The evening times., 1900-04-16
NOTES OF THE DAY.

During the recent war with Spain the Surgeon
! General issued 270.0OO fret aid packages 10 the
| troops in Cuba and Porto Rico and the soldiers
IN home camps
J; Is stated shat thu war Is over the
I Government intends 10 appoint Lord Kitchener
as Governor General Of the TransyJal and the
Orange Free state.
England has Garden City Association who's.
aim Is 10 build cities in such a way that they
shall combine the advantages 0f country lis
with those Of town life.
Rice cultivation is receiving the attention o.
farmers in North Carolina. Heretofore North
Carolina has been the principal field for the
product in the United States.
Miss Lillian Blakeslee. of CORY. Pa. who has
been under medical treatment for wear, for con-
sumption. cOughed up a collar button the other
ddy ana Is rapidly recovering.
The old home Of Chief Justice Marshall at Rich
m"hd. Va, * 20 be preserved memorial By
an association incorporated recently by the Leg
htWe q Virginia for that purpose.
Russians have founded in China Russian pa
per. the New COuntry.- The first number
came OUT recently, The paper has found in Ru--
"a devoted and numerous support
LOmp0c in Santa Barbara county. CAL grows
mustard for the whole nation. lu that region
2G1J sCrcs cultivated to the seed the ill.,
dustry employing about 200 farmers.
The Board Of Education Of Sierra Leone has
offered prize Of little over 500 On gold for
textbook IN the public school there.
Among the richest and haud.cmest mlntaI- and
h;epidre- now manufactured are those made Ht
petrhed Arizona wood. veined and colgrtI Ike
sienna marble and - highly polished
prize Of S9C.0O0 is offered in Paris for aue
sir navigator who viii stJrt from Lpugchauus
and 90 around the Eifel Tower and rttufH, t
distance Of seven miles in thiIty minute.
Few tor social and political -,.-
teuCei tney prefer art. music, and sofa pillow.
Tbs - The conclusion Of the woman who Is
president Of the Chicago Social Economic CLUB.
Those vino have taken part IN the heavy ar
tIirfy work m war time viii remember the
COMMISSIONS upOn their edr-. Many case Of iu-
Jmcd hearing we're reported after our late war.
IN d Nev Jersey town man has declined 4
nomination iOr Alderman because all the other
memaers oi the Common Council are Germans
and German Is the only language spoken al the
meetings.
Jlpare-a bovs under twenty years Of age are in
danger ct being deprived Of the privilege Of
smoking in ;hsir own country. Tie japanese
House Of Representatives has passed an act TO
that eject.
The country around Ladysmitb. On the Orange
Free state boIder. is fat till 1t reaches the foot
hills OF the mountain range, and there J., little
cover On the Veldts the scrub. indeed, being 0I
the scaEtiest-
Policemen on the streets iu Hamburg are fa-
stlucted 10 watch the cars sharply. and II they
ind ear which carrie, single passenger more
ihJn The number allowed By law, the conductor -
hnsd = cents.
it is reported tlat Soo09 people in Frankfort -oa-
tar-llliu suffering from influenza. There laye
been uaHy deaths from the disease. There ars
lorG weeks Of fogsy, drlzzly weather iu Fr8u.-
Tor. every winter.
Tie annual report oi the department. oi bl.Il.rg5
- ft.-f rr
erected in Greater Neu York buiidiue- G., ,sc
value u Sljt~i3.32L iii, e Al increase of 8b.u.
So. .ygg"o0 over Isgs
AL tourists in Ezypt are expected % ~ .a-
sids jhe pyramids. Tie entrance is q long tH1.-
mel chute or incline plane three cF f1ur faOI
WIDE. whose bottom aud side are polished stone.
it IS ser! Carh AID candles USED
The aduIjeratoa Of g1rhss- U4, tiled IA
Bridgeport. Conu., by SOME g4rJag- contractor.
