The evening times., 1900-03-13
NOTES OF THE DAY.


A Dublin man has left Ireland for Vienna to
buy l,OOO horses for the British Government
The RritsT soldier Is the most costly of E'E-
ropean fighters. his annual cost being Esl lGs
One Of the benefits aecruing 10 Csaada from tie
war IS the increased probability Of IN al British
cable.
II the war with the Beers lasts another year is
viii still be the. shortest Of the British
Empire.
Cooper Onion. in New York city. had a revenue
last year OF So. .4s9Ts Its expenditures
so, ,0s7.O9.
On Christmas the Boers sent to Ladysmith 70
ask for the loan Of whisky. but the request had
be refused
\ combination Of scotch and English lace trades
, is in process OF formation. The Scotch houses
favor the scheme.
Complaints Of the scarcity Of coal are made al
over Europe, and especially frequent in Au,-
tria, Germany, aud Italy
Only few Of the regulars are left in England
and these are bitterly disappointed because they
unable TO get cut to South Africa.
Fifty wooden bridges on the lines Of the New
York Central Railway viii give place 70 steel aHI
iron structures during the present year
It is estimated that there are 5o.oo0 settler,
more than last year in Manitoba and the Terri
tories, and Of those about 1900 are Americans
The annual report o. the View York State Board
were 40 strikes last wear, compared with 2Il tIe
year before.
The British Government is discussing the feaSi-
bitity Of building national grIHaries and storing
vast qudntitie, Of wheat against the einersence5 e5
OF famine.
The colored population OF Chatham. Ontario.
held a meeting Of sympathy with the British arms
in South Africa. and several =ignihed their desire
10 volunteer for service.
The Province Of Quebec re,Vlres the barber, first
Of all. 20 be himself healthy subject, free from
tfansmissblc affections. Then he mkt pass an
examination IN di-intection.
The ''BIoodiest hattie Of the century vas that
Of BoFcdBo. a Russian village. where Napoleon
fought the Russians september ., l-12- Nearly
5000 men were placed h0Js du combat.
The number of hereditary titled Canadians has
now reached thirteen. made up % seven peerages
and six baronetcies- OF uone-herediJiry titles q
! knights Canada can boast % thfrJy-t"q-
Philadelphia citizens are looking forward to the
Time not 40 very distant they think. when that
city. too. viil need an Underground tunnel. in
order relieve the congestion % passenger
train.
The Toy balloon continues 10 carry the babies
skyvard. Sometimes they suck it into their
throat, aud die of cLokiug. or else trey absorb
some poison ftom the rubber and j. comes to TIC
same thing.
While hole, were being GriLled on tle Canadian
side Of Niagsra Fails recently natural gas v1s
struck. Tie matter VIII be investigated further.
but already 90 b. possible that cheap mel supply
may be- found Tor ne" industrie- al Niagara.
Because Of the multiplication Of governments
in Chicago due to the existence Of seven town
ships in COOK county, the per cent cost ri .li-
Ieoting taxes is 600. compared with 30 in
Neu York proper. 90 iu -. Paul and Li2 70
Boston.
There IS a u.-l of e.nt,r tourists in -ae d.
rectiou ol Havana. hu. is isn't a oircInsJlrca to
what f., will be when Things zeJ more settled IN
that quarter. The great American winter re-of; OF
tine tuJu1e Is reasonably -u- 90 he i"~sted ,l ne
AAtlllc-
N4ry Corudropper pretty Iuaisu ya-sS woman
who was -old Co one husband for lHD ponies and
10 another tuu-3lT p1air- Bur vino was not ,lri5-
fed with either b4Ig4iu. VIII soon 10 sold -o a
third husband Blftissviie. iu J.e Indian
Territory.
siz hundred and may thousand pounds ri tee
are consumed iu England every day which -.'es
D. IN gallons o minnie. nigh, and day through
out tb. ve5f. Tie ,sa Gfuuk 70 En-Ia-d iH veg
would make lake two and three nttH> miles i"I@,
one mile Wide and six tgct deep.
