The times., 1899-05-21
NOTES OF THE DAY.

On the Caledonian Railroad in scotland train
makes the run OF ssi2 miles from Foriar Perth
in 80 minutes
stephen Crane has decided to give up nev-pa-
per work entirely. and to devote himself 10 the
production OF books
Georgia has woman mail carrier; she travels
a i9-mile route tri-weekly. This young woman
also manages farm
Salt in large quantities Is being exported from
California to Russia and siberian ports for li-e
IN the fishing industry.
TACT foundry-or agency for supplying
facts upon any subject at a short NOTICES the
industry Of two Chicago women.
Things have changed in the FIJI islands Their.
1000 native sunday school scholars there
contributing 10 the missionary box
DR.. solf, the new President OF the Municipal
Council Of Samoa, Is typical Geramn. tall, ro-
bust. forid- lie speaks English perfectly
The '-CanatIiau Dry Goods Review slys Amer
lean manufacturers Of silk and felt hats cut
ting out the English goods in tbs Dominion.
In 1ss0 it is estimated that theFe were Gio.-
900 princes and other hereditary mobiles in Rus
sia. and since then the number has increased
Last year the tourists from the United states
and elsewhere left over s5oo,0C9 in Nova Scotil.
and great increase is fully expected this yclr-
The Chamber OF Commerce. Cincinnati. has
restaurant run by three Scotch women. and they
nual rental i $500.
President Pierce. OF Kenyon College Gambler,
Ohio has secured from President Mckinley
promise to be at Kenyon some time during the
commencement week.
There are now about $50 public Libraries in
Great Britain They contain over 5,O0O,0O0 vol
umes. and issue about 27Ooo,Dc1 books each year.
The annual attendance Of readers j. about 6o.en.-
900.
The Crown Princess Marie Of Rouuanii. who
was Princes Marie OF Edinburgh, has queer lad
| Of collecting scent bottles. which she probably
/ inheritl from her grandmother. the late Empress
| of Russia who had collection valued at S5,U1.
The gross expenses OF the STATE of New YORK
/ in the year Iss9 viii. it Is computed, amount To
| So 900. of which nearly 70 per cent will be-
necessary 10 pay the deficits of departments which
| exceeded in ISIS in previous wears the ippro-
I priatioHs made for them
The Weekly Witness slys that Evansville,
Ind has a proselyting constable, who has per-
7 suaded over 100 offenders TO renounce their evil
I WAYS He has the assistance and sympathy Of
( the Judge Of the local court. lie tries to per
sirIde his criminals 10 Join the church.
At an auction sale OF autograph manuscripts
! in London four pages, containing Beettoyen's
songs. ..Ah Peride'' and ''HcidenrGslcin'
| brought $40 and Mignon's song 'Kennst du tis
/ Land So. Four schubert sings, in autograph.
/ brought prices ranging nom s105 70 Slb5 each
/ One OF the newest OF the Italian operas was
/ written hy workman in the arsenal at Venice.
( His collaboration in the music was also
/ ploye Of the government Enough money WIS
4 raised by subscription Ia ensure the performance
of their opera. called ''Feilo the African at
the R0ssiui Theatre in Venice
The lo,OO0 Indians. Chcrokees. Greeks, and Del
awares. who have voluntarily gone from oklahoma
to Mexico TO establish a reservation. declare they
actuated by desire to get as far away as
possible from the white mans civilization They
have about S425 0O0 and expect further additions
after they have organized their settlement
The family of the late Eli X Price. leader
OF the Philadelphia bar, and Of his son. J. ssr-
geant Price. have made generous contribution
] toward the building Of the Law school OF
the University OF Pennsylvania. and the trustees,
in grateful Acknowledgement, have dedicated one
of the halls. to be selected by the donors, o. he
permanently known Price Hall
4 monument to General Lafayette is in courss
of construction on the lrandy,sine battlefield. il
Chester county, near the spot where the general
was wounded The height Of the structure i, 70
be IS feet and the size at the base - feet square.
, The material l. Br1adywinc granite, and the
/ largest stone. which Is the die, is 20 weigh ff-
I teen tons. The monument is TO Doe crowned with
heroic bronze figure Of lafayette twelve feet IN
height.
tyre has received letter from the dcputy al
ministrator of Northern Rhodasia offering on
behalf OF The British South African Company to
reserve - plot of 100 arrts in extent around the
spot where the heart of the great explorer Is
. buried and the committee, at meeting held
on January 70. resolved to forward a letter TO
. the administrator, thanking him Tor the ofer and
accepting it. The memorial itself Is 20 take the
form OF column forty feet high.
The planters in Hawaii rellize that the con-
tract system is at an eud. and lrr now trying
/ the experiment Of profit sharing with the labor
crs so far the plan has worked we'll, and is be-
ieycd to lie the final solution pf the labor ques-
I tipn. The sugar industry Is by all odds the most
( important. and TO get sufficient laborers the
planters have TO offer liberal terms. They claim
that prohtsharing is the fsirest To all concerned,
! aud that it viii make the islands more prosper
Gus than was possible under The eo"lie systeIu-
Brittany. says the Paris Messenger IS about
to be the OF a kangaroo hunt 1t SEEMS
that some wears ago Mr.. Folsom, brothcr-in-
law Of Mr.. Cleveland, the ex-Prgsideut OF the
United States purchased a country house sur
rounded by large grounds in the neishborhood OF
.Dinard Before settling down in it he had spent
some time in Australia. whence be had brought
back several kangarO0s. including specimens OF
both sexes lie let the animals loose IN his
park. where they have increased and multiplied
to such an extent that they have become a dan
ger or at least a nuisance. TO the district. They
have long since spread from Mr.. Fulsous park
to the adjacent foTst OF Richardais, where they
ist il, an absolutely wild state Owing TO
compiaiuis from the peasants that the anina' }
damage their crops. they to be hunted dc,va
and visitors to Dinard will shortly have oppar-
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