New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-08
NOTESUERE AND THERE

March - was surely Il sad day for Farmer JIM
Blouht. No roast pig. no Champagne no POI Ior
him! The native ladies Of Hawaii regarded him
with surprise and even turned their backs on Lin !
surely they coud rot have Known tat tar Com
missioner comes from SAKE where the barbecue Is
a most powerful factor In politics. else The feast
spread for Admiral Brown would have been turned
over 10 him. II ANYTHING the Islands could have
won The sturdy leart of ." Farmer jim Oh the day
Of his arrival II was tina, roast pig. The delicious
odor Of the feast filed ;he woods for niles, ont the
Commissioner not invlied TO .o: IN tne iesuV'ies
II" carriage Of The cX.Qu"eA was IA waiting al ne
wharf COR the Admiral and TIE ladies IN tA"ir wtite
acoku,. waving Hawaiian fags, wer. tier, 70 re-.
teivc him. None Of these for BoInt Ana row
cone. The news tina, the Hawaiian Minister az
Washington has been recalled Cut Oh rom a.,
pig and without h> hominy. time VIII lans Eea'iiy
on the Commissioners hands.
The English have cause TO b. proud OF their
agnlfccnt unarmored cruiser Blake. waica. :holga
OF only 5000 tons displacement has II" strons'S'
engines ever put in the hull Of war ship o! Great
Britain. The Blake cost En- gland just 500. 30.
Her indicated horsepower. with natural draasht,
is 1850, and her speed 1912 knots. Her estimated
horse power. with forced draaeh', l. 10000 ana Fer
speed 30 knots Al teLk.Ot speed she can
steam a d,tarcc OF - 900 knots. Our own pride o.
The Navy. the NcwYorh Is smaller than The Blake
by so tons displacement, but her indicated hor,e
power is 5000, with speed Of 20 knots. >ne
cost S3Drj. 900. and at ten knot speed can steam
1880 knots But. inst wait I'LL The coThrfcrdr
sroy,r,' cruiser No. Il. IS completed IT, hhNi"S
Of the world will then have a chance To see v'ss"
IL only 7,1Ij tons displacement. with AN Indicated
Fnrland has the biggest Navy in the world and Italy
has the biggest ships, but the United ,ta'rS cruisers
can slip away from them all wien 1t comes to a
race.
Gilmorc's Band under the direction Of ID. W
Reeves. Is Of on a tour that will last twelve or
thirteen weeks. II anybody not In the amusement
business wants TO Know what an easy tim" the
members Of such company have he ought 10 READ
he route arranged by Manager Lan" Their" Is
a matinec every dav at one town and an evening
performance Al another. The member. VIII or'.,
and nndross dress and undr"ss-and travel. f"w
theatre companies ever bad bali SO mach w"rSS 10
Manhattan Beach mi, summer. The Marine Band IL
is said has been engaged to take Is place.
Porter Ashe and atom" Williams DO not seem TO
be as fun Of frht as the w",crn'r bni they
talk with facility. For The first tim" the forfeit list
has been used club 10 knock out man; an; ana
seems 20 nn'T prT Within n wouG have been help
les.
From the memorandum book Of Oliver Sumner Teal :
Haste my appointment. that !, with irooms n swift
meditation the thoughts Of love. may sweep I"
my rcvcngr!'
Easter sunday was rcd-lctcr day in the history o'
flower, In This city. When the day CLOSED ana ''e
princIIal florist, took an account Of ,toc they onuh
that they had reason t. congratulai" themselves on
the enormous, business that they had done. Ih" SAFE
e Taste. flowers has been Increasing rapidly III w"
last ten years III this city. and all prcVi"AN years
were far ,clip,cl this year. and NOR" than '~cc ~
many flowers were sold than ever before lrIlpS
tbe weather hal something 10 ID with this. Tie VIII
ter had been extremely severe. and a lew N"rmi'
plea.nnt DAYS and indication, of -pring naturally
turned peoples thoughts TO flowers. Hence ilr
crusade on the flower shops ON" horst ln iTo .
Nav sold Gow,rs to a total amount II fnOoo 10 l"p
DAYS one church alone decorated Win rl.Jo"
worth Of thes" beautiful offering, IL = an ui.
dnninllc fact that Of the florists a" getting fich
:, fast that they hardly know what Ia do with the
money Truly the flower business Is b"artlml
business In more ways than one.