The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-21
NOTES OF THE DAY.

railway during the last twelve months was Ia
miles. on the Great Northern
Golf has Infected every European living II tbs
city Of Singapore. Tinre are two golf Cubs. and
ne HenihcrS are very enthusiastic
Geheral Roberts is 70 be pTessated by the MkoriS
OF Sew Zealand with q greensboro. gem 10
when those people attach the highest value
Worcester man has Just taken out patent
for music typeTriter- IL viii do for music
what an ordinary typewriter does for manuscript.
The great demand for work through Nova Scotia
this year has kept many who have hitherto
gone 70 the United States Tor she sonaraeF sezsoa
At home
RuSSizn tea drinkers never use cups and sauc-
eTS. The drinking vessel for tins cheering beyer-
age IS glass tumbleT in silver holder. and :
called -'stakaz-"
The horse business Is good all the world
One hundred and fifty thousand horses and mules
have been landed in South Africa since the be-
ginning Of the war.
David Black. ! wealthy fruit merchant Of sc.
Louis celebrated his sese=fy-third birthday By
giving $500 70 each Of his ten ehiIdren-seTea
girls and three boys.
The kissing bug IS again performing his ozculIs
tory Pranks- One Of these insects kissed sleeps
ing indianapolis man on the lip day or two ago
and the object Of the bugs aHectiOz Is now cone
fined IN hospital
Yales begins her 10th commencement Fridays
More than 200 diplomas wiz be awarded this year
IS follows: Academic. ga scientific. lsz; Aedi-
cal school. .; law school. y; music school, IL
candidates for dOctorate- g.
An automobile Was made IN England As lDng aga
- Issi- Il was run by steam. the boiler being iOs
Gated IN the rear The hSrSeleSs carriage met
with only a small amount Of success and Ea5
more q curiosity than anything else
The friends Of AmeIie RiEes. the novelist deny
that she Is a physical and mental wreck As has
been stated. Her health IS in fairly good con-
diti0n and she IS seciIded in the Blue Ri1ge
Mountains engaged IN writing new novel
A sovel dog show is soon to take place in ths
LevzIlcis-Perret hiPpcdrome, just outside the
Paris fortifcations- Il i to be show, or rather
a composition, for sheep dogs and their masters
and every possible way Of testing the excellence
Of the dogs competing is % Dc tried
Comparing CaH2da's gold mines vita those in
South Africa. the "Quebec Chronicle says thai
the johannesburg main reef is about Etty miles
long BY seven miles aide. II Ees1eER Canada
the Lake Of the Woods gold distric, alone Is about
80 miles long By about 80 ri!es vide
Fifty years IS long time fer one nan 70 remain
upon the stat q any newspaper or magazine. out
SIR John Tenaiel. Of s.Punch.' has been employed
sociates who are very proud and fond II hIm CALI
him the Grand Old Man Of Punch
The Ninth Regiment which has Just beea orderS
ed from The Philippines 70 China uas for tine
-nder Command u Ceneral Wheeler-- The fight
ing abilities OF It's men Of rst-elass order and
If cal!rd upon Tor battle m China they All most
assuTcdly give = god account Of Themselves
The States Of Tex=s. Mississippi. and Georgia
have recently abandoned the system Of hiring our
couvicts. but have employed them TO advantage
Ou farms, especially N raising cotton Thls torn
CT employment has been found 70 work the least
injury free labor and TO assure the ocss returns
In ISs2 the Chicago schools got 80 per cent OF
the total tax lew. The corporate interests Of
the city got 90 Per cent and the cry 10 Ths
cost Of teaching ore pupil one year has jumped
from sl65l IN Iss2 70 SzSI5 IN As59. The num-
be- Of pupils - each teacher his decreased IS
per cent
immigration 10 the United States Is unusually
large al the present time The 6gures for every
month Of the current year show an incrlzse TOR
those for The eo-respcncng peTsos n Any previous
year With one " two exceptions The total
migration for the u=oGth q Nay Il svea Is $50,
and the hgure for the Ireselt month l. sure 70 be
much larger-
The buiIding At Cuthrie Ok, in which most Of
the Territorial oHices are located seems 20 be IL
tested with scorpions Two OF the poisonous rep
tiles have been Eiied in the rooms occupied By
the school and department within the l2st week
One u Tie scorpions stuIg tlAr-es Cunningham,
clerk II three places his body, but the injuries
did not prove SERIOUS
Expo-ts connected with the London Lancet
have been looking into the sanitary features OF
postage stamps They ind that the col0ring On
The new hali-penny stamp consists Of mixture q
Pru>ssau bIBe. and j chrome color. without any
lead. a-scr-c OF other irrit4nt- The gun IS o.
