The evening times., 1900-05-31
NOTES OF THE DAY.


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There Is an ice Ear in progress IN New Orleans
Inc factions are selling the frgd cakes at cents
per 100 pounds
sheets. blankets. pillows. and eoverIcts or
the Middle Ages
Kaiser Hiiheim is still awaiting to be .crozrned
hing Of Prussia The ceremony viii probably Oc-
cur Curing the coming fall
The '-Dentsche KaIoniaIblatt'' declares that set
tiers have poor prospects OF slccess in San,os IN
less they have at their disposal al least . goo
About twenty-uine thOusant persons reure,sn..
INK foTty-one nationzlites paid for admission to
shakespoare's birthplace in strztfor-on- Avon the
past yer.
The California outlook Is for the biggest fru;.
croD ever known. and that means something IN
ense there. L is BY far the greatest fruit grow
ing State Of all
wrought-iron gas main. 23.0I5 feet long and
inches IN diameter. IS in use between Phoenix
vile and Royerstord. Pa. The gas Is conveyed
under pressure Of % pounds
MinneaDolis woman was elected third vice
pfes,dent Of the American Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciatlOn az its annual meeting in Baltimore She =
owns pharfnacy IN Minneapolis.
The Alabama Great southern Railroad sent
freight rrain over half mile long into Cna.-
tanooSa. recently Il cane from New Orleans
and was drawn By two locomotives.
The American forestry building has been scnt
from Chicago in sections 70 Paris il is probably
the hrst time that American building for ex-
hib'tion purposes has been shipped across the At
/ lantie-
An individual fad in fashion and much affected
| by some women Who like to have rather distinc-
/ tive points about their costumes Is having ths
I upper part Of the shoes made Of cloth to match
the gown
The common German hen lays about 500 or so
eggs in ten years In the first year the number Is
| only lc % 20i IN the second third. and fourth.
loo 10 rs each WHEN Il again dimin;shes 10 10
in the last year.
While it IS considered possible 10 cross the Oceaa
in four DAYS naval constructors say the cost q
building ship 70 maintain Sufficient speed for
| such rapid trips would Be too great 70 make the
enterprise practicable
During the year 1893 2I.0sO patents were ap-
piled for, compared with 2o.O50 in .lsss ana
| is.3f7 in ha9T OF theSe. 40 awarded after
examination BIZ the Patent once. the correspond
ing number last year having been $40
Carrier pigeon service At sea il a fad thar =
losing interest The birds get ticed after long
fights. and generally take refuge on the FIST ship
they meet after they become weary. Many u
t5-ea are lost soon after losing sight of land
In many cities little boys secured vindlzlls from
the recent erlipse by renting smoked glasses 70
PEDESTRIANS at cent look The season vas
brief but the harvest plentiful for crowds q
little i-'i.'F= Who had the iorethought --e2tch
General Molfneux constantly visits his son in
Sing sing. under sentence of death. His fsith n
the young uian's innocence of the murder of Mrs.
Adams. Of which ~ convicted. mainly up1a
the testimony Of handwriting experts, continues
unabated
Some Russian scientists have Been trying inter
ezi1s experiments IN electro-eulture O,e Of then
sscertansd that electrified seeds gerrninated more
rapidly and gave better and quicker results than
seeos which had rot been submitted 10 pEeiiEai-
nary electrihcation-
On the Leaigh Valley Railroad. near Allentown
Pa. a strange accident happened recently. An
elephant fen from circus train and had a hip
fractured, and IN the Efforts Of the Snowman and
the trainneo 70 replace the elephant tae car
one Of the shoEmen had leg badly crushed
Weather Observers in all directions assert that
the month Of May Of the last year OF the century
has been q the coldest spring months On
record. E-astsrIy winds. cloudy skies and nl-,er-
otIS other cisC0ufOrts have taken TIRE place q
balny breezes. clear skies, and hzlcyOn stnos-
pheric delights generally
DI. Hugh \. Coke. Of SchuyIkiu Hzven Pa.
prominent pharmacist and politician. died at his
home DAY Two ago. IN the siKty-eiayhth year o.
his age from ganETene. the result Of painting 4
corn which he bad first pared. with iodine He
noted for the number OF proprieIzry medscines
/ which he had on the market
The South Chicago Street Railway Company has
introduced into It's cars EhiskbTDorus and cl0thes
D bFUEleS- ussefIl articles placed 4
small cabinet IN the forward end OF the car,
within easy reach OF the passengers. with
nouncemeut beneath notifying travellers that the
Z brushes AZ their disposal
ln English contemporary Is the following al
vertisemeut Of q shoo,iug school: ..Forty seres in
extent. Gun fitting a specially Patent tTy guns
and targets. Most realistic coverts. Practice az
driven bir-s. high pkeasznts. etc Any number Z
sportSnaen can ba accommodated Experienced gun
htters ard instructors always N attendance -
|
Of no.~-n capitalists with unlimited wealth IS
about, 10 erect On the banks Of the River Trees
the largest plate works IN the United King
dom The syndicate II IS added. Is sending a
e0vnEuission 20 the United States 20 inspect tie
best plants here and 70 study American methods
novel electric fountain has been authorized
by the park board OF Detroit The basin VII %
forty feet IN diameter. and the fountain proper
will consist Of Eve cobbles1one columns. from the
apex OF each viii burst stream C water, each
hghte6 ~ hadden electric lamps The fountain
VIII cost aboul ROO and viii De ready to- Use
July l.
Until few years ago mostly Chgistians we're
accredited as Ambassadors from tie Salt1a Of Tlr-
key 10 Western s,ates. aad in London alone there
served a Christian who remained there az repre-
sentative Of the sultan fer forty-four years- The
present AH-bassadOr IN London Is a Greek and a
Chris-ian- So are the ministers IN RrJssels ard
The Hague.
Great Britain's Shropshire Regiment. now n
! Africa, possess novel pet-2I ostrich The
bird, which Is Young, Vas given 10 Of the
officers by a friendly farmer, ard It soon became
! most attached TO its new owner The men Of the
I regiment are delighted with IT, and the only fear
i that If II Escapes the Boer bullets a may be
| killed by kindness-
| II France women are allowed 70 wear mems at
tire. but theJ must pay for the privilege. The
amount Of TAX which woman pays for wearios
masculine gar5 Is about SO a year. but her Will
! ingEcss 20 pay the tax does not ensure her TIRE
! ! right 70 weir these garments As a matter q
) fact the right Is couferrcd by the Government
, a tribute Of great merit
The fashion a wearing a mourning hand cn the
sleeve. that had is origin in England. has
Gently grown 50 rapidly IN popularity here that
ore row sees brightly dressed women -slrz this
mode in mourning C-ess and only few years ago
the who were a mourning band on his sleeve
WAS the most conspicuous person - viee- But
nowadays IL creates httle attention
Chicago people, in addition their other aiaic-
tious sceIa 10 be ever at the mercy OF maddened
steers who frequently break loose from the stock
I yards chase citizens all over the town, and Play
fantastic tricks enough t0-cal oct the sheriff and
| have the riot act read The Windy Cts luthorl-
| tics do not vet SEN have devised means 70
| tharoughly check these bovine eccentricities.
When the Duke Of the Abulzzi. who has spent
| the last year in Franz josef Land. gets his mail
.his summer he viii probably swear a. ciyilizz-
ton More than ZOO letters and post ear5s Tor
| him from all parts Of tAS world have accumulated
l in the hams OF the Italian Consul Al Stlnia