The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-09
NOTES OF THE DAY

Paris POI $50 separate bills for les than 100
! irRncs each.
Roumania is to have three new railway Inns
/ rolling stock.
lneia rubber heels on shoes. decreasing the b.
/ the French Army.
Traveller in The East have never failed TO COM
] ineAt on the great amount ~ eye disease which
/ Is prevalent in EGYPT
A.. A British division on the march along on or
be i've miles in length
| In New south Wales the government has fixed
| me minimum wages If railway lab5rers 40
I siiilinss, or about SL75 a day
! The Gar Is on accomplished whistler and some
umes performs variations national airs for the
I entertainment Of his Intimate friends.
ch5eago school teachers having had their sails
( rec reduced are insututirg movement % COM
{ l',I Tax dodgers 10 pay their just tax
/ Il Is announced that over 5000 Nor1nons yeiII
/ leA'e btsn Tor wyoming where tract % -J5.-
90 acres Of land Is being selected for them
J This winter has beaten the record within the
memory Of the oldest inh4hitlHt Of Dublin iJr
I persistent fox, damp, and absence Of sunlight.
/ The first dukedom created in Scotland was that
o. kothe-'y. u is go ye9rs old, and the title
/ n Duke OF kGthesay belongs 10 the Prince 81
Wales.
A sandal socie,y has been started in Berlin. and
on sunday not long ago forty men and women
wearing sandals, marched through tine muddy
streets
Brooklyn wants the Tizsot pictures Illustrating
the life Of Christ. T.e sum o. $3.50 las al
resty been subscribed. The amount needed Is
| 50 900.
4he German admiralty has decided 20 continue
q mlittIy h3rbor 20 Ludeu the Weser strongly
iqIiineG. WIN a view 10 defending The l-lbe and
I the Baltic Canal.
For the first time in the history Of the British
Army there is actually a desire am0lg officers
I tl1t commissions should be given % rneu who
| have served in the ranks.
| A great man does not always attain ripe Cd
age; in fact hardly half q tie greatest men 90.
! modern and ancient times had reached tLst Imit
I o. age ST by the Bible. serenity.
The German Government is making vizor1u.
ehorts % suppress the slave trade in tie Ger
man African colony, and for this purpose tAc poo
lice force there has been considerably augmented
Tie League Of New Zealand Wheelmsu intend
s=EciEg representative 10 Europe 90 compete I'm
tie worlds championships Uil De- Iuu 90 Paris
inns year L. Reynolds, Auckland, has been se-
Tho Manila 0 l. Time" states that The at
tendance of children AZ the Manila schools VAS
$50 !or the month 81 November last. o gain of
- girls and 81 boys compared with rhe pre-
yiOts month.
The coal fields IN Pennsylvania are nearly an
taken uU. Coal land iu the CouneIi-vire dis.
tfiot is selling FOR aboat $1,000 an acre. TIE
iron. s'ee- and coal men age turning % the Wet
Virginia fields
While Britain IS passing through a period 90
exceptional anxiety Be- is also passing through A
period of exceptional property In every branch
ana high wages.
English insurance societies are badly divided
over the question 20 W-r risks some refuse b,
nave the vo.urtsgrs al any price. While orhers
lHtHA tn- men AS safe Do south Africa as Al home
-atchiHg ilfueuzI.
When the New York Third Avenue Railroad
a-s completed work on the big power house talt
HlH supply power for al i5s lines there sill b.
i.N,HJ hone power.
TIE aHti-faregu attitude Of the Government o.
China grows more pronounced. and Is extremely
n1cracius 20 foreign enterprise Never iu the la.t
forty Years has the central Government been 80
intensely suti-i1reigE-
sleds can De steered without wearing our the
boots By new apparatus patented by a Rhode
Island man, comprising a lever mounted on either
SIDE Oh the sled, With handles 0u the long end %
the levers md flat blocks On the short ends which
are igz-ed against the ground ly lifting the Ir.-
eIs
IN oiden day, when Tea was a rare ard precious
luxury silver s-ra.uers were used. into which the
exhausted leaves we've pun when they had been
Ntt UatcrCd and drained They were aiter1vlrf
eaten wiki sugar ou bread and butter. This fact
Is recorded by Sir Walter scott in st. Ro-4n's
An Idaho tramp Who was injured on a railroad
train. while stealing q ride, has brought SUI. for
dlrlase~, alleging tina, his mislap was due %
The negligence OF the Clmp1uy's employees. Re
says that although they knew where he wa. lad
ttaJ he ought 10 be put Of, they did not put
him Of.
Japan has reason 10 De alarmed as 10 the sick
ness and death toll which epidemic dyseutory has
eXacted for the las score oi ye1rs. Dr. ISIS The
reported cases numbered l,I1- and the deaths 300;
IN l-a3 there I5l 800 cases. with - -
deaths. and last year ls"l I25.gs9 cases. vi,I
$500 deaths.
IL India the military authorities have jus, Use
sued Interesting order. In future mounted oz5-
Gers travelling by rail on temporary duty nav. 10
they prefer IL. take bicycle with them % gov
eminent expense. On lien vi changer. when che
duty iJr which they are detailed VIII admit %
s-cn q Cuu-sc-
Enlightened -s the japanese are iU many vars.
lt -tiu happens that iu cases Of sudden outbreak
OF disease reiigious festivals are organized with
view 20 pru3IuariuE The supreme Power and
these functions have the effect OF gathering t1-
-ethar the people nom infected Us wen - healthy
. localities, and spread infection.
Per=ia-s army On paper numbers sev5ary--sr-a
battaJors OF infantry, forming total force 81
$3.50 men. More than half Of the whole army
is constantly away on leave without pay as a
measure ~ economy, while yhe remainder IS
+ equipped with uld-f--hicUld weapons. d large
I uumlc. Of which are fut-l1c6,. The artillery is
in such rudimcnt-ry state that IL is uoJ Clszcd
as separate service.
An aunt of the Princes Of Wales. tle Duchess
Of Aahall-Bomburg. recently completed ler eighty
eighth year. She Is Che senior member ol tie
royal houses Of Europe. She Vas married when
quite young 10 the late Duke of Aulal,-B,rubur-,
. who Was known Co Ice weak mentally Tie
Princes Of Wales and her sister. lac D1vI-cr
their aunt. and old she is. Sire s,N retains tIc
Use uf her mental faculties. Her h-hae~s is -lv-
en- yca.- Older than be-. brother, the hing oi Hyu-
/ mark
/ Mountain rats in tie mines In Colorado are
about as big as a wha.i rat, but they have bu-hy
/ tail like a squirrel. and are pets Of the miuer-
Whenever The luncheon hour CONES you viii see
I the fellows come from their holes or nests az
wherever they live Ga the intervals between meals
squat their hauughl,, and SIT there Uuti. one
| OF lhe miners shares Dbl, dinner with chem. What
ever they get 81 the scraps of thlt meal they -.t
vp ard cat just Squirrel dOcs. The miner
does not c1is, that would not share his meal
with tECm.
The prize offered by the late Alfred Nobel. the
inventor who made a fortune by the uauuslrtars
Of dynamite, is awarded by an international COM
mittee Tor The most important invention In science
o. industrial ant, j. IS open 90 all te world and
embraces al subjects ,i human enquiry. Tia.
time Cor receiving aII Elections i,I Last year closed
] January !, and iaa committee Oi award is now
L an 30 f#.. % q