The evening times., 1900-02-17
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Dogs in Connecticut are generally affected with
influenza. which has appeared as a sort Of canire
epidemic. The animals affected are generally n
high degree, the curs being as a usual thing
immune.
Aluminium which had no commercial existence
few years ago. produced in the United
states last year to the extent Of 5.2OoOO0 pounds
valued sC Sl.4JO.GG0. which is One-teHth 0f the
cost ten years ago.
Dr. II. z. Annett Of the Liverpool School OF
Tropical Diseases has been conducting irvesti.l-
tions into the prevalence Of '.pink-eye" in Liver
pool horses. and has found, he believes in every
case the same bacillus.
At Backpool. England. the municipal autbori-
ties operate the street railways carrying p1ssen-
gers al Is cents per fare On this basis a
sinking fund has been laid by, interest and taxes
paid, and profit left.
The prisoner printers on the "Star Of Hope"
published in Sing sing prison, objected strongly
to- having prisoner for foreman Of the once that
Ee has been removed and another man. not q
prisoner. put IN his place.
Ladies Of high class in China use the daintiest
tniuble- imaginable. some Of them being carved
from enormous pearls. orn1mented with bands oi
fine gold. on which all manner OF quaint and
flnt8stIc designs are engraved.
Another blue grotto. like that on the Bland q
Capri, has been discovered on the shore Of the
promontory Of Skiuar on the IOnian Island Zanta.
The is from the sea. and is larger than In
the Capri grotto. but the interior is smaller.
In the south Of Italy the first artistic wigs we,c
made for the Gapinieus. who lived in APula. and
We're known for the Injuries q their toilet. Thee
people were, they say. the hTst who painted their
faces TINS they did with the juice Of strawberre
Microbes Of typhoid cholera diphtheris. ard
Other disease Of similar nature survive the tent
{
chipper after twenty hours frfszing, according
20 paper recently read before the Royal Society
in London.
Los Angeles has the reputation q being almost
tropical but il j. not a warm city either ~ SIM
uer or winter. The temperature j. seldom above
= at any season. and that = aDout equal q"
g. iE View York. Nay and june seem tl he the
colde-J months in the year.
In the laundry Of an insane asylum d. Pontiac.
Mich, electric irons instead Of gas irons have
proved to be peculiarly adapted for insane asylum
service where most of the work is done By t'Ir
patients There is TO chance Of their setting an
thing on hfe with tire irons.
one Of the tasks Of the Hamburg Hygfenic n
stitf'e is TO make frequent examinations Of Jho
water OF the river Elbe % see If il contains tic
germs Of cholera. diph;Lera, or otier infectious
disease. Another i 90 examine the Water Of tae
wells, ei which there stiH are 1000 IN the city.
Tie ,cga Of NcAlester, in the Indian Terri-ors.
hss a population Of more than seven Thousand, all
of them squs:ter.. uho hope that eventually The
Federal Government viii ratiiy their title 10 rhe
property. Of which they have taken possession.
Trey have Eg mayor, 10 town marshal. 20 al
GeTMeu. 10 police.
The demand for Missouri mules for the British
army in south Africa continues uHabsted. accord
ing to the kansas City journal ' In the small
town ct t'ell1tin iE the past two weeks the sales
have averaged nearly 81 .UOJ 3 day. ard a similar
actiyiIv 10 the market is reported IrOm eseIg
qUa-tet Of The STATE.
\ singular and interesting discovery has becu
made I'd Borboiya. ia Hungary. where TIE remains
Of an unusually large snJe,iiluvian animal have
been urcJTthed. which a Hungarian stvaut pro
nounces To he larger than anything OF the Sind
previously found IN Europe. According 90 Tins
authority the animal i a whale.
In tie recent discussion as to the merits Te-
,peet.yeiy aud relatively, Of white and brown
bread there appear, 90 be a veigEJ3 leaning. On
tine part OF professionals. in favor of the former.
They are firm in their belief. after having Wlae
elaborate Investigations, that white bread II more
nutritious than The brown variety
There T. On fool a project favored By the Kaiser
i5l giving Berlin a Wagner theatre. IN which tie
work., ot this master and other serious operas viii
t. r-prt-euttd. the old opera house being reserved
for lighter pieces on the model Of the Paris
Opcr. Comique. II the project Is carried through
Berlin Nlt4 bC IA tl-st->-ou VI A-lAt sNSlAS----A
theatres.
