The evening times., 1900-04-13
NOTES OF THE DAY.

in nearly every instance ;,efore the heart stops
beating.
In Russia man is allowed TO marry four times,
but t Is not permissible for min % enter a state
oi lo'nlt oiossedness after he has reached three
score years VI age.
Electric dog carts are being built in Fneliud
which carry iogr pa.seuVers and nun fifty miles
with one charge Il has four soee,l--three six
and tweleye mills an hour.
Il requires an average Of more than twenty
million pins day to sustain the falling ssirts.
replace the missing slSpender buttons and meet
the other need Of the American people.
In Brazil parents and guardians may. before
eonsenting 10 the marriage of their charges. re-
quire medical certificate from the bride OF bride
groom certifying that he " she has been vaccinzt-
II VIII cost the Government nearly $1,000 70
purchase the paper with which to manufacture
yae extra money provided for by the currency law
IA the way II additional national bank circua-
ti0n.
Cat fancieB in Lincoln county Oregon. have
obtained the consent q the Poz;ofi,e Department
20 the christening Of their posJofhce by the name
of Angora- The hIst postmaster Of Augora bears
thc suTnamc NJ Tom
Engineers say a l0Ofoot wide canal. y 10 Is
feet deep, h,tws,n Lake superior n Grand Forss.
\. d., Is an engineering possibility. The scheme
is a grand one and the agricultural Northwest
b iuts IL carried through.
Fine jewels are registered Ike fine dog. Their
history, or pedigree, can be cot az the registry
Office, with their description. value. owner and
~ forth. an detailed very accurately. The regis
ty tend 10 prevent stealing
An electric railway. 10 be 800 miles long and 10
cost sILOO0.Ooo. is to be constructed, with ap-
,roh4tson of the Government o. the extent of
So 0O0 000 connecting the Ststs- 0f Toblseo Yuca-
tan, Chaps, and Campeche, Mexico.
FOR preserving timber from decay an Australian
has patented a Treatment. consisting of i'm
mer-ine the timber iu a solution q ar-engus acid
and alkah until thoroughly lmpre.uated after
which a coating Of ~Hphatc oi copper r. applied
There is a society with over 300 members In
Riga, Russia, each Of whom pays three rsb.es
every time a C.ild is born 90 one Of the other
members, while the one who h-s the child gets
from 80 90 80 ruble-. according 90 the number
Of paymguts he has made.
In Waldeck thrre L. IaV that DO Uceuz. 20
marry VII be- granted 20 any individual who has
the habit of oyer-lriukiIc, and once identified
with the habit an InebriaJe must produce sufi-
cieUt proof % reformation % warrant his rec-Iv-
ing tae iicense 4t any future time
Tie establishment Of tool-uakiug plants in Eu-
rope b. likely 20 be- followed boy the establishment
oi German teIrile plants in America Fifteen
years ago the Botany Norsted Mills were e>tsbI,n-
ed hy German capitalist lu pa=s-lic. y J.. 10
take advantage of thc high drry existing
Queen Nc,oua has approved Of the adoption
by officers o. the Royal Horse Artillery, Hls-
sar-. and Rife Regiments. 90 q plume Of os-
'reh feathers instead % osprey plume, now in
use- The Nicgr1y'- RHdgerurd a. Calcutta fas
also abandoned birds plumes for crulncuIs.
Leaves can De- rapidly and eIeau.y picked up
trom lawns by an Ohio uomau's invention, which
h4. large hopper mounted on wheels. with taH
blades -et iu the mouth of the hopper cio-s 90 the
ground, 20 be- rapidly Tevoived by gearing inside
THE wheels, TINS tanning the leaves into the hop
per
An insect census has jus, ben taken by
scientific EHgii-hrasn on purely -cieutsnc lines
with a view 20 determine a. far as % is ro-si-
ble which insects are a boon and blessing %
mankind and which are ,he reverse. The results
Of the investigation are 20 be published sE-s
sp.Ing
The delinquon5ies 4 servants are q tab0oed .1b-
Jet among japanese ladies. To discuss seTyaats
would be considered by them . decided want Of
good breeding They may talk of dress. the tlea-
ire, music. and variety ot interesting things,
bot their domestic fluctuations must never be
teTred 90.
