The evening times., 1899-03-09
NOTES OF THE DAY.

In several sections around Havana the soil pro-
duces hve crops OF vegetables in year.
Topeka BARRIERS have a petition 100 miles long
to be presented 70 the Kansas Legislature.
\ bill to suppress prize fzhting had only three
Affirmative votes in the West Virginia senate.
In the slums Of ComberweII. London. place
was found where seventeen persons lived in one
room.
The University Of Fl AybAr. in Cairo. : the
oldest in the world. 1t has records dating bac.,
1000 years
England l. the only one Of the great European
states IN which career and fair treatment are
open To Hebrew.
The kurds and Cossacks believe that Mount
Ararar Is guarded by ureIrthIy being. ard
that no man can ascend the peak ard live.
The passion flower, which grows in the South
American forests, can only be enjoyed where 1t
grows a. Il fades almost II is pieSed.
The telegraph lines in Chile are owned By ti,.
government. message OF ten words can be
sent to any part Of the country for about cents.
Fifty-fcur day, time from New York TO Nh
Mia by the United States cruiser Buffalo i th.
record for the time being by way Of the Suez
Canal
Berliner has asked the permission Of the
FOR pet animals He believes it would meet i
iong-fcit want
Nearly all Russian leather Is tanned with birch
bark This gives it the peculiar pleasant odar
which i So admired. and al the tine pro-
tCcts 1t from insects.
\ -. Paul woman who died the other day
left by Will enough money % pay taxes on GER
tain personal property which she had not re-
turned To- the assessor.
\ mammoth potato is being exhibited in C,n-
tFdl Falls That came fEom County Monaghan.
Ireland IL i about . inches long. inches
wide. and weighs ~. pounds
\ printed notice Of the Pioneer C!ub-the ia
nous women'- club Of London-resds cylrjorJ-Iy
1" American women 1t L. '-GentleIlen are not
allowed in the smoking room
An acting model Of the human heart. with
every detail. has been made by French pEy-i-
risn- The blood can De seen courSin2 % aud
from il through artificial Jrteyies-
Boston Is 70 have the largest and th. finest
rope manufacturing plant iu the country TEi+
= especially interesting. BOW thar We are about
70 annex the hemp market Of the world.
Paris servers are being -rlrch-i carefully inr
treasure trove. owing a recent discovery by
workman under the Rue Nonrmsrtrc ~ a bun
die containing GJ1,no9 francs in securities.
Mn. i, H. r. Bond OF Chicago. Wa one of
the hr>t nurses seHt out by the Bri5i,h govern
uent ou active duty. and hs, many medals given
10 her Tor heroic service the neid % battle
Scientists have demonstrated that th- purest
air in thc cities i found about twenty-five feet
above the street surface. This goes To- prove
that Do, hcil'hjc>J apartments aF- ,lo-, On the
third toor.
\ modification ot the clurch fair idea i,
plan OF a Methodist Episcopal church in C9,rs-
Ter county. P.,.- Co have an suction ot farm
stock, and implements, the aEiUaI7 ard goods
he solicited
Manitoba nc--l, girls badly especially -e5rauts.
Wages range from So L. $50 . month for ord
n4p homework Several hundred scotch Iassies
were imported is-t spring and pue-hslt ot them
married before fall
\ German paper prints the following rather
unique advertisement: Any person WIZ can
prove that my tapiocs contains anything inyI-
rious 70 health will have three boxes of it sent
20 hIm free OF charge.
