The evening times., 1899-05-10
NOTES OF THE DAY.

frequently sitting at his desk when 3 O'Clock
strikes. He lives in Lamb House, at Rye. where
George ii once stayed.
The defeat of Senator Pasco, of Florida. in his
contest for reelection recalls the saying that
during his entire service at Washington he was
always paired, ard never voted IN important
measure.
The United States is next to Great Britain in
the import trade OF South Africa. The American
trade is mainly in food stuns. but IL includes
electrical appliances, manufactures of steel, shov
els, furniture, and window glass.
Coal first used at Tyne about
1923. About fifty years later it became an arti-
Gle Of trade between that place and London. IL
was generally considered injurious to the
health that it regarded public nuisance.
Nine. Patti QBaroness Cederstrom) now earns
about s5o.oo0 year, but has made ss much rs
s.,o.00o. Meba's income when fully engaged is
si50.o00. and Sarah Bernhardt has for years
eraged s10.OD0 Rosa Bonheur sold one years
work for sl9o.0oG
Germany enjoys by far the largest share Of the
trade of Liberia, which ought to belong to the
United States. There is no direct steamship serv
ice between the United States and West African
ports The trade II almost entirely carried on by
English and German vessels
1t is probable that the French government will
purchase the hcme Of the late Baroness Hrsci
in the Rue de rEiysee, Paris. to use resi-
dance foS the guests Of the ration during the
Exposition. The house. with -, ,ooo. .ooo was left
to the elder OF her adopted sons.
Miss Elizabeth Plankinton. of Milwaukee,
daughter Of the late John Pianknton. has made
a proposition Of a gift Of s1o0.0oG to build a
home for the Young Wonen's Christian Aszocia-
tion Of that city. The gin is conditional in that
4 suitable site must first be obtained.
Since the British government formed its plan
for establishing telephone system for the public
service terror has seized the National Telephone
Company. The company is willing to sell
its entire pant and business to the government
for sum not greatly beyond s2o,eo90oo.
In Paris ard in other large towns in France.
female bootbiackS increasing in number. They
wear a peculiss gsrb. not unlike that Of Sisters
Of Mercy, which renders their appearance rather
neat ard attractive. Not a few among them at
tend their work with gf0ved hands.
The descendants of Sir Francis Drake. sailor.
ard. according TO soIe historians, occasionally
pirate. are about 10 take legal steps to recover
certain personal ard real estate which they claim
has been unj,isily whitfield from them The n'I:n-
Der of heirs Is roughly estimated at about 4,0o1
In the Russian oil district of Baku the average
daily production of crude in Is9s was over 10000
barrels tof AZ gallonsJ more than in 1897. and
the average number Of wills producing in the
former year was Ifb more Than the Dtier. tbc
average increase per well per day vas about 40
barrels
West Philadelphia young woman. the
ground of economy. induced her bstrosi,ej t,
waive the formality Of an engagement ring and
give her the money. 500. instead. After they
had been married six months she informed him
that she had invested the money in a life
bership in woman's suffrage society.
Prince Tokuma konoe. of Japan. who is now
on his way TO this country. i a member Of one
Of the fre ministerial families of Japan called
Go-ekkl. and is president Of the Japanese House
OF Peers. He will study c,ireational institutions
in the United States, ard go from here to En-
rope. returning to Japan by way of China and
Korea.
An unusual sight. that attracted the attention
of people passing Moth Avenue. Skowhesan. the
other morning. was party of Young people play
ing eroIist on the crust the Lessor lawn at
) O'Clock in the morning. The snow be
tween and three feet deep. bat level enough
to make fine plaee for the game, which, iudg-
ing from appearances, all were enjoying. il not
from the spoFt, from The novelty OF the thing.
The residents of Gloucester. Mas. are to hold
a memorial service in the City Hall in memory
of the lost fishermen Of Gloucester. statistics
compiled by the Gloucester Relief Association.
which provides for the families of those WHO lose
their lives at sea. show that in the past twenty
fiye years no les than 2.4I3 seaiIriEg from
the above named port have been drowned Last
year the rate OF lives lost at was ls.s per
.oOJ Of =oafareR: in 49,. Il per 1.0oo-
Two hundred men have refused to work at
cleaning Brooklyn streets because they did not
wish 10 wear the white wings uniform They
were hired under new system, and III Of them
are Americans. They s1y they will not clean the
streets until the Legislature change the law that
compels them To the white wings We are
nrer, they say, mot monkey Great cnorts
were made to have the strikers r-cou>td-F their
action. but without result.
One OF the earliest notices of r'ibb.r rr-
fuI commercial articles was by Dr. Joseph Priest
Iy. when he at Iced, quarter ot . century
before he crni..rated to PennsylyouiI- IL found
II for sale in Lali-inch cubes and recommended
IT is a good eraser Of pencil marks, and 1t *
from this early rsc Of the gum that i obtained
the name it stiIl bears. What Priestly sHsw wls
the crude substance il GENES from Para hut
that under.oc- rcsny notifications in the nc,l-
EN- processes Of ranni1ctnrc.
4 curious beau-Iilc pod las been found grow
ing wild in Batavia, which, whca thrown upon
the water. lie. sill for iour or five minutes.
when it explGtie= louGi, and throws its contents
into the air fcr great distance. This is done
50 that il ean scatter i;s -setis. which il would
otherwise have Il hard time in doing Nature
docs 10 Gucerer tkiues than she does in the mat
ter Of sce,lsowiRg The claws of the burr and
the spears ot the Spanish needle Ind of beg
gars' lice Tor this purpose
PhiIadeipEiI has i Vacant Lots Association.
which has just made it, second annual report
Last wear sufficient land secured within the
ci.y limits fer IG2 gardens. cultivated by 40
poor families. numbering 40 persons. The total
Weld WAS 81. 7nl. an average Of S6p per garden.
Tbs. outlay OF the aS<ocia,ion WIS 81 2tsi for
et,,f- to,,s ~;Irsprn pndencs and incidsntals. IL
is stated in the report that thousand deserving
families ready to cultivate gardens on this
plan il the land can be obtained.
Ms. Garrett OF Baltimore. the widow of the
late Robert Garrett. has paced handsome Gel
tic cross ever his grave. 1t is about eighteen
feet high. and rests upon rhombohedral base,
upon which rs the inscription. in Roman letter
ing: Robert Garrett. April Q. 1871 Died July
81 1885, followed by the text. Come unto me.
all We that are weary and heavy laden. and I
will give You rest The fact that Mr. Garrett
was proud of being Of Irish descent. and during
his lifetime took the greatest interest IN Celtic
literature and monuments. made the selection of
the Celtic cross most fitting
of in the South Seas. southward Of Java.
few Scotch sailors discovered and settled Christ
mas Island. which is reported to be an earthly
paradise. at least far climate is concerned.
But we notice that the blessings of this paradise.
as described by a writer in the English Illus
trated Magazine" mostly of a negative nature.
There are Jail. no policemen. no opium. no
Cinnamon. There serpent in this para
dise-one is generally enough This the
coanut beetle. which assiilcd Of the fairest
products of the island. In order t0oexterminate
the cocoanut beetle several varieties of birds.
originally quite scarce. were imported. They did
their work hut in time they became great
nuisance as the beetle they attacked. But the
dvellers on Christmas Island had learned the wis