The evening times., 1899-06-06
NOTES OF The DAY.

Rudyard Kipling is said to patronize two clip
ping bureaus
Stephen Crane has bought a country house in
Surrey, England.
Wisconsin produces annually an average of TO-
Oo.Oo0 pounds Of cheese.
Frequent moistcning Of broom adds to its
usefulness. and also saves the carpet
Congress has been memorialized by the Florida
Legislature TO place an import duty on Egyptian
cotton.
The Queens income from her own wealth ia less
than sl.OoO000 a year. Mr.. Rockefeller's income
is 81. 2.0oo.0Oo a year.
The asolian harp was the invention. ii is be-
lieved. of Athanasius Kircher, who lived in the
seventeenth century.
II is stated that about eighteen of the
population Of Paris lives charity, with ten
dency toward crime.
Korea is just about the size of the Island of
Great Britain, being 600 miles long and from
l20 to 200 miles wide.
Rcckoned by carloads. the increase OF traffic
all Russian railways last year IL per cent
over the preceding year.
The goat produces more milk annually in pro-
portion to its live weight than any other animal
kept for milk production.
Mexican schoolchdrcn are allowed to smoke
during lesson time, provided they have attained
certain standard of exeellency.
do you enjoy fighting Tammany?'' somebody
asked Governor Roosevelt the other day. Il was
always fond of hunting big game he replied.
Emile Zola. during his stay in England. has
become deeply interested in the controversies be-
tween High Church and Low. and reads ali that
he can regarding the matter.
In the course Of address to the Young Mems
Christian Association OF Boston the other day.
DIR. Edward Everett Hale strongly urged the
erection Of statue to join Hancock, who, he
said, was the leader in the movement which led
up to the battle Of Lexington. Haneock's name
heads the Declaration of Independence, and il he
were known for nothing else, that fact, in the
opinion Of Dr. Hale, would entitle him to a
statue in Boston.
Sixteen members of the present United States
Senate have served terms governors. of their
respective States. They are Bate of tennessee.
Berry of Arkansas. Culberson of Texas CuIlom of
Illinois. Davis OF Minnesota, Foraker of Ohio.
Gear OF Iowa. Hawley of Connecticut. McEnrry
Of Louisiana, Nelson of Minnesota. Perkins of
California. Proctor OF Vermont. Shoup Of Idaho.
Tilman OF South Carolina, Warren Of Wyoming,
and Wetmore Of Rhode Island
Alfred C. Weber. of Lisbon Centre, Me-, has
in his possession small bale of hay, about
eight inches long and four inches deep and
wide, and of the reasons why Mr.. Webber
keeps the hay in his best room is because it Is
boards, 80 that chaf can escape. but chiefly
because the hay far back l5to.
the John Rogers farm, in kittery. II was
baled up by Mr.. +. Trafton who 4 native
Of Kittery, and who Is a dealer in Massa-
ehusettS
Mrs. Howe tells this anecdote in her latest
Atlantic Monthly "reminiscences: Il have
heard it said that Wendell Phillips orthodoxy
was greatly valued among the anti-siavery work
eTs. especially the orthodox pulpits OF the time
gave them little support OF comfort i WAS told
that Edmund Quincy day saw CTheodore)
Parker and Phillips walking in arm. and
cried out: Parker, don't dare to pervert that
man. We want him as he is Phillips, IL i, to
be borne in mind. was about the only man
among the earlier abolitionists who held TO the
old theology"
Andrew Carnegie thus holds up China as an
example for the United States to minute: Just
consider her position, solid. compact, inpregna-
BILE: if all the naval forces were to combine tc
attack her, what would be her repiy2 She Would
NIL her ports with mines; she wuuld draw her
ships Of war behind them. ready to rush out AZ
favorable opportunities might offer 10 attack. But
she would do mere than this in extremity; she
would close her ports-a few loaded scows would
do the busness-and all the powers of the world
would be impoient TO injure her seriously The
.ringe only would be troubled; the great empire
within would scarcely feel the attack
The fine Crusaders castle, about twenty miles
from Haif1, near Constantinopic, was torn down
a few months ago to build i stone pier at Haifa
for the landing of the German Emperor and En-
press The castle. which a grand old pile.
was erected by the Knights Tempiar during the
Crusaders reign over Palestine. Ii was III such
a fine state OF preservation that up 10 the time
OF its destruction many of the rooms were act
ually occupied. This vandalism Is comparable TO
that which led the builders Of the Suez Canal 10
Us. Cor the lining Of the Mediterranean entrance
of the suez Canal exquisitely carved 'stonesork,
brought from the ruins OF famagustI, the old
Venetian city.
In the greenhouse of W. W. Hendrix. Park
Street, says the Bowling Green thy.1 Times
can he seen a most eurio,is and plant, the
only one of lis kind in this city, and few,
if any. of our people have ever seen or even
read of such plant. or rather a tree 1t Is
tomato tree," now two years old, ard sN OF
eight fcet high with truus several inches III cir
conference The top spreads other trees.
and has large leaves something similar To the
cataIpa This peculiar tree grows in the open air
in summer but needs protection in winter. The
fruit is of a rich. orange color and Is SAID
to be of a delicious favor, making most
ENJOYABLE dish. served with cream and sugar.
The tree is now in bloom
4 new method of marking glasses Of spirit
levels and other instruments has been devised
by Connecticut concern making levels and other
Instruments slys the Scientific American The
usual way OF marking glasses is to scratch lines
on the surface of the glass, but the skin of the
glass is thus weakened and the glass itself made
yerv liable To fracture. In the process. by
f,ising the glass at the mark, and Incorporating
with it minute particles OF metal. colored line
is obtained. The metal Is mbedded IN and en-
closed by the glass which efectually protects 1t.
In fact the glass at the grooves has been -
strengthened that il will break first at some
other point In addition, the line Is absolutely
indciibie and permanent. and Is sharp anu wei
nff.a fai hKs lrirfs he
tube up to iron disc. rotated at velocity %;
Of about S,JG1 revolutions per minute The me
tional heat generated practically FUSES the glass
at the point of contact with the wheel. and IN
this fused portion fine particles of iron given OH
BY the wheel are embedded. microscopic eN-
animation of the line proves this TO be true
An actual mechanical union OF iron and glass
is the result.
The 4e0-ton destroyers lately ordered by the
United States Government are an improvement on
the usual type, but we must go good deal
further in the SINE direction to obtain vessel
meeting all the conditions that such vessrls must
meet on sea service. Recon; requirements OF ter
ritory by the United States makes it necessary
that such vessels for the navy shall have q
much greater radius OF action, and shall be
treated differently. In fact, if a speed of thirty
knots or more is aimed at, a sufficiently stanch
sea-going vessel cannot be produced in the pres
ent state of the art. To obtain thirty Knots
with the boats credited with that speed
supreme effort under expert management IS re-
quired, which is seldom repeated in the life OF
the boat. II the thirtyknot to.i'edo boat de-
stroyer's machinery more Substantial. 50
that full power could he exerted al any time
without risk, and if the hull were sufficiently
strong to stand moderate with
out danger, its speed would be about twenty
seven knots. Yet l venture to say that such
boat, if ordered to reach a point at sea, say
100 miles distant, would. under ordinary condi-
tons. reach that point in less time than wou,d
be required by the regulation thirty-knot boat,