The evening times., 1900-03-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.
Over 100 houses were recently destroyed by
In The Snanish Nillage OF Atanlines.


oontemplates making two years Witt 20 fh5
country.
A colony Of 400 Missouri farmers will settle in
the valley OF the Concho River, state Of Chiehua-
hua, Mexico, this spring
One OF the best yaehtsman in the State Of Rhode
Island Is said 70 be Mr.. william Gregory. the Re-
publican nominee Or Governor Of the little State
A Canadian factory has just made for the grain
elevator OF the International Railway at St. johns,
| " b.. rubber belt measuring $3.50 feet and
weighing nine tons.
In nearly every street in the towns Of Japan
there is public oven where upon paying
trihng sum Of money hOuseowners may have their
dinners and suppers cooked for them.
Lying side by side in specially prepared graves
on the farm Of the late Robert Bonner, in New
| York, the remains Of Dexter and Maud S. two
OF the greatest horses the world ever
Numerous curios from the Philippines brought
home by General Wheeler attract great interest
Those whc have had the privilege Of seeing them
pronounce the collection as one Of great value.
Philadelphia continues to have trouble eencerr.
ing lis supply Of water. There Is not enough q
the liquid for needed purposes and o. what there
is the conditions such that il is Of little
use either for bathing or drinking purposes.
The ". C. T. L. Of Waterloo Ind. have pnr
| chased a cufew bell and have had il placed in
old fire engine house. where it is sounded every
evening a. a warning 20 BOYS and girl under
| the age of fourteen years TO 20 home, under
penalty Of = tine.
The King Of Denmark will reach his eighty
second birthday the sth Of April next. and has
asked that all his children be with him tn.
occasion. The Princes Of Wales i making pre-
paratons 10 be present. and intends TO remain
with him a. loUg possible.
Excellent results have been obtained with the
use Of oil in blast furnaces. IT il ihterpOsed be-
tween the hot-ar stoves ard the t1yeres Of o..
Tho nil Il drf ivf a. inf
the furnace. where IL increases the temperature
and also facilitates the reduction OF the ore.
OF tbirty-three bishops Of the Church Of Eng
land, three the Of temporal peers, two
Of bishops. eleven Of clergymen, three Of lawyers.
one Of doctor, two Of bankers. five oi country
sgIirrs. of a trIdesInan. three Of farmers.
and two. the ArchbishOps Of Canterbury and OF
York, Of army officers
4 party Of women organized themselves into a
band Of laborers at Narmaton, Ksn the other day
Twelve Of them put old clothing and began the
work of excsvating for the Foundations of the
church building at that place. Enough money b.
build the church could not be raised. 30 The so-
men determined 10 take up the work and do it
themselves.
The man who i ,aid to have the largest heal
in the world s, in the New YORK City Hos
pitsl. BldekswelFs Island. Ills name is James
Mennt IIis head il fifty-one and one-eghth inches
in circumference. against twenty-five for the
average. Yet he j. only four feet inch in
height His trunk i. built on gigantic lines. hut
hi legs very short thin.
Edward Hckoy. the father Of FreeInasonry IN
Illinois. died few days ago az the county in
frm1ry az Moline. in that state. Il old age. De
was the oldest living member of the order in
Illinois and j. credited with having been the
oldest living uber of the Masonic Association.
having at the time of hs death lacked but one
month of completing his Uinety-riurh year.
lie present Shah Of Persia IS forty years ot
age. since Als accession to power be has found
. - q number o. elementary schools sll over hi7
dominion h, has put end to the viciou- sys-
tan. Of farming tie aud made the Cuisec ton
of the revenue state affair. lie has TeoTgauizcd
the postal system the same basis, and IN time
iI,s Lack of railways IN The country UiI be rem
/ edisd.
The lat rlri3iniu. relic Of the first railway in
London has Just disappeared In 1s0l an act was
passed authorizing the construction Of railway
from Wsudswofth 90 Croydon. the sleoPerS heirZ
of stone. Motor power was provided by horses
The scheme included dock az Wandss Crfh and
il j. the ancient wooden connected t!ereeitl
which has just fallen into the waters OF tlt
Waudle.
