The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-27
NOTES OF THE DAY

/ An acetylene town lighting plant has been in
I stalled az Hawcs Yorkshire. England. IL was
I huilt on a capital OF $500.
IN the Chicester England workhouse there are
/ t~eNe men whose united ages make l0i2 years,
I an average ot nearly eighty-seyen years each.
! The freehold Of the Nice Oh. ,rvatory has been
I turned over, By its founder ". Raphael Bischoh-
shcinl- together with half million dalIar, 10 be
devoted 70 the maintenance Of the establishment.
One Of the most successful eyaEeelists now
/ preaching in London is Gypsy Smith. He was
I born In q CyTsy tent, reared in the lanes and
Z neids Of rural England and knew nothing Of books
. when converted.
/ Names state flower is che pine cone yermont's
/ the red clover, and Rhode Islands the violet The
nayhcwer Is proposed for Massachusetts, but il Is
Z on the coinage and the flag % Nova Scotia, with
/ the motto; we Bloom Amid the SHOWS"
/ In York county, Pc, day or two ago a little
girl playing with her pet pug dog was bitten on
! the check Although the dog was not affected
with hydfsphobia, the child died from the effects
! Of the bite, within week from the occurrence.
Joseph CoVen. the English journalist. Uho did
I only q short time ago. ALWAYS dressed like
/ workman. Hr began life as a blilLmlzcr and was
proud of his original business Among hi- u1nl'f-
I Gus friends were GarihaldI MazziHi. and hOssuth.
| A ReHtucky ucrro --as invented machine i1r
breaking hemp which. 1T is said. wiI more than
: do she work Of ten hands. u is said 70 De- 4
I practical. fully perfected piece Of mechanism.
and UiIl doubt make tine negro Ia the uc1t
future a rich man
An example Of patient industry is tie sorting %
hogs brisJles as it is carried on % TeutsiU,
China Each one Of the hairs Of the Co.opo kiio-
grams exported froln that p1cc in ISIS lad 20 he
picked out, measured and placed in the bundle
OF hairs oi corresponding iengJh. and the dIEcr-
/ mt lengths by which The hairs are sorted sre
numerous.
The latest style Of letter paper used by Erl-
Z P0r1r William shows the upper Left hand
corner the imperial eagle. surm0unted by a crown
resting 1pon the I0henzoern helmet from each
I side % which ily streaIners be-rIng the German
/ coIors IN one Of bis claw the eagle be1r- a..
J yellow imperial standard and in the other the
purple flag Of The King o. Prussia
There is great difference OF opinion regarding,
the growth Of the human Eair. The most usually
accepted Calculation gives six and cng-da,f inches
I per anuruu- 4 mans hair. allowed o. gfow Co irs
I rgtreEl- length. rarely exceeds twelve inches
I fourteen inches. while that ri ~uus.ll lsI grow
I 10 rare instance, 90 sevcui. inches - lyeuty-l-c
| iuches, though The average doe not exceed tNe--
/ tE-1ve inches go thirty Iucles-
/ It is the habit ia several cities that household
I ers. WHO have The misfortune Co lose a relative
/ hy death 10 hang crepe OBJ their door, as a marx
/ % respect. Tho custom has often Distressed
I friends and UciSh5or- because oi the bc.id tblE
| some one o. tire occupants of tie house upon
I which the crepe n displayed has passed away
TuI, 81 particularly ,glsu any one il ere hons.
[ showing this badge Of mourning D. i'll
The highest dial on any clock In THE world is
( ,hst on tra t,megieoe or tac Philadelphia Ci,y
! HALL d ,he dial- were removed there would DE-
/ space for two trains 20 pass each other rsuriz>
l through The glass iu the four faces is fastened
| by ton Of cement TIE glass, fl laid on the
| ground, would make walk square long ana
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~eed winch resembles lae e'Hee bean i'~ POM
Cinsl value seems ta d. thar cf an adulteraUt The
! paslt b. native iu Mexico. and heretofore no at-
!elnpis lave been ln4s 20 T-'- .l ~ l> es I
in Florida. ana rsrid growth Of the industry IN
that State Is predicted.
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40 tf. p--f. Fr-,-i-;,7 and .r,--5.ra p, lotion.
which are 1.-irq received Ia Chicago. saws che
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i-'.' 'N'aN' H--- ~ amy VI 'A' -
-ie@of -alN.iel on -hs o.N'I so. OF ,il W-sl'-
/ Il IS reported by % less authority than Dice
Boz, Mcclure, OF Chicago fame. that every lner
'. go $50, &c ', , 80 nv, - - I nc
profitable zeaso- at the exposition
4, the 5.-.-t- of ca. p,,-Br Sion, ID, F.t.ss.r
saws the ..N,e-r y-- pro- ,l,3rr4. -I,- -s,i.s
/ Of raiu which bears the nuts known As .vers-
I tsbI. iyorv'' The ust, are eyr.s,Ii.a1y hard and
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f-sted prohibition fsctfo- rbs-rurrr introduced
in tb. town meeting -.--r-r5rr -.. MIKE -r.
Iicerrse Zee 81 OG0 uO and the measure y5s aFert
I ed None bun a rn7ITionsi-, fT,.r-f,,. can AZ
1 ford 10 80 INTO the Iicr- l-r.i-,, r., y.-sfirl9
1000 inhabitants are otheru--a engaged
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In successful use Oh I.tfI-,fU- u l. believed ..-
I thcv y.IU withstand ne vibrations Of tr. cars
'1~l '-' '",.'t. i-' N'..'..->' -- N''.'-'
is one of The deepest wells ln The state \ few
wears ago il vas believed that There uas oil in
tf,+ ,-ririf, sud els. ,y.-s- Of r lands az r,,,.er
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sboat ont al tHe ton I'm large quantities., -o power
hll being the vein that the stream Of water was
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