The evening times., 1900-03-01
NOTES OF THE DAY.

1 Npltfacts have been placed at Sheffield aHd
army.
over $50 members Of the English Metropolitan
ponce have received notice TO join their cid si
ments in South Africa
! Ne9y York city has 208 veterans OF TIE Nexican
var Of the Indian wars and 900 Of the oi.n
"aF on the pessi0n rolls
Wien an Arab widow intends 10 marry sgs.n
she visits the grave Of her dead hssrd tb, ,.iyIt
Deio'e the new marriage is % occur.
New York has more sz-etshous on Elizabetb
olIeel lhan the entire STATE Of Massacfu,e.t- %
says John Williams. chief State factory inspector.
Tenders have been invited in thi. countr, I,v
the Danish state Railroad Department flr 6ffv.
! freight cans
The Maharaiah Of Darbhanga. ir speaking of
the Indian offers Of Great Britain. said. .lt i
tlrne that we were discharging some portion ci
the heavy debt We owe % the British Baopie''
Ihe modern Kid glove goes through the hands
/ OF - people before being perfected Al least
fo-1oU0 pairs are manuiac actured ia France .e,err
51a ana ther value IS az least l25 900 900 francs
In the Second and Third internal rever.,e dis
tncts Of New York the output Of paper cigarettes
last month was 43.4O5.g7O less than in January.
ie-l et the use Of tobacco IN other forms in
creased
Aluminium. which had no commercial existence
a few years ago. was produced in the United states
iast wear 20 tire extent o. $4,000 pounds. valued
90 FL'J'."o1 which Is one-teuth Of the cost ten
yeans ago.
Turpin, the inventor Of meliuite is said to be
with the BOers The petroleum bombs fired az
Kimberley are attributed 10 him Great Britain
was the only power that offered him C0mpcnsl-
tion for his discovery
The Bank Of France pays 70 the Government 4
ROYALTY on notes issued in excess Of the cash re-
serve based on a percentage Of the ruling rate at
discount In ls99 the royalty thus paid was $780,
900 against s63s-50o in lsgs.
Agents q the Russian Quaker sect. the Donz-
hoters, are inspecting sugar beat lands in south
CalltorHia, aud Il proper arrangements can be
made Tor leisurely payments a COLONY Of gI q1o
March
b. the census Of 1890 there were $500 sredes
in the six New England State. I6001 Nor,r-ri.ls
and Ike number ~ Danes From recent irdi,l-
uons there Viii be returned bv the Federal CEN
s's % 100 10000 SWedes ard Films in these SIX
States
new hydraulic plant has just been completed
at Lazey, on the Isle OF Wan. for working the
electrical railway between Douglas and Ranl-ev
during the winter months This viii enable tf.
steam plant 90 be- shut down zt,,I5 sryen months
in The year
A Birmingham hTm has presented % each men,
Der Of Tire Worcestershire yc0m1ury O small burn
iuG glas-. protected Iy tortoise shell covers and
enclosed in Khaki Gaze The directions ou tie
outside ot the case are; 'Focus glas, ia tie
sun and hight your pipe"
Grass can b. gathered into windows As IL q
cut By "a new moving machine attachment. com.
prislng a series Of fat fingers extending hon
zlntaliy, with a pivoted bow resting on the ends
OF the tngors. 60 b. lifted - intervals and re-
lease The accumulated grass.
Horses ore easily broken to drive by West
ern mans apparatus, comprising a number OF arms
attached Co central pfvoted base the animal be-
ing harnessed and tied 10 one OF the arms. with
ine tracts attached 10 an arm AZ the rear 10 re-
v9lve the tuiuer the horse travels around the
Circlc-
A Lehish Valley Railroad engine recently ac-
corHplished the feat Of hauling train consisting
of thirty three steel ears of 10000 pounds ca
paclty ard thirty-Seveu wooden can of 5000
pounds capacity. each fully loaded with rurHra-
cite coal The total NeiEht Of the seventy cars
MAS +.55. tons
japanese clerks are NOW employed IN con-
siderable numbered London stores. and xiv. ,it-
i-i4otion. whereas manufacturers who have tried
them complain that they are wzstefl.l of ma
teria and have idea of the value Of machinery.
iney seem to spend al their spare time stud, in,
ilH English language.
