The evening times., 1900-03-19
NOTES OF The DAY.


Ohio county, Ind.
BresIau has paper chimney 80 feet high ard
perfectly freprCof
In Camden county, Ca, and grist min
I gets its power from water wheel operated By
| the How from artesian wells.
During the past year professional f-hermen
caught 20o0,00o pounds OF fish in the Illinois
River between Depu and Graften.
There 200 distinct muscles in the hu.
man body. Of which fhe best Of ~ keep about
| 100 in prime condition By proper Hse.
In some parts Of Colorado bears are 80 destrue.
tive Of cattle that the farmers have offered re-
wards OF $50 TO 500 FOR particularly dangerous
beasts.
Switzerland now has about sixty macaroni and
noodle factories. which supply the whole demand o.
| the country although the Swiss come next to the
! Italians ss macarUni eaters.
The Indications are. according to North Caro.in,
newspapers that the fruit crop Of that State this
year VIII be exceptionally lsrge. Similar Fep1r
| have come from other Southern states.
At Munich there is a hospital which is en-
| tireIy supported by the sale Of old steel pens
and nibs collected from all parts Of Germany
They are made into watch springs. knives. and
rszors
The Cossacks slmost never merchants. and.
although they alone maintain nearly 60 go fight
ing men and can muster 12s 600 in an emergency
! there are but 40 Of their people engaged IN
| business.
The Retail Druggists Association Of Philsdei-
| phis. which represents more than 70 per cent of
the trade in that city has resolved that its mem
bers refuse 20 sell soda water cOnfectiOnerv aud
| cigars on Sunday.
In the shop windows OF London stationeEs.
TransvsaI letter cases hold conspicuous places and
are proving popular az gifts for soldiers The
cover is OF plgstin. with a writing block and
pockets for envelopes.
According to the Engineer grind-toues should
not be run by gas engines il they run other
| tools. a. the putting on and throwing on Of the
| power affects appreeiably their speed, and thus
| causes the stones 10 burst
| In the canton Of Zurich. with a population ot
| $4,000, the average annual number Of deaths is
/ 6.l5i, 4,O4S Of which refer to people over 25
years Of age. OF this latter number 1913 per cent
\ or ii2 per year, are due TO cancer.
| suit brought b. a man in New York against
! a hairdresser for the alleged ruin q his wife's
/ switch mas been dismissed on the ruling that the
\ hair was not the property Of the husband. but
| Of the wife. who should have been the plaintiff.
A comparison Of New York's share Of the totl1
| export trade Two decades ago with its present
trade shows loss Of 10 per cent Last year against
a gain Of 80 per cent for Boston. G6 per cent
for Philadelphia, and 240 per cent for Baltimore.
Mining operations can be carried on in frozen
/
with steam generator. TO deliver steam to a hose
having a nozzle at the outer end 70 direct Jet
against the earth. thawiRg it and washing the
dirt and minerals apart.
IN many large lsundries electric Astirons are
used altogether. IN addition to the ordinary
work the irons used to finish of the dre--s~
ETC. in dye works. The advantages Of tine electric
iron said to be cleanliness and economy.
Besides this the heat ear BE- controlled
Most Of the furs worn BY New York bellies come
from nga Island. Alaska. the great centre for
sea-otter ard fox skins. The Indians there have
caught = sea-Otter tins year-tO the unkHoRIuE
one a small quantity. vet enough 90 Carrv tire en-
tire village Uf 2jJ persons through the winter.
f0F the skin- they receive 500 each
There il hardly ranch in the Pandhsndie OF the
Western part Of Tecss that does not have IL
private Telephone system and the bgFbei wires
Oi the pasture fences are used exclusively for he
purpose- number Of these privates lines
nifty usiles long, and messages sent and
ceived daily that distance without break.
Al Egyptian paper announces that ''frse-ela-s.
\ up-to-date modern dining cars are 10 be
this season between. Cairo and Luxor. and that
''an American dentist has started IN business a.
A-souaH. which J, on tire edge % the S0ud1I. "
a palace hotel at kLartum for the special
accommodation 90 tourists VIII also be completed
and opened for business Ia about three Houtiss.
/ The net cost to the Delaware. LackavanHa ant
Western Railroad for steel saiis Llst year WAS but
nominal owing % the f4ct that IL uew rails were
purchased early in the year al the how prices
then prevailing Before they delivered and
laid. price o. rails. and old. h5d advanced
90 far that the old rails taken mp were sold 50
90 realize about much a the new and heavier
rails c0s,.
Tie newest thing in confectiouefg is --broci-
djIo.' Il comes from Porto Rico. and i a de-
licjou> sy-cetmeat d resembles ne paste IN ap-
pearsHce. and comes In little oBi1uS squares,
daiutIy wrapped iU dried palm leave- d is com.
posed OF the juice Of the pineapple. Of the little
hg banana. Of guava. and 0I d tropical fruit
known a. sapudili0. It is served with coffee in
Porto Rico. It ha- the merit Of being very cheap
only 10 cents a square.
Il j. a singular and sad coincidence that death
should claim two members OF the famous Beeche-
family on the same day. though both had
reached ripe wears Of old age. The announce
-,ent Of the death Of Rev. Thomas X Beechcr
came from Elmira very soon after the telegram
voting the death Of bis sister. Ms. Mary FOotc
9eecher- Perkins, at Hartford. Conn There Is
now but one living member Of the tImii1-t
half sister 10 the two wh" have just died Ire
Bcechers have been a vigorous and long -ilvst
people.
In a recent address before the Nontsuk Club %
Brooklyn Charles W. Price stated that over $780,
600 600 bad been invested IN electric lighting IN
the nifed States and that the total horse power
required in the ele, tric lighting OF Greater New
York not less tndn ZNDNB, ana That IN
tine last thirteen years since the birth Ct the
electric railway there had been expenditure Of
more than 81 709.0O9. go and that any
could travel by electric IRON Paterson, \. l..
via New York. to Portland, Ne. with only three
iRsignifcants interruptions which collectively
amounts 10 less than fifteen miles.
White lodge. in Richmond PJrk. where the Du-,e
and Duchess OF Tees lived for many years. r.
crown residence. which was lcut to them h. tire
Queen sfter THEN return from Itaiy. Il is pvob7-
ble that it VIII now be granted by Her Naj sly
10 the Duke and Duchess Of York. who have for
some time been anxious TO possess a country houze
OF moderate size within q shgTt drive Of town.
The valuable furniture and most of the objects
of art in the White lodge belonged 10 the lste
Duchess Of Gloucester and are n0w the properly
Of the Queen, who purchased the contents of tha
house after her aUHt's death in lsJa.
The officials Of tho Chicago. Rock Island. and
Pacific Railroad have decided 70 follow the lead
OF the other companies in tha matter OF pro
vidine technical instruction for their employees
on the road The school on wheels for enci-
pears frpuer conductor aud brlkcmcn is TO
he mart Of the Rock Island system. This step IS
taken on the ground that the road cannot aHori
to have in its employ any bur the most inieiii-
gent workmsn. Arrangements have been nide
with the Eastern correspondence school 70 Send
one Of its school over the road ana brinE
instruction to the men st the points where they
can be most easily reached. The men VIII pay
for their own instruction.
There win be anguish and q curlaiied holiday
for nIany a man who crosses the English channel
il he persists in filing up every stray pocket that
he has with English matches. arrived at
Dieppe the other morning and honestly made tho
declaration that there was nothing eNcis1ble in
his bag Unfortunately. his wife was too loving