The evening times., 1900-07-09
NOTES OF TEE DAY.

I heath the surface
The largest carpet in TIE world Is in Wiad-or
I Castle II : ~ feet in breath sad eontsiHs
5s-s40c9o stitches. The viewing u IL occupied
/ : men Il m0n.hs-
Tests c oil As fuel, made in the Nayy. s1ve not
20 far proved satisfactory Patent fuei. made u
coal dust and tar. Was found ~ yield nesriy a.
good resslts ccaL
Among other siGns indicating shat man :
insane. IL has been recently discovered bv sDczl-
lists In nervous disorders that Irregular eyebrows
/ are entitled 70 consideration.
: Mining work in the Kl0udike IS being expe-
oITeo by the Use Of sc4C thzwers- hl0adike Is
Z fsz- assuming the iulport1uce 81 q city provided
I 3Ith al the modem Improvement
The 6ssth rate of the vprld = 6 and the
birth rate % minute. and this seeming light
percentage Of gain Is sufficient 70 give net in
/ escase N reputation each year q 10000
Ser painting has become something Of hieH
Z arr m London. Ia a recent drzmatic production
I taree scenes painted Jy two London women Of
{ me srtistie talents Vere given lengthy U0ricrs
/ by tHt art critics.
IAe establishment Of parks in cities Is becom-
I ing An advance of settlement nowadays park
Of forty acres in the e4stcrn district Of Brooklyn
/ seven niles from Prospecr Park = nov prgu-5s-t
and wiu doubt be laid out
I French people who are more fond Of b5a-1ous
i and sweetness perhaps than any other u4ti0L
! give every Opportunity i0r candymalsrs % roli
I I'D fOrtrnes- P-IisisHs alone, Il IS estimated,
I spend Sl-D,GO year upon confetti
In the Philippines or in that part q the Islands
y.hrTe there schools. the attendance u Bog
vastly exceeds that OF girls Civilization E4s u0t
-pre1d Sufficiently "a that part Il the world 10
o4ic4te tl- lc-z Ihs- women need % b. educated
In some Il the schoo-z II Sweden ba;hiag j. one
q the Lessons iHpreszed upon pupils- Three tins
week they mus Gisport Themselves IN swim
mlns batis, and shiie Jie younzz ers are enjoy
ias this eurrleulula their clothes are pUlilld
L steam ovens
Ras~isas, ss a general rule, keep late hours
Prince and p=s-aat. alike. are favorable 70 b.
ing up orishts- Il the big cities The streets
are crowded uHtil long llLer midnight In -
Peec-slsurg many Of The taszt-es % not open is-
[ fore .a1t hour
A pzckiag-Iouse ezaplOye n kanszs Cry L4-
invented device Tor p.Ueking feathers flaai
chickens. i j. 50 arranged that cross currents
Of ar. So IA motion b revolving eisctrisll IaIs
eospleteiy striP biId Of every feather aud 4Hy
particle Os down
The famous clock. Les trOis gr1ces.'' nov "a
view a. the Paris Exposition. W1s bought By rIt
COuEt te CznoadO IN Issi for $4,000 lie hzs
nov O-Cn offered $1,000 for IT, but did 81
u sell J.. - he has made Il oscr IA his Wil &c
ths L0roIe Museum
Pieees Of sponge are utilized in the formation
q 4 playing ball. the sections being held
.
