The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-27
NOTES OF THE DAY.

was raised Rom 50 ccEts 10 So Recently another
cents was added, in consequence Of the iDcreas-
ed price q paper.
The great majority Of artificial eyes are used by
wofkmen. especially by those IN iron foisadries.
where many eyes are put out By spaEks It IS
seldom tliat woman hss glass eye.
The annual IS IN France caused b. the ray-
ages OF hailsfeTns IS said 70 amount 10 about
$, 059oe0 fTaaes- From 1873 70 1885 the figures
varied from z0,0O5.oo0 to "a, go 900 francs
1t is 30 be presumed that the Emperor Of Ger
many sent 10 bis royal grandrnother. The Queen
Of England his usual Christmas present OF bears
head garn5sfaed With holly. That has been the
kaiser's custom for several years
Children IN the big cities do MT get a very
intimate knosEfedge Of animated nature me
Chicago JournaI'' says: s'sereatF-sight school
children were poiled at the fat stock show re-
Gently Only eight had seen CO.'S before
TIE swede ard Norwegian immigrants take more
kindly to agricultural labor than any other class
Of foreigners Next 70 them coma the Germans
and last Of all come the Irish only snail peg
cent os whom make their living on farms
The Pope received very u=sfai present tae
other day sent him by Spanish lady. L was <
book Of 80 pages. bound IN fine letter and
beautifully decorated Each lezf Is 4 duplicate q
its brother. and Is thousand pesets note.
The habit Christmas trees have Of taking IRE
from the candles have caused countless alarms
rea:eh anxiety and some deaths. 81 last some
manufacturer has prepared system Of b;stsTy
and electric lamps by which trees can be sighted
with perfect safety.
Fort Usage. No, Is considered LITTLE sxeefer
than any othe- to~nsHip in the county within
which It Is located 5eeanse It produces more
honey than al the others COMBINED. Isst week
Colorado beenian purchased 20 stands froEz scr
eFai OF the apiarists there.
The beer poisoning scare has had the effect 81
diminishing the consumption Of beeF IA Loadon By
at least 70 per cent Nos. Of the licensed vietrsI-
freedom of Their liquors from arsenic and AZ
other deieterieas substances.
No servant Of the Marquis Of Salisbury CONF
plains to him twice Of 4 felI0w-servant- When
complaint IS made the marquis disrHisses tie
complainant He keeps sbost seventy serTsHts
and Il he iaterfsred in their sogabhies he would
have little lime for affairs OF state.
A petrsaed forest, covering an area Of 100 squars
miles, has existed for centuries IN arizona. Thous
anis and ttouss1lis Of petrised logs s4Tsw the
ground, ard represent beautiful shades Of pInz-
purple nd. g7ay. blue and yeIlcs- One Of the
stone trees spans gali forty feet vide
A London plumber has arranged new system
of burglar alarm by means Of eom7ressea sir-
When the chief opens a window or door, the
compressed air bioWs poIieenan's whistle and
lights an electric lamp 70 act as a guide 30 that
1 fght against osteopatAy is on in Iowa. At
present there Is He law by which it practice can
be prevented. bat tSe State beard Of examiners
has recently refused certificate to graduate Of
Des GoiRes college Of osseop2thy. and VIII Try
10 bring about legislation that VIII make that
form OF hesling Illegal
The Dowager Lady Freahe. whose death oe-
CURED recently in London, was II many WAYS 4
remarkable woman. Very handsome and gifted
with great charm Of manners, she attracted 70
Cromwell Horse where she lived with her Eus-
band. Sir Charles Freake, who died in 1884, al
social. artistic, and literary London
In China Christmas is a SIN festival and has
eo-Beeti7a sith the winter solstiee. It IS called
the festival OF The winter sun. or sometimes the
festival OF the tree spirits IN other localities
the festival OF the forest dragon Il Is occasion
Of much merFiule8t and one 81 the accompanying
iernlalities Is the renewal OF the ghostD papers
Between the towns Of Los Angeles and Pasadena.
