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

Gossamer iron is 50 thin that $3.50 sheets Of {,
are only an inch thick.
There no trusts in England. They are
called chartered companies.
Fifty thousand tons Of oysters are consumed in
London during the season.
The Arkansas Legislature adjourned April 10
after session Of i0l DAYS.
The Alpine air in Switzerland is irec trora mi
crobes al an elevation Of 1000 feet
A law putting bounty of IS on wolf scaips
went into effect in Kansas April l.
Tattcoing resulting in blood poisoning caused
the death Of Louis NJ. Forbes, Of London.
R. Merrill. Of Fresno, Cal, sat on can Of dy-
namite and smoked cigarette. He is dead
Eleven years after burial the body Of Niagara
woman was disinterred and found TO have been
petriied.
The goat produces more milk annually in pro-
portion to its live weight than any other animal
kept for milk production
In general. young cows produce richer milk
than Older ones, though much depends upon ihe
health and vigor of the animal.
In the years 1882 to 1897 Germany's increase in
the production Of cigars Is per cent and In
cigarettes as much as s5 per cent.
The smallest salary paid to the head Of civ
iiized government is SIS year TO the President
OF the Republic Of Andorra. in the Pyrenees
name is Van Deusen, is the daughter Of Joseph
b. Van Deusen. who designed and built the
yacht Columbia. which successfully defended the
Americas cup in ISL
The grave OF William Dawes. in Kings Chapel
burying ground. Boston, is to be properly marked
by the Sons of the Revolution. Dawes was the
man who helped Paul Revere rouse the country
side before the battle of Lexington
The Walnut Street Baptist Church, OF Louis
vilie Ky. has adopted resolutions practically dis
missing from the congregation all members who
have any connection whatever with the manufac-
t'Te or sale of intoxicating liquors.
An cSpcrimentslist describing the effects Of
the opiate. meseai. in a New York journal.
says he saw Counties skeletons. lnerriiy sim-
boiling the green He negleets to state. how
ever, what they were shaking the bones for.
A Pennsylvania trolley company had to
pay young man 81. 200 because its electricity
got into a barbed-wire fence near the track. and
when he took hold OF the fence to climb 1t he
couldn't let go until his hand and arm were
shriveied.
The industrial consultations, or socalled
trusts. brough; out in March, had capftaliza-
ton of 81, 10000 The capitalization in Jan
uary and February was 81 Jog 100000 The total.
therefore, for the first three months Of ls9o was
s2,2is,05o,0Oo.
The late Governor Fuller. of Vermont. had a
fad for collecting tunng-forks. of which he had
800. In the lot was one used in III by John
Shore, the inventor OF the instrument; be-
longing to Handel. and third given Mr.. Fuller
by Nine. Patti.
1t is alleged that the death penalty is rarely
enforced in Germany, Austria, Denmark or swe-
den. In New York eleven out of twelve mnr-
deTers escape without any punishment, and in
I the United States only one murderer in hfty SUI
fers capital punishment.
The desire the part of the New York lawyers
for the justices of the appellate court to wear
wigs and gowns has been refused by the judges.
The latter have some idea OF comfort. and give
that as reason for refusing to return 10 the
English custom Of looking wise
Six of the thirty-four State Senator's of Mis-
souri, are over six feet tall. The Big Four.
they are known. are Charles schweiehardt, feet
2is inches, 210 pounds Buell. L. Matthews. 8
feet inches. 2l0 pounds; Z. B. Fields, feet 2
inches, 225 pounds, and J. NJ Rollins, feet
1 3Ss inches, 2i5 pounds
The Rev DR.. De Costa, of the Church OF St
John the Evangelist. New York, has made
appeal for the closing OF places OF amusement on
sunday. the ground that without considering
the religious side OF the question, the actors
need rest. Just like other people. After enuIner-
ating the evils of the sunday theatre the preacher
says they may be summed up under the head OF
overwork.
son, and former United States Consul at ApiI.
says that religion is the essential cause of the
troubles at samoa the London missionary soci-
cites being antagonistie to Mataafa a Roman
Catholic. Mr.. Osborne describes Chief Justice
Chambers Of the 'narrowest evangelical
views. and wholly in the hands OF the United
States consul" The attitude OF Herr Rose. Mr..
Osborne thinks. has been 'commendable through
OUT and the Americans and British '-brutally
wrong
Captain Bonnefoy, who was appointed to
cort Queen Ranavalo, OF Madagascar, to Algiers,
had great difficulty in leaving her. She had be-
come so attached him that she would not let
/ him go. At length however. the captain got
! on board and the Queen accompanied him, ex
amining the cabin which she had used. and
which she said he recommended When
/ the moment for departure arrived RanavaO burst
| out crying, and the captain, to console her.
/ had to promise her that he would return in
few days.
The curse. supposed to rest on Newstead Alb
| hey, which Byron inEerited-that it can never
| descend from father 10 eldest son-seems TO re-
main unbroken. The late owner, Mr.. Webb, has
I recently died. and the estate passes
/ out of the direct line of inheritance. Byron had
| a skull, supposed 10 be the skull belonging 10
! the corpOreal remains of the ghost which is al
\ legged to haunt Newstead Abbey. 1t used
| by Byron punchbOwl. This skull went with
| the property, and was possessed by Colonel Wild
I
| and eventually by Mr.. Webb. Mr.. Webb buried
! the SKULL perhaps hoping to ban the curse, but,
| notwithstanding this Newstead vet another time
| passes away from the direct heir.
Coneiseness Is the Distinguishing characteristic
of log books This is the way the steam log Of
the Oregon, kept by the chief engineer. tells
| the story Of the destruction Of Cervera's feet:
! Eight a. m. to merid. As before until 9:30.
! when we went to general quarters, the enemy's
| feet having come out OF the entrance. Put forced
| draueht on all main boilers at about 9:45, and
began chasing. Continued running under forced
| drausht for rest Of watch. driving the cneinys
ships ashore one by At the end OF watch
| only one ship remained, which we were grad
ually overhauling. Merid. to p. m. As he
! fore except shut down f. r. blowers. and slow
ed down about 1880, having destroyed the Span
ish feet Worked to bells rest OF watch
Hon. joe Manley, of Maine, now visiting in
| Mexico must be surprised at some OF the things
the Mexican papers are saying about him. For
! instance ''El Pals" of the City of Mexico, re-
marks: In order to explain the sensation which
! the arrival Of the said gentleman has occasoned
in Mexico il is sufficient to say that SenoT Man
ley is president Of the Republican executive COM
| mittee, and 4 candidate for President of the
! United States and that he has the sympathies Of
the entire State Of Maine. 1t is unnecessary to
! state that Mr.. Manley was the recipient 1t the
Central satiOn of exaggerated ovation hurralls,
and other noisy demonstrations, which so we'll
become the disposition of those who belong to
the utilitarian race. which never loses gold or
! time.
Roquefort cheese is of very ancient lineage. and
Pliny mentions it in his writings. Few epieures
who Iineer over the subtle favor of this solidi-
fed mixture of goat and sheep milk know the
number of details which have to be observed he
fore the toothSome morsel is ready for the table.
The care necessary throughout every stage is
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