The evening times., 1900-04-11
NOTES OF THE DAY.

One hundred and twelve pupils Of the Indian
school at Carlisle, Pa, have been received INTO
The Catholic Church The sehool has lo2 pupils.
The British Foreign BibI. Society in'ends 10
provide all Boer prisoners with Bibles printed IN
Dutch, and the plan viii be carried out within A
few weeks.
In parts of India cakes Of tea ard iu Chri
pieces Cf sk pass currency. Oxen ss.ll f91ln
the circulating medium among many Of The Zl.us
and Ka1irs.
The amount of rational bank stock held by 500
! men in America IS imat.d at Sl20.@J0.D. and
the amount Of private and STATE bank stock a,
sl37, coo, 900.
Wide awake ministers Of st. Paul. Viun.. have
approved a project Of making billiards feature
. Of entertainment in the Young Mems Christian
Association rooms.
A steamer line between America and Turkish
/ ports and agricultural exposition and ware
house for American goods at CoustanJinople are
I abOGt % be established
French scientist has m.dc some plants Ear
tifcaily Alpine by Keeping them in an ieahny
. all night and expCs sing them 20 the fun action o;
| the sun d1ring tbt day
Rosa Bonheur left many unfinished p.eture-. no
I tably a large ClPvas representing bGr-e- starting
7 az full gallon Though offered EI6GJ1 for this
] painting she refused 20 finish il.
A new Kind Of boot has been invented by
/ Nuremberg merchant who ha, devised means -
I warming the shoes n a ue.rtr IF some SORT Oi
/ IN apparatus 10 the Eeci 0f the shoe.
| Tie cIbmen Of Naples are aroused in orpa7iti .
I to the introduction Of lurIcdb- iu tle civ. Ten
| thousand of the Italian c5bb.e- oppose to plan
{ 10 foTce change IN their employment.
Word corcs frarr Berlin that many wa'l-odo
yourg men 10 avoid compulsory military service.
have been taking drugs which produce Temporary
heart weakness seeking 10 dr-eryt tIe arm, paE-i-
/ Cj9rs.
Thee l5, not been an execution in tae NIyv
F 80 I. I'd f4 q
numerous soldiers seH.erced 20 death for military
/ offence during the var u.th spain D9t one was
/ executed
| special expedition for the study Of lepso-y il
/ to De made by the Danish specialist Dr. Ebler--
/ He will Ly invitation visit Crrll on which tder,
/ are several hundred IepCrs as we'll ls B -ua and
| other E-stCTn regions
! There has ben appointed special r.ram.=-.au
10 report on the rrir- q tire cliff tVe.ier- .1
the vicinity ~ Nsrra- and Csr-a-. C.I.. and l.-1
rcIr Aztee NtE.. With tie idea ot f.-..s.n- t.-
I4rd- o. "a rational uI-k.
A recent lecturer on the ,luriblI- II Nar,s Ans
ITALIA d gEa.et that country as the laHd Of con-
rrast. where vorHen are without beauty. birds
without song. flowers without fragrance ard
where dogs do not bark"
The agricultural part Of CIiT which lis south
oi Valparaiso. f. being rapidly developed aud che
cities Of TLo4tauano. the principal seaport, ard
section are fuLi % enterprises.
tiI 90 provide f.r the taking Of a census ~
the British L~.4r5- in 1901 hos been introduced
ir.a. th- H1lsa Of Commons. some mem6er- "
rae House sre i1 tIver rt waiting rl d census Of
the whole empire can De- taken.
Switzerland does not produce enough coal 81
keep three small steamers moving pfsr the l-se
of Enrich d-riu2 she year. and vet >v.tzesEaa Is
making steady advances IN many lH--=,fies' al.
OF which need more or les coal
George ". Bean r.. and biz f-'r- sons Of >an
srville No. were made UB--er Ns~Ors OIL trs
san,e evening last week iu Pu,r-u lodge. s. s+
as l. known a -ini lr event bias never occurred
in the history Of the Masonic fraternity
The o,de.t recipient Of the British ROYAL Ur-
name Soeiaty'5 medal IS the Rev William Crpr.
