The evening times., 1899-03-30
NOTES OF THE DAY.
One Of the hospitals in Moscow is large eu
70 Accommodate 1000 nafients


IS a good heavyweight boxer, and good foot
ball player
Benjamin Goble. of Milan. H.. eighty-seven
years old, claims TO be the oldest living native
resident Of Illinois.
Queen Margherita Of Italy speaks German ai-
entity and generally uses that language when she
meets German artists.
The Chinese pronounce their Dowaser Empress
Kingdom has ever known.
The per capita cost OF maintaining eonvicts at
the Michigan prison is 2s19 cents a day and the
average oaiiy earnings are 35H cents.
The largest telescope in existence does not
make the planet Mas appear any bigger than
the moon does through opera glass
it IS stated that % per cent Of the common
contagious diseases are carried from house 10
mouse ey the domestic nets OF the world.
German tailor who died at Breslau in 1887
had such Keen sight that he was able to see tyro
oi Jupiter ioar Rooms with the naked eye
The doctors Of sweden never send bills TO their
patients, the amount of their remuneration be-
ins ieit entirely 10 the generosity Of the latter
At recent civil service examination for pro-
motion IN the New York fire department every
candidate failed including Richard Croker's
nephew.
William NJ Chase. the artist was a poor stu
dent when his master, Pilot, made him famous
portraits.
During 1s9s the labor commissioner Of Ses,tle
found employment for s.I54 people in addi-
tlon TO a large number sent 10 the hop fields To
pick hops.
Among the 3.405 newspapers printed in Ger
many. sixty-eight are in foreign languages. in
Guiding thirty-nine Polish nineteen Danish and
seven French journals.
Mime Lilii Lehman. the operatie singer. is an
active -viviseetonist, and is at present dis-
tributing an appeal against what she calls tor
ture in the name Of science
Henry Lee Higginson. the Boston millionaire.
was asked recently what he would Do ii he were
Suddenly without a dollar. DO he replied
I'D take the first job that offered.
Alexander Doyling a Justice Of the supreme
court OF Indiana, and resident OF New Aibauy.
bears 50 strong a resemblance 70 the President
that he = known The man with the Ne
kinley head
The Countess Of Orkney was recently hurt b.
being thrown from her horse while hunting. The
Countess was better known before her marriage
as Connie Gilchrist. Of the Gayety, the model i,,r
WhistieT's Golden Girl.
EX-President Harrison viii leave for Paris on
May Il, and after argung the Venezuelan case
before the Board Of Arbitration viii probably
give some months 10 travel through Europe aEd
the Holy Land IN company with Mrs Harrison.
correspondent Of one OF the Boston papers
vigorously suggests that "a little OF the money
that viii be needed 10 extermInate the spar
rows be expended iE buying chloride of Hlnr.
to sprinkle in the halls and corridors OF the
seat of our city government
The weights Of Glasses Of students before and
after examination have been made the subject OF
recent investigation. In high CLASSES. where nat
urally the examination was most felt several
pounds were lost showing hcw The mental strain
was felt. In lower classes the loss was not 81
great
When Chinese girl Is married her attendants
are invariably the Oldest and ugliest women to
be found in the nsighboFhOod. Who are engaged
expressly 70 act foil TO her beauty u Is
said that several exceptionally ugly Old women
make a handsome income per annum By acting
IN this capacity.
Two thousand large trees in the Berlin Thier-
garten have been cut down. leaving many acres
OF park hare The excuse Is thar thev made the
ground damp and unhealthy. and served as a
hiding place for criminals. but the Kaiser's taste
for formal landscape gardening and for statues
Is believed by Berlin people 70 Be tie real cause
OF the vandalism.
Library pups is the somewhat iippant rame
by which the subway stations in Boston are de-
ignated- This comes from the resemblance which
these little structures bear 20 the splendid IL
bTary m CoPler Square which /, the pride OF
every Bostoaiaa's heart, il it was designed
by New York architect. Tie pups are scat
Of the important business streets.
Mayor Quincy. Of Boston has suggested that
,he city should build d municipal crcrnatory,
in which TO incineFate tine bodies Of pauperS
criminals and Others whose burial devalvcs upon
the city. The Idea j. 10 do away altogether
with the POtter's Field II J. asserted that the
city could cremIte bodies al the cost Of only 81
each while il costs s. to dig a grave The
present POJter'S Field viii be filed before the
expiration IT the present wear. The burialS now
amount to about j09 year, and Increase IL num-
Der yearly
Here axe some weather proverbs referring t.
song birds and storms; when birds eea>e to
sing. rain and thunder viii follow If birds in
general pick their feathers. ,ash themselves and
fy 10 their nests, expect rain Parrots and cana
rieS dress their feathers and are wakefll the ever
ing before storm II the peacock cries when
he goes to rooSt, AMI indeed, much az auy time.
It : sign OF RAIN Long and loud singing Of
robins in the morning denotes rain Robins will
perch on the topmOSt branches OF trees and whis-
Tie when storm i coming on
When a hoy in Texas was called in court "a
a witness aud QUESTIONED rs 10 his understand
ing of an oath, he said: Iii I tell one lie / will
be sent to the legislature. and if / tell two oi
them they viii send me to Congress" OF coursr
his competency a. a witness Immediately
objected to, SAYS the '-Philadelphil Times hut
the court. after mature deliherstion. decided that
there ws- no reason why his testimony should not
be admitted This ruling VIII probably be found
fault with by many in Texas and out but there
viii be many cynical individuals who viii main
tain that il the Texas boy was Tigh the state
is TO be congratulated the superior morality
OF its Legislators and lis Congressman
Some remarks OF the eminent Colonel Jack
Chinn have excited criticism in 4 quarter whence
it was least to be expected. The Kentucky horse
man began by telling how highly he valued his
Confederate badge, which twenty-five months Of
service in the field had given him the right 10
wear, and then gave details OF a conversation
which he had had with Union veteran. who
advised him TO put the memento of the lost cause
out Of sight. Il told him. said the colonel
that wouldn't swap that badge ioF diamond
as big goose-egg. adding. when asked
why he was proud Of IL: Because there isn't
niger in the United States who is entitled r.
pin one OF them upon his coat" Almost anybody
would be apt to find fault with the taste OF this
but the ''Vicksburg Herald goes
further. and declares that it was inaccurate a.
well as iniudiciOus. Not a few 0ld-time "befo'
the Wal negroes, IL explains. are fully entitled
10 wear the Confederate badge As camp fol-
lowers the occasion sometimes for them 10
show their devotion to the lost caHsc- and u
was often proved with genuine heroi-n-by
even 60 the DEATH There Is az least thr
Mississippi pension roll And II tins rcd0ubtablr
Colonel Jack i a we'll entitled 10 the badge
OF = proud TO march in the ranks 90 the s,ir-
,ioner-hc WAS a good one Here w1nid seem
to he a situation 81 some cuiaplcxity. and unlr~-
Colonei Chiun = ie-- emotional than D. : com
monty supposed to h.. b. j. likely 70 tr con
si'iersbly stirred up by the Niek~hars ts1n's
Lessen IN history.
Aniong the sSengi~s enIuI.te, ~ England vita
ihr civiIzstiun u Sisiea Is the ROYAL Niger Cun
rany. chartered organization. with which u.ans
-,r~sus. uilsd aud othersise isuportsnf. are ,,n-