The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-28
NoTES OF THE nAY.


Tezsls used 70 base state geoIogist but his
office s=ss abolished IN 1904 An efg7t Is now be-
ing mace to have the position re-estzbIislaed
TIE natural gas wells around lola, Kar-. are re-
ported TO be rapidly falling. The Rockefeller and
standard stand@Ed osl people. i Is said, viii be heavy
France stiIl fnairtains its supremacy IS 4 pro-
Queer Of sehre. an Industry that has aourishe,t
N that country for more than two centrie<-
Nareiuse Is the centre Of this industry.
Complaints arc made IN various parts OF Mex
jersey that tTsEPs are 5s:nz churches as sleeping
ps2ees- They occupy TIE vacant eciEeeS st night
but keep away from them Ia the day.
John McAulife the celebrated painter Of horses
who recently net with fatal fail from q windoss
II Nex York had IN tue course Of his career,
country.
The services Of window dressers are in great
demand in Brussels Just nov, the city having de-
cided to marx the opening % the new century BY
awarding Prizes for s-e best dressed show EiRaews
among the stores.
Immigration to the United States was larger
n the last fiscal year than Il has been IN aBy year
since 1872, and the werst Of II Is thar many Of
tsae immigrants are the most debase6 Eho set
foot On the shores
George knight, inmate Of the Maine state
prison. At Thonaston, Me, for fortytfIree years.
died = day or ago protesting his innocence
OF the charge Of which he was convicted, namely
numbering his <ife.
The people Of chillcocse, No, not satisses
xitb the regular Government eeBsss arranged to
have esrslls OF their own taken Tie result WAS
inst their enUTneratoEs turned IN SO more people
tiAar tat reported In the regular ofieial returns
NstarSlists say that when examined ufnuteIy
with microscope 1t VIII be found THAT no crea-
ture or ebisCt IN nature i posifiTe9y EziT that
there Is certain harmony OF symmetry of PARTS
that renders the whole agreeable Father than the
reverse.
A Yast suantity OF American f-lit Is being ship
ped TO Europe this season Most Of L Is shipped
IN barrels and goes principally to LiserHooi.
Aavre, Glasgow, Rotterdam and few ether
ports California and Florida fruits bear trans
port very we'll
Some at lest OF the great redwood trees Of
California VII be preserved, Inc State having re-
GENTLY iato possession Of about 800 acrss OF
redwood forest through the viii OF the iate Col
J. B. Armstrong at CloyerIale. Sononz county
The tract IS TO be held Is public park
The formal rainfall Of los Angeles Is 1s5
inches per year. For the last seven years the
average was only 60 Per cent Of tins amount
Hundreds Of artesssn weIis ceased to aox. and
at San Diego Tater vas pumped FROM wells go
feet deep The recent heavy rains haze restored
the baia-lce OF thingz
South Dakota sS55sTren from the region vest OF
the Missouri report that movement IS on foot
among big eattIemen 10 have 8 BIZ passed at
Pierre this winter having for its object the
erowding OCT OF small rancbers- During liz past
iew years large number Of rnen OF moderate
means have gone on the ranges
a recruiting oaicer who vas in Iowa recently
says that the percentage OF men accepted IN that
State On offering themselves FOR army service II
considerably above the average IN any ether Stzfe-
Enlistments from Iowa largely rom the farms.
and the vast majority Of yong fellows who O6eE
themselves are yoIng, strong and hardy.
The Automobile Club Of London has already
arranged the route for I.s55 miles trial IN Au-
gust 1851 The journey viii be from London 70
Glasgow and hack The vehicles Wiz start On
August T. and they are due IN Glasgow on Au-
gust Is- The route includes many hills On which
valuable hiH-cIinbing records may be obtained.
eve are going to qnit making fun Of the
erudf-ion and preeocity Of the Boston people,
says the kansas City Journal The other day
a farmer quit blowing up in smith county and
came IN 10 tel the Pioneer that he had pIo7Fed
up some eriEs6s belonging 20 the paleozoic %
Ihes9zoic age. as vel some siIuTiaE trisoHfseS
and 5rachipcds- >"
sugar plantation IN Cuba, near Inc town o.
