The evening times., 1898-10-27
SakS & Company,
Penna. Ave. and 9TH ST.
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Maine has taken a census of its hens and
finds it has 1,577Z52 OF them.
Over 200 members of the Second North
Carolina Volunteer Regiment soon 10 be
mustered out OF service, have expressed
desire to- enter the regular army
Admiral Dewey is said to have the fin
est private collection Of Butterflies in the
United States. 1t is insured for SIX or
eight thousand dollars. only a part of its
value.
MuItnomah Lodge OF Freemasons has
just celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in
Oregon City. 1t was the first Masonic
lodge established west of the Missouri
River.
Elias Burton. the eldest Of LOO of the
family in Lawrence county. Indiana, has
Just celebrated his ninety-frst birthday
1t is said that he does not look a day
over fifty.
Mrs. NJ. E. Manser. Of Newport, KY
is. so far as known. the only survivor OF
the go young girls who scattered flowers
in the path of Lafayette when he came To
Cincinnati in ISIS.
H. W. Berthrong. of Arlington. Mass.
who has been put in charge Of the Gus
JDIlS ser ICE dJ AidiA2dlliL4D ttiDot- ii-A9
been connected with the customs service
for twenty-eight years.
The 2)j wood sawyers OF Atlanta Ca.
have formed a union and have raised the
price Of saving stove woCd from > cents
To 81 d day. All the members of the or
ganization are either blind or crippled.
A daughter Of Congressman Berry OF
Kentucky has the Hawaiian royal ensign
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deposed Queen LiIiuokaIani President
Dole presented it to her. and the queen is
vaiuly begging for its return.
The Transvaal has only one ambaSsa-
dor to Europe Dr. Leyds, VINO repre-
sented the republic at Queen WilhelEaiaa'
coronation and is now on a round Of dip
lomatic visits taking in London. Berlin
and Lisbon. His legation viii be fixed at
Brussels
The Rev. Elmer Yocum. who died in Kill
bourn Wis. the other day. was the only
surviving member of the general Meth0-
dist conference which. before the civil
war tried and suspended a bishop for
marrying a woman slave owner. dec!s-
ion that led to the separation OF Metho-
dism North and South
Five workmen Of Homestead Pa, have
just sold jointly owned patent on car
coupler for S150,000 They are Jacob j..
Smith a bricklayer; John Bower, black
smith: Louis Walker, a carpenter, and
Thomas ". Morgan and Samuel Jack. Ia
borers. Smith is the inventor and took
the others in to defray the expenses OF
the patent.
Texas has been invaded by an army Of
, strange bugs which are said 10 be an
+ gular-shaped creatures, in form some
thing like the body Of patent smooth
ing iron with bUShy tan or mouse-col-
Ored hair hriStles extending from every
part of the body" The description
sounds rather terrifying The insects are
said TO sting, but nobody knows Yet Just
how they do it.
1t is said that Jerusalem is destined to
be a great railroad junction. The idea
seems preposterous at first thought but
there are two great world lines-Coast al
tinople 10 Hongkong. and from the Cspe
to Alexandria-whiCh meet in Palestine.
The Fortnightly Review declares that
whoever holds Palestine commands The
great lines of communication By land
and sea.
Spiders s'by the millions" according &C
the board Of health. of Southport. Ne
have taken possession of a house recent
" Occupied by Mrs. Julia Pierce, a widow
of that village. She doesn't occupy ths
house now because the spiders have maGt
il uuinhabitable. No methods yet triel
have succeeded in materially reducing th'
numbers of the pests. though thousands
of them have been destroyed
sherry. the New York caterer. is suing
DR.. Joseph BiSsell for SS75.s5. the bill 10.
one dinner given at Elberon, n j. The
iternized account is as follows Twenty
dinners 800. bOutOunieres and flowers SO
music Slis. So quarts of champagne Sii
mineral waters go qUarts) 81. 80 per
fectos S125O. 80 panetellas SO , boxes
of cigarettes so cents, 3 boxes of EEyp
tian cigarettes so cents, and express
charges $3.50.
Says a dealer in antiquities: Il had
fat woman in here the other day. We'll
sir. she was caution, was that fat wo
man. She would have the antique al
through her house. sir; nothing but tn
antique for her house deCOra ton Why
sir. judging by what that fat woman sal
and bought in this shop / should jUdg
she was heartbroken. sir. that she couidn
get the shades of her ancestors for he
: parlor windows
North Carolina. which pays a pensiG
to Confederate Army veterans that are i
need. finds that but l in 15 of the know
survivors in the state are on the pen
sion list. Applicants for aid are fewe
! each year in stead of increasing cor
stantly, as is the case with Federal per
sioners Texas will vote on a cOnstitU
2 tional amendment permitting the State
; pay similar pension to Confederate vet
: : Grams at a special election next month.
One of the odd and valuable product
/ of the Philippines is the vegetable jewe
Several vegetables seem to have the fac
ulty of secreting mineral substances re
! sembling precious stones The scientiS
T James SnithsOn first called attention I
: these secretiOns. One of the Jewels. tn
t bamboo-opaI. rivals the best sones in ii
}, / delicate tints of red and green. but
! ! is among the rarest and 1.0G0 stems ma
! be cut up before single specimen b
| found.
The Cantab. an undergraduate journ
published at Cambridge. is feeling u
happy over the defeat of its university
a all the Oxford Cambridge athletic Col
u tests of recent years. 1t has issued
proclamation poster. Offering a reward
10.0O0-thanks-if any freshman can Pr
duce promising material for the fo!loV
ing contests: The boat race. the criSk
: match. the Rugby football match. u
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