The times., 1899-05-14
NOTES OF THE DAY.
Dr. jameson. the TrsnsyaaI raider. wants
enter Parliament.

John Ruskin. in his old age. Slys: ''It i rot
my work which makes me III. bat the sense that
nothing comes OF it,"
The late IL C. Warren has hequeathed TO Hir-
ward his library Of Sanskrit collected at
great expense during years Of study.
Mrs Charles Dana Gibson, formerly Miss Irene
Ianghorue u Baltimore will il Is ssid. pms,
for all her husbsnd's society pieturrs in future.
Clarence Eddy, who has been appointed Official
Organist for this country at the Paris Exposition
is native Of Chicago and but thirty Ave years
Of age.
Queen Victoria has ordered set Of the .'oae
Hundred Best Books. determined by sir
John Lubbock. A special messenger viii take
thC-n TO Osborne.
are bachelors Among these are Governor voor-
hces, United States Senator Kean. Speaker Wat
kins, and State Comptroller Hancock.
The prizehghters Of Chicago have organized a
boxing trrst-not to limit .producrion.' but 60
raise prices. The members have agreed not u
fight hereafter Tor purses of less than SIS each
Sarah Bernhardt was herself in her youth mue,
opposed to going the stage. when my moth
er decided should become an actress she said
II wept bitterly, because | wanted to be nun
At the last meeting OF the Victoria Institute
Of London Mr.. Pinches. of the British Museum.
said that old records rerently discovered
in the ruins Of Ninsvch told the Biblical story
as vine and the tree of kn0Siedse eed4r.
Refreshed and strengthened by a three. .montis1'
rest the Indian River Fla. Hugh McIzsr<h-
lin. the Brooklyn Democratie Ieader. has rrsurn-
ed to his home Mr.. Mclaughlin insists thtf b.
has done with politics. bas the veteran politician
SMILES and nothing in confirmation ef hts
Wife's statement
PieSsis De Riehsli-u. ~ho r. acting aanissi and
commander ln-cAief q ths sianrse nsxy. w1s a
Cd whiie undsr ~entenos q data far striking
an officer his srnfr nee has ianx h~rn snnuli-i
Richeiieu = d-sceudsnt q the hsase % kirhr-
iicu. 10 whieh the great cardinal beioaxrd.
TsF~~ steamship hnrs plying h~tsssn Ausfrliis
and Ctins snd Jtran az ~ essIi.x re.,aisriv
At the porf q asniia. Pailiprins i.larls re-.
tFe tse shina Nfriratt1n Company. ~ Eastern
sud Australian Steamship CenplnF. aut the Nip
pm lu-sn kaisias 10 Ispsnr~ inri zach n
,hs eosnsaoiss hss ieas isirly god .tssmsrS
cauxrrssfssa Ch4ri-- Curtis of Ksasa. - an In
dish Il the Ess trihr Ne is = Republican from
TIE District srahs.rfnx repsta. sad has nov s-rv-
81 fhs-e teris- in tengres-. aud hni.i< crrtin-
cate ior ioasih. lis = i1wyer by pxnicssiGa.
and an etsue<s and accomplished speaker. ard
the sssst ceb-pisis0as ''fSi~nd az couTt'' q the
rcd ra-n-
Ia the % lecture delivered before the
rsrntiefh Ceasasy Club Of Boston the other even
ing Prof Patrick G-.l.les 81 the Edinburgh Uui-
ver.ity. sid that he locked forward to a sys-
ten q hIrni.iIing Sster ior HOUSES in mari
time cities, with an abundant supply OF the brine
ho~ins in the cutters cn either side Of the
streets TO keep the air fresh and the dust sub
dued-
II Is known that the Khslifa. who was 30
badly whipped and routed with great slaughter
at omdurman. Is still at the head Of strong
body OF followers Lake Sharkila. where it
would be difficult to follow him. The English
mont 1oa.r NOT xrari rim hfa
ments Of any immediate danger. and shows mo-
intention Of undertaking an expedition against
him at present.
