The evening times., 1899-02-15
NOTES OF THE DAY.


at night hereafter in order to prevent the clerks
frorI using the Offices a. bedchambers.
On January l, 1856 Spanish troops had been
depoTted from Cuba. and 1900 we're awaiting
shipment. That means that our army OF lspD
won victory from 10000.
The Burmese have curious idea regarding
coins. They prefer those which have female heads
on them. believing that coins with male heads
on them are not 50 lucky and 90 not make
mcney.
The first Use of Niagara's power was made in
l'25, a primitive mill being operated Moth
ing more doHe Until IS42, when the plan Of
hydrauiic canals was conceived, aad in Is6l one
OF them was completed
man in the Palouse country lost his ranch in
contest case because nest containing large
family OF mice was found in his bed says the
that he had not occupied the ranch according 10
law.
Glass is now frequently fashioned By machine
pressure instead of being nodded By blowing In
the pressed glass the articles are either mace By
hand or machine pressure. and this innovation
has done much toward making glass articles
much cheaper than formerly.
According to lie Jardin.'' the hortensia can
be made 10 carry blue flowers by using a COM
post Of equal parts Of heath mold. coal cinders
and vegetable mold (terreau de eouchs)- The
dent for producing the blue tint
Turin held an international exhibition last sum
mer which will remain noteworthy through the
receipts having exceeded all expenditures by
Sl2O.O0O. No sooner was this result known than
the Italian government sent in a tax bill de-
manding 10 per cent of the profits.
The Chinese are perhaps the most lightly taxed
people in the world. In China al the land be-
longs to the state. and trihing per acre
never altered through long eenturies-is paid
as rent This - The only tax n the country,
and it amounts to about p 6d per head yearly.
On September Is last Bavsrisn from Bsmberg
sent up small balloon, 70 which was attached
his card with tine request that the finder Of the
balloon should let him know where il touched
the ground Three months later De got his card.
with a letter from the who had found the
balloon IN Sunderland, England
Under the workings Of a new rule Boston's DO
licenen are receiving instruction in the law
Every week number 0f legal questions pertain
ing 10 matters which come uRier their daily
observation propoUnded 70 them. and This
system OF examinations il believed 20 have great
iy improved the efficiency Of The io-ce-
Norway has recently enacted 4 law forbiddinz
the sale Of tobacco 20 youths UHCes sixteen with
out signed orders from adults. Tourists who o.
fer cigarettes 10 youths render themselves Iiah,e
to prosecution. while the police empowered
10 enhlfsfate the plIs-- cigars anN Cigarettes x
youths who smoke IN Puhlic streets. a fine i0-
the offence being likewise imposed which RAY
be anywhere between sEillings and pounds
The Nap0leonie legend <eens 70 be reyivin- n
Paris The photograph and picture shops are flI
of portraits Of tie First Napoleon and ef mem
bers Of his family \ new PLAY cllled lie Rai
DE Rome has just been produced ar the Sou-
yeaI Theatre with considerable slees7s- IL d-@-s
with events. more OF ie~~ Histor1e1Jly accurate
IN the life Of the unfortunate Dnlc DE Reisl-
-tadt, the of Napoleon J. Tr5> tue fifth
play which has heen prodBced IN Paris Vithiu th=
last few years dealing with tse legend
There vas startling occurrence u the Empire
Theatre, Liverpool. the other night. during
performance given by >ardov. the strong nan
One Of Saudow'S f-st-. says tie --We,,min--er
t.azftte. consists ~ cam IrG r-n9 -
payer attached on his bacs 81 the -taZr. Bv
some means ne Stumbled with h.- gr,4 load, ana
the piano fell crashing 20 tae S,sgr- Harry L-s.
the PLAYER, who : sot ~ o. initiate P-dsssv,-i.
