The evening times., 1899-05-12
NOTES or THE DAY.

| In ten years the production OF eteam enGine
I'm Germany has more than doubled
Oil refining in Western Siberia is making fas
progress, and large quantities are sold abroad.
London's record os deaths by violsnee was 3,
5l4 last year. being LA above the aSsrage Of th'
| preceding ten years
| The value Of diamonds mined in Cape COLONY
in 1888 was I'll. .75l. .s4o.A. and the net prof
thereon was g. .65l, ,6so.S7. -
| Another Indian congress is to be 4 feature O
| this years Omaha exposition. II will be more
| extensive than that Of last year.
| Kaiser wilhelm has decided that Richard wag
| ners statue shall stand by the side Of the Cold
fish Pond in the Berlin Thiergzrten.
| Blind person., acquire so great 4 delicacy o.
touch at the tips Of their fingers that they may
really be said TO see with their hands
Twenty-Five Iytars ago Frsnsce was able to PM
as many sOldaeTs In the held as Germany. To
day it falls short by about 900 men.
In times of peace Cen Eiwell Otis is n devoui
follower Of Walton. and his skill in handling rod
and line is as phenomenal as his luck in war.
cotton mill company, with capital Of 500,
900. has been organized in shreveport. La. Mis-
sissippi negroes are also organizing q company
to build a mill. &
| A cycle christening is reported from Belgium.
The father took the infant to church on the ma
chine, followed,-by other members OF the party
on their bicycles.
French pathological journal estimates that Of
the $50 different languages spoken on the globe.
50 are in use in Europe. ia in Africa. 123 in
Asia. Az in America. and III in Oceanca.
Pension Commissioner Evans says: .'One-third
d the army of fs9s will expect TO he the
pension rolls before the end of the fiscal year.
II the applications come in as rapidly and with
the same relative strength to organizations that
they have been arriving during the last month. :"
Ex-Secretary Sherman says that his brother.
the general, once replied thus to compliment
on the honors fallen to the family: "Ycs. John
has done well. do not complain Of fortune.
But the biggest and hest Of the Shennans was
my brother Jim. II he had lived the rest Of us
would have been thrown in the shade
The Hunters improvement Society of Great
Britain announces that at this years horse show
all yearlngs must be unlocked. Next year the
rule will be applied TO yearlings and two-year-
ods; the next year it will be extended to three
year-olds. and 20 on. until all horses exhibited
provided with their natural caudal sppend-
ages.
Editor Peter Dunno. the author Of 'Mr. Doo-
ley's'' philosophical reflections and comInentsSDn
current events is to make tour Of Great Britain
shortly. and will visit Ireland. where. doubtless.
his reception will be particularly cordial one
Mr. Dunno is already well known in England
as Artem,s Ward, and his popularity IS perhaps
even greater.
Miss Blunt, grea, granddaughter OF Lord BY
ron, lately married TO Neville Lytton.
member of the Bulwer Lytton family. After the
wedding at Cairo the couple role ten miles across
the desert TO her fathers place. near lielopolis
where they weIn welcomed by troupe Of Arabs
and BedouBs. who in honor Of the festival.
roasted a whole fock OF sheep.
The recent severe weather led to the formation
from a leaking water tank at the Peoples Pal
Music Han, Bradford. of a huge iricle. six
yards long and few feet thick, which
must have weighed one two tons When the
thaw came this loosened and it crashed down at
O'Clock. Just as the audience was leaving the
hall. Two women were injured.
William Archer's determination to say nothing
unpopular. is evidenced by his statement in his
last letter to the New York Times about the
with gaily dressed merrymskers and altogether
there is of festivity in the air. without
any fagrantly meretricous element in Il. which
plead guilty TO finding very enjoyable.
report from the United States Consul at
Montreal covers e1haustiyely the dairy products
trade of Canada The consul shows among other
things. by what means Canada has increased her
export trade in this line. while that Of the United
States has decreased in some directions Briefly
stated, the success OF neighbors has been
achieved by catering directly TO The peculiariies
(even the whims, of their foreign customers.
A famous actress was once playing at Dublin.
the role being Galatea. Pygmalion. it will be
remembered, has that not unusual domestic
cessory.. q jealous wife. Daring tsssfcmporary
absence q the wife Galaieazysss about 10 throw
herself into the arms Of Pygmllion when an old
lady in the audience tailed out warningly: Don't
do it. darlint His wifes Just gone out an it'll
be like her be stoppin' At the keyhole:''
There is a branch ostrich farm of a few
acres in Jacksonville. Fla. It contains
about 100 birds most OF them hstehej in this
country. The notwithstanding industry has its
drawbacks, and, while it has been regarded as
fairly remuneraiivc under favorable conditions,
the importation OF feathers from Africa to this
country is large. and represents large amount
of money. estimated at from 81. .jo00 0p0 10 $500
900 per annum.
There seems to be a difference in the practice
of Great Britain and the United States respect
In the former country old coin is taken at its
made from time to time to cover the lass TO the
mint account of OF course. this rule
does not apply to foreign coin. which is taken
by weight. In this country the mint receives
our gold coin by weight. and all the loss by
natural abrasion is borne by the holders of the
coin.
Superintendent Ezra o. WinSor, of the Chelsea.
Mass, postoffce, is to receive appointment TO
an important position in the Posotfice Depart
meut at Washington. Some time ago he devised
and introduced at the Chelsea Office a system
Of postofiice accounts which the approval Of
his superior officers. and he was called to Wash
ington few days ago TO explain this system TO
the department officials II is understood that Mr.
Winsor will be made postoifce inspector. for the
purpose of experimenting the introduction of
this system Throughout, the country.
The Rev DR.. Iames Brand. pastor of the First
Church of Oberlin. whose death |
is announced. was of the most influential |
ministers in the country. At the |
great international Congregational conference, |
held in London. he of the conspicuous |
speakers ard leaders. lie was also noted speak |
n at the Worlds Congress of Religions in Chi |
ago in 1898. Many OF his writings, such as |
Sermons from College Pulpit" and The Mis- |
'on of the Christian Church, have received in
ernational recognition. DR.. Brand was an un-
iring worker in the interests OF 0berlin College |
or a number of years. He educated at Yale |
University and Andover Theological Seminary. |
md installed pastor of the First Church !
II Oberlin in 1873.
The "Anglo- Russian" of London. says: '.The
justification of Finland has been inaugurated in
he orthodox fashion. namely. by beginning
rusade against the Jews. Some communities of
he latter wanted to erect places of worship and
ppoint rabbis and other officials. The senate
las replied that. in accordance with the
Jews expressed by the governor general. law
5 to be promulgated according to which those
ews possessing an imperial passport will receive
PERMISSION to remain in the duchy. but
cunt can they be allowed to build their own
ynagogues, they cannot be owners Of prop
rty, but they may take houses and furnish them
Nth the paraphcrnalia necessary to synagogue. |
his is a sufficient example of what the Russian
intends to allow the Films to man
Lar in IL |