The evening times., 1898-10-11
Penna. Ave. and 9TH ST.
NOTES OF THE DAY.

by s,71o during the past year.
After trial of two sessions daily in
the high schools OF Cleveland a return
has been made TO the one-session plan.
Miss Zephyr Adler, who is regarded as
one Of the most beautiful women in
Nashville. Tenn, has Joined the Saliva
ton Army.
a North Indian tribe embalms its dead
by means Of honey, placing the bodies
of those who die in rudely-shaped
troUghs filled with honey
Naval cadets who raised mustaches
while serving as junior officers during
the Cuban war. says the New York Times,
had ten demerits charged UP against them
when they reported at the Naval Acad-
envy on Friday last
II was formerly compulsory that all
persons should be buried in flannel
gowns. and there was an act of Parlia-
ment TO that effect. the object of this de-
cree being the benefit OF the wool trade,
says the Philadelphia Inquirer
Pho Mono bequeathed to the church 80
coo in gold Leo XIII has almost doub-
led that sum. which is deposited among
the principal European banks The Holy
See has no debts. what existed having
been all paid by the present Pope.
The Austrian Emperor is said 70 have
made the following remark 10 the Hun
garfan premier the other day; do not
spare me in the matter of work. Hence
forth / desire to work harder than ever.
as that is my only source OF consolation
\ San Francisco character is Capt Cod
dard z. D. Diamond. who claims To be
102 years old. and gets his living as book
agent. He had passed the century line
when he gave up his position as an en-
IN Pol in haf
city.
a Budapest newspaper, the Nemzet,
has reprinted an interview which JOkai
had in 1876 with Bismarck In it occurs
the SAYING which at the time was much
commented on: Take away from the
Frenchman his cook, his tailor and his
laundress, and you will find a red In
dian.
The New York Tribune notes that the
| Greek papers are very angry because the
most precious manuscripts of the Convent
of Patmos have taken" as they ex-
press it. like so many priceless Objects
the road for England. having been bought
! by a greedy Englishman from the stupid
monks OF the convent
| Sir William Gray, the millionaire ship
! builder, who died recently at his resi-
| dence. the Cottage, Greatham, West Har-
! tIepooI. some fifty years ago kept lit
tie draper's shop in Old HartlepooL As
/ the business grew he began 10 invest his
| savings in shipping. and before many
| wears had passed was building ships 70
| order. Now his yards employ at least
| 5000 men and pays over SlV,eoU week
in wages alone.
| Count ShigenObu Okuma, the premier
of Japan, is in many respects remark
! able parsonage He was poor oOy- anu
| in early life lost one Of his legs his
| uhysicaI loss, however. did not crush out
\ his ambition. but only stimulated it.
He applied himself strenuOusly 10 study
| and in 1871 rose to the office of minister
| of finance He was next heard or as the
| head of the war Office, and today holds
| the enviabIe position Of premier Count
| Okuma's son and heir spent seven years
in this country, and graduated from
Princeton in 1873.
The Cleveland Leader says that a man
| registered in a local hotel the other DAY
| giving his place of residence as Sleepy
| E.va Miun. Half an hour later another
| guest registered from Painted POST
| Iowa. The clerk paid no especial atten-
| ton 10 this. but when the next man 10
! raeistar boldly wrote White Pigeon
| Mich +" after his name, both the clerk
| and the bookkeeper began 10 get inter
| ested. While they were talking ABOUT the
| oueer names that had been given to some
of our Western towns, disnlned-ioohlIis
! man stepped up to the office, whiried the
| register around. and scrawled Horse
heads, y. Y.
Josaph Simon. of Portland. Ore. who
/ has been elected United States Senator
nv the legislature. is a Jew, says tbs
New York Tribune. and was born II
| GERMANY in 1851 He came TO this city
with his parents when only a year old
and five years later went to Portland
His education was gained in the puoi'
| schools of Portland, and in lSI2 he wa
admitted to the bar. having read law II
| the office of Mitchell & Dolph. both o.
| whom served many years in the Umte'
| States Senate. Since the financial ques
| tion has become a leading issue Mr. 81
mon has been an advocate OF the goi'
| standard He Is now member OF th'
law firm of DoIph. Mallory * simon
writer in CornhiI1 says that the Duk'
of wellington could never tell whethei
! his dinner was cooked well or Ill.
| 6rst-rate chef was in the employment o
Lord Seaford, who. not being able TO af
| ford to keep the man, prevailed on IN
Duke of Wellington to engage him. Short
Iy after entering the dukes service IN
| chef returned 10 his former master an
begged him. with tears in his eyes. t
| take him DaCR at TeuuCeu "dSSS VI AA''4
at ALL Lord Seaford asked: HAS IN
Duke been finding fault2' ''Oh. no-h
! is the kindest and most liberal of mas
ters: but serve him dinner that woul
have made Ude or FrancateIh burst wit
| envy. and he say nothing! / go out an
| leave him TO dine on a dinner badly dress
ed by my cook maid, and he say moth
ing. Dat hurt my feelings. my lord
4 He Did.