The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1899-10-23
NOTES OF THE DAY.

OF murderer by way OF adVeft1ing BIS sAlh a.
an embalner.
Ex-senator Sawyer. OF Wisconsin, has given
$1,000 for the building Of home for the friend
less in Oshkosh.
Henry ". CoFbett. United States Senator from
Oregon, went 10 New York in 1s44 and worked
In store for $3.50 week
recent discovery in the Vatican library.
among some eleventh-certury manuscripts, vas
set Of maps Of the time Of Ptolemy, the geograph
Natural Gas found at Heaihfeld. Sussex, is be-
ing used 20 light the railroad station there This
Is said TO be the first practical use to which
natural gas has been put in Europe
James Carr, the New York eolored lawyer, who
was recently appointed enc OF the assistants Of
District Attorney Gardiner. taught himself to
read at the age Of ten, and read Latin fuently
at twelve.
Efforts being made to persuade the Emperor
OF Japan to visit the Paris Exposition Should
he go. it would be the first time in the history
OF Japan that its ruler has undertaken trip to
q foreign country.
The Russian form Of parting salutatiOn is brief,
consisting of the single word ''praschaP' said to
sound like a sneeze. The Otaheite islander viii
twist the end Of the departing guests robe and
then sOlemnly shake his own hands three times
Running horses are unknown in Russia No
one dives there without having a thin cord with
When the animal bolts the cord is pulled, and the
horse stops as il feels the pressure on the
wiDdpipe.
Statistics which have been collated IN Wisconsin
show the average cost OF raising wheat TO be "a
cents a bushel and the cost Of corn q cents. In
both cases there included interest the
value ST the land, with the cost Of implements
and horses added in.
A pet monkey, untimely deceased. had very
formal burial in a satin-lined white easket in
Baltimore recently. There were six palIbearers,
an eulogistie address, four carriages for the
mourners, and several flower designs. including
an empty chair" and gates alar''
Just when the day became divided into hours IS
not known. nor is the process explained The
Greeks and Romans measured time by the water
glass and the dials. The hour glass, filed
with sand the outgTowth Of tafse vessels
from which the sand dripped through tiny open
ing.
The sun is go vast that ii it were hollow
ball the could revolve in the orbit which
it now follows and still be entirely enclosed
within the suns interior. For every acre on the
surface of our globe there are mere than ten
thousand acres on the surface Of the great lumi-
nary.
The Oldest woman in the world. according to
Official census reports, lives in Hawaii and is
l24 wears OF age Her il Kepoeiele Apau,
and her claim 10 advanced age has been thor
investigated ny 1Ol- AlaLau l. aihlti-
son. the general superintendent Of the Hawaiian
Census.
Tea is cheaper than any water bottled. By
actual measurement over 800 cups Of tea can be
made from every pound Of black tea. which. at
the rate Of 80 cents pound, would give six cups
for l cent Coffee At its present low price Is
much dearer than tea, only four cups can he
made from l cent.
The Emperor of Russia has probably finer
bruf han arhe Twin
but he has not time to visit it often. The
name OF the forest is BjeioweShkaII P,isehtcA. and
il takes $50 foresteFs take Of IL IL i in
this forest that August the Strong was nearly
killed by bear in 1TG5.
Richard Mansfield was examining the Shaw mon
ument in Boston the other day when he noticed
i with kodak pointed at him-s He thun-
dered loud protests AZ the ifnpudence of the pho
tOgrapher, and was then apparentlys still
annoyed to find that the man only wanted to
get picture OF the stAtehouse-
Forty live sea lions were captured at the Santa
Barbara Islands recently for the Zoo at Antwerp.
Belgium. The lions lassoed on the rocks with
an ordinary rope, and with much IIsaiculty are
landed and Grated ready for shipment The men
hired TO capture the seals are expeft y3qucres-
The animals bring about $50 each
Although it is seldom thought of in this con
necti0n, the business Of college education Is one
OF the great businesses of the country The 456
colleges and universities that are about to re-
open their doors to the 1900 American college
students represent invested capital OF $50
600 900 and give employment To 1850 persons
teachers and officers.
school for backward children VIII be ostal
lished in Chicago this fall in afhliatioa with the
department. Of pedagogy Of the University Of Chi
eago. There Is only one school of tke kind ii
the country. 1t is located in New York, and Il
known as the Physiological School. President
Harper and Professor Meade, OF the university are
prominent in the establishment Of the local school
ard it will have the cooperation OF leading med.
cal men of Chicago. The teachers will-be selected
from the best material The cooperation OF the
neuIolOgisis Of the West L expected IN the sup
port Of the institution and a staff OF local experts
in neurology viii be placed in charge Cf the
scientific department The institution VIII not be
4 charitable affair, and Is anticipates 10 Be self
supporting. The fees for tuition, board and meu-
zeal attention will range from 500 to $1,000 q
year.
The following curious letter was recently
ceiyed by a house renting agency in London;
Have you a reputed haunted house on your
books? | am not afraid Of ghosts. I do not.
a matter Of course believe in their existence. and
| am willing 10 live in 4 house for long
short term by arrangement; of course, rent iree-
should there be ghost then. If you wish IL
/ shall be willing 10 testify ON oath % the fact
but should / see an appariti0n i viii keep the
matter secret, and only acquairt YOU with thc
circumstances. j VIII pledge myself not L
pauder 10 local gossip. j have small income
on which | can subsist Ny sole object IN thus
applying TO YOU l. TO be allowed 10 live IN a
place in which do not need TO pay any rent
The enquirer WIS informed thar the firm had 10
haunted houses on it, list, but would inform him
when 1t had
Experiment has now demonstrated that wheat.
barley. and oats viii grow and riPen Oh,
banks of the Yukon, says the New York Time>.''
Whether il will pay to raise grain il that region
il question more doubtful, but the fact that
ii can be done is of considerable economic iII-
partance The original nomldic inhabitants of
Alaska had no especial difficulty in supporting
themselves on the products OF the country. but
they we're hunters and fishers, net agriculturist--
The future population Of nOrtherum0St ter
ritOry Will probably md more profitable Occu-
patton for their time than the pursuit OF grain
or the development Of farms Still it viii add To
the possibilities Of well increase the
safety OF life To have food supply close 1t
hand The unlucky miner viii not be confronted
with the instant necessity OF taking almost end
les journey toward the south. fer the soil that
refuses gold may be kinder when asked for grain.
and so failure may turn into greater or less de-
gree of success
The Scientific American" in timely and
pointed article, calls attention to the weakness Of
the plans for the SIX new cruisers recently an
thoIized The naval board OF construction has
produced plans which are, the Scientific
American" points out. distinct sep backward
These new cruisers are TO be Of 300 tons Dis
placement, 292 feet load water line length IS
feet beam, and 200 tons bunker capaety. There
is to be on each Of these ships battery consist
ing Of ten 5-iRch rapid-fre guns, eight 6pounders
two I-pouuders and two machine guns They
are to have also partially protected deck for
one-third OF their length. The Scientific Ameri-