Russia la, taken up ths Italian Idea ,i using.
the army means Of education. lI con
scripts are 90 be tlugf reading snI writing, dur
iu= their ~N wears service. and where it j. nee
e~-ary VIII he trained for trJi-~ a. we'll
TIE american Agricrl;urisJ'' estimates tiat
there are 75.ts5.C on horses in lie world OF hc~-
.:~.01aplD are in Europr. I1.OJ0pJ in Nortu
America. aud 9-aslgB in Asia The mules and
aS~e~ in the world ase said 90 number .n.|.pT-
IT - period OF iufoenilLily IN London ~gri-
ETY. For one Of The most exclusive 81 her dane
ing parties during the last season The Dgchc>-
ot Sutherland sent her own visitia, cIr,is
with Come and dance psn,iled upon thrHs,
\ f-v wears ago a misguided scientist ils'-
ported a few samples Of the gypsy moth. ''iU-t
% experiment. with \ few of th5Tu g, IVlr
AMI established themselves an some apple frees
IN Massachusetts ami now tine authorities &C tt.
state are called upou % appropriate >2J|.uI Ca
rNtew'uatc the pest.
rapid shaving r,,rir-y ..tor the champion
ship OF Ohio, the star srJr1c;ion 90 bar
Lcr,' bail, held in Cleveland the otner night
Tbuce contestants participated, and the winner
shaved his '--utfrtr'' 10 - seconds Tie
end performed bi> task IN I minute ard il
seconds and the third In ] minute and = -cg-
ouj-.
The --t:sgIloi-' of Pl,ri~ complains that tae
prevailing AugIoulsniI in that cigy has affected
even the municipal authorities. The civ Offers
ro Jhr children in THE public schools boxes OF
letter paper marked school prize. given hy the
city of Paris. The paper and envelopes ave-
marked with t, arus OF tine City ard are s,ierr-
ed with vignrirH~ representing famous P1risiJu
monuments. but the makers mark shows thIl
they come from England. This l. very smart.
thinks tic "tiaEI!oI~. and wonders n the CliF
council viii bc having IL linen done Bp in Lon
don before luns-
An ingenious EugIf~Hursn hs- asurcd out r'r.
fF~f HT an ifNNi 90 4hffttiiettA -liFt t.-'
ming of tire century IN France the figures
show sB aIs,uiug tendency 10 increase Jndrc
Nural-uu au hour OF government cost 1II.01H
trau,~; under Louis Philippe. l5o.oop: uuder the
>ecout Republic. i,r;ol5. under Napoleon H.
siqnn0; frum I>.u u I>cl, 5a7,us1d. on account
oi rht. raising Of the average by the cost ot the
war with t,rrrudry, but from i>~1 90 lN-U the
cost WAS iu;.O1a francs an hour \ French paper
remarks that thi~ seems O. prove the unde>Jrt-
d. Tho hssvrr i
the day; payment 10y the piece. accor'png 90 tH:
work Gopc. j. the only way. il thinSs
Somebody has been discussing the origin %
the skirt dance which hsS begun to las its old
popularity. Rot cnly on the stage, but IN draw
ius-roOmS a, well. The woman who invented the
dance seems to have been more famous than
anybody else SAYS the New York sun Il wlS
no les person than Emma Hart Lord Nelson ;
Lady Hamilton. That is the person FrlnciS,Iue
>lrccy has selected - the real originator Of thr
dance which, in it, somewhat degenerate and
present estate, i largely a matter OF calcium
lights and dress .untS 4 letter whirh NJ sur
cey quoted was written BY tioethe, and de-
Scribss what the French critic takes To be the
origin OF the dance. The famous German wrote
in March. l7S7: ''Sir William HamiltoR. who Is
still the British Ambassador here. after having
studied the works OF nature fer 20 leRs time,
has found i beautiful Young woman. the most
delightful thing in art or nature She is an
EnglisIlwom1n very beautiful in face and fig
urc She gives entertainment. dressed in a
Greek costume Her hair hangs loose: Ic takes
two siawl~ in her hands, and she varies her
attitudes, gestures and play OF features that IL
is like dream. kneeling- standing. sitting. sine
assumes by turns 9n expression OF cxaltation. re-
pentince. anxiety, remorse, affection.
An EngIi>hwoman who died in Csen. in Nor
mandy. where she had lived for many years in
strict secl,Ision. left s19O.0es the London City
Mission, says exchange. She lived the life of
i miser, and was at last, in her eighty-sixth