The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-17
NOTES OF THE DAY.

are directors Of colonial foreign railways. while
bali dozen others are large contractors Tor rail-
way works.
The Union Traction Company Of Philadelphia
promises TO open cars, enc m FIVE. all winter
long, with restrictions as to smoking. In the
summer smoking IS permitted there on only the
lass three seats Of the open cars.
Eighteen years ago Sir Frederick Cavendis.l vas
murdered in Phoenix Park Dublin, by symF2-
thizeFs with the force party in Irsz politics.
Since that day Lady Frederick CavendIsh has
nevsr appeared in public, save in black
At Milwaukee Swan L. Thompson. an ostee-
path, has just been fined so n the police court
there and ordered to Fsg the cost OF MS pro=eeu-
toTe, the u isconsin state Board q NeCicai Ex-
arniHeIs, Tor Illegally Using the tue "doctor-
The japanese Government Is considering the az
visibility Of iEhicting capital punishment by
means Of sufoc2tion-placing the s8aiect IL an
sir-tight chamber and then ezhaus5ing the ear
from the chamber BY means Of pump
Levi Taylor, of Concord, \. Il. has a grape
fruit plant upon which IS a growth IS large IS
good-slzed orange, and resembling an orange
/ IA appearance The plant bossomcd last A4g
and the fruit has since been IN steady growth
Spain has Only Il, $50 niles Of railway, While
France, OF about the same area, has 5000 Spain
transports annually Ie,ee0.oso passengers ard g.
tsgso tons Of minerals and merchandise, Frarce,
sD0.GG5.eg0 passengers an6 If9, $4,000 tors Of
goods.
Chicago not content With being the grcales5
hog and cattle market IN the world Is branch
ing out a. hoEse market Daring the nine faa
months Of the present calendar yer IA go herscs
were received and sold there, breaking all former
recoTJas BY Hesriy SeGeo-
4 machine in the Bsak 81 England for weighing
so7eTeigns and hat soveTeigEs y 50 extremely
sensitive tEat il can denote tenth Of grain
difference in the weight Of coin. It sutoustieal-
y weighs g coins N a minute. The coia5 q
iit weight It throws 70 the right, and the othe-z
TO the lefI.
Zula women sew with ziBews instead Of thread
| The best siBews are taken rom the neck OF the
giraffe. soaked in water TO be made piiafIe. ard
then pegnde5i between stones 70 separate into a.
an=casiss Of different sfreu 9Th and thickness Tha
needle used is polished bone zsarP at one end
and blunt al the other
\ motheriess pig Eas bceR adopted By hen be
longing TO Mr. Henry LaHde1s OF Aantus, n J.
The hen had been sitting on nest Of eggs. but
these she kicked out Of the rest when she took
clsge Of the little pig, which lies eontented'y
uEf3er the heu's wing, a story from that see
ton OF The state relates.
Among the Romans November wzs the ninth
month 81 the year, and was enc Of the most in
portant because OF its connection with their re-
hgiou= Ii5ez The Ssxons cal ed It blood month,
owing 10 the great slaughter Of cattle made al
that time for WIIIe- p0yi>5s7l, the mat being
brown Is AsrtinulSs beef.
Tie Sberi5n railway viii cross altogether &C
miles OF bridges and OF these the line TO I.kutsS
required large number, including such import
ant ones as those over the Irtysh at 0ns3z, zoe
yards over tie 90 II kTivosiaekoyo, $50 yards;
over the Ye1l:ssei a KTasBoy5rsk, go yards and
over the IDA At Mini Idinss, $50 yards
The term gardener implied much more a few
generations ago than It docs today Young mn
paid heavy peenair.s to get in IS apprentices un-
der learned gardeners, and vheB at the cad OF The
term they we're Invested with the blue aprsH--
most Of thzm would compare f2vOrab,y in g-IsIdI
| intelligence with tke graduates Of a.ode.li
universities
An original device for eyadIzg the prohibitory
law vas recently une4-theG by plumbers IN a
house in RutlaEd. Vt TIE liquor, stored II . Sc
cret nook, was coBvered By hidden pipes 10 a
raGiator IN one sf the principal rooms Of ne
house small Faucet attached TO the radiator
was the msSEs by which the liquid vas drawn
Of for uss-
- much dust and litter left behind on Lon
don Bridge Icy the tramp over It Of 2D0,OO0 pc
testri=ns and the rattIecver Il OF a00JJ vehicles
daily that three four carts required 70 carry
of the fine debris from leather soIes and Iroa
tires By Tie ineessaHt traffic Il Is said Twenty
i've CUBIC yards OF granite are each year reduces.