There is 81 dancing girls catarh -t1reful
OF dancing girls viii naturally raise considerable
dust. and the eNerriln Of dancing makes the gri,
breathe heavily, Tins rendering them an tb.
more susceptible 90 the cerm-Iaden atmosphere
The Particles of dgs, set up an nHlrIr'sri5-I
r>f 90 the nosiril- threat and then OF the en-
tire mucous mCUhTInE.
Agitation iH favor Of the use Of automatic
couplings on the cars 90 All English IaiIu.ars has
Ted 90 the appointment Of government cammis-
sion to investigate the subject The demand for
the reform b. due % the fact th1t the number Of
accidents which result from the practice Of thc
system af coupling now in use In Great
Britain Is greatly increasing
TIE Womcn's Home Club of Burlington. SO.
has passed resolutions coudemuip- the practice q
presenting loving cups as tributes OF esteem and
affection. and suggesting that ornamental tgapots
ae used tn perform THE functions ri the condemned
vessels. The club member, hold tlar the loving
cup D., conducive 20 irtgmperlace and destructive
'i the happiness oi thousands Cf American home
An aquarium tank has been provided for birds lt
tae New York Geological Park i1r an, use af
the Florida snake birds or dar,ers- The tau'. is
9 feet bong. irer wide. and Q feet deep The birds
like 10 swim the surface OF tHe water expos
ing only their long vr-zIirg ueckS The bird lives
chiefly on live FISH, which 10 obtains ly diving
lud catching them hv sudden movement ai It's
long neck. Live fish viii Dee placed iu the
acqu1rsuul and the ds-te- VIII be allowed 90 chase
and capture Lts prey
The Chinese aUbl--ld1r 90 England recrntIv
visited th, automobile factories II Coventry and
on his return lad this 20 say: .Unc can scarcely
realize the Great future before the automobile
trade without paving @ visit % one Of the fac
tories. The great advantage OF the motor car is
that there gre Ha horses Co. put up- Il can have
tle speed Uf ~ railway carriage. vet 10 needs not
90 cuniiue Itself 20 track Lard down beforehand
Do demands. iusihgf- thg same amount % en-
giEeg.lE- -siIl ru build motor car us il does l1
build a Ilttle-hiu- The service rendered hy the
motor car % the field gun iu time % war. us well
as in the collection o- mails Iu tmr Oi peace. Is
simply invaluable. and ] have u1 doubt when all
roads are restored these vehicles win BE- intro
duCld into the Far East"
toes grow together slys Victor smith IN the
''Ncw York Press ''We have no use for them
We can't manage them About one man iu loo
can pun ON his intgrls-ei muscles and spread out
his toes. In Tho r1mli-I-g go these muscles are
infant stuck his toes ju his mouth and ClaaurG
baby song yittost words. If vc wore mj,trrs al
the time the individual control Of 0gT fingers
would De lost. We cat much soft food thar
we have scarcely any need af teeth Gums would
answer every purpose. as maSrlCIIIUD Is perform
ed by machinery before We begin a mgal There
are over 900 distinct muscles in the human Lodg.
OF which the best Of Us keep about 100 ln prime
condition by proper USE"
Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria. according
to Court News has lust pronounced q very
energetic disapproval of the auti-Semitic move
ment in his capital and Cmuirc. Re recently ac-
corded an audience 20 Dr. Kisch the chief rabbi
Of Prague Bohemia. and permitted the venerable
divine 20 pronounce q blessing upon his sovereign
in the Hebrew form. Al the close Of the irter-
view the Emperor remarked "Y0ur brethren In
the Jewish faith have hard times 20 60 through
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