The evening times., 1899-03-10
NOTES OF THE DAY.


field as day laborers
new saloon Just opened in Philadeiphia
calls itself the Quo yadis.'
German Methodist church in Milwaukee has
been converted into beer garden
Beggars are unknown in Melbourne. The poor
est part of the city is the Chinese quarter
1t is considered a hairous offence to ride 4
bicycle anywhere near the city Of Constantinopie.
The largest sewing machine in the world is IN
operation in Leeds. 1t weighs G,500 pounds, and
sews cotton betting
At the beginning of the eighteenth century
people were hanged in Great Britain for the
Illicit manufacture Of salt.
An English burglar who slammed insanity in
order 10 escape trial, after keeping up the pre-
teHee for SIX months, has become really mad.
\ lot of Bourbon County. Nv. cattle went
into tobacco barn for shelter during tine last
snow. and twenty Of them died from eating tie
tobacco.
When dog barks at night in japan the owner
- arrested and sentenced 10 work for a wear
Tor the heighbors whose sumbers may have been
disturbed
printing press is on its way to Khartouu.
in charge Of Corporal Muggridge. r. T.. VIM
VIII be the pioneer Of the printing trade in
Soudanese, Africa.
In every city or town in the Netherlands YOU
viii find "A Rosemary Street. In odcn days Oniy
in the language Of flowers specially dedicated TO
the dead.
An Anglesea gunner killed duck a iew days
ago, aGd attached 10 one Of the duck feet was
a large clam. The duck had evidently been wsd-
ing in shallow water, and had stepped ON
feeding bivalvc.
Chilean papers declare that two days previous
to the las earthquake IN the Bay Of Paytha
thousands OF crabs OF unknown Kind crdwisd
on shore They were all greatly excited. il
escaping from enemy
\ we'll -kuog.n professor says that over large
area Of Central Russia the magnetic needle does
Rot point north or south Il Is in one part do
. aected 10 the west. and another part 10 the
ea-r, and at one place il points due east AMI
/ west.
In .he state Of Maine there ere s.veEtecg1
/ spool faetoiie- and tie white bitch ilgc, q
( thar commonwealth anruaIlv supply a.. mate
rial igr 5iSl.Ga ai011 spools. which lrr -if---
pucHJly wound about JJ.91. fjJ.1fr wards gt
thread.
The giant statues Of the APOSTLES tlat are
p!arcI FL intervals on TIE coping Of - PIurs
Cathedral, London. are heing --sarn 10" The
corrosive, action % the LONDON atmosphere has
wasted them until they Lad become po-iIiyely
dangerous.
\ Home FOR Working Women has been esgab-
li-hed in Berlin. II j. open every evening from
10 To- No questions are a-ked of tht-c who
come there. AID ii thcy desire Ilrv can hayc a
sandwich and cup Il cocoa ior cents or a
+ wa-m dish for 4 cents
/ The German debt is growing con-,-ut.y a. ne
rale Of about >a6.ODa000 a year. On l>-S it vas
si.2.Goo GOd- At the end OF I-i- it was three
7 times great These figures are nom t.~T-
statistical paper Tic total dsbs S5l1ntj,-
Gpa, Is very small j. debts go Ia riiS age
Tire British soldier is tine be-, tel individual Of
I La q a. ~
i rIriors II ounces OF lse2d J. ounces Of meat.
= ounces II rice, ounces oI dIjed vegetables. Us
I ounces ~ potatoes. and once a week he receives
, ounces Of salt, { ounces Of coffee and
! ounces of sugar.
/ oriers have been issued TO break vp the Oh
: Austrian irigaie NyvaIa. ahich conveyed Emr-s-
( or MAMMALIAN to H-Soo and later roos BIS
/ body hoHe- S'ne ot tne wousi 81 the vessel
1 viii by carved into pri- dieu- and placed n ta-
/ crypt cf the ClpuriGn Church at Vienna. near
MaNimilian'- coffin
From tie esrlie~; tinies down 20 the inv~nJ'. II
Of The mcdaniel fan in trc last century. gain
Wa winnoged by beng tisroan into the air by
I means 0i Wos.teH ~h1yvl~ that tie wind. blow
{ ing ICrp>, Ihr Iarr~lng tOGr. might blow th.
