaid woods. arrsnE-
ed in the form OF a mariners compass. within
a border OF Greek fret Upwards of i-0Jp pieces
of wood are employed Almost every British
variety is included in this scheme OF decoration
hi, shoes where several Of his friends got hold
of them and put pepper into them. The owner
of the shoes finally put them and went out.
but he returned home early AT night with va
iiouS kinds Of medicine for the chiihain-. and
swore he never would wear another pair OF over
shoes.
The Rockefeller monolith. the largest in the
world which is being taken up MAytield Hill to
Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland, from the Nickel
tk.
for two weeks. Efforts have been made 10 move
the monument. but to avail. The work has
been abandoned until the weather becomes set
tied and the mud disappears The task OF get
ting the large stone up Msyield Hill will he
| difiicut. the hill is very steep and the road
way Is poor.
The German Crown Prince i rapidly growing
MP. He will he seventeen next May. and is al
ready taller than his father. His education is
pursued with truly Teutonic Tigor and thorough
ne>s. and there not many moments during
the day which the youth can call his own \
few day- ago. however he had a haif-holid3y.
joined an imperial shooting party, and bagged
his first pheisants and rabbits in the famous
Spandau forest. The next thing will no doubt hc
a >ho; AZ the wild boars, on which his father
wages such inpassOned war.
Lord Penzance after thrty-nine years on the
bench. has resigned his Office of ecclesiastical
judge and dean of Arches lie is ciShty-three
wears of age, has long beea incompetent, even
for the little business left To his court. and ne
Gently caused scandal by rendering a d.
cision before he had the p'eldings IN Il
case heard any evidence. As Sir James Plai>-
ted Wilde, he was appointed first a baron of the
eNcheq1er. and later judge of the tavtrce court
lie became ecclesiastical jndEc IN ls'p- Ihe ~
risdiction of the court has been s.TS@uH re-
stricted and there is talk vf aboil>ihng the
Office.
>ccor,linp ~ German authority. the fact that
rho ,oca,t tree attains in twenty five to thirty
five wears the same thickness as the pine in
any and the oak in 100 years. has led to some
valuable Investigations as to the industrial value
of this variety in wood the conviction was par
ticnlarly strong on the part of l. Kauch that
acacia wood has an important future. especially
a> regards its employment for mining purposes
The same timber is also found to excel in the
properties of frmness and durability, and Is.
therefore, well suited for many other mechanical
uses such as wheels. bungs. ladder steps etc.
question thrives the poorest soil. even IN the
| rubbish of stone quarries and slaty declivities
That nature presents obstacles that cannot
| be snrmounted by engineering skill and CONNER
cial enterprise. says ..Leslie's Weekly has
! ceived another demonstration in the recent COM
peton of the first twenty miles of the White
Pass and Yukon Railway route. Two passenger
and freight trains are running daily be-
tween Skayuay and the summit OF White Pass.
These first twenty miles of the journey - the
Klondike present to travellers afoot some OF the
greatest difficulties of the whole trip, but there
will soon be of this slow and painful
toiing through the passes Ii viii be possible
within a comparatively short period to travel
all the way to the gold fields in luxurious
railway car. The line is being rapidly pushed
to Fort Selkrk. on the Yukon. 1t is expected