The evening times., 1899-05-15
NOTES OF THE DAY.

severe loss by the retirement from his service
of Raid Mac!ean. the Scottish laird. who for
| 50 many years has been commander -in-cliief Of
| his army.
One OF the largest and mos, cumbersome forms
of money is found in Central Africa. where tn.
natives Use cruciform incot of copper ten
inches long. 1t Is heavy enough TO be formid-
able weapon.
The Hon. Ella Williamson. daughter of Lord
Ashton. who has married the oldest son of Wis
count Peel. received as a present from her father
an annual allowance OF SIJ0,0oO. the largest Eng
lisi marriage settlement.
According to the estimate which the minister
of france has presented the Cortes, the experd
iture on the Portuguese colonies since $50 which
| has been defrayed from the of P0rtu-
gal, amounts TO about 5,030,0)o.
1t is the degree Of IL. d. and not Pin. d..
generally reported, which Harvard conferred
Gen: Ne'scn A. Miles. At Harvard PHI. d. is
no lcnger conferred and Ii. ID. is the highest
honor IN the gift OF the university.
young American who has been at the
Riviera this winter has her own opinion on the
economy of life in Europe. One day she ordered
L glass OF hCt water sent to her The hot
water came-so did extra charge of 81 in her
bill.
4 Boston Herald reporter has made a trip
from the door of his office to the Brooklyn Bridge
travelling nearly all the way trolley lines. II
took him iorty-nine hours. including two nights
sleeps and all other stops and the cost in fare
$50
Governor John r. Rogers. of Washington. is a
native Of Brunswick. Me-. and bis gres, grand
father, Capt John Rogers. commanded priva-
feer in the War for Independence. having
ceived letters of marqre anJ repIisal from the
Continental Congress
st. Lothairc, in tine Jt;ra Mountains has erect
ed monument to Charles Marc sauria. the coun-
try doctor who in 1881 invented the luciier
match but was too poor TO patent his invention.
There Austrian and Hungarian claimants to
the priority of the invention.
RevoiveIs are automatically reloaded by the
Of Engiishnan's device. having long tube di-
vided into longitudinal chambers. to correspond
with the chambers in the revolver, the compart
ments being flied with cartridges, which are
forced by springs into the revolver cylinder.
The origin oi The Sign OF the Gross was.
oddly enough. a lecture by Colonel Inger-oil.
which he delivered in ST Louis while Wilson
Barrett was playing there. The latter conceived
the idea OF writing a play which would show the
beauties Of the Christian religion As Ineersoll saw
in it only subject cf Tidicuie-
Among the suicides which continue numerou,
remarkable ore few nights ago. man
seated in a cafe in the Rue Notre Dame d. Lo-
rette suddenly stabbed himself in the heart. and
died Immediately. On the table N which he had
been sitting was paper containing the following
words: And foT eternity without regret,
All, to the moon at a distance of one metre
ON the morning of the day the afternoon
of which the negro Hose burned to death by
an inturiated mob at Newman. Ga. Mrs.. W. II.
FELTON,. wife of the ex-Cougressrnan. published
one of her nfianmstory letters in the ATLANTA
Constitution mentioning Hose specifeIl
Mrs. FELTON, is the woman who attracted 30 much
attention recently 10y her advocacy Of the lynch
ing of negroes charged with rape.
The costly vase which the Emperor William
presented to the Imperial Chancellor his
eghtieih birthday. on the 3ist CT March. is d.
srribed as masterpiece OF the ROysl Berlin
China Factory. 1t is decorated with an admirable
portrait of the Emperor on the front, while art
i>tic views of the entrance to the palace in Ber-
lin and the palace at Potsiam painted
the back
\ bill is before the Connecticut Legislature for
the purchase by the State of the ''o,d stone
house in Cuilford. which huilr by the Rev.
Henry Whitfield first pastor of GuilfOrd. from
I6;l to lG5I 1t was designed 1 fort we'll
as a dwelling by Nr. Whitfield; Indians brought
the stone handbarrows by causewIy across
marsh lying between the hGuse and ledge
where it Juarried. ard built ts walls three
ieet thick; 4 great north chimney OF stone rises
with some architectural CffcCt outside the gable:
the first s;ory i only Sven feet eight inches
high: the second six feet nine inches. The pur-
pose i the house historical museum
IL las always been occupied. snd il Is an inter
csting fact that it. present owner. NiIs. Sarah B.
Gone of Stockbridge is i lnea c>.endant of
the Rev Mr.. Whitfield
Some years ago, says the Christian Endesvor
World the inhabitants Of country town were
rendered very uneasy hy the appearance of strange
signs o- the bottom of their loaves OF bread. one
would bear cross. another Latin word. while
third would be- embellished hy skull and
cross bones. At last one was delivered bearing
this inscription: Died Sept 49, The recipient
took to har bod. believing it to be
warning ci her deTni>e on that date
doctor wa- called in. who Immediately -et to
work iird solution OF the mystery. He soon
succeeded. \ cemetery near by had been recent
ly leve!ei and old stones piled away ia a
corner whose inscriptions seemed ob,iteTated. Ore
OF the church of'iciil, "a baser) cast cuvetons
eyes on these. ard appropriated them 10 line hi'
oven thinking the most suitable but here
and there some marks remained. and when the
soft dough was put in the oven became stamped
in the bread
~ Isy stretched on the bank at the foo: of
a great maple | -aw weasel rIn along in the
brush fence some distance away. says writer
in the Popular Science Monthly" \ few sec
oi:,'> later he was standing the exposed root
oi the trec hardly ward from nv eyes. lay
roiiJuis.s. and examined the beautiful creature
niuuteiy ill suddenly l found myself staring
ut the smooth Greeui-h-sray root OF the maple
wish no weasel in sight. Judging iTom ny own
experience. | should say flat this is the usual
termination OF aIy chance ot- 'rvltlons Of either
weasel, or niiuis. cccI>orIlly they may be-secn
to dart into the bushes or behind some log or
projecting bank. hut much more frequently they
vanish with >uddsnn.ss r;at dshes the kaenest
cyc-ighi. In all probability this vanishing IL
hut
il this is the ease then the creature succeeds in
dping something utterly impossible" to any other
waIm-booded animal of its size Mice. squirrels.
and sare of the smaller birds are all OF them
swift enough at times. but except in the cas-,
of the hurrming bird Iore Of them. | believe.
succeed in accomplishing thc result achieved by
the wcascls.
The word copper or cop" which is an ah-
brcyiation applied TO policeman, originated
in New York city. and arose from the fact tina,
members Of the original metropolitan police. or
sanized by Mayor Fernando Weod in 1s51. wore
4 big copper star their breasts. and a large
copper shield. bearing the coat-cf-arms of the
city of New York upon theis hats In London the
constabes or policemen are known as ''peeicrs''
and '.bobbics." because the constahulary force
police was organized by Sir Robert
liamilarly known 'Bobby') Peel. 1t cannot
be found that there any spacial significance
in placing a green light over the door of po-
lice station any more than in placing u rcd light
over the entrance Of fire engine house. The coloTs
were probably selected without any special reason.
in order that The public r;;cht easily hGd
these two important Institutions. There used To
be an old conunCrlm. which Is ap-upOs here.
although it was worn out at the minstrel shows.
The intcrocu.or asked Sambo. who played the
bones. why there was always green light
the door of a New York police station. ard the
answer was .'bcoauSc it ia an Irish ciuhhGuse-
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