The evening times., 1899-03-15
NOTES OF THE DAY.

In Memoriam'' cards printed in memory Of tls
dogs virtues
In the last week of January Barcelona had
strike Of eabmen- They refused to take aEyone
but priests their way to dying persons; the
they took free Of charge.
Some time ago the water Of we'll not many
miles from Berlin began to taste Of petroleum.
Though cleaned repeatedly il got worse, and 9t
latest accounts % per cent OF the liquid WI
petroleum
Cne Of the prizes offered at a singing festival
recently held in Wales was a pair Of trousers.
The Musical Herald wants TO know what would
be done in such if the prize should have
to be di~ided
Many of the tall. old houses in the residential
streets and even squares Of the inner belt Of
London, which less than century ago were the
houses OF the wellto-do. have been cut up into
tenements in the perpetual search for rooms in
which 70 H-e.
The New York Tribune in editorial
column, notes decline in the sense Of humor,
and in the next column soIemnly remarks: ''Nr.
Jansen. the French astronomer, is now more
than seventy years old, and Is not vigorous
he once
Buddha's tooth. presented by the people of
Burmah to the Malig2wa Temple at Randy. in
Ceylon, has been seized by the custom house oi-
feers- The relic Is enclosed in ieweied ease
worth lj0,OJ0 rupees The Colombo custom house
demanded 10000 rupees as duty. but cut TINS
down 10 1000 rupees The Burmese DO not wish
10 pay any duty, and have appealed 10 the
secretary OF state for India for relief
There Is a barber shop in uptown avenue
in New York where music goes with every shave.
Never a barber is hired there who cannot twinkle
the sweet mandolin or plunk the dreamy guitar
The gentleman who can play no instrument but
the and the shears has welcome in thi4
tonsoFial pariOr. for the bos= barber Is musical,
and loves TO mingie celestial strains with the,
torture OF the barber chair. Whenever u chair
Is vacant the attendant genius sits him down
and performs on his tay0rite instrument
The first use Of field music Of which we hsvs
absolutely authentic information was at the bat
tie OF Bouvines that village OF French Flanders
where the Freneh have won three vcJofie>-
Philip Augustus defeating O;t0 ~ 0f Germany
there in I2li; Philip Of yaIois defeating the Ens-
Iish there in 1870, while IN 1924 the French de-
feated the Au>tTi4rs at the same Place u was
at Bouvines. in l2lL that tgUmpet5 sounded the
signal for the victorious French charge, the hrsE
authentic instance . a cOmu.ard given b. a
trumpet call
Seven exploring expeditions operated in Lab
rador last year, and reports from an have been
received by the Geographical and other societies
OF London The CONSENSUS Of opinion, de-
rived from these reports j. that the country is
by no means such a sterile region has been
supposed GeolOgically. The formation of the
country i very IKE tlff OF Inc htOuGiae
gion. and there are scientists VINO believe that
there viii be rich discoveries Of g8i1 and other
metals there YssJ5 forests Of spr1ce pine ev-
ist. and there other valuable timber trees Of
good size and commercial value.
y telephone company IN ar Iowa town las
made an interesting discovery, and az the same
time solved mystery which has been puzziin-;
1t for weeks. Tie telephone lines. which had
previously given good service. began a short
time ago 10 develop all sorts OF queer symptoms.
the Induction in some eases being strong that
person using receiver could hear halI 4
dozen different people talking at once. The
lnemen bad lad time searching UP and DOWN
the wires for the trouble Al length they ioiHd
SPOT where heavy lead cable had received
shot from 22-calih-e rife The bullet had
twisted and cut the wires. and worked several
varieties Of damage. The-iniured section Of the
cable had 70 be cur out and sp-Icetl-
\ new German invention Is designed 20 pro-
vent dIH.agc TO water pipes from freezing Into
the iron pipe. as far as II Is lIove ground. there
Is inserted second narrower pipe OF thin sheet
tin or lead. which l. filed with an elastic SUBJ
scftiou remains unaffected hy ordinary pre-
bat II extreme cold should cause tne water
u freeze the elastic Insertion = COMPRISED tv
- much - the volume Of water J. increased b.
