The evening times., 1898-10-25
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Moscow's orphan asylum. founded by
Catherine ii, is supported by a tax on
playing cards.
The city council of Cleveland has passed
ordinances requiring the street railway
companies to sell seven tickets for p
cents on certain Of their lines
4 correspondent of the New York Sun
has seen this queer sign: And inciviIity
or inattention on the part OF employees Of
this establishment will be considered a
favor if reported to the proprietor"
Congressman William Alden Smith. Of
Michigan. was once, as poor boy, eject
ed from train because he could not pay
his fare Now he is general counsel for
the road on which that train was run.
Mail is delivered in the Philippines about
month after it is posted in the United
States The time depends on connections.
especially at HongkOHg, but mail is new
er delayed at that port more than three
days.
Col. ]. ]. Van Horn, OF the Eighth In
fantry. who insisted on going with his
men to Cuba in spite of his years and
died as q consequence. was to have been
retired as u brigadier general In Febru-
airy next.
Spiders are a serious plague in Japan
They spin their webs on the telegraph
wires and are So numerous as 70 cause a
serious loss of Insulation Sweeping the
wires does little good, as the spiders be-
gin all over again.
The late DIR. Friedrich Muller Of Wen
ma was considered one of the leading au-
thoritiss on the philoIogy of American
Indian languages He analyzed forty-oue
of the tongues and dialects spoken oy
the aborigines of this continent
Jerusalem is said TO be filling I'D with
German and Austrian tramps and vaga-
bonds in anticipation of the German en-
perors visit there. and fears are enter
tanned in certain quarters for the personal
safety of the imperial party.
The demand for American apples in Ger
many is said to be increasing at rapid
rate, as the German housewives prefer
them to any others. Owing to the large
crop promised this season thousands OF
barrels will be sent to that country
Pennsylvania druggist rummaging
about among accumulated rubbish in his
garnet, found an Old iron oven that once
belonged to Martha Washington With
it were letters proving authenticity, and
an unbroken chain OF ownership up To the
finders mother.
An English bishop said recently: The
Two things of which l am most tired
are The Church's One Foundation and
cold chicken. The hymn seems always 10
be chosen wherever l go. and kind hos
tesses, with quite extraordinary uuanimi-
ty provide cold chicken for luncheon
The insignia of the Golden Fleece, worn
by Duke Philip, the founder of the order,
is still in the possession of Don Carlos
a fact which causes much chagrin and ir-
ritatiOn to both the Queen Regent of
Spain and the Emperor of Austria IL
is superbly jeweled affair and of high
intrinsic value.
Buffalo Jones, who in the early days
made living killing bisons at 30 cents
apiece. has just reached Seattle from the
Klondike country. He says 2.CO0 Ier=o
will be frozen in and forced to remain az
Destruction City. n. W. T. this winter as
a result of taking the Edmonton route To
the gold fields.
The only military company composed OF
Cinnamon in this country has been form
ed in Portland, Ore. 1t has thirty-seven
members. all full-blooded Cinnamon of
American birth. Seid Back. jr.. its cap
tain, was about to offer the services of the
organization to the Government when the
war came TO an end.
Labrador has dogs so fierce that a log
of wood is tied TO their necks to render
them less dangerous TO men and weaker
dogs. In Kamchatka the dogs are Sc
verely trained to haul heavy loads across
the ice and their tempers get sOured.
Consequently. they are surly brutes and
their drivers manage them by stunning
them with blows over the head.