/ ciI,f away. These -hpvei- the 'faUS men-
7 toned in the Bible.
/ The icke i IN a certain EockIand. Ne. yo,gr :
man WHO accidentally l,ft hi- SHOES 0i.esc -ev-
7 cGil oi his friends get hold Of them and pat
{ pepper into them The owner of the shoes IT,
/ uIliv put them on and went our, huJ De- returned
home early at Right with various kinds o. HIr'.-
I lyiu= for the cllIIbiJ5n~. and >Vpfe Dec nrvrr
I would wear another pair of over~i1es.
I The creeks wc-c perhaps the m1~5 temperate
I OF ta, ancient nations True. they lad IAeir
/ wine hut 1t was Of 4 mild character. containing;
Z but lit,le alcohol Vet they never drank Sc with
ou the addition of water. and To drink it u,Err-
wise they deemed would be the act 81 hIrIl-
r5u. IN >}ort. thr t.ires drank for cvhiiIla-
! tior. and never allowed his cups 70 carry hiIn
! heyyrd It.
( Try1n- recently shipped their fist Cargo .
| cotton t"r tic Japanese urlrket~- d consisted
+ of Is. - bale. and vs- loaded sire Japtre--
( steamer. Tamba Mar,i She i said 20 have been
I the tr>r vessel ever loaded gull port -
japan and Will - by way 81 the >Irz Canal
To Kobe Yokohama, and Nag1isaki Englj~hma u
I command the vessel. but hc- crew i made up
I entirely ct JsgaurSe-
! \ broken wooden baldbolrd and a neglected
mound of earth in the Fort YaJe-, y. D., Mil
/ t1ry Cemetery marks the resting place OF Sit
| sing Bull, the great Sioux medicine man, whose
/ vfiv brain planned the death tran at Little Big
( Horn into whcl, General Clusters command fell
/ en- the broken heIdboIId Is written: NO -.
l sitting Ball. Indian Relic hunters have Cut
| most Of the headbuaId away.
The need for new gambling resort at Monte
Carlo ! not Obvious. but one has bscn esJah-
/ Ii>hed It i called the Casino ClJh and IL II
/ intended Tor those who cannot iose ;.,st enough
i to siit them at the cpsn tables. Only roulette
and tTeHte-et -euaTaute viii be Fiaye,l. and only
Gold be used DEinks and cigars are al
lowed. but not women wherein Dc Just rever~rS
the usage IT Mr. Blanc great and benetcent
Institution
Count de Iotrmp~. n rnchu1n. Who has rr-
Gently been in this country contracting for auJo-
mobiles for European Use. >,y-- The American
p1teuts on hor,elcss vehicles arc the only ones
Of practical value ON the market. In Europe we
have nothing that can compare with the imeri-
motor vehicles either in hGhtnc~S. easy run
ming qualities, rigidity stability We are sat
! isfied that America viii furnish the h0rseleS'
carriage OF the future, aud it is idea 10
I control the supply.
\ German professor by the name of Leip~ic
has discovered in India tree which is nat
uIal electric battery When the dark green leaves
of the tree touched with the finger a tiny
spark was omitted and distinct electrical
shock was felt. Prof. Leipsic found that even al
i distance OF eighty feet the tree had 4 strong
influence upon the magnetic needle. These mag
netic variations varied according to the time oi
day. They were strongest at noon. but almost
entirely disappeared at midnight The electric
ity also disappeared in wei weather No explana-
tioa Of this strange phenomenon Is attempted
The efforts now making on a wide scale to
preserve the forests do not spring from altrlisic
regard for the weI-being Of the next generation,
SAYS the New York Journal OF Commerce ~
far as the future supply of lumber Is concerned
the destruction of forests viii only max,
timber expensive, and lead to irecr uS'
OF metals for purposes OF construction. Ii i TN
/ flrneIs need for rain, and the cities need fol
drinking water that is inspiring the efforts. le
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