The evening times., 1900-03-14
NOTES OF THE DAY.

/ francisco, 1000 miles away.
| In the Klondikc eggs are now selling at $40
/ case, and beef at SI5O o pound.
J The Saxon Government made more than 5000
900 profit on its railways in 1875.
Cotton soaked in peppermint oil has been iornd
to be effective in getting rid OF mice.
Last year 4.7oo.0oo cubic yards Of material
dredged out Of the Duluth- superior harboT.
The Paris Exposition will have the largest thea
ter in the worL, accommodating 12.60O 10 lj,JJJ.
/ persons.
movement Is on foot in Hamburg 70 unite the
various scientific institutes in the cty inio sort
Of university.
Massachusetts, has 1t6 street railway companies.
controlling 1.4,3 miles. Las; year the increase in
mileage in the state %
Horses in their Wild state live to the age Of
thirty-six normally. being still fairly fresh aud
hearty at that age in tine desert.
Wire fences found to he responsible for much
damage to stock by lightning discharges, and o.
ea,ional earth wires are suggested.
InocuIation FOR the plague is coming more into
favor IN Bombay city, many I,lsJ persons
having been 50 treated in one week.
Eastern electric light plants this summer viii
be usod in the manufacture Of ice during tne
months when lights are little needed.
At the Lakeside Club. on the Sou;hside. in Chi
cago. the cigarette is permitted and the pipe IS
barred occasions when ladies are present.
The Massachusetts, House Of Representatives, has
! passed q bill providing f0r the use OF reformed
spelling in the public documents Of the state
free medical di-pensary has been opened in
/ Chinatown. san Francisco. Consul General h0
Vow gave $50 to deiray the initill expenses
1 The Italian Union Republican Club o. Philadei-
phia has led the clubs of that city IN subscribing
Sst8 toward Philadelphia National Convention
fund.
The month % February /. the first month since
E grHt fHara has hagr M TF moon.
another month without new moon viii not come
FOR many years-
On the express trains running between Vienna
and Constantinople the use % sleeping berth
costs cents first class and ~ cents second class
for every y hours.
: An English book publisher has offered a prize
Of $50 for the hr-t correct guess Of the date On
which the treaty of peace between the British and
1 Boers will be signed.
. During the first week Of January influenza near
| " doubled the number Of deaths IN Amsterdam
D In the WiIhemiHI Hospital thirty of the ssslsi-
, ants attacked by the disease
5 The London Economists mining expert ey-
presses the opinion that the B0erS VIII deliberately
damage the Johannesburg mining property in case
| of a British advance on that city
From Philadelphia recently a cargo containing
sI.OOO.OoO worth Of farming implements was
.hinped 10 Russia II was the largest shipment
Il the kind ever made from the United states.
BumbIebees. butterflies, and beetles are hlbitual
4 drtnkartS. In some Of the southern states iheSe
meets alight on certain plants. drink heartily
from the blossoms and fall 10 the ground >tHpehed
=, F1ectro-medicaI tre4tmsnt is given patients by
means Of a new sois. which has batteries and an
> induction coil contained in To lower portion.
| Witt head and foot plate, 70 De placed n contact
Y with the patient
A train on a Pennsy lysuia road recently consist
ed Of g3 steel Of 1Go0o0 pounds capacity and
81 5000 pound capacity wooden Car-. each loaded
20 the fun With anthracite coal the total NtlSh-
a being l.J61 net tons
= An attempt l. TO De made in small way to
}, apply the south Carolina liquor di-peussry sya-
= ten i'm Virginia In Franklin district. >luthlInp
ton county. the necessary authority Hd~ 7'e'
granted by the legislature
: The ratio Of men t7 women among the public
( school teachers in Nss55clylse,t~ is % TO- Dur
5 ing ,ne first hall oi tine past decade le number o.
men kept relatively diminishing. dur.n- the lasi
N half it has been relatively iucTei-laS-
d Three German steamship line touch at N.r'ee'
; hsrbor- and nearly all the export business Il
d done by them some German newspapers are a,
= ready looking forward 20 future pdIiIii'n 'i
Il that country bv European Governments.
IS The total number Of smi.rsnt- OF British origin
e who Ieft the United Kingdom for places o1t OF
! Tuflps during the month ended January 81. lyJl
. was jj6} Of whom 2.>9l were bound Tor the
United SfJtos. Th, number ct scottish emlgrani'
s was Gs1.