AL deep-sea sounding records are believed to
have been broken by the British cruiser Penguin.
which reports having sounded to depth OF
i.762 fathoms. 2s.7s2 feet, in the Pacific
Ocean, between New Zealand and the Tonga Isl
ands The Penguin also found out that Falcon
Island, which was formed during volcanic erup-
tion in 1885 and disappeared last September, has
sunk eighteen feet below the surface.
The Rev. DR.. William E. Schenck. the we'll
known Presbyterian minister of PHILADELPHIA was
eighty years old last week. In appreciation OF
his long years of valued faithful labor. resolu-
tons have been unanimously adopted by the
Presbyterian Board of Publications and Sabbath
School Work, of which DIR. Schenck was secre-
tary for thirty-three years. and by the Phiiadel-
phia Presbytery at its last meeting.
DIR. Hausemann. OF the Berlin University, has
made an examination OF the brain OF the late
Porf. Helmholtz. The average weight Of a mans
brain is 1858 grammes. Gauss brain weighed
l,452; Cuviers 1.6O0. and Helmholtz's only LAO.
but in its frontal part it presented a very
ual development and number of eonvolutions, and
1t Is these convolutions. not brain weight. that
modern physiology associates with intelligence
German savants are busy with plans for the ex-
cavation Of Babylon. Layard, the discoverer Of
Nineyeh, was the first really to DO anything in
the way of excayating The Germans are deter
mined that their work shall be thorough. 1t will
be costly. and take ive years. The eNcsvatOrs
will begin at FL Kasr, the fortress. which is the
remains OF NehuchldnezZar's palace. and where
Alexander died They will also investigate a
number Of other ruins nearby.
This is being told as having really happened
at Emporia, Kan.: farmer went TO town and
purchased i lot OF goods at a store. being waited
on by 4 pretty sslesgirl. tie was pleased that
he then and there asked her il she would marry
him. After recovering from this unexpected
quest, she informed him that She had Just
cepted q proposal, but would gladly introduce
him 10 another pretty girl who was selling NIB
bOns A Introduction followed. and a
suit another proposal and engagement.
OF all the strange Chinese customs in ,he mat
ter Of currency. that reported by the American
consul Al Honskons Of employing blocks Of sill
ver. is most unique. The silver IS cast in the
form Of the ''sycee." shoe. and 1t il mark
ed the quality. In making purchases a piece il
cut Of and sold to the local hank for its eqUivu-
lent in copper cash OF this cash it takes
l.s90 to equal a gold dollar and. almost all
transactions are expressed in cash. you get
idea Of the scale Of Chinese expenditures
Among the plantation negroes in the Old times
the naming Of a child was a matter Of great mo-
meut Since they all had the same surname, the
distinction had to be made in some other way.
Ard since there were a hundred or more to be
I named. the Bible. classics. literature. and his
I tory were culed from very freely by the master
/ or some other member Of the family assist
I the parents in this matter. Among the various
/ names recalled this the most original GEE:
/ Elijah the Prophet Lucius X. Polk Mars Abbcrth
l.. The latter name I compliment 20 one
3 Of the young masters and not to have given
the title would have been an act OF discourtesy-
/ The naTlc, however. abbreviated to Prop"
I and he called
! There is a queer man in Washington. who
makes it a business to attend receptions. teas.
I weddings and other social gatherings to which
he has not been invited. lie always pays his
respects to the hostess when he enters, makes 4
low bow. speaks a few polite words. and then
passes into the crowd. lie is never offensive.
but always deierential, and Is simply tolerated
because that IS the easiest way get along with
him He lives quietly with his mother and sis
ter in a vell-si;uatsd and weIl-appointed house
in the West End but the ladies' Of the family
/ have never made any attempt 10 enter society.
! Their eccentric brother confines his social en-
/ joymeut to these intrisiOns. which are harmless
and are we'll known As to cause little remark
Some ladies have instructed their buffers not to
/ admit him When he is refused entrance To a
! house he always retres in a sentlemanly man
I ner handing his card, with the request that his
/ regrets be offered TO the lady of the house. lie
| seems to think that it is his duty TO go to
/ these places, and he does it in conscientious
manner.