The evening times., 1899-07-20
NOTES OF THE DAY.

women
"a prudent man. says a witty Frenchman,
lis like a pin; his head prevents him irom g1-
ing too far
College students are forbidden by the police
authorities iron giving their college yells in the
streets Of Terre Haute.
Among the infuntry regiments of the British
army are ten nominally scotch, eight Irish,
three Welsh, and forty-three English.
Melbourne. the seventh city of the British
Empire, consisted at the time Of Queen Victo-
rla $ accession OF thirteen huts-
For several years the Church Extension sS-
ciety OF the Methodist Episcopal Church has
furnished aid for the erection of two churches a
day
Syracuse, Kan, paper is demanding that
women be permitted to bloomeEs as a mat
winds
A society has been formed in Vienna for tEe
purpose OF testing inventions and providing.
means to those who have them not for apply
ing them practically.
The town Of Warren Pa, with 1900 popuIa-
tion, has l.4s0 bicycles, according 10 the count
returned by the assessors This is almost an a~-
erage Of one wheel to every family m the place
There is some prospect of earrings coming IN
again. Some women are very fond OF these sauIi-
barbarie adornments. Mereover, people who
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distinctly advantageous effect upon the sight
The London Railway News commenting en-
the recent English orders for Ameriean-buiit 10
eomotives recalls that in the early forties there
were running en- the Birmingham and Gl0uees-
ter Railway now part cf the Midland system
seven American locomotives
The storage of bicycles in Paris during the win
ter months is expensive. So great MANY Paris
ians pawn their machines in the Mont-De-P PieJe
state pawn shop. The interest paid on the
advance Ct money IS very small. and is a great
saving what would be paid for storage.
An Alpine glacier, near Brianeon. is now reg
ularly operated ice quarry, the blocks be-
ing cut and conveyed over an overhead cable
way To a convenient place for shipment BY rail
to Paris. there TO be used in the cafes and ho-
teIs of the metropolis.
The result Of some Investigations on the feed
ing of mich COWS. recently carried out IN
Germany, was to show that the production q
milk Is dependent IN certain respects upon the
nature Of the food supplied To the COWS. bat
not j. commonly supposed, solely on the
albuminoid ratio
The British navy has control Of no less thal
sixty-two docks Tor its ships. Of which sixty-oHs
are Of stone, ard ore Is Of wood AL OF the
wooden decks with which the United States Is
provided are in need Of extensive repairs and i
is only a question Of time when these wooden
structures must be replaced with stene-
\ French statistician declares that SSitzer-
land produces annually more books than any
other country in proportion to the number of
inhabitants. namely, l 70 every J.5J0. Germany
comes next with 1 for every S.23G; Italy WITH
1 for every 1890; En- p, I for every S.JJ8;
England, l for every 6,5J0; United States, l for
every r. 100
In reference to a recent paragraph on mer-
r. ssT-
not be generally known that Japan exports rhes=
shams in assorted sizes, in glass eases. at
much per fcot run They aEe made of the body
of j fish and the dried head OF monkey, -
skilifHlly united that X i dlFhcuit 70 detect
where one begins and the other eutzs- OF Esse
the market for Inermaidens has been lat; lt oHe
time they were fairly common in the curiosity
shops
The London daily newspapers are famous fGr
queer adTcrtisementz-i fer nothing else. a
Personal which appeared recently n one Of
them reads: .-Wanted-A respectable gentleman
-Widower preferred-to marry the h0GsckeePer
of aged gentleman, who has been an Invalid
for Yeats. and who respects her a. good ard
true servant, whom he would ike 70 see II the
happy state Of matriHOny before Ae eies- She
has had three husbands, but s willing tor a
fourth
The natron Of the ChildFen's Home n Wish-
ita EAR, has rsceived letter from : man WIN
wants to adopt child. send oEe,' he says.
