The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-24
NOTES OF TIE DAY.

u@fei on raiiN4fs az idre ana h4l
Widow Nancy Washington, eoIOred woman.
residing in Boston. has just celebrated her I05th
oirthcsy- She has been married SIX times
some q the sEest residences in the world are
located IN Durham That place IS considered 10
be one Of the Anest winter resorts IN the world
On the express trans running between vienna
ahe CSnstAntinOpie the Use Of q sleeping berta
cost " cents first class and 20 second class
Tor every twelve hours
The battle flag Of the Gate City Guards. Of A.
ls l. "a, "a which vas captured By John Howard.
Of Toledo, Ohio. hzs been returned 10 the sur
vIvors Of that Organization
,sz-i-oedoR county council has adopted a bylaw,
prohibiting a-sertising in the open air by hssh
or calcium light. II Is ciaimed that rbe lights
frighien horses and cause danger 70 traHic
II is stated that the aDthorities at Scotland
Yard are now engaged in ssbIectinS Poli,e
electric lamp to practical tests. TO ascertain if
Z VII stand the Necessary wear aid tear q
seOtsrueE show most favor Tor New Zealand.
Irishnen are NEST attracted with Qaeensland
while Wes1tralia has the greatest percentage q
EiiSiish compared Ei;h the other divisions 5f the
island continent
Some animals can live many years without
water. A pzrOquet lived afty-rwo years in the
London Zoo without taking a drop Of water 4
rurnser Of rePtiiss live and prosper in places
where there IS 10 water
In respect 70 foreign goods imported into the
United States last year S2S 600 worth came on
the Dutch steamships. the figures Of Dutch CON-
nerce being exceeded by England Germany and
France, in the order named.
Government House, Cape Town. the offseiaI resi-
deDce Of Sir Alfred Miner, Is a very unpreierti0us-
looking structure, strongly contrasting with the
Parlianle1t House and several Other tine public
t'iiidings in tie capital q Cape Colony.
that the young ladies who serve behind tie
counter in storrs nay occasionally III down. and
4 bill has been passed compelling pr0prietors Of
shops 70 provide seats for their salesw0rnea-
The city council Of Cambridgs. Mas. has de-
cided 10 hold all-day celebrstiou on the I25th
anniversary q Washington taking command p
The Continental army. WhicE event occurred under
I775.
An Indianapolis workman Is suing : fellow
workman for $500 damages for the los OF an
eye. They were jointly putting Up an awning,
and the cefendznf. EhO Was standing ladder.
dropped q tack from his mouth into the eye q
the other
At Liverpool details q q sziIor's miraculous e.
cape from drowning were related Tae second
mate. Henry Carrier. Of the barque YAlOns. vas
washed overheard By imInense wave. but 4
E-nufe later q return wave carried hin back
the ship.
For good wears the average az crop OF the
Smyrna district AMOUNTS to about 2sooo.Oc9
pounds. but last year the Weld Was only Is
u0o-oso bounds The harvest time in Asiatie Tar
ksg i Novezsber- The hgs are chiefly saPped
three months later
The japanese IN launching ships use wine.
but hang over the ships prov a large pasteboa1d
cage full q birds. The moment the snip Is shoat
a man pulls string. when the cage opens and
The birds hy sUsy. making the air alive with
niusie and the Ehirr u wings
Cooper. Watts. and Firth are the three Oldest
ROYAL Acadeuicisns. The eldest q the tho IS
Mr- Cooper. who Is uincty-seven years o. agr.
and the youngest Is Mr.. Frith. EhO recently eelc-
DRAFTED his eigisy-trst birthday All three Tetcr-
stu enthusiastic painters
Il Legani. in setting up the fallen columns Of
KzrnAk, Egypt. receatly discovered city gss-.
