The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-25
MOTIFS OF THE DAY.

49,
ee"ove. equal 70 the ezisfng stock Ct gold coin
4 Savannah church Tor white people has e.
taei'sied ss.iSss seheol OF eoIcred deaf nutes-
Tic apple crop in Baden. Germany last season
ss 50 great that tho assistance 81 sslditers had %
ee asked for It's haseesting.
cnnmesal has been entirely diss,-Ssa .er sseeI
n the new type OF Italian field an la0unfain ~.
delivered for VS..
Daniel Bsndrsann, once famous as Shakes
ResTesn tFsgedian, i enter the ranks Of -slc-
yiiie his ''sreeialty', being scene frosn '.T7se
Merchant OF Venice
It Is asserted in Mexico that e ben cf.izeas ef
that country visit the Emitted states IA winter
tlsy suffer more from the ovefheated houses thasi
from the cold outside
It Is estimated that the wheat crop IN the Dari-
ing Downs district. Queensland VII beat ali
ret ords the Weld in some instances reaching
iifty-two bushels Per acre.
Wife tie est2Elis;,i belt adaptz,i 10 tie slilf5
vstion Of the Frane extends from ths-sfste q
v ashinZton 70 arizona. by far the larger ferecnt
age of the prodaet Is yielded By Californfl
The amount OF unsoId lumber en- the docks At
the head Of the lakes Duluth. SuperieE and West
saperiors December was I2s.s72GoG feet a.
090 feet in 1857
About twenty motor cars are at present in use
n Stuttgart sor ssreet passenger traffic but 4hsy
are not making much headway. owing 70 the sharp
competition of The essotric trans znd the hiliy
cenfiguratien Of Che ground.
Al exhibition Of 1901 calendars Is to be held 1t
the rooms Of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton Sixth and Main streets Richmond vz from
January 1 To 10 next The calendars vii be arts
tleaiIy arranged and the exhibition All be ree-
Nine Jean Pommarol French autiiorrzs and
explorer, IS about to start on = neE expedition
into the heart Of Africa. Her object fs 10 study
re manners AID customs Of the natives II the
SAHARA ana emeody her experiences N ReE
The steamer siadians. tiraS reecutiv sailed for
the United States from British Guiana has on
board land cannadie-a snake IS feet long and
inches IN girth. The snake 7ras found IN Berbiee
and has been sent TO the New York Geological
| Gardens
Nicholas McQuillan, who resides at soutbold. L
L, is the oldest resident Of that place and 50 far
IS can be ascertained, the Oldest person IN slf-
| Until January next be viii see his one hsludred
sud third birthday anniversary
Winter bas set in with full rigc7 on The Alps.
Stow lies two and one-haIf feet deep N the Great
st. Bernard, and peasant caught IN she 5awnsaiI
| has heen found dead Three dead bodies have cen
| taken from Avalanche which fell IN she Val
Fredda district Q! the Ten4;isa llDs-
The old courthouse at odei, iowa which was
erected in ISIS, Is soon to be demolished. as.d
] the residents OF that place very mach inter
ssted in the tearing down Of the structure because
| gallon of rye whisky vas placed in the corner
stone when the founGatiOns laid
1t nay be information TO good many that
! Indian relies are now being turned out IN
Fegsiar factories, enc Of which Is located IN
county 81 Wisconsin The reiic makers have a
| secret process by which an ancient appearance Is
impaired to bones, pots. arroxheads, etc.
! SO abundant has been the grape crop this scar
that Swiss wine is exceedingly cheap, and At
public sale OF wines the other day large quanti-
| ties Of sound vine we're sold al 3 cent;Fnes per
! irre, and as litre contains So wine glasses OF
wine. It VIII be seen that the cost per glass vas
considerably hess tian a farthing.
