The evening times., 1899-01-31
NOTES OF THE DAY.


Queensland Parliament, is only four feet siN inches
tall. Patrick OBrien, member Of the British
House OF Commons is four feet three inches tali-
Wales is the richest part of Great Britain in
mineral wealth. England produces annually about
SO to each acre; Scotland little less than $40,
but the products of Wales amounts to over so
per acre.
The Bank of England notes are made from new
white linen cuttings-never from anything that
has been worn So carefully is the paper prepared
that the number OF dips INTO the pulp made
by each workman is registered on a dial by ma
. chinery.
Trouble has come upon the 'Quiver," British
Sunday magazine. 1t printed stories about Queen
Victoria under the title ''RecollectiOns of For
mer Maid OF Honor" and now the London news
papers authorized to state that there Is no
truth in the story"
There is now in Bangkok a Chinese Buddhist
priest who claims to have sat in cave in Adams
Peak. Ceylon, With his two legs crossed for six
years, during which time he spoke to no one, and
subssted half inch OF blade Of grass
daily. Even in Bangkok be IS considered some
thing of a liar.
Thousands upon thousands Of persons handle our
silver dollar, bur few happen to observe the hons
head, which lies concealed in the representation
of the familiar head of Liberty; frequently even
a careful examination fails 10 detect tins hidden
emblem Of British rule; but, when once found II
Is quite obvious.
significant Indication Of the value of educa-
tionaI work being done by philanthropists in
East London Is shown by the fact that Of seven
scholarships natural science given at Oxford ln
the past six months. three have been awarded 10
boys educated at the London Peoples Palace
Technical College
A Braddoek, Pa, physician, who is interested
| in statistics OF American hero worship. finds
| that he has personally ushered into the world
I hve Deweys, three HObsons one Schey and
/ Miles, and that IN the households cf his patients
/ twenty dogs, seventeen cats. and nine goats an
swer TO the names Of heroes Of lS9s-
I During the last 100 wears there has been great
/ decline in the art Of porcelain manufacture in
I China There are few choice specimens in the
markets, and all that gets there are bought At
\ high prices BY American and English collectors
The sO-called imperial mandatory, however. con-
/ tinues 10 produce choice specimens
| A license for stage plays granted 70 the Grip
pIegate Institute. the first such permission ever
| given by the lord eIamberlain's Office to place
within the limits Of the city OF London The Old
CITY OF London Theatre stood outside the bOunda-
/ ries while in Shakespeare time the lord cham
/ berlsin had nothing 10 do with the theatres
| The recent destruction by FIRE Of the Kappa
Alpha Lodge, at Cornell, called attention 10 the
/ large amount OF money invested in fraternity
property at that university. which is SI.5.J00.
Williams College has $1,000 invested IA tbs man
ner. and Yale. Amherst, Wesleyan, and Harvard
follow in the order named, Harvard having Sl25,-
/ 600 in fraternity property
The Oldest Christian structure in Ireland Is a
[ remarkable building, evidently very ancient, but
| wonderfully well preserved. al Dingle. in County
! Kerry II Is popularity known as the ''Oratory Of
GaHerus - Who GallerIs was history does net
say but a. the oFatory mas stood practically nm
/ jured fer more than 900 years. he was probably
/ one Of the converts Of 81. Patrick
| The settlement Of Ponce de Leon at Caparra.
] near the site Of Pueblo Vieio, across san Juan
Bsv Is now BY more than hfry-hve years, the
al he
OF the United States. Historians therefore, must
give the prestige Of antiquity not 10 the Spanish
town Of St Augustine Fla OF 1555- IS formerly,
but 10 CapsrTs, founded in the year 1903
King Hunbert Of Italy holds the record as
hunter Of charnois During a recent expedition in
the Valley Of Ameris. near Cuneo, the royal party
I killed seventy Of these animals In one day. of
/ which ffty-one fell to King Humbert's ride Tie
old mountaineers declare that his record has been
approached but once before when Victor EHlnlar-
uel killed forty-four chanOis IN the same region
I cat has Just died at San Francisco who had
travelled very nearly a million miles He belonged
TO the chief engineer Of the ROYAL Mail steamer
Aladema- and for thirteen years his coupan-
ion board ship in all his voyages between >yd-
ney and san Francisco. With the passengers this
. remarkable cat great favorIte. and com
pleting 10000 miles he was presented with SIl-
/ yer collar.
The children Of a Lewiston. Ne. family have
built a playhouse in the ward. and furnished it
even 10 stove and furniture The other night ne
folks missed the children at supper time. and
| went out 10 the playhouse. one Of them IN
I in bed, and the Others playing doctor. The
/ child's temperature not playful al all beng
~ l0I. and the real doctor, who soon arrived, said
/ that il the grip. and put a veto that play
/ house IN the winter
Miss Mary Broderick PHI D. who Is delivering
series of lectures on Ancient Egypt in the
British Museum. knows that country better than
any living woman Her acquaintance with It
dates back 10 the winter OF IsSS. and she las
lived there more or less ever since Her indie
! fatigable energy in archaeological research las
greatly increased general knowledge Of the his
tory religion. and architecture OF the ancient IN
habitants Of that country
Having read to her pupils description Of the
| sinking OF the Merrimac, a teacher in Kansas
City later asked her pupils what the word eat
amaran.'' then used. meant. These are some Of
the answers "A CatamaTIn Is mounting hon"
| The catamaran i savage officer in the Fiih-
pose Islands, The caJamaran carries clubs IN
golf game The catamaran is the place in
Chicago where the cat show was held The
c3tamaran a convention hall prise The
catamaran Is the proper name for cstboat and
war ram together like the Catadin-'' ''Hobson
obtained a catsnaran from the Spanish officers.
which was all he had to eat
1t is superstition that leads Us to select differ
ent seasons of the year or particular days for the
celebration OF weddings and indebted
in good part Of this to the ancientS. At Athens
winter regarded favorable time The
fourth DAY of the month was recommended By
Hesiod, and Euripides favor If the time Of
| the full moon. The Romans Wrfe great believers
in favorable and unfavorable DAYS. The calends,
the noneS and the ideS OF each month
| garded as unsuitable for marriage ceremonies. as
were also the months Of NAV and February June
the most esteemed of all and Is still in great
| favor among many nations
In an old Dictionary of Commerce" published
in 1850. there Is considerable comment upon Ma
Mia and the people of the Islands "a most IN
telligent navigator De Ie Perouse saws that these
people appear in no respect inferior to those Of
Europe. They cultivate the earth like men of
understanding; carpenters. jOiners. smiths.
gOidSmIthS, weavers- nasCns. exc ! have walked
through their villages. and found hem kind, hos
pitable and communicative; and though the SPAN
iards speak of and treat them with contempt,
perceive ed that the vices they attributed 70 the In
, dans ought rather TO be Imputed to the govern
ment they have themselves established
Almost the first thing visitor does upon enter
ing the room in which the Declaration of hide
pendence signed is to add his autograph to
the vast collection of more than twenty years.
Assistant Superintendent Reeves, who is the Gus
todian OF the book few DAYS 1go in speaking
Of his experience, said: You wouldn't believe il,
but we have had only two attempts to mutilaie
the register, write anything in it except
, names and addresses and both OF those OCCa-
| siOns the culpFits women. There's another
| strange thing about the visitors he continued.
| ''Of thousands who come here. the only ones we
| have any trouble with the women We have
/ as he pointed to q long line Of seats Of the
| mighty il wcre-chlrS OF the sICnerS-''tC
! prevent people from sit'in2 IN them Well, one
| woman only yesterday wanted 10 cut the tape
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