The evening times., 1900-03-20
NOTES OF The DAY.

! The finest ruby in the world is in the crown Of
I his Muscovite Majesty, the Gar.
Grandma Charity Robson, Of Fond du Lac,
/ Wis, has just celebrated her 1O2d birthday.
| An Illinois man has invented clock which he
Claims Il a very close approximation to perpetual
motion.
/ Albany. \. Y. motormen are 10 be protected
! from the cold if Assemblyman Ginder's bill goes
/ through.
| One steamer recently carried ]. 100000 pounds
OF tiesh beef and 900 tons Of hay TO South Africa
/ for the British Army.
George Moore says that art in England is az
dead as the Ptolemies. and one must therefore
look elsewhere for appreciation
French physician has announced that not only
is yawning healthful. but il should be resotted to
artiicidily in case Of sore throat
The Kaiser Is great believer in luck and was
once seen walking through the streets OF Berlin
+ carrying a huge horseshoe in his hand.
The state officials OF Delaware have taken steps
20 prevent the delivery OF 20.O01 dead bird 20
Ne" YORK milliners for purposes Of ornamentdt.on.
More than half Of the g.5OOO01 bushels Of wheat
exported from Portland. Greg. during the past
eight months was raised in the State Of Washing
ton.
Gen. Quntin Bandera. the coored Cuban reyolu-
ZIONIST leader has decided to accept an ofice uu-
der the American Government Of occupation in
Cuba.
Queen Victoria has given s5. 600 10 the InGian
famine fuEd, aud the members Of the rOyal family
have been scarcely less generous in their contii-
buttons.
The average who puts on a pair
Of hid gloves little realizes. perhaps. that they
have gone through the hands Of 23J w0rkmeu, but
such j. the case
The indications that in war vessels vet to be
boilt magazine rcirigerating apparatus viii be one
additional adjunct % the long list Oi marine aux
iliary machinery.
Congressman Cousins is one Of fows'- most "a
nous fishermen lie spends every summer by
lake abounding in black ba-s and goes fishing
twice day-at sunrise and az sunset.
It Is rumoTed in London that Mrs CornwaI!is
West intends to present Mrs Lsngtry's daughter
jeanne at the next drawing room. Also that the
Queen may decide to forbid the presentation.
The drought this season has cost the Southwest
far than the disastrous freeze Of last winter
having cut down the crops greatly causing SEX
ness and advanced the price Of coal and many
other necessities.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson is Of the opfr-
ion that India rubber Hay be successfully raised in
Hawaii. II 30. it will make those islands more
valuable than they ever were before, as the de-
maHd for rubber l. ineXhau>tible.
At patriotic meeting in British Columbia the
artist who rectiEg ''The Absent Minded Beg
gar was struck on the head by a valuable piece
OF ore which stalydgt miner mad in his euthuS-
ia-m thrown upon the stage on the third repet.-
ton Of the injunction 70 Pay. pay. pay
There Is now living in hale old age Tr George
CrOall. Of Il London Street, Edinburgh. who wa,
present at the annual theatrical fund dinner in
ls27. when Sir Walter Scott proclaimed himself
the author Of -Wdverlev' He di~tinctIv re-
members the great enthusiasm aroused on that
occasion.
It appears that the eommi,ssry department, Las
sent no less than nifty tons Of candy % orr sol
diers in the Philippines during the last three
months on the advice Of medical authoritiaS who
say that moderate amount OF it promotes helltu
IN the tropics. besides satisfying natural craviE-
Of the stomach.
The latest book on the Shakespeare Bacon que
tion Is soon to appear in Boston. It. author IS
Charles Allen, who as a LAWYER has made a min
ute and critical study OF the law terms used bv
Shakespeare. He claims that Lord Bacon was tor
learned a iUri-t 10 have written plays and poems
showing such ignorance q legal knowledge a- That
displayed by Shakespeare.
Charles T. Yeraes who in a surprisingly shart
period amasSed $500 90 a. owner Of Chicago
street car franchises and then removed O. New
York city. hoping there to get q great deal ot
ENJOYMENT out Of his riches. has made the me an
Chov discovery that great wealth does not bring
happiness AT least he says he has. and there Is
no reason why people shouldn't believe him.
Rapid increase in the number Of prairie dogs
In Western Nebraska has caused the experiment
station connected with the state universitv to
exDerimont with a view to suggesting means for
their determination. These pests have become such
a nuisance in sheridan county and other paIts OF
Nebraska. especially in the northwestern part,
that the people are actually becoming alarmed.
Each year statement Is issued relating to the
operatives and wlge-CarEcrs at Pullman. H. A
canvass Of them shows that this wear there are
I.IJ2 persons employed in the various industries
which are carried On 5t that place. 6.sJs being
men and 29i women. OF the total. '.l52 l544 are
reported a. renting bones 10 Pullman. l.d9> ~
boarding in Pullman. and 5,2l2 in al reside in
Pullman.
There are certain things that always accom-
plny Queen Victoria when she travels abroad.
and they make a goody showing. They iHclUd,
her bed favorire eJsy chair and f0otstu0i. a
special table, the plate. linen. glass and china
required. her carriage horses, donkey chair AMI
donkey, harness. and other acc0utremeuts.
wheel chair. many pictures aHd collection Of
framed photographs
4 Western firm Is sending out circulars offer
ing to supply busy students with all kinds oi
graduating cszays and SAYS it has been c7uyirS
on this business for twcufy-one wears, during
which it has extended from purely local iH~ti-
.uticn to the limits Of the Eugli,h-spt3kin- world
The FIRMS price lisr /, Is follows. High school
lions and d,hates. % to SI5. political speeches,
no to S3o; lectures, SO and upward; sermons,
from - cents 10 80.
There il now on exhibition in London an EN-
ployes' clecEiEg C+ock which. in addition, takes
a picture Of the employee The appa-ltvs
resembles a somewhat bulky camera wiki large
lens appeTtue in front and button 10 De pressed
iust below the opening. Inside the box = "a
clock and a ssG>itized ribbon The idea Is that
Is n z-rff5fIa
rear the employees entrance ard that on has ar
rival and departure each man should stand IN
front Of il and press the button
The iranking privilege in the mails at one time
was conferred upon individuals as q matter Of
distinction and honor. Not very many people
lavc ever held that privilege through special act
# Congress In 1877 resolution was adopted
that all letters addressed to George Washington
should he received and conveyed hy post daring
his lifetime free Of charge. IN lSol the same
distinction was conferred en- John Adams; in l>2S
on Charles Carroll. Uf CIrr0llton. Resolutions Of
similar tenor also gave to Dolly Madison and tae
widows Of William Henry Harrison, and AhrdH-m
Lincoln franking privileges >iEcc the Laiter D.
has only been allowed for public documents ard
departmental matter
Some persons who have just returned from the
neighborhood Of Huaste,l P5tlsiEl, NsXico, waore
thew were in search Of coal, report The discovery
n a very wonderful cave in the mountainous re-
riops of that country. II is decorated insidc in
rery elaborate manner and is evidently the temple
i an aborigiona god In fact there is row in tn,
ave 7 huge stone image. OF an Indian Idol Prom
Indications il Is evident that the IDOL iS stiI
eccivinz the worship Of the EItiyes IL : thOIghL
hat this worship may have been going on for
nany years in the place; and that the na iyci
shcu they found that they could not carry On
heir heather worship openly, took the idol TO the
ave and there fitted up for it the best and most
1b-rltp fcmple their facilities an rdcd