The evening times., 1900-03-16
NOTES OF THE DAY.

] Brooklyn viii spend s200.000 on q ncr wing fsr
''e Brooklyn Institute Of Arts aud Sciences.
Nother-oi-pearl articles should be cleaned with
""i'n@ and cold water soap disc0Io-s them.
ne number Of deaths in BROOKLYN for the month
| % '''i'@iy vas --el9. which l. unusually large.
! In blowing out candle. hold Il aloft and then
] gIcase. ''-s VI 'i1
In tie E3uish high schools the cost Of e5,,,,ti,.
5.uae1Ls' s'5 Including everything except coihinr.
Tie foreign cgr.merrc Of the port of Boston la--
2yt-l 2 aggresated sl'8,isj90o, surprising all pre-.
Nerchsadise exports hom France in J-uuzry ia
crossed S5.0oo.o00 over Is19 rucr,landise import
/ increased 100000
Masachusetts imposes q tax Of 3 Per cent ON
bequests coming 10 univcrsilic. and colleges froll
I outside the state limits
J Canon Gore complains of Che poverty anon
many OF the Clergy IN England, and lave it 20 the
| charge OF lukewerT-ne-s among the Iaity.
In tbe university library 1T Ithaca. y. y. thsr,
/ nas bten placed a memorial tablet 90 Clifton y.
4 Brown. student who fell iu the charge u sau
/ Juan.
! He,icysn University. 90 Nddie.owu. Conn.
/ may found an suueZ for women StudetiS on :He
! plan now iu vogue st Harvard aud Brown Uli-
versitie-.
I While Lollou church u5s on fire bridal
| parry entered and insisted upon being we'd. %
that the p3rSJH tied the klot while the cdiile
was in f1Inss.
CIynga,th, mansion ou ,ae Aagiesay side O.;
tie Aeuai Straits. ias just been Acquired by the
lccle=asticaI C0tnuissiortIs as a uaIlle iIr tle
Bishop ct Bangor.
! Catholic mi--lonary work Ia, been r,,..uled On
l lle Suppression Oi Marii-ul iu O1rtll-ru4r and
hnartun ard schools for the natives uifl shortly
4 be erected in both cities.
Reports cay that little win De- Isf- of Dawson
I S. metz ~
\ rush iH May and juno. Merchants are closing 0ut
/ their stocks, and ''to rautr -igus are frequent.
/ b. new process Of rolling N4--4,huzet,s
genius has succeeded I'm attaining rc-1,t, that %
Tar a. sheet metal work IS concerned. are almost
{ equal t0 what be- woiid he able ts arrorarIi-,
! copper
At Denver a demand for higher wages from
uesriy al lines oi workmanship bias been granted
( Peloeablv Iu tine building t-ades especially tie
demand for labor is SD urgent t.at at,yarces were
granted readily and tine oost of houses raised p.O-
/ poluanaJglE-
Tie urizc offered iy Tire late Alfred Nobel. the
| inventor vino made fortune by tire mauufactur.
Of dynamite 8, awarded by am international COM
miliee Tor the most important invention IN
. science Industrial art It j. omen 20 an the
world and embraces an subjects Of human en-
quirE-
/ TIE citizens Of Lagrange. Ind. have presented
s.'.'Ntf'-..' f' I..H AtIH' IHaLL t.af
/ ordinary skunk farm vas started within the
/ corporate limits oi tlsU city and tEa scent va,
more than the HsIEhhou- could stand Tie BE-
I moustran'e iS drawn up in legal form and -
signed by t0cnry-iliEe rg-5r-r-.
Servan, girls -u Boston a -o read Homer. Ca--fe.
and schiller Gre spoken Of in rhc I5bo7 bulletins
of M41>ssHlsett- just I-alrL B0-t.a ktl.ars
E showed tElr while cook books ~ vrrirrs mage
are the rro-t common, good hooks 1f other tfrds
were rCt o. an unusual Dr. Two Ur three ra-es
seemed to De preferred
Especially iu ald Japan tle r.r- ,a gr.-er. Dl.
per Is put are iunrraf-hle- Taaagh an the r--
prrs are u.sae tIr same way s5-y nave G5Tr- u-
names. depending 90 rI. u-g, i1 w.-irh they ar.
prr- Partitions between rHlG.- and window Light,
are OF paper It- Partitions arc paper or -IG-
iu- frames ~.'UliEi On Che plsUple sf iIiCIs-s
of sliding doors Il,rrrrr= ard umbrella caylr5rz5
are uady ri lr.
3 TIE vztsr supply OF Porto Rscc. because Of is
abundance ard FRESHNESS i.ou tire m0mta-z
streams. ought t0 De- pure anI good for use. Be-
it is trr otrerSi~r. A tli.. bed % rank v-rc-
t4JIcn Is ever cecaliHg beneath the new growth
rising above d.. and the water flte-iuE through
tle rotten mas becomes Tlf only .tespsd ultn
Tho lye Cf dscIylr- re-J, leaves and grasses, bu.