While searching through the basement Of the
| Kenosha CIis) postoffice the other morning
Postmaster Frzntz found six bags Of mail which
| are supposed to have lain there for about year,
| IS the bags contained many Christmas presents
| The department in Washington has been notified
and the mail delivered 70 the various addresses
] A Western doctor makes boast OF having lived
| for fifteen years one meal day Other doc
tors. vel lawyers and professional men geR-
! orally. haye>Often been under the NECESSITY Of
! sslbsisting even less than one meal day-f0F
| tine at least, In their case the abstinence
arose from necessity and not On account Of sa1i-
| tsry reasons.
Bamboo fibre makes absolutely the best oopyi=y
paper there Is and the bamboo paper is made al
most exclusively N Japan For thai resson-
| simply because they have the raw RizteTisi and
ssr fIsv is,5irse ptiv great aszI or e1fyIHg pa
| per in Japan. and the japanese. on the otfser
/ hand buy large quantities OF different Kinds Of
| paper from
The German Emperor vas at Letzlingen ou De
eeuber ]. when the census was taken, and be
flied Up his own card Under the heading pro
| fession- ne wrote German Emperor King OF
Prussia The card yras framed. aEi Is 20 he ke-
IN tie municipal archives OF The palace, Will
| certified sopy has been made % 1t and sent
! with tic other cards
University chape7ous are the latest FienRese
novelty. IN consequence OF the riotods behavior
OF the male students when tiss Neu.n tried %
avail themselves Of the newiy-gTsnted permission
| 70 attend lectures many mothers Of women stu
dents lave registered FOR the university lect'lTss n
1 order 10 have opportunity 10 accompany and
protect their daughters
Tunis Y HoI5row, knowR n New YORK IS
the tookworm OF the police fosee," has Just re
tired On pension after forty years q ~ervsee he
vas sergeant and for a long time had been n
/ =farCe of th. Hcuse of Ieteufiol. Re IS an ex-
| pert On rare volumes g which he has choice
collection sIr- Hol5roS speaks seveTsi languages,
-nd IS "a artist Of no mean attainment.
". Ernest seton Thompson. the animal expert,
ssho at preSsSst enjoys vogue as the Women-s IA
eo7Ise author and lecturer, is said 70 be physi-
al counterpart Of Paderewski. Like the pianist,
! too he began his career with = dlrefui struggle
against yasverty de smTEses hiTl1sf noSy b sell
ing to publishers az high prices the manuscripts
| xhich they returned as unavailable feN years
ago.
Soldiers Of the recent war with Spain are not
recognized as veterans by the Massachusetts, State
Soldiers Home, at Chelsea The case which has
ssought this decision IS that OF private who IS
nov diving from consumption he has hecn re-
| Iscted hv the service hospitals. as he has been
mustered out 50 it looks II he would have 70
die in the alnshouse- Governor Crane Is ready TO
| make some Recommendation for the correction OF
this state Of affairs
Lsndor Bates, of Chicago. who IS ranked Is TIA
highest authority OF ire day upon hyir1uiio en-
sinecring as applied to navigation. and who re-
eeived asgoId medal from the international Con
sres, OF Navigation upon the occasion Of 7ae
recent meeting OF that body in Paris, was N sas'
straiteeesf circumstances twenty-five rears ago
that he was compelled TO discontinue his to,9-se
at Tic Sheffield Scientific School and ei:ter TaIt
road Office clerk
Mr. Theodore Hzrburg deposited the other day
[ | at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore a
collection OF rare and beautiful antiquities IRON
the Island of Cyprus They viii be ioTa'aiiy pre-
lection numbers about ninety pieces and Vas gath
| cred by Col Falkland aFren, cousin Of Ms Mar
| burg who was Government Secretary for Syi'rif.
| from 1873 to 1851 Among them are many gold
coins and engraved stones Of exquisite WoT4InaIl
ship
Agricultural land IN China S divided INTO fhFe'
classes. each class paying different rate First
e class lands are in fertile valleys. with . soo1
depth OF soil and good water supply, pFt'51e
ing annually two crops Of rice or one crop .