The evening times., 1899-04-06
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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! Detroit win have the first factory to make lin
1 oletin in the West Plans are now under way
| sroudburg. Pa. man gave boy cent for
returning to him lost pocketboot containing
$500
The first coffee hoase in London was opened
in 1852 by The Greek servant of Turkey
clisnt
light Of one-clndlc power can he plainly
srcn at distance Of mile. and on. of three
candle power at two miles.
Narow', torpedo boat destroyer Ina,ls,rml
built for the Japanese government, nade
eihsc OF 81 knots on her trial trip.
Two American army officers in Porto Rico have
married in native families. and the eng smcnt Of
a third to San Juan belle is announced.
Tie addition of work.ouse to tho Jail in
outasau,ic county. Wi-,. decreased the annual
number OF tramp vi-itois from 1909 to so.
The telegraph lines in Chile owned by tn.
government. A message of ten words b.
sert to any part of the country for about cents.
The Queen of Hanover will be eighty-one in
April. Victoria will he eighty in NAY In the
s1mr month eN-fmpress Eugenie will be seventy
three.
A colony consisting Of 100 heads of families
ard possessing a capital Of S.50l) has been
ed in Chicago TO take up land in the Isle oi
Pines.
OF 54,n9 adult immigrants admitted to the
had money. Less than 900, though. had
than $50.
wait Awhile" railroad station in New
South Wales. has Just won a fight to retain its
unique name. which the railroad company wished
to change.
"Gossamer iron." the wonderful product of the
Swansea Iron Mills. i thin that it takes i.srI
sheets piled the other make inch
of thickness.
sllame detiu
toners by hanging their pictures upside down
in their glass This method soon compe;s
them to pay up.
Ann Grant. domestic servant. who died re-
Gently at Linton, in Cambridgeshire. at the age
of cighty-seven- years, had served seventy-onc
years IN one family.
Welsh tinp,ate il in bad way A reduction
OF ID per cent in wages has just been decided
upon by $50 mills. and they are thinking 81 shut
ting down on production in April.
Women students at the University OF Berlin
are not allowed 10 wear their hair in braid.
down their back. Two girl students who per-
sisted in doing this were expelled
Horses giraffes, and ostriches have the largest
eyes of all terrestrial animals. but among
rne animals there eephalopods, ink fislie=,
which have eyes as large a plate.
The telephone franchise in Manila i said to be
in danger Of forfeiture owing to defects in the
service. The wires are strung the housetOp-.
and are said TO give unsatisfactory transmission.
There il special clsss of farm llborers in
Sweden who given many acres of land
for their in consideration of nlany
d1ys' laLor during the year Tor the Of the
farm
Herbert sperccr. in recen, letter to a friend
speaks of Socialists being blind the fact
that by snail step~ they bringing about
state in which the citizen will have host all free
dom.
II servant in Germany fall, sick her mistress
i not allowed 10 discharge her. but must pay
A. cents day for her hospital expenses until she
j. perfectly well. The wages OF girl vary from
50 10 to $50 month, with board
The Two cars running on the trolley linz M
Mount Tom, Mas, connected by a cable run
ming over return sheaye. that the descend
ing cars weight balances that OF the or7 ascend
iig. and makes less demand the elociIic motor.
Mrs. Helen $ GrenfeII, State superintendent -
public instruction for Colorado. has jurisdiction
over LOO school districts in hfty-six different
counties which >he Is expected 10 visit at least
once wear. Her Journeys different schools
not always mad. by rail. but often
horseback, 10y stage coach. or by ranch wagon.
Bo-ton'- mounted policemen are to take
prominent part in the forth,omin. horse show
in that city. and will compete fur caeb prizes
amounting to sIIo fur the best displays Of horse
u.ansp. They Will also give exhibition IL
hi>tIIiiye of the stopping of runaway hST~e.
and viii show how proficient three months train
ing hls made them in the mounted drill.
l. r. Rappe, q; Marinettc. Wis. who is
eighty-tliree years old is about undertake to
walk to Philadelphia 10 attend the Grand Army
cncampm.nt which will be held there fall
Las. SUMMER RIppe considerable noIorirty
by walking ircm Marinrttc to the eHcampment
Cincinnati. Ohio. He Is veteran 1T three
til. Florida frontier war. in ISIS; the Mexican
war. and the civil war-and i well known in
Grand Army circles.
In Germany the pupils Of public schools per
form exercise in drawing with the right hand.
and then compelled TO do it with the LETT
ill they iave accomplished Just satisfactory
results. while in the industrial schools ambideN
teIty i also taught by requiring the OF the
LETT hand in saving wood and in similar occupI-
tiors. it i claimed that not ohly doe, this reE-
der Il person almost doubly efficient. but thl'
the general health i much improved 10y il,
more nearly perfect circulation i thus e>i''h-
lshed.
some years ago Rev. Mr.. sheldon. of Topehl.
Ran. made the odd experiment of writing
>crial socias,ic novel. called In the STEP.
which he delivered in his church in weekly in
stliutu;s in place OF sermons. Il .'tuok.' and
he published it in book form. 1t rather
overlooked in this country, but il is meet
ing with extraordinary. il heisted. success in
England. It l. estimated that l.GD1,Dt1 copies
have been >nd The novel Describes the extFI-
ordinary eject produced Icy few Leading uien
low IN the -tcps uf Christ
Some OF the more advanced Psychologists now
calm that the hlc, lobes oi the brain are ttr
seat oi the Lishc-t intellectual faculties the
ory which i in direct opposition 10 tl,a; of she
rhscraogi-ts. and to popular opinion a. we'll.
the latter being Ii.at 4 high forehead Is a proof
of superior intelligence. To the large hindhead
has lecu a;tIihujetl unu>Ill degree Of AMI
mIlis;n. DT. E. Raphsnl, anihTopolosist 1T
high rri,ute throughout Europe. has given argts-
Conly published paper. wi:ich shows that
Cf al creatures has the rIc>t highly developed
po>teriog lobs. ard that the ahlest men and
idces have them in the highest perfection
\ traveller in Siberia tells Of remarkable
curIcrcc among the frozen regions ot that
try. In the intensely cold nights. he writes in
Good Words the silence sometimes broken
by q loud report Of cannon. This the
bursting oi Of the ice bubbles river,
phenomenon ! had neither heard read of he
fore. The streams coming down from the hills
frozen the surface some six to nine
inches thick. The wate. beneath flowed faster
than ii ouu,d escape, and the pressure. on the
principle nf hydraulic press, became irrrssti-
BILE. First, the elasticity Of the ice
by the rising OF circular mounds sCme six to
eight feet high. The bursting point at
last with a report like explosion. The
ice hiiiochs Ia be seen in Few verSts ot HE
river.
Railroad men at Bloomington. H.. are marvel
ing over phenomenal occurrence on the Chi
caso and Alton recently. sIys the ''St. Louis
Globe Democrat. freight train going
west on the Kansas City division When near