The evening times., 1899-05-06
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The Tartaran alphabet coatains aoe letters, be-
ing the longest in the word.
The idea Of making starch from sweeS potatoes
is being discussed in the South.
The once-powerfu' Farmers Alliance in Kansas
is now run almost entirely by women.
Florence Nightingale u nearly eighty years old.
but in better health thin for years past.
The present number Of Indians in Canada is
1oo.o'3. an increase of 72o over last year.
The experiment Of having bathtubs in one OF
the public schools is being tried in Chicago
The exports of wheat and corn from the port
Of Boston last year were 26.0oo.0oo bushels
The first electric railway in the world was built
in Ireland. from Bushmiiis to Giants Ca.i>.way.
-Four generations OF the descendants Of Robert
Slater. of Norwich, England. alive and we'll.
The greatest depth to which ship has been
anchored Is 2.000 fatiioms-
than two miles.
The principal exports Of the Canary Islands.
in the order named, bananas. tomatoes
ions. and potatoes
Com will yield more pounds Of dry matter per
than any other forage crop that can be
grown in the East 2
London's record Of deaths by violence was s.
514 last year. being 12I above the average Of
the preceding ten years.
Seventeen parcels Of ants eggs from Russia.
Gently for 20 cents pound.
Free dental dispensaries for the poor
cent additions to the work Of the Bureau Of As
sociated Charities in Chicago.
.Rudyard Kipling says that the hardest work
he did and the hardest he ever saw done,
is that Of a newspaper Office.
The United States uses the most eggs Of any
country-Io OOo. 0oo 900 being required during ths
year, or l33 to each inhabitant.
Hams cured with mahogany swdust are said
to be especially fine. The discovery furnishes
a use for many hitherto useless sawdust banks.
The latest popular journalistic venture in Ia
pan is paper devoted to sporting matters. The
first number has articles rowing. swimming.
and football.
Bremen statistician has figured out that the
eighty five steamers and other vessels OF the
North German Lloyd covered s.175.iOo nautical
miles last yeaE-equal to $50 trips around the
world.
California manager gave to sctress .
memento Of her success on his stage what pur-
ported to be a real diamond. But it was an i'm
itation As she learned when she tried to pawn
it. In her resentment she published the fact.
Leopold Bracony, OF Chicago. is the only sculp-
tor who has made bust of Pope Leo XIII
from life. There several copies in Rome.
and two in this country. one in the archiepisco-
pal residence in Cincinnati. and one in Chicago. :
Mrs Phoebe r. sturtevant. Of Jamaica Plain.
MRS.. is to furnish the greater part OF the money
to build S009 dormitory for girls at the
Hebron. Ne, Academy. Mrs. Sturtevant Is Q
native of Maine, and has done much for the up
building Of the academy.
The Jshrbuch OF the Prussian Kuntssammlun-
gen tXS u contains extracts from the Milan
'.Codex Atlanticus' which indicates that the IA
nous painter. Leonardo da yinci. limited plainly
at he NJ he
water by means Of steam
Wisconsin produces annually an average Of
10000 900 pounds of cheese nearly all Of it made
by Swiss methods and Swiss people. who initiate
the home product fairly we'll Most OF it is
shipped to the Pacific coast, and finds its mar
kei in the South American countries
The Waterbury American nomnates admir-
raj Cervera for Spanish minister to the United
States. The suggestion is a good one. and per-
haps when Spain has in hand her twenty million
American dollars she will feel pleasant enough
10 honor a man whom the Americans admire.
The government of the Congo Free State. with
the object Of preventing The threatened destruc-
tion Of the india rubber trees in that country. has
promulgated decree by which it is provided
that for every ton of rubber yielded annually
there shall be planted not less than l5o trees.
Mordaunt NJ Mcnroc, supposed &c have been
the Oldest wheelman in the Iir':cl Kingdom. is
dead. He attaidei the ripe a:-e of ninety three.
was bachelor. a lifelong teetotaler. by occu-
patton farmer, and until recently was to be
seen cycling in and about Enfield. near London.
Vice Admiral Sir John Fisher. X C. B., now
in command OF the British North Atlantic squad
ron, will take command OF the Msditerranean
feet in July. His successor will be Vice Ad-
niiral Sir Frederick Bedford, X. c. B.. who for
many years has been first naval lord of the Ad-
miralty.
In West Peru. Ne, three and several boys
got after a woodchuck the other day. They To-
Gated his hole. and after working with axes.
cTowbars, shovels. hoes. and gun, in the ice
and frozen ground. from 10 a. m. to p. m,
and losing their dinner, they finally bIgged
their game.
The city OF Breslau is about to grant char
ter to the street railroad company for a term
of twenty-fo years. with privilege OF putting
the same under electric motive power in place
of horsepower. which is used at present. The
reconstruction of the roads must be completed
within two years
Sarah Bernlardt says that to train her voice
she adopted measures like those accorded to De-
mosthenes ..Au day long" she says. Il kept
a rubber ball in my mouth. So as to be able 10
open it wide enough, and when alone in my
room I did nothing for hours together but repeat.
I'll. di, ii, di, ii, di. "
The total expectations of California wines TO
Europe in 1898 amounted to 5S7, ,5S3 gallons. val
ued at sl9s.sSS The bulk of this went to Great
Britain and germany. though France, Denmark.
Switzerland and Italy received portion of
the product. The indications that the
portatiens this year will exceed those of last
season.
New York has numerous instances where cler-
gymen receive from $4,000 to $4,000. The late
Dr. Hall. of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church, had S2G.O00 and manse Henry Ward
Beecher paid s2O.OoO a year, which barely
suffieed to maintain his Peekskil farm. Bishop
Potter has $4,000 with rectory, with Its up
keep thrown in.
Speaker-elect Robert McNamee. Of the Florida
house of representatives, a resident of
Easton. where his father conducted crockery
store. Then they moved to Pottsville. and young
McNamee attended Lafayette College. from which
he was graduated He studied law, was admit
ted to the bar, and eight years ago began prac-
tice at Leesburg, Fla. He rose rapidly in his
profession
Maine's system Of licensed guides has been
adopted by Wyoming. No person can act as
guide without having procured a certificate from
q Justice Of the peace. and cvery licensed guide
becomes an assistant game wartlca- 1t is unlaw-
full for a nonresident to kill game unless
by licensed guide. The license led
is $40 year. According to the Jaw resi!-nts
may, upon payment of 81, an6 r1n-residents
upon the payment of $40. receive licenses to Kill
game animals. but there is nothing in the sat
ute making such license obligatory
Seven exploring expeditions operated in Labra-
dor last year. and reports from all have been re-
r.ised by the geographical and other societies
Of London The consensus of opinion. de-
rived ircm these reports, is that the country js
by nc means such sterile region as has ben
supposed Geologicaly, the formation Of the
rountIy is very like tha. Of the Klondike
.inn. aad there scientists who believe that