The evening times., 1900-09-18
NOTES OF THE DAY.

HiIifS oHl at SEA, ItiuiIASu SdIt9 70 us CDlt Ut
Rennes.
skim milk is recommended as far better to
wash floor tiles U til than is hot water The prac
tiee. however, is not likely to come into general
use.
The Chicago News describes a anob
a ladder who kisses the feet O the round
above him and kicks at the man OIL the round
below him.
China has not learned to its full extent the
use of the check and the bank OF deposit, the
money order, or the bank draft in her mercantile
transactions
There are not half as many Americans in Cuba
as there were one year ago The mails from the
United States are 30 per cent lighter, and are
dropping off daily
In the PrlIssian Government doekyard at Kiei
all the great machine shops are to be electrically
driven from central power plant OF capacity
OF $500 horsepower.
The women members OF the San francisco Ty-
biographical Union gratifed to lean that
rule has been passed prohibiting smoking during
sessions OF the union.
OF the 4,IlO varieties of flowers known and cul-
tiVated m Europe scarcely four hundred hive any
odor, and of these nearly fifty have an oder which
Is, II anything, disagTeeable
Count y adersee specially prides himself on
his hne collection OF maps, which includs=; most
complete charts of Chill and the Yangtze Valley
compiled by PFussian officers
There are urutitudes of old copper cents some
where, but locate them. once in =
while solitary specimen of the homes. and hon
oTable old coin turns up IN change
The New Zealand Government has decided to
issue workmen's tickets from nearly ali the prin-
cIpal towns 20 suburbs up to twelve miles DIS
tant at uniform charge OF Is per week
Artesian wells have daily period of ebb and
flow, well as the ocean tides, only the process
Is reversed The time of greatest flow OF an ar
tesian well is the period OF low tide IN the Scean
Labor Day celebrated first in New York
city The celebration took place there Mon
day, September T. 1852. Ii Is now 8 legal holiday
in thirty five States aRd the District OF Column
bia.
At recent progressive euchre party the women
white sh:rtwaists and black skirts, the
white duck trousers and shirtwaists OF rainbow
hues. No was admitted in other than shirt
waist attire
The School Board of Deadwood, s. D.. has
adopted a new system in regard 20 the book USED
by pupils who Will now be required to pay
small rental fee for the use Of such volumes al
they require
There is no such thing as blue rose, such
was recently claimed by German hurticuitu-
rist. There are roses Of a dark violet rhue,o but
one might as well expect to see black tulip
is i blue rose.
St Marceaux the French sculptor, has finished
his statue Of the late AIphouse Dsadet. and it
will be set up next spring in Paris Ii iS 70
paid Tor 10y public subscription The author Is
olive tree
Already preparations are being made foE the
centenary celebration OF Hans Christian AIsder-
sens birth, which took place in lS5. AH elaborate
edition OF his WORKS to be printed IN &ssa Ian
guages including English, Is to be pEi@tei under
Danish Government auspices.
In China if a merchant il derelict in paving his
debts his creditors, New Year Day-the China
mans New Year Day-carry away the door OF his
shop thus permitting ali the demons and evil
spirits OF the universe and disturb MS
equanimity long as the poor tTadezznan lives
The knife is the favorite weapon 0f the fendish
Malay. These devils ii human shape regard blood
shed as part Of their religion The fayOrte style
OF knife is device. which they call the KRIS -
1t Is a two-edged blade, bent 10 the form OF
running sepent and IS the most diaboficai weapon
known 10 the human race
Excellent lamp wicks may be made out OF mems
soft felt hats by cutting them into strips the
width required letting them soak couple
OF hours vinegar, and drying thfIn- II tte
majority OF instances II Is best to wait until the
owner OF the hat has secured new hestiseaF
Otherwise there may be trouble.
During the last few weeks dueIs have caused
perfect slaughter in Italy. As many as four do
elists were killed IN different towns in one day
During the last year . 100 dHels have been fought
IN Italy and 4s0 C-aJh5 have resulted Mos oi
these combats were between army officers ani
based the most trivial pTetexts
In Austria :he use of electrical power distri-
button in mills and factories IS becoming wide
spread and almost universal in the important
textile industry Recently a plant hzs been
installed at RoyeredG. in the South Tyrol, IN
which 400 velyet-weaTing looms are operated by
poIyphase electric motors from a central power
station.
II has been reekoned by the United States Fish
Commission that the available oysteT-growing
area in the Chesapeake Is about LOGO square
mites and that with proper cultivation this area
would be worth 500 a yes:ly- Already
these wonderful oyster beds begin to show the re-
suits of reckless overfshing and 2fe approaching
exhaustion.
The raising of water-soaked legs from the bot-
tom Of the Kenuebec River Is thriving business
in Maine By the use of wide, fat bcatzstl-e logs
are drawn 10 the surface towed to landings, and
split up into coriwood- In this mlnReE = han
dred cords Of wood annually reclaimed rom
the river bed between NestbTook and Madison
Falls alone
wedding took place at Richmond. staten Isl
and y Y, the other day, at which the blushy>F
bride had TO congratulate her. her children, gr ~
children and great grandchildren Ii WIS nutd-
be event and veIybOdy Wus happy, although tue
bride, who WAS Ferglng closety upofr--seVenty
years OF age did not have the privilege u wearing
orange blossoms
Lord Loch who died recently, had 4 career
which would have been remarkable even without
his Chinese captivity twhere he injured torture
ana only managed 70 tNdGt Lt !iAtSSI uiiLAtSS
the order Cor his execution, issued by The Emperor
iilnselD for he saw active service both IN the
Sikh var and IN the Crimea As = colonial gov
ernor Lord Loeb was distinctly =ueces>ful-
Twenty-nine historic spots in Portland, Me,
were marked with tablets befcre re return Of
the absent sons and ds-.sa.=sz 60 Cd Home week.
They incIud~ zfreraE 1gte=- ia pFe-8evolutiohary
dayS =-san-seHs ri Gis--E hE5SWorth Ecng-
fellow. TaenU- D. Reed, Nssh-Hla Parker VIII
lis; his sister Nfs James glEl11 sEL-ny Feru)I
AeXaEdeI = A-lzEar-Er a'so - = Prem
tiss.
The ear,s MS sasa5zy. hat .5w -r,~ observe
it. or ii tBey a=, E5Fa TO kn0v-sfEe Of what
they are loak1nl Saue eg us .aTs seen on
beautiful suHuer evening jusg before nst
roseate are or -lg laTi1gu 7lBos5e the s-., with
a blush gre EE-=Ht ualsa H. lis 5 the
shadow OF the Poe -aH shadow tiways
observable On sE eet4P- 81 tie
moe
In the silly sezs7a every possible diversion IS
hailed with della --= 2eW lurk rib
une.r The ''doll.f is . g clock funqtson
where the guests aIau=s themselves A1 rsilz sio
can spin dollar lG-z-ss5 'z po-=-el t5iI--. ne
successful receiyIi-s prize tte 'UsHt ta.''
is another novelty. Naa and "asl-t -tauz go
tographS OF thenselyfs babies as5 r5= gaF-..u
who identifies the g1.a-.s Eli-5er alHs lEa
baby tea Is rather aIsEzil-
Since number of nee ships have arrived AZ
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, after tbe gard lbs haca
practically deserted for IaGBths there E-s zreu
such an unusually heavy demand TO Fs.ss .G
the ward that today the stock Of blank rss=y=
gave out This is something very Hu3saIal. The
officers take this heavy demand f7T a.sE-ss-la 10
the Navy YARD 10 mean th5J The naDiEg re-
coming very much more interested 10 tEl taxed