The evening times., 1900-05-04
NOTES OF THE DAY.

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patriotic idea that il Is superior TO the plant
raised in soy other section Of the universe.
Owing 80 the widespread antagonisrn 10 Jexs
IN Austria. the people Of that race are consider
ing the formation Of an order for their own
pFoieeuOn Jewish party nay soon take an
active place in Austrian politics
The Samoan Islants are full Of snakes. but they
are said TO be harmless. In certain districts na-
tiyes handle them a. esrelessly they would
puppy dogs The native women use live reptiles
as ornaments At dancing festivals
In Japan the birth Of a child is comms1narated
by the planting Of a tree The sspPIing IS care
fully tended until Il Is fully grown; and whea
the child Is grown up and about 20 be married.
x j. cut down and made into furniture for ths
home OF the young couple.
According 70 a custom that has existence in
Poland the married women Of that country resid-
ing in various parts Of America eesrbrated the
husbands and deluging them with water. It-Is
custom imported from Poland
Potatoes rapidly dug. cleaned and sackea
by new apparatus. which has plow 70 uH-
earth the ;sIbers. the dirt and potatoes falling
into endless chain elevator which delivers
them INTO hopper With slat sioes, which removes
the dir and crops the potatoes into bag
British officers are making objection to the
presence Of IN the army areas Of the
trained nurses, and their good work II
hospitals Is commended IN higb degree thOugt
II is declared that on hospital ships they are oui
Of place
The iensrsnt classes Of China which include
many who are regarded as wen educated by there
feilow-eountrzrlsn, are under the impression that
they Occupy The MIDDLE Of The earth, and that aH
other nations merely dwelling on the edges-
Their most respectful term 60 designate for
eigner IS -the ocean men,
who has lived there since Is5I- His family. with
Twelve others. came there in schooner frora
Ash121IIlz- Ohio The oniy other man rho lived
in Chicago AZ thst time IS Alexander Beaubien
but as he has not lived in Chicago continuously
Mr. Graves holds the record.
Mr. de ssrsae, in charge Of an srel,seoiogics,
mission has been authorized By the Turkish Gov
ernursSr 10 continue MS excavations in Ciilldea
Arrived AZ Bagdad Febr-1ry :. he left On tila
2lst % the same month. by the Tigre route. iss
hgut-o!- -lrin1ra. whence he giu descend the Chat.
tel-d1i csDai % the vicinity of Telio.
The output q native coal IN Russia has e.or-
rnously increased Of late years; Al the sane tius
the import oi the foreign article has =tesGiy rseu
anu ihla IN spite Of duties. TIL AZ the present mo-
nient the import Of foreign coal has become o.
such necessity that The duties have had 10 be
temporarily reduced RENTED altogether.
Mr. orcharSzsOu's erouP Of sour generations oi
the royal faHiiy Nin be the picture Of the ytar
al the ROYAL Ac16eny- IT, figures are thase ei
the qsietR ard Prince q Males the Dsika of Yarz
and little Prince Edrard The porrraitz arr
idealized. SAYS the Daily Chrouicle s-th1r oi
'i'e Prince q Wales coming nearest 10 reality
Jam Lee Of san Francesca IS said 20 be the oa,y
CiinsEnan Wh0 has been regularly ordained mir
lsIer q the gospel lie came 10 this country il
l-d5 became cuaverted -oon after srd A. or
caineo IN ISL He has a church Of hss own IN
oakland but retains Lis queue and natiT dress in
order 70 have greater lnhueEee among his country
Elc1.
