The evening times., 1900-02-24
NOTES OF THE DAY

For calling another man liar through the te.c.
phone citizen OF Boone county. Iowa. bad 70 pay
fine Of -
There about 12.coO persons on the pay roll
Of the city Of Boston and the estimated popuia-
tion Of the municipality Is 550.Oo0.
The Paris automobile manufacturers object %
having numbers put their vehicles on the
ground that il would their looks
Returns Of Prussian incomes by the income t4-,
bureau show total Of 81 SD jSO. 900 in Isn,
against sl.6s5 .759.e00 in 1905 and 1881 10000 IN
| 1897.
IN vaccination case the supreme Court Of la-
dina has decided that the matter Of protection
the pubic health comes within the police power
OF the State.
In saloon in Glasgow Is the following soti-s
pasted On the wall. ''D.sctisSious the war and
the twentieth century will not be Allowed till the
close OF both
Abolition Of the usage Of heavy tools in the
cabinet making tfase Is favored in Manhattan ~
the clrpeuters' union of the New York district
anu may be agitated for in Brooklyn
The ''CongresatiouaIist - in discussing apathy
IN church business. expresses the belief that -
| per Of church members are delinquent in at
tending business meetings Of the church.
| Queensland Is being converted into a large
| orchard The Australian orange in particular ha,
great future. a. it ripens at time when Spain,
| ltay and California cannot provide the fruit.
SUNDAY Is observed a, a day Of rest hy mutual
agreement between the be-ieger< and defenders ~
NJieking. The British indulge IN cricket matches
ard a band makes music in the market square.
The Ohio Hou-e Of Representative has pissed
a bill which provides that women employed TO 90
work of lny kind shall. in the absence % con
tract agree meut. be paid the same wages men
receive for similar work
On q farm in Virginia there is lu apple tree
which /, eight feet FIVE inches around. N isS1
a. -gF ID
and sold at the apple house for So The uee =
seveHty-five yeats old and still bearing
~ evidence that chances for Advancement still
exist il is noticed that George Everett. the
builder Of postofhces and custom houses for the
United states Government worked ~ day
EhDrer and stonecutter les than twenty years
ago.
While women are only being admitted to
German universities the doctors degree was CON
ferred on Young woman named DoFothel von
SchlOzer * erriy I7-7 at GottiHgpu ITrar
examination in Latin. architecture, mining aud
algebra
The will Of George Blackman. vho was cen
tenarian of Derby. Conn, Is being contested ty
relatives on the strength ot decision made by
Judge Shumwsy IN former case, that person
over eighty years Of age was not mentally capable
OF making a viii.
One Of the New York tHeatre- adverti-es in il5
daily programme all rhc articles lost and f1und
ir the house rud IN that way &c due~ a good -erv-
lee TOR it, patrons. Articles found 81 the close
q each performance are taken to the box ottre,
where a Ii-t Is uiade and printed the EeNt DAY
Dispensing tea during divine service on ~undly
afternoon j. being SERIOUSLY discussed iH d.
-entfrg circles a. sydney. y. : ". Tho
peu-e5 ot the innovation are expected tn %
small. ~ it II calculated that member, of the
congregation viii take -uIus Iu providing ml~g
q the requisites.
TIrautull~ are being used iu Australia for Jaa
sake Of their webs. the hlamcnr- of which are
made into thread for balloons. They are lighter
than silk, and. when woven lighter than canvas
Each tlrautulI Yields from twenty 90 forty yards
- fl4mert>- ~ which eight twisted together
form a single thread
Edmund Clarence Stedmln. the poet-blu5er. =
frequently supposed ~ hi, pictures 90 be a large
man. but ia reality he is not Il is his whi--
ker~ that give him the appearance Of great -ize
cold TIP Of the View York Pres de
secrihes his vhiSkerS ls '-the sTeate-t wind
jIWmer, iu th street.
