The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-24
NOTES OF THE DAY.


Legislature at the recent election.
A drink cure established at Akron. Ohio,
has quit business for want Of sufficient custom
Jerusalem artichokes DO not come from Jer,1-=,-
lem Tie plant Is rot native Of the Holy Lamb
Twelve thousand acres Of Saraha Desert have
been converted i8to fertile land By the aid Of ar
tesian wells.
In New Zealand there exists brass band. whose
members are wholly mounted on bicycles This
band consists OF ten players
One can make the trip rom Central Russia to
IOTnsk- SIBERIA for 81 Ten years ago a
passage ticket would cost 50
In guessing contest al Junction City Kan,
smart young woman named in advance every State
carried by Mckinley. even Nebraska.
Lord Curzon, the vfceroy OF india, Is not only
graduate OF BaIloI College Oxford but Is also
D. L. and Fellow Of the Royal Society.
wide-awake American has erected steam
pumps on the Jordan and Is supplying churches
ali over Europe with genuine Jordan water.
It is said that the Great salt Lake Of Utah IS
but remnant Of vastly greater sheet OF fresh
water. which once sent a river TO the Pacific.
French society has decreed that the century
ends with the last evening Of this year. Paris
an celebrate me event with many gorgeous fes-
tiV4tIes, and Is already preparing for them
The largest painting IN the world, exclusive Of
Panorafnas and cycio-als, Is in che grand salon Of
the Doge's Palace at Venice. The painting IS
eigilty-:our feet wide by tiirty-iour feet high
It Is said that comparatively very few women
in England read the daily newspapers prefeTring
the wecklics- This is given as the cause why
London has such number Of high-class weekly
magazines.
Why the turkey IS called a turkey has been
much discussed without reaching any definite con-
elUsion. One theory Is that the turkey named
himself hy his peculiar -'eiuck,'' which sounds
like turk, turk. turz -
Prpssian blue does not come to Us from Prussia
II Is chemical product Of which England makes
her full share Irish stew IS not an Irish but an
English dish and Turkish baths did not originate
in Turkey, but IN Russia
Miss Kate Miller. Of Fredericksburg Pa. Is
probably The Oldest factory girl IN the United
States She recently celebrated her eiohty-frst
birthday and for the last twenty years has
worked IN the same establishment.
So much dust AMI litter are left bend on
London Bridge by the passage over It Of 20J.g50
pedestrians and 10000 vehicles daily that three
or four carts are required 10 carry of the fine
debris from leather soies and iron tires
II Is said that the 4-cent stamp in the new
series to be issued and sold during the next year
IN eom1nenaoration Of tine Pan American EzpoSi-
uCn a Buffalo VIII have as It's central picture
a Rotor vehicle. representing the latest form Of
transportation
PittsbtrS locomotive works have Just com
pieted two engines Shich claimed 10 he the
most powerful and heaviest vet constructed
Each weighs 1lI% tons the tenders having a
water capacity Of 800 gallons and coal Capa-
city Of Il tons
Two wireless telegraph instruments. said 20 be
the most powerful ever made are to be shipped
iroTa New York to Japan and viii be installed
on two Of the fastest japanese cruisers Il IS
expected that they viii be able transmit mes
sages At least rs miles
PhiIoIogists are already noting that the Eng
iish language Is to be enriched by three new
words direct result Of the South African
var namely '-kllaki.'' -.kopje." and comnan-
deer TO each OF which future photographers
viii give distinctive meaning
\ celebrated English physician says that h has
found that warts nay be cured by revsccinat5oa-
He ~ev&cciaated a girl Of fifteen who had ninety
four warts oEe hand and seven weeks aftar the
operation the warts had all disappeared. Many
other remedies had been tried IN vain
Rev. James De Normaudie, D. D.. told the
Massachusetts, Historical Society the other cay
that he had Just Oficiated IT the wedding OF
descendant in the eighth generation from the
first white settler IN RoxbJyry and that the family
sriu lives on the land Of the old homestead
A Greenwood county. Kan WOMEN, who knows
all about @uiucSs cannot understand Why more of
these fowls are not raised- They are goodeTo eat
they dcToUr Insects than any other fowl. and
at night they are better than watch dog 10
warn their owners OF tie approach OF strangers
Last spring tf2 volcano veslvius was unusually
active and the internal explosions were audible
as far away Posiiippo- across the Bay Of
Naples Accompanying these explosions huge
masses uf iurandesceHt lava were hurled into the
air to 4 height OF over $50 feet, with striking
effect.
Asphalt Is being dug out Of the famous tar
lakes OF Trinidad the principal source OF supply
at the rate Of so.OOG tons per anHUm. The $40
COO tons IN sight would not last long. but Tor the
tact that the lakes Of bitumen referred to are
receiving constant acCretiCus rom the bowels Of
the earth.
Prof Pickering. Of Harvard University. has be-
gun the erection OF an observatory At WooilavH,
near Vaudeville. for his colossal telescope. Iis
hopes 10 take observations Of the pIanct Frs
ear-v IN GcJeU.boT and VIII. subsequently, IN
dortaEe like observations OF the moon and Mar
Important results are expected
The Chiclsaw Indians are dancing The STUMP
dance. near Fret, IN the Indian TERRITORY. .
ward OF the evil spirits, Hundreds are wine
ing this novel affair The Indians are watched
closely for fear that the dance may end in dis
rurbanceS which would prove dangerous 10 set
tiers IN the vicinity OF The red men
The battcring ram of the Romans was like the
bill OF 4 huge woodpecser, the UalIs OF the enc
my being the tree trunk. The batJeriuE
Vas SO called because at the end Of the beam,
from sixty 10 100 feet long was fastened bronze
rams head The beam hung c1 ropes II
shed and worked by from % 20 100 men
Among the unusual s7ectacles witnessed on the
transport sherman when thar vessel recently Ind
cd in san Francisco was the march Of the one
le-eea Hrieade'' as It was called aboard ship
Tic .hrirade-' consisted Of Eve soldiers each Of
whom had lost leg They messed together and
slept together and when the troops landed they
marched dOal the gaHg-pldnk together.
The inland country towns OF Australia bear =
strict family resemblance 20 one another There
Is single nam street with 4 few small ones
leading ont Of it and the houses are all OF one
story and roofe,i with iron The three ~ four
public buildingS however. generally Of a
substantial and sometimes Of an ambitious de-
sign and the inhabitants are very proud OF them.
The London Sketch has the following; Tie
late Prof Thomas Davidson was a master of
MANY languages On one occasion he had an IN
terview With the Pope. The conversation was car
ried on in several languages. including ecclaSaS
teal Latin At this last His Holiness remarked
that his visitor must be an Italian Ego sum
Scoius'' replied Prof. Davidson: i am Scotch
man
Al recent sale OF effects 1t Wisbech- Cam-
bridgesilire. England, 4 large oil painting was
| bought by Mr. C. E. Stockdale for 50. The
pafntinc. which was dirty and black. vas sent
away to be restored, and for the frame 10 be
giided After being cleaned 1t was found to be
very valuable painting. evidently of Norman
execution Mr. StoczdaIe has already been Of
Tered 5000 for it
Arrangements for introducing the American
| cotton plant into German West Africa are prac-
! ticaIly complete, says Berlin correspondents.
! In accordance with an agreement made with
| planters in Alabama. MI james Galloway an