The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-18
NOTES OF THE DAY.

~ - -ilse aHigators n milwaukee saoTr died
OF pneumonia ono day this week.
Milwaukee county, Eiseezsin. IS to have hons
sof lnoigent lawyers and their wives
In the Philippine Islands there are about 400
any commercial value
Arab Pasaa. Nhs for eighteen years has hem
..sd prisoner IN Csy.on BY the British aathori-
pes VIII soon be pardened.
When lightning strikes tree It occasionally
converts the sap into steam. which expiedes and
seatters the wood IN all directions.
London Bridge Is no. 20 be allowed to tuTnbl.
uohh- Plans are 5ow On foot to improve the
Hotea structure at cost Of sJ0O.e0o
The contractor who built the city bah at Den
yer Col, Is noN selling cigars and tobacco at a
stand N The corridor Of that building
There Is talk in Kansas Of appointing rabbit
~ IN ior the STATE. the reason being thkc
4o,oo90 5 pounds Of Jack rabbit meat so to waste
annually in the State.
Russian engineer has invented an eieetriez;
apparatus manipulated from the stage Of 3 theatre
by which. at one touch. all doors and exits are
opened toward the outside.
The oil industry Of Southern California is pro-
crossing rapidly Two hundred webs were com
ple9fed in November in one Of the older districts.
ana prospecting Is going on IN several new sec
The chief Of police Of New Orleans has Issued
warning. in which he declares that the use Of
eocoaine IN that city has reached such proper
tons as to have become Z menace 70 pub!is
health
The buzzard is a fast-ayfng bird. one Tat was
recently shipped from Charleston, \. C., to Ne=
York, for the purpose Of testing its speed sue
eeesilng II making the trip hack home IN abOut
four hours.
Whistling IN Iceland IS considered as much Of
a sin as profanity. There are some parts Of thu
<1.a
to prevent Il.
There Is an epidemic Of old-fashsonea rnurnps IL
Auburn, Ind, ilOst Of the victims being adults.
Physicians ssy that IN their experience far,
they known OF 50 many grown. up persons suffering
FROM this complaint.
Owing to the mysterious disappearance % reIieS
at the naval museum, Boston. Mass. Rear Adrairzs
Sampson has ordered the place closed until suits.
pc arrangements can be MADE TO protect thl
property On exhibition.
The rare books, furnishings and old china be.
longing TO whitestock Hall. in the English lake
district. and the home Of George Roruney tIs
celebrated portrait painter wiz shortly be offered
for sale by public auction.
The puiPy mass called begasse. which & left
after the sugar cane has been crushed and squeez-
cd dry OF It's saceharine matter and formerly was
burned and got nd Of Is nuisance Is now ssscS
for the manufacture OF paper.
Little children IN the north Of France when theJ
awake from their long winter nap on Christmas
morning End under their pillows little cakes azd4
20 represent the infant Jesus They are told .hat
the Christ child put them there
Destruction Of 4 number Of bTI5oards In !
Western city by the FIRE department was ordered
recently The reason given Is that the billboard
were regular and active dsease-germ iRcubstors
a menace 70 health and nuisance generally
John Hairy. sbabbily dressed man. ieignes
uPconseiousness IN Z st. Louis hospital, the othe
day. until the surgeons talked in loud Whisper
about removing his kidneys- Then he g-siea1
came 10 his senses and said that nothing aiiez
him AT he wanted was food and shelter.
twenty-five Indians iron the Cattaraugus Reser
Walton, Esie, Pa. have started for WestcotE,
Wyo., where they win affiliate with what Is lei
of the once powerful Modoc tribe. This patty e
to act advance guard from those left on casters
reservations. all Of whom tired Of their-preS-
ent location
In carly colonial days the use OF tobacco VA
considered far more sinful and degrading than in
diligence IN intoxicating liquors oId-trae legisias
ton reveals sons curious attempts to check tbs
spread Of the creature called tobacco" Land,
lords we're fined il they permitted it To De brought
iRto their tzyerns.
singular sing ocsurr ID 4 one II the saoo.
Me. law offices. recently. During the night t~s
bottles Of ink we're left standing side BY side on
one OF the desks The next morning the ink In
one bottle was found to be frozen solid Wills
the other flowed freely as though It we're BE-
side warm store
The oldest and 1aost remarkable woman IN the
State OF West Virginia Is Mrs Peggy Craw, d
Mason City. Size IS ! German woman, and a little
over 100 years old She has the appearance OF
woman Of sixty personally attends to al Azr
household duties, and besides earns comfortable
living with her needle.
Seventy families of Boer refugees arr to form
9 settlement between Hicksville and Syosset, L
Nassau county. Long Island. This project is back
ed BY the Bocr Refugee Aid Committee, composed
chiefly OF members Of old Dutch families II
america who have relatives among the BceI
fighting men and officials
The young Queen OF Holland Is strong advO-
cate of Temperance She has already converted aes
intended husband Prince Henry. The Queens
late father quafed from the flowing howl very
generously. Gin and brandy were his favOFits
4otations, and IN their Use he had lew equals and
no superioTs IN his little kingdom
The probability is that there VIII be At leass
So Geo worth of turkeys consumed IL this coua-
try at Christmas. This Is not 4 high estimate
ton viii expend 5000 pounds the average price
Of which will be about 10 cents per pound Toys
viii cost about $lo0e0.sc0 and ieweITy gifts aboas
the same
a persevering gentleman n St. John KAN has
been coaFieted Of Violating the pFohibitory law
nv selling whisky There were fo-ty-nina distinct
violations OF the law and he has been sentenced
to fortY-Rine B-oHths IN Jail. wei fue Of
500 for each osfense As he cannot pay the 1900
he must spend day IN jail for each half-dollar
Of the fae-over thirty years altogether.
The Danish sl1ipyards. which turned out the
Yacht Standard for the Gar. are now engaged In
the construction OF another yacht for the Nus
coyite Emperor which. while smaller. Is 70 far
luxury It 10 he used in the semi-inlsEd waters
of the Russian Gulf and especially on the great
rivers which traverse the empire IN every direc-
ton
Central America is said to be very paradise
fo- tra7nps The boboes. who wander into that
country are always willing to remain there All
they have 10 do Is to get married and 1t IS the
easiest thing in the world TO get possession OF 4
eoco2nut OF Iznsn2 grove What little work tl'"Ts
Is TO 90 Is performed By the wife. and lie vita
the weary waHderer then beones one grand sweet
song
More or less of the old Morse mythology has
f5and It's KAY into modern Christmas custom.
The rnytHie tree OF the ancient Scandinavian for
est appears laden with gifts and adorned with
candles The stglI OF en- enemy killed in war. out
Of which the Norseman drank his festai ale, is
represented today 6y the wsssail bowl appropriate
10 the Christmas celebration. The Yule log. too,
is Morse
While caTIessly handling a bag OF mail in the
Milwaukee poStotice clerk suddenly became con-
scious of an overpovering offensive edor He
dropped the pouch and the o5or increased in
power Eventually il was discovered that the ire
nlentsously emphatic effvia arose from the break
age of tEyo-ounee bottle Of oil extracted fFaEn =