The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-05
NOTES OF THE DAY.

There are COCO volumes OF Preach poetry in
the Paris National Library
The French Legion OF Honor Is the bizzs=t order
OF merit. 1t Numbers 55es0 members
Railways use up over 100000 Ton. OF steel Z
year, almost hsd the worlds product.
There are 900 tons Of stone in the pyramid o.
oheops u could be built for SO, co. 90 today.
Since 1875 the safiirz slip tonnage Of the world
i4s gone down from llIs5,es0 tons TO ss0J.o99
In Bohemia sixty-three nohIes own tie bulk OF
me country None Of their estates are less than
l2ooo acres.
The province Of Manitoba. almost the same sizs
as Great Britain and Ireland, has only 10000
The most costly Parliament in Europe Is that
OF Frsnee The senate and Chamber Of Deputies
cost annually $I,5oooO0.
Five Of ten prisoners in The county jail at
a s No, escaped Monday night BY meas q
Tools concealed in the eravats Of two Of ths
Ii oklzhoHla and the Indian Territorv should
come iHto the Union as one state. the est Louis
Globe Denocrat' suggests that they take the
name Of Jefferson.
Prof Young estimates that train running from
the earth to the sun. at 40 miles an hour would
take xtout zd5 wears for the trip and The ARE
would be 22se eco
The most costly leather in the world IS known
to the trade as piazsa leather The secret Of tan
ming this leather Is known only to family Of
tanners IN Germany.
Ex-CongTessnan Jerry Simpson has sold his
ranch in Barber county han- ard viii buy
in the Far West Barber county becoming
too crowded tor him.
The T1rkiz1 mother losds her child with anu
lets IS soon IS Il i born and snail bit Of
mud. STEPPED in bot water. prepared By previous
charms. Is stuck its forehead.
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children viii have a Christmas tree Cor the de-
tight and edi5cation Of his canine family on the
25es instant. Al the dogs fond OF eontec-
tions.
Nearly 15.No0 tons OF potato starch is turned
out annually il this country. Tie potatoes used
in the manufacture Of starch the small sad
injured ones Of the crop. Sixty barrels Of them
yield barrel OF starch.
One of the men employed at the Geological Gar
dens in New York has black snake that has the
run oi his ho5iscs Il has the reputation Of being
the best rat catcher in The entire borough = the
Bronx. II IS also family pet
The average price Of good railRay dTay horse
IN England IS about $3.50 and each animal costs
| about SIS per week for fodder alons- Under
fair conditions railway companies work their
horses about ten hours q day
The Duke OF Norfolk. though rich nan is not
at all urbane. He dresses rather like prosperous
which he has trimmed Il IS said. whenever he
happens 20 think Of having that operation per
formed
The Koresn Court recently went into znour1,-
ing FOR three days because the portraits Of the
imperial ancestors were destroyed in recent con
Aagras;on- All ofzseislion robed Itself n white
and the inmates Of the palace were saekcloth and
Jared roughly
coyote ran amuck through the streets Of
Dening. Texas. the other day and BIT dogs con-
ing and going Persons who saw him said thst
he was frething at the mouth and his eyes shoae
like balls Of FIRE Il IS supposed that the coyote
had hy'irophobia- He escaped
Theatregoers miss the little one-aet curtain
raiser Anong other benefits It affords tardy
people an opportunity 70 be Izte without any
invidious comments Present managers however
find It an unnecessary undesirable Institution
and 0neact plays rarely are presented creeping
in vaudeville
Ingeniously diaboEicaI wss the advertising meth
Cd adopted by English tradesnan- While NJ
seaside resort he noticed how eagerly visitors
from town picked 1p shells. At small expense
he bought wagon-load Of musseI shells. stamp
cd advertisement on each, and scattered the
lot along the shore
\ valiant hen Is oWred By Mrs r King Of
Western Oregon. 4 hawk attempted to steal some
chicks and tise mother hen went For the rogue
and plunged IL bill under the hawks wing 1t
mast have been solar piexuS jab. for the hawk
tried to fee. dashed blindly against a clothes
line and dropped dead
Frederick StearHs. Of Detroit, who gave the
Stcarns collection Of musical instruments 10 tle
University Of Michigan has sent word from
rope tist he has purchased two hundred me
instruments 10 &c added to the collection AnIT-
these is tIsree-keyboart hsrpsicnord made N Ists
by CllristofeTo the inventor OF the piaRoforte-
Captain Bernier, Of Quebec. has gained tise, su
port of Sis Clements Markham, president OF the
ROYAL Geographical Society, for his scheme TO
reach the North Pole. and hopes that the Erit-
ISL rioTe--e@ut VIII cooperate With the "a
madam HinisTTs-.G His plans contemplate an eE-
petition frors Vancouver. with q wooden or steei
ship. crew OF SIX sailors and i've scientists
Heathfeld. village near TunrBridge Wells, says
the London Chronicle has been looking fer
water and discovered gas 1t was announced
some time ago that the EOrkmen at the end OF
the aTtesian tube were aStoniShed By squirt OF
gas which on being lighted, burned with fame
several feet N height The railway COMPANY has
accepted tls;s unexpected gift OF nature md 2p-
piled It to the lighting Of the station
In 1854 house was built at KfcEspoo Kan,
BY the Catholics who established mission there
After its mission DAYS it WIS used foT time by
Governor Reedev, the first territorial governor
OF Kansas as his cffcc and subsequently, served
as the first land Office in Kansas Since then Il
hzs been used Is store, Postoifce s.ad dwelling:
IL Is still standing and the "Atciisoa Globe
thinks It Is unGuestienably the Oldest house In
the State
In London sleeps head steved with onions
is called field lane duck. Potatoes are Irish
/ aE,rieetss- and munster pluas-" 4 herring i
called IN different localities Of England "Digby
| chicken Norfolk caPon," Dunbar weth-
err or s'6sogroek ham IN France II IS Gus
| torrarY to call a herring ''PoUlet de eAreEle'
! G.enten fowI1- IN own country. IN New
England Goldfish IS frequently known as Caps
| Cod turkey.
IN London beautiful collection Is being ex-
hibited made Up Of vacuum tubes charged re-
spectiveIy With samples ct the various gases
which scientists have succeeded IN obtaining from
our atmosphere When the electric SPARK Is passed
I through the tubes aeFne very beautiful color eE
Especially noticeable IN effect IS that obtained IN
I passing the spark through the gas neon, when 3
! magnificent crimson glow Is yielded
Mischievous persons visited the dairy fa-1n Of
john tnscIstltz. = stowe township Pa, farmer.
and adjusted 5 pair OF red spectacles over the
| ewes Of his cross white bull Dexter When this
animal saw the whole world done in crimson he
made Wild charge 10 annihilste IL The SIDE ct
! the barn was knocked IN. several lengths OF
fence Frustrated. and milkTnaid barely escaped
I with neT life The bull is now laid up for re-
! pairs and Mr. Aase5gtz Is Offering reward OF
s. for the arrest OF the guilty parties.
In et,,sivinz the varisfiors in TIRE HIGHT ct Ger
tain stsrs in the cluster known as '5Jessicr 80
| Prof. Bailey has found one star whose charges
are 50 rapid that IN thirty minutes II gains
more ti.snsan eEtire magnitude; IN other worzls,
becomes more than two and half times as
bright as it was a. tie beginning Several others
nall 1fr r4-r-