The evening times., 1899-05-11
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Nonconformist English clergymen complain be-
cause Queen Victoria travels on Sunday.
In 1897 Germany contained 1000 900 horses. 49,
100000 cattle, H,2T5,0O pigs. and 11,OO0,0OO
sheep.
In ST. Petersburg is the largest bronze statue
in existence-tEat Of Peter the Great-whch
weighs 1000 tons.
The brother OF Admiral Kautz is retired gen.
eral and veteran OF the Mexican war and the
war of the rebellion.
Secretary Wilson intends TO spend the entire
summer in personal investigation Of the irriga-
tion problem in the West.
Berlin is to have a special institute for the
study Of hygiene applied to the tropics. Prof.
Koch has drawn up pan for it.
The observatory of Mont Blanc has had to he
transferred to another side of the summit. in
its former place it almost impossible to
keep IL above the snow.
Mrs. Loubet greatly resembles her friend. Mrs.
Carnot. in her charitable tendencies. She dis
poses Of large suns among the poor, and is i
regular visitor at the hospitals.
Among the laws passed by the Minnesota As
sembly the present session is one amending the
law so that negroes may have the same privileges
at saloons that white persons have.
The Seattle Alaska Geographical Society," Of
which Admiral Dewey has long been honorary
president, will hereafter hold its annual meeting
on May I, in honor of the battle of Manila
Mrs Deidamia Allen, of Keene, y. H., is one
of the few surviving pensioners CT the OF
1872, being the widow of Capt. Daniel Allen.
who served in that war. She is ninety -nine years
old.
All the fifty incosporators Of the Mississippi
Cotton Manufacturing Compony. Just chartered
and capitalized at s25o.Ooo. negroes, and
styled the best-known and most substantial men
OF their race in the State.
Ja,.a,u dropnal q, ,Io ,os,oaoo 49,.
delivered in Berlin in hour and a half. and
sometimes within twenty-five minutes The dis
tance between the cities il 80 miles. and the
letters are sent through pneumatic tubes
4 large class of Mezcans, commonly called
poems. wear Kind of sandal. These are called
'guaroches." and consist Of simple sole Of
leather held to the feet with strings which pass
between the tSes and tied about the ankle.
Ax-la- ChapelIe has target-shooting club, the
Karlsschutzengilde, which will celebrate the
ll0Oth anniversary Of its foundation. The trldi-
tion is that it was established by Louis the
Pious. Charlenagne's son, in 100, for the de-
fence of the church.
Something very like n real campaign in behalf
of the metric system cf weights and measures
has been started in England. and the London pa
pers are giving much space to arguments for and
asains; the immediate and complex abandonment
OF the uIscientic and complex British standards.
In his eageIness to get the job contractor
took the mail route between Warren. town in
Monroe county. Mo-, and Monroe City at sach
a low figure that he will have TO pay his sub
contractor $50 year than he gets from
the Government. He will enjoy this privilege
for four years from next June.
Governor Geer, OF Oregon. in reply to numer-
Gus requests that he demand the return OF the
Oregon volunteers in the Philippines. has
issued statement TO the effect that ne would
consider such a proceeding Il discredif to the
State and unjust TO the soldiers themselves, who
anXisus TO go TO the Philippines and
active service.
The fact that General Gomez. now living in
Havana, is poor; that his table is plain one:
that there is marked absence in his household
OF pesos and subsidiary coins. and that he does
not seem mind it. is another thing which
helps to distinguish him from the average pa
triot OF the Latin The general i under
stood to have only very slender income from Lis
interests in san Domingo.
The Russian Government is fitting out. with
the aid o. funds supplied by the Gar,
expedition for the exploration of CeAtral ASiI.
The expedition, the work Of which Is intended
TO two years. Is to be under the command
OF Lieutenant koslow. II Will make its way
through West Mongolia and the Desert OF Cobb.
cross the Nanschu Mountains by Lake kOkO-nor.
and penetrate into the region through which
flow the upper waters Of the Yellow River.
According to o returned sailor. minstrel per-
forInance was given on board the Olympia the
day after the battle of Manila, at which one
OF the end-men s2id: Dewey is TO he tried for
oo'Irt-raItial for opening she'll game AT Ni-
ria on Sunday Admiral Dewey, who was
present at the performance. laughed heartily 1t
the Joke. and gave each Of the amateur min
streis a twenty four hours release from duty.
-Four hundred dollars square foot, OF S51,oon
per running foot, has been offered for the corner
lot on Broadway, at the southerly side Of Wall
Street New York In other words, Sl.200,0)) was
offered for the premises and lot 81 Broadway.
twenty-four feet wide. This Is the highest price
America. The offer refused. Benjamin D.
Stillman. the owner. did not wish to sell. ami he
thought that if he did. the property was worth
500 square foot.
English as she is t4ush, in the Philippines
must be great and terrible thing. Witness the
following advertisement. copied verbatim from
the columns Of 4 Philippine newspaper: ''NCta
Bene-Gen;lemen who are anxious 10 learn the
English language properly. Please apply 10 the
following address. who i prepared TO devote few
hours ! dly in giving necessary lessons. Arrange
ments regarding time to be selected. etc. can
be decided personally. suitable 10 both parties
Terms moderate. Tutor, No. 30 Duiamhavan,
Manila
The ,ime-worn vices OF morphomlnia and alea-
.petrolism,'' which is described by physicians
who have treated patients for it ~ grim nov-
eltv alucst without parallel The taste for
petroleum. it is said grows upon the tippler un-
til il develops into an irresistible passion. Phy-
sicians have Iot vet had opportunity 10 study
the full effects of petrolism. and their views as
to its and future are somewhat divergent.
But the CONSENSUS OF opinion i that the victim
OF this habit is sad and mclsnchoiy
Seismic noises frequently heard without any
apprecia5lc earthquake shock, have been likened
to the pounding in steam coils. caused by con-
c,,ssion between masses of water coming together
with considerable speed in an almost entirely
vacuous space. This theory is not accepted gen.
orally. however, the surfaces of the creviccs
and caves of the interior of the earth can hardly
be cold enough to condenSc the aqueous vapor to
the extent necessary to produce the phenomena
observed. would the sudden release of gas
under pressure act in this manner when esc1p-
ing into subteranoan passage. unless the pas
sage was free from air.
George c. Plat. of san Francisco. has formed
a company to insure against unavoidable loss
of employment. The scheme provides that the
shall be paid three-quarters of the
amount Of his salary for a month. should that
tme he required in which Ia find new place.
II the policyhoder should be offered a place on
trial at less than his former salary, the differ
enee is to be made good by the insurance COM
pany. The objections to this insurance
outlined by practical insurance men is the alb
sencc Of statistics which 10 make safe cou'-
putations of a premium TO cover the risk. The
condition insured against Is also. it is pointed
cut, too much within the control of the in
sured.
1t was quito common thing among the
clients to keep a sacred FIRE burning for many
years In order keep it going. however, they
found it necessary TO add fresh fuel from time