The evening times., 1899-02-01
NOTES OF THE DAY.

words, the confusion OF prOnouns being. not many
years ago. whatever may be the case now, quite
common among the country people Of Hampshire.
England: III her won't go along O we, us won't
go along o She
Col Charles Marshall, the eminent lawyer. Of
Baltimore, is writing life of Gen. r. T. Lee.
upon whose staff lie served during the civil war
Colonel Marshall wrote all the Official reports os
the Army Of Northern Virginia, and with ''en-
Horace Porter arranged the terms Of surrender az
Appomattox
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company viii in a
few days award contracts for 10000 tens of steel
rails to be delivered in $50. This is the largest
order that the company has placed az one time
The contract is to be divided between the Cambria
Iron, Pennsylvania Steel, Carnegie, Federal steel,
and Lackawanna steel companies
In the Canadian senate one-third of the members
are in the 70's, five are in the sos and the sen
Tor Of the house "a. This is David W,lrS, who
born in Londonderry. Ireland. and went 10 New
Brunswick in IS25. When the federation OF BFIt-
ish Moth America formed thirty years ago
lie called TO the senate and has sat there ever
since As a Liberal member
The ..Yenezuelan Herald announces that the
natives Of Cucutta, on the frontier OF Venezuela
and Colombia have discovered a cure for elephan-
tiasis in an herb called tuatua, or frailej0n This
dreadful disease has hitherto been regarded as
incurable and if there is any truth in the report
from Cucutta, which Is yOuched for by a priest,
medical world
The youn.. Siamesc Prince who has just been
successful in an English law examination has
received from the King Of Siam injunction to
pay close attention TO the English legal system.
and TO forward him explicit report IN reference
10 it. The King designs the Young Prince iar an
important position IN connection with the admin
i-tTation Of the rev legal machinery which he IN
tends TO call into existence.
Aquatic flowers open and close with the greatest
regularity. The white water lily closes its flow
ers at sunset and sinks below the water for tie
night; in the morning the petals again expand and
fnsr o.. the surface The Victoria Regia expands
for the first time about 6 O'Clock in the evening.
and closes ia few hours; it opens again at u
o'clock the next morning. and remains 50 tIl
afternoon, when il closes and SINKS below the
water.
The Portland OreGonian'' says: The weather
conditions which have produced skating are rather
remarkable For the past week tho temPeTaturr
remained almost steadily few degrees below
freezing point DAYS clear and sgInShiHy. and the
nights Il trife colder The continued l0w tom
peIature has i last frozen still water without
the usual cold snap catastrophes % water pipes
and without seriously damaging the rose busheS-
Beautiful buds ard half-5eveloped roses are 70 BE-
foUnd in many gardens. IL has been possible
for people going out skJtins % pluck Foses o.
wear they glided over the lee.
Turin ha, never had 50 gag time since it
fortnight that followed upon the birth Of a ,on
and heir 70 the Duke cf AO~ta. and possibly to
the Italian crown. Twenty years had elapsed
since state ball was given in the gloomy but
stately PdlaZZo Re1le. In the royal q'tIdrille
Queen Margherits. magnificent in livery velvet
and silver. with pearls. diamonds, and emeralds
galore, had Tor partner the Prince OF Naples
while the Princess Of Naples was led cut by the
Duke OF Ao-ta. Princess Letitia's partner the
Duke OF Genoa. whose cCnsort gave her hand 10
the Duke Of AbFuzzi. King Humbert and the
Comtesse de Paris contented themselves with look
ing on, their dancing days being over.
