The evening times., 1899-02-06
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Hiiies ulslaHt-
In Norway women have for some time been
employed in the railroad and postal service.
and are now receiving appointments as super
VlSors OF the railway stations.
Chester, city in Wales. founded 800 years
before America discovered is even at the
present time surrounded BY a wall from twelve
to forty feet high, built by the Roman legions
under Julius AgTicola.
At certain church near Ledbury. England
an annual sermon is still preached against the
vice OF dueling- This is done in accordance.
with the will and testament of a damsel whose
rival lovers died fighting for her hand.
The earth is growing stouter and heavier every
year by some 10000 tons. The extra matter
which is thus being added to our planet con
sists of thousands of tiny meteors or shooting
stars. which are continually raining upon it,
surface
Mr.. Hensehel's new invention of 1 pianosorte
with a raised keyboard is now on view in Lon
don. The keyboard is is 50 raised that singers
and others now, while singing, play the
piano in standing and upright position. thus
seeing and being seen.
England pays its ambassadors a. follows:
France, $4,000; Germany. $4,000; Turkey. So
600; Russia, $4,000; Italy $4,000; United
States. $4,000. In most cases the officials re-
tctNt ftfiulsite> it attlliOH. America pdY-
its ambassadors SI7 80 each.
a recent find OF set of ivory pins. little
gateway and tIhee balls indicates that The Egyp-
tans played tenpins quite 5000 years ago.
ETilius h Sayre, the oldest graduate OF Am
herst College. died Monticello. No. last week
At the age OF eighty-nine years.
For some tine past large battalion OF dogs
has been drilled in the village OF Lecrcnch
near Cologne, TO operate in conjunction with
the German Ambulance Corps Zach dog Is
supplied with a saddle, in which are pockets
containing all that Is necessary for the first
! dressing OF wound; also i large soIFd OF
brandy.
Mr. Thomas Brock. r. A. has now finished
! his ljfc-size statue OF the late Judge Thoma,
| Hughes. beloved to boys a5 the author Of Tom
Browns School Days The unyeiIing Of rI.
statue, which Is TO be erected at Rugby by old
Rugbians and others. will take place a. early
as possible next year, after suitable site has
been selected
\ ferry for loaded cars i talked OF between
Tampa, Fla, and Havana. The idea. accord
ing TO southern paper, Is to build suitable
tracks at both ends, and load cars in Havana
with fruit and perishabIe goods. run them On
| the ferryboat. and then send them away acrOss
the guilt 10 Tampa, them on the tracks anu
then away to northern destinations
/ The old Dismal swamp Canal. which CON
meets Chesapeake Bay and AIbemarle sound,
viii be reopened for navigation in a Few weeks
| II extends from the village Of Deep Creek,
Va, 10 South Mills, y G., Il distance OF TWEEN
ty-twO miles II Is beliyed that the canal Will
form one Of the most important links in the
chain Of inland waterways extending along the
coast from New York 10 Florida
There Is an interesting story in connection
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in Kansas For years near Mulvane there used
to be i large tract Of smoking prairie Ii
was good grazing ground but during and alter
a rain il smoked, and knew The cslUs.
until stranger quietly bought the tract one
day and announced that he had fortune The
cement lies on the surface IN great quantities.
and Is worth SO barrel
The New York Auto-Truck Company Is now
ready for business. The hackers OF the project
expect tO turn out sufficient number Of auto
trucks, with motors by compressed air, 70
do al the trucking IN the city. AT first only
= few auto trucks viii BE- put IN operation The
purpose OF this i TO educate the people up Il a
point wherc the old-tine horse truck begins 10
look out Of date. Tnen the company 10
unmask itself. and auJO-trucks loose All
over the city.
Speaking OF Niagara Falls, the Buffalo Ex-
press says Men who have for long time
made a study OF the recession Of the falls have
lately seen evidence Of the di-integration Of the
rocks. Not only in the close Sieiuity Of the
fall, i that disiutcsTati"u noticeable, but at
the various points in the ioTEe between the falls
and the whirlpool. on the Canadian side, traces
of recession are seen In some places the
marks are larger than in others The Canadian
hanks below the whirlpool also indicate that
the river has widened al some Of the curves 70
a small extent One OF two of the small isl
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er within the last year and there are strong
indications that they may disappear altogether
before many years
The Cinnamon of SEATTLE have taken up the
CRY Of equal rights" and opened with
the white gambling hoJiseS Of that city. The
police have been making il warm for John.
and he declares there have been no end of in
vidious distinction in favor OF his American
fclIow-craftsmen Since the authorities have
stopped his gaming. have collected a barrel OF
opium outfits, and lett every Joint like
L banquet hall forsaken- the downtrodjeu
CeIeStials have begun crusade against native
industries and swear 10 have raided every whit,
gambling house in the city They claim that
the talk Of d Highhinders' Association IN So
attic i but one OF the many base canIrCiS orig
mated by Jealous American professional rivals.
and they threaten To- have prosecuted every
proprietor Of "a little game whose address
they by any means procure
The Graburn and Blaney Canadian patent OF
| the Graburn electrical thawing process has been
/ sold by the inventor. Nelson Graburn, OF Mon
| treal to the Electrical Thawing Syndicate G.in-
| itedD. London England for $4,000 and one
quarter interest in the company. The patent
| is intended 10 be used, SAYS the Electrical
| Engineer where mining operations
| ried on during a large portion Of the wear
dor couSiderah HE difficulties owing to the ground
| being frozen hard TO considerable depth. IL
provides for specially constructed dynanos and
electrodes, the latter being placed against the
walls of the shaft with a space Of from five to
six feet of ground Intervening, that when
the current Is turned on 1t has to cross the face
Of this space To complete the cuirCuit and the
ground contained therein. forming a resistance
10 the motion OF the electricity heat Is gen
Grated and the ground thIwed- BY the bonfire
system of thawing in a temperature Of zero
| or lower it is stated that upward Of 50 per
cent OF the heat generated j. lost in the atInOs-
phere. while heat generated by the above elec
| trical process be absolutely controlled AMI
| applied in such Il manner to utilize its full
| force ard effect. II is also claimed that by
the electrical system il is possible To thaw out
one foot of frozen earth per hour, against
foot in twenty-four hours by the bonfire system.
London is in danger of subsidence, says
\ London cable in the st Louis Globe-Demo-
| crat'' This Is startling assertion 10 make.
But so grave has the peril become that one Of
| the first measures with which Parliament viii be
| called upon to deal when it meets a few weeks
| hence will be bill. the object of which is To
! put a check. if not an absolute stop, to the
| alarming increase in the process of honeyCOmb-
| ing the foundations and subsoils Of the British
| metropolis What with two and even three
/ LAYERS of underground railroads, the below
| the other, and huge cOndIits, tunnels. sewers.