The evening times., 1899-05-18
NOTES OF THE DAY.


Hawaii has 1856 Mormons, Of whom 4,sss sre
| natives of the islands.
Forty-twe million pounds Of India rubber were
imported in North America last year.
The bronze harp attached to the tomb Of Shell.
Iey at Rome has been stolen-pozibly by some
admirer.
Gen. Fred Funston has declined aattcring Of.
fer for lecture tour upon his return from the
Philippines.
The "New Voice" Of New York seriously dis
cusses the question: ''shsil distlers be permitted
to so TO heavenf'
The family Of the late Congressman Nelson
Dingey will place a memorial window to Mr.
Dingiey's memory in the chapel Of his college,
Dartmouth
William Archer, the English dramatic critic
did not find, he said. the worst quarters Of New
York 80 fasrantiy meretricious nor SO vicious
as many parts of London"
Candidates for the ROYAL Irish ConstabuIary
must be nominated by the Lord Lieutenant through
a member of Parliament. The limits Of age are
q to 20; minimum height, feet inches-
Wisconsin. Minnesota. North Dakota. and Cali.
fornia were the four States which. by the Federal
census OF 1890, had larger foreign-born than na-
tive-hoIn male population Of voting age.
The strength of the sentiment in Massachusetts
in favor Of State aid for good-road building was
shown in the vote. lis to II. by which the house
voted the State highway appropriation of $780,
600.
Like many articles of the feminine toilet, the
muff was first the property Of the women Of the
nobility in the middle of the seventeenth century
Every woman of fashion carried one 10 be in
style.
Metals get tired as well as human beings. Tel
egraph wires are better conductors Monday
than on Saturday. on account Of their Sunday
rest. and rest of three weeks adds 10 per cent
to the conductivity Of a wire
The consumption of coffee the world over /.
growing rapidly. The average annual consump-
ton in the decade 1870 to 1880 was 7gs ooo01
pounds in the next decade it was 1870 0Oo, ,oO0
Last year it was I,5s0. 900. .0o0.
During the past month twenty-five steamers,
carrying breadstufs. have cleared from Phi!adei-
phia for foreign ports carrying 2500OD barrels of
flour; y, 2,0s1 bushels of wheat; ,095 bushels
OF corn $3.50 busheis Of osts and II, 500 bushels
of rye.
The afr is clear at Aressuipa. Peru. From the
observatory at that place. $3.50 feet above the
sea- black spot, inch in diameter. placed
on white disk. has been seen Mount Char
chani. a distance Of eleven miles, through IS
inch telescope.
The Wisconsin senate has passed the house
rage license bill. requiring that five days elapsc
between the granting Of license and the mar
riage. the license meanwhile TO remain fle.
The purpose Is to stop the incursion of clipping
couples from other States.
1t has been resolved by the Florida Lesisla.
ture that the action of the War Department in
sending a negro payraster, to pay the troops
stationed in Jacksonville many months ago, was
against the wishes of the white people Of this
State" and was ''unwise, unjust, ard unneccs-
sary."
French scientist. i; is said. discovered that
cider is very fatal TO the typhoid fever bacillus
This effect he attributes to the malic acid pres
ent in cider to the amount Of per cent more.
according to the vintage" Should such r.
suit be borne out by experience. there will
surely be great boom in cider. and apple-srow-
ing will flourish more than ever.
Here some extracts from a rather odd
marriage notice: Miss Della Hill is married.
Her husband is a travelling of considerable
means, and she does not have to labor. not even
to make her own bed. Her husband is
years older than she is, and weighs 256 pounds
Their home is in Louisville. Nv. They were
ried in Kansas City. Miss Hills friends here
will all rejoice"
The London Times says that decision hss
been reached concerning the Pacific cable. Tie
British government has decided to contribute in
the form of yearly subsidy the full amount
recommended by the committee which examined
the matter in 1896. to guarantee the construction
of al-British line by the way of Vancouver.
Tanning Island Fiji. Norfolk Island. Queensland.
and New Zealand.
A journey around the world by established lines
of travel be made at present in sixty-six
days Starting from New York. the traveller
crosses the Atlantic, proceeds by rail from South
ampton TO Brindisi. and then by way of tine
Suez Canal to Japan. This consumes ffty-one
and a half days. The Pacific is crossed in ten
days. and the United States by rail in four and
a half. When the Siberian Railroad is COM
pleted the trip will be cut down 10 thirty three
days.
4 Galena, Kan, dispatch says: "a well-known
Calena man fell into fifty-foot mine last
ing in the rear of joint. This distance
sufficient. under ordinary circumstances. TO cause
sudden death. but he not only escaped injury.
but held in lis hand containing 50 cents
worth of beer. ard so carefully did he preserve
/. that the bubbles the cffervescent fluid were
not disturbed Parties saw the unfortunate man
fall. and ropes soon lowered. drawing him
out unharmed and carrying his pail OF beer with
him
In consequence of recent report that the Pal
ace OF the Doges at Venice had become enlan-
tangered. owing to the subsistence of the walls
adjacent to the Bridge of Signs and the decay of
the timbers supporting the Library of St Mark,
the government ordered the distinguished archi-
tect. Sgncr Boito. and other architects, to ex-
anime the condition of the structure. and make
a report upon the same. with a view to its
toration. The architects declare that the stories
OF dlnger are greatly exaggerated. but probably
some restorations will be carried out
.It is not the easiest thing in the world to be
admitted to the bar in Cuba, says the Boston
Traveller" THE indispensable requisite is di-
ploma from the University Of Havana, which is
a high-class law university There are two ways
of obtaining this. The applicant must either
take the fve-year course. or else he must under
go an examination by the university. the slme
as given to graduates. This diploma. under the
old law, cost $500 in gold. and besides this the
lawyer must pay $50 year for the right to prac.
tice. The fee of $500 has recently been abolished
by order of General Brooke
The number of pieces of solid gold plate which
to Mr. Vanderbilt and Miss Virginia Fair may
render it of interest to know that the services
popularity known as '.gold services are only of
plate that is to be is very small. says
the London News Only five examples of real
gold plate were exhibited among the art treasure
collected at South Kensington in the loan collec-
lion of 15s2-a gold cup and cover of seventeenth
century work, given by Bishop Hall to Exeter
College, Oxford; cup on ba!uster stem, given
to the corporation OF York in l6.2; a covered
cup OF 1858, the property of j. W. Walrond;
chocolate cup and cover with one handle. found
in the lake at Knowsley belonging to the Earl
Df Derby. and pair of massive ice pals, from
Blenheim weighing no less than 365 ounces. the
gift of Queen Anne to the great Duke OF Marl-
borough. There two gold salvers in the coll
ection of plate OF the Queen at Windsor Castle.
Ind Mr.. Cripps. in his standard work. "0d Eng
ish Plate" states that small salvcr Of pure
,o.d was noted by Mr.. Octavius Morgan among
he plate of King William ". which was said
10 have been made OF the presentation rings Of
The traveller who consistently follows his nose