RI iua oi insects and worms
Tr" mos, recent plapr.-- lr The l-7rloumeut
ai AFRICA Is railway I.-1-- -le Lc-rit OF Sahara
extending fr7r7 Al-iyr- g. tire N5g-r Efrer The
7 IlAN al.'l'L N.-LNI~-'HL o.. ."-rT or the
TrCrcI GlvCuUcn-, VINO have IN jral possession
data obtained praiir5saly s-I.y-ys. The prof.
ecl-d route oi thc railway is from Bislara in
ALyriI la TE-Urr ard N1rEll. and then running
due south over The desert and .re Tium0 Noun
f4Ius Do JIe group 90 U--lS a. AT Ag8des. The
Zinc here would divide. one branch extending 20
Lake T~CLld In a ~oI-tlr-t-trfv direction while
tbc other would run southwest o. the Uppcr
Niger Valley. which Is French territory. There
would he about 80 miles ai railway % be con-
StuCtcd in the desert. and tle expense Is ests-
mated st S61.ol90sl, as there are neither trees
uov water ca the and ptliu-- There = already
3 ln thc Upper Niger region railway which eN-
tends iIom Ksyps. 40 tnc head at ra- .lriou 10
Dlacba, thirty miles beyond the mou-h II tae
Being River.
/ The Scotch Cs-5Gi5rs Of tac u--se7t dsv.'
Says a Montreal correspondent on the. "CltlloI.c
standard and Times belong % Clan Prosperous
In actual numbers they form lut ole-,went5eta
of the population of Montreal, pcs ti-- osu one
iau=tit Of the wealth oi the eisv- Their castles
on thC mountain and tIeir mansions ou The Rue
SherbrOoke axe sights 20 Sec JgdE - from the
business signs one might fancy thl, the cIty -
within mile o. E1irb"Io town. Tive dead q practical
branch % the Gaelic race certainly has a lsOn.ue
share II the prosperity % wliCh it has contributed
its quota. Tnc long-hsaded. ilr-sighted scotch
make solid citizens Wherever thcv e.. and thrv
have helped 20 make Montreal a solid commercial
I city Tie business relations cf ~cor-men aIi
Freucimcu are wonderfully srricahlr: the FrenJl
Z have forgiven ana the Scotch have tDrgotIan the
SINS Of either days o7Itsidc lf commercial nIrs-
+ n9rSRips racial lros are clearly defined lr.I
/ oddly enough. 81 Is tle Preach who are socially
ciaEEl,ii. lEt5rllaIglsE-,- as I remarked in a
| previous letter. simpI, add 60 tsc strength of
I the French ( iuadi7- .sr--y.
4 iew blsins-- u-- who are o-J-tl--ssuyI a.
well a, elderly, -4y= tae t-NeU NotL Time sin
r.eT Jbc trpcvririuS uaeti.r 81 an cfrtr-iyc ir-
noyation,- but In tae vas, majority q commercial
I transactions the pen IS uo. used only for t',e
/ production OF sisIlturts. and enormous has tc q
the corseq'le't economy oi lime. temper aHd ,,-
/ In private carrcsPoadeuc-, however the pes -tiI
l pretends 90 Scorn the competition 81 tire n4cliar
[ and snyb0dy who venture to break she genersI
[ rule mist he prepared Tor cold dis,iIiu angry
cNp0stu ulJtiGu. Tho reason f'v rhis. probably.
[ rh. fact thar once Do could iLiriy 1SSuufl
/ that every typeWutLeE letter I Dictated
lrtrtr ard or CCurSr cvggs body wants tire team
[ mission Il his her ItCul'- thoughts 90 Be
direct aS possible. BUt nowadays a Large Lgrn5er
I Of people hcsidc~ professional sscretarle, have
I learned the mystery Of ypcuTirIr-. sud for therl
| "a U0uid 10 hugr convenience n the last Iuf-
purtaut Preiudice azsIiu=t typeWrittsn letters.
( such. could he dissiDdted. Would &c not be po--
sibie TO effect tGc desired change by iuvcutinr
! word to De used A. ~DlytIted Is bv the business
world. .AutotypeG' would 90 If it had not al
! ready been huydcued with several other siggi-
and ''Uuassistcd'' would De- too vague. some one
| 0t our ingenious correspondents can doubtless
solve the problem, and Wiu tile gratitude % folks
/ pho have come 90 fms the ucn r nuisance but
who desires 20 retain their reputation for ordinary
/ courtesy.
| The present yray has given 10 the world liquid
| air on a commercial basis. although years ago
/ DeSar demonstrated lis possibility as a labor,-
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