The evening times., 1900-03-14
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Boise City can talk over the telephone with saT
Francisco. 100 miles away.
IN the Kloudikc eggs are now selling at $3.50
case ana beef at SI.5O o pound.
The saxon Government made more than sS 00J.-
oJo profit On its railways IN 1875.
Cotton soaked in peppermint Oh has been io1nd
20 De- elective in getting rid OF mice.
LIST yelr i.7oo.ooo cubic yards Of matefiI wa
oieesea cut Of the Duluth superior harblg.
The Paris Exposition viii have the largest thea
: yer IN the world. accommodating l2.G90 to I5Ogl
! persons.
a movement is on foot in H4mt1re to unite the
'-ii.- scientific institute, in the city iuto cor;
OF university.
( Mlssl,huse.t, has IiG street Railway romaanies.
coIuo.ing Lac miles. las, year the increase ia
/ mileage 10 the State WAS 2j
Horses in their, Wild state live to the age Of
, tairty-7iN normally being stiu fairly fresh aud
Z nearly az that age ia the desert.
Wire fences are found to bc responsible f5r ruu-t
damage TO stock by Lightning discharge, and o.
e1>i'ii-l earth wires are suggested
lnoculatlon Tor the plague is coming more into
. s@ser in Bombay city. ss many 7,i5g persons
/ having been so treated ia one week
! Eastern electric hight plants this summer win
! be used m the manufacture Of ice during tle
! months when lights are little needed.
At the Lakeside Club. on the Southsidc. in Chi
7 cago, the cigarette is permitted and the pipe Is
barred on occasions when ladies present.
! The Massachusetts, House Of Representatives has
passed a biz proylding for the use Of reformed
! spelling in the public documents Of the state
free medical dispensary has been opened in
/ Chinatown. san Francisco. Consul General H0
Vow gave $500 TO deiray the initial expenses
The Italian Union Republican Club q PhiIadeI-
phia has led the clubs Of that city in subscribing
500 toward Philadelphia National Convention
fund
The month Of February is the first month since
l>6d, lu which there has been no new moon. ard
another month without moon VIII not come
I for many ycars.
On the eXpr,ss trains running between Vienna
and ConstantInople the of a sleeping berth
costs % cents first class and 40 cents second class
/ for every y hours.
An English book publisher has offered a prize
Of $50 for the hrsr correct guess Of the date on
which 'le treaty OF peace between the British and
| boeB Tlll De signed.
! Duriug the first week of January influenza near
| ly doubled the number Of deaths iu Amsterdam
I 10 the Niihe-miua Hospital thirty % the assist
ants were attacked by the disease
| The London Economist mining expert eV-
presses the opinion that the B0ers viii deliberately
damage the Johannesburg mining property In case
! Di British advance on that city
From Philadelphia recently a cargo containing
si-o0J.JpJ worth of farming Implements was
| shipped Co Russia II the largest shipment
/ n the kind ever made from the United states
| Bumblebees. butterflies and beetles are hlbitu1l
I dI'Inkarl-- lB some oi the Southern States these
Insects alight on certain plants. drink heartily
from the blossoms and fall -o the ground Srupefrd
/ Electro-mcdicaI Jreltmsnt is given paricnt, tv
| means Of d new -0la, which has batteries and az
I Induction coil contained in I'D lower portion.
With head and foot plates % be placed iu contact
/ with the patient
/ A train Cu PsHusy -vaUil road recently consist
Ell gi a5 steel cars Of IG11lJ pounds capacity ami
l 90 sJ.p1Jragrd capacity wooden carr each loaded
60 The FUN vith anthracite craI. rle total weight
I being i.5d1 net tons
/ AH attempt IL Co bc made ia small way o.
! apply the south Carolina liquor di-peu,4ry sy,-
/ TEN IN Virginia Iu Franklin district >lutHlmp-
I ton county tae Necessary authority las been
/ granted by tine Legislature
/ The ratio Of men ro women among tae rabIie
school teachers iu Ns--4el,i-e.t~ is ta I1Z Dur
ius ue first half % the past declde tls -umaer Of
I Ucu aep, relatively diminishing. during tie ,l-t
1 bali 30 as, been relatively Increasing
/ Three German steamship line touch q. Morocco
] Llrbol- and nearly al the eypo-t business Is
l done by sfoH.- some German newspapers are a.
