The evening times., 1900-10-12
NOTES OF THE DAY.

"itiHt IN that SlIy on Sundays
-, Hailstones begin their. fall as drops Of rain;
These get frozen into ice bv crossing 4 cold
current OF air on their way down.
Nova Scotia is making strong efforts TO cap-
toFe the United States export trade to Jasnsica
ana tie other British West India islands
There is such for the Belgian he. that
hearay every steamer that handles such freight
Dflhss numbers Of these animals to this country.
In Scotland all licensed premises, except hotels,
are closed sundays, and one must be at leasr
Technically "a traveller before he can obtain
liquor.
lawyer at Kingfsher, Okla. T., in trying a
Gaze became abusive of 4 witness The court
hhed the lawyer SO, but this did not stop him,
and ne was sent To jail.
Fish scales if they are small and bright are
worth Sl pound in France. They are made
lnto pearls, buttons. and ali kinds of jeweIry lar
the Indies and China.
commercial university similar to the one
IN Lelpzlg Is shortly to be founded III Cologne,
Df. fon MeVlsson, a resident of the city having
donated the necessary funds.
Political campaigns always teach orators that
there there IS limit to the human voice and that
when the limit is passed nature enters its pro-
test IN the shape Of cracked notes.
The threatened German shortage in sauerkraut
mas peen aYefted. Germany has been importing
It's cabbage heads from Michigan. On board the
cars at Bay City the heads worth So a ton.
The Prussian minister of railways received a
petition in July from telegraph operators VINO
wanted their salaries raised. The result was that
he engaged in their places a large number OF
women at 80 cents day.
The Pullman company OF Chicago last month
sent to Mexico two private cars 10 complete the
special train of four intended for President Diaz
use The two Just forwarded are for the servants
and horses of the President.
1t is reported on high authority that the pc
troeun industries OF Roumania have made great
progress of late, and that, Il transportation be-
comes cheaper and better, this country viii be
formidable competitor of America and Russia
The Turkish University at Constantinople
will not accept students eighteen years of
age Except the theological courSfS (Koran,
ETC. }, which will te open to thirty Students no
faculty viii accept more than twenty y-fiye stud.
ents.
Until the middle OF the last century cavalry
depioyments were by two right angle turns, and
when the diagonal march was adopted instead
OF making the diagonal by half turn Of each
morse the movement was BY the whole troop or
unit.
Louis R. Hastings. who died in Texas recently.
WAS one Of the pioneers Of the live stock busi-
mss in Chicago and the last OF those pioneers to
s'HylVc be drove cattle the mountains IN
1851. and in 1867 drove the first cattle into the
Chicago stoekysrds.
The German officers the hardest worked OF
all in Europe, says General Ludlow in the
Army and Navy Journal" They seem to be
chilling and training their men from dawn to
dusk Certainly they have very little leisure and
not much time TO sleep
There Is trouble brewing between German and
French soldiers. The Kaisers troops complain
the ThiTty-seEenth Regiment of the line crossed
the German frontier and wrote insulting re-
marks on the frontier posts.
China imported in the first six months OF 1900
800, 900 600 cases OF Russian petroleum against
$4,000 cases in the same period Of 1893, and
o,IoV,oo cases OF Anlariean petroleum. during
the hrst six months Of 1909. against 4,540, go
cases IN the same period Of 1888.
In Great Britain. only few years ago Aueri-
can petroleum had almost a monopoly From
January I TO August l. I90O.f the imports were
3-Uzo,1o gallons Of American and .. $40 800 gal
Ions OF Russian petroleum, The reason for thu,
said 10 De the fact that large Russian oil fields
have been acquired by Englishmen.
One of the greatest essentials with regard u
the recommendation OF a London footman is mol
only his height. bat the size and form Of his
business whose shanks DO not come up to the
requirement of fashion have them finely padded
and thus equipped generally pass muster.
Within short time two children in Indiana
polls, TIE press of that city announces have had
10 undergo surgical operations for the removal
% iF9q their throats OF tiny metal dogs that are
sold with pieces Of candy They somewhat
IN the fashion Of tobacco tags; and children who
buy the candy put them in their mouths.
The idea Of utilizing motor hauIage in con-
nection with the market garden near a retropo-
lis has been suggested of late. Motor vehicles
would ebvi2te some Of the difficulties that mar
ket gardeners have 10 encounter in getting
their produce TO market and i would certainly
pay some enterprising carrier TO make the ven
tuTe-
An electrical machine has been devised which Is
capable of registering extempore compositions on
the piano The arrangement can be attached TO
an ordinary piano, and it is reported that the
machine has taken down taranteIIa played al
the rate OF 1000 notes a minute The attach
ment, 1t IS stated, does not interfere with the
touch.
ConstantinopIe Is city full CT spies In that
respect II probably outriyals any other city in
E-rope. disIoyal word or the hint Of
movement for reform is promptly reported 10
the Sultan, and woe be to the offender He Is
omptly taken to jail and in the majority of
Les furnishes bait for the fishes that s. i'm in
tne Bcsphorus.
While working the highways at MeIle, near
Ghent. Belgium, recently. the labo5ers employed
IN improving the road unea-thed QUANTITY OF
human bones and bones of horses together with
ancient and cannonbslls. There was bat
tie at Aelle in I145, between the French and
English, and it Is supposed that the relics found
there are of that date
The Primrose Danes of England resorted 10 an
aTtful dodge on behalf of the Tories at the recen
election They flooded many constituencies with
circulars that under the four years Of SaIisIry's
administration there had been 33. $50 more mar
riageS than under the previous four years under
the Liberal party. Il is believed that the circulars
had no inconsiderabie effect on the campaign.
1t has been decided by the curators of Ken
tucky University to open law school in con-
nection with that Institution and former Gov
William O. Bradley has been appointed president
Many leading statesmen were students at this col
Iege when it the old Transylva and the
ciiratoFs hope to place it on the same plane it
occupied years ago.
There is a restaurant in Paris. which EMPLOYS
900 persons The smallest kettle in its kitche.,
contains 100 quarts and the largest 900 Each os
fifty roasting pans Is big enough for 800 cut
cts. Every dish for baking potatoes holds 225
lf6unds- When omelets are on the bill of fare
$50 eggs are used at once For csaking alone
60 cooks and 100 assistants are always at the
ranges,
The British shoe dealer is raising a cry of
alarm because his market is being pre-empted bv
show heavy falling of In exports those to Sorth
Africa alone being %, 000 dozen pairs less than
they were last year. In addition to this exports
are rapidly rising-S2, 100000 last year, against
s, 800 eco the year befors-aH high-priced French
and American shoes
During the FIRST six months Of this year the ex-
ports of German brushes and sleeves reached
81, SOL 80 an increase Cof 80 per cent as com
pared with the exports for the same period of
the year previous Great Britain took 45.3 Der
cent of the exports; the United States so
per cent; Holland. "a per cent; Argentina. III
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