Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-01
The annual calendar of the Royal College

The annual calendar of the Royal College
! Of Surgeons of England has just been pub
lished. There are Lib fellows: l..SS3 mem n
hers. $50 licent.ates in midwifery, llsi IL
centiates IN dental surgery. ard 81 diplo-
mates in public health OF the roll.
| A number of baronets have arranged TO
meet privately IN London early next month,
| On the invitation of prominent member
of the order. to discuss questions affecting
| the haronetage.
A telegram from Cannes states that Mr..
| Gladstone is expected to spend part of the
| coming winter there at the Chateau Thor
enc. where he will be the guest OF Lord
Rendel
Last week as a wedding party was being
driven from church, near Leicester. Eng
land, the driver cautioned boy named
Bright, aged thirteen. who WIS running
ehind. Soon afterward the driver found
| the boys head firmly fixed between the
wheel and the carriage springs. The
spolles had broken his neck, and he was
dead when he was extricated.
One of the literary Landmarks OF scot
| land h IS narrowly escaped destruction by
| fire. Thousands Of visitors to The Forth
bridge annually make an acquaintance
| with the Halves Inn. Queansferry. the
ard Stevenson, IL Kidnapped" has spread
| to the ends of the earth. The damage 10
| the modern structure is considerable.
An inmate of the Soldiers Home at Au-
gusta. Me, has been smuggling in bottles
| of whisky In a hole he carved in his wood
| en- leg. The last time he disappeared they
| searched fer him until they found him
lying dead drunk In graveyard, with ms
| wooden leg unstrapped and the empty flask
in the hole in the leg.
Dom Paul Kruger has just received at
Pretoris. from England, a state coach.
with silver spread eagles dotted all over
the panels and roof a gorgeous hammer
cloth, coats-of-arms emblazoned on the
doors and hack, and other features OF a
splendor commonly unknown among the
Beers.
The Mikado of Japan. though passion
ately fond of horse racing, allows no bet
ting on his track. and pursues the sport
purely for sports sake. He has agents
now in this country looking for twenty
first-class horses for the imperial stables
ing the Booth anniversary of Peter the
Greats stay in the town, where he worked
as a ship carpenter.
George Sand was really Nine. Dudevant.
and her relatives were so proud of her
success they had the family name changed
from Dudevant to Sand-the only instance
of a nom de plume legally busting the
real name.
'Gyp," the Partisan authoress, who Is
really Countess of Mirabeau, a great
grandniece of the Mirabeau Of French rev.
olution fame. has just bought the old cha
teau de Mirabeau. near AK. built in 1855
by the founder of the house of Mirabeau
A Siamese typewriter is on exhibition IN
Baltimore. 1t has been Endorsed and is in
general use by the Siamese government.
A new industry has arisen In Michigan.
namely. the conversion of pine stumps into
shingles. 1t Ii stated that stumps Of trees
which were cut twenty or twenty-five
years ago remain enduring and obdurate
distinctions to the cultivation OF the soil.
They are still sound. and turn out excel
lent shingles v hen so utilized.
Brides are not the only ones who seek
some lucky token for their marriage habiii-
ments. One az the most aristocratic of
bridegrooms last week went to the altar
wearing q pair Of socks that were knitted
forty years ago. and which had Already
figured In two weddings. both 20 far abund-
ant in happiness. The socks have gone in
to camphor retirement for the use of future
grandsons.
secretary of state for war, who has juss
retired. after q career Of forty years In
the public service, - . son OF Judge Hail.
burton OF Nova Scotia, who n known IN
American literature ~ Sam Slick"