The evening times., 1900-05-01
NOTES OF THE DAY.

49, p@t-oe y accofnpanieo ~ an eseOfL "
forty five trUnpeten.
OMAHA. Neb- is the third steerkiIIin= DIac, in
he United siatss Chicago and Kansas CITY are
GREATER killers than Omaha
A eotte Of whisky which Was once the property
o. BOD Dalton was recently on exhibition at A
CeHeyTiile. k1nS-- church fair-
Il IS said that never before in the history Of
the United states has there been stlca = creer
demand for watches Of al kinda
Diplomas and the passage Of careful exarui-
nation are requisites for foreigner 70 practice
the profession of dentistry IL Belgium.
Sixty years ago. when England ras at Logger
Aeaes With China. she made pr0aI q Sl9.gJ3G 600
d the result Of nearly three years GgatiaS-
New York farmer died very recently. who had
lived - much in terror OF burglars that he often
went 10 jan paying his board. 70 enjoy safety
Tie attempt made in Naneiester. Er,and. 10
hfing about the notification Of Pthi-is his proved
successful In the hrst six months s36 cases weze
reported.
In the Canadian northwest provinces there are
probably more colonies of different nations than
are % he found on any equal area elsewhere IN
the world.
Paraguay imported IS 80 worth OF shzuls at.-
sls-s00 worth Of hsndkerchieis last year Tie
former came from Germany and the latter nom
Great Britain
Within the next six months Chicago hopes 20
burr thirty miles Of overhead telephone. tele-
graph, and electric light circuits, Al an estimated
cost OF haf a million dollars
American labor : paid treble the wages paid
German labor in the sane calling. and the cost
Of food is from 10 20 80 per cent cheaper in the
United States than in Germany.
Divers in the British Navy. before being passed
A. proficient IN their craft. have 10 be able %
work in twelve fathoms Of Wzter for an hour ard
twenty fathOms fer quarter q A hour
It Is curious to note that the French color man
ufacturers are not credited with one new r,-o.sr
this year. while the Dutch SUizs and Germans
are fuliy represented with generous quota
Paragusyans use sOaP made from cocoa oil. The
COWS in the country eat pulp iron the nuts. Iear-
iHg the hEil enclosing the kernel clean and
sinootb- a COW viii clean forty OF fifty uuts pr
night
As showing the successful operation Of the pa
role system in Illinois Il Is stated that IN the
summer Of 1897 70 per cent Of the prisoners were
old offenders while In the sumner Of lss9 there
were les than per cent
There is a railway two nilos long IN the west
ern part Of British Columbia the rails Of which
are made Of trees from which the bark has been
stripped Upon these wooden rails runs a car
with grooved wheels ten inches wide
LATE accounts fro AIsSka show that multitude
Of people are preparing % leave for the treasure
EegicHs OF Nome Se4rchers FOR wealth are bv no
means caunted By tie prospects OF dangers and
priF@tioHs over region q snoW aud ice
There Is law in France which requires tlst
patentecs shall Work theif patents in the country
within specified time. The mere aet Of ex-
hihiting patent a. the forthcoming Exposition.
however. wil Be looked upon As filing tins re-
guireuent.
Switzerland imported It027 bicycles in lsss.
the highest priced ones. $3.50. coming from Bel
gium. and the lowest. s52-l6 coming from Arleri-
ca The American wheel Is admitted 70 be the
best as vel as eheapest- Only twenty-one wheels
were imported in 1886.
Canadian Indiss-s in summer prefer 70 live in
their tents. nov made Of canvas As Buffalo hide
is scarce but IN winter take Nd quarters IN their
small wooden hEt,. Many of these So far civilized
reds have agricultural machineT- and ponies
and cattle u their cWE.
Boscoa PsEk Commissioners are u7zeat on the
need o. more Fairgrounds for the Children The
city has SIX tracts Of ground provided for this
purDc>e- with total area OF about forty acres
but the need OF more land for similar use be-
CONES every year more evident
Il L claimed thar the original inventors Of TIE
electric are light were tUo Toronto slen, Heury
BoodWard- a medical student and Matthew
IN 1873, was she fruit Of their Joint experiments
Il Was patented II the following year.
