The evening times., 1899-10-05
NOTES OF THE Day.

bincd, with 100000 capital
Contrary 10 popular belief excitement causes
much less insanity than monctony-
Automobile fire engines and hose wagons are TO
he tried in Paris at an early day.
Denver. Col. has more bicycles in proportion
than any ether city in tie country
Although her husband is worth s25.00o.0Jo. Mrs
Paul Krrger does the family cooking
Russian peasants are agitated over runner that
the word i soon ccniiEg TO Sn eEd.
Russia now has about 2e.GG0 miles of railway
iine, INCLUDING the great extension IN Siberia
Range cattle in the Southwest are selling for
SO head more than tEey sold for SIX wears ago.
The people Of ancient Tyre were such experts
in dyeiHg that Tyrean purple remains unexeeled
TO this day
On IN average ever man. woman, and child
in this country CONSUMES about three bushels o,
appCs per year.
The total revenue Of New South Wales for the
year 1sas was sI7.5J0.OJ0. the best record eve
made by the colony.
More than 2i.o01 persons paid Tor admission u
ShIkesPl ares birthp,aca- Strati0rd-on Avon, dur
in, the fiscal ye=r receutly closed.
The battissaip suErea. recently launched a
Bre>t, FraEce. Is the largest ship q The Frenci
navy. 1t i of l25C) tors dls placement
Owing to the scarcity oi wood AID coal in On
tario CaLJGa az EFFORT has been made during tbs
past six months to utilize peat for fcel
4 Kansas lawyer rct-s ,he fact tina, good time
2 have resulted n 4 large iucrelse in the nunbe
Of divorces applied for in the district courts.
Scissors were used instead Of knives for the frs
time IN Operation for appendicitis AZ the Net
rcacIit2n Eospitai. B-ackwe!rs Island last week
During the closing week Of August all Englisl
railways increased their earnings heavily notably
/ the Great Western line gained s3I,So0, or l6 pc
Z cent.
\ great auk's egg. four and three-qnarter inehei
/ long and one Of the largest known, was sold II
London lately fer s1,56o, though it was slightly
I cracked.
Since the opening Of the free employment bu
rslr in Chicago 9.z55 persons have applied toI
employment. OF this number work for 1892 Ia.
been secured
The value Of petroleum imports into Hamburg.
Germany last year was s7,5c1.00O. OF this amount
81, 90 went 70 the United States and the bal
/ ane' to Russia
Parisiars are greatly disturbed because the ex
tension Of the OrIears Railway threatens TO r;ir
the fine OF shade the LETT bank OF
the Seine, Quai dorsay-
One hundred years ago It was considered a Won
derfuI achievement for ten men to manufacture
A.. .GGS pir-- in q day Now three men mike 3d.
00J pins in the time.
The staten Is,and Rapid Transit read has
special car for heod!umi On Saturday nights They
are locked in ard are net Allowed 70 disturb the
| peace Of respectable p-cp,e.
Tacoma proposes 10 Use salt water for sprink-
ling the streets water does not dry - quick
" IS fresh water with the result that one load of
il i equal 10 three loads % fresh water
The area Of The Tranzvaal IS 12g.oG sq-isrs
nj es. or about the same sire a. the combined
areas Of the ssates OF Pcnnsy lvania. Sev York.
Massachusetts,, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Ner-
mont.
over 7l0Co.099 rcunts Of poultry and nearly
90.0530s9 dlzsns Of eggs. produced in Missouri
handled by transportation companies last
wear, the aggregate cash returns for which
81 2g9 g.
Though Russia Is cne Of tAe greatest lumber
producing countries in the world. considerable
quantities of finer weed. such as cabinet work
weeds, rosewood, mahogany. etc. are imported
every year
\ weil-prescrved Rorau camp has been discoy-
cred on the right hank oi the N4rcnta in Her
zc-ovira section so feet long BY go feet wide
has been traced. Parts Of the walls. gates and
towers are Still standing
The whole iEerrasr in all branches q .he IT.
dependent order OF odd Fellows for The year was
80. % The report showed he relief expenditures
By lodges 10 be sS.I2GG51. reief BY enclmp.nenc,.
S3i9.7S6. and b. RcbeEah lodges. S47.Ii9, making
total ot - ~. $50
On one OF his Italian j1urnavs Goethe stopped /
day at Tcrhoie the Lake Of Garla- The IA
tivss Of that town feel so proud Of that circum-
stance that they sent not lorS ago for Goethe
expert IN Vienna 10 hep them frd out n which
house Gosthe bad rcomed.
In Germany the rus1be- Of girl graduates Is in
crossing in remarkable fashion Three wears aEo
thr ten great schools had on their books IL fe-
male -,gdeut-- Vt the end Of IsI1 the total had
( risen TO S4l- At the he@iEniLs Of this yeas the
total bad again increased to 500.
Many pieces Of sculpture and carving in tha
Victoria IUd Albert Museum discovered some
time ago 10 be spurious New bogus paintings
also have been found. among which are two SIP
pozd CoHstables which have proved to be irniJ.-
tious. The mgssUm : favorite resort Of AmeIi-
tourists and until these discoveries was sup
poSst 10 be unblemshed collection Of art carl
osiGsS-
President Kruger has determined to abolish the
political secret service. which has cost the state
50 murE mcusy- The sums paid were enormous,
and a; IeaSt one-fith Of the entire white popua-
tion was en- the Est The bdTmsids IJ J5FaH-
n,s'.urg came in ter particularly IssGe share
each month. This bedy Of so-cailed agents has
been responsible for much ot the unrest IN the
Trsrsyaai. To prove their vigilance they constant
/ IL sent reports 10 the chief detective in johann
| nesburs that for tie most part consisted of the
suspicious sayings Il Elgu at the public bars when
! they had INDUCED too freely
The '.Railway and Engineering Review gives
the result OF an araySis Ct cement used in water
cOnduits constructed at EphesUs and SyinInl sey-
| ersl CENTURIES before Christ C4rbcHate Of lime
was found be the chief constituent along with
from ITO 5 percent Cf organic material The
latter was shown to be a mixture Il fatty acids
Upon the facts thus asceTtared were based ex/
pcriucEts with lime and olive oil. with the OBJ
ject of discovering the lost recipe. Ii WIS finliy
/ 1t mCEstTatEd that mixture # twG-thirCS air
S:ased lime and one-third olive oil hardened read
iy and possessed great endurance leading to the
belief that this was the composition Of the
Cient ccments which were aralyzed.
II i Claimed that nearly every continental en-
| b.ssy and legation in Washington has one or
more sciors OF Impoverished families without any
salary whatever, and for the sole purpose OF
marrying a rich American wife. They have no
plcmatic labors to perform, nor are they ex-
| pec;ed report at the embassy except when the
| spirit moves them to pay social visits. Indeed
| they would net be trusted with the performance
| OF the simplest diplomatic task Their s.andin:
| with the embassy iS simply to give them cclar
| II requires great deal OF influence to secure
| one Cf these honorary diplomatic posts. and at
times the state officials European capitals
| bosieged by applications behalf Of impecuniOus
! younger sens or by the relatives of European
rakcS. who desire them anywhere rather than at
| home.
Two notable additions 70 the cl.ss-tIa ''they
toll not neither do they SPIN set in Washington
will be the son Of Senator Clark Of Montana.
and the of Secretary Hitchcock Both Of these
gentlemen viii spend the comin, season in WASH
ingten. anG according to advance reports they