The evening times., 1900-05-17
NOTES OF THE DAY.

public
The Chicago Board Of Trzde directors have DE-
eiaed that members open branch houses in
taelr own Dame. with salaried managers.
II There Is no canning industry among the Chinsse
a. 81 their sauces aud eoEsPotes are preserved IN
'i''en"are Jzrs- or il old wine and beer bottles.
1IPh.nag's and destitute orphans are alike nor
= = q leSe1sins house and kept til eoantry home
shiiIeh bell cracked in ringing at the village
. Scnlelthein- near Sehafllausen. Cernaanv a few
Of the year lf52. -
Oklahoma City IS a thriving CITY q ,,nv,-s n
l9o0y people. ~ith growing indussries, and has
Iust begun the erection Ct 4 free library Vifb The
slit OF $500 from Andrew Carnegie.
Consular officers are expressly forbidden BY
eerEing the financial standing o- comTnerciai re-
pate OF business men or houses in their districts
Every year number Of boys are sent from
Siam BY the King 10 England to ieaTn different
eS .uineS One learns upholstery. one learns type
~ 'fin-- AZ one learns languages. learns science.
chicago edueationaliss declares tIlst the chief
1@nser o. this axe Is the smoking, OF cigarettes
among schoolgirls. The habit il Apparently nor,
IN vogue IN the West than IN the Easter, se-fi,s
Of the eu4Intry-
H"rsfShoeS which wear UneveRly car be repaired
30 IN Australians patent nail which has a head
much larger than the common nail. the four rsiIs
nearly covering the WON surface Of the shoe I'D
raising II to the right height again
Municipal telephones have been tried in sev-
erai foreign cities ~ich considerable success An
ster'isz- Holland. boaeht oft the private te.r-
phone company some four years ago. and the re-
s'itS nave been exceedingly beneficial.
4 suggestion has been made that the Temporary
g2te7aF a; Dublin. 1t which Queen Victoria r.
eeiTed the city keys from the Lord Mavor aud
eofpor1tiou. shoslld Be erected permanently IN
stone a. memorial q an historic event
II the summer visitors 70 the Paris Expo-ition
get very dry they can have pleuty Of water AZ th.
Drlce OF 0uc ccHtimF Der buC Cketful That Is 1uucb
cheaper than the amber-tineed Larsouale Arreri-
Cans ouF a. the circus for cents Per gIssS
Color photography viii. d0ubtiess. in tine BE Of
great lae for reproducing the Medical and surgical
zsPeeu Of tissaze- Nr- Ives has exPerimeutea On
thiS subject VITA his -kronSkop.- Il Is easy 10
50 Is usefuiHess FOX leeturiHs ssd teaching Pus-
poses
Paris Waiters are complaining Of the rule that
H11kez them wear their faces smooth shzven
They are seeking % obtain the consent Of their
employers 70 cultivate r4ustzches. and threaten
% strike unless their request Is answered afir-na-
lively.