who are accused Of having treated Jhe refuse
they had 10 remove with water and aill marble
dust IA order 70 make 70 weigh heavier
IL =. Paul. Nian.. the rival caudida-e- Tor
Mayor are RoJer A. Smith. on the Democratic
iicaet ard Chester A. smith. on the ReBubj-
l2u ticket Frr ouce the LwJ parties 4Ge united
The raliy-Eg q! Is ''Nole for smith and re-
t'iul-'
Trrre-aace e making helte5y in Munich and
tie German Medical Total Abstinence Union
. tii-..l..r- Lf4L 4ftF. STUDENTS hLFiTe
only a u0uFrate Use II beer Ull be allowed
Df BIrse ard d.. kr4psil 4Ie tl- leaders n
tie movement
AZ interesting subject II d-ssas-i9r iu the uin-
i-g prss- Of Europe + A. TO the location Of tu,
oldest coal mine in Europe. According TO Herr
fTaHJz Buettsenb5eH coal Was mined before his.
and u los been I0ught tll- coal Va, hrst found
IN toe Liege district
A German authority has gathered data showing
-l4t one-third OF humanity speaks the Chinese
iJrguase. and that the HiudUo tongue is spoken
by more than 1GO.TG.G GJG. the Rl~-idu by so.a1J.-
uth. Vllis she German Is spoken by s. s-JJt.UUD,
,nd the spanish by isOS0.uJU
Eair water Is thoroughly purified by new
hi,'r, which receives the water into its lower
haHshgr. allowing the heavy impurities 20 settle.
vita eaEze partitions placed AZ intervals through
JUt thc hitter 10 support btcrJug material. through
which the water rises lo the Quiet pipe 81 the
op.
Four Ncw South Wales lepers have been treated
b the leprosy serum method devised by d..
luIu Dc Dio- Cara-g1IiIia. Of Bogota. and de
rlarcG by bim 90 hive been successful ia 10
J>cs. The Australian doctors however, declare
ha- IfJer very careful test they were unable
~ Geject any improvement.
The very bountifulness Of nature makes the
Australian an imprcvident man The soil re-
pond to such little effort that agricultural Peo-
pie have never learned the need OF economy in
any thing their own pLy -iCIl eNyrtiunS uu-
might almost infer that the Australian Is bosa
lazy and never gets over IL.
Al this season of the year the beach At NJ
--ntic City is iu.I of very delicate and sweet
,oit-s shell clams which the cItt8gcrs and EoJsI
men sally forth in the chill morning to gather,
be-, Iu-e thu are rot sold by C.Jde-meU. q, they
viH only Keep a fea hOuT-. They washed Up
ily the tide. anu bgrroW beneath -le sand.
Mix weed. which las generally been prououue-
Cd poisonous g., being dsi,rd-d by botau.st- arI
ether peop.e. who declare THAT tac young leave.
when they are In y1~t the i-Ht condition are
cross between spinach and asparagus. and arc Dr.
Iici0u, IN a salad. The problem. however. u'u.d
seem 10 be when are the i,ayes IN good condition.
Ceoul, Try. ssys vsitsr In 'AppietoE'- Popular
S.iercc Monthly became science long ago.
zoology Halh later. medicine only geucrl. I'm
or Two ago. ard the history Of man is but lH-t
being Gcvcl0Dcd into science. What was c'.e
fos other sciences by the pioneers Of the past -
now be Hg douc IN the present d1y Tor ErSHae-
oiosy.
Ccr-;derahle excitement + being aroused n
Belgian faar,iaI circles By the tumors Of the
plr4 formation Of a company to eiect.I H.
express between ArtweTp and Brussels. - ac-
uoHmOdJte the Enormous business traihc that
goes between the capital and the metropolis The
time ri j1urneyius between the two cities VIII be
reduced hy oTe-hah
II Is AZ expensive luxury TO belong to half
dozen of tac ieldi.. clubs of New York The att
rral dacs o. the Metropolitan are SEQ and tgc
initiation lee $500. as compared with 500 and
500 idr the Manhattan; SGD and 500 for the To-
fti.: S1tJ and 500 fer thc Meadow Brook; S2J and
800 Tor the New York NaCh, Club; so and 500
for the Play err So and 500 tor the Racquet; So
and 500 Iur Jhe I mon League and SO aud SlJJ
Tor the Colonial Club.