The evening times., 1898-12-24
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Dr. Paul Goldman writes from Tien-
tsin, China, that the peculiarity of the
German settlement Is that II has no set
tiers. although Germany has owned it a
year
! When not a single man outside of the
| regular force applied for work at SHOW
/ cling out Baths streets after the late
big storm. that thriving Maine city fully
realized the good and busy times she IS
| enjoying.
/ At a distance from Rio de Janeiro OF
| thirty-six hours by rail new city has
/ been built up within few years II has
| already 800 houses and large theater is
| being built. The name of the city is Bello
| Horizonte, and ii commands fine views of
| the mountains.
friend of Gen Merritt says the SOL
| der remarked when on his was to the
| Philippines: Its odd, in way that I
| should be sent there / never knew any
| thing of them beyond their cigars, and
Manila cigar is the only form of to-
/ bacco that can make me sick
NJ lie Chanoine de Roy. the head Of the
seminary at Liege. started a movement
| seven years ago to collect stamps. He has
| realized $1,000 francs from 100000 stamps.
| which sum has been used for mission
| work on the KOugo. The collection is to
| cathedral at LeopardsyilIe, in the KOngO
Free State.
The pineapple crop in one district alone
| of Florida is estimated at s5O,0 600 before
January L Owners of pineries realize as
much from the sale of suckers as from
| the fruit Each pineapple plant pro-
duces from five TO six Of these a year. and.
separated from the parent plant and
planted, they grow into new. strong
plants. They sell for 10 cents apiece.
| Some months ago Lieut. Julien Viaud, of
| the French navy, better known as Pierre
/ Lott, was put on the retired list, and he
has been trying to be put back on the ac-
/ tive list ever since. The old sea dogs Of
| the navy, however, say that he ought 10
| stay retired and write novels, as he can
| do that sort of work much better than he
can perform the duties of a naval officer.
Hamburg is now supplied with num-
Der of automobile cars, which are rap
| idly gaining in favor over horse cabs
| II is claimed that they go one-third fas-
ter, and that they are more easily man
aged in a crowd of vehicles They hold
four passengers, and the fare is 20
cents for 1,2G1 yards, and 1-2 cents for
every additional go The cost Of a cab
per day is s. to 49,
The young Duchess Of Marlborough nee
Vanderbiltl has been giving sittings TO
Mr.. Alrna-Tadema for glass portrait.
similar in construction TO that of her
mother in the huge window OF Mrs. Bel
mOnt's New York house. This glass por-
trait Is destined for BIenheim palace and
will be magnificent affair. The young
duchess is represented in her presentation
court costume. with splendid jewels.
RockalI is. perhaps. the smallest island
in the world II is situated in the Allan
| tic, over 800 miles west of Scotland. and is
a mere rock about sixty feet high and 225
feet around rising from a reef of sand
The rock is basalt and granite, very mag
netic- 1t is haunted by sea birds. and the
mackerel Of the surrounding sea are very
fine. OF course. it was never inhabited.
and is very seldom visited, owing TO the
difficulty of landing on it.
Illinois continues 10 be the largest CON
tributor to the internal revenue OF the
Government, the five highest States being
as follows: Illinois So, Sos, $50; New York.
81. eos. $50; Kentucky. SIS 22S SIS: Ohio, SIS
43s.90S. and Pennsylvania. Sc. SO. 30 This
covers the taxes on whisky, tobacco.
beer Oleomargarine and other articles.
The banner district of the United States
il the Fifth Illinois tPeOria). which paid
81, ,SS7 554 out OF total Of SII9,S6s S1s co..
lected by the Government during the
year.
4 glass manufacturing firm of Port Al
leghany. Pa, is preparing to make glass
tubes that can be used for sending oil or
gas across the country, for carrying Off
sewage, supplying cities with water, etc
The glass pipe does not cOrrOde. il is i'm
pervious to the electrolysis in under
ground conGuits. and. it is claimed, is
less likely to leak than iron pipe An
Ohio company is now putting in such a
pipe line, and practical test of the sys-
tenn will soon be possible for a distance
of 100 miles.
Elias Hartz. eighty-twO years old. is one
of the best weather prophets in BerkS
county, Pa He has 4 long string of goose
bones. and his weather prognOstfcatiOns
are largely governed by them. In the col
lection is a goosebOne for every year for
the last quarter OF a century. He has
dried the gcOSebone for the winter Of 1855
and says: This bone is nearly all blue
with very little white. top or bottom. The
blue is for cold weather You see. this
bone indicates an early and hard winter,
10 continue late in the spring.
Congressman-ElectJ John l. Burnett. OF
Alabama, who viii probaIy be the smallest
man in the next House, is an able lawyer
although he is known in his own State as
the Jack Of Spades" When he first ap-
peared before the supreme court of Ala
bama TO argue a case he stood up behind
| a high bench on which lawyers were ac-
custOmed TO lay their books and papers.
May it please the court" began the di-
minutive counsel when the chief Justice
broke in: Mir. Burnett. it is the custom of
lawyers TO rise while addressing this
court"
DR.. Thomas p. WeIch, of st. Louis.
| says: I'VE often hear of people who sud-
denly develop a propensity for lying that
| is startling a peculiar feature is that
| the individual has nothing to accomplish
and absolutely no excuse for disregariing
| the truth. That man should consult a
| physician He should be treated care
| fully The base of his trouble is the
nerves Rest and tonic. with good nurs-
| ing. would restore these and gradually
| the brain would become healthy and the
/ affiction disappear Criminal traits in
| parents are known to descend to children
/ So with lying. IN a girl this may be
| overcome BY the wise counsels of the
mother, but l believe a boy who is so
| afflicted will in majority Of cases be
much what his father is
One of the valued possessions Of the late
empress of Austria was the manuscript OF
Heine's '.Bueh der Lieder'' 1t was pre-
sented to her by a wealthy American IN
der these circumstances: The Crown
| Prince Rudolph wished TO make his moth
| er birthday present that would please
her and hearing that the manuscript was
| to be sold went to buy it for her But the
American had just purchased it. and
| though the prince offered him ten times
/ the sum to reHnquish it refused. Finally
| he asked the princes reason for wishing to
| have it and on hearing it was for moth
er's birthday, asked who his mother was.
''She is Kaiserin-Konigen Elisabeth re-
Piled the prince, and the American imue-