The evening times., 1898-11-09
NOTES OF THE DAY.

| or the eighteen major generals who
| served In the Spanish war all except five
| were regular army men, and three of the
| exceptions-Wilson. Lee and Wheeler
| were West Point alumni
The only military company composed OF
| Cinnamon in this country has been
| formed In Portland Oregon. IL has thir-
| ty-seven members all full-blooded Chi
namen OF American birth. Seid Back Ir..
It's captain, was about 10 offer the ser
wees of the organization TO the govern
ment when the war come to an end.
Miss Lutte A. Lytle Topeka's cOIored
woman lawyer. has been appointed mem
Der of the faculty of the law department
| OF Central Tennessee College Nashville
She is said to be the only female law in
structcr in the world. She will teach the
laws Of the domestic relations evidence.
real property, crimes and criminal pro-
cedure.
A movement has been started in Georgia
TO honor the memory of Miss Nyinne~Da-
Wis by establishing an Industrial schoo!
for girls. The movement Is headed by tho
Daughters of the Confederacy and viii
have the hearty support of the George
legislature and of Georgia's people. Tha
idea originated with Mrs. HaHlie Alexan-
der Roundsaville
| Sister Ellen Joseph, colored an inmate
of the Convent of ST. Francis, Baltimore
Md, is the oldest nun in the United
| States, both in point of age and length
of service. She is said TO be 1G years
old. When she first put on the habit OF
her order, the Oblate Sisters of Provi.
dence, sixty years ago, she in ths
prime of life. She has been active in per.
forming deeds of charity
The High Mill. the name ii is known
by at Great Yarmouth, is the highes:
windmill in England and reputed to be
the highest in the world. Built in 1872
at total cost Of s50Cc0, it's height in
| brick is a hundred feet and the wooden
} | cage in the summit further increases this
another 10 feet In a high wind the mil.
works at 30-horse power and is capable o.
grinding nine comb OF wheat an hour, Oi
crushing ten comb of oats.
Gentry County. Kansas. witch boasted
the record of having taken more premi
ums at the Worlds Fair than any othe.
single county in the United States. il
again a subject for congratulations hav-
5 ing captured a large number of the b. ST
premiums at the recent big stock show
: at the Omaha Exposition. 1t is claimed
by experts of high rank that the Omaha
exhibit of fancy stock was larger ant
: better than the memorable one at Chi.
! | cago.
St Johns Church. at Ellico;tviIe, y
, Y, has a bell that was made nearly two
. centuries ago in Spain and which for over
100 years sounded matin and vesper callJ
, at a monastery on the outskirts Of Nal
aga. The monastery was destroyed during
the civil war and for years the bell lay
among the ruins II finally brought
10 this country by a New England skippei
/ and purchased for the ElIicOttviile church
in 1888. II is feet inches in circum-
ference al the top and a little over feet
. [ at the base.
Having a son at the University of Ala
o bama Mayor W. c. Jemison of Tusca-
= / lOOsa has decided objections to all forms
of hazing The youngster was recently
put through the university mill in time
hOnored fashion. whereupOn the mayos
descended upon the seat Of learning and
soundly hOTsewhipped several Of the haZ-
ers His honor is an alumnus of the in
| stitution. but parental affection seems to
7 ! have overcome all memories of hazing
] scenes in which he may have taken part
! years ago
The large sum of 5000 has been left
| to Glasgow charities by MIR. James b.
Thomson VINO was most eccentric man.
| living in seeming poverty in small
! house. He shut himself up and lived
in the meanest way, cooking his own
! food and refusing 10 allow any one 70
! enter the house. Some time ago he was
removed 10 Gartnaval Asylum. where ne
u4td- II - Stttet IHdl "IlIIS IL flLLi4SctA
lived in such squalid surroundings, his
e lawyers paid. by his directions charities
amounting TO about 5000 a year
Lord Francis Hope, who married the
once frisky May Yohe. the buriesque ac-
tress, is about TO sell his collection OF
pictures. one of the most famous in Eng
land, 10 cover some of his debts. having
failed recently for $3l31,Co0. He sank
% about SI050G1 in backing theatrical ven
lures, chiefly the Lyric Theater, where
May YOhe acted He is heir 10 his broth
er the Duke of Newcastle. and Lady
Hope who has given up the stage and IS
-. | devOting herself TO charity. Will some day
u be Duchess Of Newcastle.
Miss Mary Hennessey Of Chicago. has
e been awarded $6,0ta damages by the su-
preme court in suit started eight years
ago against the Laundrymen's ASsceia-
ton for conspiracy tending 10 hurt her
business. Miss Hennessey had b en- de-
< sirous of studying law and 10 defray The
" necessary expenses established a laundry
d office and instituted "eut rates She
prospered until the Laundrymen's 5 Ass o.
citation began war against her, for
which purpose. according to her COM
plaint. it was principally organized
The death of Mime Carnot will be
n heard of with regret. During the exhi-
bition of 1883 Nine CarnOt received Il
the name of France and proved herself
to be an accomplished hostess. Never
did woman not born on the steps of q
- throne know better how 10 adapt herself
TO the exigencies of her husbands posi-
as ton Before she entered the EIysee Pal
ace Nine. Carnot was known only to a
few intimate friends and BY them con-
sidered u wife and mother devoted to tbs
interests of her husband and the educa,
- ton of her children.
IN Nearly twenty years ago. when Robert
]. Thompson, the present secretary of the
Lafayette Memorial commission. was a
schoolbOy, he read Victor Hugo's Les
Miserables. and became interested in
little convent described therein In after
- years he made pilgrimage 10 the con.
| vent and much to his surprise. found
D. | there apparently unknown and forgotten
us | by Americans, the honorable grave of his
| ideal in stOry-Lafayette. He then con.
ceived the idea of a suitable monument
to Lafayette and has since worked zeal
ousIy for its realization.
s The well-known Italian poetess Lui-
d | gina COdemO. has died at Venice Sh,
It's was born at Treviso in ISIS Between
1872 and lS4S she made a tour through
Italy, France and England travelling
constantly in her own phaetOn. WheT
in France she visited George Sand. whor
rs she greatly admired. The author cl
''COnsuelo'' received her very badly anG
Signora Codemo revenged herself b,
turning her into ridicuIe in an amusing