The evening times., 1899-06-28
NOTES OF THE DAY.

In the German army nearly 1000 carrier pig
cons used.
London is to have school of instruction foI
wireless telegrlphy.
The churches of the United States claim &c.
100000 communicates
b. L. Farieon, the English novelist, is son.
| in-law OF Joseph Jefferson
| Slams Crown Prince is Hudent at Harrow,
| England. He is popular with his school fellows.
| On the docket of the criminal court of At
lan'a are the names Of twenty-scven uncaught
murderers
Baroness Burdett- -Coutts who has just eeie-
brated her eighty fourth birthday, has a fortune
of s10,0o0.OoO.
Grape fruit, recently taken up in South Cali
| fornia. has been found to be more prolific and
profitable than oranges.
! Queen yietoria's will il engrossed en- vellun,
quarto size, and is bound 4 volume and Sc
| cured by a private lock.
| Gen. Leonard Wood is partial to cigarettes.
rarely smoking cigars, a fact which commend;
| him to the Cubans in his province
| In Turkey any youth and maiden who can
| walk properly and can understand the necessary
| religious service are allowed to marry.
| The New York appellate judges of tine Fourth
| department have declared unreasonable and void
city ordinance at Buffalo, prohibiting the Of
ferinS for sale of any loaf of bread not weighing
| at least one pound and haif.
| The Federal telegraph system of Mexico, which
is controlled by the government, is being rap
| idly extended. and already many OF the smaller
mining camps in the SierTas are in telegrlphic
connection with the rest of the world
Tests have been made in Finland to decide the
| comparative value of iron and aluminium
terials for horscshoes. After six weeks u.s. by
| the cavalry the aluminium shoes proved, it is
said, TO be in much better condition than the
others.
| DIR. Matthew Wood, of the University of Penn
sylvania, recently read paper in which he con
demned the of tobacco because it Is pro-
m0ter of content. He holds that discomfort IS
the great incentive to material and mental adj
yancement.
At an auction sale of the effects of the late
Hermann. the magician. two pairs Of silk stock
ings said TO have belonged once to the Empress
Cariotta, Of Mexico, sold for -. IN ex
per; who WAS present at the sale said the stock
ings probably cost S30'a pair.
writer in the Medical News declares that
America is falling behind in the matter of pro-
flssors sllagies. The class of teachers who here
gc; $500 TO Si.oDo receive in England =, 600 to
5000 Scotch universities have chairs worth
from S1.Co to $2OUU per annum, and even IN
Berlin there are professors who earn from sl0,O1)
to >lj,G-gD a year.
Ii4NLA''
well-to-do farmer, decided all his properly to his
wife on i recent "Wednesday. The following Sat
urtlly Mrs. Garrity had her husband tried foF
insanity. but he was declared sane. At once the
wife handed her husband Sl.Gy in cash, and
they agreed to separate. An hour later the h'Is-
band made the separation permanent by shooting
himself through the heart.
What is said to be the flstcst camera ever con
strlcted is now being made Tor the Smithsonian
Institution, Washington The Specifications for
tbi, instrument rearire that it shall be capable
Of making successful exposure in one siz-ii1n-
dIeith part Of a second, and it is hoped TO 50
greatly increase this speed az to secure good
negative by an exposure Of only one one-thaus-
anCth Of 4 second. The nearest approach Ia
this wonderful speed expected Of camera Is
said have been Ill the securing Of : negative
with exposure Of one nTe--unuFtdth part Ui I
second
The sons and daughters OF the pEince.y families
OF Rome are said TO have i pretty hard lot They
are generally very poor, YET they have 10 live IN
enormous houses and keep up a tradition Of mag
nifccnce. The young men drive in dog carts
which, according to rumor. owned jointly by
a dozen OF them. Tne young women ar TO be
seen driving on the PinciO arTayed in St-.ish hats
and coats, wearing good gloves and ear, lTs pFet-
" pnr,isols And vet" saws the English core
spondent who i responsible tor this gossip, their
dIstIaIt expression shows that they are uneasy IN
their minds. The particular form OF gliit Whien
burdens their souls i dread that someone VIII
invite them 10 de-rcnd and stroll about the band
stand revealing the fact that their skirts are by
no means as smart as their coats or waists anu
their boots more open to crIiltisH may ilelt
gloves.
Says New Mexican correspondent ot the
Chicago Reco.d:'' The huIor OF the saloon
keepers down this way finds expression in novel
sicntoar,!s. A Gcntemen's thirst parlor' Is the
l-al,i h1[r SeCr hut
another and more candid saioonkeeper adSertissS
Nose paint for sale Suction sociats are held
every evening at i certain mining camp. and
'Iarvny lubriCatiOn is a term fuT taxing L
drink. You've all heard OF the inscription that
was found in an abandoned du-out in North Da-
kotI years ago. but II has been somewhat
improved upon by i New Mexican pEOspector who
lett in his cabin the following: inventory OF ms
situation: Forty miles from a railroad. Thirty
miles from postofficc. Nearest neighber twenty
eight miles Nearest wood twCn;y-three miles.
Nearest water four mites. Hell One-Hai mile.
God bless our home.
The members of the now celebrated Twentieth
Kansas Regiment who will return from the Phil
i7pines some time this summer. and for whom
the KInsans are making large preparations to
welcome royalty. Lett their native State almost in
disgrace. The regiment, which was then without
uniforms was composed almost wholly Of farmer
boys selected by the recruiting physicians be-
cause OF their ply steal strength and build 1t is
in the regiment marched past the state house
f,r review. A. the fifmtr soldiers marched along
the street they were the subject OF lest. As they
were marching 10y the State house the recruiting
physirian said to Governor Laedy: There Is
regiment of fighters. They are built like giants.
They will do honor to the state il they ever get
4 chance" They may be all right physically,
Governor Leedy remarked. with shTuc OF his
shoulders, but their personal appearance Is
against them
..Douliphobia" is the title suggested by sci
entihc contemporary for new disease which
medical authority claims to have discovered, says
the London Globe Although it has not yet
been dignifcd with recognized title, the new
ailIncnt is said TO be true psychopathia,' and
presents all the features of genuine Ee,Irusi>
1t attacks only married women between the ages
of thirty and fifty. and is the antithesis of nos
talgia, hOmesickness. occurring, however. at
regular intervals, and reaching its climax on some
warm spring day In Other words. 1t Is modern
s.crayaton of the familiar feminine mania fOr
spring cleaning Instead Of leaving the pa
ticnt convalescent after stringent course OF
mops and whitewash, it can only be cured by
change of air, accompanied by the household FUR
niture in Its earliest symptom Is fever
sh habit of scanning the adver. Isenents OF houses
or fats to let, and the medical authority who has
discovered the ailnient can offer no advice save
to let the disease take its complete relief
being obtained the patient is installed
in her home. Az there is many true word
SPOKEN in Jest, fear that the disease of ',lom-
phoba'" is by imaginary or fanciful
as might be supposed. In oldfashIoned days 4
family tcok root in house and remained there
until necessity compelled move, and then il
almost seemed if ona'S heartstrincS were
wrenched in parting with ''tlie old Place 1t is
an interesting subject for study and might afford
clew to the annual migrating habits of our rLorc
ickle birds.
A physSian writing in the New York Tincs'