The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-19
NOTES o. ZEE DAY.

the United States
In Cincinnati there is talk Of automobile lines
to compete with the street cars.
The season s,f navigation which has just closed,
t has 9een the most profitable n the history Df
The boiO. or Filipino knife, is almost Ike she
! american corn knife. only It has slight curve
| IN At and Is pointed
It il asserted that several Of the most dfstir-
gaisiaed officers N the British army are in the
habit of wearing eorsets.
Artificial silks are made Of wood fire dissolved
10 eiue-iike consistency By zesds- forced akrgyh
| holes IA glass and drawn out into threads
Vernon county. Wis, offers bounty Of % cents
| for every dead Tattlesrake brought to any town
Chairman. Frequent injury 70 persons and stock
| induced this aetien.
Properly qualified teachers Of whist ere N suci1
demand in New York that those known 70 be
competent have more applicants as scholars than
| they can possibly attend &C.
/ In Japan the musical sounds produced by eeF-
tain insects sery H4l1eh appreciated There is
among these little back beetle which ea1fts
/ sound resembling that Of tiny silver bell.
The town Of Gloucester, Mass. showed the
smallest rate ef increase Of population OF any
tosn Of any importance IN the state. The Hshing
ana NiaIlng business IS no longer of Importance
! It may he noted as an agreeable evidence Of the
spread Of Psychological enthusiasm in America
that nearly half the aggregate income Tor the
i1nd Tor the las ysar came from the United
Two foospads held up reporter in Seattle one
night last wsek AMI robbed kin OF half box
Of cigarettes, which xas ms most valuable pos
walked.
A terrific steraa-the Eiroooo-reeeutIy SWEET
across the NeiiteTTznesa from the sshara The
seaEaea belonging TO the steamship Raven Of Lon
| aon report that showers CT mud .clI on the deck
| Of that vessel.
In a resent lecture Br. Hofthauer claimed that
the age Of fishes be told BY their scales These
show apder the microscope stripes similar % the
bands N the c-ossegt Of tree, which indicate the
! age Of the FISH.
IL inks Of ancient days were very much Ike
black paint. and account Of the large quantity
| q gEa employed IN their composition. the Ist-
IeIs stood ID n Teilef on the parclrnents As
| a committee has bean appointed to revise the
French naval signal book as wei IS the system
o. t&esies for light ssuadToas. 4 similar revision
/ was made in 1881 BIZ committee under the prezi-
desaeE Of Admiral DupeTTe-
/ Eastern capitalists with unlimited capftzI 1t
/ their oofsTand arc planning 10 develop Sorthern
Georgia On = lssge scale Tbey have PURCHASED
500 acres Of lsnd - sFe counties which sziI
| to be rich N mineral resources
- s-eaA-SoA tsttDI -oS8S zefI4 chef article
I Of commerce Gray cloth is sold to a very large
! extent under the name OF .AucTfoa3f. Printed
cotton kerclslefs- by the native women and
called -kaEgas,'' always End ready sale
| In Europe. rhere polished floors have so long
| been popular. II Is the custom 10 polisl, them
carefully, and preferably With cloth fastened
on TIE shoe Professional cleaners OF peIisbe-s
nae learned 70 skate about a great rate, and
90 polishing quickly and vel.
| Texas used to iaFe state geoIogist. but has
oiioe was abolished i 1921 An effort Is now be-
4 ing made to have the position re-established-
ahollsh TIE Texas Academy 81 Science has done
much 20 explore and publish the mineral sDsj
geological resoUrces OF the State
| 4 Boston paper the journal. suggests the
| WY Of 2scertainine the amognt Of a mans IN
/ come It suggests asking him what he thinks =
] comfortable income should be. and divide this
Answer By two. This Is The rule given by a Ha--
ward professor Ct eeoaomics-a sh-ewd mani
Ihe fact that 50 ulany children are novF wear
ing glasses IS attracting 4 great deal OF atten-
ION Several PHYSICIANS are inclined to believe
taeEe Is no necessity for It, the impression being
that time weuld correct majority OF the defects
without the assistance Of spectaeles Tor the iUve-
! nllss.
I Tic Paeise Ocean IS iE no mems zzortFy Of -itz
nsue- Instead Of being peaceful sheet OF Rarer
! II : very boisterous one al times Typhoors
hIrTieares cyclones and all other sorts OF storms
of high and lew decree aze 70 be net with re-
c1lsrtly and many variable ships have been lost
/ IN them.
People have often wondered Hhy elephants 80
constantly throw hay and ETass over their back.
This Is explained BY the fact that they are Thl.s
protecting thcTnSe5Fes freEa al sorts OF insects
Notwithstanding his thick skin the elephant sui
sers mere frea insect bites tlaaa many thinner
skinned animals
At The es1niss session Of the Massachusetts,
Legislature a bill vii be offered giving TO each
, rTfr md
municipal purposes hy such methods the com
1 rlGsnity NAV deem best This Is the single tax
proposition which was defeated IN the late Bay
| STATE Legislature
/ The new Indian lands hat are 10 be opened for
settlement said compose one 81 the richest
] tracts IN the weird The Apache. Co..aucte.
( Kiowa and Wichita reservations. which arc 10
be opened, contain el,eat three million FIVE hun
dFed thousand acres OF land. Of which tyro-thiTds
| Is available 10 Wkife settlers
! Sidney Cooper. R A. the famous painter Of
cattle was zinety-seTen this year and IS hard at
! work on picture for next years academy The
painting is fiTe-foot canvas picture Of sheep
i II Is painted from studies made by Nj. Cooper
IN 1915. The artist WORKS from 20 1880 every
Day and says he feels better than for the list four
years.
| There are families and remnants OF families IN
| Galveston. proud people and once VIII 10.
who lost taeiT homes their furniture. every thing
IN the storm and BY necessity live IN tents some
OF them hive heen proud they would Bot go -
the committee Ter money sent Tor their relief.
and have only taken their share when II has been
! forced upon them.
During 4 recent heavy rise on the rivers adi1-
cent TO Fittsbu1g al empty 35,o90 barrel metal
tank Hoated down the Nonongahela River passing
safely ever a dan, and meeting with no OBJ
strnctsen Until Il 70 the bridge @ the Pan
lzzdlc Railroad where Il struck one 81 the stone
piess and came TO grief, sinking IN twenty-five
feet Of water, S0ue distance beyond the bridge.
very singular and costly accident happened to
the sailing ship Springfield which recently ar
rived at san Francisco with cargo Of Portland
ceu1s1.t from London After her long voyage round
the Horn II WIS found that the eemeDt had De-
come vet In transit. causing i to teseFtser
and soliaity in sdara&Htine mass Iae ealy
way to get 1t cut vas to qsarTy it.
The tss1oniteur CflcieI da Commerce. Of Paris.
calls aTse4ssIIc= to the fact that the import ~
musical instruments ints te PHILIPPINES has al
TraFs been re4.sunerasive- TIE TaEals are very
lnslsie-ioxinz people Nearly ali the natives pSs-
seSs and fnoS bow to musical iEssrzi-
ment such as the mandolin guitar aHfe, etc,
and IN nearly every village there 5 IN organized
bard
Sir James Grant, an English physician attrib-
,1tes some forms of muscular rheumatism 10 the
presence OF electricity stored in The tissues He
AYERS that for some years he has rested cases Of
this kind by inserting fine steel needles into tie
muscles and that the electricity being drawn OF
resef comes almost Instantly The Chinese have
| an elaborate svsteTn OF treatment known rs acs-
pIractsre which 1tilizes this idea
Tn Te,vse-er adv FreaSe whose death occurred