The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-31
NOTES OF THE DAY.


Triangle. Il is laid out in the form Of triangle.
its lots are triangular and The twenty-ihTee
houses already built al thTee-cornereds
When millionaircs in this country build them
selves ine mansions and no. content win
designating them by any other name than palaces.
it is evident that the seeds Of monarchy and
empire are beginning to spread.
The unlaeby number 10 was prominent in
recent entry in death list of Bellevue Hospital
New York. The record as follows: Tn
knoWn man. admitted August H. to ward No.
10: dled at 3:I3 p. M, August IL.
Even the negro Republic of Liberia has an ex-
hibition at Paris. Near the Swiss exhibit IN the
Galerie des Machines the little nation has dis
play OF the various products OF its soIi-cohee,
cocoanuts. rice. and other foodstufs.
An organist, who died recently in Sweden had
held the position Of choirmaster and organist
one church for seyenty-two years without miss
ing service. He and his ancestors had played
the organ in The church Tor 200 years
The Boston Elevated Railway Company has dis
tributed about hundred thousand free ticke.s,
through churches and charitable associations. 80
that mothers and children and sick and aged per-
sons who cannot pay may be carried to the woods
or the seashoTe-
General strielbinzky, the greatest OF Russian
seographers, died recently at the age Of seventy
SIX years. His Measurements Of the Surface OF
the russian kmPire j. not only the standard Tor
all maps OF Russia, but has been a model Tor
other works IN the department Of geography
Although patient men. vino have been dill
gently enquiring into the matter, say there
go different kinds oi mosquiJo that does noI
lessen the fact that the buzz Of Is as like
buzz OF another OF the pestifeT0u5 insects to
give choice OF respect for the various species
The Hartford CoaTant'' calls attention TO tae
curious and interesting coincidence that while
the old Confederate cruiser Alabama tor
-.
AIa1sma Wis numbered No. go AZ the builder
yard before her was decided upon and with
out any thought OF the original.
A Wiasted, Conn, man lately had his clothes
stolen while in bathing ard wandered in the
woods adjacent the stream for two days ahd
tVo nights He shot IL and chased y dos
Is wild man whenever ne appeared. mi
finally courageous got close On
hear his etory and bring him clothing
In oTder 10 commemol ate BY means of peFIs.s-
neat record the historic scene which occur.
outside 81. Paul Cathedral the occasion OF tae
service IN connection with tae diamond JuBIa.-.
celebration OF 1897. the cathedral 2usnJ.Ille ARE
having cut the pavement below H. =.@ps
leadIng to the west entrance the simple bllJ
/ pressiye phrase: Here Queen Victoria returned
thanks. >"
Puata Arenas, the el,y at the extreme point Of
I South America, few yeas ago, ! miserable
little village, with few huts and ! handful o:
Inhabitants Now It has splendid buildings,
bread streets lighted by electricity and every sign
Of commercial prosperity In addition = NUM-
eTous fine eiJb houses. IT EGs5esses HlIs aiHceut
theatre, similar to those q Santiago and Val
+ ta4also
American SHOES have met with such Success in
French Switzerland that European manufacturers,
in order 10 compete, have begun make inIita-
tions OF then- ReCeEty Vienna houses have be-
gun 10 copy tns American article and 70 Hood the
market with Their limitation gtOd thsy are said
10 copy everything American they can ind and
il instances tiley nave ul4Tsed their goods
j made III America
! karsas City jeweley made watch Tor New
/ Yorker which cost S20y0j. The movement II
this ;inepiece better Than that found IL
any Sl4S wayen- II Vas SIMPLY The hest that
/ could be made. Y hat gave added value 20 the
watch tAe fset JhAt the encrusted
with magnificent diamonds, with a superb ruby,
almost - large pigeon egs, forming The
centre Of the oTEaHeUtaI design
| One OF the greatest Chinese discoveries was
kind Of iEon-the magnet Then they Ieund that
J q bar q magnetic i.on set lee alwars point 10
/ The north. mat = the mariners compass, with
out which tEavei n would be almost iulJOs-
sible They we're the fi>t people 10 dig canals
and 30 ind cheaper way 81 carrying goods than
even cur railway. In UuIliiug they discovered
/ the greLtelt u al inyentions--he arch
/ Sir Arthur Sullivan Is engaged in the compost
5icn ei & rev elegiae vork IN memory Of MS
exalted friend the late Duke Of Saze-Cab'lrg. 1t
i written Tor chorus aud orchestra. ana viii be
I ilEst performed at one OF The connects % the
ROYAL Choral Society IN tue camiT=s winter
Colctidge Taylor has written four songs Iar Marie
BrCmI. entitled Tears tiriei, COMFORT
/ ard The Souls Expression" They az settings
q sonlsts by Mrs. Browning.
