The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-15
NOTES OF THE DAY.

- sNe "of4d Hau no lGe9 Of It's beauty.
In this country there are IA theological schools
= iaN schools - regular medical schools, elee
me medical schools. and Il homeopathic
Bridgeport celebrated IT. centennial OF Tues
Gay BRIDGEPORT, now tie third city Of Connect
Sut, VII always 5e Grizzly known ss the home Of
| The exports Of butter. cheese. eggs. bacon,
si.ls' mutton, pork apples osts peas. wheat
/ Las moe than doubled since 1898.
R2phaei'e Almanac widely known zsiso-
| iorlcai publication IN Europe now 10 its eighty
mt year says thai this Is TO be hard old year
lot hiIgs, Presidents, and Other rulers
The Greek Government has recently sis7sd
/ contr4et for the construction Of railway ~
! HtiIes long between PiFsels. the port Of 8the1s,
! 10 Denerh. N IhesSaiy. on the Turkish border
Tie season Of charity fairs * at hand Is
probable thst during the present winter tic Dis
plays al these embellishments VIII BE- 4aer t1sr
! t 80 oei"Fe IN the history Of these fashionable
Revenue officials in North Carolina those vsho
90 the eaueins Of fruit brandy. say that not more
than enough Of II has been made -. 80 -
lat beyond the festivities OF Inc Chrisrpss LoTf
/ day season
I 1t Is said that the 4-eent stamp IN the new
series to be issued and sold during the mex; wear
N eomHemorstion Of the Pau-Ameriean Fxpo-
sitlon al Buffalo vii have as it, central picture
transportation.
1 Admiral Simpsons retirement in February re.r
will not break his family connection with the
Navy; for he has three sons-in-law Ofeufeusuts
] JscssoR and Roy Smith and Ensign Cluverius,
Is the service, and bis viii probably ente4 the
I -'4Val Academy next year
There Is IN Heidelberg Germany. 4 ehuzch
e@lied tie Ca1Teh Of the Holy Ghost. Eh5c;. Is
unique IN its Wy. being the orl. eF,,sre5. IN rho
world IN which the Protestant and Catholic ss-y
ices are held at the time a partifio., .-af
Z through the centre separating the Two conesega-
: tons
The women Of Wyolniag exafcised their right Of
suffrage TO greater extent ID The recent election
than ever before. and Is estimated they cast a.
lssst 7,oe Of the 1880 votes poieJi On SoveTDte-
( b. iheF would Woaid have polled a great many
more votes. The Boston Globe thinks had ?
i woman been running against MAJ
| 1t IS said that who ever lived asnss=ed
millions rapidly as Alfred Belt. who Is re-
/ puted to be the vealthiest man in the world
with fortune Of goo 10000. and N income
S,llfeis1t TO make ten new miioHsiTez every year
ar Bet owes his millions TO Kimberley and
! Johannesburg he is only forty six years old.
/ After protracted seres Of experiments i has
/ been decided TO establish telephone con.mur:-
I cation between England and Belgium. 10 be
! opened TO the public about February l I9C1 Tie
Belgian line VII start from la PauDe. near the
miles long. The tariff Is fixed 81 SI.92 Per three
minutes
curious cid method Of letting elzlrei, and
town lands which prevails At Corby. nez5 Kette--
ing, England, put in force recently Tie
parishioners having assembled IN lac vsstrv with
Inc rector N Ihc chair candle Was lit wiki
pm stuck n the WAY Bidding then proceeded
until the pin dropped when the last bidder wss
/ declared the purchaser.
The Venetian press advocates drastic measures
: for Stamping out the organized rebbery vsllicI
prevails throughout the Italian railway system.
suS7ectiRg that the whole body Of railwzv oficas
Is implicated they consider that the only eEeetaal
remedy would b. the collective dismissal or pun
ishment Of erery official engaged upon q train
IN which robbery takes place.
