The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1899-10-24
NOTES OF THE DAY.

of khartum by the end Of the year.
New York consumption Of champagne during
the past year was the greatest ever known
The Florists Hall Association Of the United
States carries $4,000 insurance on hothouses.
In Surrey. England there il a great poultry fat
tenng establishment, which annually sends about
5000 fowls to London
The Bon M1rche department store in Paris has
the largest kitchen in the world. IL provides
food for all OF the 1000 employees of the house
A Brooklyn nan named Frederick Braun owns
collection Of so skeletons. Illustrating the
craniums Of every living race and many long
extinct
The latest government census in india showed
6,0i6,I59 girls between Eve and nine years Of age
who were already married, Of whom 10000 had
become widows.
and lumber. the second for coke and third fer
coal II has thirty-six railroads projected, eight
Of which are under construction.
The athletes Of Greece in ancient times. when
training for physical contests, were fed new
cheese. figs. and boiled grain. Their drink was
warm water, and they were net allowed to eat
meat.
The statistics recently issued show general pros
perity has not had much TO do with the marriage
industry in Ohio. For the year ended March 81,
1883. the marriages were about 1000 less than
for the preceding year.
According to a recent official return England
during the last ten years has paid of 1855. 900 900
of her national debt. and as a matter Of rank in
the debtor nations has sunk 20 third place France
and Russia occupying the first two.
1t IS stated on good authority that grower
in the valley of kezanik Austria has produced a
blue rose. 1t is a feat generations Of nuTserymeB
have yeaTned to accomplish and IL Is predicted the
novel bloom will soon be abundant in the market.
In Kansas persons convicted OF murder in the
first degree sentenced to be hanged whenever
the governor shall sign their death warrants. No
governor has ever signed a death warrant. and
- the penitentisry contains many prisoners un-
der sentence TO be hanged.
druggist in Cambridge Mass. has petitioned
the mayor to have free ice water drinking foun-
tain in front of his store removed on the plea
that il is running his soda water trade He SAYS
il Is mot fair" and many of his tOwnsmen are
actively supporting him in this contention.
In 1884, the first year Of taxation Of bicycles in
France. the numbers were 2030s6 machines; in
1so5, 256.0s4; Iso6. S2o,sI6. and in 1877 fewer
than 4Os.ss9. Last year they increased to 49,
4l4 showing yield in taxation u D. very re-
spectacle sum OF 4-s5s-6i4 francs
4 few decades ago the manuscript treasures in
the Vatican library were practically inaccessible
Since then barrier after another has been re-
moved. and now the present director has decided
to have duplicates made OF many Of the nest
valuable and oldsst manuscripts for the benefit Of
other libraries
Melbourne has recently had its first taste OF a
snowstorm, and 10 the great majority Of the ciJi-
it much Of a novelty a. an earth
quake. The fall was not particularly heavy but
young Melbourne found quite enough
the ground 10 enable il 20 enter with enthusiasm
into the novel sport Of sn0w-baliiES-
Last year the London school board began the
the experiment Of free admission 10 the evening
continuation schools The result now officially
made Known stIikiEgIy confirms the wisdom OF
the step for there was a vast increase in schools
and scholars, the former numbering 32I and the
latter 10000. In other words, the roll Of pupils
nearly doubled
Many so-called educated Chinese SAYS the
North China Herald" firmly believe that a king
dom exists where all the inhabitants are pigrnies;
where all giants; another where al are
women. and. still another where every person HIS
a hole through the centre Of the body. 80 THAT
by of u pole thrust through this hole, they
may be carried from one place 10 another.
An Italian theatrical journal relates number Of
anecdotes regarding Ristori- She WIS only four
teen when she appeared as Francesca Ga Rimini
and twenty when she first acted the foie Of M-ril
Stuart in Schiiler's play. which occasion the
manager advised her 20 leave tragedy alone ThiE-
teen years later the French Emperor begged her
to learn the French language Al the expensc Of
the government. and become a member Of the
Theatre Francois; bUi she ~ss too patriotic to
accept. On one occasion in Madrid sae was
asked TO plead for Ihe lie q a soldier who wa,
to be shot the next dly- The ministry refused
her request, but IN the evening when size was
acting MEDIA, she appeared. during IN IHteTIils-
sion, IN the Queens box. Frustrated herself, and
secured the desired pardon
The '-Independent'' says: An illustration of
rfT lrr
sometimes conferred i sent to as b. an Ohio
subscriber There Is in that state chartered in
s,iruiion called Richmond College. We are told
that the college has been practically NONRESIDENT
as an Institution OF learning for several wears
Some forty or fifty studs hts have been IN attend
ance at a sort OF select school in the college
building fer wear two But there have been
no candidates for the bachelors degree. We BE-
leve for two years The college charter Is sill
in existence. and for show, The sO-ealed pTeSi-
dent eouferS each year honorary degrees On who
ever VIII take them MS year tine degrees OF
" 4 and ID. ID. thus conferred We hold
that this is injustice 10 those who-are pursuing
/ courses of study ard those who merit the
/ honor in consideration Of distinguished services
/ This is not a solitary cast Many so-ed4ied col
| leges guilty of the same offence
Devil Dan.'' the terrible fighting cat Of the
Treasury Department, picked up on the street
| by Admiral Dewey several years ago. says a
| Washington despatch to the Chicago Tribune "
| Miss Ethel Williams, who then clerk. was
| coming to the department one morning when she
/ noticed a gentleman stoop down and pick up a
/ kitten near the corner Of Eighteenth and II
streets As she reached the gentleman she mo-
/ ticed that the kitten about poor 4 -neci-
/ men AZ she had ever seen Admiral Dewey. for
/ it was no less a person. remarked that he wished
/ he had some place 20 take the ssk kitten. a.
he hated 10 see IL leit on the street TO die nom
I neglect and starvation Miss MilliaFs told him
| she would take the kitten and il was properly
/ cared for He thanked her aud haMlcd her his
! card The youna woman brought the Kitten to the
Treasury and turned IL over To Major Anderson, -
| whom she told her story. That kitten Is now
! Devil Dam the NEST vicious fighter among the
! many cats in the building Ii he has ever been
! whipped il is not known officially
To this day it l. a very common sight in South
America in Brazil especially, 10 children
| smoking their cigarettes, says the Baltimore
| sun At school the teacher will occasionally
| interrupt the session for smoke his pupils
| putting away to keep him company But it IS
| not generally known that similar fashion once
prevailed in England Every enc has read that
! Hawking introduced tobacco into England and
| that King James inveighsd against il. Elizabeth
liked to sit on low stool and watch Sir Waiter
| Raleigh putting away. Once she bet him that he
could not tell the weight of the smoke in his pipe,
| but the philosopher In Anne's reign almost
every one smoked In Charles lis reign children
| were sent TO school with their pipes in their
7 satthels and the schoolmaster called 4 halt in
their > ueIies while they smoked In HOP JorevIn
spent an evening with his brother ar Garraway >
| coffee house. Leeds, and writes: Il was surprised
TO see his sIckiy child of three wears cid nu its
| pipe of tobacco and smoke it as calmly as a man
CT three score; after that second ana third pipe
/ without the least concern, il is said 10 have
| done about year ago. There were about 4sO