There Is IN old church in Waukegan. Wis,
which has no steeple, because OF court mandate
t.rhidifpg such a construction. In 1s62 a severe
storm swept over the town. hurting the original
SHIRE against the house next door. and wrecklnS
H. The owner of the house got our an Injunction
rt-tTsiEiug the trustees OF ltc CHURCH I-ctl Oiu-
.rg another spi1e.
Tie ,nercaau; I4lIors o.; Denver. in the belief
. r4fr-Ha
.., fT public estimation to which it IS entitled,
i,y. ,.-ued an clg4nizatiou TO raise it TO thlc
Position TIE formal ststemcnt 0t the purpose OF
ra organization l. a. follows: To elevate and en-
noble our profession. ard 10 raise II 20 that me-
cf.r5,-l moral and Intellectual position IN our
great ciIy which its importance a. an ahtltAs
= aud honorable art entities il 10 occupy.
| Ire Waterbury Ameritan' notes a new pro-
fc--ior Tor women. tnIt Of professional scold
Women" Ii s5ys. syho are too timid 70 face
fle irsdcsnren WHO charge eSorbtant prices. who
furnish interior goods, who do poor work. or the
landlords who viii not attend 70 making heedeu
Fer,5irS OF servants who are impertinenL OF III
ceuucteut can have their SColdlng done for them
ior = consideration. sud IL the professional scold
knows how to talk TO these deliEquentS she clu
accomplish vhat any amount oI reasoning anu
mild TemousJrance have failed TO do
, Tie annual meeting of the New York Botanical
/ Garden has been held. The annual report shows
t.at Is new mernb,rs have been added 70 the
I .ar and thar the progress az the garden under
-. fir..r:er af Br Rri;fou F5s been unosJ sltI--
factory The number Of species ard varletitS "l
plsutS urder cultivation and those native o. l'e
grounds aggregate collectively over l.pSl- IHe
museum building II now essentially completed -nd
rreds only a final clearing out. when specimens
can be installed. Tire number OF new specimens
received through gifts and purchase IN the year
( aggregated tj,s$l.
/ There has been appointed a special Commission
40 report on the ruins Of the cliff dvclers in tue
yciaitv Of HancaS and Cor,e-. Col. and also reat
i Aztcc Mexico with the idea Of rsserUng thc '"hc+
! n, a national park This action has been taken Us
result nt an ag1tation IN tetnl1uo iuL .H' .
rsctiop oil these ruins JgaiEs- v2hdaI retIC h'it-
! on. Sor-e of Ide best preserved rIIn- have u,'H
{ ruthlessfv entered by curio hunters wh" tA's
br,srr through walls aud root and carried '"''
the reies. il would De Nise 20 "-'g ''.S 49,,
l guarded bv the GoyernmeU, so that lac. tii
l.. Investigated by experts FoFtvn5tel} som ei
{ ;i- JaaSt of them have rot been tamPerea WIN
/ a. yet.
I Tie n,gtch Reformed Church Of the Trar-vasi
| * divided into three denominations, the Dcppcr
/ Kefke. tire Eriornde Kerke. and the Gereiof-
meertlr Kcrke. The government Of all three
! rltlrcbes closely resembles the Presbyterian tn
I form. Presdent Kruger belongs to the Dopper
| kerk, the adhcTents Oi which include many "t
( the oldest and most influential families OF the
/ reptyIfr The Characteristic Of this sect Is ES
I excessive conservatism. The services are very
/ plain iu form. There Is no music save the ~iitg
ne of the Psalms and sunday Is observed win
yerv crcat s;rictness. The Erformde kcrke is a
direct contrast TO the D0pper herke. and hous o.
fsr q mo atltGC ian de cStl"t 20 'e III ' %
I in tho TrsnsvaaI General Joubert belongs 6" tue
Carefort1ceTte Kerke which has the largest g0ll or
| rreuI.r,hip The Rev. ". J. Underwood VINO
lived Cor ten wears among the Boers. s.slts lttI
% per cent OF the uauon belongs 70 ohe 9' % .9-Se
| tbraa sections. No Boer can be married unless
Z Ia- s.,rcfled in the church. This. no doubt,