The evening times., 1900-04-18
NOTES OF TIE DAY.

There are row upward Of 100 rural mail carriers
in the United States. and during the wear just
closed they carried close TO l0,O0Co1J pieces of
mail.
In Norway and Sweden. before any couple can b.
legally married. certificates must be secured show
ing that both bride and bridegroom have been
duly vaecinsted.
Lindsay Swift. Of the Boston Public Library.
suggestS small charge for the use Of novels n
OrtieT 10 maintain the balance between fiction AMI
the more serious apartments.
William Richardson Post G.. A. R. Of Detroit.
has passed resolutions thanking a ueysb0y who,
when he found old soldier asleep in the snow
aroused him and took him to shelter
Frequently at Nodder River men soaped their
khaki clothes and divsd into the river for a
swim without undressing thus washing their
clothes and refreshing themselves al the
| time.
There is no demand for foreign advisers TO the
Korean Government. Although two Americans
who held such positions have recently died their
places have been filed and there is no further &c.
mand for assistance of that kind.
Scotch shipowners interested in the trans
Atlantic trade looking forward to a busy
summer. The season between Glasgow ard New
York opens very coon. and already the rush ot
Passengers promises TO break all records.
Sydney newspapers announce the issue By the
postal authorities Of Victoria Of 5000 one-pernl
and 20.00O twopenny special stamps. which
are 20 be sold at one ard two shillings each, ths
! profits 70 be devoted to patriotic purposes.
The Lland Of Jamaica is suffering from de-
preston OF trade aad it is probable that is in
| hsbitants are ycrging on % the condition Of thI
| unfortunate Porto kicsns The nation seems .
| be resping the whirlwiEd Of official dishonesty.
The most famous artesian well in the world IS
in Paris, known as the Crenellc well, which flows
| 7l3.GC0 gallons daily. The bore is nearly 600
| feet deep IT'S overflow supplies a considerable
section of Paris With an abundance Of excellent
| water.
The State Of Washington promises to be a larsa
producer OF beet sugars in the early future. TX
perimen;s carried during a number Of years
! the state experiment station have shown that
sugar beets Of high sucrose contents can be rc2di-
ly produced
! John jeremiah who WAS White House cook in
! Lincoln's day. l. in a New York hospital slowly
| recovering from starvation Al one time he had
some money but lost il in speculation and when
| be sought to return o his profession be uR-
! able 70 get position
The UEi5n Psciac Railway has eztablished a
new record for train hauling. Recently a train
| LETT Cheyenne mac up Of II3 car. loaded with
! j.f71 tons u freight Another train COM
posed Of no laden with $3.50 tons and hauled
/ by a lJ0-t0u engine l02 miles.
/ On a iete day in Sardinia the wives and dlught-
! efs of the farmers and tfadesrcn present a won
derfal spectacle from the gorgeousnass of their
| costumes. These are a sort VI hclriOouis. which
| never vary in fashion. and handed down again
and again from mother TO daughter.
The wonder is that such creature as the En-
| press DowIger should be allowed 70 reside in
| Pekin ard to retain her unwbolcsome influence 50
| long. she has no hesitation in numbering her
| most enlightened subjects wholesale. without r.
| gard 30 their ability. Wlss, or rank.
| The queerest runaway accident is one which
i Hsf 4 Is in F4. inf a
| and jumped into a wagon which contained a mIa
l who was thrown out and injured, and lis horse
| then ran away with the other horse in the wagon
| aud drawing the other wagon until caught
An odd cycling freak Is to trim a piece q
| brown paper 10 IL tie lens Of the lamp and
in it TO cut eyes. nose, and mouth. The effect
Ii certainly startling lt resembles 40 short DIS
/ tdHCe the deaths head shat rustic youths carve
| fr1m tUrHips and light up with a candle fixed Ia-
| side.
Among the interesting relics recently secured
| by thc Confederate Museum az Richmond Va. is
| the main shaft Of the Old isiSlt- NelrUac. or I5
-he Was renamed by the Confederate authorities.
| Virginia The shaft is much worn sHi ra-r-s1trn.
| but shows that il vas originally fine piece u
work.
4 French naturalist quoted b. Popular Science
Nows" as rts that Iii the world should become
brdIcss man could not iHH4bit il after nine
years time in spite Of all the sprays and p0isOn5
I
q insects. The bugs and slug~ would simply eat
up all the orchards and crops in that time.
Among curious articles of commerce are tooth
picks unaGe % vIIrus vhi5kors. vast quantities
Of which are shipped from Aa-bI to- Europe.
Those who ship them pull them out enc by one
with special tweezers- They are used Jrlnelpaily
hy tie wra.ttirr Glasses In China and Russia, AMI
are also beginning To- come into favor lu the most
noted clubs in London.
Gradually all the educated Similns are leaving
the biological gardens. The climate IT civiizl-
ti5n does not agree with them One Of the latest
20 succumb % the atmosphere Of foreign regions Il
the famous Daiss. for some time a wonder Of the
London roo Daisy was able % open a pJchct-
knife cut apple or an orange into quarters.
and give a large or small piece % admirers as
requested.
Hand brakes to stop trains Do not come under
nrx invention practices. They verc introduced
a, early as 1872 Twenty wears later the air.
brake was patented, which enabled power from
the locomotive 20 be transmitted through hose
simultaneously 70 the brakes OF al the cars in a
tr4in-a wonderful invention. In lstS the coaches
we're connected by patent cOuplerS, another MEAS
ure OF strength and safety.
Af the present time Southern New England IS
being to considerable extent oyerrun By Polish
immigrants Many of them going into the
factories Of Massachusetts,. Rhode Island. and
Connecticut They come up from New York to
New Haven BY boat dE0 are Ichtleu IhOush
by the steamship agents 70 their destinations.
Most OF them are strong, rObust-ioOkIng people,
accustomed to the hardest SOFT Of labor
To enable tourists to cross the English Chan
mel without the inconvenience Of seasickness. a
Frenchran has designed a submarine boat 70 be
propelled by cable traction. L Viii Accommodate
about 80 passeugcrs and viii make the Journey
in ,bo1t an hour and should any accident happen
TO the motive power the boat may be detached
and will at once rise 20 the surface and may
continue the journey in the ordinary manner.
About . 900 women ard girls in New York
employed in making artificial flowers. All grades
are made. from exact limitations Of the most cN-
uisite French productions to the cheapest yo.ets.
The branching and other difficult parts II the
work and some Of the 6uer grades Of flowers arc
done in factories. but fully twO-thrds of tie
howermakers are "Jutsids workers. Most 20
| these home workers are Itl.ian women and chL-
| drcn-
Cambridge (Englard) students in celebrating
,be victory Of Ladysni.hs relief used up signs,
| shutters. and furniture belonging to the towns
men for a bonfire Several arrested. con-
victed Of theft and fred by the mayor They
! b,yc since found out that the conviction bars
tbsrr out from the church. law, cr any olHer
learned profession and from many other positions
~ we'll but the mayor refuses to take back ms
sentences.
There is man in Berlin who has a watch which
/, considered to be tine most marvellous piece Of
mechanism that human skill ever put together.
Ingenuity and human skill have been brought
into operation with the result that watch has
been constructed which measures onc-fourth Of
inch in diameter or one with the face OF a large