The evening times., 1899-04-21
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Sixty-niEe electric street railway lines to use
the underground trolley, are projScted in Sienns
Cyclis;s in Denmark arc forbidden BY law to
ride faster than TIE speed OF cab through any
town
Count George Apponyi. former leader of the
Hungarian Conservatives, has passed his nineiieth
birthday.
The s.ars on the United States coinage are six
pointed. while the United States Tag carries FIVE
pointed stars.
locomotive On Georgia railroad picked up
pig on its cowoatcher and carried IL six miles
without hurting it.
clergyman has fy-rcd out that $ is spent for
drink in England for every penny and half
rended on missionary work.
The Island of Malta has a ropu,stien OF 49,
.35. The number of deaths last year wls SSH.
including eight victims Of leprosy.
The town Of Westhofen. in Germany. still
forces an Old ordinance. which fofI;iis anyone
walking on the streets with lighted cigar.
The water of the Salt Lake in Utah is six
times as salt q. that of the ocean. I; is csti-
mated that it contains s.I0o. .09O. .000 tons OF salt.
Coli has gained suoh a foothoid sncng lo-s-s
Of outdoor sports in New York that the plrs boas1
has placed professional instructors the public
links.
Governor Roosevelt has signed the bin of Sem
ator BIackett, making the University OF the stl-c
of New York the custodian Of the wampum beit
OF thf I'VE HdiiOil-
NJ Marrain. a celebrated French scientist. as
serts in the journal de PhvsiIge' that careful
measurements show that the intensity of -rsyiia-
tion islands is greater than on continents.
Miss Helen Could has sent checks for s1.000
each TO the View York Ere department and the
New York police department. to be turned into
the pension furds of the respective o.ganizatlo =
evidence Of her gratitude for services rendered
at the Windsor Hotel fire.
Tie Rey Alexander Connell, of London. hss
been unanimously chosen b. the congregation a
pastor Of the Filth Aysnue Presbyterian Church
of New York, TO succeed the late DIR. John Hal.
DIR. Connel! ha. already said that if unanimously
chosen he would accept the cali
Tie number of persons proceeded against for
drunk enness in England and Wales during the
year 1897 was la5.27e, compared with lS1.s5s in
1856; los. .30s persons convicted. 1880 be
ing fired and 1..if sent to prison. 20 record -
kept Of the ages Of thosc proceeded against by
the way CT sun,,rons. OF the 1es.8os persons
~.o convicted, 10. .39 were taken in charge
\ large number of coins haze recently been
found Humanity Sands, Yorkshire, close to a
Place known the Gap. This favorite
spot far landing enbarking in days when men
y.i-hed to enter leave England unotssrved-
Nearly all the coins 20 discovered are of pc
riod when the country disturbed. being OF
the reiens of Edward II. Elizabeth, james |,
Chsfles |, and William III.
AL told. there were at last accounts oniy Ill
holders of the medal of honor in the army and
the retired list Among them are General
Mile, Gen. John " Schefeld. Gen. Guy V Hen
~ ami Cen Henry VI. Lawton. General Miles
received the distinction for hanging on TO po-
sitian at ClIanceilo!sViIie with superb ;enaci;y,
although himself wounded. The others named
the medal OF honor Tor leading charges
Tie Detroit Journal says of the late Daniel
soften, the tobacco uiagnste of that city. that
he d.sbrrsed millions in wages, looked closely
after the dimes not osteBtatiousiy beneyo-
lent, Yet gave aI3y Il great deal OF money to
public institutions: was not rec'u=e. ard yet
was = mystery .Sot even hi. most intimate
frend.-' it says. could pierce the mask whith
he held between hi character and the world
Cossacks form the volunteer cavalry trooas ot
southern Russia. They provide Themselves with
horses. uniforms. and weagors, ard serve as
guard, 10 the highways and perform certain 0thsr
military duties, demand ot the governor ot
the district In which ttey live. IN return for
which service they are relieved from taxation 10
certain evterL Their costumes ate pie'ufe-q;ie.
