The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-20
NOTES OF TIE DAY,

CameIs are 1t to york at Eve years old. but
their strength begins to decline at twenty five,
although they usually live 10 forty
a recent letter fross British Guis=s says the
that everybody Is looking for blazing Christ
mas
The cheapest postal service in the world is
that Of Jspar. where for two sen-about seven
tenths Of a PenHy-letteEs are conveyed sH cyer
the empire
treated to 2 fail crop Of strawberries this year
Nearly all the vines ere bearing = second crop
Of the luscious fruit
The castle at Brindisi built By the Hobenstsu-
fer Emperor Friedrich II. Is noE used as prison.
The grounds are full Of vipefs, and every summer
six to ten of the criminals are-kiile6 b. them
An aged Missouri man who has enjoyed fifty Eve
years Of married life finds cut that there vas
not 50 much happiness IN il as he expected and
has entered suit for divorce on the ground OF
iDtoleFable cruelty.
Paris paper declares that the King Of the
Beigians, whose beard Is Of truly ROYAL pTDpor-
tons. puts the vast hirsufe a5oraraent in six
bag every night befose retiring IN order 70 keep
it from losing curl.
The st Louis Globe Democrat says: The
man sbo invented the mantle device for the gas
jet was q bTigbt-Ininded fellow Sow let him
inreut some good system Tor lighting It without
eisl0eating ones arm
The latest divorce statistics for Paris show a
steady increase The number Of csses aoB reach
an average Of 500 monthly. Of which 30 are
from the working classes and 50 from the aristo-
cratic, financial upper class
Victoria, Australia has built seven local nil
ways On the cooperative principle. The rail-
ways we're estimated for by contract at e5s7, sos.
but By working the cooperative principle they
were completed Ter e25l I'll
e. com. roszo- - .+ts- t,.-- -. - - -.
vicious this season. One days dispatches report
no less than SIX instances Of hogs turning Oh the
men Who went to feed them Three Of the men
SeIe severely injured and three fatally hurt,
That Rell-kBozn medical paper. the London
Lancet. declares that tobacco IS beneficial to
the human system It is asserted that the
weed Is q healthy and desirable stimfIiant for
Lord James Hereford Is the only naza living
who has refused the seais Of the British Lord
ClauceIIorsliip. the highest honor an English
Lawyer hope TO receive lie l. wealthy
nan and has lad n immense law practice n bis
time
Tesre Hsute. I'D. has big feathered pet A
golden eagle, measuring feet / inc5es from ZIP
70 tip. xzs caught in trap set Tor rabbits in
Prairie Creek township Il Is alive and uninjured
and onc d the largest Specimens ever seen n that
region
horse fell in well at Memphis. No, the
ether morning and for time It was feared that
il wosld dTos1- At the suggestion OF some gen
Jus the vel was filed with water. csaSirg the
horse 10 hOat 70 the top and its valuable life 10
be saved.
In Japan Is a race Of people Of Anu descent,
whose ancestors come from the ThooIiI Islands,
IN the North Pasiae- A remarkable freak OF TIE
part Of the women Of this race Is that tAey
tattoo their faces to give them the appearance
Of men with Whiskers.
While boring for q vel nesr lake Michigan, On
the farm OF Frank Fowler, the EoTkmeR struck Il
stratum Of sand 81 depth Of 10 feet II a few
moments the vel began 10 spout sand, which
rose in cloud several feet above the nozzle, ike
fountain, and vas scattered by the wind
A woHan, residing At Fountain Perry Park.
