The evening times., 1900-03-28
NOTES OF THEDAY.

SeEt ser to South Airics from the Argentine for the
| British cavalry.
o.I,,5 There were twelve out Of sixteen sue
! inspectors in London
=, mere Ts was a woman on the Geld at the battle
| ol Estcourt She was Clergyman, wife. and
gave great aid to the wounded
u. T. Agache. London scientist. gave a din
! ~ teHfl IN winch iqmd air used at
/ 'he table 70 Keep the champagne cool
| Some Of the hghest-class West End firm. o,
LONDON taiiors are making fancy waistcoats 81
I AhAKi-coi0r nannei, with fat gilt buttons.
" IS reported that the sum Of sS75.008 il To
% expended IN improvements on Ludgate Hill
t,aei'1, t ~ London, by the Southwestern aud Chat
During The eight weeks ending March 3. pas
-eastr earnings on ten important English fail
I ways decreased s3lI,g0O but freight receiDfs IN
/ creased S373,SO0
Tomato tree cultivation is attracting stten.
/ ton IN California. This tree bears clusters =
/ hne truit. thousands Of boxes Of which ace se,t
! from Ceylon TO London.
One Of the objects Of the recently formed Billi,.
/ SIaphers CluD, II Chicago, is TO make seceszi-
/ bic. II possible. the many valuable collections u
! =cre and scarce books in that city.
/ Taxation OF corporations in Paris has led to
/ the transfer OF many main offices TO Brussels.
/ French societies being incorporated there under
/ the laws Of Belgium TO avoid the French income
! tsX.
Basswood laths are being manufactured in Min
hesota 10 take the place Of pine lath that went
| cut Of sight a long time gao. These are selling
/ al about t~o.thirdS the price Of pine lath, and
/ give good satisfaction.
| The earnings Of the Hamburg American Steam
ship Line Tor 1se0 we're 100000 marks an in
crease Of 100000 marks over the preceding
dividend Of per cent.
A Rroahtop .f,os f41-.--- - II. -
in twenty nine and oEe-laIf minutes the leather
| passing through Il6 pair Of hands in the opera
I tioR. That is making sh0es even faster thJn ths
average boy can them out.
The weight Of the 10000 volume. which have
been IN the Doge'- Palace Venice since Isi2 -
eRdsng'-ing that old building. wherefore the Cow
ernmeht has voted 1900 francs for lhcir trans
( i,frcncr to the Zecca bUiiding
The demand Tor patent leather boots in Lon
don vas never 20 mail a, now. Of the men who
h4bltualiF wore patents a wear ago il is e.
timIted by lhc bootmakers that more than half
go IN today for the ordinary "bldekiDg boot"
Arsenic has been proven b. Armand CluJier 10
re a normal constituent Of the thyroid gland
and probably other organs IN the herbiyora. the
carniy0ra. and man This seems 20 explain the
successful use Of arsenic in certain diseases, such
8nSema.
Pofneranilu sranieis are becoming the rage in
there j. pC-sibiiity that the popular smooth
fox terrier viii ~ compelled t. lower his crest
20 the pretty little long haired animals presum-
ably nom P3meraHis.
Tie multiplication 0f new compounds ia or
=aUic chemistry is something appalling d. Is,i
the total number Of carbon compounds recorded
vas l6,E@ but newly revised lisJ by d.. "
N. Richter enumsratss rot less thaH C. 80 Ard
tue eLd rWs YET far on
Coal rl,uirg Is developing rapidly in Canada
In Nova Scotia both the sress worked and the
number oi mines show great increase The coal
areas VI Canada are estimated 90 -. .3pD square
miles not Including areas kuoau. Dut a. yet I'D
developed in the tsr Nsl-E
Manila i, a. gay as the climate permits. Every
one likes to look al has best especially during t.1
late afternoon and evening. The drive along tie
LUnets duiHS Ihc hours around sIndowH IL
scene kaleidoscope iH color Circumstances yeTlI-
ting. there is plenty OF social life ig the evening
The Hospital Book and Newspaper Society.
which distributes reading matter among hospitals,
prisons. and similar Institutions IN macy parts
q The country. haS issued It's annual report. show
-. Dsgazipes. 7I-Ii1 weekly aud illustrated pa
Pers. end f1'ly 10000 dsiiy papers.
