The evening times., 1900-06-16
NOTES OF THE DAY.


hair cut ard shampoo Constituted the frst
prize IL the field day sports Al Bowling Green.
4 woman died at Eelayres. Pa. recently Who's.
weight was AS pounds. She was forty ye-rs q
The Burr Oak CKc,-; HERALD notas tlat Vr
/ that town
The e="phoT monopoly IN Formosa Is immensely
valuable for the gum Is an essential IN the man
ufaeiare Of sruokeless powder
Texas people declare that the wheat cron in ,tat
State Is 50 heavy ths year that the iasIne=s h1ve
70 stay up long after bed time 70 cut IT,
A statue Of William Gladstone is to Be erected
al Athens IN the gardens Of the Zsppeion in rccos
milton OF bis services 70 Greek Independents.
Tolstoy's ''Czar Fcodor Joanr5witch" is the frse
play that has reached many as 100 peTformsnces
N Russian city within period Of two years
resident Of East Brody. Pa. has curiosity
u the SHAPE q fcur-leSged chicken which a
brown leghOru hen hatehed about I've weeks ago
The strongest pair Of shears ever constructed are
probably IN steel mill az COztesville. Pa \
slab Of iron foGr feet wide and two feet thick vas
recently cut by the instrument AZ stroke
The Celestial Empire. weekly paper. published
in Shanghai. Is perfect mirror Of Eastern zaa1rs
ard exercises tremendous iEarence on the other
side Of the word. although almost unknown in
America
In sveral of the leading London streets there
are places where On payment q small Zee one
may BY means Of the ciectrophone be switched
. fer garter Of an hour onto one oi the leading
music halls
An Italian royal decision Just promulgated re-
establishes clsplains in the navy The Franciscan
the Queen and the DschesS d'osta assuming the
expenses involved
Plans for the reclamation Of the meadows mar
Newark. n. J.. are being considered, and thirteca
have already received consideration. The plass
were sent in by experts and engineers from al
parts o. the country.
New Mexico has had territorial organization
since September. IsJa By the Federal census OF
ls9O majority Of its alien inhabitants could Est
speak English There were !. 900 Mexicans in SeZ
Mexico by that census
! The sPonging business in the waters about the
Florida Keys IS said to be successful tins season
The amount secured. however Is in exeezs Of its
growth As a result the fishing grounds are fast
I becoming UnpIocuctlre-
The average six nat. size seven and ons-eighth.
weighs Eve ounces: the average sfia dsray hat
Of the same size weighs four and . half ounce,
the average straw hat Of the sane size weighs
two ana Ore-quarter ounces
Maynard RayIey. blind nan. living az Mariet-
IA. Ohio, fell from railroad bridge across the
MuskingUn River. few days ago and alighted
On pile q rocks f0rty-fye feet below He e.
2
4 patient in a Kansas lunatie asylum who has
just been granted pension meets with it the
reward o. a ccuvictoE OF his relatives that he Is
lot crazy as they thought be was They n0~
want hin 70 Be restored 70 sanity
NJ D4nysz. Ct the Pasteur Institute in Paris has
found micro5e which viii wipe rats cut Of exist
ence- He has tricd the effect Of this micro5a in
warehouses tarHs. and other places. and in - per
cent Of cases the rats completely dis1ppclred-
Bank Of CcEnserce Of New York. in part payment
f0G the third Avenue Railroad b0ncs. by Kuhn *
Co. the purchasers, Is said 90 be the largest evct
made in this country in a business Transaction
school Of employee has been started in one
Of the shops Of the United States Cast Iron Pioe
and Foundry Company in Cincinnati The com
pauy has fitted up room With drawing sppara-7ls
and instruction VIII be given II the company )
time
Fishermen in Holland Kill al fsh As son as they
are landed. while FreIch fishermen. on the coz
trary allow them 70 die Of suEocation The Dutch
custom l. th> right one because fish that are
I promptly killed are m better condition for tie
table
Edward Plvzon Weston. the old pedestrian, now
far the sixties. is still able TO OurV1lk alnast
any ore who Is not Ia the professional arena He
PAGES along Broadway. y Y, with the same quick
step that gave HIM his reputation nearly forty
years ago
! The city council Of sandusEy. Ohio. has re-
solved % appropriate the cd Indian buTyius
I grounds n tie suburbs for p1rk purposez- some
Of the bodies have bccl intcrTcd toE ninety yesrs
? The worS OF removing the bores VIII D. begun
{ immediately
The Boston Transcript SAYS tlat the trees
which suffered most from the rzvases OF cate-pil-
/ lars last s1umrr were the first % bud this year
and that their foliage Is much thicker Than that
I oi the trees which were not stripped Of their
I leaves when Others suffered.
I The printers strike az Ansterdlm has had Pc
culiar result in the Journalistic world. From April
p 70 April 50 no Amsterdam newspaper appeared.
bu- from that date the Managers Of nine news
papers agreed 20 print single sheet, calling Il
0 the Extraordinary Journal
/ A woman in one Of the Western States recently
/ bore three diferent rames in one day. In the
morning she vas Mary Fuller In the afternoon
she obtaingd a decree CT divorce and resumed her
maiden name. Mary Town In thr evening she
/ was married again AID became Mary FOX
! Loadoners are trying 10 acquire taste for the
I passion fruit. grown in Australia. which the
natives Of the antipodes procl4in 4 delicious ed
t bic. Il has rot yet acquired more than a side
( dish place IN the menus OF banquet circles and
I there Is not much OF demand for 1t in The Eng
! lish markets
In London the international conference for the
protection OF Wild animals in Africa recently be-
I gan and was opened BY delegates from many
Z countries Concerted acton = necessary N OTltf
70 obtain international agreement 20 restrain
the determination Of many OF the mammals, birds
| and fishes IN Africa
Great interest Is felt in the census returns from
! Texas The people Of the Lone star state say the
/ country viii have a surprise when the enrrcrs-
f. tor hands in his figures They expect that the
\ turns vii show a bigger perceLtIge Of gain IN
I population in the last decade than that made by
Z any State IN the Union
1 From Cusrn Captain Lcary. reports that the
cooperating plant Is in excellent condition; that
the steam saxmiII has been erected and IS ready
I ior work, and hat the telephone system between
! Pitt ard Agana Is completed and in successful
I operation Ofhcers Of the Yosemite engaged
| in Typographical survey Of the island
The literary bureau has now become among
| the most important adiuncts Of every national
] po,itical committee. As far ago 1876 when
| Samuel J. Tildcn was canGiGste for President he
established a bureau Of this ch2ractsr but poi
t:cians both S.des were inclined 10 frown upon
1 IL. considering II rev ard quixo;ic scheme
4 New Hampshire man who had arrived al the
a-e of eighty-six years without ever p1TtskiHS Of
.io1or Of anv sort. vas persuaded by friends the
,ther day 10 indulge IN a glass of hne old New
England rum The result was that ne became
! ,i-unk ard disordcrly and was landed IN the
drInkard's cell OF the town police station house.
Sanford Thorn. a resident o. Dieksrson Run.
! Pa. came 10 Conn zllsviIie Saturday forenoon
with a queer pet under his coat. The pet
half grown lrOundhog and was as tame
/ kitten. Thcrn captured I've Of the Wild animals
| when they were quite yOurg and raised them
about his house All the grOundhogs are do