The evening times., 1900-10-11
NOTES OF THE DAY.

AuL SJ0Gt ODt Hilits ifvm StfiilITt4OH'
Chicago public sch ,oi children contributed
S3,300 to the relief of The Galveston sufefegS
At street fair in Wichita this fall one OF the
chief features viii be arch forty feet high.
constructed entirely OF apples.
The school board Of FL Paso, Tex, mas issued
order that as sanitary measure female teachers
wear short skirts while on duty.
Dr. Brsubacher has made series of inyestiga-
tions which showed that 725 per cent of dys-
fepties examined had Insound teeth
Pasteur Institute has just been opened at
kassauii, Hill station in the Punjab district,
about thirty miles from Sinla, India.
The Department Of Agriculture and Commerce
OF Japan predicts spleI did rice crop this year,
the average crep being 194, ,634, 200 bushels
The 19Ist birthday OF Dr. Samuel johnson wzs
celebrated at Lichfeld England. by the dedica-
tion OF his birthplace as public memorial 60
him
Manufacturers of birch beer have been detected
cutting down birch trees in Van Cortiandt Park.
New York, to get the bark to flavor the liquor
with
Citizens OF the State of Missouri will have
an opportunity to vote in the November general
election on seven different amendments 10 the
State Constitution
brisk trade in fox skins is springing up be-
tween France and Italy. The latter last year ex-
ported 1900, mostly from round Rome. Foxes
are plentiful IN Italy.
Old settlers in western Kansas are predicting an
unusually cold winter They base their opinons
upon the fact that the buffalo grass that region
Is unusually thick this year.
The good roads movement is doing things in
New Jersey, in which State during the last eight
years 1000 miles Of highway have been built
by State and county appropriations.
large Brooklyn brewery firm has decided that
from this time man who has not letter OF
credit in the form of wife viii be able to get
sufficiently int their good graces TO be set up in
business.
French hatred Of Great Britain has taken a
strange method of manifesting itself in Paris,
where some OF the rabd boulevardiers are
cutivatiRg boards la Kruger q compliment
to the Beers.
In day recently sixty prairie schooners,
making a string about a mile long passed Guth-
rie. Okla, their way to the Kiowe and Com-
manche country They mostly from the
State OF Missouri.
Early in the coming year competitive plans VIII
be invited for the physical design 0: the
capital of the Australian federation The in-
tention is to make 1t Of the most artistic
cities IN the world.
Florida has expectations of producing iui-
mense orange crep this year. 1t IS devoutiy to
be hoped that Jack Frost will delay any visit
to that section OF the country until this ucl0us
fruit IS completely harvested
resolution was adopted recently by the
Indiana Federation Of Labor asking that law
be passed prohibiting the employment by street
railway companies of eonGBct0rs or motOTmen
who are addicted to the use Of iBtoxicants.
An Iona Ciich.) woman has reversed the usual
order Of things by inserting advertisement in
the local papers warning people against trusting
her husband. she viii not be responsible for
! tie payment Of any debts of his contracting.
\ business man in Otterville. No, who recently
temporarily retired from business, posted on the
door Of his store Gone to the street fair in Sc
dalIa- viii he back when get sober" He
enjoys the reputation Of being the f-ankest
il town.
The Grand Duke IIezsc has curious taste for
nan. His royal hishness is most skillful vita
the needle, and his embroidery is exceedingly
beautiful He takes the greatest interest in
his work, and i particularly clever IN the ar
langement Of eoIors-
Electricity Was used for mining very early in
lis development. and one OF the first plants was
set up st Santa RosaIia, near chihuahua, Mexico
Electricity i used exclusively in the gold fields
nf South Africa and Australia and in The dil-
-Rond fields OF Brazil
An English advertising agent, while at a sea
side resort recently noticed how eagerly visito-s
peilse he bought wagon load OF mlissei shells
Stamped advertisement on each and scattered
them along the shore
At WlfkesbarTc Pa, three weIl-known citizens
who had been induging in a spree were brought
before the mayer the other day to be disciplined
tie sentenced each TO saw up five railroad TOR
the miners widows who lave wood and who
apply at the wood yard each day for fuel
Almost every cle knows tbst ants are about the
most intelligent Of all insects. They haze Their
homes their armies their workmen, and their
idlers IN almost every nest y Swiss professor
has discovered thar these little creatures
have among them ds2FfS, giants, cripples, etc,
Just the human have
Tyverty ty-tIoar geld pieces 10 the value OF 3, ,O91
TO be used in floor tiling OF d gorgeous sa-
Iooa row being fitted up al South Bend Ind
The tiles are especially made TO contain $50
gold pieces; the depression for their reception
allowing the coin 10 sink one thiTty-secoId OF da
inch below the surface, this avoiding Fiction
Upon the accession Of James VI of scotland t,
the throne OF England in 1898 the crowns Of
England and Scotland were united and the sli-
port Of the royal have since been tie
British lion and the Scotch unicorn. There WIS
always 5sfare hon, but or the left some ~
raI f-om the family badge, that al tue
Stuart family, that q 1 lion and a srf,-
hound.
Rubber boots are very heaithfnl for small I,.ys.
says the Boston Transcript. That IS TO say.
they are teugheTing. The boy who wears them
inevitably gets his feet vet, if there Is 4 pint
of water TO be found in days travel but 1t 3
this continual wetting OF feet that hardens the
hoy-unless he happens Rot to be OF sufficiently
strong constitution IN that case don iHfy the
hey any rubber boots
The Connecticut Supreme Court will soon be
called upon 10 decide to the validity q a
clause in the Will of one Hall. who bequeaihed
$4,000 for the purpose OF combating the fun
daInsDtal Christian doctrine that the soul Is I'M
mortal Natural heirs contest the viii, raising no
question as to the testator's soundneSs Of mind,
but declaring that it would be contrary 10 pub
/ lie policy TO allow sach viii to stand
Thomas II. Lane, the artist who died recently
at his home in Elizabeth, \. J., was born in
Philadelphia eighty7six years ago and was an
intimate friend OF Edgar Alien Poe, with whom
he was associated in the management of the
Broadway Journal One Of his boyhood friends
was Joseph BoBaparte, whom he used visit in
known artistic work was upon the Capitol at
Washington.
Members of the building trades, architects,
builders, and influential citizens in New York
city have organized the ''Work Together Club.
Tie object is Ito promote harmonious relations
between employers and employees hy bringing
! about reforms directly affecting the builGiag
trades This organization viii from time II
time make appeals for the endorsement ct
measures for the protection of workmen engaged
in the construction and alteration Of buildings"
Jonas Carter, aged seventy, fell in love with
sixteen-year-ol Ollie Sanders, at Ioia, Kan. and
she consented to marry him. The license had
been procured and the wedding hour set but
few minutes before the appointed time Miss 0lie's
heart failed her and she threw her aged lover ever.
The Register SAYS the friends OF Mr. Carter
'-are divided between sorrow for his keen disap-
pointment and rejoicing that he escaped what
undoubtedly would have proven unpleasant