The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-23
NOTES or TEE DAY.

Yiesnese seanstress gets only Is oeafs for
beTlfstitciiag 10 dozen hsndkerchie.s, Isyin for
her own thread and light
Italian arcilaeoiogists gre now making use q
Rcentgen rays 70 aid IN reading obscure iI1Pres-
sioHs and in discovering fOrgsries.
An election Judge IN san Francisco e1st his
vote carly, bBt forgot TO mark It. and c0nse-
qslentiy II was counted & blank.
II expectations are realized the output of cop
per for 1900 viii reach s25, 600 900 pounds valued
! at S3z,zOo,0o0, the largest on record.
Artiheially produced indigo is now, It IS said.
better in quality, cheaper iB price and eonse-
quentiy much more popular than the natural
During the period from August ], 1859. to ~
81. 1850. the Mexican Central Railway expended
for the construction Of new lines and new equip
neRts $4,000.
The exports OF butter. cheese, eggs. bacon.
hams ham mutton pork. apples. oats. peas. wheat.
-four and potatoes to Great Britain from Canals
has more than doubled since 1856.
An American trust company expects 70 omen 5ts
eoois before long in the City Of Mexico and the
began business the middle Of October.
The penny-inthe-slot system Q: distriby-tins
gas through the poorer districts Of london las
proved 80 successful that attempts are now being
made TO supply electric light in the same way
The RaHie Fiber Company Of aexfco organized
In II Louis. has purch2sed I0O9 acres Of land
near Playa Fincente. IL the State OF Vera Cruz,
tor the purpose OF experimenting with the fiber.
A pupil at the public school IN Armstrong, No.,
refused to study Latin and was expelled. HI.
father a Methodist preacher took the matter
Before the board, with the result that Latin Is
now an optional study.
When all the aexiy-eleeted Governors Of the
states shall have been fnaugUusted there VIII ba
one SIverite, tweTty-six Republican and eighteen
DeI1oeT4tle ExecutlFes The Silverite IS Rein
hold SaddleT, Of Nevada.
There is steady increase in the number Of d.
voree proceedings instituted IN Paris The num-
Der OF cases nog average 800 monthly. Of which
ZIG are brought By members Of the working el.sss
and 10 Dy members OF the aristOcTacy-
The suite OF the Gar Of Russia consists Of III
persons, of whom Is are members OF the imperial
family, Il princes who are not OF imperial
blr-h. Il are counts. are barons. and tie re-
naming rs are nobleuen Of lower rank
The Governor of the Island Of Crete. IN tn.
Mediterranean, Is inviting bids for quite a nun
Der OF railway bridges. Since Prince George q
Greece has been appointed Governor Of Crete TIN
country has made progress IN every respect ca
nes- the capital, IS row to be lighted by cleo
tricity.
London plumber has arranged a new systeH
OF burglar alarm b. means Of eo1a;srezssd air
When the modern BIN Sykes opens window or
door the compressed air blows poleeHlan's 5shis-
tie and lights electric lamp 70 act - q aide
50 that the man II blue shan know where he Is
wanted
Though Switzerland never possessed sea coast,
yet the little republic once had It's admiral This
was in The sixteenth century, when ''nen-of-
war. small wooden vessels and two brigzntineI
protected the country fTOm the Duke Of savoy.
These war vessels played on the Lake Of Geneva
The last Swiss Admiral died IN 1872.
When marriage takes place IN China the
wedding party enters the temple and lights :
quantity Of fireworks. including 4 number Of
CRACKERS This IS supposed 90 wake the Great
JOSS nom his sleep The priest repeats the serv-
ice at express speed the bride and bridegroom
take two little glasses OF wine. and are then de-
clAFed man AID vile
Christmas trees are already being cut down IN
Washington county, Ne, and the seasons output
nom that section VIII amount TO 400 carloads
with 30 punches 10 4 car. Each bunch con
sists OF from two TO SIX trees The trees are sent
TO New York and Boston where thew yziiI retail
at about ten times as much they are worth Oh
board the CARS IN Maine.
