The evening times., 1900-06-12
NOTES OF THE DAY.

English idea for the coming summer season
! The expenses Of employing teachers in lower
itaiy are Sc great that citizens there have pcti-
toned the King f9r the abolition OF eom2uizofy
/ education
Girls are not employed at the telephone switch
boards st Cairo Egypt. Men are Used and are re-
| 9slrsd 70 understand English. French, Italian.
! 1Ieck. and Arabic
Ihe young women of Flushing. Y Y, have
! loiineo what l. known - a board oi strategy =
choice as husbands
widower with six children and a widow wi.h
! seven were recently utsrried in a Pennsylvania
town, after having enjoyed an acIlaintanceship
Of about forty-six hours
A woman is alive in Vienna VINO sane in the
/ chorus az the frat performances OF Beethoven's
| Choral symphoEy- Her -Amc Is Frau Grebner,
and she is ninety-oRe y-ars -
There IS said to be a great daarth Of boys II
| London One railway company complained that
J no fewer than sixty q their vaEs without
vdns1arcs because boys could not be ob-ained-
The total number OF emigrzHts Of British origin
who lett the United Kingdom for places out OF
Europe dufing the month ended January 81. 1910.
was 5,5dS. 0i whom 2-59I we've bound n the Uni
ted States The nur-b1r ef Scottish enligrants
was Cs7.
The total value Of ships launched in Scottish
Wate-s IN ss93 not far from s7eoo)Go0. ana the
value Of the output Of Scottish coal was S6tOo0,-
ot. IN each case the increase beng more th2n
10 per cent over ISIS, year Of great achievements
IN production
Those nations who are figuring fight with
the Gar Of Russia Of course understand that he
has Overwhelmingly great armies and navies- Two
I hundred 4nd forty sups are nov IN service ile
Russian army tgIres in grand totals $500 Ctice-s
and z,79s,00J men-
American shoe manufacturers. acting upon ad-
vice and information furnished them through the
department by United States corsuIs. have Of late
been pushing for business IN C0lriDCntaI Europe.
and within the past year there has been real and
growing demand for SHOES.
The capital invested b insurance companies N
Russia amounts 70 s2G9.O00Ooo. The number q
persons insured in ISs2 p ia, the insurlIce
amounting 20 50 -5e9,ooo OF the above amount
81. .J20.355 vas received BY American Insurance
eomoanies5 the balance BY Russian
The most complete Of al unusicsl instruments
Is the pizno. and the reason given by the great
I RubiEstein for preferring the Piano 10 any other
I instrument Was "because II Is a m5sical entity;
all other instruments including the human voice
are hasulsutaTy q a certain extent
Tie city o; stockton. Cal. VIII receive on the
Fourth Of july the famous old guzs used by Com
HoGofe Stockton in the conquest Of California.
3 Tie guns are nov AZ Mare Island and Secrstary
LoIs Last week signed an order fJr their trans.ar
/ 10 the city named after the commodore
The city o. Atlanta IS rapidly adding 10 her
cotton mil properly. In edition 10 three al
Z r-alt in eNl-lence two others tie
course % construction and laird new one vill
soon be begun shis beautiful city Of the south
i keeping Up with the no-ern progress prgclz-
si0n-
From syria TO HenIzz Telegraph lire is con
templated- TINS VII give acczss to that portion
OF Arabia. thus bringing Mecc4 and Mediaa into
eolnnunlt1tiaE with the Vs-ld- The line Tiu
2 follow the Old II; grImage route 20 M0Llmmels
shrine % Mecc4; the total length Of The liul Is
sad 3D. D. a3l mi-es-
5 Immigration 70 this country FROM Italy and
Southeastern Europe Is increasing. while arrivals
; from the Unitrd Kingdom and Germany 4ze Be-
coming ilss- lHls We are secIrlus most % l--t
such Claas Of residents the least desirable
s 3 The total iulmi.rs,ioE from Europe last mo--h
W1s slightly over 55,ey5.
