The evening times., 1900-02-01
NOTES OF THE DAY.

So great is the demand for pie in Chicago that
pisTnakers have been forced to work overtime, ana
threaten to strike for shorter hours.
IL is estimated that the various theatres and
opera houses in Germany receive subyentions 10
the amount of about s5OO.0O0 a year.
Among the $50 Cubans who took the census
OF the island were many women, and they received
the regular remuneration Of - a day
There were but two alarms Of Ere in the city ct
Spencer, Iowa. a city Of 5000 inhabi ants during
last year, and one Of them was false one
Forty-one lives were lost in the Colorado coal
mines in 1899, one for each 173 miners employed.
There were also recorded % accidents without fatal
result.
The Salvation Army for the second time mas
failed 70 get a foOthold in Mexico. Mexican Laws
forbid all religious processOns in the streets Cf
cities.
The natives Of the Philippines manufacture
very gauzy. transparent fabric for ladies' dresses
from the hbres Of the pineapple leaf It Is called
pima cloth
Connecticut figures from its recent state school
census that it has 20 per cent more inhabitants
( than il had in 1890. The population Of the cour-
| try on this basis il 7j,l5O.Oo0.
There is movement on foot among foreign
powers to do away with the limitation of age Of
Of ambassadors. making the tenure Of office depend
solely upon mans capabilities.
Users Of gas and electric lights viii soon De
able 70 put in a littie kniek by which the
gas or electric light can be put out at a pred
termined time ts fixing the apparatus.
Water il the hardest of all substances to heat.
with the single exception Of hydrogen gas. TIE
easiest two are mercury and lead. which stand in
this respect on nearly the same footing.
One Of the okiest hostelries in England j. the
new inn at Gloucester, but in spite ot the cen
turies which have rolled by since it built It's
once appropriate description still clinzs % IL.
The Kansas state Historical Library contains
Ell bound volumes Of newspaper files. s7.Jjj
books and pamphlets. - SO manuscripts. and a.
80 maps, aliases. pictures. and museum suhiert-.
The American and British Governments are bid
ding against each other ia tbe bean market Bean
( prominent ia the diet o. soldiers and -3ilors
and an abundlnt supply Of them IS considered 81
s-utisl.
Even al this late date. a number oi the uaa
Of AIsace and Lorraine oppo-e service in tae Ger
man army In the lhirty-Hine districts Of Net.
50 persons on JIuuary were before tbe court
on this account.
As the Government Of France could Rot De- per
suaded 60 vote Sf009,d0G for the purpose G. -s--
dcate is being Termed To lay a net o. wires rhs.
viii connect telephonicslly all Of tbe $500 M
Iuuuities of France.
The population OF British Guiana i- uetera---
ncous, including lI4i - Fast Indians. Iigi Por-
tuguese, 4.392 other Europeans. 2.4~o Chimes. anil
o.
posed u mixed races.
Nearly l00 persons lost jheir lives 0u tie G-s.-
l-akes during the past season. FftyziV Eers
drowned by the toundefpg Of ships ard thirty
two were lost overheard NJ lives were lot o.
any Of the regular lines
A special service for the Direction Of gambling
Ia, been orgaHized by Ji.- police Ia Vienna. t.
police seek for offenders rot only in cafes hut IN
clubs, and even enter private apartments ir Tire
hope Of surprising poker players.
Taerc arc nc fewer thau - trsn-istioas Of Nil
tons Paradise Lost IN the British H1~euHL
Apart from the great languages Of The world
these trauSlatioEs sre IN Danish. P1lisl. NAM.
Armenian, IcelsE6ic, and Bohemian.
The French Coverum,n, has just ordered ten
locomotives from this country. The goyerEmeB-
has stipulated that they SHALL be ready .a tim.
fer the extraordinary passenger traffic tNpeCte3
during The coming Paris Exposition.