to powder.
The bombay line between the United States
marked by stone monuments IN the form Of ODE
ifsbS located about five miles apart The shafts
are ten feet high, four feet square al the base
and two feet a. the top, butt or ioundaJi0as
five feet square and rising SIX inches above the
surface Of the ground
1t has been estimated chat lie approximate to-
tai production Of rubber Annually Is $500 tons
OF this amount 81 COO tors are taken by the init
ed states and Canada: 900 by the United hing
dom and l5.5Gp by the rest Of Europe Iae
Amazon district produces > 600 tons and East and
West africa $50 tons; parts OF South ArnerTez
other than the Amazon district 300 tcIzs-
! TNe1ty-one persons died IN Massachusetts, last
year aged leo years or more Sixteen OF the
F.! tweu1y-one were yonsn-three Of the sixteen
/ never having been married. Eight Of the twenty
one were born in Ireland. three IN Canada and
three in other foreign commissioning seven
: rSt8ve born. SIX Of whom were OF Massachusetts
nativity. The Oldest vas Two months over 100
years
The MoseIle yiney@rds, in Germany, have IN
creased enormously IN value during the past few
yelrs owing to the growing popularity of NEoselle
( wines The celebrated DoIltor Vineyard. at BerH>
casteI. has Just been sod for 100 marks = square
! metre 1t purchased IN 1898 At g marks 4
square metre. few years ago the usual price
IN the Nosslle district WIS or ) marks square
metre.
Recent eztinlates are to the effect that asphalt
is being dug out Of the famous tar lake OF TriRi
dad. the most notable existing source of the ma
reria in the world al the rate Of 5000 tons per
I auul1n There are still 4.5g9.090 tons in sight
but At this refe the supply could not last long.
were il lot that the lake Of bltumen referred 70
Is receiving constant aecretlOH from the DOVES
/ OF the earth
! Boer refugees continue arriving in increased
rurnbe-s st Harseiles, France Two German ships
brought in i200 at one tine and TWO French
shirss $50 These people are of the weI5-tO-do
class and go On = cree 90 Holland by special
trains They say thsI there thousands o.
destitute Boers II The Portuguese territory trying
( to obtain passage for Europe Many express de-
( sire TO come to the United States
soldier in China writes home this description
of the interior of TIE imperial palace: velvet
rugs covered the foor, but they had frayed out,
/ and at every step the dust rose rebeIlious from
! them And the throne, csaoPied, silded, backed
| with sounding board of carved ebony, looked as
dismal as the rest Of the outfit II an American
| theatrical manager found It In his properly room
he would send for the junk Hsn to cart II of =
The Illinois Central Louisville and Nashville and
| Queen and Crescent Railroads report that they
have taken over 2,Oo8 Italians TO New Orleans to
work on the Louisiana sugar plantations The
! Italians came mainly from st. Louis and Chicago,
IuTns- Tie plaE.eFs find the Italians the best
labor for farm work. and they have crowded out
| or are rapidly cToECEne cut the negroes through
out the sugar district
4 good joke was played TIVE ggHners at
seftuate Har5or, Mass, last week They were
approached by boat occupied by two strangers.
who asked them If they realized tlrst. they we're
breaking the Sunday law. The spoTtSzEen replied
tf,o they did backing fhrT- names the