Fergus, is 1900 acres n extent Il employees
,5e9 persons, aud it tle-e tHo torts thirty
miles % railroad belonging TO the place three
steam railroad locomotives. H5szy homes Ger the
white people and the NATIVES sugar
and q river which floats lighters loaded with
sugar from the plantation docks % tae SLIPS c.
the coast
The ship building industry in Maine has been
very active during the l,asg scar. It is estimated
that the new tonnage turned out at the shipyaris
Of the Pine Tree state vii amount to about 90
tons By December $1,000 tons n excess Il ths
output for 1924 Thrty-tflree sciloonefs, most %
which are Of large size. have been laaH.ied this
Eezr sad the outlook for next season Is very en-
eoUragIng.
Harvari's financial statement Of athletics. which
Is doubtless representative, shows that the net
profits from football last season were s42,269,
making good The descit IN other branehes Of
sport. enabling the expenditure OF mere than
S5e659 IN permanent Improvements, and leaving
net balance for tie year Of S26.5to- Bzseha1
cleared g 10. and tennis and lacrosse CAIRO cue
slightly ahead
movement Is N foot ia SEa Francisco Tor
the gathering under one Eooi Ct al the special,
technical, and general subscription Libraries in
that city There are IN the California metropolis
2 dozen scientific societies which are Struggling
sx4ius1 The odds Of rent. taxes, and other IN
svitzble expen5it5res, aRd which would welcome
any reasonable proposition for constellation Of
Their collections Of books
The wedding dress OF the Queen Of Holland is
being raade At the School for Art EEabFoidsTy IN
Amsterdam. WHARF her coronation robe en-
=
half OF tae number Of workers on Il bend over
putting the needles through While an equal rum
be- Of girls lie on MATTRESSES under the franz ard
return the ueeIrs 50 that both sides Of the en-
broidery equally vel doEe
texas folks In the neizhborhood Of Houston. are
sosstfTE Of the success Of recent fruit flower,
and vegetable SHOW IN that city. An agricultural
paper in that state SAYS the shoE vas success,
not 50 much in the matter OF instructive exiibitz
Of Texas resources IS n 3rOuSInG an enthusiast
that promises 20 result IN the establishment OF
great coast country annual fair 20 caSaPlete the
triangle Of Dallas. San Antonio. and Houston
Ne.S and important archaeological discoveries are
stiH beng made at Sippur- Students Of the
higher Old Testament criticism arc awaiting With
especial interest the decipheTing Of the 2ao85 sal
lets rccea-iy fognc II the RUNS CT the graf
BaFsIoniaa temple st5Ii fstcr discovery j. thai
Of coo fragments OF ancient Writings These dis
close the name end deeds OF the first king krOlSa
10 rnsB. one Enshagshurzaa, who reignea n Baby
lonia $50 B. c.
The ercction Of the William Black Memorial
Tower. on Quart Poi:t, IN the SQUAD es Mall, IS
rapidly proceeding When the structure shall have
been completed light viii be placed OF top CT
it. The memorial light acting IN conjunction
With the Lisnore Light Is TO indicate the route
for vessels passing up or down tie Firth 81 LeFne-
It * expected that the lights sill add to the
sccuritp Of tlse seavsy which Is one Of the most
important the west coast q Scotland.
Many attempts have been made to gros Havana
tobacco II o.ker parts OF the world Ihey have
never succeeded; ss:y Icore than yoa persuade
an expert that Australian ela-et Is French The
true Havana cigar must be grown N Havana and
made there Expert the leaf Il bulk Snd have IS
made I'D precisely according to Cuban Eatthods
a-lst vou VIII ind that the results essste dir