The evening times., 1899-03-31
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The polka. dance was inverted between 1880
and 1884 in Bohemia, and obtained its maine
in Prague in 1885.
The incessant traffic across London Bridge re-
duces to powder about twenty Ave cubic yards
OF granite every year.
Among the latest names of postoffices in this
country Hobson. Va; sissbee, 6rk.; Dewey,
n. C., and Manila, Ky.
The CLOSED door in Madagascar under French
rule has caused Great Britain's trade TO drop
from s700.0o0 to 100000 in one year.
DIR. Sven Hedin. the Swedish explorer, was able
not long ago to present to the Gar copies of his
book, Through ASIA, in six languages
II is calculated that the yearly production of
paper in the world is 5000. 100000 pounds
weight, and this emanates from 2,s9f mills.
Until recently sea shells and cocoanut shells
were current coin of the realm in Siam, $50 of
the former being change for one OF the latter
The Japanese Government has just constructed
a new lighthouse. made entirely of bamboo This
material is said 10 resist the action of the waves
better than any other kind of wood.
The French believe in the future development
of trade in the Orient. loan of $40, 900 for
the Indo-C hina Railway called ont subscriptions
in Paris amounting to thirtysix times the sum
desired.
The tube of Pinch gun, which is used IN
some warships has fifty spiral grooves inside,
which cause the shot to revolye at the rate OF
seventyfive times per second as II rushee through
the air.
Soudan ladies have theery that IIighanlers
kits because their wives once took their
trousers from them on account of their coward
ice. That explains why so many women wear
the breeks''
II is getting to he the fashion TO address and
stamp envelopes on the back. With the direc-
tions written across the folds the letter cannot
be opened by unauthorized person without
the fact being noted.
At Young Mems Christian Association dinner
in New York last week one OF the speakers,
lawyer, told of client who every time he wrote
to him enclosed tract, and said that the last
letter, recently received. instructed him TO coli
lect the money due mortgage, and il it
wasn't paid in thirty days TO foreclose The tract
accompanying the letter headed: .'iie that
gveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.
In Great Britain there said TO be nearly
three hundred religious sects. THE adherents OF
the Church of England officially put down
at l3000,000 but, according To other authorities,
| this is an exaggeration. The year books and re-
| ports of the Evangelical Free Churches for
! 1S9s-'99 give the total sitting accommodations
in their churches at 1,S5S, ,S04, whereas the total
J number OF sittings in the Established Church Is
| 6,ss6,01I.
! Here are a few names taken at random from
| the delinquent tax list of Hawaii for ls9S, as
! printed in one of the Honolulu papers: Aapak
! Bila Alapai. ALI Kui. Ali You. c. J. Ala Fat,
Boo Sau Tong, Bow Din, Dol Ak Goo. lokepa
Ellen kahaunaela, Lukia kaholoholo, Leihulu
| Keohokaole. kahakumakalani, Not At, and b..
So The Ks take up three columns OF space.
/ being three times numerous as the delinquents
under any other letter.
There is special class of farm laborers in STe-
den who given many acres OF land for
their own use, in consideration OF 50 many days
labor during the year for the owner of the
farm. These ''torpares'' are sort of fixture 20
| an estate, and their like exists III other
I country Their movements. however. not
controlled. and a torpare' can leave the
| ''jordtorp'' at the expiration 0f his contract.
OF these tenants there l691S9.
Aluminium is now worked on large scale
for all sorts of industrial purposes. and has taken
its place as one of the FIVE six commercial
metals OF the world. Weight for weight it is
already cheaper ti.au copper and tin; ii does not
/ tsrnsh IL suitable for all kinds of cooking
utensils is largely used in shipbuilding. and is
! most valuable adjunct to metalurgy, Inasmuci!
/ aS a small addition Of aluminium TO a mold OF
| steel brass insures absolutely solid castings.
There are, it is said. few more versatile men
| in England than Alfred Lvtteton, the youngest
son of the fourth Lord Lyttleton. AZ Cam
! bridge lie the equivalent OF five distinct
, blues. and represented his varsity IN cricket,
football. racque;s, tennis. and athletic sports
/ He has represented England both cricket and
| football fields. and has been champion tennis
PLAYER for fifteen years He Is. further. clever
| lawyer, rising politician, and good speaker
! and musician
pneumatic tube 10 transmit mail between
New York and Philadelphia is under serious con
sidera:ion, and the project will probably be in
troduced in the next Congress. A pressure OF
eight pounds TO n 12-inch tube would give a
speed of thrty-tiye miles hour. and 200 pounds
| OF pressure a speed of 100 miles an hour. Each
carrier thrty-four inches long and eleven inches
| wide, would convey 100 pounds, and dispatched
at intervals Of ten seconds giving carrying ca
pacity of 4S2 tons daily At present letter
mailed in one OF these cities for the other i,
seldom delivered the day il is posted.
Chinook salmon do not feed after entering
| fresh water, SAYS the fish commissioner of ore
gon; their stomachs and throats become entirely
incapacitated for receiving food, and the desire
and ability to feed i.ave them entirely. The
great reserve OF flesh and blood acquired on the
rich feeding ground of their ocean home enables
them TO keep the vital organs active until their
mission up the fresh water streams i accom-
plished. Chinook salmon that ascend $50 miles
| from the to spawn do not return To II
| again, but die their spawning grounds. This
has been disputed, but it is undoubtedly true
London cable of March l2 says: Richard
Wagner's long-lost religious cantata, ''Liebesmah
der AposteI," or, as it is generally known, The
Holy supper of the Apostles was produced
here Thursday for the first time. and was re-
| ceiyed with enthusiasm. 1t continues TO run
The cantat composed by Wagner in 1S4s
for performance at grand festival IN Dresden
on July of that year. but afterward Wa
lost, and it has only recently been unearthet
| in the ROYAL Library at Berlin Six weeks age
the libretto published in the 'Bayreuthel
Batter. The cantata Is in four acts, and i
somewhat similar in style to Memberships can
tata, 'Paulus.''
Provided that sky-scrapers are supplied Will
steam pipes strong enough to stand the pressure
says New York letter in the "Philadelphi.
Ledger" the fire department has proved thai
with its Are engines it can force a big stream
OF water up to the very top of the highest build
ings in New York A test was made the othel
day at the ST. Paul building. which ha
twenty-five Stories and reaches 314 feet above
the street. For five minutes stream OF wateI
was raised to the roof and sent across Broadway
and over the roof of St Pauls Chapel. Their
the steam pipe broke at the fifteenth story. ant
the test had to be abandoned. But it had al
ready proved success, and there 10 be nj
reason why pipes cannot be made which viii
| stand all the pressure brought TO bear upon them
The break. in this instance was due to defect.
Chicago has anomaly in the person of Ralpl
Roe. who is al present making his headquarters
in the Windy City, says the '.Philadelphi.
Press. Roe is not the gentlenan's real name
nor that under which he graduated from an East
ern college. He simply it for professional
purposes. and his profession is that of tramp
But he has mission and there is the redeemins
feature. Whoever before heard of a tramp will
| mission2 Mr.. Roe is forming Yagabond
| Union. He has tramped the whole world
4 during the past twenty-five years, and he knows
| the business from Alpha TO Omega. The Amalga
mated Association of Hobos is to protect it
members from the law. and presumably from
dogs and home made pie. 1t is to build home:
| and issue maps of the best ..lunch routes anC