! ready iaa-rg forward 90 A fgtuIe Partition of
/ thar country hF European Governments
Tie total number q smiSrlH,~ oi B.iti-l origin
I Uao lgft the United Kingdom teV places out OF
: EuIlpa during Che m0urI rudei January 81, 1912.
I was 5,Jai- of whom --~al we're bound Tor the
t
l was Gs5-
| Referring TO tine she'll factory of the Bosrs re-
Gently destroyed az Johannesburg. the -.EIectsi-
oilu-- Of London state, Jlat ala thc machinery in
! the plant driven Ly electric power. and thgi
originally it wac The largest engineering works o.,
I abe Kind iu south Africa tlH msurIu.ry alrE-
! having cost $4,000
cable fIom Nieuua SAYS En-eiher Hrden-
| berger. o Bohemian s'a.m8ber, residing al BOjeu-
]
/ Dresden has invented a walking shoe, which D.
heated uy means Oi au e'retTIoal apr-rltu- boz tIt
heel. with tubes c0uyt wing beat under the slr.LI-
OBJ. rHe sole. Juheucgr. JHc inventor ai rae a.-
I d.Iagy winter shoe. SAYS raEr r la- d,Uu CON
/ slusiv,lv proved that the urN ee..rlea. Invention
! gives absolute protection from Show sl. r.lH --
a ,o-, oi F.. hgrlls tSlll-
The last r8u were laid nr rre Tran--Rt..aI
section oi tie siberian Railway. December a,
1 .bu- completiu. a part o. The enterprise and e--
| tabIjsalug a communication between Western Eu-
rope and -. Petersburg and the eastern limits oi
| the Russian Empire or Che Fa-ine eoa-t- TIE
length ut tins section -ts miles SAYS LIu fn-
I -iueerirg and Mining journal" The trains ar7
! transported 4CIa-s Lake BsIEg. au lgy-argLall-
I ferryh03t. The rail line Is under cuu~trIgflH
from >trcteusk, through MlusHuris tH Port A
thur
The coal cTi~i, has become SO serious iu RG--I
that the Minister OF FiulEee as- been obliged 60
ask permission OF the Emperor Co allow an rail-
| 90 import faINl-l coal I.tt H. t.lt H'.f
an frontiers OF the Emp5se mp to September O,
next provided that such y.aI he used exclusively
IN the working of the lines. states correspondent
oi the London Times The dghg.f u OH. supply
I ui native Russian coal this wear l- estimated at
/ close upon l0OI.2l1 tons some concern Il> H.rI
: exhibited 10 the London press 90 tHe Uou~ &C
l large Cou~igumerrS Cf Welsh Cuai t1r one ui tr-
| foreign VUweIs. There can hardly De- ans cnuI.
Z -lat Russia Is the power referred OBJ. a railway
/ commission having been sent from - Petersburg
| Co buy coal Sixty-four thousand JHr- of Cardiff
| coal are on their way to Russia. via Sire Ba-S
/ sea- ostrusiby for the kur~h- kaarAaG O y--rur1I
1 Railway. but many people are ~IWI-.r- chat DO
/ is for the use II the Russian navy
Poker PLAYING has been prohibited iu Vienna ant
the police have strict orders to see tl5, ta, ,di.t
q, carried out The craze for the American game
threatened 90 disrupt the family lig a- abe city.
Vienna mltrous of .Jhs better ,.a--y- ot society
/ INDUCED 70 90 such extent in tre last few wears
as to have caused actual financial ccatas,rophe~ IN
| several De- ues. The chief source gr income to tle
! clubs Is also now derived from the tax OF
card DIgv.ng- and al s1ireCS and other social
1 gatherings Do private houses an intellectual
! pleasures are thrust into the background by tic
| rage for -ard playing Scarcely ls supper over
| than a general rush % the poker tables COM
/ rneuccs. thousands Of hOrIns change hands J1t
the mistress of the house Is forced either o. run
into debt TO confess Co her husband her gainb-
| ling losses The consequent family Tragedies arc
/ bv no means few. and have led Co police inter
ference and even 10 appearance iu p IhliC court,
I Arrangements are being made by tho New York.
Ncw Haven and Hs-tford Railroad Compauy
! ,lys Electricity" to install a large electric
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