was thrown vjC,eu-iy Gown, ~G>fsTir= iH5uF
10 his head and face Iia vs- attended to by
doctor in the audience. and win b. affected fcr
a few dsls- SdnG.v UEhUrt
The large rImrer = women STUDENTS ensoued
in the graduate department Of Vale at the pres
eEt time calls attention 20 q ie-.are Of academic
lite which l. assuming large proportions every
wear Il vas in Ise2 that the co5plraJion % Ya.e
decided 10 open it, graduate department 20 bach
tl'i~ ft ART without G4~ElItIltftl tl ne ON
cal catalogue of-thc present y,zT has not yec
been published. bIt II i known That there
about forty women students ar Yale; and there
are not lacking those who claim that II wouid
be impossible 10 find lln0Rg the 2.,I,s members Z
the university forty students vino contribute
more 20 the real scholarship II the institution.
and who are regarded with greater respect BY Tire
professors under whose instruction they come
This little story in II. CIay Trlrnbulrs recent
book War Memories Of a Chaplain, shows
how the soldiers faced pFivatj7n and hunger.
While before Petersburg. doing siege work IN
he summer oi IS54. DUr men lad wo-Iuy hagd-
tack served cut to them. II was a severe trial
TO the men. breaking open the biscuits and
finding live in them thev would throw
the pieces IN the trenches. although the orders
were To keep the trenches clean brigade ofn-
Ger cf the dav seeing some % these scraps along
our 'front.' called ogIJ sharply 90 p"r men: Throw
that hartltack out II tHe trenches Then. as
the men promptly gathered II up he added
Don't yoH know HAT you've 80 business 20
throw bareback IN tire trenches Ont from the
injured soldier heart there came the reasonable
explanation: We've thrown IL cut two
three times. III, but il crawI- back
About 800 miles to the south and east Of the
old city of KasIgar, whch j itself long
thousand miles east from the eastern shore If
the Caspian Sea. lies city in ruins. half aid
den under the drifting slnd dunes of the great
Cobb desert Its very existence vas knCwH to 10
one except the wandering nomadS Of Northern
Turke-tan and Tibet, until The swedish ey-
plOTer. sven Hedin- came Upon II al ur1wa~e7
january -. l>.lf. the discovery Of N. now
first announced by biE. i important cuntIl-
button 70 the history of Civilization. That paEt
NJ the desert in which il lits Is known as TIAla-
Nlkan, and the same name. which seems 10 hav.
no especial application. IS applied &" the runs
y well. for lack uf a better But is age. its
history, its inhabitants, the manner Of thelr
lives. and the very race to wLleu they belonged
have al been swallowed M by the ruthless RAW
Il time
Tile declaration that the sun never sets on
the English fag Was always a false sentiment,
because British domain is scattered that the
sun actually passes over oue portion ard daESness
sells in before morning has come To the next.
avs the ..Philadplphia Press The victories ot
the past few months. however, have given tn.
tnited States continual daylight II IS nov never
night al over the country. The crows flight
from Bangor. Ne. 10 Manila. p. T.. covers Ilj
degrees OF Longitude, or runs half WAY round the
world. And that's pretty good Hight Tor a
crow. For instance. it hole were 20 be dug
light through the earth from Bangor. and
ncwsbcy dropped the who're way throlgh-re-
-Irdless Of cravitation-he would be able 10 vslS
20 Manila and deliver the morning papers u
General Otis men. The sun rises in Maine, bat
before it sets in the Philippines morning IL
breaking ali along our Atlantic coast
The ''Metiizinisches Woehenblatt' = Of Munich
Bavaria announces that Drs- Langc and Meltz-
ing have finally succeeded in photoEraphing the
interior Of the stomach. Having for some years
experimented independently of each other, they
have in the end combined their efforts The Pho
tograph can be taken in every case where a
tube can be admitted. The Photographic appa-
ratus, which is fastened to the tube. has
length OF sixty-six millimetres (2-G inchCsl and
a diameter Of eleven uillimctres- Through the
tube runs fine wire. by means Of which the
electric lamp is made 10 function. In order to
photograph the interior Of the stomach il must
have a distended surface. To produce this the