The evening times., 1900-01-31
NOTES OF THE DAY.

4 NN"~N " -. L. lA'fu9 FAd%NANeht+ e'A---lt' -
| his library.
AT meeting in San Francisco last night steps
were taken toward establishing in that city a
| permanent commercial museum.
But three States in the Onion pay their govern
ors an annual salary Of $4,000. Trey are New
York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
An Australian sayant has declared that the hu-
man brain contains a ''nsme centre" He SAYS
il is the Office Of this cell 10 retain names
China's new railroad from Canton 10 Hanko,v.
which. with its branches will be 1 010 mile long,
| IS to be built entirely by American capital.
A test made recently in Bngbamton. n Y.
showed that the cost Of heating street ears by
electricity is double that Of heating with coal
There are $50 ehurch-ben ringers in the dio-
eese OF Oxford. This is the largest number in
any English diocese. Exeter comes second and
Devon third.
-Four hundred and seventy-two miles Of new
railroad lines were opened in Japan during the
year ended March 81. 1899. There 265;;
miles in operation.
The ancient irigste Franklin. a relic Of me old
! wooden navy which has been used for many year,
as receiving ship at the Norfolk navy yards, is
soon TO be deserted hulk.
If FIRE requires blowing to give it good star.
it will be found that blowing down into the
flames makes il burn up more brightly and
quickly than il blown from underneath.
In the days Of Queen Elizabeth the floor Of the
retiring room Of actors was always covered with
green rushes and il thus acquired the name
which We still use, Of the green ROOM
More than 2,2o0 German teachers have been
tsught to become instructors in manual training
Of these, $50 were taught in Leipzig and go
acquired training ~ % places in other parts q
Germany.
The finest blankets made in tae country are
now manufactured in North Carolina. where l04
wooden mills are in operation The finest grade %
wool can be grown in the South almost cheaply
as cotton
blind man was found in New York the other
day. who carried an alarm clock 10 tell the time.
He set IL 20 strike every hour and between the
hours be felt tse position Of the hands 70 deter
mine the time.
The total amount OF ore shipped out Of Lake
Superior last year would cover eghty-ave acres o.
a depth Of eighty feet. It would require G66.Osi
ore cars to load IL and 1000 trains % move IT,.
thirty cars to a train
II is said that tie Government purchases about
1000 typewriters year. ard the AdHinistrl-
tion is about 70 make systematic attemp,
70 secure considerable reduction In the price
Of the machines by clubbing the orders TO-
gether
According to Prescott. the money oi fle Aztccs
consisted Of quil.s fun Of gold dust and bag- of
th3toIdtc grams Before the introduction % coin
ed money into Greece sEewe-- OF spikes Of iron
and copper were used, SIX being Gracams or
handful.
The Slater Armstrong memorial building ID
Tuslegee, Ala. which was dedicated the other
day. Is chiefly product Of s-1ten. labor Tic
bricks and lumber used in it, Construction were
all made BY students under Prof Booker T.
Washington.
Its owners have arranged with tht uuderyf;t-
CTS for extensive repairs TO the steamer Paris
The boat win be rehtted with new engines sim
IA TO those OF the =. Louis ard she will De- ready
for service within year. The name OF the ves-
-e viii be changed and she viii he called after
some American city.
II is said the most valuable dragzb- board IL
existence is that Of the late Prince Bismarck
Nho was great lover Of the game. The squares
lf the board are made Of silver and gold. o.
epreseut the usual light and dark cslrsd leather
The draughts are &C silver and gold. having d Gl4-
moGd OF ruby IL the centre 0t each.
The New Jersey Bureau Of Labor satisfies
has gathered some facts relative % the exist
-nce of company stores "a the state Fifteen sach
were yund, and the St8ti.iiciau es-
.imates that On average the person obliged
.o deal al company store pays I3 cents on
Inc dollar more than il he could Purchase where
be pleased
Nearly eighty years ago an act of PAR lmeut
i> p4--tG 4tl L4E hltt-LLl-L tl Suulat lt-rt-ia
ion by London bakers who forbidden under
penalty 70 bake or sell on The Lords Dsy
This law has never been repealed. but II has not
,seu invoked for several years. The operative
IEcrs art now taking steps O. have IL old at
{ George " enforced.
German explorers have been eEg7-pd fer some
lime in excavations on the site OF the palace
# NebuchldHezzar. There was discovered last
AN column which bore representation % the
.Iiuite god. The figure corresponds with one
1und IN Saadsbirii which is now IN the Berlin
Museum. Il Is supposed that both works we're
aiken as part Of the boosg in some Incien- eN-
petition
Il is said that the engines Of The new British
lattl- ship Montague are 70 be the most power
.ul ever placed in a man-3t-vlr. They are 70
develop l..o00 indicated horse power and Tire
speed IS 10 be one knot or over for every Los
horse power There viii be two sets o. triple
expansion engines and thirty BlllevilIe boilers,
which Will cost si5G.0O0 Tie total Gus. Of the
vessel viii be over El90o,eo0
IceIanders have curious and probably unique
plan Of preventing their f-rsss from S.rzyiug-
,upPo>ing two people were riding together and
si~htd 20 stop SOmeU here TO make call. o. PIE
.eu- their horses from s-rayirE they would TIE
l,h horses head Co the others tail. Iu this state
hr horses could neither move backward uor for
gard al the most they could 60 round in q circle.
but then they would have o. make compact %
urn thciT heads in Dc same direction.
For several DAYS one OF the leading mule COM
mission firms at the Kansas City stool, wards has
displayed in front Of its office sign which reads
.No Men Wanted 90 Go With Mules" In eV-
,Iaultion OF the legend one Of the commission
ren said. we are daily beSleged by scores 1t
men who want tc 60 20 south Africa with con
igrnentS OF mules, thus securing free trdnspurta
ion II is not that we want 1Gr mules TO be par
icular in the matter Of association but We cannot
end any men with them on their long journey.
People who booked passage last year on one
y the other Of the various steamship Lines for
he Paris Exposition we're told at the time that
hey could have and valet printed after heir
lames on the passenger list. Now they have
N been notified that "and valet does hot 60,
lnless there really Is a valet Tie Passenger lis1
Z a steamship which recently arrived from the
,ther side showed 80 saloon travellers and ~
.alets Some of the mean and petty souls among
ne li3 passengers who lad 40 and valet lt-
schmcut started an investigation, winch re-
JlIred il the discovery that there was not a
.,I,t aboard The ship. The agitation thus began
es,iited IL a rule being made by ali the trans
,tlartic companies that heuce11Ttn Ju Wallets
must be in evidence
The orin1eple of using an incandcsceht mantel
With burners fed by liquid fuel has been made
<, Of in a number Of lamps in Germany. Such
rels as methylated spirit and petroleum have
cen employed. but, owing 70 such difficulties
securing a proper aQHiAture OF AR 10 pro
uce the required high temperature. few Of these
evices have passed beyond the experimental
age. NJ. Denayrouze has, however, recently
Inhibited before the Societe des lngeneurs Owls
e France a lamp in which the alcohol is
,urged with hydrocarbons in solution to such
n extent that the carbon. which IS in the
anne and deposited on the mInJel also becomes
lcandeScent without increasing the consumption
the alcohol. The carhuTettes alcohol viii
ls5 give a very brilliant light without the man
el: but in the specially designed lamps the
1.cass ~ the new invention seems Gute appar-