t4ined from starch Il l. decided thzt the stamp
contains injurious suhStaEces
Dramas played in India generally rUq-ire about
seven days for their performance The curtain
goes up At o'clock N The evening and remains
toisted until next morning. People who attend
- 49, - Hkr-m a-eA en-
good. long sleep between the acts The f2yorite
pieces presented show the exploits OF some god.
No price Is charged fO- admission
There Is q Jewish court in Great Britain known
IS the Beth Din which is presided Over by the
Yery Rev d.. Adler. chief Rabbi Of Englsut-
Its decisions not. Of cOUrse, legally hI-cIng'
but Al VINO come before the couTJ are asked 70
sign q form accepting The decisions final II
II this Way that Moses GSed 70 adlUdleate
upon the Differences OF the children OF ISRAEL
Arrangements have beca perfected BY which Rus
sian oil viii be distributed in Germany In TIE
las fCw years American petroleum has practically
m0nopolIzed the German market The GeTnIIa
Government has now offered facilities 10 RussIlR
PRODUCES II the way OF reduction OF railway rates
30 that 1t Is expected IN the future the Rus
sian oil trade Viii make considerable progress n
Germany.
Two paintings valued at 5000. were delivered
70 the Adams Express Company in Boston for
brought suit 70 recover - 900. The supreme judi
cizi court Of Massachusetts, sIstanS 4 verdict Tor
the dcfeRdaRt en- the ground that there was
clause the receipt limiting TIE liability 10 so
and that the receipt bore the ssamp, value asked
and not given"
confscr Of authority between officers % the
law led 10 the escape of a party e inmates OF a
disorderIy house at Calena- Kan. last wJcS-
Deputy she-iHs and policemen arrived at the sane
time. arrested seven Of the girl inmates and then
went 10 Quarreliag over whether they we're S.a e
CT city prisoners. While the quarrel AZ it's
height the girls slipped Jut and made their way
safely across the state line 10 Missouri
The probate Judge Of Harper county. Kan. re-
Gently refused to grant Henry CooPrider nar-
rage license on the ground that the applicant wls
only eighteen years cd infcrrning the youth tat
h.s fathers consent must first b. obtained Young
Cooprider secured the coveted document on pre-
( sentIug the following nOtc- Judge Sir !. turn
the boy loose- II he makes burn he sit On
the blister Let him hive his papers lours
truly, Albert CoOpTider."
The daughter ot the Russian Statesman. NJ De
Giers, says, in . rCccat letter that the DowaSeT
Empress Of China is by no means black as she
Is painted On the contrary she is declared 10 be
4 very pleasant and even-tempered old lady. q
inspires considerable respect among her friends
Few lsrsonS viii assume to contradict the fact
that her friends like the old lady The question
arises how many Of then are there above ground
Horseshocs are Of uncertain cate. and have
caused some discussion among military historians
Nailed shoes were net knoa-n BY the Greeks. Coz
Xenophon gives minute Instructions for hardening
the hoof Nor did the Romans use them Nero
had mules shod with a plate Of silver. fastened
by crossed thongs to the boot With Poppaea. his
later wife il IS aid these plates were OF golG-
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