The evening times., 1898-12-09
NOTES OF The DAY

field.
The real name of Jules Verne is DIebe-
witz- He is native of Warsaw and
lives at Amiens, France.
In some of the New York deDartusnr
stores babies can be checked like unbrel-
las while their mothers are shopping.
Philip Sheridan. nephew of the 0ar-
eral and member OF the Montreal bar
is said to have made fortune I'm The
KlOndike
Leroy Beaulieu, eminent French sci
entist, is forming French syndicate for
the construction of a railroad across m.
desert of Sahara
The small town of Werda in the kim
dom OF Dahomey. is celebrated for ia
temple of serpents-a long building in
which more than 1850 snakes are kept
The ink plant of New tirana,,.t is a cu-
rioslty- The juice of it can be used as
INK without any preparation. AT first
the writing Is red but after few hours
II changes TO black.
II is the intention of Leo XII 10 .fr.rf-
! tute Il competition in 1899 for the DeeJ
carmen saeculare in honor Of the Say
I lour. The poem will be handed o, e. 10
/ the Able Perosi for musical setting
Queen Victoria has conferred on The
charge at Omdurman. the designation of
The Empress Of India 5 Lancers' They
We're unofhcially known as the dump
ties"
Nathaniel and Albert Won Rothschild. #
( Vienna. have established a fund OF 81 aen
+ the income Of which is 10 he used for the
support OF musicians, painters, scuIpt RS
and draughtsmen Of the Jewish race who
: are citizens of Austria.
/ Miss Ethel May Charles is TO BE- Ens-
/ land 5 first woman architect She has
I Just completed her time in In architects
/ office IN London and viii D. admitted as
! an associate Of the Royal institute. If
British Architects next month
/ Forain. the French carica-urist. was
/ recently asked whether he found G-pravf-
/ ty the deeper among the rich Or the
{ poor There is no such thing as dep-a-i-
. ty, he replied disdainfulIy. '.at the TOD
/ it is diseased nerves; at the bottom hun
/ ger"
/ Major Count -Werni2erod. who
/ killed a sergeant with a blow Of MS SAL
/ ber last fall on account Of hI.cn I'm tile
! camp cooking, has been sentenced By
! cOurt-martial To b. dismissed frcm -re
I German army and 20 be imprisoned for
/ forty months.
/ r NJ QuigIey. St Louis contractor.
. q
/ 1881 when labor was so hard 10 get a. IL
is today in his section OF the country. He
says that 5.g"o men could immediately b.
placed at work ON the river ievee con-
, struction between New Orleans and Mem
; phis-
f The father If a subaIterr In the Brit
ish army says that his son had about
J $500 spent on his education and 81 80
/ more on his uniform and Indian outfit
and mas received a second Iieuteuaucy fa-
( which h gets about S1.31 day. English
( youths evidently do not 90 into the army
. for the money they can make
Commissioner Evans. Of the Pension
Bureau, in speaking Of the remarkable
wounds which some officers received.
mentioned the ease Of an officer who
was shot in the back The ball pene-
trated his kidney. liver and lung and
broke tw" Of his rios. He is alive today
and thr President has promoted him.
4 village artist and sculptor in Devon
shire was commissioned 10 decorate the
Interior Of a small village church and
represented the angels with tears rolling
/ down their cheeks The irate vicar in
( terviewed him about it, The sculptor
said that h. had read IN the Bible Jhat
the cherubim and Seraphin continually
DO CRY.
missioner Peek. during his recent visit in
Paris: Like all Americans. he was not
10 be put out by JrirIes. one night an
excited belIboy awoke MIN by crying that
the hotel was on fire How near is it2- ae
was asked In this corridor. monsieur. .t-
No. Is Well this rooms No 20. cal. M
again when the fire gets 70 81
The insurance companies doing a life
business in Canada have agreed hereaf,-
er not 10 accept risks on the lives of
married women unless they happen 20 he
| the brradwinuerS of the family. or. in
/ other words independent of their hus-
/ bands The decision has been arrived at
( with "a view 10 iesseuing the crime OF
murder for insurance. several cases of
/ which have been reported within the last
/ TWO years.
\ New York ocuIist is reported in the
Scientific American Supplement aS saying
that Americans are too reCk.e eSs OF their
| eyes in exposing them To tht. electric light
rays. and if a reform Is n0J had a sightlrsS
race may be developed. What should be
used. he said. are fuoreScent tube-,
which cost no more than the present eiec-
trio lights and which give steady light
In fact. I would not b. surprised tu Sc
iuOrescent tubes in general use through
out New York city within short time.
IL is said that Dickens was The first ce-
lebrity 10 ask Zee for the privilege OF
taking his portrait 4 photographic had
been tOrmentinE the novelist with re
quests for SittinEs and Dickens consented
10 sit for the sum Of 50 guineas. Fanny
kemble refused 10 sit for less than et0
and then Ada Cavendish demanded and
received G300 Mary Anderson. toward
the close of her stage career. used to re-
ceive 100 guineas a sitting and Mrs Corn
wallis West. at the height of her pOpu-
! larity, had nearly half much again.
Recently firm of Partisan phOtOgra-
pliers arranged with Sara Bernhardt for
a series of fifty sitinSs at 81 Cuineas
apiece, and for the privilege of taking the
latest snap shot of Mrs Langtry firm
Some good stories are told in St Peters
burg about the CZars devotion to boxing.
which is quite his hobby. AT the Kreml3n.
Moscow, and also AZ the winter palace his
ma jeSty has rooms especially fitted up for
this exercise. He usually donS fOur-OunCe
gloves and the airy costume worn by
gymnaSts. and for an hour each morning
boxes with some member of his house
hold. To refuse bout with the Emperor
Offends him. So hard a hitter is he tha;
less athletic noblemen about the court
stand in positive terror of Il command to
spend an hour trying to stand up in front
of their imperial master. Recently how
ever he met his match in Prince George
of Greece. When that blonde giant was
told by the Gar 10 box as though he
meant ii he promptly let go his left. and
with such force that the little father Of
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