The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-29
NOTES OF THE DAY.

To mark lie birth II the rev centasy n FTsnee
the last day q the sear has been pEceieiHses
general hoIidas-
Welsh papers are agitatine for the formation oi
regisneff % Welsh euards similar 70 EeaenslE
formed Irish Gnarsis-
gang Of masked burglars recently held 10 4
faInler near Sioux City. Ia Only to ind out ;has
siieiF victim possessed but a:ekel.
Mansfield Williams, an engineer on the Beaver
treek Railroad. While his train IN fill mo-
rom his cab.
The famous blind occs.isst. Dr. laval. Of PARIS,
has Just been promoted the highest RAM IN tn
French Legion OF Honor anG has ss=ea offered the
decoration Of the Black Eagle.
The experiment Ct playing football unsles cover.
which vas given Che trial recently IL Eew NIX
has been abandoned a. dire failure PeoFle Ike
70 see the roagf sIld-tsisnble game IN The open
Religious exercises at the dives n Chlazgo
have nos been great success The people Nilo
! frequent such places are. rs a rule reported to
be noe dfaeTs%bie to legal force than 20 incEal
saasion.
It Is asserted that some Of the canned salnon
that people reeaie themselves upon IS really cat
ssh- Vel perhaps where ignorance Is bliss It's
f9liy 70 be sise. Many q Us hsye psFtakea q
chicken salad made Of cold yesi.
4 sriter on Lake navigation says II i useless to
talk OF keeping a winter channel open with
strongly built ie.. crushing baats because the
gales are too szs->c-ss .A the cost Of mzntaiRing
tic beats IN motion sveasa-se too great.
In Zanzibar cotton goods form the chief article
Of commerce. GRAY cloth IS sold to very large
estent under the name Of American Printed
cotton keTefiefs, worn by the natTve women and
called -.kaHgas,'' always and resdy= sssse
Tributes Of praise are falling from all directions
upon the Salvation army for the good they did
! on Christmas Day. Thousands Of the poorest peo-
/ pie IN the land were made comfortable WIKI food
and md Fz~aH.r
| Understanding organization.
/ The amount OF stamps sold in Borneo and L.
/ baan dnring 1898 was e3o,oe0 but the postage
paid letters sent from these tWo eoonies never
exceeds the sum 81 9sOG year The remainder.
el9,2s3. may be presumed TO fad its way into
albums al over the world.
| In the Botanical Garden at Kew York city Al
attempt Wis be ma'le 10 pun in 4bamboo de-
/ partment" IT the royal Botanical Garden AZ
Kew. England, there twenty specimens OF
! bamboo. but not 50 many can be grown in tse
colder climate OF New York
Coed oId-fashioned Kew Orleans n1oizzses Is nov
difficult 10 obtain. Glucose sIrup Is taking It's
/ place &c great extent end to those wHe aave
feasted en- tie former products OF the old Louis
lana sugar house the substitute Is not regarded BY
/ any means either As healthy IS paIafable-
/ Doctors and shoeH5akeEs rrefit BY iootIal *
ercises. Practice and training Is about as severe
as the regular kneckd5sn SID DRAG out star er-
I teTtainTrerts- Esst season the physicians biI
+ paid BY the Yale Football ASSOCIATION footed ~
$3.50. The expenses ior shoes and repairs Has
/ $40 So
/ Brock ia Holland l. fsr famed as the -aeafcst
town n the world This tozn i 50 tastidioas
that until feN years ago BoEses lvere nos al
loved IN its streets, fsy reas1Hs of cleanliness,
and the entire te7EE scTUpG!cusly kept
nlan-of-yar- L contains 2,7l9 inhabitants and
its main industry Il the making Of Eiam ehesscs
James soEnmons, riPe cover 9f Cleveland,
Chic. was overcome By tie heat at noon one day
recently while at work under the old viaduet.
