The evening times., 1899-11-20
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Japan has had Hebrew synagogue since the
| year 1ls2.
| In Japan the bride gives the wedding presents
| TO her parents
| A Landmarks Club is Of Southern Californ-
| las organizations.
Kanars, iIeIa, claims a larger fails than Niaga-
\ RAE. clear drop VI $50 feet
The entertainment of royalty costs English So
| ciety each year fully Sl0.0o0,0D).
In an auction the sword of honor presented
| to Admiral Lord Collingwood by the city Of Lon
| don was sold recently for 81. 200.
| Swiss authority insists tia, 900 Russians will
| spend more in a month than 1000 EngllshmeH and
women for the same period of time
| watertown (N " peddler has been sent
| to Jail for four months because he kissed child
without permission being frs Obtained.
The two counties Of Brewster and Preside, Tex.
| having joint Of 6.0o0 square miles, have,
! IT is said, fewer than 5000 inhabitants.
1t is believed that the most ancient dictionary
| in the world is the Chinese lexicon. complied by
| Pecut-she, thousand years before Christ
| young woman of Muncie Ind, was married
| in costume Of fiesh-cOiored tights. She
ballet dancer and the wedding occurred between
! the acts
In some parts Of Holland birth is announced
| by fastening silk pincushion the door knob.
! II the pincushion is red the baby is boy and if
white girl.
| There are parts Of Spain where the hat is
known except in pictures The men, when they
need a covering. tie up their head and the wo-
men wear fouers.
One Of the oddest ideas relating 10 producing
cold air is to pipe brine into dwellings gas IS
now carried. 4 metre will register the amount OF
liquid coolness used.
Berlin booksellers are strictly forbidden to sell
school children books stiieIied with wire. sev-
eral cases of blood poisoning have been traced 10
scratches from rusty wire.
There 4. rayv railroad oar hat by i.s oyu
motion compressos ammonia gas 10 liquid. which
in going through the pipes expands and produces
the necessary coldness in tie air.
The report ot the Russian department Of pri=-
ons shows that in the past years the total
number of persons banished TO Siberia has been
20.056. Of whom s9i women
How the baby Is named in Persia: Five
are written on many slips of paper; one of the
sips IL drawn al random; the name on the Zip
Ii the one the child has to bear through life
Mexico Is raising hops for her breweries
this year The exports Of hops from the United
States during the nine months ended March last
were l,yEi; the same period, ended March, l,9',
Si0,J6L
The ice in indoor skating Kinks is made by
ammonia piped under the water Perhaps SEINE
time we shall have wagons delivering Of
col.tness or liquid air at out doors just a. milk
L brought at present
St Louis pays an average OF nearly siO00Oo
revenue represents The earnings Of the Internal
Revenue Department. the po-totiee, the customs
Office. and the Federal courts.
Seattle public -qusIe is to h tine abiding place
OF veritsbie Alaskan totem polc''-one OF those
strangely carved symbols Of barbarism and super
stition which generally grace the front oi Indian
h1bitItiors IN Southern Aia>ka-
1t i probable that in a century the ious'-
keeper will think of turnirs the cold
n
ing the heat When this Is accomplished the
icebox and the ieonisn will no, he necessary
Mock fights arc common in English sfryire.
where troops are taught how 10 march. ctargc-
retreat. form in line OF battle. and do all the
things which likely to be- required in actual
warfare, except TO kill the supposed enemy The
soldiers take great delight IA H.
The smallest city in the world Is Fentou. 4
beautiful little picturesque city the Meramce
River fifteen mics To the south and west of 81
Louis. Mo- 1t is the only incorporated city u
its size in he world, and hss been inccTIorajcd
for more than twenty five wears.
pet monkey. untimely deceased, had very
formal burial in a satin-Iined white ea>ket in
BALTIMORE enc dsy last week. There siy
pallieaIers an oulugi-tic address. four carriages
Tor the mourner>. and several Hover designs IL
Guiding empty ollzif' and gates ajar- !"
The eagle which originally decorated the stern
OF the famous schooner yacht America-which
first won what i known a the Americas
Cup-is the sign of the Royal Eagle Hotel al
Rydc. Isle Of Wight, overlooking the scene OF
the vessels triumph over her English competitions
in ISL
At Watkins v Y. water is sold by the
cubic foot instead OF I,y the gallon. The rates
are - cents per 100 ior,he firt 1000. 10 cents
per IOg for the third l.'ES. and = cents pcr lu1
Tor each additional l,Og1 feet These rate MAX,
the water little more expensive to the hrre't
consumer.
In Balarat t,,.strllial church special ac,uTn-
Inodatisn j. provided for deaf worshipeiS-
diaphram having been rugged up in the vicinity
uf the pulpit, from which the sound ci the clergy
mans voice i carried in iubC> to the eJT- Of
such of his fock may lie afflicted with hard
uc>S Of hearing
The special espcrt ssn, abroad by tbs A-rieUl-
tursl department In search Of new seeds and
edible plants hss brought back IN '.everbearng
strawberry" which he recommends highly IL II
said to produce frliit f1r months on the same
plants. and small patch Will supply family
table whole season
The American bridge j. fiiuging its majestic
spans and arches across the rivers Of many lands
Egypt. Siberia. Japan. Chiua. Peru and otirers-
and . group OF twenty-siX skilled American huild-
er- has iu>t departed ;ar RsngoOn. British India.
where an american company has one of IL con
stTuctiOrs in prU:r6->
Tie Kashnir Railway is 10 be constructed ovcr
lSs miles in the most mountainous part Of India.
Ii Will br operated by clCcfflCitN- wafer power
heinz. i1ss,I Ihi- permits Of a much lighter motor
for drawing the load and also permits ut
grades which steam engine could not climb
without RECOURSE 10 the rack system.
II has often puzzled Tie uniEitiatcd to give a
reason wty nusiciars tune their instruments IN
public. and not before they enter the orchessra-
Ii they tuned their instruments before entering the
theatre or concert room the temperature i very
apt TO I've different in the place OF performance
and. therefore, the instruments would not he ia
tune.
The .'rhi;dephia Enquirer' says: There i
bachelors club IN the West whose only rule Ia
which members swear allegiance when they join
the club Is marry a widow Young girls and
o,d maid, alike arc barred. one explanation ct
this rule Is: We consider it the part of wisdom,
to marry sanc who has already discovered
that men are angels. Another member gives
this philanthropic re=son: Young girls always
have the best chance with their fresh. blooming
faces and we think the widows ought To b. given
SHOW as ther-li-es have been blightcd in a
derS.and man better Another view of the case
is the fact that anything forbidden suddenly
dilirrs wonderful interest lot Of bachrlors
who pledge themselves 10 marry widows are sure
to discover the hitherto uusppreciated charms
of all the maids US in town.
Phya vishrdda the Siamese Minister to the
United States. has given to the National Museum
ut Washington a model Of ths famous Wat Chang
Pagoda. Wat Chang means great monastery, and
this particular psgOda. according to Mr.. Co.
zanowicz, who has charge Of that section OF the
museum devoted 10 religious matters, Is