AZ ice company which has jus; been u,orpOist
ed at Nv Haven. Conn. has announced that j.
iurenfs TO use auroniobiIe, f.r the delivery oi
ice ney. summer fr also propose o. pur larz.
freight ears on the local street railways - cor
yey ice from JHr lakes and iea lou-e~ ~ tie
central distributing points
james F. Carey Of iie Nl-saoau~ett- Legi-latrr-
has introduced into ,hst body a bill which pro
yidcS that no agent shall be permitted e. enter
The premise of the ~lItehouse unless DO wes-
badge bearIrg the word legislative agent
legislative Counsel" Tie badges are % be pro
vided by the seygesEJ-at-drms, and must b. con
-picuouslv displayed by the wesrer- The bill Is
iuteJded 20 correct -nme Of the evils Of lobbying
Not very long ago no women were employed
In the AstOr Library SAYS the New YORK Com
merciaL' At preser, there are 81 least dozen.
and they knew their business extremely wen. Tie
majority are young, and all nave a scholarly cul-
rr1f-
Ie--lF a, nurses in a hospital. and il they indulge
iu little chats now ard then 10 j. en- paS-Jut and
when there j. a luli In busineS-- While DO must
be admitted that all the employees of the ASt"r
Library are courteous and intelligent. the women
are especially 80.
notice has been ra-,-d in the offices Of eight
CHics.o uHk eompauis, Offering 500 reward to
the ten drivers who shall before January 4. 1901
return tine greatest number Of milk bottles Of
the company above those given out 90 regular
c1Stomcrs II is stated that since sue company
began tine delivery of milk in bottles at least
~ .m3 Of these bottles rave been retained oy ''e
customers. The bottles are worth about GEMS
each t1 the COMPANY. Get tie bottles where
ever YOU see tben. p" vas the Instructions 10 drIv-
er~ Women keep them for preserves and pick
les Never mind what is in the bottle. let the
driver tbro" iJ out On the floor. L DC IS straw
berry lam. 50 much The worse for the Jam
Tie euormous steppes OF Russia. on which range
3
al least ,iv months ou, Of every year Tne eslt."
live upcu the tall bunches Of grass which proitc.
above the snow. Tie i1ug-eputiEued glaze i'nHt
these snow fields it has been found. iHIAr~ o..
animals blind. iu which condition tHts age Vtit
difficulty sbla TO ind f'C Necessary HNt - tH Be-
Larry. RlS-i5u cattle r,iScr. with eye ft uCt.
I 4. profit sud pEiiuthropby has. accordingly, ir
vented ~uo., glasses FOR tHr protection 20 cfltc
eyes The glasses arF made ot smoked gl1s-. anu
trp fastened about The sniuJIs head nE ~ffsI'-.
I L. srrrfa herd I- rHfrp fifHli
. cattle which wear these queer >perfacifr. =.
{ least so we are informed hv tbe Chicago Time.
IA reply 90 a recent statement in tue "t"nj n
rimrs'' that the Oceanic. ci the Whit" star frt.
!, not wholly English. "a correspondent Of that
7spsr savs: Tie Ocearo. like all che Preeediu,
| White star liners. Was designed hv the late -
Edward H4ylard before he Gled ir" wears az
] happen To- know that Mr. i-nJy whose ',ih'i'
ZION for ~ Edward HJr.aUd could H-I"i' 't
ce.ded subsequently q, ojGed 10 adhere o. =.
I Edward HlrlluIS de-iEn- l need not point '.,l
/ Ant Fd,,ird VIr,aud was Yorkshire man. HE''-
I te.retors aa flr a. the ds~fsu of lnr 're'"c l-
I Fsrce,red she is wholly English Your corr
sf,rsert s,v@ that the ship % tH- White >l#r
Iinc lave been cpoeh-Uahins I' l. ther.i9.'
,,I,- flir IT, rccnguiza wtJt t. iudispUtahe
- ,,-.f, fbst III Edward Harlard not oul,
,is.igned the first G,caHir. the pioneer vessel nf
fbe a,at but that be also designed the second
Oce4nic the vessel which represents the euiu'
hating triumph of this engineering genius.
some interesting f---l remains were d-ros,r7I
in Ness county. Kansas. One specimen is oi ur-
usual form. aud Va, cliincd hy the oWucr lo h'
q fo-Siiized gail sac or bladder. I was igJH.l
Ufirr near the remains of q tylasauul- ma-s-.tur.
Plot Henry Fsir5cld Osborn was asked about 20
fv the '.~cient ific Arreric5u' and iu bis reply
called attention to "a bCt which j. well To- bear -1
mind He saws "IhC Wos3Saur > 81 "JdIF h
iur,d that it Is IF no value Io any one. i hope
YOU will disseminate the view widely as posi-
lie that the first thing Ca 90 after ti-COvcr,u-