Ind has &C 7=trueted vitB her OWL hands resi-
deEoe- Il s eBe-story wooden structure OF
four rooms, nd has 4 stone foundation. which
Tnaay XII De inclined 10 admit Is better work
than many nan can do alone and unaided-
The Isrg=ss and finest ceIleetio1 Of u2eteorites
OF this side o. Jnz stIantie Is the ose n the
Harvard R5neralogicsI Museum in CsmbTidgs
Reckoning European collections Il ranks about
fifth OF sixth n The world TIE British Museum
has the best collection and the cabinets II Vienna
and Paris rank next
One OF the smallest babies IN Chicago Is being
nUTssd in Al Incubator Al tie Chiease LyiE+s-In
Hospital TIE infant weighs only two pounds and
twelve e1fncez- but Is eating every hour SEd =
expected - 3iTe- Tie hospital mas C=tsnis@l' i
a record. having brought up SIX strong, heafriv
babies Of premature birth out q uI1e received
An old cIocs. made in Bristol. Conn. II IT7z.
Is Owned by General Lsaae Davis Of Findlay Ohio.
II Is made entirely Of wood and kept fairly good
tine until SIX years ago when It unacco1atahly
struck against further work After remaining
silent for six years the other day II began ticking
merrily and has since accurately recorded the
hours.
Down on me Hancock coua5y, Ne. cast
-aiuhou VAS seen recently ST about 1890 ii the
evening T3sTs rad been > light shower which
kzd passed over. ard the MOOR breaking through
the clouds n the soulhyyest MADE Z iaRaT ana
bow with one end seemingly on Green AasItis51
the other Up toward L2mo5ne. The bow Ia ted
but . short time
C;ram IS far from being a healthful place. There
has been recently continuous epidemic OF grip
asd typhoid fever ever oae-haif OF the American
command axe said 70 have bad tyPhoid fever and
iine ont OF ten OF the cases have been traced 70
drinking ieTnona6es and otiser non intoxicaais
made BIZ using natural water fre8 pools and
springs. These waters arc fuA OF disease germs
J sugar plantation in Cuba near the town Of
( Fergus. Is $500 acres IN extent. It employs
/ loo persons and o. it there are two forts, 30
niles Of TziIraad belonging TO the place, three
steam railroad locomotives many homes for the
uhife people and the natives, big sugar fac
tory ard river. which floats ligllJezs loaded with
sugar from the plantation COCKS 20 tie ShIES on
/ the coast
I Argument for small horses IN Is one capable
of almost mathematical demonstration In every
campaign bezses haze necessarily 70 put u9 with
short rutious often With senli-staTvation. and the
! horse that can do w5th the least and worst food
lass the Longest. and the longest lasting wins
| Il then small horse can naintsln himself where
| big one starTes doing equal, nearly equal
work. the small horse IS Geu1onsfrsbly the bet
| ter
/ The Rev & J. BacfIran. vho lives in the B;ue
/ Ridge MOUNTAINS IN southeastern Pennsylvania,
/ has for twenty-five years served seven remote
congregations He has Travelled 65.0ef1 miles
/ on horseback N thar time and has never missed
an appointment During his ministry N the blk
he has rrsade nearly 25.9G9 paste al calls. has
| married T-z9) Peepe, has presided at l.0sl fu-
nerss and is2s raised IS. SO Tor congregational
/ purposes
Policemen say that cold nights +squire them to
be r-.are zisilant TEAM On warm nights. while -
q f.stter Of course they admit that they Should
| ever be visilaat. But eeid nights inspire bur-
! glars and heIIsebTeQkeTs TO actioB- People sleep
/ better Hben they are snug IN their beds IN a
J below zero temperature than on warm nights
! and Il Is very uEcoudortab!e for house holder
I TO be chasing 4 tifief cold winter night
| Wise thieves knew this and act accordingly
silver medal has been awarded q Charles F.
Bins, TIE director of the New York State School
OF Clay Working and Ceramics. for collection of
the economic clays OF the Cnised States which he
| exhibited at the Paris Exposition The exhibit
consisted Of over 1O1 NIPPLES OF Bsefai claES eac
specimen having been shown IN three conditions
/ crude pTenareS and freG- The collection Is 70
| be returned 1e this country n tine 20 be DIS
! played at the Par-srseriean Exposition at Bui-