The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.

fis,'ss''VVs N me general improvement u tns
tio4 Of beans New YORK state long bei6 aus
: DISTINGUISHED astronomer ssserts that on Inc
planet Uranus The sun rises in he vest ssd sets
IN The east.
CLERKS and tse elergy are said to be the mos
numerous patrons Of the bicycle Teachers are
also great patrons Of the wheel.
soentgen rass 70 sid IN reading obsc.zss lsuprss-
SONS and in discovering iorgeFies.
Among the iesrnsd professions 81 hss teea Is
cided- must be admitted al Librarians If thes rs
properly qualified for their business.
Jvage Henry Iiiltoa OF Ses York who was sug
POSED to be the poSscssor af niiiens was Horti
IN real estate wien Ire died only s64s.o0o.
Out in Kansas they are san paying elsia1s fer
damages sustained in The celebrated Qnantrell
raid Il, to the sreSent time ssslsi5.s5 have Bea
paid. The unpaid outstanding claims amount q
sl5,es2.S5
Mrs Hannah Lafd=aw. Of Pail River, Mas
recently died Of paralysis, cue to the fear tlizs
she had swallowed Ter ialse teeth She had not
done SC, and her death was consequently CAUSED
By fright
Only three participants in the Revo3uiiousry
War lie buried IN Iowa soil These are Ci.ariez
sbep>erd and William Blair. Who fought with tI5e
eolonlsts. and William Ross. ensign II an
Erglisa regiment.
The Turkish Minister to Athens. Riioot Bey,
vas recently bitten BY dog belonging to his
uife The animal -=as supposed 70 be afflicted
with hydrophobia and the Minister has gone 10
Paris for treatment
There lives at PsdGcaE ~. a blind meehsaic
xho can and does place Iaths as evenly and drive
the nails as tr,:iy Is car any NORMAN gifted xitl
sight. He pnts Up his Own scafoids, and does
as much woeS IN day any man IL his trade
a New York woman has applied to the courts
to interfere IN her son 5 love Affairs Nrs- Nary
Folsom # Fort Hamilton. has aled a petition for
an Injunction to enjoin her son FROM counting
certain yeuns wsnsn who lives in nearly
town
The Speaker Of the House Of commens draws
salary OF Sz5.eoo and ou his retirement from the
| Office gets an annual pension Of $4,000, besides
! being elevated 70 the nee-sge. As speaker ne Is
provided With fine mansion FOR entertaining on
large scale
In iss4 house ~as built az Kiek@poo. Kan, By
che Catholics who established mission there
After that il ,sas used for tine oy Governor
Reeder the Ezsf Territorial Governor Of Bsnsas-
Since then Il has been used a store, Postoifee
and dwelling.
The French torpedo boat Aadlciesx. which has
gone 10 L'oriezt Tor hez trials. Is the smallest
ironcl4d n the vorld She carries an aEInoF belt
her machinery incl 90 IN thieksisss-
Z
e.pound proiectiie-
The II2 cotton mills Of Mexico consumed last
yezr 81 .ce5.oOO pounds Of cotton and produced
nearly I1GG8.0eo pieces OF woven and printed
goods These mills give employment 10 . fsa
operatives. and tie sales Tor The year amounted
70 more than ses, ots.es0
Alison s Sherman. who vas Chieago's thir5
mayor is still living At the age Of uinety-three
/ He was born IN Fermea; HIS present keme Is =
/ waukegsn IL, and he seldom visits the city
over which he ruled many years ago Re moved
cut Of Chicago before the big FIRE
An interesting and ancient house II Vienna i
being demolished Il stood at the corner Of The
| kohImsrkt, and MAS occupied for the past cen
fury BY the music sTn o. Artaria, and within its
walls Haydn. Mozart. Beethoven. PRgsnInls aiie
Fieuxtenps had passed many hours
! While Nex York state IS first in point Of Popu-
lation it is seventh II miles Of railroad accord
ing to one authority Illinois. the third IN popu-
iation IS The greatest railroad State with nearly
II.cco miles Of track Pennsy wanna Is second,
