The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-29
FACTS WHICH
SEEM FICTION

mon peas court AT Ravenna. ONO, all be
fore noon the other day. Judge Robinson
| gave him one year at Columbus for having
| two wives.
The tunnel being driven under the river
Thames, six miles from London Bridge,
FOR the accommodation of passenger and
| Vehicle traffic between Mi,ldlesex and Kent,
| has now reached definite sta ge Of advance
| ment, the underwater part having been
practically tunncled.
Oliver Booth of Poughkeepsie, y. Y. owns
an iceboat which was built in 19O. Itisbe-
| lieved to be the first ice boat ever built I'll,
| Poughkeepse ice yachts set the pace tuda y,
| and the local builders are proud of the an.
, Gent craft, which gives their work addi-
tional claim to fame.
Two OF the most Interesting autoniatODs
| in the United States are those used here in
| Washington by the government for counting
and tying postal cards into small packages
| These machines will correctly count half Il
million cards in ten hours, and wrap md tie
| the same in bundles of twenty five each.
1t is believed that Mrs. Clarissa Spencer
OF Manchester, Conn, is the oldest church
| member in this State. She has been a MEM
Der OF the Congregational Church for = lit
tie more than eighty years, and a constant
attendant and active worker during the
whole period. She is now ninety-six years
old.
The Dutch have delightfully."- original
way Of collecting their taxes. If. after
due notice has been given. the money is
not sent the authorities place one ur two
hungry militiamen in the house. TO he
lodged and maintained at the expense 1f
the dcfaulter until the amount of the tax
is paid.
The Countess Fedora Gleichen. one Of
Queen Victoria's mothers German de-
scendants. who dabbes with sculpture
has been commits, stoned by her ma iesty to
make the bust of the late F. Clark. John
Browns nephew and successor as highland
attendant, To adurn the corridor at Bal
moral.
Aluminium has not realized what was ex
pectcd Of il in the construction Of ships.
4 British torpedo boat built of one of lis
alloys has been condemned. and French
experiments have had similar result. The
sea water rapidly currodes the metal and
it then gives way under a slight pressure.
Something unique in the form of New
Years card was received by a Camden. Ne,
bushes man from a friend in California.
1t was piece Of leather in the shape OF
boot sole. and on one side was written:
Upon my sole l wish you happy New
Year" and the address and stamp upon the
other.
While the annual growth Of the popula ton
OF this country is about . per cent, that
OF the postal business is . per cent. The
total sales of postage stamps. postal CARDS
and stamped envelopes for the last quarter
OF 1895 amounted to $50, sly OH. making
1t the largest quarter on record, the year
holding the same distinction.
vermont's copper mining industry, which
flourisfed few years ago and lately has
been stagnant, is likely to be revived soon.
The mines were abandoned when the much
richer fields in the West were opened. but re-
Gently attention has been redirecicd to the
old mines in the East, and Vermont is look
ing for IA mining boom.
At Ann icy. in Savoy, in digging the roun-
dations for Il new house. large flagstone
was found covering an old cellar, in which
was large collection OF fragments Of sculp-
ture. They came from the twelfth century
monaste OF the Holy Sepulchre, which was
destroyed during the French revolution.
Many or the pieces can be repaired.
Gov. ClOurh OF Minnesota has forbid
the capitol building on any pretense what
ever. The attempt OF the carnival commit
tee TO crack a bottle or two for the enter
tainment OF st. Paul's guests in tie hall of
the house Of representatives the other even
ui,s was the occasion OF the pronuncianentn.
An advertising agent IN Paris recently
painted the front OF his establishment a
brilliant red. and he has been sued for
-, -.l. aud
silk merchant having stores on the other
side of the street. They claim that the
reflection OF color makes it impossible for
their customers TO distinguish the cOlOrs
Of the goods they wish to buy.
Japan's new Importance as warlike |
power has increased taxation 30 per cent, |
the amount to be raised this year reaching |
100000, 700. But with population of |
40 .OOO. 900, and the rank of fifth in this |
respect. Japan will not find this excessive. |
A large part of the revenue Will BE- invested |
in new ships and in maintaining an army of |
200. 900 men.
Judge Canty of the supreme court of |
Minnesota has decided that bank cannot |
recover on a note given In payment of a |
gain bling debt. even though its officers We're |
not aware of the nature OF the obligation. |
He holds that the banks failure TO inquire
as to the consideration OF the notesanounted |
TO bud faith. and that it was not an innocent !
purchaser.
The growing scarcity of fuI.JearinE ami
mails suggests to writer in tie London |
Spectator the feasibility of breeding such |
animals on farms in Siberia. Last spring |
he says, a single silver fox skin sold in
London for $3.50, and lie believes that
silver foxes, as well as many o Their desira bile
'ur.bearing animals, could be bred in great
numbers in the proper climate.
1.-The great bottles and vases filled
with fluids in various COiors and shades
which one sees in drug store windows are
said n stroller, but / saw the
other day one that was a novelty: vase of
handsome shape and of Gear white glass
that was flied simply with clear, filtered
water. The effect among the other vases
N the window was good
The Prussian police in Schleswig have
iverted what they no doubt regard a Il Sc
-ious danger TO The mighty German empire.
They have discovered and promptly con-
'iscated 4 number of books which bore
On their covers the national flag of Den
mark. The contents of the books were not
ess dangerous than the covers, for they con-
sisted of nursery stories and instructions
In cookery.
What might be called motorman's
pose' has been developed by The trolley
.ars. according to observations made at a
lall given by the trolley motormen in
Worcester. Mass, last week. 1t is alleged
hat while resting bet ween the dances every
notorman stood on one foot. When run
a |