The evening times., 1900-05-12
NOTES OF THE DAY.

" T. Gladstone.
change in fashions is probable from the fact
thlt an Easish artist hss recently painted A
Poif9it o. the Prince Of Wales atfired IN a fr0Ci-
coat and taa shoes.
+. hs,I ne ltlii2. GovernHeH1 has Just received t
ever Duiit i = a steam car q hfr- horsc-pogrsr
ana IS intended Tor military purposes
Two horse chestnut trees. one Of which shell
ters pair OF nesting birds stand IN front of the
Northern Home fer Friendiess Children. in PtU-
adelphia- They are beautifully symmetrical
A wounded m1n went to the Red eros. Ho.pirst
IN New York and sald he was soldier and had
been shot in the Philippines Il turned cut thss
he was burglar and had been shot in the bip.
The casket containing the remains Of Lincoln.
through tear 9f vaEdai thieves. has been removed
no less than ten lines since IL was first placed il
the vault al Oak Ridge Cemetery, Nay T. Is55-
Postmen at St. Louis have been equipped With
neT style Of headgear designed for their speci1I
use IN hot weather The hat in question Is oi
bi1e gray felt and IS said TO be much cooler tsan
hclncL
bill has been introduced in the House a
Commons by Sir Charles Dixie, Mr.. John Buras.
and others fer the embellishments Of wages board
70 fix the rate q wages 20 be paid workers in par
ticular trades.
The disposition Of Mount vesuvius 10 get rid
of a supezabunGsnce OF lava and rock Is up
setting the plans Of some who intended 10 visit
that historic l0caiity after viewing the sights Of
the Paris Exposition.
Paris wooden racing tracks are BoreG full q
small hoes until they resemble sieTes. fully
inflated tire touches less solid surface than ii ths
holes we're not there. and this, 50 the experts
claim, ADDS speed to the track.
There are some cigars made in Havana whiea
are said 10 cost s. apiece. Most Of therr ara
smoked by HabObs in Europe, Who, however, It
Is declared. are content with about one Of these
fragrant devices % the weed per day
An ingenious Canadian has A;ted motor 20 a
sleigh for ice sIeighing. The motor operates q
/ spiked wheel set between the rear runners. yiie
front runners being used Cor steering. Tie rider
SITS ard drives as IN a motor quadricycle-
( To utilize the power Of flowing water withoat
natural OF artificial dams. a German has patented
new water wheei. which h4s r1diBl arms extend
Cd from central vertical shaft with wings pivot.
ed on the arms q. hang vertical when moving with
the current, AID Horizontal when going against L.
IN eyewitness says that the meeting between
the Prince and Princess Of Waies and the King
az Denmark. after the attack on the Prince az
Brussels vas one Of the most touching sights h-
ever witnessed The old King vas deeply asi-
tsted-
During Nay and June the Duke and D1eaess Il
pfc viii reside at their villa a. sheen. near
RichrncHd. and early in June they are 70 proceed
I 20 Scotland. and spend month al Dun House,
Z Ba1hs1ire. before g0i1g 70 Ma Lodge Aberdeen
shire for the shooting season-
\ deed from Herman " Coke. conveying 10 ths
Atlantic CRY Railrold property on the south sids
of Kaiehu Avenue. Camden. from Front S-reet
nearly o. second Street. has been hled m tHs
once of the Register % Deeds in Camden. Tia
consideration n@EuCd Is s.. 40
SmuCElcd tobacco cuufscatcd ~ the British
customs authorities vas formerly burned IN ia
huge furnace known As the Queeu's pipe. but ios
some years past this has not been done Instead
the tobacco j. Ssut % the criminal iurzcic asyi-
uus for the beaets Of the inmates
A. A- Purn1Ea. an electrical engineer. c. R9cEes-
ter, y Y, made N oral VIII the other day by
taking into ph0zogrsph. He signed his name
the rou OF the machine with a hlt
copper wjre, and the witnesses did Ekevise Le-
gal authorities sly thai the VIII Is valid
Three Prussiau officers have made q quick trip