both in population and IL railroad tracks
The company which has acquired the Mannheim
patent for mixing coal oil vita earbonaeeous
earths s~ith the object OF making the substitute
fgr coal known as 'fbriquzttes,' in Germany, mas
| begun operations SIsvings and savdsst are ais9
beng mixed sit. esrbouaceous matters n bi1-
quetEes-
hobo died Monday in Massachusetts, aims
house He possessed ample means but preferred
to live the life Of tramp, entering upon that
existence about Eve years ago Stricken with
pneumonia he preferred 70 be treated eF elAFlty
rather than expend what he possessed n hcsFl-
tai
The sailing ship Springfield recently arrived az
San Francisco rom Tendon with czrge OF Port
land cement. She experienced tremendously heavy
weather while rounding Cape Horn ana the
| cement became vet, the result beng thar Il
I Inc
quarTied out
Pros. Joseph Wright is collecting phonogTephic
| specimens OF English dialects partly to eaabl@
/ him 10 check the material 3or comprehensive
1 comparative grammar q all the English dialects
/ in the United Kingdom and partly 10 mana gown
/ To rosteritv faithful record Of the dialects a.
/ spoken at the end of the nineteenth century.
The mother o5 the young King OF Spain Is al
wsvs anxious when His Majesty takes his riding
lessons. She was nervous when as baby he only
sal astFide wooden horse. Her nervousness IN
| this respect Is said 10 be IN consequence o.
Gypsy woman predictions When ss vas 9,.., q
| The old bag ted her her son Teclo meet VILE
/ fatal throw from horse
| In pursuance of the Russian Governments plan
to strengthen the Black Sea fleet cruiser has re
| Gently been put on the stocks and another one
Is 10 be butt IN Se5astoPol says St Petersburg
correspondent The displacement q e2ea o. 80.
| wsrships Is to be 8400 tons and the arn'a'!I5nt
| viii ocTsist OF twelve sinch and twelve 9-A2en
| quick frsrs and SIX Hotchkiss guns.
John RoeeR. prisoner who taken sick n
the Narinette county, Wis. Jail with what VS.
| thought tc be smallpox, has gone insane. Il Is
supposed that the worry and fear induced oy me
SUSPICIOUS character Of his zIlncnt uahlaged rs
mind After he had been isolated for several DAYS
IT WIS found shat i only 2 rash thsE ne was
suffering with He soon recovered, but has since
become violently insane.
The city OF London invests its chief magistrate
With the most extraordinary powers and PFerogs
tfres. He is not only chief criminal and civil
/ Judge Of the city but likewise generalissiro Of
the city militia and admiral OF the port OF Lon
sioa But before entering upon bis twelve sncDths
| term OF ofiee It conpeis him 10 sign bond OF
10000 foT nc saiekee2ing Of the Jewels sossn-
lag part OF his insignia Of ofhee.
The court OF appeals at Albany, Y Y holds
that street car conductor hiss the right 10 eject
Messenger who Insists on standing on the plat
| form, . Elwood W Montgomery, suffering from a
violent headache came outside hepinE for relief IN
the fresh air. The conductor PUT hin on after
| some argument. Montgomery s1Ied and obtained
verdict for CSC damages. but this decision vas
reversed Oh appeal 70 higher court
While repairing the tower CT an old church at
| Csssonay. near Lausanne workman found Il
| easset in a sesrSt compartment which contained
| manuscripts dating as far hack 1885. Two Of
the manuscripts are written in Latin and refer 70
| the Brrxuntian wars then raging IN Switzerland
The Other manuscripts are written N French 5i4o
bear the date Of fsa- They have been 1orssartea
TO The museum AZ BeTne 20 be carefully sxs=tned
one OF the London papers says that there ( a
! weIi-attended school Tor walters ia Vienna Tie
pupils are first Instructed in the genera Prilei-