The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-07
NOTES OF THE DAY.
70 South African oxen the tulip plant. which
beasts greedilr deH1nr. !. rank poi.oE.

movement IS On foot in Albany 20 erect a
statue 20 Gen Philip sheridan. Or p rather strange
tlat ms warrior birthplace BIAS nor already done
him that honor.
The California orange crop Vil break the record
TINS se1-91 The yield IS estimated 90 from lf.O1I
90 1850 cHroad-. IN boxes it il figured AZ from
i,CoooJ) - i,501,33o.
The members Of the Duke OF C1mbridrc's Yeo-
while they la south africa give Up tlelr psy
30 the patriotic iurd.
On account OF Cauada's gallant dead and wound
ed in South africa. the Royal CFenadier-, Mon
/ Teal. postponed the third assembly which was 90
have takef place recently.
Within yadils CT four miles Of RushyiIle Neb.
There are 20 fewer than uine prairie dog '..1vus'
covering much as g. 800 acres 90 pasture. which
Is rendered almost useless
There arr 6,750.o0o volumes in the Libraries Of
I tLe AI-'lieln college and universities Harvard
( has 10000 volumes. Chicago University go O09
4 NoiuInbia 900. ard Cornell 1900.
/ An asest for TIE Amer:can Bible Society saws
I that the hrsf book printed IN Minnesota vas !
hl1ie- IL was printed M $50 about thirteen YEAR
I before the first issue Of newspaper in 81. Paul.
/ TIL Sc are number Of deep places in the Hud-
son, as every one is aware. but Few know that
/ spots ranging from depth % twenty 90 twenty
tour iarhems are frequently met with south of a..
Z Highlands.
| Prof Rocker, F. r. > has been detected 90 pre-
side over next years meeting Of the British As
ISOLATION. Or. Rucker is the greatest living a1-
thonty on terrestrial magnetism and other recon
DIE topics.
During 1880 the court Of sessions Of Scotland
anted rs divorces s- compared with but rs IN
/ u The annual average Of tie past ten years
VS. eriy lli. tUo-ttirds Of the actions were
rcgght ~ wives
! King Nenelik has an army Of al Ieast Io0.0J9
men armed with the best rloderu artillery and
I rifles. and with Russian and French advisers, Not
I many yedrs ago this Ahy--iuian army totally de-
I feated the ltaiisEs
] fourth New Zealand contingent L. 90 be scrt
| 10 South Africa. The Bushrnau's CORPS fund in
! Melbourne now amounts 90 s.. 90 and al sydney
( % tl'.eo Ihe New south Wales Patriotic iund
: amounts 90 Els"eJ.
I Ms Hattie BuagatteH q New Milford Conn
( has novel plan FOR reforming saloons. TIE
scheme b. t0 have the best citizens frcluert tre
saloons. not 90 drink, but 90 form o social sur
rounding % high Older.
some Of the Ergli-l clergy in the diocese Of
Natal and Pretoria have been reduced 10 abe
humhlest poverty. owing 20 lack OF funds from
England and the multitude OF war appeals tor
money for other purpose
Amelia r. Barr, author Of many successful bo0ls.
I including the The Bow Of Orange Ribbon has
Abandoned hcr country plrCe az C1ruw4lI-ou-the-
Hudson Tor tLe winter. and Is living at The Ffth
Avenue Hotel New York.
A new method Of preserving telegraph pole,
| Is to surround the portion 80 ,he ground with a.
rtheETr.are-piPe like drain pipe Into the
I space between tIe pole and fle pipe b poured q
mixture 81 sand and T1-iu-
Nieuna's new execuuoner. Joseph Lang. q, la.
strong man Of al athlete ollb, and one OF tls
be=t-ku0an athletes Iu The ciJg tie &, a nephew
90 thc late eNecut'Cuor. and obtliucd THE place
against nineteen competitors
Tie sheep POSSESSES Tess degree 90 nervous
energy than tL, horse. or pig. bat IL Is capable
9t enduring great extremes 90 heat and cold VITA
les inconvenience. ard Possesses mote vigorous
digestion than Those animals.
