The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-22
NOTES OF THE DAY.


The bibulous citizens Of Britain spend about
Sl5o,0Oo,1C0 for beverages on the public houses.
in Topeka, Kan, who is suing for
divorce, petitions for the custody OF the family
Coz.
Though Alabama has a fire old capitol. set on
hill and rich in historical associations, she has
no Governors mansion.
proposition has been made b. the Maine
State Federation to form federation among the
SIX New England States
When plants grown in dry air their stems
and leaves have more complicated structure
than when the air is moist.
Western society women was picked up on the
street the other evening in sta of beastly in
toxication. She had been attending a kafee
klatseh.''
The military spirit aroused by our recent war
take Regmental buckles for waist bands
much in demand.
There great sheep breeding States in
this country. Nebraska has never raised SO large
crop OF lambs as this year. Texas has its largest
crop for eight years.
European hotels, railroads. theatres. opera
houses, and ali other sorts of transatlantic en-
terprises gather in every year about 10000 900
OF good American dollars.
Switzerland allows child under fourteen years
to become wage-earner, the age at which
under the English factory law he 10 be
child and Is ranked as a young person
The German Reiehstag meets in November.
There many who predict serious between
the Kaiser and prominent members of the Govern
Hlent assembly outcome OF the Emperor's
Chinese policy
plan is on foot to show in various German
cities, beginning with Berlin, the German ex-
hibit at the Paris Exposition This will give
who could not go TO Paris.
Frapo, ,z,iT,sa-,~ -,,,-,-
bers of deserted and crossed the border into
Italy. On day eight men from the same
regiment deserted, preferTing exile for several
years TO the prospect OF completing their military
service.
Siberians. a rule not great consumers OF
lemons. do they use them in tea much
as may be the custom in Central Russia cream
having come into general use by the importation
OF condensed milk from the United States, France.
and Switzerland.
civil engineer in Hoboken has built two
horse bedroom on wheels. with tarpaulin
tension for a kitchen. and proposes to drive to
Mexico by easy stages. On the wagon IS painted
the motto: AS We journey through life lei Us
finger on the way
According to late authorities it is a mistake to
suppose that the Indian population Of the United
States is decreasing. 1t is declared be slowly
growing now that tribal wars az end and
the red man has learned not 70 get into trouble
with MS Great Father.
bone collar stud vas recently found IN a
Sakkarahian sarcophegus, resembling almost
aetly in appearance those sold by hawkes. Yet
the who made it has been dust and ashes
thousands Of years, about the time the Patriarch
Abraham led his focks on Hebron.
The death of Levi Mclaughlin, 4 citizen of
Wichita. Kan. brings out story of his remark
bic fondness for children. He had twelve OF his
own Of whom eleven living, but at
different times he adopted round dozen more,
including five orphans OF one family.
The telescope. so far from being, as is generally
aEcrred the outcome Of the famous experiment of
Calico, was known as least 800 years before MS
time; while the microscope certainly dates from
the early part OF the ninth century, although
greatly improved in the sixteenth By Jansen and
Others
Hot water is very difficult TO obtain in Cuba.
Water is heated in small vessels. and a surpris-
ingly Tneagre amount seems 10 be needed in the
days work. Cuban cooks have developed the sys-
TEN Of washing dishes in cold water to an art.
hut American. servants find 1t difficult 20 get ae-
seustomed TO this hot water scarcity
No one who goes into saloon and calls for
glass of sherry wine would think that he is
irnbibing the fluid extract OF FIVE and one-ha.f
ounces OF grapes But wine merchants say lie
is and probably he Is. But there NAY be Instances
where the wine handed the ordinary barroom
counter is innocent Of grapes as fg tree Is OF
maple sugar
number of close observers have come TO the
conclusion that the average height of male
American is greater than it IS believed TO be
They think II Is feet eight and one-haH
inches In the British Isles and Belgium tae
average Is Ave feet nine and one-eighth inches
the Irishnan standing higher than q man Of any
other nationality in the world.
\ four-year-oId girl wandered away from home
near the Bonanza mine recently. gays the Port
land Oregonian,'' and was lost in the mountains
foTty-eiEft hours. When recovered she WAS q--Ite
unframed. She told Of having seen a big black
dog with two puppies. which she tried TO catch,
but they away after their mamma The
''dog" was a bear and the puppies ware her
cubs.
The principal inn in the village of L!anymy
mech. on the borders OF Shropshire, is the &C oss
Keys which stands where the three Counties CT
Denbigh, Montgomery. and Shropshire meet Two
portions of the house a-e. therefore, in Wales,
where the Sunday closing act Is ii force; but
the door in the English side OF the building ad-
mits Of ngresS for these possessing ssven-days-
a-week thirst
The village of Neodesha, Kan, was recently
visited by tornado. and at The end Of the eX-
citement farmer living in the vicinity stuck
his head out OF his cyclone cellar and found that
his choicest field was occupied by strange house
of small dimensions. he could net identity the
building as belonging TO any OF his aeqGaint-
ances, and Up to date all his efforts 20 90 So
have been uuayailing-
Strange stories of queer supersttions and odd
preiudces still survive even among the educated
lower classes lady the other day discovered
that her husbands bed was not properly made
on SUNDAY. She demonstrated with the abb
gail who informed her that she never turned the
mattress on Sunday and FTidSy; on the latter
dSv because IT uHiucky, on the former be-
caCse Of the sacred day.
The ashes OF Dante. enclosed il an iron urn,
are about TO be transported, with great ceremony,
TO the library palace at Florence. The urn was
long ago stolen from = church IN kaVenla anu
secreteG in the outer wall OF chapel il seems
that sculptor named PaZZi has for years Possess
ed this extraordinary treasure, and has tiit re-
Gently handed it over to Florence. where Dante
was born and whence he was exiled.
The discovery that entails could be made into
soup belongs. it is said, to the dark days Of the
French revolution. when many OF the nobility
were reduced to sheer want Hides had always
bez1 sent 10 the tanEesiss with the tails stu
attached The tails were subsequently thrown
away certain nobleman on the verge OF star
walton begged for of them and from it manu-
featured the first dish OF oxtali soup.
One Of the Berlin reviewers publishes calcula-
ton on the number of letters distributed All
uus1iy throughout the world 1t gives the total
as p 900 go. $50 OF these, Il says S,oJDBJl0-9
are in English 2a1 900 eco in German, 1902
0o0090 in French, 22O,oG9opo II lta.la;l, 10 t0l
oc5 IN Spanish 100, 10000 in Dutch. S0.010.001
in Russian and q. go in Portuguese The
Anglo-Saxon is for the present. very we'll in front
\ Southern journal thinks that the time has
arrived when the newspaper editors OF the eoun-
try should assemble in convention and decide
upon whom the title of Honorable shall! he
bestowed. For itself il would give that title to
Presidents Vice Presidents Cabinet officers, Gov
errors of States members of Congress- Federal