The evening times., 1899-01-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Among the marriage notices published in the
Kansas papers last week were two. respectively
headed: ''Warmbread Coffee and Wood Pyle
January was termed the WoIfmonth bv ths.
Saxons. as during this month Casually the coolest
of the year, the wolves grew especially daring
and ferociOus.
In four hours recently Paris court granted
POI divorces little over q divorce 10 a minute
All the parties received state assistance in their
cases, 80 that their divorces cost them nothing.
A Spanish author has written five novels Of
an unique description. The first is without the
letter a, the second without y. the third with
out l. the fourth without y. and the fifth without
The ehamois is usually identified with SwiszeT-
land, but the animal is less common there than
in any other country which il inhabits Austria
Is the real home OF the ehamoIs, where they
mcst plentiful
The London Daily News which has in its pos
session the hymn book OF General Gordon offers
TO sell it to the highest bidder the proceeds To
% De turned over TO the proposed Gordon Memorial
college at khaFt0um-
Tortoise shell it comes 10 the market from
! the West Indies is coarse, dirty and lustreles-
and only the most s;liIlfuI and patient manibull-
| ton makes il the rich and beautiful material
/ that 1t eventually becomes.
| determined bridal party at Stroed. near
Rochester. England. reaching the church found
that the building was on fire. 1t waited around
/ perform the ceremony IN the ruins
Bronze statuettes of Kaiser Wilhelm. dressed
! up az Crusader. sold for Christmas pre--
ents at Berlin. The Kaiser looks up 10 heaven
holding both hands the hilt of his sword On
which is engraved the word -Credo.''
When the fire broke out in d London Theatre
the other night the band calmly played God
| Save the Queen" and the audience trooped cur
I quite unconscious that they were saving them
/ selves until they the IRE engines outside
/ Traehoma, granular lids. Is widely spread
| among the s,OO0.OO0 inhabitants Of Hungary. No
| fewer than in I.O00 being afflicted with the di-
ease IL spreads by eUhtagi0n, and neglect OF il
MAKES a patient liable to Hne Imprisonment
In Calcutta it is extremely difieult 10 interest
| the foreign population in i sermon at apv tim.
I OF the day The h0hi-Nur remarks on the cii-
rIotIs Spectacle OF seeing 50 per cent Of the con
gregltlou at the Calcutta Cathedral II even-sanss
| march oHt just before the sermon.
! The inhabitants Of the town Of Tol.ascs. Mi,-..
want 10 change its name to Black Fisnd The
name Tobasco." observes the Boston Transcript
I 0~oeih SEEN 10 warrant a traveller in expecting
( a warm reception; but one who wasn't Oh
( hsed /" do 50 would stop IN At Black Hand
! The bus drivers # London tied blue and ana
Der nbbon ON their whips in memory Of the late
Baron Ferdinand Rothsehild. Blue and amber
were the sporting coloTs OF the Baron. who for
many years had been in the habit 0f giving a
brace OF phea>ants at Christmas 70 the bus driy-
eTs.
January - Is9 viii be the 25orh anniversary
I 81 the death OF Charles j. and project i on
foot in London TO Celebrate it with special ,.ry
Ices and IN some place connected with The
( hing memory 10 build chapel or pIr up s4v-
erdi >taine,giass windows in The monarcit's mem
E Vry.
Tie uSe OF slate and pencil by children +, DE-
nouucrd as unhealthy. u has been forbidden In
the schools OF Zurich. Switzerland. and pen. ink,
@hd paper have heeen substituted instead. The.
reasons gwen are that the light gray marks oH
The states cannot be followed without strairiaa
the eyes.
