The evening times., 1900-04-07
NOTES OF THE DAY.

! A movement is On foot in Albany to erect a
statue Gen. Philip sheridan. u l. rather strange
that this warriors birthplace has not already Done
him that honor.
The California orange crop will break the record
this The yield is estimated st from i4.ObJ
to 1860 carloads In boxes It il figured at from
I 4,Cc0.O0O to 4,5OJ,000
| The members Of the Duke Of Cambridge's Ye0-
many paid seo0 for the privilege Of joining, and
while they are ia South Africa give up their pay
to the patriotic fund.
On account Of Canadas gallant dead and wound
ed in South Africa, the Royal Gren3diers, Mon
treal. postponed the third assembly, which was %
have taken place recently.
Within radius Of four miles Of RusbviIle Neb.,
there are no fewer than nine prairie dog towns,
covering much as 500 acres q pasture, whlch
IS rendered almost useless
There are G.550.G0O volumes in the Libraries Of
| the American colleges and universities Harvard .
has 10000 volumes. Chicago University 5J0,OOO,
Columbia 21J,O00. ard Cornell 5000.
An agent for the American Bible Society says
that the first book printed in Minnesota was
Bible II printed in 1896 about thirteen year
/ before the first issue Of a newspaper in =. Paul
There are a number Of deep places in the Hud-
son, as every one Is aware but few know that
spots ranging from depth Of twenty to twenty
tour athcms frequently met with south OF Ia
Highlands.
Prof Rueker, F. R. ;. has been selected 20 pre-
side over next years meeting Of the British As
sociation Dr. Ruckcr is the greatest living au-
th0rity terrestrial magnetism and other recon
dite topics.
During 1890 the court Of sessions Of Scotland 3
granted 1sj divorces compared with but l3s IN
Is9s The annual average Of the past ten years
was only ia. Two-thirds Of the actions were
brought by wives
| King MeneIik has an army Of at least lC0.GJ1
| men armed with the beat modern artillery and
many yeArs ago this Atyssinian army totally de-
/ fested the Italians.
! fourth New Zealand contingent l. to be sent
| 10 South Africa. The Bushrnan's Corps fund in
| Melbourne now amounts to e.. 900 and at sydney
I to g15.OO0 The New south Wales Patriotic fund
! amounts 10 El1.oOJ.
! Miss Hattie Bungarten. Of New Milford, Conn
1 has a novel plan for reforming salCOns The
scheme il to have the best citizens frequent ths
saloons. not 20 drink, but TO form q social suf-
| rounding % a high order.
/ Some Of the English clergy in the diocese Of
| Natal and Pretoria have been reduced to the
humbe,t poverty. owing to lack Of funds from
| England and the multitude Of war appeals for
! money for other PUrposts-
| AMELIA T. Barr. author Of many successful books.
/ including the The Bow Of Orange Ribbon has
/ abandoned her country place at Cornwlil-on-the-
\ Hudson Tor the winter and l. living al tae Frtu
Avenue Hotel, New lork.
| new method Of preserving telegraph poles
| Is to surround the portion in the ground with al
4 esrthenwsre) pipe like a drain pipe. Into the
/ space between the pole and the pipe l. poured a
/ mixture Of sand and ro~iu
/ Vienna's new executioner. Joseph Lang &, ta-
strong man Of an athletic club, and one OF tae
/ best known athletes in the city. Tie is a nephew
/ of the late executiCuer, aud obtained the pace
/ against nineteen competitors.
4 Tie sheep POSSESSES less degree % nervous
energy than the horse. or pig. bat it is eapIh-
] Of enduring great extremes OF heat and cold vita
/ les inconvenience ard possesses more vigorous
digestion than those animals
| owing to the large number Of deaths caused
| by eHteric fever in SOuhI Africa tHe B.iJ.-n NJr
| Ofice is now including Two flannel belts In the
outfit Of every man going out. They are excellent
\ safeguards against the disease
| Napoleon's shoe preserved in the Cuuy No
se,f Is representative Of the fat sole Of his lne.
a. also = the curious heel Of the yellow -iik slip
per worn bv Nine de PJmPIdouI, which Jeul.I
/ strates also transition period.