! Workmen employed il the erection Of new
primary scnooI Al the corner OF Pearl, Bartlett.
and School streets, Charestown Mass, struck 4
vault below lie surface and found lot Of cor
roded coin IN it which proved TO he silver dol
lars. and seemed he stacked up II some sem
biaICe of order Most CT the CONS could not be
identified a. first on account 81 the thick
rssiou but few IN the middle OF the piles
were clean enough TO show the Gstes-
There e 4 hypothesis, though scarcely salisfac-
tory 20 some Thinkers hat certain color spots or
lines in flowers are provided as guides to the
hectares OF hCney-secreting flowers, ii favor OF
insect visitors But the arguments against this
are often weak Is these IN favor thereof. For
! insta nce. 1t has been asked how Inc night
! fyiEg insects make OF honey lines in the dark.
Bat surely nocturnal insects are supposed to see
cledrly cy night - the dIurEals Go - Gay
Scarcity of firm laboIe5s in England has brought
strange aszemb,age 10 the county districts.
The other day there were working on l Surrey
farm d couple Of clerks, i compositor solicitor
who had been unable 10 scrape up the money 10
take our his eestIheate, medical man, down on
his luck, a f1asvDbrokers assistant and, Of
course. a journalist. The journalist explained
! thai he there only Tor the purpose ~
| copy He intends 10 write an article and call
| il ~Hayuiaking by Eminent Hands"
One Of the most remarkable railroads IN the
! United States is that which runs from FabyaR.
a, the foct Of Mount Washington to the summit
q distance Of G3s miles The time required III
making The ascent i and oae-Tslf hours,
which i Il the rate Of Il mile IN . minutes
The descent IS made III The same time The fare
! Is Il fer The round tfip, at the rate IF 90
cents mile No other road N tie world charges
quite so nlpch and few run trains II speed
quite SLOW. About 6,eJ0 passengers are car
F;ed annually
An old Dominican friar, vino had served his
church Tor forty years il the Philippines. WAS
asked by his fellows TO write book describing
the characteristics habits 2ad customs OF the
Filipino people. To this he agreed, with the
1GoyiSo THAT TO one should his work until
sitter lis death Vi Gel he died IN Manila this
year the book fcuEo among E4s effects ca
the first page the title SEd al the other eco
paees were blank except the last. on which WIS
written: This Is all l know, after forty Yeas
study Of the Filipino people
Ii is little known tact that the bodies OF the
Kings Of Spain subjected Immediately after
death 10 i long process OF fossiizatioa; ami only
after thiS process Is completed are they allowed
to take their nlaees wiki every circumstance OF
pomp in the royal Pantheon The hsuies are
placed on a n.al bic slab in vat, and subjected 10
she action Of certain chemicals until they arc
converted! into stone. This process usually takes
six years: hut in the case o; the last king,
the father OF the boy monarch of today, the
process took no fewer than thirteen years, and
has only recently been certified TO be complete.
There is al orange grown in China that Is re-
ported 10 suFpass in sweetness and deiicacy any
of the oranges to which We are accustomed. home