The unconscious man was taken 10 q hospital,
and after careful examination the doctors pre-
! nouneed 1t clear case % beae prostrstioa. The
nan rallied under the treatment. and was s5ca
said 70 be our Of danger
Experiments ere being made to discover if aIuu7-
mum NAY not be used in the manufacture q hight
class wind instruments. II this could be done Z
Is thought il UGulG be very desirable on account
girls deposits and a 1t Is not easily affected by
changes OF temperature the insrrurnents would be
less likely 70 get out o. tune
Tie ehief ire engineer Of the Nerr Orleans DAP
department las figured cut that the relative cost
as between three-horsc hitch engine OF the F5rss
elaSs and IN electrical power engine Is $50
Tacnth for the former and - for tie sane period
for the later Ihese szSTss show elsar gan
OF So per month asd SEQ per sHnuai IN round
figures for the electric power engine
enjoying continuous bath FOR the past seven
weeks For almost year he had been suffering
torture fron sert OF eezeTHa which refused 20
Yield treatment SeFen week. ago, last
resort. he vas placed "a q BATH Ibe 7S-ter being
iEnp-eSnated vita some sert @. chemical lie has
been M his chm since ard has experienced
much Improvement.
NJ Whynper thus describes Inc commencement
Of an eruption Of the volcsno Cotopaxi: Il pull
Of steam gss emitted and then brief pause Five
! minutes later d coiarfn Of insy blaekness began
70 issue. and rose NJ straight II the AR WIN
ssch predictions velocity that IN less tEzn three
minutes It was 1890 feet above me Tini OF the
l-crater The top Of the column vSs about 5000
feet above the level Of the sea.
Certain doctors are masking the point that celery
Is an unhealthy vegetable. inasuueh It IS likely
10 transmit poisonouS elements Of the sol and
that it carries the germs Of typhoid. People,
however must have ce}ers- n this section they
hare been used 70 Il Tor 80 many years that Is
cannot be dispensed with. After 4 while souHs
81 these doctors VIII discover that people TO be
in perfect health must i've or some form Ct an
John Albert Esz-zrd William Marquis Of Bland
! lord. son and heir OF Jhc Duke NJ Marlborough,
/ Is but two years Old but neyertheless Is mast
important parsonage. Il wealth. and rank can
make happiness tnen tie little marquis cefta-hiy
( hos grand future before NM Like his fsfheT,
he is 4 ssossson 6. the Prince OF Wales and from
his very birth be has had 4 re7ersioaary interest,"
IN the marriage settlement Of the duchess OF the
value OF some &S3.t01
i year ago a Galveston yiolinist bought q 4
| Chicago dealer a fine old violin. for whicil Sc
paid 500 In tAe recent hurricane which GssaS-
rated the Texas city this instrument WIS 5fs1s-
ssoned sud NOT recovered until 1t had remained
under saIt water for several days n the mean
time the glue had become dissolved and wien re-
covered The violin went ali 10 pieces These
gathered together and sent back TO the dealer,
steamed and PAT together again, with the result
| that tEe islstruzae-t Is as se9d $ ever
The famous Cuvier Club OF Cincinnati IS now
absorbed in pleasant anticipation Of New Year
I3zy festivities The club ein entertain numerous
| guests and already has had prepared sixty
gallons of eegnogg which viii be mellow and
riDe when the New Years chimes usher n the
first Day OF tie new century. Bon WANTS wbe
assert there i cEly one drink that can con-
pare with It Ts5st l. to-. mint julepS which arc
kept in cold storage II silver Mugs at iosisf1lies
| Pendennis Club
| In Australia nos says The Tablet. there IS a
+ hierareh- comprising ye srctlbisllops-oRe, lis
EI1Tner,cs ezrdsz!! atezaH-eighteen bishops and
I114 priests There are 9eTy-a uns, IA religious
brothers 81 churches. and catholic r.opuia-
/ ton of Tes 2I5 out Of total OF about 8.t735'3.
/ The growth summed Up IN these sfatlStles Us
recantlr celebrated b the raeettnE ct sbe ATsr
solemnifv Ct The catholic Cathedral al zSs-Ilay.
rear where The first vas said By an s&ilea
! priest less 5aan q hundred years ago.
saw IS aow being ;ntrodoced for surgical Tsur-
POSES. which IS driven BY electric notcT, says
tfe Chicago Reeosd-'' The motor runs ct 200
revolutions minus Developing IN the negisbor-
hand o. an assistant by means o. leather strap,
e. rIa+ i erJ he rs5ade 10 follow the band Of the