The evening times., 1899-03-23
NOTES OF THE DAY.
Irish stew is a dish never seen in Ireland.

AiA'u SbrH 70 uAcH never seen IN IFt&dEt-
Some of the stars move with a velocity Of
fifty miles a second.
Admiral schley IS said TO he descendant Of
the family of which Nathan Hale a member.
The will of the late William Black the Scot
tish novelist, leaves $4,000 to his widow and
children.
On rainy days Governor Roosevelt still dons
the old sombrero which he at santiago and
San Juan.
j. Proctor Knott, the weIl-known Kentuckian.
IS now head Of the law department of Centre
College, at Danville, KY
Miss Caroline Hazard. the new president cf
Wellesley College. is herself not college grad
uate- She is forty-two years old
New Orleans is about to erect statue Of Cen
eral Beauregard by public subscription. II al
ready has statues Of Robert T. Lee and Albert
Sydney johnson.
Three little Eustis. Ne. boys Vance. Dana.
and Elmer Foster, aged ten. eight, and sly
years. have sawed and split for the stove 1--WE
and half cords of wood this winter.
One of the members of the Connecticut Legis-
lature introduced resolution the other day TO
provide that the General Assembly shall finally
adjourn on THURSDAY. April 6. al , p. m. this
act to take effect upon its passage"
A snow shoveler in Chieopee Mass. recently
received . cents for five days work. the city
taking occasion to deduct what due it for
500 was collected By the city in this way.
The giant statues of the Apostles that are plac.
ed at intervals on the coping of ST. Paul's Ca
thedraI London. are being '.seen to-" The cor
rosive action of the London atmosphere had
wasted them until they had become positively
dangerous
The Prince of Wales is following the example,
Of the Duke OF Wellington. and saving garments
which he has worn on special occasions. The
Princes collection will be interesting as tina
Dukes store Of ancient trousers and swallow
tail coats.
sIatin Pasha is about to leave the Egyptian
army in order that he may spend the remainder
OF his days among MS friends in Austria Hs
had enough of the Seudan during the advance
on Omdurmsn. tie left Vienna for Cairo at the
age of seventeen, and six years later ap-
pointed by Gordon governor Of DarfIr.
\ bin has been introduced in the Nassachrl-
sets Legislature TO provide a penalty for wagon
drivers who trespass on bicycle paths The
measure was drafted because Of the fact THAI
Boston built path for wheelmen Massachu-
sets Avenue, and before the bicycles had a
chance TO it the track ruined by team
steIs.
The third woman 10 receive the Laetare medal
IS Mary Gwendonlen Caldwell. row the Mar
quise de NaTinyille the fact of the award To
her being made known by DIR. Seahm. Of the
University Of NoJre Dame. The medal is given
in recognition Of distinguished services rendered
for religion. education morals. Miss Caldwell
WAS the chief founder of the Catholic niTeT-
SHY Of America
Judge William Margrave. Of Fort scott. Kan,
the first man who received commission as
justice Of the peace ia Kansas. has been legis-
lated out Of office BY the present Legislatures
OF that State. The bill 10 establish a city
court at Fort Scott practically aboIishes the
Office OF Justice Of the peace. and no nomiRa-
tons for that position will be made by the po-
litcdi parties this spring Judge Aargrave has
served continuously since December >, 1854
The subscription for a monument 70 Wagner
in Berlin has been closed, having reached the
sum Of about 50 900. and the competition for
the design has been opened The site has not
yet been decided upon The committee having
the matter in charge intend TO get popular
on the question from the people Of the
city. The competition for the List monument
in Weimar has been opened; only German and
Austrian scuiptors are invited This is 10 est
not To exceed Sl09,e00 and viii be erected IN
the fine park that surrounds the Liszt Museum
Canada has not ret either forgotten or for
given that it KiPIing who fastened upon her
the name of The Lady of the SHOWS The
OTTAWA Citizen expresses the lingering re-
sentiment OF this phrase by renlarking. we
wouldn't like 10 say that it vas a case Of poetic
justice bat here RudyaTd Kipiing. the gentle
man who wrote The Lady OF the SHOWS. comes
'steen-below-zerO blizzard. and Is laid up with
what Mr. Dooley would call pee ueurnonis- IL
ne had carried out his original intention. and
wintered up here in the banana belt OF this fair
Dominion. all might have been we'll
Dr. Emil Preetorius the editar-in-chiet Of the
''WeStIiche Post" Of St Louis. j. Seventy-tvo
years old He was born in Alley Germsry in
IS27 and practiced law for time in Germany
He took part in the revolution of 1Sis'50 and
was forced To leave hi, native Land in lsl3 Dur
ing the civil he a stanch supporter
of the Union In the thickest OF the campaign
he leir his business to advocate Abraham Lin
coins candidacy In 1872 he Vas chosen tn the
state Legislature the Radical Emancipation
ticket. and both on the floor of the h0Us- and
in the columns Of the '-Westiche Pest when
he took charge Of that paper early in lsts4, he
most OutsPoken in support OF the cluse
Of the Union.
The Petit Journal of Paris, imparts this
curious uisinformation TO its readers: The
-preas-gang. in vogue in France under LouiS
XIV. and suppressed by Colbert, still Aouri-hcS
in England to this day. The 'preSs-gang' iS
the means used for recruiting the royal navy.
Is organized service. and j. officially recog-
nized. The system consists in carrying of by
force capable OF making sailors. Strategy
and violence all it costs. In times of war
the sailors specially charged with this service
patrol the streets of London. enter the taverns.
and take possession OF they consider suii-
cientIy strong. II the latter resist, cUdgeis are
freely USED and finally knives are requisitioned
in OF necessity The prisoners are then
carried aboard ship. BY this means The recruit
ing OF the British navy i assured
Chicago has an anomaly in the person Of
Ralph Roe, who Is At present making his head
quarters in the Windy City. Roe Is not the
gentleman real name. nor that under which hc
graduated from an Eastern college. He simply
uses il for professional purposes. and his pro-
fession Is that Of a tramp He has mlSsIon
and there is the redeeming feature. Whoever
before heard Of tramp with mission? Mr.
Roc is forming ysgabond's union. He has
tramped over the whole world during the past
twenty-five years. and he knows his business.
from alpha to omega The ,1magamated Asso-
ciation OF Hoboes Is TO protect its members from
the law. and presumably from dogs and home
made pie. II is to build homes and isue maps
of the best lunch routes, and in every way
make lie easy Tor its supporters, and miserable
for non-union men. This Is certainly the latest
in trusts.
Fifteen years ago, says the New York sun
there were 10000 telegraph Offices in AL the
countries of Europe combined, and 10000 in the
United States, the number OF messages sent be-
ing greater in proportion to the number Of Of
| fees here than abroad An official statement
| of the telegraph service of the United Kingdom
| which is under government control shows that
in 1870 there were sent in England Ireland.
Scotland. and Wales 6.s59.179 kilograms. while
last year the total number OF kilograms sent
was 81 G29. $50. The increase in some other coun-
tries is quite large In the United States
in 1870 the total number of telegraph messages
sent 9.l51, ,6i4. Last year the number OF
messages sent, approximately. 90.OO9.0O0.
larger number than was furnished by any other
which the present telegraphic statistics are
ually compared, the number OF messages sent in