The evening times., 1899-05-27
NOTES OF THE DAY.

OOo,Wo peach trees, l,200,000 cherry trees, and
e3oOoO plum trees The State has Is fruit trees for
each OF its inhabitants.
Venice is getting tired Of being mere way
station Tor tourists and invalids On theH way
south, ard systematic efforts are being made to
tempt them 10 stay longer.
The Maryland Game and Fish Protective As=o-
citation is buying partridges in Kansas and libgr.
a,ing them throughout Maryland Eisht hundred
were liberated in three counties on April q.
Goddard z. d. Diamond. vegetarian l03 years
old intends 10 start from his San Francisco home
on May on a walking tour TO New YORK. He
does not Use meat, alcohol, tobacco. or coffee.
Austrian dispatches to London financial papers
note that Belgian capital has been flowing freely
into Hungary two large banks having already
been organized by Brussels capitalists for opera
tions in that country.
Galveston resident going home late on a re-
cent night, thought to experiment with pocket
electric searchlight which he had recently pur-
chased. and unexpectedly caught negro in the
act OF robbing store.
The chief burgess of West Chester imposed a
fine Of y twenty four hours in Jail on each
Of seven young men who were brought before him
charged with corner loahng. AT 50 per loaf the
sport is expensive. but the fines were all paic'
and the borough enriched accordingly.
Vice Admiral Sir John Fisher, K. c. b.. now
in command of the British North Atlantic squad
ron will take command of the Mediterranean feet
in July. His successor will be Vice Admiral Sir
Frederick Bedford. K C. B., who for many years
has been first naval lord of the admiralty
Samuel Adams. of Guilford, Me-. informs the
citizens that although he is ffty-seven years old.
his face has been suliied by the contaminatins
touch of but twice. Once when he en-
listed in the army, and once when he was mus
tered out. He now wears long, flowing beard.
Henrik Ibsen. who has Just completed his
enty-frst year. is German by descent. and speaks
that language fuently, but. curiousiy enough. he
has not written any of his important works in
that tongue. He was originally intended for the
medical profession. but he not long kept from
his prope. bent. for at the age Of twenty-five his
first drama, 'Catiiina,' was produced.
A Connecticut newspaper noriinates W. d.
Howells for tEe Emily Sanford chair OF English
literature at Yale-an honor declined by Moses
Colt Tyler. of Cornell, and By Z. c. stedman
IL is urged that Mr.. Howe'ls would bring
prestige TO Yale such as perhaps no other Ameri-
can could bring. and personality that is as
charming rs the finish OF his literary style-some-
thing, one may say. that is unusual il not unique
among literary men"
.'TIe Greek flower pedders in Twenty-third
Street. says the New YORK Commercial Adver-
tiser.' nov go 4 step further than selling col
leetions of blossoms from overnight receptions
and funerals. They change sceEtless wood violets
into those of the swect-smciling variety by the
simple expedient Of little perfuned water. and
a sprinkler. And the buyer is supposed to never
know the difference till after they are dry. And
then it doesn't natter.
1t is reported that experiments have been car
ried on at the United States Mint at Phiiadei-
phia for nearly a year, with view OF ascertain
ing the fitness Of aluminium for minor coins Some
10000 blanks Of the size of the nickel 5-eent
piece have been delivered at the mint for TINS
purpose. Congress time ago appointed a
sRrs,- rIFlfa
upon this subject. and the experiments above re-
ferred TO are being carried on under the direc-
tion Of its members
The New York Tmes'' calls Horace Smiths
fondness for feline friends "a curious trait. Why?
He was not alone in this liking There were 9TH
ers-not ancient maiden ladies-who had it. There
is Montaigne for instance: when am playing
with my cat. who knows whether she has more
sport in dallying with me than have IN gaming
with herr We entertain each other with mutual
apish tricks II l have my hour TO begin or to
refuse 80 has she hers" Bandelaire. Champheu-
~, Rolnat had the same liking Mr. Swinburne
has il. So had Richelieu ard Colbert and Pope
Gregory Mahomet cut of the skirt of his robe
on which a cat lay asleep rather than awake the
animal. Gautier would have done as much
Wordsworth. Gray, Cowper. HnrdiS. Bfoomfsld.
Gray, and Barry Cornwall sang-esch according
10 his abiliiy-the praise of Puss. Then you have.
of course. read Phil Robinson on The Heptarchy
of Cats" The Egyptians gave theirs as fine a
burial as they gave thelr Kings
In n reference to the report which Sir William
Carstin will present on his recent journey to the
Blue and White Nile. correspondent at Cairo
sends to the London Mall account OF the
Shillooks. This tribe Sir William describes as
odlooking below their knees. Their attire
was conspicuous by its absence. but the mems
head-,lre.>es we're Of the most elaborate order.
and TO man ever stirred without his spear. deco
rated near the point with ostrich feathers The
Shillook women arc much smaller than the men.
and as they shave their heads they are not par
ticuary progressing. Their garments consist
of two skins, which they wear after the manner
of sandwich man and his boards. The shii-
look is not Mohamnsd1n; in fact. he appears
to have no religion beyond some vague idea OF
the de>ig1bty of proritiating malevolent spirits
He il ford OF smoking. ard his huge pipe. which
will comfortably contain half pound OF tobacco.
is carried about, when not in Use, by his faithful
spouse
The gold brick is n good swindle, rs swind.cs
go, but clever we Americans are. the shaTpers
of the Old World take the pas out of US in their
own line Just now they have devised a form
Of ''the old fiddle trick in Vienna Some days
ago younr fellow with violin under his arm
entered ham and beef shop in that city. made
his purchase. and then found himself short OF
money. However. he offered the fiddle as security
while he fetched the necessary amount Of cash.
Scarcely had ne left the place when a well-dressed
man entered and saw the fiddle on the counter.
He examined ir. and cIed ont that it was
S,radiyarius why. I'll give you l50 forms for
it, he said. The shopkeeper refused to sell With
out consulting the owner. and the second stranger
went away leaving forms for the refusal Of the
treasure Presently the first rogue returned. was
informed Of the offer. and said he would agree.
provided the ,radesman would give him 80 forms
down. The victim complied and neither OF the
swindlerS ever returned. The fiddle was worth
about $3.50. ".--'-
Lord Curyon. the new yfceroy of India, appears
to have been rather unfortunate in his method
of dealing with the Sultan OF Muscat- Had Iit-
tie more tact and little less haste been us,d
on the British side. the French need not have
been brought into the matter at all. and the In
terruption in the growing tendency toward an
arlicable feeling between the two nations might
have been avoided. The Sultan OF Muscat agreed
TO grant to the French Consul the privilege of
coaling depot at Muscat- The privilege was not
to carry with it the right to hoist the French nag
or to erect fortifc.tions. The difference between
the meaning of the word coaling station and coal
ing Jepot or place merely for storing coal. was
involved Lord Curzon took the former meaning
for granted and. England had coaling sta
tion at Muscat he sent a battlestip at once with
an ultmatum to the Sultan to withdraw the
French priyilsge An explanation and an apology
had to be made by the British government to the
French government The French got their coa!
ing depot. the treaty between France and Eng
land Of 1862 provided for equal rights in Muscat,
ard Lord Curzon the scapegoat-a disagree
able position for one in his exalted though very
recent authority to occupy.
The seventh son OF a seventh son is a born
doctor. according to Irish belief. hut he mus:
never take money for the cures he achieves, ard
to ensure recovery he should be sought before
rise or after sunset on Friday. There were seven
wise men and seven wonders Of the world.