The population Of CHM numbers about E5J.3Jl.-
! GO souls. and o. these the Boxes come o. the
: f1Cnt with The comparatively salzH Item in the
grand aggregation q only ll,olJJoJ- Tie worst
feature about the sltI4t1uI l. that they max
iug more converts among the remaining millions
, than al tal missilu1lies IN the Celestial Eupi-e-
The largest electrical display AZ PARIS wiI be
made by sieneEs Bros Of s. 400 horsepower ca-
z CINE, With direct current dynamo. which viii
give or 30 snpCrCs al go volts. The aEgr@s8te
output q English 6yuancs VII b. l.gl9 kiI1-
watts. The Fre1ch machines are capable 0f gen
= Grating 500 kil0E1tts, the German machines
, about LsIL
( Some years aSo 4 telegraph cable vas laid IA
the bed Of the Amazon River to connect the va
nous towns along that stream with Pata- Tae
! irifrwood ETC. brousb; down 5y taat stream
broke and inte-ctercd with the workings q the
] cable 10 such an extent thar il nAs hlCE IN Use
! only A short time since Z Was laid land line
Is being built. and lsJ mics have been coz
= pleted-
! The a.Boston Transcript tells Of An Episcopal
I Church that Is being sued bec1use II Is not sui
fciently High Church Il seems that certain
raz~r -. chm
vision that the services should come up 10 cCr-
tain standard OF churchmsnship- The minister
has failed, II elarued 70 get 2uch rltuils-u
into the service and the rcss11sos oi Ills nl-A Is
Z | the money calls Tor
e Spanish officers say If they bad as good horses
and mules. the horses for cavalry service and the
mules for bearing burdens. the AulsrCzns have
: ! IN the PHILIPPINES they would have captured
Aguinald0 long before Dewey c1pturcd Manila
But the Spanish hJsses. like the spanish soldiers,
were half-starvct Indifferent 10 fighting and ioUs
= journeys and thereby forfeited every claim % the
{ | slightest atom Of equine glory
e The Townsend triplets cd ladies aged seventy
I seven years viii celebrate their birthday N Knox
county. Ne On June % They are all II excellent
: ! health When young gi-ls, the Townsend TIP
/ lets,' a. they were every where known. worked
= Ia the cotton uiill where Cen y Il. B1n@S spent
/ his youthful days bObbin boy The sisters
!. entertain very pleasant memories u tie lad who
aftCrWard IOSe - such distinction
An English correspondent, says the '-Nev Yo-a
CommcTcial ADVERTISE. sends over an amusing
idea from London for bachelor dinHers- Tl-
] custom. says the writer, was initiated al i1I-
farewell dinner. and consists Il no-hing less tlla
the guests chipping IN coUpi cf sovereie1s each
n IS a present Tor the happy r1.1- The collection
IS l. taken Up al the dinner table and conveyed q
him a. delicateiy possible before the cul 0i
the feast The informant adds t4laL the cls-Jll
Is not likely 10 become general.
Old Inhabitants in various quarters, referring tl
n the receu; undrcss parade OF Mr.. Cannon Of IIli
nos IN the House oi Represeuta-ives say they
reminded OF the times Whcn II was f1shionlblC
in the West aud Southwest fer stump speaker
10 address their constituents with collar, coat an
! vest Of Ben Wade Of Ohio had way q. charm
=. ! Ing the people IN this unique way. and som,
speakers were wont 10 travel the husyIngs II Their
~ uutiershrts with only s1spender 70 hold theu
q parts up Il showed they were not proud
A writ.r in the 'NeS York Medical Journal. D
III SAYS that the curved pages Of the ordinary b0ol
are injurious to the eye Of the reader The cur
vature pecessitates 4 constant change OF the foSu
Of the eve As il reads NOM one side 10 anothCr
| and the cillary muscles are under coIstau.
I strain Moreover the light falls uneqIaily up51
! lotb sides OF the page. further interfering viii
'e continued clear field OF vIsion- L II suggested
! that the difficulty might be obvi2ted If the line
should Dc printed parallel 70 the binding iustlsl
D" Of right angles 10 II
A funny incident recently occurred AZ ,h
Jardin des Plantes, in Paris. The elephant hous
/ adjoins thar in which the csmels are located
N ! and 3 Young camel recently introduced had grla