According to the census Of 1890 there we're So
900 Sggedes in the six New England states. l5.o]j
Norwegisns. and j like number OF Danes. The
| coming census is expected 20 show q great IN
| crease Of these people in New England
! Emile Fouget. the new member Of the French
| academy. is rather a Bohemian. with LITTLE Of an
| immoital's dignity. Daily he walks down the,
/ Boulevard St Michael. balancing his cane and
/ wbistlin= loudly the latest popular song
| Temperance Is making hesdvay in Munich. and
| the German Medical Total Abstinence Union al
nounces that hereafter at the students knelnt
/ .'oulv a moderate Use Of beer Will oe allowed,
Dr. Bunge and DIR. kr4pelin are the leaceis in the
| movement.
| In Patagonia ostriches are not bred as at the
| Cane Of Good Hope. bur run wild and are being
| gradually evterminated. The Indians chase them
| on horseback and catch them with ho-a--tHo
/ heavy balls upon the end Of a rope woven %
| leather strings.
I In Havana the houses are made Of native stone.
/ The walls are from three TO four feet thick, ard
the architectural style Is naturally most -ub-JIE-
/ tiIl The larger dwellings are built upon tled
| courtyard. where fountains play and palms grow
\ most uxuTiantly.
/ James Parson Of Devonshire. England. who died
| recently was known as The singing Machine.
/ because he had mem0rized and could sing about
| 900 songs One evening he made and Wou bet
/ that he could 90 on singing until daylight WIN
1 out repeating any song.
| Political gossip has it that David B--riil has an
ambition to own a newspaper. his particular VelA-
( ness being the ALBANY Argus. 80 long owned by
! Thurlov Weed Daniel Lamont was subs q1eutlt
the proprietor, and the property Is 10" coniT'i-rd
by that gentleman son
The officials OF the Chicago. Rock Island. and
Pacific Railroad have decided To- follow the le1d
Of the other companies in the matter ot providing
technical instruction for their ewPiottS on '.ie
road The school on wheels tsr engineers His-
man. conductors ard brabeucn is TO be a part %
the Rock Island system
Grace Church New YORK. which has appeared
in several plays and many novels. has the hn--5
and heaviest chimes u any church in this c'un-
try They were presented by different members %
the congregation. and have been rurE twice cav
at 10 O'Clock in the morning and al % c-'eN "a
the afterrooE-f0r many ycaIS
The Burns (KanD Citizen" says of itself
..our paper Is not the best in the world. but 'i
v,u can show US that i, is not worth cents We
will eat the next issue. First you read IT, tHeR
vou sill spread il over something. then clean !"d
! Iapn with it, and then it TO start the hft
! and il that doesn't make it worth cents az Tue
| present price of lumber. why, don take IT,
When George Wyndham entered the British War
O6ce little more than year ago. he did not
have a rrav hair. and now his hair is silyery
| white. saws the ''New York Tribune simiiaf
| change was noticed in the appearance OF sil
George Trevelyan. In lSs2 Wheh ne oecahlg 'ii,'
secretary for Ireland Immediately after the a.
| sassiuation OF Lord Frederick tayendish, ne NSS
| described by Mr. Parneil as having htr OF raven
blackncss Three months afterward his hai5 had
become az white as sEo|.
| A correspondent Of the Hartford Courant' IN
| Manila writes as follows. "Mail is held otcn zen
| diys. to be shipped by a transport instead OF
u,il steamer and as there IS proper place f5v
the slowing Of mail on transports. much has been
| fe.t and damaged. Once several hundred sac ,'
| were put of the mail steamer at Honolulu 10 w1.t
/ FOR a transport-and did wait three wees.
| seems 10 me that the least the Government can %
| - A., eviIas who are fighting for their country