The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-08
NOTES OF FHE DAY.


the State.
1t is proposed to build 10000 international
s cam above Il Paso, Tex, to redeem the Rio
The National Sabbath Alliance in View York
= enoe@Foring 70 prevent the delivery On sun
Gay Of ice cream in that city.
II Ten years ago the St Louis directory contained
I0o-4zS names This year the number Is %, 4s5-
&C increase Of nearly 80 per cent
Egypt where some sort Of plague Is almost
rom TIE evil for two eenturies-
Statistics o. the criminal population Of the
United States show that only g per cent Of tie
total number Of criminals are women
Three-fOurths Of the worlds gold production
comes from placer mines and a gooelv share If
the total last year came from Alaska
There is again under consideration a plan for
establishing a telegrzphic circuit Of the earth
By uniting Alaska with Siberia across the Behring
Strait
An English physician writes in the ''Laucet''
that he believes the time = approaching when the
study Of diet viii 90 away with the need for
most medical and surgical treatment
Although she PrJlssian Government authorizes
fined in Frankfort-on-the-Nain ne other day foI
raining few articles AZ 2 country inn
It is not little strange that Ballarat. the first
toxin IN Victoria after the metropolis was until
ihe nzHe, Bsal tnatIve no, nothing rat
Statistics have lately been compiled with the
object Of showing how the birds Of this county
are thriving In only three States-North Care
Ina. California and Oregon-are the birds hold
Ing their own
The Philadelphia College Of Pharmaey. which
held It's seventy-n ninth annual commencement re-
ceHtly. is said be the oldest institution Of is
KIND IN the world zntedating similar coll sse IN
London By ten years
Il i estimated thar this year more people than
ever before VIII 20 to Cape Nome to suffer. AID
toll. and slave il mad rush for gold. and thlt
their dissppointments viii fuIIy reach If nor
overlap those Of their predecessors-
Among the reports from south Africa Is one to
the eject that Nzuser bullets are ineffective in
checking charge Of eava5sg- Horzes shot through
the lungs anu sven thro1gh the breast we're abis
70 salloP go yards before they fell.
The adoption OF n1rriage license law in Wis.
corsin reduced the number Of Marriages in MI.
Waukee from 800 IN ISIS to ESQ in lsas TIE
city had formerly been the -'Gretua Green fof
couples from States adjacent 70 Wisconsin.
Residents Ct ST. Paul and Minneapolis, Mimi,
are raising . fund 70 pay OF mortgage on the
home Of 8irs- D. c. Wilkinson whose husband
MAJOR Wilkinson. vas killed in the Indian out
break al Leech Lake. MINI. IN October. ISIS.
In Guatemala resident has patented an ap-
folded AR reservoirs. frsm the ceiling Of the
different compartments. 10 be unfolded and in
hated 10 nj the compartment when the ship leaks
When coal the propeIling Powel Of speed. b.
comes cheaper ocean travel sill become much
more rapid than IL Is Al present There are
y" who intimate that within the next ten years
one can 90 from New York 90 Queenstown IN four
days
From Narila 10 Australia Is like eoinz down 4
for nrn
Two days The voyage lasts twsuty-oue davs
o1t the course l. through the South 81 islar,is
which accounts for its resemblance 10 river uzyi-
cation
Frederick Z Church. the landscape painter. who
died IN New York a few DAYS ago had completed
mans allotted age Of three-score yezrs and ten
tis sfancest work va- she painting OF NiaSz44
Falls, now one OF the finest exhibits IN the Cor
eorzn Art Gallery.
As so0a a. franchise Is secured nom me
British Columbia Parliament. work on a tunnel
through Chileoot PAS VIII be begun bv the Gail
eoot Company. which vii expend S50O9.OJ0 n
the work Of buildiHg an electric railway from
Dyea % NhitehCrse.
new act, which DIS just come into force in
Scotland, enables prisoners who are convicted Of
such ofeHsss as duInkenuess and fined. with she
op'lon 81 Imprisonment. 20 obtain their release
after scrvlug portion Of their time on pavment
OF PIeporlIon4te amount Of the fine
A A Putnam, an electrical engineer Of Roches-
ter. talked his last viii and testament into a
phouoSr@Ph a few days ago Then with a hOt
copper wire De signed Als name tL- wax roll
OF the phonoCraph. the witnesses dciu. likewise
ana the Document was thereupon completed.
There is q century plant in one % che Prospect
PARK greenhouses. New York. which Is expected
10 bloom some time in June. 1, /. b-aius xateh-
q with great interest The towering stem has
ALREADY reached 4 height Of ten feet and VIII
OF esa ras-E
before the blossom breaks forth
England's newest held marshal. the successor Of
the late S. Donald Stewart. Is Cen Sir Neville
B0Sles Chamberlain. C l. B. General Cham
beriain Is over eighty years old. having Joined
the army IN ISL He served through the 9f-bsn
OF IsSg-42 and through the ruutiBv n 10
done also distinguished diplomatic services in the
Easy-
The trustees Of Oberlin College. Of Oberlin,
Ohio. have elected Dr. Alice H Luce. Of Wellesley
College dean Of the woman's department, 10 sue
coed Mrs A. A F. Johnston, for thirty years
- 80 % r- t1at celSi liient DT Luce Is
graduate OF Wellesley College Of the class q -
Se vas studied At the Universities Of Leipsle and
Heidelberg
Automobile racing IS giving the police authori-
ties IN Paris great trouble About forty persons
each day brought into police court in that
S1y Tor running automobiles az excessive speed.
N9I The GutOm0biliSts have combined for self
pro1eetion against the police They VIII not
plead guilty any more. but make the complainin.
policeman prove the rate Of speed
The small wl.itish Insects which suck the III.
out Of rose leaves rose-hoppers which are fire.
qucntly found the lower side OF the leaves
Il IS said thar II attended TO before they are fully
developed they can be easily DESTROYED bv rrSfir.
the infested plants with slug shot When faHv
grown they are Verg persistent. and several appl-
cations have 70 he made IN order 70 Kill them
and even then absolute riddance Is doubtful
New York city has large colony Of deaf rnltes
who not cut Of from the usual amr1-etnerts OF
life because II their affection theatrc4, ursna
ger was surprised. last week, By raaaests fer
twenty seats FOR 4 theatre party which was 10 b.
made mp entirely OF deaf mutes- The play was a
lively mel0drsIna. and any person With EOOd eye-
sight might readily follow lis plot roal the action
On tbs stage without hearing a word.
The Illinois AuduhSa Society Is the vounge,.
but the largest State association OF the kind Il
has nearly 1000 enrolled members Nearly al
children. there being about 500 adults. most
Of whom residents Of Chicago. A new Illinois
statute makes il a nlisdeueanor, punishable By
nne or Imprisonment, for any person 70 have in
his possession the bo6y, living dead. VI any
Wild bird-the English sparrow, the crow and
the chicken hawk excepted.
Among the interesting mementos in the literary
section OF the Paris EXPOSITION are the four ink
stands used in completing four great French mas
most notable works OF George Sand.
LanartIRe. Victor Huge. and Dumas the elder.
These iukstands were given 10 Madame Hugo 10
be disposed Of NJ charity sale. and we're bought
up By Victor Hugo Each OF the iukstanis Il
accompanied by an autograph letter. testifying 70
is authenticity. and bearing the date