The evening times., 1898-10-04
GENERAL NOTES.

1t Is expected that at the triennial gen.
eral convention of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church. which begins its three weeks
session here tomorrow. the divorce ques-
tion Will come up for prolonged discus
sion. There will be proposition to revise
the canon on marriage and divorce so as
to make IL impossible for clergyman Of
this church to marry either party to di-
vorce.
A fete of handshaking will be a feature
of the Chicago peace jubilee. and PreSi-
dent Mckinley will be the chief victim
This peace jubilee has already led TO "A
bitter war between those who favor and
those who oppose monster barbecue.
The latter have won. II is noted that the
State Federation of Womans Clubs will
hold one of it's lively sessions during the
week.
The electric lines of Freeport. Ill, will
give uD their cars on one day to women
conductors. The leading women Of the
town have consented 10 serve. All the
trolley-ride tickets sold by the Amity So
ciety for that day will be for its benefit.
to be used for charity.
In eastern Connecticut are number of
very old people who ascribe their long
and healthy lives to the fact that they
have never taken any medicine. One OF
them reached the age OF los years,
months and II days
The safety of the modern German duel
is shown by Bismarcks record Of twenty
eight He received bur one wound. and
that was accidental Whether his antag-
onists escaped as well is not stated, but
not one was seriously injured.
1t is suggested that it is particularly
important for the Democrats to have
majority in the next House, as the Ha-
waiian sugar monarchs Will lobby for the
. IZ4f.f
system. The Republicans are disposed to
favor that class.
Mr. Alfred L. Sewel, of Buchanan.
I Mich, tells. in the Chicago Record, OF
{ Representative Hits start in life. his
/ communication being called out by the
! suggestion that Mr.. Hit might succeed
( Mr.. Hay at London He says: When l
+ was a prep at Asbury now DePauw)
! University, at Greencastle. Ind. Bob
! Hit was a sophomore. bright young
! student. A man came along teaching
shorthand. He raised a class at Asbury,
/ and Bob Hit was one of his pupils.
/ Young Hit learned stenography. When
Mr.. Lincoln started out TO stump Illinois
against Stephen a. Douglas in the race
/ for United States senator he wanted
] young man to report his speeches. and
I because Bob Hit cauld write shorthand
/ he was chosen. He did his work well.
and Mr.. Lincoln became attached to him.
/ This led to his appointment as secretary
/ of legation at Paris by President Lincoln,
I and that led to all Mr.. Hits advance
ment- He had the stuff in him. but If he
had not learned stenography he might
/ now be in very humble position. There
/ is a moral in this story which tells it
/ self
( One OF the crack jockeys recently rae
ing at Reno. in Nevada was Mrs Bag
Z will rr-bn rides
/ in winner. She is twenty-four years
/ old. weighs iG pounds and is pretty and
! piucky- She has been riding for year.
/ Joseph Muenzmay was the head barber
/ Of swell club in Pittsburg In the flush
I times Many of his customers threw
! down from s. to s. for a shave or hair
/ cut. Mr.. Gilbert Rafferty, always gave
a s. gold piece. Mr.. Frick would never
pay less than s. for his shave Mr. Car
negie did not pay anything and the usual
amount was entered on the club account
The Illinois Manufacturers Association
/ which has urged the President to have
! the Peace Commission insist that all the
/ ports now in our possession be perma-
nently open to all our products. free Of
/ duty. is said 10 represent a capital OF
/ more than billion dollars.
/ The new college for teachers in Chicago
/ has been formally opened. This fnstitu-
! tion was founded by Mrs. Emmons Blaine
/ as a memorial TO her husband. Her gift
! of s. coo year for five years made il pos
! sible to receive pupils at reduction of
/ more than % per cent of the ordinary
university fees.
! An Irishman, writing TO the Cork En-
/ aminer says that Simpsons father was
/ a blacksmith at Galbally. county LINER
! ick Nobody has claimed Secretary AL
ger yet.
Bismarck's brain is said to have been
I the heaviest known To anat 1mical
science. 1t was not actually weighed.
| however, but only estimated from the
4 skull measurements.
1t is said that New York is no longer a
good baseball town. How does anybody
! know that? 1t is no proof that New
| Workers do not like baseball because they
are disgusted with the mOnkeyshines al
the grounds there for year or two.
There are a million and a quarter
! freight cars on the railroads in the
| United States, and 26000 passenger cars
| The locomotives number $500 and the
baggage and mail cars SOD. Nobody has
| figured out how long train they would
/ all make
| Perhaps Huidekoper might be willing to
turn his attention to the authentic case
reported from the Kapurthala STATE in
India, where mule gave birth to male
| foal.
Kangaroo-tail soup is popular again in
London. a thousand tails having been i'm
ported from Australia so far this year.
The price is shilling a pound.