The evening times., 1899-11-07
NOTES OF THE DAY.

| wafer.
In 1900 Duluth will be able to handle Il, 900 00C
bushels of grain. and will be. probably. the big
/ gfst grain elevator center In The world.
For the eight months ending with August the
United States imported s.. $50 ounces Of sui
phate o; quinine. This was valued at $so5,s3o
| Vienna journal declares that a local electri-
| ciln named Pollock has invented u way of tsle-
graphing COCOA words per hour over single wire
| The seasons pack of sardnes in Maine is said
| to be likely to be somewhat lsss than it was in
1893. when it reached the large figure Of zoo 90
! cases.
| There are upward Of l. 900 shippers Of pro-
duce in the United States. and it is believed that
from their ranks strong national organization
can be formed
There are seven young lady conductors on the
electric cars Of ChiiIicotie Ohio and five at Vim
cenne., Ind. They work nine hours day and re-
ceive - a week.
II took twenty years to build the statue Of Vic
tor Emmanuel recently unveiled Turin, ard
the frequent disputes over it have made it
byword in all Italy.
Near Worcester. South Africa. is Brandole;
mineral hot spring. having temperature Of lf5
degrees. 1t has three outlets. which utilized
for irrigation purposes.
On the Queensland. New South Wales. bound
sry line, the edge OF the Australian desert. an
artesian well has struck yield OF water Of
4.ood.oOo gallons day.
for England and Wales 2as.eo5 Smiths 2i2- 100
Joneses, with Williamses, Tsyiors, Devines, and
Browns following in order.
While manufacturers and others throughout the
United Kingdom are protesting against flooding
their home markets with goods marked made in
Germany the Berlin Koelnische Zeitung'' ap-
peals TO Germans to show their patriotism and
assist home industries by buying German made
cloth in place Of the English material
The Society of Total Abstainers just formed in
Vienna, is the. first ever established in Austria.
Everybody drinks in Austria. An Austrian baby
begins to sip beer at the age Of three months
and. il grows up. learns to consume the liquor
in ever-increasing quantity, until. when full
grown man, he eau drink il by the gallon
The college graduates Of the country make a
pretty good part OF the population. and H1F-
ward takes the lead. with total Of D. -2s1 grad
uates. Yale has sent out into the world asa
men and Columbia l5.9si Princeton has graduat-
ed 1900 STUDENTS, Dartmouth $40. Brown, 1870.
Bowdoin i.6i9. Amherst 1900, and Washington
University 3,i36.
The Division of Forestry Of the Department Of
Agriculture at the present time has sixteen MN
in the State OF Washington gathering data
garting the growth CT red fir and how best 10
keep the land in a productive condition. Fir IL
rapidly growing timber and Clifford PiEehot.
Chief of the Division. believes that with proper
care there should be a perpetual supply which
should maintain Washington a great lumber
producing State in perIetuiiy-
Notice has been sent to Mayor Ashbridge Of
Philadelphia. that the heirs OF John ". Miller
desire to take possession of Philadelphia at Gree.
The order" savs the Record. was percmp-
tory and coucied in forciblc legal language. and
the presumption IL that T. V. Roberts. who
signed the letter a. attorney Is a very yours
man The circumstances, briefly rehearsed in ih-
letter are thee: John ". Miller owned the ground
on which this city Is built and disposed Of it
in ninety nine years lease, dated in June. Isb3.
This lease mus; have expired in June, 1879. saw
Mr.. koDerts. and he appears quite surprised fEaf
the property was not promptly turned
his clients The mayor sent reply 10 the effect
that the question had been referred to the city
solicitor. but as the movements of the city
iictor's Office slow and Mr.. Roberts i
Of action il l. possible that he may appear a.
any day and proceed dispossess the million sni
quarter people who occupy ms clients prom
iseS"
II is remarkable how many really beautiful aOH-
RS discarded hecause ordinarily they ri=ss
ID as weeds, says the Boston Herald
who had plenty of land and hsd taste for
perfmentiug made weed garden this year
which is a great success. She doesn't know ti-
names o: all the oufcssts me las gathered in but
he noticed last year all the wild things that
grew and Powered neglected by the wayside, ard
those that appealed to her most
strongly The main reason.' she urges .ths;
hey attract 30 little notice when growing wild i.
hat they not massed and arranged
place cultivated flowers to get the best effect
Now that is what have done. wild flower, or
weed. il i scorniuly termed. that is Io-
ragiic TO be thought much Of Will make dell
ate. fcltheTy which will be vastly ad-
nired when planted together by the score or
more Even such despised thing the cufri
non Tasweod l. worthy of admiration il ven hap
zen 10 look it Alright, and it is finely eifectiTe
Is foliage for cut flowers This weed gardener
ias provided for a succession Of blossoms frou
-iolets ard dandelions to golden rod and late fall
,rasses. and nothing has repaid the gardeners
forts with better results than these absolutely
rec flowers.
Consul HeeIan writes from olesss. August -
$50: Il saw the other day curious device al
ached 10 the mcoring rope cable of a steamer
which was loading at this port. The cable
un through a piece of iron pipe about foot
n length and welded on the end of the pipe WAS
fan=e or funnel which locked like the end a;
trumpet with the wide end facing the ship.
he iron pipe was stuffed with oakum. to prevent
from slipping and also TO prevent rats from
assing through il. This novel construction
riitc close To the ship. On enlniring what puT
ose this device served, ! was informed that th-
,ussian authorities furnished these appliances and
bliged all ships to them whenever they came
rom a port infected with the plague. in order
o prevent ihe rats on the ship from comm.
icre 1t is generally conceded that the plague
AS been carried and spread by. rats which lrIve
eft shIs coming from infected ports IL u
nown that rats make OF the cable to
haped arrangement was employed 10 prevent sieh
isits il possible These devices are attached to
ach cable by which the ship is moored- In sd
ition to this precaution. the master of the ship
obliged to take down his loading stages evcrs
light and erect them again the following marn-
~. in order to prevent the rats from coming
hore during the night. do not know whether
his device u known to our sanitary authorities
nd send this description OF it in the hope that
may be OF service.
The carriage and walk Of the native women Il
Ilnila thus described by returning travel
r: '.As rule the women Of all classes
raight as the wall OF house. il not straighter.
plumb line dropped from the napc OF the neck
ould. in most instances fall well behind the
eels. But the gait is peculiar swing which j,
ute noticeable. Some charge this well as tho
raightnc=s TO their habit OF carrying all burdens.
ON cake OF soap TO house and lot. on the
,p of the head. That is probably the eaus- 'f
ne erect bearing. but l think the peculiar gait
ne 10 a certain swing of the limbs required for
coping the shoes on the feet. The local won,-
MS shoe consists usually OF fat sole with
,e cap. Sometimes the cap has room for all the
es: sometimes not Often the sole is raised from
&c ground by wooden heels and soleS-bloeks
kc. but lower than those used by the Japanese
ockings are not usually worn. Let my gentle
adcr' take a pair Of her little slippers and cut
way from the soles all the superstructure except
cap that will Just about cover the toes, and
ter sticking her toes into them try TO walk
ound her boudoir. and see how many shoes she
s on after the trip. Try it again with the little
ltward curvirg swing from the knee. with
sultant side eurving from the hip. After 4 few
ars of practice the slipper will stay on. and
u will have acquired the gait Of the Fillipin1-
iere is, perhaps. certain grace in the move
ent. and there is also good deal Of 'shuillinS
ID a general appearance of being siirshod-'