Ledger. ~ If-u8kc1 Ireland ta whom ias .H-.
been awarded that honor 90 t.r age Uf seventy
FIVE for rcscairS drowning woman rH March
A Paris contractors offer 90 rebuild the C0maHis
Franchise in sixty days by Employing Amcirsl
methods has been rejected or tae ground rhrt as
the taihcp belongs 20 the STATE its CONSTRUCTION
must remain in the hands 81 the state officials.
captive B9er WIS delighted vbra ta..~ 10 sss
the su-ire-r.om Of transport, and med
Had there been 10 war I should never have ser
-ugn wonders" He evidently considered rnst tro1
more than nlade up for his defeat and capture.
An officer in Burma express surprise ovtr ths
fact that the British Government buys costly iti-
ian and American mules when az Rbam', in Buf-
ma. 5000 Chimes mules are o. be had az 80 or
so apiece. capable Of carrying -" pounds q "a!
Formulation of the four greatest cities Of the REs
,isn Empire Is given as follows in -he figures Of
the recent census. It Petersburg I.ls2.517. No
COW with it, two suburbs. 9>,.sli, Oh "a 80
0H "a great increase since lse2J, and Nar~.N.
636.0-z
II +. stated on the authority of ,ho-. wIo a1y,
undergone the experience. that people buried iu
an avalanche hear distinctly every word uttered 1f
ti0-s. who seeking for them. while their M -.
strenuous shouts fail to penetrate even ieN i1e,
of >ucS.
Tie W G.. T. T. Of Waterloo Ind. have Pur-
chased "a c,lrfsy bell and have had it placed in
old hre engine house. where i- Is sounded every p
evening sS q warning t. boys and girls under tlr
age Of fourteen years to g. home, Hrt.l q p.ra.'y
IL = me.
In February thirty nine locomotives were eV-t
ported from the United state, against twenty
seven in the same month Of lSg9 For the eight
past rrurlh. s32 were shipped abroad against 242
iu the samC months Of the r. al year. lS4H and
2o5 in l-9s-
German Catholics have collected >1ooooo @
build a new church Of the Dcrmiton at Jsrusa-
lem the site iar which WAS given by Emperor
William. tn. first stone viii De laid about pc-
tober l. when pilgrimage OF Catholics te 'Ae
scene VIII re made.
The Philadelphia Geographical society Is %
Continue its work Of sitting wooden olsk- adr.it
On III. ice north a this continent. 20 demonstrate
tine currents Of l.actic water north of Bshr1HE
Strait Zach CaSk viii contain blank To be
filed in by the 6nder.
\ bill has been introduced in the ohio Lssi--
lsrurc providing that ruling bodisS Of religious
cen. mfrltious shall be empoUt cred to name the
trustees II dendm.rati0ral Institutions It's object
is to give the control Of Lane Theological SENT
nary TO the Presbyterian Church.
Vienna has never had cat show ard. iu tact.
slch a thing las never been known iu the cmp-r-.
The Austr1-Hurgaran Bird Raiser ASSOCIATION
has Gow taken the matter Up IN planning AIN expo
sitiou 10 be held in June. Nlur lock upon r"e
unda rtaking as a huge joke or a strictly Dr1cl-
nal IDA.
According to Italian Engineering. trolley
road will soon be built -'On the Road u N5ndc-
I,v.. A scheme submitted by electrical COM
pIuv was accepted a short time ago by the Nan
DELAY Municipal Council. and the road Is % he
begun within year and TO be running Withlh
three years.
The irnpression that wire nets at the mouths
Of the rivers are responsible for the scarcity Of
fish in the up-cOuntry obtains, it appears, in
North Carolina also. The Charlotte Observer
saws: "A few years ago thousands Of shad were
caught at the faIls Of the Yadkjn in this state,
but now the catching OF a single sh1d Is a rarity.
The fish are stopped by the wire nets strung across
the river (the Great ee-Dee it IL known. after
it enters South CsTOlins) and. in consequence,
shad are is scarce in the ladkin the HYeuhs,sen
are along the New England coast. The wire net
obstructiOrs should be dealt with by the Lcgi,lt-
lures Of the two States.
The meridian Of Greenwich is generally accepted