''that is lively, ard viii laugil- and cry and geI
into mischief. 1 am ffty-eigkt years cd. and
| would give the world for . child that VIII
laugh and get in my way and bother NE Wei
give il a good home. 1 have raised i've ChE-
dren. but they are all gene nUv, and ! can tel
YOU there is nothing sweet as tAe bother of
Children
young woman in London has for sore years
been Carrying on the business OF index making
says an exchange. During that period she HIS
trained n her efiice forty woman indiex-HJkers,
ard she las indexed such WORKS Nda-eis
--FarrheSt North. science OF International
Law 4Sj volumes OF history, and Eumerous pa
pers and periodicals. According 10 ths eItsE-
prizing WOMAN, inGeXing affords field for WIZ
en workers thdJ Is IL yet unceeupIed- II : it~r
belief that the feminine intelligence Is pcrts'I-
larry successful Il this lire, and that she h..s
found her pupils pItInJ. enduring, accurate,
and conscientious Moreover. w0men's well-kaugsn
tendency 10 jump . conclusions here becomes
4 legitimate exsTcise. quick intuition has
4 great value 10 successful index milking
visitor to the London Zoo has lafely been
much exercised by the fact that the elephant w-s
able to appreciatc-to riek up with his trri.N
and convey to his mouth-so tiny article as
i snail liver pill. In it>eh the fdeI l. slrpt,S-
ing enough, but sJIreiy tie surprise ar-15s ssale
Ignorance Of tie naUufaf history Taught IN
our first childish books. where the spectacle CT
IN elephant picking up PIN vita his trlIaS
was always. and most property, exhibited As an
instance OF the wonders oi crsatScn- AppaTe IT. :
| the elephant at the Zoo found himself nlglrh
Ihe better OF for his hr-t pill thai lie opened h-s
| enormous mouth TO receive secaHd. wHith tie
generous giytr threw accurately into tie gull
| What much more pleasant game goh w5utd
/ be if the relative sizes OF baH and hole were
/ more Ike this
Tie Chabo HiAa. SO years ed, watch was
| sold in New YORK recently, went FoF SI,2oJ.
That's biz, prize for I little JlPaEcse TREE,
which was not 50 '.litt.e'' a. some Of the Other
| dwarfs. for il stands six fact high. But II IL
/ trinsic If not sentimental vcrth exists IL taCss
I eight centuiics il h@s 31dTiS3.-d On this .oet
| stool. IL IS now the fashion 20 have some hl-
/ purian tree. varying IN age from htty 10 %
I wears. stal.diuc- on the table with ether crIa
meuts. and very curious, it mast be confessed
are many OF these are0real cuTics- enc aettSIl-
| sees elves and iairies lowering among Ihe ds4s
BRANCHES. But il j. Ulkind 10 the tiny, stuBte'
growths 70 put them in American dra~ins-ro
| where the conditions that have kalbOred tneT
| can no longer exist They may be hardy, bur !
| requires japanese gaId4EeT 70 sUP1Tiatend thei
| diet OF air and water
The decrease Of plague mortality in Ca.eElt
moves the Indian Nation TO remark: Barn
ing heat Ieaden skies. and. above al. brow
smoke or mist have been conditions associate
with plague both this year and the last
negative cordition has been the absence CT ram
| We have noticed the brown mist in the El1ds
[ of sunlight playing all around-i1. Whence c0Rie
\ itF Whence itJ e1rsSy hue in lGeri!itieS wher
| not n single chimney is werSinsg' The an
swer must be that the mist is simply due q
| bad drainage, The Indian AiirFaF" declare
| that the underground system is wholly unsIitsl
I TO tropical countries. heR it abeut L
| be introduced in Calcutta Dr.. Mauat. DR.. &l
| hendra Lal Sicar and ether authorities foreto,
the evils which followed reeenr issue Of III
| Calcutta Medical Journal SAYS that the plEsli
4 d,.s eutiraIv tn rendition a