The evening times., 1899-03-25
NOTES OF THE DAY.

stephen Phillips the poet, Is nursing broken
leg in London hospital
The newest roses are named for Admiral
Dewey They are light red.
The newest cry Of the Londcn waiteTs is tlrzr
they are being ousted by girls.
Whitelaw Reid is in California. where he will
spend six or eight weeks as. the guest of d. o.
The church holidays in the Philippines aver
ase about three week, and they generally
observed.
.Byra, town in Africa. is buiit entirely Of
zinc. The public buildings and residences did
not cost more than $4,000.
Miss Caroline Hazard. the new president Of
wellesley College. IS herself not a college grad
uate. She is foEty-two years old
1t is estimated by experts that the black ra>e
embraces about ene-tenth of the living members
OF the human species, or I50,0900o individuals
Two American army officers in Porto Rico
have married into native families. and the
easement OF third to San Juan belle IS an
ncUnced.
dom not only OF the houses and liyiae-roosrls hut
of the mosques and sacred tautz where they
build their nests and rear their young.
Wa.doboro. Me-. bachelor. while watching,
beside the couch OF his sick father this winter
has made three as fine quilts as were ever pro-
dueed at an old-fashiOned quilting bee
One Of the prizes offered at a singing festival
recently held in Wales was a pair Of trousers
The Musical Herald wants 10 know what would
be done in such case if the prize should have
TO be divided.
Pierre Loti's plans for the future include trips
TO Asia Minor. Persia. and the Himalayas. and
the Plains of India. 1t is said that he never reads
books, bot finds all the mental aliment he wants
in change Of surroundings.
In the last Congress the University Of Nichi.
gan had one alumnus (Cushnan X. Davis in the
Senate and thirteen in the House The Fifty
sixth Congress will add TO this number Senators
Qusrles and AeCunber and two Representa-
tIyes-
One Of the most remarkable instruments on
record has been recently completed and actually
measures one-millioHth part of a second. The in
strument Is necessarily very complicated. but the
vibrations of a very sensitive tuning-for fosul
the basis OF the measuring process.
The original thirteen States contained SO. .s..5
square miles. or 20s. .5O2 100 acres In Is9s tn.
United States contained 2,720I6O square miles,
or SIS $50 acres. in organized States IL also
contained ssG.270 square miles, or 569. .zI2. .sO0
acres, OF territory not organized as States.
Elena sanz. the Spanish eontralto. who sang
for many years at the Paris Grand Opera died
recently Nice. at the age OF forty-eight years
Her retirement from the stage was said at the
time In have been due the attachment that
the late King Alfonso MI Of Spain showed for
her
Among the marriage notices published in the
Philadelphia papers 4 Few days ago was an an
nouncement of the wedding Of Mr.. C. Monroe
Booz and Miss Temperance Irons. both Of Flor
ence, n J. b. this union the bride becomes
Temperance BOoz. which l. simply another nane
for sarsapsriila ginger ale. and lemon soda
Cinderella Is again for the third year in SUE
cession the fsvorite subject for the British pan
tonime constructor. Out Of 12o pantominles this
yeaF there were twenty '-CindeTeIlaS.' Dick
Wilmington comes second. with seventeen. Ed
ingburgh alone provided original subject in
'MeNhappie's Holiday, or Trip to BSgdad.'
Tie Congressional mourners at the funeral Il
a eolleague in the East, while travelling by rail-
road te the destination were not at fFst per
mitted to lay in stock of stuff 10 soothe their
soFTuws- After painful thirst Of twelve hours
they rebelled, stopped the train. ordered a sup
their way weeping C0poJsly. Of all the rsd-
eyed of public life the Congressional
funeral X red enough 10 take 4 fall out of 4
white horse
\ venerable lady In New Philadelphia. Ohio.
recently gave party which was thoroughly
unique in lis character. The company was made
up or seven couples who We're related 10 the hos
tess. and all Of whom had elOped To ger mar
ried. In no instance had there been any -
rious opposition 10 the different matches. IL
>iispif iuES IL Ihe ldElIly TO embrace n3trI-
inony in that way. and the 5Jyle Is faithfully
malntsiHed. the youngest couple having eloped
in February, in face Gi the cordial approval II
their attachment for each other by their parents.
The ';Philadelphia Thnes' tells OF a well known
rector IN that rity wI4o had an experience a
short time ago xlsieI, vas at least novel Two
children first cousins were brought 10 the
church at Sunday morning service 30 b. bap-
tized Their grandmother acted the principal
gudmn,her. When the rector took the first child
in his arms he propounded the usual question:
Name this child. The godInOther answered.
Dewey" pcrceptible smile immediately per
yaded the congregation When the next child
was presented the same question was. Of course
asked. and the prompt reply was -HOb>on.
and the smile ripple,l into something sounding
much like suppressed laughter. while TIE sol
emn ceremony was performed with becoming
dignity.
The Eiks at Topeka Kan, gave an entertain
ment on Monday last and sold advertising space
on the programme to local undertaken Ti,.
latter entrusted the duty OF preparing the copy
TO the committee in charge Of the show. anil
his card appeared follows: George B. Palmer.
undertaken, FIX yCu up after YOUR decease
So beautifully that you look down t0r up
and feel profoundly thankful that YOU have
'>huffied-' Three lovely vaults, and psenty of
ice. Cut rates ladies and gents caskets.
The undertaken WIS Mortified when he saw the
advertisement. and at once inserted a card in the
Topeka papers declaring that he innocent
OF this i'll advised and improper attempt at fun
and begged the public 20 believe that he regard,
death 4 most serious matter.
y well-known professional man. says the
PHILADELPHIA Record. who i noted among hiS
friends for his absent -mindedness. thought h.
had reached the height OF ahsurii;y when kc
forced 10 ask his wife his first a short
time ago. in order 10 answer properly question
tskcd hy the assessor OF his district. His
orN. however, PLAYED him worse trick
tive other day and the Joke was 50 good that he
told IL on himself. lie WAS writing a letter in
the poStutce corridor one evening when seed9
looking person up with a hard-lIcS story.
The writer PAUSED long enough u tell the beg
gar that he had nothing for him, and requested
him to go away. The fellow persisted aEsl
again poured forth his woeful story \ watch
man finally chased the begsar away, and the
absent minded writer started 10 read what he
had written Great was his surprise when he
found that he had transcribed word for word
part of the hard-luck tale that had been poured
into his unwilling ears
While near Tara. says the philadelphia
Pres ST. Patrick Is said 10 have performed
many miracles A heather priest could rise into
the air. but according to the legend when he
tried this before the saint angel Knocked
down the impostoT with a SNOWFALL. In this aHI
other less forcible ways many converts were made
and the old story has is that at length the
whole population of the island had become
Christian. 1t was about this time, too, thar
the snakes driven ont St. Patrick GER
tainlf had lots of time for the work, for he
lived to be 13i. However, his death is said by
some authors to have occurred at a place known
as saul. this day 143S years ago lie lett in his
Confessions woFk OF his old age-a long
list OF rules and regulations for the carrying On
by COLUMBIA and ST Gsll-after his death-ot
the work he had so well begun His funeral
was, Of CoarSe, tremendous. Hundreds and hun
tlrrdS Of pa-SnrS attended and carried zach bis