The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-10
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Pope Leo reserves for bis own use only three
Nine members Of Lord salisbury's nsU cssiuet
are over sixty years OF age aud fourteen are OYER
1t is requisite for bank cashiers in the Indian
Territory TO be competent 70 speak tie Indian
Some one has taken the trouble 70 ascertain
that among every seventy births there IS . pair
One million eight hundred and fifty thousand
square yards Of looking glass are manufactured in
Europe annually
Visiting cards made Of iron are popular in
Germany. The name Is printed in silver The
inch.
Seventeen per cent of the population Of Mich
issu j. enrolled in the Sunday schools. The aver
age for the states and Territories Of the Union
Is l6 per eeat.
There IS an immense variety Of fsh in the River
Ale. Twenty-Five hundred specimens were re-
seFtly brought home by an expedition seEt out
BY the BFifisl. Museum.
Among the many congresses that mel at the
r@Tis kxIesation enc Of the most interesting
posed OF mountain climbers
africa, whose eonqucrors have offered no terms
but annihiiation to the TaSquishcd-
By selling hot water at the price Of cent per
quart London nan who has Just dsed reaped
enough OF the worlds goods to retire on a modest
competence some years before his death.
An open competitive examination viii be held
IN London by the Civil Service Commissioners
IN December for ct least FIVE student interpreter
ships IN the British consular service in China
In lsso the German railways consumed soOo
tons Of carbide for the illumination Of cars The
| consumption Of carbide in Germany FOR 1900 is
estimated at u, go tons, equal TO $4,000 gallons
OF petroleum
The largest balloon every constructed and ca
pable Of lifting over six tons viii ascend from
Berlin shortly "a make meteorological obserya-
tions. 1t viii be supplied with provisions for
several weeks and with two beds
william Leedy, Of Pound Gap, Va. has sued
his wife FOR diSe-ce. The lady having bitten
Of one Of the ears and finger Of her Hege lord
he became alarmed lest she should iBcresse her
cainiyorous tastes 10 greater extent and seeks
a SEPARATION
The weaIthieSt LADY in tie world is young
gentleman named Brown Ct Newport. R. L, who
has been existing on this Mundane sphere for the
period Of nine months His fortune which
comes u him from his mother, Is estimated at
about 8, 10000
A St louis Judge has plan for Kidding the
country Of tTImps he suggests that al! Migrants
be sent 10 some island in the Pacific. where they
would get strict military instruction Tor SIX
months after which they should be sent to CHASE
AggIiEaldo IN the Philippine Islands
Her Humperdinck, composer OF that success
ful opera, 'HanseI und Gretel." has Just been
appointed principal professor Of composition az
he ROYAL Conservatory, Berlin among Herr
EamperdiRck's pupils n the past the most emf
rent, perhaps g Herr Siegfried Wagner
Hoilanders smoke more than any other Euro
peans- Tobacco IS cheap IN their country, and
nearly all the gTo7R males delight the pipe
The habit Is common that the boatmen Of
Holland measure distances by smOkiHg-ssyinss
that the distance between two named points =
50 many pipefuls Of tobacco.
FROM the Chinese point OF view, the greatest
calamity that has happened Is the seizure md re-
gsoval Of the ancestral tablets from the Imperial
Temple OF Heaven for that makes il impossible
for the present Emperor and his SUCCESSORS 10
worship tke;r ancestors-the most sacred duty and
tie highest rite OF their religion.
The use Of puntOOn boats made Of aluminium
for the construction Of flying bridges for armies
was suggested some years ago but recently
practical trst Ct rzateTal Of slsskiad gras gTsds
BY the engineering section Of one o. the Austrian
Dragon regiments stationed at StockeTsu, near
Vienna, With very satisfactory results
When sex CEinaman consuIts doctor he
expects the prescribed medicine TO take effect az
once Consequently most OF the medical prae-
titioners give their Patients for first dose some
red-hot mixture, SUCH as tiReture Of eaEen'le,
which makes the invRiids feel as If a toreklight
procession were coursiEg down their throats-
The Russian navy VIII have the advantage O.
fine bed Of coal. which has recently -been q =
covered at place called ochensk. Ia the CzI-
The coal extends over OF thirty miles and
the quantity OF fuel in one Of The districts in
veStigated Is estimated at about - .o9o,do9 tons
An interesting monograph or the slk fabrics
OF the Northwest provinces and oudh, by NJ
Yuss1f All. L C. $ has Just been issued from
the Government press az Allahabad- The revival
OF the Indian silk industry and Its conduct on
scientific lines nay be regarded q one Of the
most important steps toward a more Diversified
indastrialism in India
The name Of Billy Bowlegs survives among
the Florida Seminoies. The present bearer q the
| name was in jacksonville last week DR.. Perry
gave him his first spin in horseJess earriaEe.
ssWhat co yuV think Of it," asked reporter,
when Billy ci:Tnbed out Him fine. said ths
child Of nature Him beat horse. But him
10 90 20 go huEt with
For more than thirty years Hirarz Baxter has
been postmaster at lie Sue1.s MINI. AID has given
entire satisfaction TO the community, although
| during nearly ell that time he has been blind
| When nail has been distributed into the TS3
! boxes Mrs Baxter calls of TIE names and her
| husbands wonderful memory be GsPendcd
upon to reeollect every letter or newspaper Bas-
/ ter also conducts small store and an inn.
Three Hunters 'sBiIl-' Cole. John Buckham aua
Lewis Bennett had laTro7E escape ron tarSe
| bear on the Allegheny Mountains near Dobbin.
/ Grant county, W Va, last week. While Gus
hunting they -zn upon the monster eating chest
rtrts and opened fire. The wounded animal rush
| ed upon taem and came mar killing Cole, who
had wouTded him fosr times, BGeknnan free
several shots at the bear and finally killed hiTs-
The animal weighed $50 pounds
An eccentric bachelor. with an intense Iove fos
the sea, once furnished for his own use snug
| cler's cave on the coast Of Cornwall, Eng and,
| ers He lived their quite coutentediy fer over
| seven years and only gave up ms hobby on ae-
count OF a had attack Of rheumatism which ha
| attrib,.tcd TO the dau'pness OF the cave He Is
| ve4y wealthy. ard is at present living IN a isrga
and nlasnifeently furnished house IN Kent
| 1t is beiievei by many that the dry climate OF
southern Oklahoma and the southern district Il
the Indian Territory IS going to make that sec
| ZION the home for the finest grades Of cotton
J An item from DennisOn, Tex, says During The
| season it has developed that the cotton grown
| in the Choctsw Nation was OF an extra good hoTa,
| grading above the average and IN great demand
| for expore. A great deal has been shipped to
| Germany and England. Indian cotton heEeatteE
viii command tie top price
| Taking Of the Baroness Byrdets-coutt=- Lord
Hou~hton safd: -.Miss Coutts likes ne because I
never proposed to her Almost all the Young
men az gogd family did; those who did theis
| duty Nv their family always did hrs. IRVINE
fsliss Cents corauaGiou) used to it coming
and look herself out OF the way Tor ten minutes,
| but she only went into the next room and iete
Ike door opea and then the proposal took place.
and Immediately is done, Mss toJiis eotssa-
Cd ard Mrs. Browne casae II again.
During revival services il the United Brethren