Il IS beiieTed BY the engineers Who are repair
iy-g the Gaiveston-Aexieo cable which was broken
by the Galveston hurricane. that the storm vas
accompanied BY submarine eruption The evi-
deEce OF this eruption Is found N the twisted
condition OF the cable The sfeathing Is founG TO
have been reversed. and the wires biridirlz il 10
the core Turned the wrong way
The late Henry Willard gave away Eresz ,,.t,
eroJs benefactioIS bestowed on European char
table and educational institutions he coatsib..-
ea literally 20 the Oregon and Washington Sta.e
Universities, Harvard, Columbia, the AetroPoIi-
/ tan Museum OF Art. and Che Natural History
Museum N Central Park, New York
4 Penobsoot county (yIe) nan says that last
year trout he put n his web some years before
died. He had It removed from the water and
astonished, examining II 70 find II
cssi1ed. The backbone had formed single Ua-
yielding bone and besides that had joined al;
the rils and fms together plate OF bone
which covered its sides and back like shield
In the botanical garden OF Berlin Is TO be seen
4 ractus which has grown for seven years in
glass flask scaled by fusion. The growth OF tfe
plant was explained b. the fact that the soil IN
which II grows contains a certain quantity of
spores OF fungi, which cover the sides OF the
flask with ereenIsh layer These IN DYING FUR
DiSh the csTbonic acid necessary FOR the life Of
thu cactus
Frederick the Great, as old story goes. liked
TO his soldiers smartly dressed Many OF ths
men were in the habit of Eiping the perspiratiOn
from their faces with their coat sleeFeS which
soiled the sleeve and gave the coat untidy
appearance To put stop to this practice Fred
eTick ordered 4 F0w OF buttons placed CA the
upper side OF each sleeve. In this manner the
habit was broken up
Near Salina. Kan, recently, friends and neigh
bors OF young woman who had met with
accident, met and proceeded in body to her
home and through eloquent spokesman pre-
sented her with cork ieS, after which followed
music rccitations. and supper The local paper.
in giving account OF the affair, delieately
notes that s-the next dsy the donors were
loieed 10 know that the limb fitted admirably
One OF the most remarkable names OF the pres
ent day is that borne By the fansee Of the Duke
of NurteuIiuTg- She Is one Of the nine chill
dren of the late Duke Charles OF Tuscany and IL
her brothers and sisters rich IN norncncia-
Jure as she Is her parents must have exhausted
the list The ladys mn title Is as follows: Arch
duchess Maria Immaculate RairleTa Josephine
| Ferdin&nda Theresa Leopoidins Antoinetta Hem
rietta Frances Caroline Aioise JaRuaTia Christina
/ Philornena RossIie.
! The telegraph from The African coast to Lake
Victoria Nyanza has been completed and Il VIII
be Of great advantage 70 the inhabitants Of Lower
| Egypt The natives depend on the rise Of the
Nile for irrigation. and hitherto they have only
| known q very short time beforehand The condi-
! ton of the waters Nov, however, that cenlnu-
zicztion has been made from the OF tho
/ Nile the required Information can be sent several
months IN advance, and the Egypti2ns can regJ-
! late their supplies
Roadmaster 5 D. PGriy. Of the Burlington,
has On exhibition at his offoe at Ia Crosze, Wis,
a iarc piece OF the tsssk OF nlomznoth Whici, vas
| found in a gravel pit at Hagar Wis The piece
VIXEN taken OUt WIS about seven feet long and
shaped ike the tusk OF elephant. but after
being exposed to the atmosphere Il eTuTui,ed 70
/ dust IN many places. A dispute aruse to
/ whether il was not piece OF petrified wood and
| z portion OF the find was sent 10 the geological
apartment at the University OF Wisconsin where
| it was pronounced TO be portion Of a tUsS-
| In one OF the highest valleys OF 0axaca. Next
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