.@ossA falrlc. alter which the usual Of hloz
i put On maAing Al extremely light and sub
sllz'l-i 5aii Tor water Polo o. AIndbaI-
Among the encosr4zezuents offered 10 silk We4v-
ers cUTing III fTst century Of the existence Of
thiS iaGustIy n Lyons was exemption fT5z zili-
JsrF seIvIce and tsNzsIol 50 rapid E1s It's
deE-l0Dme1t that IN 1850 the we4vers Numbered
$500 o. O0o09 wish affiliated pursuits
The Iztsst arrival At the PhiladeiPhiz Z0osogical
Csrds=s : an alligator mezsulin- eight fce- IN
lensth, and Weighing over Is5 pO1zds- The biS
saurl4n l. native Of santiago. cuba. and
Consigned % 1le gardens oy Aajcr soft, a ads
on the stsf Ct Govrrnor General Mood Of CuhA-
The Chinese have On The inside ~4ILs Of uost
of their house large colosed pictures showing
ne eisht stages Of PurgE5ory 20 vhiea they may
b consigned fer coaz1alttrng various cEl1ues OEe
r-preseEIS ras fate Of the ChIuzu-an V-5 give
E.se weights snd mCSsuT-s- he = aiken By de-
n-0as aae buEs On A1ge hooks
Some time aso the Princeton CSsw Jersey)
University presentsd 70 the British Musssn %
specimens Of North Amman birds many
. Of tEfE1 oi sFScies- NOx the Brush Museum
Tecsprocates nT prpsrutirE 70 the Princeton U-i-
vcrsity 20o nouated birds. iHcIUding brilizlt
sPeciIE-zS from InGia. Australia. and the Malay
L-andS-
Among the dsaeers Of the city szyscrapers must
be numbered the towering hzsstz1s VITA which
ussuy q theu are dfcorzted- rhas on -0u ot the
tEentv-f5ur-s-csy American Tract >ociety Build
ing N Scw YORK was struck By hshcntng the
o-Eer Afternoon. Ssveral ten-fo5t lengths were
sent crashing Gown IHto P4rk Row. b-t 10 one
Wa injured
London hss recently beer much azitzted 0y tie
number and extent Of financial failures II tBe s4I
profession and BY scandals revealing cents losses
srcfa the cIsposzi q securities deposited With
their lawyer In London alone durIEg TIE lass
three ye4-s thirty solicitors have been before Jhe
Z bankruptcy courr. including ten aoS-o1oerss SIX
. % whon were imprisoned
( Since the inter-ciJy trolley line has become
( fact promoters Of county fsirs are beginning
70 look for better attendance The Hancock
County Fair IN Indiana VIII be held directly On
the line between ia1izaspoIis ard Gr=-zhcic. and
! Il j. believed that rs-l1eH-s Of tbs State and
capital - TH1Uced EisIt the exa-bitsoz and
scp what country faiT Is IKE
On meeting 2 friend the forn Of greeting in
China = for a MN to clasp both his own hands
( before him. make siight bow and SAY. -Tsiu=,
tsInz." which means hail. kaii. and Is e4uTTa-
] iens 70 the American How do you DOR An
/ other fo-m Of greeting consists Of words which
mean Have you eaten nceF 70 Waieh ths
answer Is. i have eaten enough
A marriage ceremony was performed IN Toronto
recently sikh a substitute for the ring, which.
though cid and amusing. was appropriate FOR the
ccg1sion- Tae couple went over from Jise Amerl-
czn eide Of the ST Lawrence River. but forgot
- take ring As there was no rInS u Be rad IN
ths house the resOSrcsfui Clergyman seat Tor Ill
Wises sewing scissors. and. Wish the anser clasp.
completed the ceremony
The Caunt family Of Australia Is versatile The
father Is Melbourne judge. daughter. Msry.
is 4 colonial novelist Who has made consider
able rcpEtation IN Eus-and; a son IN the Navy
tLieuJezaHI ts4unt) distinguished himself during
the ughtlus IN samoa and ROW comes news tl1t
Captain Cecil G1uns. another con, attached 10 the
Fourth Royal Irish Dragon Guards. W4s among
he defenders Of LatysET-ith.
Heinrich ConIied. WEo has just received from,
the German Emperor the Crown O-dec OF tie
third class for his services to German and tir
maintenance of German language in thls country.
has recently been COIspIcuously Eou7-ed BY seEr1.
( American t.nivcrsi:ies Except Joseph Jefferson
no other man connected with thcatricals has r.
cCiyed the sarle recognition that the co-lcgcs E-fe
1 have accorded 20 Mr. C0uved-
A New Orleans lady Was recently robbed oi
large sum CT l,oney by six gsHtIsfrsHiy app -lr-
/ ing burglars who obtained entrance into her
residence b. the aid Of jimmie and cro~hars.
hat y=ho sIolsd FOR thcIr r-delezs by presenting
thsaSC Ives II fui dress. Tkc only devia.-onfro11
/ their pc!itenoss that they did not remove
/ their siik Gicers upOn entering the house IS
I thoroughbred gentlemen oUsh- 20 Co.
Admiral sir ErsSurys Onlsnan-y. Vho has just re-
ccived Greenwich Hospital pension. + eighry-siK
/ yesrs Of age =ad entered the navy in 1926 he
fought as a mid hipm&n in the battle OF Navrino.
ana served IN Sir James Goss expedition 70 the
arctic n 1855 lie the uEs- TO discover
I traces of Sir John FrankiIns expedition II $50
/ He in command In the White Sea IN the Cri-
| mean War tie WIS and has Geen active IN scien-
| tifc aBd geographical work
The public school authorities Of Philadelphia
\ have at Las adopted = schsHe which has for
/ years been advocated for tke establishment oi
number Of special ungradcd sciFo-s fer children