5, Referring To the she'll factory Of the Be~rs re
y Gently destroyed az johannesburg, the "tiectT'-
J, i,r,. Of London states chat oh the machinery in
II the plant was driven Ly electric power aod that
= originally il w4s the largest engineering works oi
q the Kind in south Africa. the mstHlu.ry dl'i
l. having cost >iu',"F-
: A cable from Viruul SAYS. En-eiher HraeH
"a berger. Bohemian shoemaker. rasi-ins Al bod'n
i bach. Ht,Ie town about eighteen miles tToi7
= Dresden. ua- invented walking shoe vine" O.
u I-.r.d D.. means oi electric. apparatus IN ,i
sd f..f will tubes conveying beat under the sH'.J
Of q fnr cole. Juherycgr- tse inventor 20 't'
binary vlutrr shoe. says THAR ne l-I- h,'H ,..-
- .,rsiv.lv proved that ths new e-e.trt.a. u'rn'i
= gi,., absolute protection unm -r"H Sa. ''.. -
a eos, q - trrils t>iN.
: IL, Last rail were L.f ar gHo Trans BuA'
II. | ...tfsr af the siberian R-i.E-y December -
I .tl. completing part % the enterprise ard ~
= ttt1i.ltur a communication between Western tn
zone tpf - Petersburg luu tie eastern liih. .'. o
- ! the Russian Empire on tlr fs.in, '''.'.- ~
di sr.fB of tht, section ls u.r miles -if- zoe Fi
all .-i-s.r.r- and Mining journal. The Trans h
by transported acTl-s IaAf Bil,-. % t- --,-
I serryto1t The aH .ile Is undti te-l
| fram Strsteusk through NIrsaurJ g" F'Ii
- thur.
n The coal crisis has become 50 SERIOUS " Rl.--
e. tE.t the Minister of Finance .,- been obliged 8
!, Ak ps-Wi,sion of the Emperor Co J.lo" l.. 'i'
ne asy. TO import foreign coal free OF duty "'.
~ | al frlUtiers OF the Empire mp t' september
H. .sxt provided that such c,dl he used eNeia~,y
\. in rh, working OF the lines. static ,''I'-'i.
" - tho ..L.udon Times. The dehg.i 'r OH. supp
IL ~ r.fiyq Russian coal this year ls t~ihiilt+
II rig-e upon IOOUO,D tons. some concern .i> '''
in | aybii,;ted IN the London pIe,~ az tl- news
80 -. r.r,-ier ulertS Of Welsh coal f1y one ~ t
foreign powers There can hardly hr any e''
rF4t Russia i, the power referred O.. ial."a
'e commission having been sent from - fetri7ut
Is, ~ br1v coal sixty -four thousand tons OF ar"
he nj are on their way Rus-iI- VIA the Bfi.
rt - csrpusibIv for the KurSk khdrkun = vast 'i
Railway but many people are Surmi-iaA 'A'l
- i, for The Use VI the Russian navy.
,at Poker PLAYING has been prohibited in Vienna 81
b the r,Ji.e have strict orders to that the ed
rt | i carried out The craze for the American g''
itv Threatened 10 disrupt the family hfe OF the ci'
los v;e,r, uatrops of .the better cidS>es of >occ
ust have deyeloped such passion Tor poker and ha
;r,,ls,sd i To Such an extent in tine last few yea
a.. n, have caused actual financial ccatistf'pht~
-SH sevcr,f homes The chief source OF income 20
en- cIubs i also now derived from tht 'aN
card plaving and at soirees anu ointI s'.
gatberiues in private houses all inielte't y
sI'.r,,ra's no tbrI,sr into the background by {
rra0s for card playing scarcely l. supper "'
,h,n /, general rush to the poker taoiee COZ
,nsnces thousands Of forms change hands %
the mistress OF the house = forced tttneI % y
tive into debt OF TO confess to her husband He gam
ling losses The consequent family tTdgedles
nv no means few and have led 60 police inl'
axe ference and even 70 appearance in Puhile Io''
Arrangements are being made by the New ioI
New Haven, and Hartford Railroad 'ompan
.,v4 electricity" to install large elect
. storage battery at the Union Station in Har, i'i
Conn, TO be used as auxiliary 20 the eieet