Tie c1riess Law has been in existence IN many
cities Of the STATE Of Maine for some tim fs7+ :
J. net thoroughly endorsed PrzcticaIIr lftrls ac-
couEt j. taken q the ordnance. from which "A
- admitted good clmos except IN . possibLs
moral eject upon the more tmid of the vosIue
Nao nave Hioiessrie respect fer law rs such
even though there Is no preterce AZ enforcement
Tho fan strength Of EngIand's Indian army :
S00.GJ3 men, u whom zssl003 are NATIVES and
'o,>-3 Britisa soIdiers. Every regiment Is d.
yidcd into ten companies. each Of which Is tisll-
Any it-lle up q a clhefe1- rafiorality-sssch -
Gperkias. skins. Dogras. PaIhans- and Punjaut5is
II p c"ing % thls precautIon that a combination
q io.eeS ior me PuTPosts Of mutiuy becomes
almost impossible
About $500 women and giris in Ne,r YORK are
employed in making artificial aoVers. All grades
are made, from exact limitations Of the most ex-
qlisiIe French productions 70 the ri apes rioIet5
The branching and Other dificuir ulrr. Of rbe
varS aud some q the finer grades of aozers are
done m tletorlcs. but fully tw0-thirds Of the
these home workers are italian women and ehsI-
Gren-
The celebrated Russian ice-breskins steamer.
Nermak. is 70 be taken 10 England for repairs ard
alterations during the coming summer. a polar
voyage j. proposed for the vessel and IL has been
considered advisable 10 bt new stem Of increased
strength 10 tac bow. 50 thai II VIII offer greater
resi-tance 70 the ice. The hull Is also 70 be
lerEtheuoo. and ihe boat generally strengthened
tioasn u ras WORKED uost satisfactorily during
the winter IusJ P1sI-
A Well-knovR leader - fashion IN PAiIadelph;s
is making a qusint little eoIecti0n Of tiny dressed
dolls that are models 0f the fFlcks she wears
herself When the dressmaker sends home a new
garment she duplicates it by Tiny model on 4
doll EveTyrhing must b. perfect. even down 10
The real lace snd solid silver OF gold buttons
and diamond buckles The dolls are ranged IL
glass case in their owners dres-iue-ro0sr, with
the date OF their creation underneath.
Every sulu, when he gets big enough to walk,
carries knife of some cC~--ipyi0n. Sometimes L
Is a barong and sometimes oTeese. Barougs are
shaped ike the blade q the old-f8shioned rocker
skates, sHd are big and little. For business they
are loot and half long, and very heavy with
razor edge. A ereese may be Wavy ali the foot or
two Of blade, or Oniy az either end some Gf
them are very finely worked. inlzid with silver
m isntastie designs, and with carved iyory 1r
wood handles.
Tie Eskimo o. Northern AlzSga. sl-s a ree.ns
resident among them. nanber les than so.
They are much larger in stature than the other
Alaskan tribes. They live on hsh and game ex-
cllisively. not knowing such thing bread IN
III Tire white man came. They take kindly 70 our
bread. calling II Chech0ckerS and caE Us Carbu-
looRss. They have no written language and very
few words In the~e a cultural pTedominstes.
and II II easy for foreigners 10 pick ID Up They
live or dr5ed fish in the winter and lresh ssh N
surlTner, generally eating il raw
A funny incident recently occurred at the Jardin
des Piantes in Paris The elepk=at holsse adioins
that in which the eamels are located. and a young
camel recently irtroduoed had great attention
lsvished on him. 20 the neglect OF a big ele-
phant. which had hitherto had most Of the public
/ faV0r IN that quarter The elephant grew more
jealous day after day. and matters came TO
climax when. falling 10 attract the attention ct
a eainsy Ettle maiden who Vas caressing his
yoUag riyal the elephant filled his trunk with
water and delnged the offending danassi from
head to foot.
The Russian Government proPosrs 20 earry On
extensive dredging operations on the Amo0,
River during the spring and summer The es-
tusTy Of this river viii be thoroughly dredged
and six lighters a dredging machine and the
largest steamer now ploytng on the river viii
be utilized for this purpose Il IS the intention to
depth, from the 10 the main river and trans
port them overland 70 AleKandrovsk The
Amoor River Is subject to foods during the SUM
meT months, so it viii furnish quite feld for
engineering operations.
In Paris at the present day there IS a fountain
in the midst OF the place where during tie reign
! of terror in 1894 the guiIlotine stood The fOun-
! tain is ornamented with some bronze figures By
| Dalou typifying the triumph OF the republic