The evening times., 1900-07-18
NOTES OF THE DAY.

mile wide
10 the Iresent Kingdom Of Korea some Of the
people use paper IN manufacturing umbrellas:
he material Is vey strong ahd derise, and
serves the purpose Of those who use them
According 70 the statistical yearbook OF Ger
man cities IL aPpe4u shat ~ consumption ot
horse meat is on the increase. and il B-eslau.
Chemuitz, Dresden, Leipzig, ZVictau and othcI
places dogs are SLAUGHTERED for food.
Before going 10 Kansas City 20 b,gia the rrse
tice Of law in Iss7. Webs,er Davis -4s q shoe
maker in Galatin, Mo. bis ioyilood home and
later an cflce boy IN local Law ann, in which
position he studied Tor his chosen profession.
Many deep-sga hsh carry s=z1ehiights- one spe-
cies, called the chiasnodon. emits strong.
white light Another gIoes Eith rica golden
Hght Ike a small iHc4ndesceuJ lamp, whi.e ycr
another carries lsutern its head that ernits
bright green rays.
There is growing desire 20 experience the
cyclone sitter which mace lis appearance IN
hans4s City durirC the Convention L l. Al
Sieelilc ian fastened into register IN ihe
no r Aiter standing over Il sixty seconds one Le-
comes perfectly cool
The word compound which j. used frequeni-
y in the dispatches from China. means an
enclosure In that country and Japan il is
customary 20 Build high trick walls around
factories business houses. bauEs and residences
FOR protection, and these are the compounds
mentioned.
Ia Afghanistan every man goes armed lie
walks forth from his home IN the morning
veritablc living arsenal This j. not altogether
bccause ne expects 70 kiu some one between
breakfast time and dinner Tie carries his SPears.
guns and other utensils Of var personal or
naments-
Recently The Union Traction Company Of Ander-
son, Ind, issued an order that az empI0yes should
be vaceinated- one thousand mea have sore arms.
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struction crew on the line between Anderson and
AUncie vas compelled 10 quit WORK. being unable
70 handle tools
A German paper relates an aneCdote showing
the dignity and seif-respect Of the llte Grand
Duke Of Oldenburg- When q SociaIIs,- Democratic
workman vas arrested on The charge Of insulting
the cuke and was cr1csrEDcd 90 SIX months
lmprisonment the duke. when he heard q It.
gave this order Let the fellow iCcse- No one
can insult me-"
II is said that the word --silhlurtte" originated
from the nigg1rdIiness Of a French minister oi
finance. named u. Silhouette Under his rule
the meanest tricks Of economy were pracJiccd.
and the coCTJiers had their portraits painted
tiTeiy in black, with proale view, claiming that
NJ SiIh0uette had left them 50 poor that they
could not afford anything more costly
Many fish can produce uusicaI sounds The
trigi4 can produce long drawn notes r4ugil.,
over an octave OJhe1s. notably ,ro species of
oph.dun. have sound -pr55urirg apparatus. con-
-IsiIug of small. mGy1blr bones. which can hs
made % pTldUce 2 sharp rattle. The curious
drumming made hy The species ealied I'M
brivs- can be heard from depth OF twenty faith
Uus-
Tie Muir Glacier. in Al4-Ea. the largest IN the
world vas named after Ps1f Nui-, Of California.
who aret explored il about twenty ye4rs ago. II
rises from 100 10 80 iert above the surface of
she sea- and extends urcer 20 a. least three
rrr =
every year l. growing smaller a proof, II Is
alleged. that the climate o- Alaska Is growing
mi-dt-.
A Liverpool England paper states that a
company formed in Liverpool and Manchester
proposes 20 cary OUT scheme q rapid transit
invented by a Nr. Behr TIE line Is 20 be mono
rail, with no intermediate station between the
two cities. and With ~ crossing The speed IS
10 be hundred miles hour, and CARS a7s
90 run every zen minutes The time Of transit
between the Two citles Is eNIeete1 % be twenty
minutes
Half a dozen London club. OF importance have
complained bitterly that Jns:r bar receipts are
falling If d5scour1giuely since their members
came 10 acc,pt a. the proper beverage for sum
mer uhat Is now the popular London drink
This is mad Of barley water, properly mixed
with lemon. sugar and ice. and * originated n
the GUARDS ciulhCuss- It's fame spread from
thar headquarters and other clubs wers not slow
IN borrowing the recipe.
