The evening times., 1900-07-14
NOTES OF THE DAY.

years led The world in the r,ysl and ancient game,
but since 1888 the Gpen championship has not been
| won by Scotchmzn-
SHIPS navigating the suez Canal at night INST
/ be equipped With a sssrchlisht of power I'D
eieEt 20 light UP the chsnn>i fos IT least IhIee-
( quarters Of = mile ahead
Sir William Martin Couusr. who has atts-s
/ eaitori'y IN Europe a. roIntata cliifber, ~
I ia asecnccd some Of the highCSt ptass of ne
| oio Horlc. is oa his vav O. America
4 pet Malte>e cat belonging 20 an English 90
man has been successfully provided With pea
| cles 20 eounterzct falling eyesisht picture q
a mouse Was used bs The Occuii>t 10 test tae
! eats eyes.
| The surface and eleya-ei railNay sys;ems Of
/ Chicago have DoE been arranged tEzt il IS
/ possible 90 reach slu.os, any part CT the cry
/ without having 70 J1Ee CD ~ Walk an inl-n-
Yenlen- distance.
/ On July I the Dominion Of Canada entered ne
thirty third year Of its existence. Il started
Tour scattered provinces ia the cas- nOU II l. Il
H.st half the northern eOutineIt stretching fr m
: sA0re TO shore. from east u vest
An early prophecy that has been verified vas
the prediction q ManaSseh Cutler Of Mzssa-
chrsetts who in l7s7. predsted that the curreuts
down the ONO and thc Mississippi would one Gay
be more crowded tlau sHy other str or esr.h-
In all the wreck af matter and crush of ro. fds
that engage the attention q the universe .ozAy
frii-te inc HeN. lla- h-pnc1zc i still cNi .
ence. Only recently biz nugget picked lp
On tie noted Gold Hiil Of that region that had
value q about Sl5.Oo0.
Another strike q costu-sksrs Is pending on the
East side, in NeW York The East Side i tat
part of the great city lying eastward Of ne
bo~ery and rne workers in thai section care lit -le
Tor tne labor M rs Ihey strike whenever they,
or any few Of them. feel sggrieyed- As rule
they do not succeed IN their strikes.
Nov York hotel barber lost his grip Vile
shaving musician receftly and sever pet mole
from the eheek Of tho man in his chair Ihs
tT"Tubone player. u whatever ne was. became :u-
e~fsed 40 the mslprae'iee q the knight ni The
Fazor- and has brought Slit for 500 Tie is
ci ie mole u some respect destroyed Ais identity
soHse colleges are beginning to cur;aH he
privileges rights Of female s5aients The grad
u&tes Of mary preparatory schools object 10 allow
lng women the same rights and privileges n.
The Wesleyan JuivsrSity q 8idLle.oWn. Conn.,
has recently decided thsJ Dot more than - pr
cent OF thc whole body Uf stgdrHts may Be No.
men
Portugal decidedly Hh raj to The scieu-=ao
men at the time Of the rcccu, eclipse The c,ss-
tom house employes were ordered % give ss,roa0-
every facility for the entry q their hagrgla
their instruments being admitted free "a lie
p-eseu-stion % certificate from an asrr-n0si-
cal observatory oOlHiers-guet by P0r-ug1tse
consular agent
One Of TIE frst naval batI,l4 on record r5ok
place between The CoJiuthizns and the CorcyrCzus
over 60 years before the iays of Christ Inc
nsn-1f-u1r in rluss G4y, was big row boat and
tnr uesDons were sling, piles. stCnes. and otler
primitive var uteEsils- As t4T history reccids
fEelf- there 10 T. zlirics 10 COMPARE Nth
battles of later yczrs
A correspondent writes that ar OK broke from
herd AZ Bariass Bridge England, and ran into
vas not carried cut TIE animal did not destroy
single thing On The cOnrrary he stopped y
Il dlzed when he surveyed bis Surroundings and
suffered himself to be qulet!y led OK wIth0us =
particle q III tempe
When the allied armies reach the Boxers in
China they uiu hnd tLzr the vanguard only Is
IN fair tr.m for fighting TIE rear rznks will make
great EolSr wiki their tCm-t9us AID reed trUm-
peis. but their nam weapons Of warfare Vii
consist principally Oi bird cages and fans Thcss
sentimental petardS VIII have little weight against
Maxim ano hF@% %-Jo-gcIseE guns
In London recently very high prices we're gives
for some pieces Of Marking Chinese pottery, tbs
purchasers being probably moved 70 unusual
ErCcigslity by a suspicion that after the present.
