The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The theosopflic movement is growing in Ger
many. There are at least 1900 Theosophists in
The country, with many more enquirers.
Ebony is always soaked from six to eight
months as soon cut. Ii comes chiefly from
Mauritlus and from ceylon and the East Indies.
In Chicago the Prohibitionists have started
daily paper. Properly edited and with abuRd-
anee OF news there is reason why the Jour
MAJ should not meet with success
The Duchess of Anhait Bernbourg, who is the
elder sister OF the King Of Denmark. is the
Oldest princess in Europe She has Just eelebrat-
ed the eighty ninth anniversary of her birth.
The wine crop of Germany is as immense as that
OF France 1t is the way in all the vineyards
Of Europe. and their output is selling for lower
prices than for generation On account OF the
gut
Revenue officials in North Carolina. those who
do the gauging of fruit brandy say that very
little of it has been made in that State this year
Not enough TO last beyond the festivities of the
Christmas holiday
The late William l. Wilson had death almost
exactly parallel to that Of Robert F. Lee The
two men not only died in the same Office but in
the same house. in the same rooTn and in the
same bed, and they were buried from the same
chapel
It may not be generally known that the pretty
title of Princess Royal, borne by the Empress
Frederick of Germany before her marriage is not
given to the eldest daughter of English soveregns
but only to the first child. should it happen to
be girl.
farm in Belgium was recently set on fire by
shower. The farmer placed quantity of quick
lime near shed, and left il there all night. In
the OF the night rain fell on the lime and
the heat thus developed became great that il
set the shed on fire.
There is one dog who makes his living by driv-
ing printing press. 1t is only a development Of
the old turnspit business hut the dog prints
whole edition OF $50 papers in one hour The
dog Is the property OF the proprietors of the
Plymouth CWis-) Review"
The bubonic plague identified with the eBlack
Death Of the middle agesl has now spread TO
four OF the Ave continents and may any day make
liz appearance in Australia II it is true that the
eastern islands of the Sunda Archipelago are
swarming with Indian refugees
The Postofics authorities of Cape Colony haH
tried automobiles a means of collecting mail,
and found them unsatisfactory. Now in the mora
remote desert on the edge Of the Kalahart desert
they employ cameis as mail transports. and find
them 50 per cent cheaper than post carts
The director Of the meteorological station az
Ckateandun. near Paris. in recent communion
tioH to a French journal, states that the highest
temperature ever recorded Ia the vicinity OF Paris
was noted on July p Of this year when the Their
nioTiieter reached maximum OF 1886 degrees
Atlanta city officials are proposing the eonstruc-
Georgia TO supply the city with pure spring
water The plan contemplate a system with 4
capacity 81 l00-GG1GJj gallons daily. The c5ty
draws Its present supply from the ChatIahoochee
River
New YORK woman has unique Of
making a living. She goes from house to house OF
the fashionabes of New York. and directly under
the eye OF her customers cleans the family Jewels
She carries all her implements for cleaning in a
little hand satchei and thus almost unincum5ered
goes her rounds.
The Illinois Audubon Society is about 10 check
mate the miIliners by securing an amendment Is
the game laws that shall make it an offence wick
penalties, for anyone 70 possesses any part of Tia
wild birds now protected by the law Some Of the
iilii!3ners have contended thai part OF a bird
a bird.
It is c0nteHded that the accepted speed of 4
warship should be a sea speed which can be Min
tanned during period of at least 60 hours. ard
at the end Of that tine the ship should not be
in any way fatigued. but should be in all ma
terial and personal respects able TO continue the
speed in fighting order.
Quite an unusual occurrence happened last
Thursday the men on section No l of ths
Maine Central near Wiscssset we're returning from
work at One Of the mzn saw 4 trout leap
out CT the water, the brook being shallow they
with the aid Of their sh0vels captured four OF the
speckled beauties Of good size.
One of the police officials Of Chicago has dis
covered that that city has an ordinance which
prohibits the erection Of fences tipped with SPIKES
nails or other pointed instruments under penalty
OF tiue ranging from SO TO $50 The law has
long been a dead letter and even the city OWLS
many such prescribed fences.
Dues for shooting licenses, required in Ger
many and under special restrictions for hunting
and target practice vary in the various States Of
the empire In Prussia, fair example, they
ID marks year and marks fer one day only
Last year the revenue derived from them in that
kingdom amounted to about S5o0,0o0
Two years ago Nine. AlEa, singer famous ia
Australia. volunteered to sing one evening 1t Ben
digo before some nuns VINO were about to go into
retreat She Is now informed that wealthy Aus
tralian, in recognition OF heT kindness .'as well
her magnificent endowment a vocalist han
left her Sl7500, which Is at the rate Of S25 ,005
for each OF the seven songs she rendered.
svitzerlsnd's universities are still the mos.
popular academies in Europe for women students
from all parts of the word. OF $50 students 3.
the University OF Zurich us are women CT.
hundred and twenty OF these are studying faedi-
cine, IS philosophy, u natural science. and y
Jurisprudence Only Is are Of Swiss nationality.
81 are Russians, 20 Americans, and as many Ger
mans
In England a IampPost has been introduced
which combines FIRE hydran-, tap, and fire alarm
box The hydrant can be used for fire alarm plIr-
poses filing water carts and for street flushing,
while the small tap can be rses by an individns5
Tor domestic water supply There Is q water
meter and siphon at the bottom, by which tiss
water Is shut off from the hydraHt, thus prevent
ing it from freezing
Mr. Isaac L. Wood, of Plymouth, Mass, has
couple of apples from an o.ehard at Kamloops.
British Columbia, just the ordinary fruit Of thai
region One of them measures l524 inches Ia
circumference, and weighs % ounces. and the
other is nearly large. Dr.. Wood saw at the
agricultural lair at Kamloeps an apple which
weighed % ounces. A single apple is enough t.
make pie OF the usual household size.
Rest rooms for farmers wives are being estab-
lished in some towns in the West, They are 10
Gated in the business centre and are made coy
and comfortable with easy Chairs, lounges hooks
and magazines. Some offer tea the nominal
price OF cents cup These
tanned by wonen's clubs in the cities. tne
merchants of the cities contribute them. IA
the idea that they help to oFaw trade
The cutters of the great glove houses of Brussels
and in France earn higher wages than the
cutters of the most fashionable tailors in Lon
don and New York So difficult is this arts Of
cutting gloves that most OF the principal cut
tiers known TO the trade BY name and by fame,
and the peculiar knives which they in the
business highly priced that they handed
down from generation to generation as heirloons.
Most of the British regiments have their own
newspapers, published once 1 month The news
consists chiefly of matters pertaining TO the Off
GERS and men OF the regiment and their families,
but the papers devote regular columns to sport
ing news, humor, poetry, and other Departments.
All contributions from InPJnbers OF the rcsi
nent. These papers are mach in favor among
officers and soldiers, and many of them very
well edited