Owing TO the large number Of death. caused
by euteric fever in Sorht Africa tle British War
Once is now including two flannel belts -n the
outtt Of every man going OUT They are excellent
safeguards against tLe ul-e4-a-
Nap0leon's shoe. preserved in the Cluuy No
scul. = representative of .le fat sole Of hs l,me,
also II The curious heel 90 ta- yellow silk slip
per .UOru by Nine. de P9mpadluI, which igm.u-
stratc= also s-aES.y.ou period
According 10 the census Of 1870 there we're s.
900 Saedes in the six View England States. 1908
Norwesi5us, and like number of Danes. The
coming census Il expected 90 show q great in
crease Of these people IN Nea England
Emile FoUgcJ. tbe ncv mcube- 81 the French
academy, is rather a Bohemian, with HrrIg o. an
iumostsi's dignity. DaIy De walks d50a the
Boulevard 81 Michael. balancing his cane ard
Uhi>jlinS loudly the latest popular song.
Temperance Is making Roadway in Munich ana
the German Medical Total Abstinence Union AL
uounces that hereafter az the students ku1pe
only moderate use o. beer viii BE- allowed ~
DR. BuuEr and DR. hr4pein are the ieaCels IN the
movement
In Patagonia ostriches are not bred as at tHs
Cape Of Good Hope. bur run wild and are being
gradually eXteu1iulJgd. The Indians chase them
on horseback and catch them with holas-tEp
heav- balls upon the end oi a rope woven ot
leather strings
II Havana the houses are made Of a native stone.
The walls. are from three TO four feet thick. ard
the architectural style is naturally most =uh-tlu-
tai The larger dwellings are built upon ulcd
courtyard. where fountains play and palms grow
most luXurIautly.
james Pauon. Of Devonshire. England. who died
recently. was known zs The Singing Machine"
because De had memorzeJ and could sing about
1850 songs. One evening he made and won bet
thar De- could 90 or singing until daylight With
out repeating any song
Political gossip has il that David B.-HII has 5-
ambition TO Own a newspaper, his particular weak
ness being the ALBANY Argus. so long owned by
Ihurlo| Weed Daniel Lamont was subsequently
the proprietor, and the property IS now controlled
10y thaJ gcutcmlu's SON
The officials of the Chicago Rock Island. aud
Pacific Railroad have decided 90 follow che ls1d
Of the other camplHie, In t-C matter of providing
technical Instruction for their employees r.s
road. Tie ''-eloaI oI wheels f.r engineers fire
men, conductors ard b-bCucu Is 90 be- D It of
Che Rock Island system
Grace Church. Ncw York which has appeared
in several plays and many novels. has the finest
and heaviest chimes of any church IN this cauu-
try. They were presented hy different members ui
the congregation. ana have been uIrE twice Llv
at 10 O'Clock iu tLe morning and az 4 O'Clock in
the aiteruooU-t0r many yCsrs-
The "Burus (Elu) Citizen slys of itself
-'Ow paper is not the best in the world. hut 81
you ear show us that +. is not worth cents wc
viii cat the next issue. First you read iJ, then
you Uiu spread il over something. then clean yoa-
lamp with IL, and then Dc 20 start the hrl,
and IL that doesn't make IL worth cents, az the
present prec % lumber. why. don't take it,
when George Wyudham entered the British War
Ofice. a H-tle more than a year ago, he did H0l
have a gray hair. and now his hair is silvery
white save the New York Tribune A similar
change wa noticed in the appearance of ST.
George TreFclyau. IN 1852 when he became chief
secretary for Ireland, Immediately after the
sas,ination Of Lord Frederick Cgvendish, be vas
described ! Mr.. Panel having hair @. raven
blaCkucss ThrCc months afterward Ais hai- bad
become az white as sLow
A correspondent Of the Hartford Couraut'' in
Manila writes as follows. ''Alau Is held. often sen
days. 20 he shipped by a transport instead of
mail steamer and As there IS no proper place Ger
the slowing o. mail transports. much has bc5a
iGsJ and damaged. Once several hundred sacks
were pat of lhe mail So mtr no Honolulu To- wait
Cor trlHsport-and did wait three VCcS-. lt
seems 10 me that the least the Government can d.
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