The evening times., 1899-06-12
NOTES OF THE DAY.

| pOunus OF rat-lns-
1t requires 500. 900 600 capital to make candy
for our nearly so,0oo.oo9 inhabitants
Senator c. d. Clark Of Montana is to give a
public library to his town of Evanston
The suez Canal Company's traffic receipts in
| April increased s2Gf 900 over April, 1895.
| The first electric railway in the world was
buiit IN is"iand, from Bushmills to Giant Cause
| way.
| The fare Chinese railroads is only cent a
| mile for first-cass and half cent Tor second
class.
Automobiles to be used by the German and
| Austrian armies to carry supplies where there
| are railroads.
Only four Independent States remain in Africa.
| They Abyssinia, Morocco, Liberia and tn.
| Orange Free State.
| Eggs at 12 cents dozen cheap food. At
l6 cents they are expensive, and at Is cents
| they are eatIavagaEt.
An Oklahoma town was surveyed. Iots sold and
| many OF them occupied by about 500 people
| within twenty-four hours.
| Farmers in Scotland are unanimous that such
| 4 backward season the present has not been
| experienced for at least twenty years
The Prince Of Wales injured kneecap is now
perfectly cured. and the Prince has recently taken
| again to his favorite pastime of bicycling.
English bank clearings in April continued to
| increase over 1898. except for Birmingham and
| Liverpool. where slight decreases recorded
] The most curious paper-weight in the world
! is said TO belong TO the Prince OF Wales. It is
| the mummicd hand of one Of the daughters Of
! Pharaoh.
| The Chamber of Commerce. Cincinnati has
restaurant by three Scotchwomen. and they
clear about $1,000 year, although their annual
rental is sj0J0.
The Rev DIR. Joseph G. HartzelI. of Cincin-
natl, American Methodist Episcopal Bishop OF
Africa. has returned to London from Liberia. on
his way to this country.
Mary Moore, an American actress PLAYING at
| the Criterion Theatre. in London. is reported
| TO have made sI0O.00 on the recent bulge in
copper stock in New York
The Board Of Trade of Pasadena Cal. ia raising
5000 TO pay Kansas rainmaker il she shall
cause to fall an inch Of rain. She will operate
by the liberation of gas.
Young Willie Gladstone the eldest grandson OF
! the Grand Old Man. ard the present master Of
Hawarden Castle. has Just entered EtOn College,
where his grandfather was educated.
Mrs. Ormiston Chant says that while in this
country she complied with I.50T requests for
autographs. and. most wonderful Of all, never
once lost her temper while doing so.
The United States imports from Italy and Spain
about l,ooo.ooO gallons of olive oil annually The
rapid development of the olive oil industry in
California viii soon make this unnecessary.
The Lancet reports the of 4 who
while sharp ming knife cut on a portion of his
nos-. The piece was found and sewed on. and
the operation crowned with perfect success.
Animal trainers say the most intelligent ami
mails for their purpose the walris, elephant.
monkey. seal. and sea-lion. 4 young walrus.
that is bought for 500 when carefully trained
is worth fully 5000.
There is a monastery at ST. HonoTat. on
Island near Cannes. France. which has existed
since the fourth century. During the fourteen
centuries since il built woman has
been allowed TO enter its walls.
Rear Admiral Kautz. before leaving for Samoa.
was asked by an enquiring Young whether
he had ever ''fcit afraid in battle Once he
answered "a stay ball knocked riy cigar out
of my mouth. and there wasn't another aboard ~
Deep curiosity was aroused by Wisconsin pa
per when it announced a lecture The Bene-
fetal Effect Of Filtration on the Public HEALTH
1t partially slilsided when the letters forming the
fifth word Were subsequently reIrrdnged SO As 10
read ''htT1tiOn.'
4 newly married in Kansas City discovered
that his bride spent great portion Of the day
conversina over the telephone with former
sIitor. He engaged d tectivc in the central
Office to take down the conversation in short
hand. Now the telephone has been removed from
the house.
Music caused the death of three-year-old Ally
at Florence, Ala. the other day. farmer drove
the young into town. and brass band
suddenly struck Up its blatant music The mare
had never heard any sound like that before and
So startled was she that she dropped dead in
the shafts.
bill has passed the legislature at Albany Of
the greatest Importance for the care of trees in
the streets Of the city of New York 1t puts the
park commission in charge OF the trees, and au-
thorizes the board establish rules for the
planning and cultivation OF street trees and
ether vegetation
Railway whistles infct torture many
people that the efforts abroad check the plague
will soon b,, followed with interest. Austria has
introduced system Of dumb signals to start
and stop the trains. Belgium is trying COM
pressed air whistles instead of steam, and Ger
many experiments with horns
The largest searchlight in the world
hibited at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
The rejecting lens. 60 inches in diameter. weighs
$40 pounds and is mosusti in a brass ring which
weighs 80 pounds. The reflected light from the
great electric lamp is equal 10 that OF '5O,cOOUn
candles A newspaper could be read by its light
lGJ miles away.
The Princes of Wales gift to the Earl of Crewc
was an edition of Joachim Du Bellay English
readers do not know this charming poet they
ought-for his old French is little difficult
hut Mr. Lang nls translated some OF his wer,
with sympathy and the most dexterous skill, no
tably .'Nauneurs:
Iiiv ard violet
give. and blossoms wet
Roses ard dew;
This oranch % blishing roses,
Whose fresh bud iBcloses
Wind flowers, too.
All. winnow with sweet breath
Wiunow. the holt and heath
Round this retreat;
Where all the gold morn
We fan the gold u the corn,
In the suns heat.
II was said Of Du Beay that he was born in
1928 as a compensation from nature TO France for
the loss of Pavia-one of the pre;tiest comp.i-
mentS that exist
Baptist missionary once sent home
count of a prayer offered by Wang Cheng Sui.
on the occasion of the visit Of two Americans,
who were on 4 tour around the world bicy-
cles says the Cincinnati Enquirer After
the bicycIists had ridden 20 the mission station
Wang prayed: We thank thee. Heavenly
Father that our eyes have this day the
real pattern of the self going cart Of the an
clients What mysterious wisdom is thine. How
willing thou art to impart knowledge TO men,
But our sins hinder thy revelations. How stupid
have become through s-rving Satan so long!
Many years have we lived. and yet today for the
first time have seen this marvel Of thv skill.
which has enahled thy servants in the West to
understand. Forgive sins. Restore US to
thy favor. Communicate to also. thy mys-
teries. and let share in the wonderful inven-
tions by which thou dost make thy name glori-
Gus amongst those who serve thee. Let he
entrusted with thy secrets, and possess the power
of the ancientS: will all countrymen
come know that have found the right path.
and are servants Of the true Cod The mis-
sionary thinks it very likely that sich prayer