The evening times., 1899-06-03
NOTES OF THE DAY.

'".He tiiie> thS nci1iDcr OF Ilen.
An oaer Of $4,000 fcr three orchids exhibited
~ the Antwerp horticultural show has been re-
iilsed by the owEer OF the flowers.
The Indian Government Is Offering many in
ducements to British officers in Iadia to take up
the study Of The Chinese language
r. W. Chambers. when not writing booEs. gives
bis time 70 many isds. He collects butterflies de-
signs uniforms, and keeps UP his painting.
The Prince of Wales has lately become great
student of civil government. and is at present
giving much attention to that Of this country.
William Rockefeller. CT the Standard Oil Com
pany. viii briId handsome house at Putnam
iili- near Greenwich Conn, fer his and
namesake
: Rela kittridge, Of Beltast. Ne. says he hold,
the words record for fine writing, havin. sue
eecjed in placing 5000 words on an ordinary
postal card
imInense coal fsldE have been discovered in
Zuiuiand the seams being up to forty feet in
thickness, and Of good quality for locomotives and
other purposes.
Since the beginning of this century no fewer
than fifty-two volcanic islands have risen out Of
the sa. Nineteen have disappeared. and ten are
now inhabited
There eio Indian day schools in Canada
hesides 32 boarding schools and % industriI
schools. with o,s56 pupils the roll, and an ag
erage daily ATTENDANCE Of 5.533
ture that where fire insurance policy is no
written by a resident agent the insured party
will be held responsible for the 21s per cent tax
his premium.
Under the auspices of the Army Y. VI. C. A.
the soldiers at Porto Rico are to have a first
class cafe; also reading room and a gymnasium.
General Henry has co-operated with the secre-
taries. and the army officers are all in sympathy
with the work.
Major Frederick Fueger. the new commandsnt
Of Fort McIienry. born in Germany. and
came to this country in 1856. enlisting in the
Fourth United States Artillery. He distinguished
himself for bravery during the civil war; and
rapidly promoted for gallant conduct in active
service At the battle of Gettysburg. when all
the officers of Battery A, Fourth Artillery, had
fallen. Major Fueger who was then first sergeant.
tood command of the battery and directed The
fire. He commissioned lieutenant at Get
tysburg and since then he has been connected
with the Fourth Artillery.
.When Lieut.. Collin II. Ball was appointed
first sergeant of the OTTAWA Company in the
Twentieth Kansas says the kansas City Jour
nai.' 'the Populist paper in Ottawa eontemptu-
ously enquired WHO the dickens is Collin H.
Baig' Last week every daily paper in the
United States, together with most of those in
Europe, gave answer to this query. Collin II.
Ball is Kansas hero. who. with four Others,
cTaw!ed across the girdsrs of Philippine bridge
under murdeFous fire, and made possible the
capture Gf talunpit He is also of the men
whose glorious deeds for the American flag af-
ford the sarcligbt in which the Kansas Popu-
lists and AsItinaldo sympatfizers staEd illumi-
mated Tor their cOntemptibleness.
The seal has large BRAIN but we can hardly
appreciate the fact that this interesting mammal
bows 10 superstition. says the New York Press
IL,
like a man with his logs cut off. but in water
its grace and charm unsurpassed The trained
seals at the circus exhibit daily their racial
hatred of blonde women. natural or peroxide
Ii they see red-headed creature posing
they dive below, get mouthful OF water from
the tank. rise to the surface, and squirt it in
the offenders face. l. employed TO stand
near the tank to strawberries against a
TOO approach. One of the explanations Of
this dislike Of rcd heads is that the seals have
grown tired of the prevailing color Of the Brit
ish military officer and man.
One DAY a mother, who had been to a country
house near Narseilles was reuruing at twilight
into the city with her son. Il child of eight
years. who had been put in : peach basket borne
by donkey. and the mother. fearing the child
might eatch cold iii WIS in Nov.mber,. had cov-
cred him with a thick shawl. Tired with running
around the country all day. coy and warm under
the thick shawl. the CHILD soon asleep and
hidden by the sides Of the basket There is
local custom-house at the gates of Aarseilles, and
when the Inspector -urmises that any package
contains CoItrahand articles he thTu>ts sharp
steel pick through it. He WIS preparing to do
this with the basket when the mother. dis
tance behind, saw his intention, and shrieked
out that her son was in the basket. 1t was
AdOiphe Thiers.
Dr. John NJ. Steele. surgeon of the monitor
Moradnoek, has Just returned from Manila, and
the insurgents. he says: They are rather an in
doent lot. naturally. on account of the climate.
but are brave even TO ianaticsm They are child
like and easily led. From what | gathered do
not think Aguinaldo Is a popular leader. He is
rather military desPot and rules by fear those
about him. Hi, dominion does not extend over
the whole of the lsand of LIzon- On the north
and cast sides, the most fertile sections. a
large number of wealthy Filipinos These prefer
peace TO war. but do not wish to be invaded.
do not think the Filipinos. n whole, are pre-
pared Tor ssii-sovsirment. nor they eompe-
tent. | was interested while in the Philippines
in studying tropical diseases. American soldiers
until the became somewhat acclimatcd suffered
considerably frorl bowel troubles and typhoid.
As 4 general thing now. the health OF the troops
is good.
u was talking today" said the Washington
correspondent Of the Chicago Record with
the most popular and perhaps the ablest leader
of the Populi.t party in Kansas. John w. Breiden-
thai who still holds the ofice of bank examiner.
and is undoubtedly better posted than anybody
else upon the financial condition of the people.
remarked that had hcar. that prosperity had
returned to Kansas and had come to look at it.
You find it everywhere in this State, he
answered and can cut il off in great chunks.
We are now praying that YOU may have equal
prosperity in the East. 50 that your people can
sell out and come To Kansas and buy farms and
ia han Ihnrp wa. lima tarp
where man seeking home and happiness could
do so we'll he do today in Kansas. There
never was time nor place where anybody
could find a more prosperous, more contented, or
happier people We have been through the fire
OF adyrrsty. and We not only appreciate the
contrast. but have prctted by the experience
curious find was made one day last week
by Mr.. W. l.. Valentino. contractor for Mr.. ].
S. Darling's new stables, on Coye Street, says the
Norfolk yirginian-P Pilot" while digging the
trenches for the foundation walls. workman
unearthed. at depth of about seven or eight
feet. a cannon ball of about three inches diam
eter which in all its characteristics is the mate
to that i,n.edded in the wall of st. Paul'l
Episcopal Church. and from the place in which
ID found. the depth in the earth, and the
condition of the rusty iron sphere. strongly sIg-
Cest that it one of the number launched by
Lord Ross ships during their bomhardment of
Norfolk in the of 1si2-'l3. The ground in
which it was found was originally a part of the
cove. which extended from the cd Cranky Street
Bridge back nearly to Church Street. and the
water at this point three four feet deep.
The present ground is. therefore. made earth to
the depth of four feet. Evidently the ball fell
in, the water and sank in the mud in the bot
tom. When the cove was filled in the ball was
safely buried. and has there remained until this
time. How many more OF tbese shots living
safely planted in the made soil of this city is
uncertain.