Southern California there has been constructed an
overland path for the exclusive use Of cyclists
The path Is built q wcod, varies from three fess
to fits feet in height and has average gTsGiest
ssi one IN eighty. The path accommodates fots-
machines abreast aud IS lit thoroughly by electric
light
The rich copper deposits Of Alaska are Begin
ming to be developed the first shipment from The
White Horse belt having been despatched TO Ia
coma already. This belt traversing tributary OF
the Yukon is twenty-five E3iieS long and fo1Ir
miles vide The ore Is said TO range from , -
20 per cent copper and carries 3 70 SD per i"l
gold
4 Southern California item says. .Los Angels
Is irving to work up big boom win its oil
wells. one Of these wells K now scouting 1.s5e
barrels OF oil day the railroads ere al chang
ing their locomotives from eo25 70 cal ourI,efs.
and arrangements are being made TO ship oil TO
Mexico for use on the Mexican Central Los Al
geIes now claims 10000 people
IL Sagas4ki, japan, there : fireworks maker
who manufactures pyrotechnic birds 81 great size
that. when exploded, sail in I IfeIike manner
through the air and perform many movements
exactly Ike those Of living birds The secret OK
making these wonderful things have been N
possession Of tee eldest child OF the family OF each
generation for Inote than four hundred years
According to Coppenhagen correspondent
Belgian syndicate with capital Of over E2,oe3.-
900 has purchased m Sweden % copper and lead
mines The metal VIII be transported BT FAlt
20 Stockaryd and Safsiostrom and shipped wa
KaIrrar Sweden Is Tich N mines. which have nSt
tfrT utilized 50 far and It expected that SIN
ilar investments It foreign capital VII take place.
Counsel for the saIoaakeepers' UEior, OF Buifa-
10. have drawn up bin for Introduction during
the next session Of sfe State Legislature Prvid-
ing that saloons nsy be kept open al might tiIF-
ing the PaTa-AmeFseaH Exposition the GlI asa
provides for closing saloons at midnight Saturday
and keeping them closed until l O'Clock sunday
afternoon
Plans Ger the new botanical school which Is to
be erected IN Scheniey Park PittsburS, at u
expense of Henry Ph.pps. have been Gompisted-
Work On the institution vii begin IS soon a. the
weather shall be favorable for exeasztiIg Tor the
foundations This school viii be the cHiy one IN
the United states devoted exclusively 20 the study
OF botany
Prof. John Milne, known as Earthquake
Milne. has erected seismographic observatory On
the Isle OF Wight For years Past-in fsct,-eveR
since ne returned to Eag2nd after having resigned
his appointment in the Tokyo UHi . -sity--ae has
until recently he had been content With storing
his delicate instruments IN 3 stable
Arab Pssha, long ago exiled to Ceyion- nav =
ne wishes SCon return to Cairo. Is Ike khes3s =
Is willing 10 grant the exile parden- Ara
however recently told visitor that ne bad leSE
all desire 70 return to Cairo Those OF his friends
who had not died since 1872 had changed toWart
him and everr f16s.r spent snon< the OF his
old activities would be sac Of pain N the elTe'ii-
stances.
City people, says the london Mail are lend
Of asserting HAT al coed things come out OF the
CITY. Areax the largest notions which have
ey7anated from that intellectual sqste mile L te
wearing es waisteoat buttons m esstiy aud cur
Gus Jewels One priceless set. 81 wafstco5t buttons
X OF large SINGLE black pears. turauo1s 7ilsl To
nzz. while yet another * Of &Faet3'gsts set II
DIAMONDS
Atmospheric conditions over Lake Michigan
.xere sye4, one DAY iss week as 10 rsise mirage
OF exceptional elr4Fpess. Some thirty miles Of the
coast Of Michigan made visible 70 scope IN
CHICAGO ansi 20 ciear and perfect was the repre-
ss.fsfioR Ia the sky tiIst strangers IN The eaty
thought It actually was the opposite shore tseSy
grere looking st. and did not know X MAS pie
.omenon they had seen. Until told.