In >ervia there still survive, a wonderful .,lI
Institution known the Zadruga It j. the liz
ing together OF whole tribe numbering ,opI--
TIMES IL many 100 per-ou-. all un,Irr Tbe H.
soiute authority Of one chief He keeps all the
money, makes AL purchases. and ,eri,I,. h..
ninutest details OF family lie
Beerh"hm Tree. the English actor. - s,.i-
son Of the t'ermsH Emperor. The Kii-,r. by rF,
way- = wrUth because the Paris F5.-1ro -.,v
,,aHs ago reproduced from an American weet-
e!rt""h representing his imperial mai.~tv
a. Wild boar All copie- of The French fri.,,-
found IN Germany were ccuf-cated
In West Australia the ANTI A-iaries endeavar TO
get along ny refusing licenses 10 li,iatic~ 10 do
business IN the gold fields But il has III; been
discovered that the act which authorizes fbfs ~.
n lusaI doe not apply 70 Asiltics who are th,.
queen suhjectS-tilIt Is say. some three hun
dTed million brown and yellow people are ry-
enpted from IT. 20 the exclusigniSls are for rb.
present, IN a qI5nddTy.
Hiram Nobody was in the municipal CONT
yesterday charged with intoxication. and bronafr
about a parldoxical condition of things Then.
slyS the Boston Transcript Thus sltb,,,pi
hfty-iour persons We're under arrest charged viii
IntgNIeation- charges preferred against n
pody No reason wa found for intictin.. a pen
ATTY on number Of these persons. and vet No-
body was discharged
The oldest clocks ot American rnapuf,, r,.-,
were made by Gideon Roberts. Of Bristol. Conn
According 10 the best authorities no clocks were
manufactured in what are now the t-niaed Stat,
prior 10 l>01 at which time Mr. Roberts fr.r
placed ms Jimepiece on the market Ills clock,
We're made With tie greatest care. and murf,
time was spent in perfectng them Thcv vere
all OF the style commonly known as hall
clocks.
Two Young American students at oxford L NJ
verSity have inauslIrited 4 scheme for the e.
Enlistment OF college tor labor leaders For
this purpose they have leased Stebb's House an
! old mansion built in lSi1, near ChriStchurch Col
, lege. and it will be opened ON Washingtan-s
Birthday by meeting in oxford Town Halt
Fifty graruit0uS Juiti0ns viii be- given durn..
the first two Years. and fifty students have already
been selected for the first year-
The Toronto courts are about To be called r,,an
10 decide whether q man may legally Perform IN,
OF Rev. J. ". Pfoher to Lois NarEIe This =
the first time that has performed the rite
tor himself IN tsnarI. End both PfGhier and H.,
wife now want the validity of their nrarria. /,
established IL would have been much cheaper
| for the divine TO have enlisted the services OF
arother clergyman in the first place.
The Hartford CouIant Of resent date contained
tie following: In the CouTant. Of March To- Is74
We printed the following queer story. which cur
readers viii pardon Tor repeating: Hebron,
Feb. Il. IS14.-This div departed this life Mrs
Lydia Peters. the wife OF Col John Peters and
second daughter Of Joseph Phelps. ESQ. she wa
married at the age of II, and lived with her
sort three times fifteen wears. AMI had fifteen
living children. thirteen alive. and the
Youngest ID Years old She hath had three times
nttren grandchildren. She sick fifteen months
and died the 18th day Of the month. asei four
times fifteen years
An old sun dial and stone coIunrn. once own Il
by Charles Dickens, were sold in i LONDON a1c-
! tion room the other day. The column which wis
formerly one of the haustrades Of the DESTROY eti
old Rochester Bridge. il inscribed: These relies
from Gldshill Place and Old Rochester Brids,.
are placed here in sincere regard for Charles
| Dickens IL considered by Dickens 10 be.
one of his most valued treasures and WIS pIar.,l
IN the most prominent position in his garden.
On the death OF Dickens the dial was removed
D | and became the property of a Mr.. Chi-hlon of
Rochester VIXEN the inscription which il baa-,
was put on in honor OF Charles Dickens 3ft,r
Keen competition the souvenir was Knocked down
I for $50.
London correspondent writes: 1t Is >Jirpris-
ing how many peerases the weIltl, and trade in
London gained in olden times. The earI,Ion oi
| CORVALLIS founded By Thomas CornuaIlis. ,
Cheapside merchant; that OF Essex. by William
:, | Capel, draper. and that OF Craven bv William
I failf