London doctor SAYS there l. direet Connection
between the Boer war in south sf.Cs and the
prevalence of az epidemic ot grip in London
British reyerses in the war. De Gays. have created
widespread DEPRESSION. and the person who Ls
depressed sueclmbs quickest To the dilmenr.
Perhaps the drst Industrial opposition on record
wa, held in IJsg IN the RIthGaUS OF Nuremberg
A catalogue pabli-aed az The time tus states The
purpose of tire exposition III shall bring bet1-e
the puhIic az innovations ia tHe trade OF tho
whole world IH modern tIur>. together with DO
nestle arr pT0dl, Jiors-
CengraHs. No has q Houri-.ias 1rganization
known A. the -.BacAlore Club Ir mas nei,heP
sign. grip nor password. local paper saws, but
every member must sign pledge that be VIII not
Use tobacco during 1900 Tie rules provide that
If auy member shall break his pledge he ntsE
wear Iu the lapel of ui, coat a b5'.ze bearing n
large letters yhe words. Il Have No Backbone
In Wsukegsn, Wis IL t1 Old church which Las
10 -tesple because Of q coUr, mandate torbid'hnS
s,ler construction. In lS62 a severe storms
swept over the town. buGiiuS the original Spire
against the house next door and wrClking IT.. The
owner If the house got injunction restrain
ing the trustees ol the church from building an
other spire and rHi~ order has held for thirty
eight years.
l.. ?. Coot the inventor Of the Cook elcva cI
railway system, which consists OF EdTro" fle-
vsted structure On which ears 5le suspended on
either side Is A. present in Milwaukee, Wis, e.
Jeavoring 20 organize company Co construct a
mile Of road through that city. which, II sue
cp<SGfl it i proposed Co ultimately extend 70
Chicago The inventor claims thai with his Sy,-
TEN speed Of sixty mile an hour can be 3ttained-
II j reported that an artistic genius has been
discovered al Budapest. in the person Of hackney
coach driver. named Sandor Baliko lie had wads
near his stand a portrait bust Of Snow which i''-
r,ed;,teIv attracted universal attention and sari-
ration bv its excellence. since then the man "a
rnodeIed in clay a Statuettr % his little son. who
i I'VE wears ~ age. which SHOWS equal talent
PERHAPS Ssudur Bsis0 only needs the hcIn oi
fi,b patrun To become celebrated sculptor
A canal project that ! being discussed Iad rs
some increasing engineering features - the RED
River Canal designed 60 connect L5be S1pnFoe
with Grand FORKS. y %. The route has hegn
studied with carc. and tne most practical 'ssy
| i said TO he from Bay -. Louis. near Duluth.
mn the II Louis River 10 sandy Lake, chen ra. a.
erlv and westerly by the upper Mississippi River
and chain os small lakes to Lake Wirueiis'
| thence acro-, the watershed To- Rec. lake. ~
! Red I axe River 20 the Red River ot tHr North,
/ ,rd 4, ,;rspd Fork, TIE canal would b" %
I miles in ltugth. though iHe direct distance o
/ about $50 and he of any substantial hVnfl-s
I vr,uId have to BE- st least ini feet lu NidtH anu
I - to IS feet ia depth, and Carrying Vs--'.' "t
! 200 to 800 tor~- The country "HI'l .'e P',~
| un.ed tsraI would traverse is Wild 5Ed unae'ei-
/ oped being in, ,l,idcd in national forestry -
\ serve ard the climate is Sic5 that % could only
| be used five six months i1 ye1t.
A correspondent oi he philadelphia Press says:
] sTbe stranger in Central Asia secs some Of the
/ tuInor. cf the military railway which doubt
| escapes the notice ci people who used to sucl
! an administration. The station masters ar the
| important places arc officers. and the smaller
stations non-cornu,issioue, officers. I am sure it
\ did not appear strange to my fellow -passengerss
/ brt for mvself never got over the delight %
cDudl1ffOT~ wearing SUurS in lheic