The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-23
NOTES OF THE DAY.


NeNico except small merchant vessels Of les than
100 tons.
An Illinois Young man advertised Tor wife
under an assumed name; bis sister answered the
advertisement also under an assumed name: then
photographs were exchanged, and now both are
o. me opinion than IL is bad ior a family % have
Two fools in IT,
Tie spectacle o. the Ibis thoroughly donest-.
Gated on pool within the city limits Of Los
Angeles is suggestive Of the mild winters Of that
region, or the Ibis = tropical bird These birds
were introduced several years ago and live there
perfectly conJented.
No other Governor has made so many speeches
a. Roosevelt. He accepts as many invitations @,
public dinners and meetings as he can ind tim.
o. attend. and IL always ready 90 respond when
called upon for speech. re has sdopepd what
most politicians regard a dangerous policy.
Copcnisgens crusade against rats has led 20
/ the formation in that city Of Rational Danish
Rat DISCRIMINATING Society. which organization has
constructed at considerable expense O cramatorv
for the bodies Of the rodents which &c Kills Tie
ra,s are said 90 De dangerous carrier, Of disease
germs.
The English po-toffoe employs not far short %
$1,000 women. and IL is probable that the largest
number 3, employed in teegTaphy, or IN duties
relating thereto. In London alone the number
would appear to exceed I,5GJ, Of whom no fewer
than 1000 are employed az the central telegraph
Office az ~. Martin s-Ie-Crlud
Electric light companies in London are So short
Of generating power Jhat they have publicly asked
their consumers Co use o. little electric light be-
tween & and p. as possible The demand his
outrun capacity In consequence, they see AmeEI-
cans building entirely new and enormous plants
night under their noses Co supply machinery AID
equipment
A new tunnel which Is beiug constructed IN
Pa-i-, for one Of the electric roads, wiz De light
ed by lamps turned on automatically as the
trains enter the tunnel and be cut of au.ouati-
csily as rle train leaves b. The light, have been
placed on each side of tie tunnel on "a level With
the windows oi the cars. 90 that during the dav-
time 10 VII not be Ueresdry 10 the lights In
: the
Recently a curious accident occurred at Que
bee. which resulted iu the fatal injury Of a man.
De aas pressing ashes into cylinder holding in
met with 90 obstruction causing him 20 raise ir
quickly. tlu- breaking a globe az an are light
which Was over his head. and forming a circuit
/ h2 which tag current passed into bis body, re-
su.t.Hg IH his death.
There has been call % the American Consul4te
iu Lyons France, for fish scales % De used in the
rnluuiletur. OF artificial pearls Tho supply is
not equal 90 the demand Il is said thar good
I prices viii be- paid for them The scales should
I ID, packed lu salt soon removed from the
/ n-a and packed Iu Tin cans Specimens -eut 60
] ilF consulate nom America Nib De- examined and
I reports about them made to the sender
! The ODD Whiting house ou the Boston Post Road.
/ uelr Byram. Bridge iu the town oi Greenwich.
/ Conn. was burned Co the ground recently. Moth
/ I1s hul l4- stone chimney is left standing Dr. D.
I supposed that trawU- caused Use fire. The house
va- erected DOB 1850 By John Bluils. who had
! oeivna grant of I-ri there from King Charles 9.
I'd tEc wood used iu its construction was Obtain
/ ed from the trees that grew on tEc land
! Pierre Lott Is making good a-e Of his lime IN
/ India. be recently Def, Slorauur fog PouII,asry.
/ where De bias been the guest % she RaIEl uT
Cochin Every thing native f. engaging his closest
attention, and hc las spent days az -le palace
I and -yuae1-ue- uf lFc white and BLACK Hebrews
l lle d, taking numerous notes and photographs
I aEd tHe r-aarl OF Dis travels Gin uH doubt. Bee
| looked forward 10 With considerable interest
Z "a man Who lives TO thriving town NOT lr
I from Kansas city" SAYS the -Kauss- Clty Jour
UlI.-' "a blacksmith by trade makes quantities %
I tlmlHsvk, and -sIl, them t1 the Indians 40 Wet
eTa aEeayie-. and they iH turn sell them to
Eastern tourists a~ orrIgriue-- He makes them
Ly hand from ola guuhlrre-- TIE man was
formerly Government blacksmith 81 one li the
uIs ~S'H,l-. and learned tHo secret of has p.-al--
bic Traffic there
This story &, told Of Prof Prt,hard, who re-
Gently opened the sixth international biological
cousre--. Reviewing The progress for the I4-t
thirty years. the professor referred 20 chronic
Uou4uuTurIr,ve disease OF tle MIDDLE ear as b..
ms che supreme mystery 90 present 10 students
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. other words Oh" nose
There vas trouble at .fe Brooklyn end Of the
I big bridge the other morning at she rssa hour
\ some new hands lad been pat ia to sell tickets
and -r- fr5ro used ro the fr,rzfsd dash Of tie
crowd. going OBJ work they could Rot handle the
tickets f1-s enough Tie mob became couges,cd
AMI soon their WAS an iHcIpient rot Then a NUM-
Dot OF lHi--lt4, i.'s0 u,oe '.-- sL- - ''L tL-
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! sige- a list OF peculiarly pronounced proper
! names such as Foatherst0Uh4UsH- Esushaw, anu
/ CoIcIough-C0keIy. the London Punch is pleas
/ Ell to add supplementary catalogue OF its own:
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