The evening times., 1899-06-27
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The Queen of Spain always attends mass at 7
| .. m.
In France there is one saloon for every thirty
| adults.
Hall Gaines income is said to reach 800, 1000
year.
Artificial ivory is made from borax and skim
med milk.
ri Is the name Of the editor Of a paper in
| Porto Rico.
| Spain has had thirty-one years of war during
| the present century
\ Queen Victoria is preparing for publc,tion an
| other volume Of her journal.
! Emperor William seldom drinks wines. prefer.
| ring beer and other malt beverages.
| The late Mile Rhea once refused a marriage
proposal from governor Of South Carolina.
| saint-saens, the French composer is well known
also as a philosopher, archaeologist, and as
| trono1ner.
Jan Maclaren has Travelled IL 900 miles in Amer
| lea. visited twenty-six States, and lectured in
| hfty-eight cities
| Pr'Issian blue is made by f,sing horses hoofs
and other animal refuse matter with impure po-
tassiiIm carbonate.
lemon orchard bears perpetually. You al
ways see buds and blossoms and green and ripe
frtiit on the same trees.
been purchased for the Fall River, Mass, High
School, where Mr.. Bliss studied.
Dickens Of the third generation has taken to
novel writing. She is daughter Of Charles the
Second, as the eldest playftilly called
by his friends
Congressman Ketcham. Of Ncw York. has
strange hobby. He Is an amateur ifnius cal
culator. and nothing delight. g. a. to en-
gage with his friends in contest a hst n1ture-
David Starr Jordan. President II Leland stan
ford. Jr., University, has made 4 lifelong per-
sonal study of fishes. and is now considered the
best authority fresh-water fish in this cOun-
try.
Upon being protested with for turning out
novels with the regularity Of a railway time
table" Sir Walter Besant has replied: "why
should not my business be regular any
other?"
1t has been determined that light is an i'm
portant factor in sugar production recent inves-
LEGATIONS showing that the sugar content Of the
plant is dependent the amount of direct sun
light received.
Harry TabTar. author Of Daddy Wouldn't Buy
Ne Bow wow." Ting, Ting That's How the
Bells Co." %. You Little Darling Love You
and other ballads, is now in dire poverty His
songs number II. 900.
newly found letter of Robert Louis Steven
says: II had always been bound to write a
novel. and had begun many twenty before
Treasure Island the light, but few were
finished, and none published
In the Altoona, Hamburg, Hospital all cases of
tonsilitis sore throat are isolated, since
it was discovered that eighteen patients in FIVE
wards, all the corridor. caught a
OF sore throat from one patient.
BY the death of James Schoolbred Gibbcs, of
Charleston. :. C., that city. residuIry leg
aztec under the will of Mr.. Gibbes' flther. will
500. eco. bequeathcd found art
school and ladies library. The will pro-
bated nearly twenty years ago.
4 German chemist explains, in ''Prometheus"
why Rhine wines famous, il they
too apt to be They have more than the
usual amount Of bouquet, due to lack OF exces-
sive sunshine and heat, which all countries
diminish the fragrance of fruits and wine>-
The Gar is not less careful of his life than
his predecessors. but he adopts different methods
for safeguarding himself. Instead of having three
trains ready when he is going journey. and
leaving the Anarchists to guess which train is
conveying him. as his father did. be simply al
lows one 10 know his plans The route is
published, but he never keeps to it,
i Philadelphia grocer persuaded a patron to
take a barrel OF -four different from the kind
she Usually bought, he being out of her iavorite
brand Alter two bakings she returned the -four,
as it was unsatisfactory. The grocer. after filling
the returned barrel, put in head and again
sent it. s1ying il what she wanted. In the
barrel she found a lost saucer she had used TO
scoop up the Hour.
Penny saving societies have been in operation
some time in a number of the cities of the coun-
try. their aim being TO cultivate the habit Of
thrift among the young people. particularly
among the school children. In Chicago such
savings society was established nearly year ago.
During the first four months of this year the
public school children saved l.65s.sIO pennies.
There were 100000 children in the public
schools Of Chicago, the average amount saved
in four months was about cents apiece
A sensation has been caused in Japan by the
from Christianity of three leading or
thodox Christians. Their action has given the
cause OF Christianity great setback in Japan
Likewise the present wave of japanese liberalism
The most notable case is that Of Rev Paul
kanimoTi former pastor of the Tokyo COngTe-
.ational Church and president OF the Dositis.la
(Christian) University, and author OF several re-
ligiolis works. This champion of Christianity IS
now one of the shFewdest business men of Tokyo.
and director OF the stock Exchange
The ancient and unique customs connected with
hook tide have just been observed at Hunger
lord. The ushered in by blasts blown
from John of Gaunt's horn. The hock-tide jury
were in by the town clerk, after which
the constable. portreeve, hailiff. and tuttimen
were elected. On Hockney Day two tuttimen
have 10 visit eaCn house IN tne boFplSn ana col
lect 4 coin of the realm from the males. and
have the privilege of taking a kiss from each
female. These tuttimen carry long poles. adorned
with choice flowers tied with blue streamers.
and surmounted with oranges. The tuttimen are
followed by the school children, who all have
holiday Hockney Day. Each lady who re-
ceives kiss is entitled to an orange
Queen yictoria's new yacht is the largest that
was ever built She is as large as the United
States cruiser Baltimore. much larger than Will
lam X. yanderbilt's yacht Valiant. and considcra-
bly, larger than the German Emperor's yacht
The Victoria and Albert
,trlcted at the government dockyard at Penn
broke. the first keel being laid on December %.
lSJ1. Parliament appropriated sum OF money
10 build the boat, and it is estimated that her
Total cost will be about f39o001- The new
racht is $50 feet long and 80 feet beam. Her
iraucht is Is feet, and her displacement is i.G0)
IONS The hull is of steel sheathed with wood.
md covered with copper. She Is provided with
iouble bottoms. and has three tunnels and two
nasts. The yacht has two sets OF triple-e1pan-
ion. four-cylinder engines, driving twin screws.
md an indicated horsepower OF 1l,G00. The high
pressure cylinder of each engine Is 10 be 26i.
inches in diameter, the intermediate cylinder al:
inches in diameter, and the two low-pressure
,ylinders 50 inches in diameter. all having
'troke Of 80 inches Steam is supplied by eight
zen Belville boilers, working at pressure of
700 pounds, which is reduced at the engines to
80 pounds. The crate under the boilers
S $40 feet. and the heating surface Is 5000
quare feet. This machinery is expected to give
/ speed of twenty knots hour with the
,ines making 40 revolutions minute The royal
ahins situated on the main deck amidships,
There is spacious pavilion in the upper deck
lit, and above the pavilion is promenade deck
hat will be used by her majesty and guests
The will number 21S.
An authority on tin plating says that food
anners cannot be too careful in seeing that the
u,Iity of tin plate used by them is of the proper