Prof. Henry c. Mercer, Of the Franklin Ius,i-
tute OF Philadelphia. says that while travelling
some time ago in the County Galway, Ireland h,
came across al old cathedral. upon which
tablet with an inscription in the original Celtic
Translated it meant: -'On this spot James Lynch
nt-Stephen hanged his own son. The his
tory OF the tablet. as told by Professor Mercer.
is that Mount stephens son. while on a VOYAGE
from spain. quarreled with fellow passenger.
and killed him. Aount-Stephen was the county
Judge IN the trial. which he presided. MS -ou
was found guilty, and sentenced To be hanged
The Young popular in Galway that
DO one could be found 10 execute the sentence.
and the father compelled 10 uphold the nil
eSty Of the law himself
Sunfowcr seed. which Is coming into high es,i-
nation a, a commercial product. Is the object Of
recent corner" Il i i ve-y popular food ior
parrots Though it i sometimes imported from
Russia and Australia the bulk of the crop comes
from the Western States. with Kansas in the lea,I
The crop IS very eXhIu>Jing TO the soil. and the
stalks. which form nineteen tycutiethS Of the
bulk. have commercial value In several cases
where farmers have this wear put in small lot,
Oi the plants. they have done well with them Il
! believed that before long the culture OF the
Suniioyver viii be taken up a large scale hF
Eastern farmers. The seed gives. when expressed.
a beautiful table oil, and the refuse J. Of the
la-I foods known rlIIffrv and Sruf- mt i
also used for human consumption a. q substitute
for peanuts and candy
An old fellow came along the other day ~1vs
a Philadelphia restaurant keeper. who gave me
4 pointer | had never dreamed Of. He came in
and offered to patch UP all the bad places in my
wall paper. and 50 skilifully that couldn't End
place after IT done. Well. / hadn't anv
patching to do, but bet the old chap a quarter
and his dinner that he couldn't do what he said
| tore patch out OF the wall paper, and when
he through eating he went To work. The
first thing he did WAS To CUT a piece uf blank wall
paper hjS enough TO cover the hole. and paste it
over. Next he took brush and painted a ground
the same the either paper Then, kick me. il
he didn't take other brushes and cclors and paint
in the design Of the paper. l willingly YIELDED
up a quarter with the dinner, and satisfied
when l the alacrity and ease with which the
fellow did his work
One hundred and twgnty-Six thousand devutceS
OF golf and more exist at the present time in the
United States The number Is remarkable. eSpe-
ciaily when it Is remembered that the growth OF
tine game Is a matter only Of about FIVE wears.
The United States Cell Association was formed not
quite so long ago that. and there were then
only tive clubs. whereas at the present time there
are nineteen associations and loo allied clubs the
membership OF the former alone exceeding II ,0's.
while there are in addition 400 outside clubs.
Quite remarkable as the number Of members
Is the amount OF money invested in the game,
which Is sci down at more than Sj10sO.OO0. while
this year alone the expenditure OF the members
viii, il Is believed reach SlOO00.0O. This gives
average expenditure of about 500 for each play
er- There more PLAYERS the roll Of the
United States Golf Association. who spend $50 a
year on their amusement, than there are who
spend 500,
Lord and Lady aberdeen have just returned
home 10 Scotland, and are already beginning To
pay the inevitable penalty of popularity. Within
an hour OF reaching Edinburgh the former Govern
General of Canada and his Countess had to
hurry off to the banquet given to the Sidar; next
day they captured to open a bazaar, while
last Saturday night, on arriving at Haddo House.
their home in Aberdeenshire. they received i
splendid demonstration of welcome at the hands
of their tenlntry and neighboTs. The affeCtiOnate
greeting which Lord and Lady Aberdeen received
certainly did credit to the men of the North. who
popularity supposed to be all head and no
heart. The scene at HaddO was striking and i'm
prcSSive- When the train entered the little sta
tion Of INDY rocket shot into the air. and in
moment this signal was answered by the lighting
OF huge bontres On the tops Of wide circle Of
hills, which in the darkness of 4 winters evening
had a magnificent effect. Even more picturesque
the at the entrance to Haddo House
Between the public road and the mansion there Is
fine more than half mile in length.
Thsi lined by stalwlrt tOrch-bearerS. and TN.
horses having been taken from the carriage Lord
| and Lady Aberdeen drawn in triumph by
! the farmers sons OF the district up the grandly
l lighted avenue TO their ancestral home There
/ speeches Of welcome were delivered