from Berlin to Prague in a balloon They left at
0'cloeS in the Afternoon and came down at
, O'Clock. having rlsen 20 an altitude % looO1
feet during part OF the journey. The distance
between Tie Uwo cities r covered By an express
train IN seven hours
George T. Slade has been appointed general
manager Of the Delaware Valley aud Kingston
Railroad in charge Of al departments except the
accounting department wltA headquarters AZ
DuEmcre- Pa Sidney Williams has been APPOINT
&C comptroller OF the company in charge Of the
accounting department
In point Of magnitude and cost the Trans-Sl-
berau Railroad is certainly the greatest engineer
ing work of the age According u figures fur
us>iled by the Russian Imperial Ministry of Ways
% Communication the tcJzl cost Of rhc railway
viii be S5e8018 .Gl8 % which about S295 oJ0. 20
has already been expended
TIE first attempt Al a hish-cl4ss operluc per-
Torrance by HCgT0es Is 10 be mlde shortly II
Cisyellnd- WIEN Bizet's ''CITraen' VIII be sung
This Is the n1sl ambitious musical venture the
hrT a.er and FIR -
teruile WletEeI - not they c4p1bie o. ul-
sicaI expression IN enc " its higher forms
German students are returning 20 the medieval
notion Of wandering about the world The mod
cn GolisrdS. however are personally conducted
and know beforehand precisely WhI- their Jour-
news win cost them Last wear they VISITED ItaIy;
tins spring 100 Oi them VII 20 T. COnstzntino-
pie and Asia Minor.
American business men, says "Cassier's
Magazine.' '-aEe more rgady 70 Cn--gu in new en-
terprises which promise good returns than thOss
OF Great British. from the fact lhzt a vastly
Ststes have made their o1n fortunes than i
the case in the l,dsr countries where the large
fortunes, as q rui., are inherited
Nearly all q the jute mills in India are now
lighted with electric lights Il was found that
he working PEOPLE could uor. overtime under
much bstter conditions with increased pay IN the
electric GIFTED mill the consequence was that
the worknen aocked TO the Eell-iighted mills.
50 that those mills which opposed the Int-oduc-
ticn Of electric lights forced % provide IT,
People in Maine are becoming very tired Of the
curiew lew. which by municipal ordinance, IS ex-
perirnertin- in several cities in the state In
the frst place IL Is argued that the law Is not
enforceable. ard as a second objection the point
i made that II is nOnscnsical inaSuUch a.. II
people old and young. thr streets after night
fall are di.crderly. they can De Just -elI
admonisied as II their Ofences were committed
in daytime
The Oldest actor in England is James Doel,
who has passed his ninety-sevsEth birthday,
and IS stil hearty although he has retired from
1 the management Of the inn Of which be was
| landlord until few months ago de made his
/ first appearance upon the stage Of the Plymouth
I Theatre in The Turnpike Jatc'' when Queen
| Victoria AIS little more than baby He says
/ that he remembers seeing the first NapOleOl
As prisoner on the Beilerophon
It is claimed for c. P Robertson. Of Chatta-
! nooga. that he is the Youngest living who
fought throughout the civil on the COnfed-
crate side He enlisted in the Twenty fourth
Gcoreia Infan1rr August I8, 1851. when ne vas
fifteen wears a. seven months old. served four
years straight and never went home. having
meantime taken part in thirty battles. including
Chickamauga, Fredericksburg. and the Wider
ness besides scores Of small Affairs.
The HOosac Tunnel dock. located on the ClrzrIes-
ton SIDE OF the Boston Harbor, has just been
equipped with an electric hosting system. which
makes il possible to unload freight on ocesn-gO-
ing steamers at 4 and with ease that can
not be approached at any other seaport Ac-
cording 10 the Electrical World there are nine
of these HOSTS in the sheds. and they arr the