'Juelc' Dies Duncan. a negro GhO i eighty.
tw9 years oi age. was found guilty in the Crin.-
raj Court in A'gntl recently. on charge Of steal
ing stick e w0cd Iion4 the Central Railroad
When the verdict - guilty was returned the judge
sentenced | Hc.e Dick o. pay fine oi - 0r -
% tEe psEitentary for three months.
Blue fox is anotEer popular far sent south
~ A1>k,n brothers. Tie Sb1rslgjn group
originally was planted with black fox by the
Russian Ma Iican Fur Company % Augment the
scaE- supply Lett Later The United states leased
the islands to different tradcfs and the Aleut
chiefs. who stocked the islands with blue foxes.
II some parts of Itsly the fl5crt crop is al
u1D- not fvffs- AMI rf.1
Of the vine The nuts are grown on bushes plant
ed from fifteen % tweny -hye feet apart, 50 that
they have the advantage OF plenty Il air and
sunshine. The bushes bear fruit in their third
Old
Among curious articles Of commerce are tooth
picks made Of walrJls whiskers vast quantities Of
which are shipped from Alaska % Europe Thos,
who ship them pull them out one by with
special tWeezers. They are used principally BY
the TedlthCr classes in China and Russia. and
also beginning 90 come into favor in the most
roted clubs IA London.
when the news II tie relief Of Ladysmith
reached Cape Town the Union Jack was not
hoi~ted over the Government buildings As quickly
as might have been. and large mob. thinking
it was due 10 sympathy for the Bosrs on the
part Of some Of the members OF the Cabinet
promptly attacked the building and only drew
of when the 6ag WIS raised
Many documents Of the last TIVE centuries be-
longing to The Paris municipality which were
beiived 10 have been destroyed in the Hotel De
Vile FIRE daring the Commune have been found
in the lumber rooms Of the DomIia Department
over $ nO0 cllSsiaCd volumes have been recovered
already. one volume contains The original or
the will oi Ninou dc FEncios.
Geerse L. Watson. the Scotch designer Of
yachts. viii celebrate lis hitieth anniversary
= designer this year After serving has spErvu-
ticeship he weUt iEto bgsine > tIr himself. and
Is well ka0Va has besu the Eost Successful, Of
British designers. His hest known boats are the
Thistle. the three Nalky rits, the Britannia. The
Bona. the RairEc,-, and the GleHifeF.
''Oberammerg1u i a quaint place SAYS t-ay-
eler The whole town IS practically controlled
by the Lang family. mech the same Croker
runs New York They are the leading spirits IA
the production % the pjsv. They have mere or
Il S chA-ge of the various t%veFus. inns. CO no
tells for the aesoHltnoo3tleu ~ rae tIaVtieF7 aid
in q geaesal way ,upCr'Ise everything.
If there is any truth in Re- theory Of the trll's-
migration OF souls i1 is es.tsjnly demonstrated
ia the pFesent Chinese situation. TIE dl5irc
Dowager Empress and The famous Catherine "
Russia bear . more than strong resemblance 10
one another; each seems O. have been endowed
with that extraordinary will power which doml-
p1fes men and twists events % its own purposes
hi en,pi-es beginning 20 the light Of progress.
The care that the watches Il railway men re-
.e;v, Is shown in the regulations recently adopt
a bv a Western railway ior its employees. sew
.nteen- jeyscled watches are required, and they
must be supplied with B.egUet hairsPrings. The
watches must be inspected every three months
and must be submitted 10 the Inspector one 4
week for vtCistraiiSn No efnplOye IS permitted %
~ bis watch or TO change its movements unless
Ii should chance 20 run down.
The British Empire has three vulnerable points.
20 Wit: india, Egypt, aad Iseland; and she would
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