The evening times., 1899-05-17
NOTES OF THE DAY.

W. B. stratton. of gold mine fame. started the
world with capital Of less than 800.
The last issue Of the London, England. direc-
tory It is said, weighs eleven and one-half pounds
1t is said that Aguinaido and Agoncillo had
ohinese fathers. named, respectively, All Guin
and All Con.
The gauge Of the Trans Siberian Railroad is
five feet. the same as that OF ali the roads in
European Russia.
literary statistician declares that for the
year 1898 eight novels day were published, Sun
days and holidays not excluded.
The agricultural department Of Kansas esti-
mates that the wheat yield OF that State will be
only onequarter Of a full crop.
The Art Club Of Philadelphia gave a brilliant
reception Wednesday evening in honor Of
NJ Jules Cambon, the French Ambassador.
General Manager Hodrege Of the Burlington
Railroad. is father of the Harvard stroke, having
originated it when member OF the crew in 1858
Dublin has two ancient cath4drais, ST. Patrick's
and Christ Church. the former of which was re-
stored by brewer and the latter by distilIer.
The Chinese are nation Of cooks. There is
scarcely individual in their vast community
who is not more CT less competent to cook him
self a respectable dinner.
There was lively football match near Glas-
gov recently, in which the spectators took part.
with the result that nineteen policemen had to
be taken to the hospital.
In twenty years the American Bible Society
has distributed $4,000 Bibles in Mexico. In the
time the British and Foreign Society has
distributed 1000 copies.
The life of an editor in Servia is not a delight
full one. Within two years one weekly paper had
sixteen editors. Fifteen of them in Jail for
commenting upon government affairs
successful ranch-owner in Kansas is a wom-
an There is saying to the effect that in Kan
sas there is no interest, no profession, 10 trade
and no deal without woman in it
Water is the hardest of all substances to heat
with the single exception Of hydrogen gas. The
easiest two are mercury and lead. which stand
in this respect on nearly the same footing.
L. Clarke Davis. who is one of the able editors
of the philadelphia Ledger said while ago:
81 used to be known as the husband of Rebecca
Harding Davis. Now I am known as the father
Of Richard Harding Davis
Nine. Emma Eames Story is resting in her
cozy little home. in the Place des Etats Unis.
Paris, having refused London engagement in
order 10 spend quiet vacation in her new villa
near Florence She will remain there until her
return TO America in October.
General Falkenstein, commander Of the
Fifteenth Army Corps of Germany, garrisoned in
Alsaee-Iorraine rose from bed Of serious illness
to receive the Emperor last week, labored hard
at parades and maneuvcrs for one day, dined the
Emperor in the evening, and found dead in
bed the following morning.
At a grange meeting, held lately down in
Maine one of the sisters, in 4 spicy paper
"What Percentage CT the Income of the Farm
is Due TO the Wife, claimed that there should
be two pocketbooks instead Of one, and that
one-hali the income. above actual expenses,
should belong to the wife
Within eight more centuries leap year will
have become a relic of the present time. By
that time the extra eleven days lost TO make up
the changes from the old Julian calendar to that
Of the present day will all have been duly
counted for. and the world will around in
just 365 days, and no more.
In Holland among the quaint old towns that
line the dykes of the Zuyder Zee it is the custom
when the stork has paid a -isit to a fortunate
household TO announce the fact by hsnging out
side til. door 4 tiny silkeh pincushon- A black
indicates that the arrival is boy,
and white tells the ncighbors that it il
girl.
The Acrrimac Manufacturing Company. Of Low
ell. Mass, has signed contract for the erection
in Huntsville, Ala. of cotton mill with s0o.-
oDo spindIeS The mill will be an improved du-
plicate Of the one now operated by the company
at Lowell. and will give employment to about
5000 hands The mill will manufacture print
cloths, ginghams, sateens, yeiveteens, and nne
dress goods.
Perhaps the oldest suite Of furniture in the
world is owned by Joseph Berger, hotelkeeper
in Budapest. For many years he has made it
his business to collect match boxes from facto-
rics of various countries. His collection aggre-
gates 1000 boxes. He ordered a skilled cabinet
maker 10 equip room with furniture made OF
these boxes.
An English paper gives this explanation Of the
origin of the word Tip" In an old English iav-
err a receptacle for small coin fixed in a
conspicuous place, over which appeared in writ
ing: TO Insure Promptness-" Whatever was
placed in the box was divided among the serv-
ants Other taverns followed the example. and
soon the words were abbreviated to IT. i. p.
Speaking Of insurance in this country. the for
eign secretary of the Royal Exchange Company
tells the London correspondent of the New York
Journal that this year will prove unproita-
bic one TO foreign companies here. if there
are no more big fires; and there is some talk of
a withdrawal of the English firms. because OF the
supposed incendiary origin of SO many OF tine
confasrations.
Lookout Inn. on the famous mountain near
Chattanooga. Tenn, has been sold to the M
tional Order of Railway Conductors. The order
has bought the inn, it is laarned for a home and
school. A portion of the immense place viii be
used as a sanitariun for disabled and aged MEM
bers Of the organization. This is one OF the
handsomest hotels in the South and the cost OF
its construction was S3Jo,0oo or s35o,Ooo
The decluation of Governor Roosevelt of re-
cent invitation to review the seventy-irst Regi-
ment OF New York is taken to mean
that the report of the court of en-
auiry appointed to investigate the con-
duct of fhe regiment in the Santiago cam
pagn will be unfavorable, and that the governor
does not wish to be the guest Of an organization
which indirectly he might seem to censure
A new editor having taken charge Of the
"Gallatin North Missourian." the following apoi-
oyetic notice appears in the first issue published
under his management: Attention has been call
ed TO one blemish upon record. that of
term in the Missouri Legislature; but We can
offer as an extenuating circumstance the fact
that when an attempt was made to give US an
other term. We acquitted by a very large
majority"
The inclined moving elevator can no longer be
considered a mere suggestion, but ranks among
practical commercial devices. One of the large
stores in. New York has one. Brooklyn depart
nent store boasts of another. while a third is
located in a business house in Providence. II. ].
These three elevators have carried hundreds Of
thousands of Passengers without hitch or acci-
lent and have become very popular with the
patrons of the stores. Several OF these stair
yays are projected for the Paris Exposition
These elevators lay claim to great economy, for
hey require only n fve-horse-power motor, and
dispense with the services of an attendant, being
,ntircly automatic.
The most popular and most ancient OF bonbons
ire sugar -pltms, pastilles and burnt almonds, but
low many persons know their history? Sugar
,lums date from Roman times, for the Romans
we're the first to think of covering almonds with
ayers Of sugar. The inventor a certain
Iulius Dragatus, a noted confectioner. who be-
onged to the ilustrous patrcian family Of Fa-
,ius He made this great discovery. which has