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

'thttne
In Russia is allowed 70 marry four times,
but u Is not permissible for MIN % enter state
OF donble blssssdness after he has reached three
score years Of age.
Electric dog carts. are being built in FneIlnd
which carry fOEr passengers and run 6fty miles
With one charge. II has four speeds three, six,
and tweeye miles hour.
1t requires an average Of more than twenty
million pins a dav tC sustain the falling skirts
replace the missing suspender buttons and meet
the other needs Of the American people.
In Brazil parents and guardians NAV. before
. consenting to the marriage Of their charges.
quire medical certificate from the bride BRIDE
groom eertifS ing that he she has been vaccin2t
ed.
IL viii cost the Government nearly $4,000 to
purchase the paper with which to manufacture
the extra money provided for by the currency law
in the way II additional national bank circula-
; tiOn.
( Cat faneiers in Lincoln county Oregon. have
obtained the consent Of the Pos;ofHce Department.
to the christening Of their postoffce by the name
Of Angora The first postmaster Of Ang0ra bears
the surname Of Tom.
Engineers say l00foot wide canal. Y to Is
feet deep. between Lake superior nj GraBd Forks.
y. D., is engineering possibility. The scheme
is grand and the agricultural Northwest
wants il carried through.
Fine jewels are registered like fine dogs. Their
history. or pedigree be got at the registry
Office. with their description. value, owner. and
forth. all detailed very accurately The regis
Try tends to prevent stealing
An electric railway, to be 400 miles long and 10
cost $14,0OO,Oo0, is to be constructed, with sp-
probation Of the Government 10 the extent Of
So 600 OO0 connecting the States Of Tobasco, Yuca-
tan, Chiapas, and Campeche, Mexico
For preserving timber from decay an Australian
has patented Treatment, consisting Of i'm
mersing the timber in a solution Of ar>enous acid
and slkalI until thoroughly impTe gnated after
which coating Of sulphate Of copper is applied.
There is society with over 800 members in
Riga Russia, each Of whom pays three rubies
every time child is born % one of the other
members, while The one who has the child gets
from 800 to 80 rIbles according To tine number
Of paymsut he has made.
In wsdecs there Is q law that DO Hceuse 20
marry Will be granted TO any individual who has
the habit of over-drinkine. and once identified
with the habit an inebrIste must produce sufh-
cient proof of reformation 10 warrant his rec-ly-
ing the license Al any future time.
The establishment Of tool-msking plants in Eu-
rope i likely 20 be followed by the establishment
Of German textile plants in America Fifteen
years ago the Botany Worsted Mills were establish
ed by German capitalists ia Pass.iic, \. j., 10
take advantage 0f the high duty eylstiug
Queen Victoria has approved Of the adoption
by officers Of the Royal Horse Artillery, Hus-
sars and Rife Regiments. of plume Of os-
triCh feathers instead of osprey plume. now in
use. The Victroy'- Bodvguard Of Calcutta has
also abandoned birds plumes for ornaments.
Leaves can be rapidly and eIeanly picked Up
iron, lawns by ohio voInan's invention, which
has a large hopper mounted on wheels. with ian
blades -et iu the mouth ~ the hopper Close % the
ff b.- md Ey inside
the wheels thus tanning the leaves into the hop
per.
An insect census has Just ben taken By a
scientific EHgii~hmsn on purely scientific lines,
with a view TO determine az far as 1t Is posi-
ble which insects are a boon and blessing 70
M nkiBu and which the reverse. The results
of the Investigation are 70 he published sh.s
spring.
The delinquencies Il servants = tabOoed slb-
ieet among japanese ladies. To discuss servants
would be considered by them decided want Of
good breeding. They may tsiE Of dress. the thea
ire music and a variety Of interesting Things.
but their domestic tTlbulstlJns must never be re-
feTred 10.
President Jsblouski, of The Polish National Ali
ance is authority for the statement that many
Poles are being recruited into British regiments.
Africa, but 70 India. that they may hgfr
q gains1 Russia IN case war with that country
should break out
By imperial uks~e isborirg hours il factories
sadrctAer industrial Establishments must not ex-
ceed 1I1a d dsy. uH saturdays and on the eve q
ali holy days Of which there more than 200,
not more than 10 can De imposed. Night ahor
may continue from p. ~. % lv a. H.. and must
never exceed more than 10 hours.
An r4citable resident Of Boston raised zIeat
commotion at the Offices Of the Board Of Health
5f that city few days ago by reporting he
discovery Il a case of leplo>y IN one gi the most
densely inhsbitated sections Of the Hub. IN
yr~tIgaticu> proved that the supposed eper .-s
suffering only from severe cold.
The British iroue.sd Warrior. which is re
oldest warship Of It's sind in Her Naie--y's
vessels IN active service. The Warrior vas
launched in i-tg and completed the next wear.
She has displacement Ot g,Zlu TONS and ueT
iron srmor - icdr and oue-ha!t inches tmra.
American manufacturers Of -iik are gaining
more and more confidence in the matter Of
setting the fa-hions and 10 Is NOT improbable
bat they viii before long be creating designs
hat vii b. the vogue. regard ess Of what Paris
NAV say. A few years ago every idea bad 70
originate In France. but this is getting 70 be
less and les the case
At Bo>ec ResIe. On the slopes u ves1vius uels
Pompsii. excavations have brought up the most
paintings OF tie Roman period vet
a great peTisty.e and four large rooms have been
uneaTthed the walls ci which are covered by
twenty large frescce~ of rich coloriug and careful
execution. The figures are life size.
-Four years ago. when the Connecticut Agr5cuI-
lursI Experiment Station hf,t began 20 make tests
Of food products. ~ per cent Of the coffee ex-
lmiIsed was found TO toe adulterated. Last year,
owing presumably to the exposures then made,
the proportion OF impure coffee bur IS per
rent. Of the coda water Syrup9 anaiyzed last yeay
ffty-siV ont Of nHety-twU samples were adJiter-
sted.
The way in which the Indians made soap-'one
fishes = said TO be as follows: With a hard
implement, probably a flint. they cut circle On
the stone which was 10 become d dish and then
clipped away and down on the circumference
1f- tins. They then fashioned the outside ia he
shape they desired while IL still attached
to the rock itself Finally they split 10 of Bt
the bottom and followed It out. and the dish
was completed.
No feature Of the marvellous growth OF our com
nlerre is more striking than that relating 10 ox
ports Of iron and steel The total foreign com
meree Of the United States in the year just ended
mas fOr the first time crossed the - 600. .0OO line,
and the total exports OF the manufacturers II
iron and steel have for the first time crossed the
500 COO. eco line. says the Scientific American
IN the calendar year 1850 the total exports Il
ron and steel amounted 20 only 81 600 600. bnt in
S99 they were SlO5,tsf645.
The Duchess of Marlborough Is the owner af
most costly collection Of valuable pearls which
.epresent a portion oi the Vanderbilt wealth.
Possessing long and slender throat. she Is able
70 broad collar OF strings Of pearls.
.urcd by diamond bars. Another necklace Of great
sue consists Of long row OF the costliest pearls
llternated by wheels Of diamonds The value q
his is something fabulous. Her Jewel box also
contains other ornaments Of pearls ;hat Ue the
1Hvy Of all who have them.