The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-09
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Up TO date the countries Of Turkey and Greece
are not provided With telephone facilities.
In the United states and Canada there are
96o,o94 odd Fellows aud So ,255 Freemasons-
Papier mache scabbards for swords are used by
officers in the Russian army and naval service.
The constant labor of four persons, fer en-
tire year, is required TO produce cashmere shawl
OF the best quality
There Is resident of Henry County Tenn who
has IN his POSSESSION bailot-b0x that has been
used forty nine years
Blood oranges are sometimes produced by in,
jeeting a few drops Of claret through a small
aperture in the rind of the orange.
A curious butterfly exists in India The male
has the left wing yellow and the right one red;
the female has these colors reversed.
Nome Alaska, has two newspapers-the 'Goid
Digger" and the News Each is weekly OF
four large paaes. The subscription price is 81 per
month.
'Cyclite'' and 'eyeiisrne" have been accepted as
dictionary words by the French academy alter
Telegraph.
AT picnic Of old settlers in Chicago recently
Alexander Beaubien awarded the medal foI
being the oldest male settler He arrived IN
Chicago in 1922.
The large German doekyards kept so busy
building warships that fears are being expressed
that it viii soon be necessary TO have merchant
vessels built abroad.
The Texas Statehouse is said to be full of cent?
pedes- The insects run over the Governors desk
and have 10 respect whatever for the legislator
OF the Lone Star State.
mad bull pup ioped into Moberly, Nc re-
Gently and bit one man and so many Of tld
mongrel ours Of the town that the people turned
out and slew all the dogs.
The choir boys of st. Georges chapel, Windsor
| Castle. III accordance with ancient custom, have
the right to claim 5 shillings as ''spur money
IN rIvg- MS II
! church during service
When the active service section Of the Roya
Berks Volunteers left Maidenand recently on theii
way to the front, each was presented with Q
sovereign by Colonel BoXall, with injunetions =
spend the same at Pretoria.
The French patent law requires that patente
should work his patent in the country within {
patent ct the Exposition, however, viii be locke,
upon IS fulfilling this requirement.
Beer is becoming expensive in Chicago As :
consequence about 600 of the small shops VIII
derive their revenues principally from the sal
OF tie fcaning beverage viii 90 out of business il
a short time. Their sales are not profitable.
The new French duel code which IS the woEI
of Prince Blbesco, provides that in the future Nc
duel end without the shedding Of blood. ant
no account OF the proceedings shall be published
II the insult causing the duel was not public
small boy in New York bit a big torpedo
the other day under the impression that it wa
candy. He was badly injured about the head anC
face. hut the physicians hope to have Tim il
condition to bite some Of the real article in :
short time.
The number of stars distinctly visible withou.
the aid Of glass Is put by Gould at 5.S33, Prof
Aewcomb says their number Is near 1871 Thesi
up to the sixth magnitude Prot Ncwcoml
estimates the number up 10 the 40 magnitude
at zGJ,oG0.G10-
Hand organ grinders who 20 about the countr
with 4 monkey TOT 4 travelling companion are Gu
tened to keep cut OF Portland, Ne. The tow
marshal has issued orders to the police officers
arrest such characters atJer sufficient warning
has been given them
In Siberia. as general rule farmers do no
live upon the land they cultivate They max
their homes in villages near by their farms Uhers
in the evenings after their days iabnTs are end
ed. they meet friends, talk politics and n
JOY themselves generally
The locust is one Of the greatest pests MAI
has to deal with He IS always hungry and lay
waste every place he travels over. OF the %.
900. zoe square miles covering the surface Of Tn,
earth 100000 are more or less subject 10 IN
scou-ge CT this insect with the giant appetite.
It : declared by some druggists. sellers
fancy articles, BARRIERS, and Others that the NAL,
sex use more hair dyes than women. In gTe2
many cases II was said when a mzE becomes
dyes theTEl-paTtiCularly II he Is . gallant Oh
bachelor
According % the comments Of The Paris press
American women are the best dressed Of any vhc
visit tie Exposition. Figaro says that AmeEi-
can women have even set the fashion fOT tnelI
French sisters. The latter have begun 10 copy
styles which they ind worn 10y women from Chi
cago and New York.
The British and Foreign Bible Society Is pro
viding all Boer prisoners with Bibles printed in
Dutch, and the plan VIII be carried cut within I
few weeks The society might save its money
It's quee- sort OF Boer who don't carry a
Dutch Bible. and most OF them, ike Dom Paul,
knOw much Of il By heart.
There are more than twice as many blind per-
sons in Russia As in the whole Of the rest OF En-
rope They number I91, 500. which Is equivalent
TO IN every I.co1 Of the population In France
and England the proportion IS not quite one p5r
] 900 In the United States most OF the blind
belong tc the Republican party
Chicago grain men are interested IL the report
that within the next few years an enormous
grain trade Is certain to be developed between
Mongolia and Siberia. The population OF the
vast Monaghan SteppcS concerns itself almost
wholly with the breeding Of cattle and horses
and is likely to draw almost all its ioodStuts from
Siberia in the future.
4 notable feature of the American celebrations,
and Of the United States at the Exposition itself,
an IN general Of the American tourist in Europe
during these recent years. Is the Inordlnate use
of our flag. Young women are deresSed IN l..
young men wear 1t around their Hecks for I
Crayar, II Is twined around the head OF the col
cred cook al the corn kitchen.
Michigan has the honor OF possessing among her
citizens two gentlemen of extraordinary haTsute
appendages. Mr. Tanner. of Brighten, in that
State has a beard eight feet long, while another
gentleman Mr. Guiles, Il orJoRyile, wears
charming OF wiIiSkeTS only one foot shorter
than the gentleman from Brighton. Neither OF
them feel any desire 70 exhibit themselves in dime
museums.
1t was generally supposed that croquet had CONC
altogether cut Of fashion, but on many lawns O:
country homes where formerly tennis nets were
stretched croquet wickets and hoops are once
more seen Il has been found that tennis is too
violent a game for the majority Of women, and
golf makes a greater demand the time aud
patience OF women than mos OF them can afford
Croquet Is found 20 be 4 more suitable and con.
yenient relaxation.
For some unknown reason there has been a
great falling off of suburban travel on the steam
lines entering Chicago. Trains which have been
going and coming well loaded in the spring and
winter are often this summer nearly empty It Is
not caused by absence OF people from the city, for
there was no such falling on last summer CT in
previous years. It may be that the cool and
rapid trolley lines have begun TO cut into the
business Of the steam roads.
The full name of Abdul Ham:d, the Sultan of
Turkey is: Abdul Hamid, the Beloved Sgltan of
sultans; Emperor Of Eml5erors; the Shadow OF
God upon Earth; Brother OF the Sun; Dispenser Of
Crowns to those who sit upon thrones: Sovereign
of Constantnople. ard the great city OF Br0ussl.
as well as OF Damascus, which Is the scent of
Paradise; King Of Kings, whose army Is the
Asylum OF Victory; ii the foot of whose throne is
Justice and the Refuge of the World.