Many descendants Of Maine families Who live in
Illinois are going back 70 the home Of their fore
fathers ihis SUMNER 70 Iezs, ca clans The ex-
eJrSloHlsfs VIII be composed Of gTandsous and
EraElla lighters Ol folks who Etut 20 Illinois rom
Maine before the prlir-es were PioEed-
An advertising bomb shell has been patented.
comprising a central chamber for the explosive,
surrounded BY tube fiied with sz~ch1st tie
scvertlsiHs sheets being wrapped around the
outside q tie tube and designed 20 be scattered
by the explosion oi the bomb n the air.
The Canadian Minister Of Education in his an
uual rsPoEt- Just issued. refers % the lberahty
Of The United States in the saJtor OF high schools
and Suggests that i would be we'll for Canadian
municipalities 90 consider i greater hberzlity
would not be advantageous % the great body Of
tl&pavegs.
German has patented new water wheel for
the purpose Of utilizing the power Of flowing
water without natural are artificial dams. The
concern has racial airs eXte-ded iron a central
vertical shaft, With winzs pivotld on the arms 70
hang vertical when moving wiki Tie current and
horizontal when gong against H.
The cry about the izpu-i5y q foreign meats
Is mere excuse Sorae u 5he butcher shops N
Frankfort smell vilely q MEATS in various stages
Of decumposition- The poorer c.asses here. II
they ct any meat a. all set o-ly cheap Sau-
sagc. which Is Oilen composed ci 0ne-thlTc lard
tat. bread, gum trlgacanth- and saltpetre-
At the summer ard winter races in Moscow and
=, Petersburg s16eO0 rrbies are offered in prizes.
ard Americ1n-Russ.an cross-b-cd horses are eIigl-
bic 10 coupgte for s4s go rIhles ci tins NJ
american horses allowed in the imperial studs.
either fgil or crossbred- American horses soon
become zccliraated N RuzS-2 and stand the cold
well as native horses
The Car Of RJssiz's suite consists OF I73 per
SOS OF whom > are general and 76 are extra
aides-de-cgmp To the suite belong Is members Of
the imperial family, l. princes % not imperial
birth; /. counts. hafons. and III cther noble
men. Their natiCnaities are; One hundred and
tggen.y weight RussicrS. % Germans fInns
PoIe, Circ=ssiaus, Greeks, ard Rounanians-
TIE nayHover season on Caps Cod. Mass, j.
new at its height The gathering Of these AOw-
ers for the market within the past few years has
grown 10 be quite an important industry on Cape
Cod. and IN sections Il the cane L IS looked
upon with much the sam interest the gath
e1iug q the cr1aberry- ~ Ee1s1l Is usually
very short orc. bat the pl.scnt one bids fair TO
exceed those oi past years IN the number Of How
gathered on the Cape
Texans are Pluuiiug thenseiyes On their wonder
fully large strawberry croP this season. Several
,i the small toWES between Galveston and HOus-
ton are shipping 10 81 Louis II the rate Of 4
are unusoaly large Generally large berries
in demand. bat this there / such plethora
OF big berries that tie Northern dealers are now
asking Tor small berries. Weather conditions have
made the crop late, but improved the qaality Of
the fruit and made tie yield immense.
The origin Of the name of the Phoenix PsrS.
the London News says, has puzzled many schol-
srs uasequainted with the Irish language The
manor was called in the Irish verzaeular Fioan-
uisze, prOnCuced funiske. which signifies clear or
fair water and which. aTTiCuzted IN the brief
English manner. exactly TcseHhlcd the word PhoT-
nix The spring or well sO-czliee from which the
park derives its name still exists close 70 the
Dublin entrance Of the vice regal lodge u is
situated in a glen beside TIE lower lake, and Is