The London Econorsizt-' declares that s-it
= 10 longer open 70 doubt that the high priees
Of coal having serieas effect on the Industrial
sItu1tlqn- FrUm ali parts o. the country Wg hear
Of a distinct Abatement in the stream Of new
businez''
The ErOSs budget Ct the city Of Nex YORK FOR
1870 W1s S2n.e30.o0O greater THAI the expenses Of
the city Of London. SIS OgO.Op9 in excess Of the
bdset of Paris and only SI.J99.0O3 les than the
S9mhIned ezPeHdltures Of Boston, Chicago, and
Philadelphia
Tbe Car Is said to have granted to- British
fFras
on HIS Aaie=ty's private estate II the Nertchinsk
resloa IN Siberia Overtures b. Freneh and Ger
man applicants for this CONCESSION have been re-
pezteoly rer-ze1
The annual expenses Of the CITY q NcE YORK
are larger than these Of anY other municipality
in the world and the financial {. .aasactions Of a
more th1n S-00. GO. counting temporary io1us
sinking hands. and bond issleA
new act which has Just come into force in
Seotlanc. enables prisoners who Are convicted OF
such odenees drunkenness szd Ened. with the
oi.,l'n Of iHpfls7iin, nT 10 obtain their release
after serving rortfoa of thei- time O4 payment
o. proF1rtlonIJe amount Of the hEe-
The Delaware River Is a fsh seld L becoming
rival to almost any stream IN the country Hzvin,
urodacrd cnoys-h sllsd dslriI. the Fra-enr season
g" satisfy tie people OF several States. the cd
stream L 1oS sling 10 with sturgeon and the
production Is likely TO be most plentiful
The Increase in bicycle Manufactures for The
current year VIII BE about 10 per cent ever list
year There are some ffty al1nuIaetIrers in the
tHltrd Sf4tes. and The total output f1r Is99 could
hardly hzye been les tlan a million wheels max
ias tAe total nunabes IL tie country about 6,Oo3-
Ab0ut thirty-ave miles from NishlP5ur. in the
khorzssn. the crIebrsted tur,E1lof fs uaines OF
Persia said 70 be the only mines in the world
FrtcuciEs tins fashionable stone They are SIT
uIred in a mountainous region 1000 or 500 feet
above the sea level and employ perhaps l.50g per
cons.
New Fork's NanhaJtsn Elevated Railway Com
paay Is considering plan for proyidiag its sza-
tioHs WitA iEciincd stairNzys. Such slevatins.
Elc1ns would EIvC capacity OF .OD1 pgrsOns per
hour The st1irE8ys VIII be run on the endIeSs-
chain principle, and VII Be actuated by elec-
tneity.
Crude drugs are now replaced by ACTIVE prin-
ciplss discovered in the laboratory morphine.
qltiniae and the Hke-snd instead Of the bulky.
1aJz-cOus crStghts Of Oldeu tiruC. the Invalid i
given tsstelsss czpsues q gelatin Or compressed
tablets o. Uniform strength and m0re zccUrarely
graded power
Teutonic peasants were the providers Of blonde
hair for rich Roman Princess who loved the
contrast Of its hIxcz hue with their black eves-
fhey even 80 morning Wigs. snail and tightly
evening oEes 20 wear when receiving their ad-
InlIcrs IN the evening.
The Vienna stock Exchange. after TYING tie
use Of quotations in percentage figures, such As
are Used in New York ard London has aow IT,
rurred 10 the Oid system of quoting actual values
IN Austrian currency COupl1Ints II the percent
age pan from constituents of the Bourse caused
the reversal OF the rule
S-vrral remarkable relics Of the unfsrtunate
Charles l have been sold At auction IN London
lately One l. 4 coat belaEgiae 70 the Knc snd
upon important pubic ssccasiCus Il -
made Of blue ciorh. ricGiy embroidered with sil-
VeF. hIviHg the sleeves and pockets turHed up
with scarlet cloth and Gred throughout with red
silk
The Pope recently Glve an audience to eight
American sailors from tine American training ship
Dixie now cruising in the Nediterr-ne2a- T.
biur jackets honored His Holiuszs as DE Itfc the
Sistine Chapel Hith 4 vigorous vocal rendition e
''D.xie.' The ofhclal attendants seemed und.-
oidcd whether 10 aPpiaJsd eondeIun the Occur
renee
Abolition Of purchase has not destroyed the in
fuence OF money IN the British Army. The eS-
penses Of . slibaItsrn are 50 out OF proportion
70 his pay that II Is almost impossible tor man
% 20 into The service unlt-s ths family is able
20 supplement his pay by an allowance OF from
500 % 81. so year, according Go the arm Vi
the service
AutoUobile racing Is giving the police aUthori-
ties in Paris great trouble About forty persons
each cay are brought into police court in that
city for running automobiles az excessive speed
Now the aurC-nohillStS have combined for self =
protection against the police They VII not plead
guilty any mCrC, but make the complaining pO-
EcCman prove the rate Of speed
Ne=rly all Of the jute mills in India are nov
lighted with electric lights IL WIS found thIt