The evening times., 1899-03-16
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The fastest Towing river in the world Is the
Sutlei. in British India. with descent Of T..
900 feet in $50 miles.
new illustrated weekly has been started
in London. called Lords and Commons IL
will deal especially with matters relating to Par
Lament.
Chimes papers Of recent date contain announce
ments that all applicants for military service
VIII VII, hereafter be examined in archery and stone
singing
The public entrance doors Of the great building
OF the Bank OF England are So finely balanced
that CLERK, by pressing knob under kis desk.
can Close. them instantly
In case Canada becomes part Of the United
States native Missourisn proposes the State
motto for Greater America; II uited we stand,
divided by Niagara Falls"
The Austrian kTeutzer which has existed az a
com since the fifteenth century, j. no longer in
circulation. and will not he accepted BY the gov
eminent after December 81, 1sJ9-
The thin red line was formed by the Ninety
seeoad Hlghldndefs AZ lnkerman; Kinsiake's IN
yaSion OF the Crmea' describes IL. Kingiake
was the first To u.s. the expression.
Far away from civilization gesture language
IL stiH extant in Australia Some OF the tribe,
possess such excellent code that it il al
most as efficient as the spoken language
More than century ago meeting holse was
erected at the head Of the Tuckahoe River,
haittes ~ anu &C va panied Tor tIc ufSE
/ time three weeks ago Red was the color
The healthiest spot in the world seeass to be
| little hamlet in France named Aumone. There
are only forty inhabitants twenty-five OF whom
are eighty years Of age, and one Is over one
hundred.
Kentucky farmer, noticing a tree on his
place filed with something that looked Ike
/ black fruit, inspected it more closely and di--
I covered that hundreds OF blackbirds were frozen
/ to the limbs
HAWKS have been seen to follow in the wax,
| Of moving railway train. to swoop down on
/ small birds that suddenly disturbed and
/ frightened by the noise. and therefore for the
monlsrt were on their guard.
Scotland seems a strange place 10 find statue
I OF Abraham Lincoln. and get there Is one there
1t sdOTns monument erected in the odd Caltoa
bUrying ground. Edinburgh. 20 the memory Of the
Scottish Americans who fought in the Amerl-
can civil
A February issue Of the Hawaiian Gazette
says: The powerful searehIight Of the oregon
was turned on last night cieIving the darSnes4
on every hand Siroliing couples are extremely
! chary Of the seaTchlIsht- II Hiakes night too
much ike day
/ Mexican pulGue and Hawaiian Poi have made
/ their appearance in New YORK cafes Pulquc re-
sembles buttermilk, AID to the unaccIimated H.,
dSagTeeable taste. Poi ccmes in pest, 90
. be diluted with milk, and sUgar Ur -1it added,
according 20 td,tc.
A professor who has made q study ei children
says ne has discovered why the majority q the
people are right handed Infants r-e both hands
until they begin 10 speak The motor speech
function controls the right side of the BODY, ard
the first riZht-handed motions are expressive
motions. tending to help cgt speech. ~ speech
gr51s does right -handeGne~--
Canyasback duca- were 50 numerous In the
early days in Maryland that employers we're OBJ
lieed enter into contracts with their Iabo-ers
that the latter should not he fei en- Clnvass4agS
duck more than three times a week One man
could easily shoot I.0 ducks in a single morning
/ III those DAYS. Now the fowls cost - a pax.
IL London they worth 50.
A uniqne Maori mat. composed Of the feathers
| of the ''kivi'' (Ebe wingIe.- bird Of New Zel-
landl. WIS sold in London auction room TIA.
other day. IN the mat were tEo panels Of fsaJh-
ers of the white variety. which probably liy-
. ing person la, seen IN England It 5 said that
II took the trihe-vi0se chief. doubtless. used
II a PRAYER HIt-teu wears TO collect them
i The mat fetched - guiEeas. and was bought it
is said, for the Natural History Museum
\ paper in India recently published the fol-
lowing explanation: This is only the beginning
Of o,Ir paper. We We're n'J sure hov much mat
ter was required 10 Ill II UP. and. thinking We
had sIffcient, we did not exert ourselves much
to get any more We therefore beg that our
, readers viii excuse Us this time for the space
left blank. and promise to do better and get
more in the future" StiIi more curious was the
announcement Of paper which came out for the
first time with two columns blank, the editor
Z making the bold announcement that "A large
quantity Of exceedingly interesting matter had
been left out for want 81 space When the IA
tive editor wants holiday he slSpends pubii-
cation until II j. convenient 10 resume and.
taking his readers into his confidence informs
them plainly why the paper Was hot issued
the expected dates. '-W!th the consent Il our
readerS, now propose 10 take our annual Eol-
rlay- We are sure u"ae Of them viii begrJI'iSe
our relaxation
The authorities of the city Of Bonn have re-
Gently carried investigation Of the alarm
ing prevalence Of alcoholism among the pupils
Of the primary schools OF that city The r.
suits show that out of every hundred children
sixteen did not drink refusing it on the ground
that it WAS 'ta-tele>-' Cut Of 20 OF the age
Of seven years. there was not one who had not
drunk wine. beer OF brandy . per cent had
never tasted brandy, buJ labitually drank beer
or wine: ; per cent Of the children received
I glass Of brandy every day from their parents,
/ TO make them strong Some were confirmed
cognac drinkers Il appears certain from this
\ enquiry at Bonn that the moEe children
cIIStOued 10 alcohol the more indoient their
/ mental processes Those who took q glass of
| brandy At breakfast every morning and who
/ found milk ''taStele>>," were betrayed by their
| complete inability To pay attention during the
| fTSI hour 81 the morning. \ singular fact was
| brought ont that in Bonn there were many more
| girls than boys who hreakiasted with brandy
The secret Of casting copper says tine Chi
| cagO Tribune has been discovered. Chemists
and workers in metals have been experimenting
| with this problem for ElIny years, but com
/ plete success, II Is said, has not been attained
| until within the last week. In the foundry #
| the Western Electric Company from 600 to so
/ pounds OF the metal are now being successfully
/ handled in this matter each day, and the dis
| covery is fraught with great commercial value
| III the manufacture Of electrical machines. where
1 the great bulk of all the copper mined Is being
\ used SO-called copper castings have been on
1 the market for many years but it y said they
| contained a large percentage Of foreign metals,
/ principally zine and aluminium, which rendered
the articles Jar from perfect IN the construction
| of dynamos, switchboardS. and other electrical
machines. The castings made at the Western
Electric shops have been made of such pure cop
per that 9992 per cert cOuductivity has been oh
/ tanned in one lot. and the average Is more than
90 per cent. few impurities remain in the cop
| per. but they usually less than .35 Of I per
| cent. This achievement accomplished by
! Bertrand - Summers. chief chemist for the com
| Iany. who has been working on the problem in
\ the laboratory Tor many months lhe' process IS
| now in the hands OF the patent officials at Wash
| ington, and is, therefore, kept secret Only Mr..
Summers and two OF his assistants know
/ the formula
| Washington dispatch says: very curious
| report comes to the State Department from Cen
sui FrankenthaI. at BeTne. Switzerland. on the
manufacture Q: artificial silk from geIatine- The
Consul SAYS that his information is from Prof.
Hummel. of Yorkshire College. in Leeds. Eng
land who IS the inventor Of the process. and who