It Is the first found in Egypt is Of great height
and bears the dale Of the eighteenth dynss-y-
second important discovery AZ Thebas = large
tomb Of the eleventh dynasty n perfect pueser-
walton
Mss Bessie shirley Of salt Lake CITY ouns and
edits a mining journal Though she i but aine-
teen years old she established the paper herself.
and has made Success Of IL She makes weekly
trips % al the Eeighb0ring mining centres N
search Of news, ard wields great deal OF IL
fuenee.
The total wealth. q Europe, personal aad real
estate IS estimated a. S225. 90 oo0O 90 Prom the
point Of yiev Of the absolute riches Of the world
the principal European countries range in the FOL
loving order by biiliens. England 50; France. so
Germany, 50; Russia. - Austria, -; itzly. IS
Belgium. =; Holland. :.
The sixteen electric floats built IN New Or
leans Al cost Of So 600 have been sold to Denver
for an exhibition there. and they vii then be
sent 70 Wichita Kan. for the next street fair
They the hrsJ electric floats buiir in the
world, and were used with great succesS a. the
carnival IN New Orleans
TIE Obi, m0S1 western OF the great Siberian
rivers. has been the most important factor IN
communication with the interior Of the country
Rising in Mongolia. II has a course q $50
square miles. and upon the river and is tribu-
tarieS regular navigation system = IN operation
over more than 10000 miles.
~ Nervadier. Preach iEve.tor, states that he
has solved The problem Of ssndiES a number Of
dispatches simultaneously on a single wire Mes
sagss have Ieen trsnruitted between Paris and
Pau Twelve independent message currents we're
sent on the circInt AZ once N either direction,
making total q tweuty-four teiCgrarns
b. the LIST oihcial census in Holland the num-
her Of cattle returned was I,5ooeoo. Of pigs l.
soc co. Of sheep 6sO.Oo0. and Of horses $1,000
TIE shortage Of hog products In Holland OferS %
the United states profitable market, the sta-
/ bilitE OF which would seem be not only Wei
established. but On b@sis- Of Pernzneace-
The Christina is the name Of a Chicago res
tauraut Conducted on Bible principles Its pro-
prietor i = rcformed sirlInkard. and he : making
seeeess 81 AIS novel enterprise lie has deco
rated his Walls With scripCurZl quotations, holds
gospel Ctings en- SItUTcay evenings, and closes
the place on sundays The bill Of fare beans
familiar texts
Dr. Bounier. 4 Frerch physician, recently de-
scribed before the Pans Academy Of Medicine
new method Of testing FOX de1fRess-nszneiy. BY
applying a tuning FORK TO the knee or some ctnSr
part Of the b0ny structure He said that sound
ear s-,;,ic not hear the note Of the FORK, but
ear in which disease had slreSdy made inrolds
oosid perceive It distinctly
Pltrick HAYES. 4 native Of freiSnd- who died
AZ Cardiff recently az the age Of los, was tie ias1
surviving witness OF the presence Of the French
Aeet in Rsntry BAY in December. 112s. Th-n
I Hoche and Wolfe Tone contemplated the Iuy1s-al
I q Irpland HAYES has q distinct recollection ot
l having seen the French feet IN the bsT When 4
child between four and i've yeas old lie @ls a
full possession Of his fscutsss unti the Gay q rs
| death. and was able read without sPeetscles-
De o,rincry's cottage known Msyis Buzh, at
Potion. near LassEsde Midlothian. has bcsn sold
to NJ Ssirton 4 draper in the LawumlrkCt Of
Edinburgh De Quincy seems 10 have had The &C.
C17rIncv Of this race FOR about hfteen years. and
while the collected edition OF his works wss be-
ing passed through the press by james Hoecs
ms Publisher, he walked regularly bet'xeen Las
wade and Ediuburg- Many pilgrims nov visit the
Shrine Of De QuiEcey. which Is a plain square
building erected On the slope OF the bank Of the
Fsk
An international Ghgiers' congress IS 70 be held
at Paris during the exhibition, ard wiz BE- fol-
ro,,es h, an sruiry coT,,,etition vrnicf viii taxa