The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
NOTES OF THE DAY.

sahizdtion IN the tinted states
carrier pigeon let loose from steamer. 418
miles out at sea, returned safely to It's cote at
Rennes
When ants are observed at midsummer enlsrg
ing and building up their dwellings il is sad TO
portend an early and Md winter.
a., young womsn ing in sedslia, No, was
heating.
In 1915 the postage on a letter from New York
to Wisconsin % cents. People wrote long
letters in those days in a fine eepDer-plate hand
on thin paper.
At place called Kotorn on the French Ivory
coast, the natives believe that to eat or destroy
turtle would mean death to the guilty one or
sickness among the family
recent writer on the personal appearance of
Jesus suggests that st. Luke was a painter and
that his reference to the person Of the Saviour may
possibly be entitled to some credence.
There is kick" among the old soldiers at
their home near Leavenworth. Kan. The cause OF
their growl is because, as they ailege, OF an IN
suffcieney of salt and pepper in their food
Tie French warships OF all sizes to be begun
carried forward during 1901 number Ill. The list
includes four battIeships and seventeen subma-
rines All to be completed by the end OF
1865.
The people of America drank over 10000 OF
imported champagne during the last year. How
much of it was manufactured in this country TO
be sent back again. stati3t!cians are not prepared
10 say
Five bears were seen squam Lake. about
seven miles from Meredith, n. II. Bears seem
to be quite plentiful this fall Several have been
killed Sandwich, about sixteen miles from
Meredith. this fall.
In this rapid transit period few people can aP-
preciate the fact that within the memory of many
old inhabitants here and in other cities il re-
quired day and half TO make journey from
New York TO Philadelphia.
Labor in Vancouver B. c. are urging the
| imposition of a heavy tax on male domestic serv-
ants, the object being 10 diminish the employ
ment OF Chinese and Japanese in the kitchen or
in any other part of the household
The new Turkish University at Constantinop-e
viii not accept students over eighteen years of
age Except the theological courses {Koran, etel.
which Will be open to thirty students, no faculty
viii accept more than twenty-five students.
1t is reported on high authority that the petro-
leum industries OF Roulnania have made great
progress of late and that. If transportation be-
comes cheaper and better. this country Viii be
a formidable competitor OF America and Russia
Until the middle of the last century cavalry
GeploymeRts BY two right angle turns. and
when the diagonal march was adopted Instead Of
making tie diagonal by hall turn ct each horse
| the movement was by the Whole troop on unit
There are about $500 miles of railroad in Rus
STA, OF which 800 mites are operated and main
tanned by the Imperial Government Pension funds
maintained for the employees OF these roads
These funds amount to something like So ,o0099-
The Peruvian Legislature has passed a isw
granting absolute amnesty 10 all persons who may
have been concerned in any political ransgression
or Offences with the right 10 fill public Offices
All political prisoners confined al Lima have been
set al liberty.
/ Benevolent assimilation may be accomplished IN
| hurry by means OF bomb invented by Prof.
! Camphausen Of Amsterdam. The bomb is said to
be capable Of generating fumes that viii make
breathing impossible within radius OF loo yards
| OF the explosion
| China imported in the first six months of 800
500 600 900 eases OF Russian petroleum against
| 5,4l0ooo eases in the same period Of 1883, and
6,Io0,0o1 cases Of American petroleum during the
first six months OF 1900. against $4,000 cases In
the same period Of 1888
travelling pedder in Hanowell, Me-, drove
quite sharp trade recently in flour barrels. He
called on the wife of q business man and pur-
chased barrels for 10 cents each. and then sold
them TO the head of the household at his place Of
| business at . cents each
Colonel Frank s. Hastings retired merchant
of San Francisco is preparing to erect in Golden
| Gate Bark in that city, the highest 9agpole n
| the world The giant pole will be $50 feet high
| and from it viii an American fig loo feet
| long with stars three feet in diameter
| The hop crop of this season is very heavy in
the northwest. This viii probably interest low
ers of the foaIning lager beer. There vii be
/ enough hons for all the brewers in the country
/ and there NAV be a finer twang 10 that mucn
/ regarded bitter taste IN the beverage
| UbaIdo sibilio. one of the best-known wheelmen
! in Southern italy. was fatally injured by a fan
| recently The funeral held at Bari, in Gala
/ bria. and was attended by several hundred b:cy-
/ cIists all awheeI One Of the mourneEs rode be
| hind the coffin leading the dead mans wheel
| Chinese belle on special occasions viii en-
! tirely bedaub her face with white paint, adding
rouge TO the lips and cheeks in such profsion that
| she looks more like painted mask than any
| thing human Her eyebrows are biacAened WITH
ch2rTed sticks and aTched or narrowed IN accord
! auce with her idea OF beauty.
/ At fair recently given at Wichita, Kan,
the dandy OF the occasion was a Butler county
| farmer. who wore Knox hat, 500 suit OF
| clothes an s. pair of shoes, kid gloves and
| hst-ens! cravat that made him look as il he was
going to fly away. The F1ianraao heia,l'il1h
! saws that the girls all wanted to eat him up.
\ citizen OF Hartford. Conn. was arrested for
catching frogs in public reservoir He was fined
| and appealed his case. The superior court has
lust decided that frogs fish within the mean
| ing of the statutes and that the accused was.
therefore. liable under the Law. The citizen had
pleaded that the statute did not refer 10 frogs
Attention has recently been called to the fact
!
ND to the present Gar have all of them been
Of unusually strong build and many Of them noted
for their strength, the only one since the time OF
Peter the Great who may be said TO nave Teaitl-
ed 4 rfpe age is the present Grand Duke Michael
the sole surviving son OF Nicholas /, VINO Is no"
| Sixty-eight years old.
The French Court of Cessation is now engaged
| in irving libel suit growing out Of the battle
| OF Waterloo-certainIy one OF the most curious
| cases ON record The defendant is the author OF
| a recently published history, who said In his
| hook that Count de Rourmont deserted to the
| enemy in the lannon's battle He Is being sued by
the nobiemans descendants fer this aSperslon
upon the counts memory
The butterfly invariably goes to sleep head
downward says the Spectator" 1t folds and
contracts its wings TO the utmost The effect IS to
reduce its size and shape to a narrow ridge, hard
| " distinEuishable in shape and color from the
| seed heads On thousands of other stems around
The butterfly also sleeps the top OF the STEM
| In the morning when the sInbcau.s warm them.
all these craypied sIeepers the tops open their
| wings and the colorless beEnets are starred With
a thousand living flowers OF PuEest azure
What is probably the largest deer head ever
brought to this city, SAYS the Portland, Me-,
Argus :, has been left with Taxidermist John A
Lord. for mounting The horns from a
monster buck weighing 225 pounds, which WAS
shot by Mr. Fred J. Lewis, Of York Beach, last
week in Canada, near the st Lawrence ltiVeF-
! The Longest tip or point on the horns measuF Is
! twelve and one-haif inches The HHcE was eFi-
IDENTIFY an od-timer as its antieTs Indicated
Notwithst anding their extreme size they are per
| fectly formed.
| Persons convicted of crime in Portugal Do moi
| suffer much comparatively speaking. When taey
are transported, they often are, to places on