freezing Ia thawing the Insertion expands again
10 is original circumference. The tan or Ie1i
around the insertion j. for the pUrpose of pre-
venting the water lrCm assuming an unpleasant
TASTE ",irr Water pipes provided with such
insertion WiJi-Ioo.i cold t-~t uf % degrees
e., while Others 5hlJ were uoJ provided With il
burst every time
Hunting in Cuba VIII be fashionable sport
some Of ,He.- DAYS because C,.ba Is great
game country. and the kind Of came found 5har,
gives the best of SPORT There dec. which
cene TO the edges OF The openings and slssriH2S
~ duSi, and dawn 10 feed Counties tntk- x
4 4 -r
by their weight. There arp long. thick snakes.
NJ 10 Ivy a SporJsIEan's skill with q gun ~
ffe-SBIke~ chat furnish beautifully notified SKINS
IJF trophies " lid boslr- live in the deHS, wool
brush, and it take hardy 70 Ease
wounded one. There are Wild dogs. TOO. lad
many birds Of the most beautiful pluTnlge- Wild
fowl. aye found On all the streams. and in lie
thigkeJS live large birds, chiefly guinea hens. L.
ciisuyally, hoTles of stray outlaws MAY add 20
the excitement 0f h-H- during ths next rev
wears.
The taking Of first dos Of Chinese me,iicine
Is an ordeal which can be better Unsigned than
described. writes ". ". Tiz,IIe. in ~Lippiu-
cots" 1t Is invariably a bitter deeoction. II
the patient prefers, the herbs are given him in
square pasteboard boze=. holding about "a Piur
each and he cooks them at home. \ Chi
ne~c prescription contains from ten To sixteen
varieties OF herbs flowers. nuts. gums blrks. and
roots More than 800 species are classified dHd
used as medicine. hut = these only some >IV
hundred in general us. Whether the PS-
ticut takes the remedies NJ the SauitlriUm at
home. he is requested To present himself every
day before the doctor for another pulse eyalnt-
ration. - that every change in his condition
may be noted. and the prescriptions may be Va
ried accordingly Tie Chinese are clever ChenI-
ISIS in the lire OF pharmaceutical preparations.
and prepare El2ny medicines for their own
in the form OF pills and powders; but these
arc employed b. the Chinese PhysiciIns in treat
ing the ailments Of white people only 10
limited extent The reason given l. that ths
simple, hot drc0Ctions OF the fresh root or plant
the best form, because the most readily
aSsimstcd iEto the system
AS in other European capita,S. says the
Baltimore sun the large matinee hat has
been source OF trouble in Athens, Greece. ard
among it. theatregoing people Such was tue
annoyance caused by it shat Byrios Trilntaphyl-
laecs, the new Minister oi the Interior found
il necessary 10 adopt stringent measures. Ac-
cordIngly, he issued orders against hats at the
dtriCal performances Al the Greek Journals,
without distinction OF party supported his
tiOn. In spite of This the ladies Protested, and
the new rule resulted in several cOmical seeuCs
Here i an account Of one Of them reported IN
the ''Akropolis:" The other dIy lady. clc-
gantly attired. arrived the theatre. She wore
a very small Lat, but an official politely re-
called her the new regulation The offended
lady drew attention To the nIiuuteueSs OF Tire
headgeIr. but the official was infsxiblc The
lady protested. and in loud voice vowed that
she would be reyenged She entered the thea
But her hair, which luNuriant. done up
IN such way as to form yeTItabic mountain.
The Ciicial nonPlUSsed. 8Hd those seated
behind tke lady heard 70 express their pref
erencc i0r small hat and no hair
The torpedo boat destroyegs built by Schichau
of EIbing for the imperial Chinese navy. with
their complete outlr and twenty-five tons Of