President JabIousd. of The Polish National Ali
4nce. Is authority for the statement that many
Poles are being recruited into British regiments
They are being >sut- be says. not 90 south
Africa, hut 20 India. that they may hvrr
against Russia IN case war with thar country
should break out
By imperial uk1~e lsbo-iug hours ia factories
sud-CthCr Industrial Establishments must not ev-
ceed IIlz day- uu saturdays and on the eve q
all holy DAYS uf which there are more rh4n 100,
uoJ more than 30 can Pee imposed. Night lbor
may cautiuue from D. E- Co ly d. m-. and must
never exceed more than lu hours
An y,,itabie resident Of Boston raf-.d great
c.mmorion 80 the aHes- Of the Board of Health
" that city q few DAYS ago by reporting -he
discovery rs c-~, ut lrpr.-y lU one gt the most
cen~ely fnhlultatrI sections Of The Hub. IN
vestIgatiCu> proved thaI the supposed ,psr v-s
suffering only from a severe cold
The British irya,.ad wsuHcr. which is ne
oldest var~tHp Of It's kind in Her Mafs--y's
navy. has JUST been stricken from ,hs ron oi
vessels u active service The Warrior vas
launched I'M l,t0 and completed tie next year.
She has displacement Uf H.EIU tons. and .rtr
iron armar IS ieur and oue-hali inches thick
America uaaaiaeturar- Of -5lk are gaining
more and more saHhjenee sn the matter 7i
setting rhC fa.Mons and DO D. not improbable
rbst they viii before long b. creating designs
NAV say A few years agr every idea had 10
originate ln France, Hui tA.- IS getting -o be
less and less tLe case
Al Bo-eo BesIe, ga ,ae slopes oi yesavius uelr
Pomp-ii. excavations have brought up the most
remarkable raiutiu-- oi thc Roman period yet
li-tNhtItt- lU me E.'.llD- 90 Llt Del FT~1N VIA
great pcrsty.s and four iar-e rooms have been
uuearrled. tine walls o- which are covered by
twenty large fr.-gUe- ,f Ill guluuuL and care. .ll
execution The hElUe- are life size
-Four years ago. when the Cornecucut AErielI-
JursI Experiment Station Gi-t began % make ,ssts
Of food products ~ pcr cent a. the coffee oX-
auIlucd was found % be adultorateC- Last war,
r. yiEg presumably % the eNpas7res then made,
,he proportion ot impure ,luee was bat i8 per
cent OF lhc coda water syrup, anaiyzed last YEAR
fity-siv 9u1 Of uiHety-rwo samples were a@u.t,r-
stei.
The WAY in which tae Indians made soap-tone
dishes Is said 20 be- Is follows. With hard
implement. probably flint they eut a circle on
the stone which MAS 20 become a dish and then
Clipped away 4i.d down ON the Cirruu1ierense
Of this They then fashioned the outside. fg the
90 BE rock itself Finally, they split 90 of 10
the bottom and followed 10 out and the dish
was completed.
No feature Of the marvellous growth OF our com
nieruc Is more striking than that rcariug 90
ports Of iron and steel Toe total foreign COM
mercc OF the United States u the wear Just ended
has Tor the first time crossed the 5000. .u0O line,
and the total exports ot the manufacturers Il
iron and steel have for the first Time crossed ihe
In the calendar year 1870 rhe total exports Il
iron and steel amounted 90 only so 0JJ. .00g but ia
IS99 they were Sloj.rSf0i5.
The Duchess Of Marlborough IS ;le owner at
most costly collection Of valuable pearls which
represent a portion oj the HsudeTbilt wealth
Possessing o long snd slender throat. she j, able
20 wear broad collar OF ,tri--s Of pearls Sc
cured by diamond bars Another necklace OF great
value consists Of long row OF thc c0StiCst pearls
altcmatCd hy wheels Of diamords The value 0i
Jhis IS something fabulous Her jewel box also
contains other ornaments of pearls ,hat a-C the