II ea-t- 20 cents To- get on article lsbed in Dew
-rn II ,ou urdor,J Cd the laundry 1EsEess yOu can
judsc fr vollseli vhat q chance YOU would have
IN O. t,vn oi from 10000 to C0.0g0 men and women.
al busy to dO their own washing Io9lcco
SELL for = q pound in Alaska. : Archibald
brought les than $1,000 to Dawson City IN March.
'g1 in tie proper kind Of provisions. By sep
tcmber. '..S he had So G00 ali made in trading.
Tie Queen Of England takes vivid interest in
the wounded who have lately been accommodated
in the splendid wards OF Royal yietori4 Hospital
NJ Netlev. During the last few weeks each Of the
PriucssSt, who have been staying az Osborn has
been sent atress the >Olent from time 90 tune.
bearing not only Kind messages. but aso gifts a
more substantial Kind from the sovereign Co. tho-e
OF her soldiers WHO have lately suffered m her
service.
According 10 an article recently published con
cerning energy in plants it i shown that live
plants are plants with their PARTICLES in motion
building Up the plants structure and k"5"4 'd
botany vital energy The material ou; O "h'tn
nI.ur structure i formed is kncvr protopidS1-
The forms Of flowers result from yJrylrE degrees
and directions Of vital eHergy-but what starts 'hs
motica of prOtopIIsm, ard directs the energy
that little cell may teveiop 10 ere irSi1Ac, 10
an oak or IN another 10 buIiereUp, H@S not Seth
demonstrated.
An interesting relic Of the s5ige Of L4ds smith
one Of the first to reach this eouu;, has i'is1
been placed on exhibition in the Museum OF tie
Roval United Service Institution in Whitehall
saws tie London ChT1Uic,e- This consists OF a
diminutive letter which was written M Tue town
by , trooper in the Natal CdThiueel> and carried
nlt bv a native runner. The messenger WIS cap
t,1red BY the Beers. and while they were m the
act Of iRterIoeatiug him he concealed the tiny
missivc in Of his HostIils. and being released
he was enabled 60 deliver % 20 the ajlfesstt.
Capt 4 Y Montgomery. Magistrate. Natal.
The letter i about inch in lsrsth, and has neeh
felded several times over In order that tt mig t
he contained within the smallest possible c-iu-
pas.
\ despatch from Kosoro. Ind. to the "India-
rapoiis News" says: TIE mUch-talkedoi exodus
Of German farmers began on NoldJv last. when
500 lffr far Condo Grand Forks sad &aEette y.
ID One hundred and seventy rive wil leave Nsrca
p Tor The same points. 5Ed about the HitHte ui
AurH 1cO mechanics will 20 via the Northern t5-
r,ec 20 Condo II; j. estimated that shl, all tod,
will leave for the Northwest. a. members OF tHiS
colony duirE the spring. TEey are IN the man
sturdy Young German farmers, brought up IN lte
Durkard or the German Baptist Church. my
cor,,e from the vicinity OF kokomo. burlIugio o.l,
Niamitown Bunkerhiii, and Waupeecng. lHf[
have ample means to make a start IN me- d@d
Will develop into ciiizgrs Of Che best tyPc IN the
new country.
| In Korea a bride must be entirely silent on h2f
| marriage day n she utter a word. or even MAKE
a sign. she becomes at once an objec; OF ndiete-
Her silence must he absolute even in her aSn
! room, though her husband may tempt her 70
brsat II by coaxing OF by taunts and repre- tehts
I g. - t,o,rs thar an the woman servants sr1
lurking about and listening and even me ti'tf-
gpce of single word would be reported nE jHeiii
and she would lose caste forever. Among tne hiS-
est classes the custom Ot silence j h,a' Ii-''s
obseryqd IL may be a week or It may he months
tesore a husband ever hears bis wlfc's voice asd
even then she speaks no more than Is aps9intey y
necessary with her fathcr-iu-law her silence Is
even strictcr, and very often years VIII pass D.
fore she raises her eyes to his, or speaAs TO nm
single word.
at seems impossible to build too many hat, in
New York" said a real estate man. according 10