and theS have q worldwide reputation for ine
excellence and daring Of their horseEansiip-
The Russian soYernmept is fitting out, with
the aid OF rads supplied by the Gar. nes ez-
petition for the exploration OF central Asia. Tn,
expedition. :he work Of which i intended to
cover tSo re1f.. Is 10 be under the command
Of Lieutenant Ec>ow. Il will make it, wa
cro-, the Nanschu Mountains iy Lake kg.so-
nor and penetrate into the region through wi,cI
fow the uppei waters OF the yellow River.
The mountain ds;les of the Caucasus ranges
are 80 deep and 30 completely isolated from one
another that the tribes which inhabit them have
preserved their distinctive characteristics much
more decidedly than most parts OF the world
which have felt the touch OF European cyi'izg-
t"n. Some of th'sc tribes boast ot great an
tiquitv. ard certain families have preserved for
many generations ancestral hcirioom~. >'irh a AZ
nor and weapons. furniture and garments
Col Harry c Egbert. recently killed At the
head Of h- regiment near Manila. twice
taken prisoner during the Of the rebellion.
once to become the Zero of daring escape. VI
San Juan ne was ,ist through the lungs lir
had served forty vesrs General Miles said ot
lin: He weighs only about l25 pounds ami ls1
OF that's pure grit Not send hiia TO the fliiti-
iinc,s Why. he'll demand oour. Of enqGiIy
il you DON'T
when tie city directory appears" says tic
''Neu York Commercial Adve ti.cr.' Iii Will
cost a cent to look at the one in your corner
,ls1g. store The volume will sell. it Is said. at
Sl25o I5It copies viii also he supplied free 10
druggists who accept with 1t the automatic cox
er that will opcu with the insertion Of copper
The profits. OF course. go to the publishers. hgt
that gives the patient drug store man no right
complain. He can still go on selling postage
stamps NJ cost
Prominence hrings with it all kinds Of trouble.
the biggest Of which i thc annoyance from
csaaks Durir. Nictofil's long reign She has
been pursued by thc-r Missionaries. The most
noted crank who ever bothered highlands Queen
was a Elan, boy. named lcnes- IL stuck at
nothing to End eUt a. much possible about
Ter nsie-ty lie was always appearing, in the
most unexpected places. and maragcd 10 get
irto the palace times without number. Once &c
was discovered ridcr the table in a sitting room.
ard cnorinioGsly elected. -Four times h vss
taken to Jail before he disappeared for good.
The Duchess OF YORK has enc OF the most inter
c,tiug collections of post cards on record 1t has
bccn contributed TO by the sove-eigns OF every
land where post cards are used. the German rel
ativcs OF her royal hishness supplying by far the
greatest number. maBy Of which are very pictur-
e-auc and artistic. Post card albums are for
the moment ouSting both stamp and autograph
albums from favor and have the advantage in
both rc,pcctS inssmrcI they supply the
sta,nps Of various naiionaiities. well the
autograph OF some friend distinguished indi
vidral-snd furthermore. dainty bit OF scenery.
Statistics have been taken in France OF the
s,read of the habit of smoking. and it has been
discovered that within the last year the cigar
cite, ard even. astonishing it may appear,
the pipe. have found an enormous increase in
their female voiaries. The fashion Of smokin:
among women is no longer confined to the
crccy Of n private room. The Duchess D'tze
and the Marci,ioness De La Rouchefoucauld ROW
publicly take a cigarette after dinner. and what
ever these ladies permit themselves may safely be
taken as a sign of the highest bon ton. The sta
tstics alluded to show that S91 900 900 cigarettes
arc yearly consumed in France.
A hill to limit the height OF buildings in the
city of Boston has been introduced in the siassl-
chusetts Legislature. Among the drawings which