The Russian naval estimates fer the year 1901
provide for expenditure Of %, co., 6Ss rabies
about So o.0So). OF this sun 100000 rables
TO be devoted to strengthening the feet
10000 are to be expendes- ~ the hsrbor works
al t!stfFos5ok and S,05J,oa1 are assigned %
proving the defgnses OF Port Arthur The est
mates exceed those Of 1880 by u. 500 800 ryibles
TIE Heskesb-Prich2rd- expedition Is causing
great intereS. IN the Argentine Republic. the be
ljef being that the giant sloth viii be found,
says a Bdenos Ayres correspondent. \ Scotch
gentleman aiiirHis tia; while hunting n Pata-
goni2 LAST year ne shot Al an animal Ike the
giant sIoth. and rom descriptions he has seen
OF the animal ne feels sure It was the Identical
animal
Buckheid. Ne, young man was OUT on ais
wheel The other eveninS. and the MEGA was oUc
He had his gun and he saw something running
Just ahead Of his wheel 50 be put on speed. bus
il kept just ahead lie nearly stepped took 20
his gun to shoot Il, and looking ever his vaeel
saw II the shadow Of MS owH head he de-
eided that II was late enough for him 10 be
getting home
Quito. the capital Of Ecuador. cannot be sp-
preached by rail or by wagon road. In TWO years
i Is expected that 4 New York syndicate vii
have completed 2 railroad to that point Horses
and mules and thousands Of men and women are
engaged II bearing burdens 10 Quito and other
towns II takes sixteen Indians about thirty
days to convey piano to EeuzdOrs capital from
The nearest point
Veterinary surgeons are complaining OF hard
luck With the cable cars the trolley cars, and
nov the automobiles their business has gone 70
. the dogs. HeJaphoricajiy speaking Soon there
viii be a mary surgeons as there are horSzs L
IS nearly as had s. that now, and automobiles
become cheaper and the likelihood OF ajrships
coming IN supplement them grows. 5he pres
pect Is rct bright one
The town OF Kos. the capital Of the small Turk
IS. island OF that name iying the coast Of Asa
Minor, possesses the oldest tree III The world
/. Under its shade HIpp0CrateS incUiCaleG his dis
I CipleS II his methods and views concerning the
! healing art 1000 years ago Tradition CaTTies the
age OF the tree back T. the tine q AeSelll1piHs
| fof whom Hippocrates was Iineai DESCENDANT.
which would add some 800 years 70 its sge
4 resident Of Plymouth. Mass, Or. Isaac I.
/ Wood. has couple Of apples from orchard at
Kaniioops British Columbia. Just the ordinary
fruit of that region One Of them measures fifteen
/ and three-fourths inches in circumference AID
weighs tweuty-tlree ounces and the ether Is
nearly as large Dr. Wood saw AZ the agricultural
fair at Kamloops an apple which weighed twenty
nina Ounces. 4 single apple i enough 10 make
a pie OF the usual household size
4 Brooklyn woman addressed 2 meeting Of
branch OF the Womens Christian Temperance
/ Union in = Cincinnati ChuTct the other night.
and began bv ordering her bearers TO take Of their
/ hats. Most of them oheyed. hut a few moved 70
the rear ScIIS rather than 40 faea the speaker
/ said that she knrw Of many instances N which
/ women did not dare TO take Of their hats he
cause curls and frizZes were SeWed 10 Inc milf
nerv. Halt dozen OF the audience retained their
] headgear even IN face Of this intilnation-
| An old lady who died in Berks county, Pa the
/ other day made queer viii She bequeathed her
wearing apparel TO her four uieees. This apparel.
/ which was the extent Of her fortune. comprised
III CAPS - caIicn Sunl5onEets, six bonnets- D
pairs OF shoes . calico and ginghaIn aprons, %
/ pieces of underwear 50 calico handkerchief 10
colorcd handkerchiefS- Is shoulder c2pes- L
Of stockings 90 calico dresses and other dresses
For the convenience OF those desiring to mail
letters at night OF before the Ipswich Mas, Office
opens IN the morning letter box is placed near
| the postofFice window. with small opening On
| the outside for depositins the letters As the
collector lifted the box few mornings ago 10
| remove the overnight deposit, he found it uRu-
/ s1ssllv heavy .>Geminii there's big mail t1js
I - ant hu rTT1raeH rHz