The evening times., 1899-06-02
NOTES OF The DAY.

the japanese House Of Peers. will spend year
in this country studying our educational insttu-
tions.
The Egyptian Government has agreed to under
take survey OF the Nile. with the object Of
enumerating the species Of fish inhabiting its
waters.
Since January 1 the typhoid fever record in
Philadelphia is 5,7S7 cases and GlS deaths.
three times the casualty list Of the war with the
FiIipinos.
Since the OF 1894 the Chinese population
of Shanghai has grown from 400, 900 to 700.00o.
The attraction lies in the many new industrial
establishments.
Delaware farmer recently purchased horse
which had been in the Spanish American war. and
on being clipped several shot found i'm
bedded in its flesh.
Alvah Dunning. famous guide in the woods
OF northern New York. who is now eighty-three
years old. has killed 102 panthers. He says they
are now extinct in that State.
In the French navy not more than from to
10 per cent OF the men chew tobacco. The smokers
number 80 per cent, not less than 30 per cent
must he total abstainers from ''the weed
The skin Of the black fox Of Kamschatka is the
most expensive fur. single one often costing as
much 81 900. coat worn by the Emperor
Nicholas was lined with this fur. and cost sl0.-
600.
in the world. France and the United States
little less than one-quarter each. Production in
the United States has recently increased, owing
TO the demand for export.
The ''Oxford (Mo.) Register contains a per-
sonal to the effect that Mr.. Coffin has gone TO
visit his cousin, Mr.. Graves, in Tombstone. Ariz.
The paper says that Mr. Coffin is pleasure
bent, but nevertheless the item sounds iunereal.
Tests have been made in Finland to decide the
comparative value OF iron and aluminium as ma
teriuls for horseshoss. After six weeks b,
the cavalry the aluminium shoes in all cases
proven to be in better condition than the others
The largest cask in the world is the Blather
cask in Nuremberg. Germany. II is los feet in
diameter and 81 feet deep. and its completion a
few years ago celebrated by a ball, at which
over 500 persons were on the floor of the casS-
A pillmaker in England, who spends -. .OO0.Oo0
a year on newspaper advertising alone. has given
his publisher orders for 100000 books. each Of
which is to contain twenty-four photographic
views of England. The price to the public is
to he a penny copy.
1t is estimated that England's stock of coal
will last 200 years longer. and North Americas
COO years 1t is not likely, however. that these
supplies will ever be needed. ii is probable
that before many decades have passed power will
be gained in other ways.
There are magnificent churches in this country.
but nothing to compare with the Church of Our
Saviour in Moscow. which cost than any
other church in the world. II built to
celebrate the deliverance OF Moscow from the
French. and 81. 100000 was spent on it.
The British Government is considering a scheme
for a railway through the Eastern Soudan. prob
ably from Khartoum on the Nile. to Suakim.
on the Red Sea. by way Of kss<ala. in Subia. so
as TO secure Abyssinian traffic. Thirty-six en-
gines for the Uganda line being built in the
United States.
To celebrate the anniversary of the liberation
Of Switzerand in the coming summer a series Of
Of Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell will be
given in Altdorf the town where the chief incl
dent Of the drama took place. theatre holding
I 200 persons will be built for the occasion, and
ten performances will be given
Mr.. H. VI. Flager has shown his appreciation
Of the faithful services rendered by his house
keeper at the Ponce De Leon Hotel in quite a
novel manner. He has given her one Of his most
desirable building sites in st. Augustine. This
property is situated on Valencia Street. oppo-
site the hote and commands advantageous
view of the grounds. The housekeeper will build
a cottage there this summer.
The number of insane persons in the United
States was $3.50 in 1850; 2i.Ois in 1900 and
81. .3i2 in 1870, and in 1850 TO 9l.9ot. while
the population. from %. l9i SO in 1870. increased
to Ss.55S,3Il in $50; to 50,lj5.1s, in lsso-that
Is. while the population doubled in little more
than thirty wears. the Insane increased six-fold;
SO. in the last decade. the increase in popula-
iion 80 per cent. and that Of insane 155 per
rent
F.. S. Purcell. the author Of THE Life of Car
iinal Manning which provoked heated a
few years since, has Just died, in
his seventy-sixth wear. Tie discussion aroused
by the book greatly interested the late Mr. Glad
stone, who freely mentioned in II; for, ac-
ror,ling TO Sir Wcmyss Reid, the deceased states
nan made it his CHIEF topic OF conversation for
weeks and no public incident sufficed to drive
IL from his mind.
An active and interesting career has terminated
aith the death of Rev. John Primatt Maud. who.
gaining a studentship at Christ Church. Oxford.
in lsl2 left the university a year later and went
put TO India. TO Join the Fifth Madras Native In
Iantry lie served during the second Burmese
var, and took part in the muiiny. heading de
Of Sikhs. In 1850 lie wls invalided
nome and went to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, the
University of Oxford having granted him Iii
,oat mgrare."
One of the members Of the Boston firm in whase
possession were found several thousand cigars
earring counterfeit stamps. told the Off
.ers the other day that the manufacturers gave
he retailers buggy with every l-0o0 cigars sold
Us the wholesale price of the cigars was SS5 a
,nown to have really received the premiums Of
erred it is difficult to where Jacobs, OF Lam
'aster. managed to reap profit even with his
stamps.
Herbert Gladstone is an enthusiastic musician.
md has often assisted the Kyrie Society as 4
Focalist. Some years ago he made call upon a
friend. who was curate at South London
church, and invited to Join in the evening
;ervice He shared scorc of The Messiah" with
,,lt To- ,f,a~ NJ he
ervicc the cu:a;c said: .'Arc you aware that Her
bert Gladstone, NJ p. has been singing with you
III the cvening?'' WELL was the reply. Il
ion't like his politics. but he can sing.
Queen Victoria has recently been engaged in
The pious worf OF restoring the tomb Of her
oval Stuart ancestors at the ancient palace of
Holyrood, Edinburgh. The remains Of many of
the Stuart Kings were buried in a vault in the
chapel royal, Holyrood. but at the Reformation
II l6ss. when anti-Cathoic feeling ran high. the
,hapel royal was Destroyed. and the royal vault
violated. The leaden coffns which
,ontaned kiugly and queenly cotiins were broken
open and the remains strewed upon the ground.
some of the bones were collected and restored 10
the vault, but for century or more were eN-
posed to the public gaze. The vault OF the Scot
tisI Kings has now been restored. and all the
remains that can be gathered placed therein
A new oak doorway has been placed upon it, and
outside has been affixed brass plate with the
inscription: '.This vault Of the Scottish Kings
.ontains the remains of David ii. of James ii.
md his Queen Mary of Guildres: of Arthur. third
on of James "; of James " his Queen Magda-
en- and second son. Arthur. Duke of Albany,
md of Henry Lord Darnlcy, Consort of Queen
Nary of Scots. Their resting place was desc
rated in the year 16ss These mortal remains
4 her Stuart ancestors were reverently coll
ected and entombed by command of Queen Vic
oria."
II seems shame to connect thoughts OF poison
WITH for instance such delicate and lovely things
s that baby Of the flowers. the snowdrop; as the