The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-08
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The London police in sunny WEATHER now wear
khaki neck shields.
An OK can carry 200 pounds weight on days
journey, a camel 400 pounds.
There are only about $50 living soldiers who are
entitled 20 the Victoria Cross
Up to date ii is estimated that 600 deer haze
been killed in the Maine woods the present sea
SON
a marriage license taken ont year and half
ago did duty at Biddef0rd, Ne, wedding last
The wheat yields in n.2ny instances in the
Northwest are reaching thirty 10 forty bushels
per acre
It is said that in Kansas IS per cent Of the
newspapers use the word female in preference
to women
By the game laws of New Hampshire no in
dividual is allowed TO kill more than fifteen par
tridges in one day
Servants in London are averse to living in fist
houses. They say il isolates them too completely
from the outside world.
In Belgium there are SOB people to every square
mile Il is the most densely populated country
in the civilized section Of the globe.
visitor at the Paris Exposition lost the use OF
one eye ewing 10 the calcium fash used BY
photographer being Of great volume.
Piano Keys made from dogyood tree timber
take fine ebony stain and polish and are declared
/ to be as durable as the genuine ivory article.
Tie coal strike in the anthracite eoal regions
has cost the United States nearly Si3 5oo0O9 The
greater part Of this burden falls Pennsylvania.
ROTTERDAM IS now the most prosperous harbog
IN Holland 1t has captured most of the German
trade, ana does an immense business with the
United States
The summer quarantine in Florida, which gen
orally terminates at midnight of October 81. has
seen extended account of the prevalence Of
yellow fever at Havana
The exports Of butter, cheese, eggs. bacon,
hams mutton, pork, apples cats. peas what,
-Four. and potatoes To Great Britain from Canada
nave more than doubled since 1886
kitten has been brought up on an exclusively
vegetable diet by family OF vegetariars, The
result IS that il viii not touch animal food ard
it pays no attention to rats or mice.
Two prisoners, young men. confined in the Yer
mont House of Correction. escaped the other
evening and led off the bloodhound kept to trail
fuzitives- They killed the dog in the woods near
Liverpool has been described as an Irish city
in England TIE Welsh, however claim to have
built it; their language Is frequently to be heard
IN It's chapels and streets particularly sun
days.
Pialestan detectives in the employ of the
United states Government are looking in London
Tor the nesting place of King Hunbert's as.assns
with some encouragement that they the
right track.
Women can now vote in New Zealand and
''t- -a-+it7 ii-t hAaai Ii5iFetsf ~ albfFtL IN
do 50 Al the next election in West Australia and
Queensland and have been promised the franchis.
in New South Waies.
Several followers Of Count Telstoy. headed BIZ
Paul BiroulofI. have settled AT Geneva, Switzer-
land 10 propagate the teachings of the great
Russian. which a.e forbidden in his own coaI-
ny
George Dolby. The private secretary OF Charles
Dickens. died in London intrnary 1 few days
ago. penniless dirty emaciated unkeTnDt and
almost tramp In his later years be had been
supported 10y charity.
A Wesley, Ne. farmer recently found enc Of his
COWS in the pasture 30 completely charmed by
snakes Inst She ee'.d not move. and he was obIig-
ed To push her away from the place where she
stood The reptiles we're blacksnakes three feet
long.
\ balloon fitted with automatic instruments
was sent up recently in Paris and came down
saieiv. IT. INSTRUMENTS showed that it bad rsya
TO Sc ESQ feet, or over ten and hall miles At
that height the temperature outside the balloon
was l02 degrees below zero.
There has recently been opened on one of the
lower slopes of Mount lebanon. Syria, near lie
road from Beirut to Damascus a nevly-,1.ilt
hospital fo- the insane Its founder is Mr. Tzleo-
pailJS haidmeier. a veteran missionary IN
AhvssfUia ard SYRIA It IS the first organized
lun3tic asylum in Syria, where the need Of such
Institutions Is said to be great.
The impression L that the American jockey.
Tod Sloan lost his place in the employ Of the
Prince of Wales because of vigorous attack #
that malaty known big head Ted had
idea. which max have been correct. that he IS
great in his particular station II. R.
II. In his bur Ihe probable rcxt King OF England
Thought otherwise. Thus the jockey was unsad-
died.
The Harvard odontoiogiclI Society, which meets
regularly al Young's Hotel, in Boston, Mass
last week presented a gold watch and chain to
,rfz-
Of the private GiGiGg-rooTrs OF that hosiery. who
had just completed the fortieth year OF his SsTv-
lee Tie case Of the watch bore the inscription:
Harvard Chronological Society TO Hcraee-lS59-
Get. 1900
The other morning. when a teacher opened ker
school room in Westboro Mass, she found a
partridge thee 4 broken window pane showed
how the bird got into the room When al
tempt vas made 10 capture the partridge he
futtered around the room ard finally crashed out
through another window The holes IN the CaSi
are ciesu-czt i made by h5avJ cbject tn ovf
through the glass
The expression ''Robbing Peter to pay Pm
had It's origin in the rivalry existing between
Westminster abbey. formerly St Peters Cathc-
6raI sud = PauI's Cathedral Ia London Ia
1850 there was deficiency in the treasury OF St
Paul's and an appropriation of money belonging
10 81. Peter made 70 cover the deficiency.
TIE people who a-srSs TO the action asked
the question: Why rob St Peters to pay 3.
Pdul's?
Cars on one Of the suburban lines in ST Louis
are heirg equipped with telephones The jnztrr-
m5rt Is placed IN the rear Of each car. the rega-
tive wire being connected through the whee's to
the rail aud the positive wire being fitted With
simple device resembling a ioiHted fishing mole.
bv which connection Is secured with . private
over head wire parallaliug the trolley. The mo-
torman is At all times able to communicate d.
recJly with the Office
A geoiocist has been asked TO submit report
concerning ledge of rock covered by the sea. AMI
just off sparseIy populated portion of the north
EAST coast OF England. T:uring storms the pres
pector responsible Ter the idea has been struck
by the amount OF hard. res'Bo9ls coal washed I'D at
the point in question. He believes there Is a
valuable seam running beneath the seq. and II
| the biologists report Is favorable be hopes to
| obtain powers TO work it
Chicago people Will probably not be pleased at
| the declaration OF some OF the doctors IN The
Windy Ci.v TO the effect that the drink habit
among the women of the great Western mctyoPa-
lis Is rapidly growing. The increase Is said %
be greater among the wealthy classes and ire
Younger social crowd than among the lower
strata OF society The habit OF cigarette smoking
IS also said to be increasing among young women
Il is considered fashionable
The Jewish World of London notes that 4
proportiouately greater number OF suicides occar
among the Jews in England and in America than
in the countries in which the meets with
the harshest treatment This is said to he due