There Is scarcely any part Of this country now
that Is not interested in good roads Within
the memory a the present generation corduroy
roads were princes among public highways Even
then zeal estate in th,ir vicinity was benefited
b- their construction Fine roedWays now are
invariably the turvE IrUerS ot other improvements
They potent -il5 GO civilization Ar they spread
intelligence and give o. The Isolated citizen a
political significance not otherwise obtaina5le-
several oi,i,s are Row requiring persons who
keep Growing cocks IN ,heir back yards 70 pay
license ie,z ior each Of these uuisaEces This IS
IN the interest % peace and qliet- BoiStlrcCs
tor-led ROSTERS Go more hlsm Z, sleep and DIS
Jurb The caimae~~ oi tHe rI-ht more Than is
generally imagined Tie country vl5rc poo
pie delight 90 i.gr up carly = tls Only place
for Growing Cgess. Amateur .l-nll ards ln clUeS
j. something that ought uat To- be allowed N
any community
In the CITY Of Hamburg dogs are taxed accord
iue 10 their size The auJhoritieS do not con-
sid,r that the bite OF q H-Jle dog Is less d-l-
gerous Jhan that Of ma,-iE, but a E5Ge dog
can be kicked oUJ oi the path, VLiie bis one
some of them about ,lc SIZE Of lion OF leopard
could hold his way against platoon Of police
armed only Wish elUts- Il l- not the qussJi.n
ni HydropLohil that aE.maJe> the policy Of the
Hamhur- police auta.r.,it~- Il Is rather the ida
ot protecting citizens ir.m assault
Tie prospective heirs 5f John W Hutchinson.
she last Of the famous family Of singers aS,ao4.s
q Garrison and Phillips. ard WILDE OF We-r-ra
towns. have petltiouCd the Probate Court 20 de-
clare the old man insane and appoint a gllsriial.
The old mln-Ae l. nearly elShJI-slyS lc D. aiir
90 care for his estl-c. which Is valued at Sl'iNi
IIc has employed two lawyers 10 defend h.r
Hutchinson. with his brothers, toured the w1rll
fifty years aS0 preaching 'tatlcrlood u God.
ard -Bratlc- hood of Man. and one u
NoJdy's earliest co-Uorkers-
Among the curious customs observed at funerals
in some parts Of Wales is thar Of Ringing the
dead home This consists il making sweet music
from all the bells IN the Villages when d body
Is brought into the church In some places j. .
tas custom TO send 10 10 sas 'Sh the card of
the deceased These funeral biscuits-cften Sr1al,
4. round sponge cakes-were known Is srvel bread
around al a funeral each suest Is expected 10
put 4 shilling on the plate
4 newspaper man in Bulgaria recently came 60
grief by writing an article in his paper on the
subject Of the relation Of noses 10 charac,er- He
took the ground thar persons endowed with eIon-
gated uasaI organs were not Up To the high mark
in moral respects Unfortunately Tor the Jour
ra,ist Prince Ferdinand has a nose for news Is
reporters say, and a long one az that. He read
the article deemed II offensive. and the journalist,
sCcJsed Ol lese maie-tr. VS. arrested. and sen
fenced TO reconsider his idea Of noses during
three DAYS COn.inl meut IN p-I-On-
The gentle lit;le shetland ponies, that are the
delight Of children fortunate enough 20 own them,
while tame and 8fectionate after trey are do
rlestiCated are about as hard 20 capture in tlcir
Mild state as any other fourlegged equine. They
gre generally lassoJd by their cap;ors and then
the corqueror has 20 employ all the strength he
POSSESSES 10 take him into custody The pony