Chinese troubles shall have been settled such pot.
tery viii be mere than ever difficult Of procure
H.rH1. Thee vases. each ten inches hiSa brought
Sl.lz5, and pair q long neCked bottIes soId iJE
81 80.
Rubber culture va arsy seieatshcaIIr undertakes
al the botanical gardens at Peradenlys in 1876 by
Dr. Trmen and IN 1897 Ceyl0a bOasted Of sSos0
amount Ct one pound and a Lat per tree, Hf1y
trees being planted 90 the acre. II is fortunate
tor BaziI that ite q the east possesses the soil,
climate and conditions Necessary tor much coal-
petition
Il is DC longer a novelty in the big cities 70
see woman iu az elevated chair WIKI her foot oa
some kind q PEDESTAL. generally the back q .
camel. having her dainty boots BACKED Tie
slgat cccaslOns ro more surprise than does that q
2 WOMAN on bicycle. The bOothlacks g1vs
them The same attention, that ihcy t1 their men
cs>torcrs. 4 shine and brush or for 2 nickel
: the pE.ce they pay f5r the service obtained JEa
slrne as men 90
The arch. SAYS the '-EnSiHesrias Magazine
is generally believed % De of Roman origin Il
VS. not known to OF At Ieas- never used by,
the Greeks ard although the shane aFDca-s n
certain specimens % HiuLo0 architecture K iS 4
false v4riety-thar IS. succession OF protr,.'ilHs
corbels- In China. on the ocher hand. frd z
OF most widespread and general application. and
examination shows that the principles iuvo.yei
thoroughly understood
\ Pennsylvania man has rnad- Be-, that =
can traverse the United States on a bicycle. The
time in which nc Is 70 perform the fear expires
IN March. 1901 According g. thy tens of tie
wager be mus not Use any means af passage oslsT
than his wheel lie Is not even allowed 90 walk
unless the road be impossible RE must a.-o
visit every city of $4,000 illsisiieu.> oT over.
getting the signature in each city oi either yle
mayor or thu chief Of police
The .'LonGoa Chrouicle'' informs the world rfss
Of the twenty-five Presidents of the United States
all but one have been Of British family orislu-
Fifteen, headed by Washington came II EngII~h
stock. Three. irclT.iug that james Monroe. Who
gave his name o. q dos triue had scotch lncesta -
one, Thomas jefferson. iaherI,ed pure Welsh
blood, while nv ot'lers traced their lineage %
Scotch-Irish ance~--y- No DESCENDANT Of IrIsh
f0Tefathers has ever attained the Presi6enoy-
It was Greek against Greek only a day OF rwo
ago when enc gentleman IN New York brought
suit against another fer the SUM Of S24I-. The
plaintiffs name was 4 Plpabeorgopolas who sued
Agis Zacharopoulus for damages 10 the value
officials breathtd SIGH OF relief, and tha news
paper oou-t reporters adIUu,ngd 10 some place in
the vicinity for the purpose a. agreeing uTsu-
some way Of spelling the names OF the htigsnts-
4 steamer which arrived at New York f.om
India recently had when she started biz python
snong its freight On the voyage 4 sturdy pig
when the snake got hungry According 10 Jhs
story Of enc marine Whc brought the SEiD
into port. the pig ECC hungry before the pytu1a
did and pToc,eded 20 make a meal of the snake
instead Of becoming the victim. There Is 10
Gfndavlt 10 the effect. but skipQer's word -
IN JhIs affair 10 deny its veTaCity-
When the allied forces succeed in gaining an
entry into the parts Of China far remote from
the SEA coasts something viii be taught The
heathen of the Fl0WeFy Kingdom in The nature Of
Tel graph and railroad enterprise that they are
in absolute ignoTaIce of. Intelligence y
bound 10 spread within DECADE. Ckiaa may
DC divided into many more pats than Caesar
divided Rome. but every nation thaf takes a
slice viii assurcdly see that the mcdaniel and
scientific pTeludes 10 Advancement VIII have hrm