Tie proposed Cape Cod Canal has recently come
into notice and figure have been presented hetoFs
the harhcr and land commissioners bv the engi-
neers Of the company. The c nal would BE- vi. houi
locks. The maNimun velocity % t1r current
through the canal would be ipur miles az l1ur,
aud possibly five m storms. The entrance wid-I
At BaruStable was fixed az 1000 feet
In Peuusylyauia a rev telephone tJlr~mittef
Es- been devised and Is being manufactured. Il q
20 constructed that the outer casing and moutn-
piece may be removed for the purpose Oi clean
jEG without disturbing the Diaphragm ana cartgH
parts in an inner she'll The diapbr4Sn Is uet5
i'm place by d threaded ring which screws on the
inner easing. n j. therefore, independent Of Inc
adjustment Of the Hs1uthpiece OF any other con-
ditiou pf the outer casing The manufactures
adjust the instrument. and 10 subsequent -d-
IriStUtut j needed
4 rather conspicuous example Of bow success
sometimes ruins lnd finally Kills a mar is found
in the career ii rh- late " lillian Henry CiJrs,
formerly corporation counsel q New YORK. tie
Wa considered ore the most brilliant men lH
New York politics, and his success. both iu hii
prof ,~i1u ard iu his financial ventures Wst
something Gazz'irg He achieved both fIEr dHd
fortune ID a vsry ~h.it space ot time, Hrt they
proved too much f1r him. and be- lI~ died "e-
rrfr IF sII ne had ever achieved. and MORE zoo.
However. its au ola story.
Article, iuHumerabe were written 10 the past
on Niagara l- % spectacle inspiring awe and gd-
jectfye- but oi late wears eomTa-5.I. -y few
reoU1- have been moved t1 treat the fails -
merely q marve. of nature. This IS due J' tfe
fler that even iu fre most sensitive -uH Js~-
thetic minds lh re- has arisen aisIuiet-rs doubt
to the possibility in an axe s" PRACTICAL u
preserving the cataract mUea longer as .1 '.-
iecr of admiration Bot directly Profitable. and -
protecting &c from capitalists eager 20 turn lt,
beauty into --bry-e power
Tests made in Detroit give promise chat sing
ing. with some degree Of accuracy. may Dee taught
tl deaf children. Tie experiments were made
under the direction Of the supervisor of mH-ic in
the public schools Tie children were gathered
around piano resting their hands. and iU some
,5,e.. their arms upon the instrument. After
the instrument had been played t"r sniue tiiue
the children began O. count On correct tHt "iiI
the music catching IHe acCeu5uJtluu ai beats
through the vibration Of the wood occ-~l ul-iT
"a child would seem to progress beyond ,Ee Uerr
response tU time and count d-oud witt some IV-
rr.yirlg-ior t1 the tune. When tins fact Was sn-
served by the teacher. the pupils were l.Ir %
TpUpIt the cords baby, baby, over and over
ard az the same time "a lullaby was played uu the
piano. IN "a short time il was noticed r0ir nearly
am fne children with whom tine experiment Was
tried indicated ,he air with more 1T les, dStiHgt-
ness StiIr another experiment was tried by sing
ing the scale into .he ear Of boy and playing
it on the piano. After few trials the pupil was
able To- sound the notes well could many
children with urimpaired hearing.
The Common Carrier describes the running
a.f r.e trains Of the southern Railway from Nry
York TO jacksonville Fla. distance of los
miles. in tweuty-siv hours and hfry five minutes
a. the fastest running attained anywhere in the
world over that distance There are faster trans
for shorter distances. The fastest regular train
in the world Is that which runs between london
and Bath. lO7 miIes at rate Of $40 miles
bour A New York Central train makes the ds-
t,uce Of 40 miles between New York and Buffalo,
excluding stops. az a rate OF SO miles hour.
Tie London and Bath line has the record, there
fore. for lO1-mile runs and the New York Cen
tral for fOO-mile runs. but the southern Railway.
the ''C Carrier affirWS. has the record for Ion
miles a. il makes that distance 5t rate Of 30 p
miles an hOur-d rate nos CqUIled by any other
road over 900 miles Another Southern line. the