The evening times., 1899-04-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.

NOTES OF THE DAY.
4 Michigan sim has s7o,i7s acres Of I,ud subject
to homestead entry.
The greatest university Is Oxford, which has
twenty-one colleges and 1--WE halls
II cost the city of Boston for the maintenance
Of its public schools last year 81, ,Sis,al3.
The Island Of Malta has population Of 157.-
| Ia6. The number Of deaths last year vas 5,5a1,
including eight victims Of Ieprosy.
Sidney Lee. the saasespearean authority. says
| That very few Of the first Shakespeare folios
| to be found in England.
| The bones Of average mans skeleton weigh
| twenty pounds Those Of a woman ere probably
six pounds lighter.
The constitutiona,ity Of a feiIow-servant ac,
has been affirmed by the North Carolina supreme
court.
| Great Brita;ns ''sphere of interest in the
| fangtse kiang Valley. China. embraces 6J00oo
square miles. and population OF lS3, ,000. 900.
The French Automobile Club has printed
map on which noted all electric stations in
| France at which the accumulators can be loaded.
| Dublin has two ancient cathedrals, st. Pat
| rick's and Christ Church. the former of whici,
| was restored by brewer and the latter by
| distiller.
| fire in Elkton, Nd. DESTROYED will by
| which young lady OF that town had been dsir-
herited by her father, and she got his property
| all right.
The family grave in which the body of ~
faure was placed Is unpretentious to a degree.
| compared with many of the imposing monuments
| in Pere Ia Cbaise Cemetery.
Wells. the man who broke the bank at Monte
Carlo, has been released from Portland ticket
| of-leave. He is able musician, and acted as
| organist in the prison chapel.
Beer tabioids are about to be put on the mar
ket by German frm- small tablet dropped
| into a glass OF water will turn il into beer zs
fresh as if just drawn. it is asserted.
While his house at Rye, England. is being
paired of its ioss by the recent Ere Henry James
the novelist will spend his time in travel, and
| will probably visit his American home.
| The number of cotton spindles at work in Js-
| pan Is about 1.I5o.ooo At the opening of the
year there were 100000 spndles at work in CHI
| ma; these have been increased to 565 900.
| The Norwegian army has a highly trained corps
| OF skaters. armed with repeating rifles These
| men can be unanswered ice with a rapdity
| equal to that of the best trained cavalry
John ". Brock has the largest individual claim
against spain for Cuban losses during the insur
rectioD. The claim aggregates 81. .0O0. 600, and
is largely for destroyed sugar plantations.
The Egyptians bestowed great labor on their
tonbs ard little their homes They regarded
the latter mere temporary abodes. but the
former they looked on eternal habitatons.
The widow Of Governor Msston Indana's war
executive, Is compiling book from letters and
conversations Of her late husband. who played
50 important part in the of the rebellion.
At lockwood. Australia. is the largest ccme-
terry in the world. 1t covers 700 acres. Only q
plot Of 200 has been used thus far, in
which loo.OJD persons Of all nationalities haze
been buried.
An Angleses, y. J.. gunner killed duck
few days ago. and attached to OF the ducks
feet large clam. The duck had evidently
been wa'irg in shallow water, and had stepped
on a feeding bivaive-
Tomaso Salyini. the Italian tragedian. acted
the other night in Florence in aid Of a charity.
lie appeared in the character 0f the youthful
David; his son. Signor Gustavo Slivini. playing,
the celebrated part of saul This he did
at the special request OF his father The veteran
actor called before the curtin five six
times the termination of each act. and
enthusiastically applauded-
The gift OF a Buddhist temple to the NingPo
Methods; Mission is unprecedented incident.
it is said, in the history of missions The vii
layers not only willing it should be used
preaching hall and school, but would con
vey II by a legal deed of gift The British con
sui pronounced the deed legally valid In addi-
iion to the temple and its denesne twenty-five
Chinese acres OF land have also been conveyed.
1t is provided in the will of the late Wal
ter II. Tiden. Of Philadelphia. that after the
death OF his widow and mother the bulk Of his
estate of sa0o.0Oo shall lie given p the Homo for
Aged Couples. Philadelphia. en- condition that
the Of the home he changed to the Tilden
Home for Aged Couples In event OF the home
refusing 90 this, the Fidelity Trust Company
is to dispose of the estate among charitable IN
stitutions it sees fl.
The Miami (F1a) Republican thus sums up
the love affairs of the Twenty-third Kansas: Five
of the Kansas City. Kan. boys married Cuban
wives and brought them home. They all have
either Il snail lemon orange grove. while one
Of the Pittsburg. Kan, boys captured dusky
maiden who has 6Do-acre coffee plantation
Sixteen others married Cuban girls. but they
drew blanks and when the troops came home
they left them 10 shuttle for themselves-
According to the Army Register Tor 1893. Just
Issued by the War Department. General Eagan
Is sill at the head OF the Comn1sary Depart
ment and no mention is made of his recent
corrt martial with the findings and resulting
action cf the President. The register also oinits
The list of those who have received medals OF
honor OF the general and staff officers of vol
thrty-nine declined appointments. twelve died
and 80 honorahly discharged
The old London banking house of Gosling K
Sharpe which in bygone days known by
the sign of the Three Squirrels. has been pulled
down. and a boarding remains around the site.
while new premises being erected in which
the banking business, now Gmsigauiated with
that of Rarclav. Bevan Co. will continue 10 ic
carried on. and where the ancient sign. formed
of three little iron squirrels. which had been Dis
plsved Upon a window h1r of the -oids'nlths AMI
iankey's premises upon this spot for more than
800 years, will still have place
A venerable lady in New Philadelphia, ohio.
recently gave a party which was thoroughly
uni,rie in its character. The company was made
up of seven couples who related to the
hostess ard all OF whom had eioped To get
married In no instance lad there been any
serio,,, cI,yo-it;on to the different matches u
simply runs in the iasniiy to embrace matri-
,nonv in that way. and the style is faithfully
maintained the youngest couple having eloped
in February in face of the cordial approval OF
their attachment for each other by their parents
A high school teacher has class in paysics
which has until recently displayed average
degree of intelligence The other day. however.
the last applied with all the proverbill
result The master put this question: Given
two Jars charged with gas-s. one with nitrogen
and one with carbon dioxidc, how may the
gases be discfiminated?'' Here IS Of the
written replies handed in: Get and let
him take a deep breath of both The nitrogen
won't hurt him. hut when he gets the carbon
iioxide hell die. That's the way TO tell"
Some time ago Mr. II. q. Forbes and Mr..
oeilvic-GIant went exploring expedition to
the Island of Socolra behalf of the British
and Liverpool museums They have inst returned
from their mission. which IS said TO have been
very successful. The whole of the centre Of the
island has BEEN for the first time correctly sur
veycd and mapped. and much valuable nforma-
tion obtained regarding its geological features.
The collections obtained contain several hundreds
many of which are believed to be species new
IN, c.iar