The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.

/ siegiricd Wagner, son Of the great composer.
,onlempiates making a Two years' visit 20 ibis
/ country.
/ a colony Of 400 Missouri farmers win settle in
the valley Of The C0ucho River, state Of Chchua-
Hu'' Mexico this spring.
! one Of the best yaehtsman in The state Of Rhode
Island is said 90 De Mr.. william Gregory the Re
publican nominee ior Governor Of the little state.
a Canadian factory has just made for the grain
| \ ~ :" ~ inter. iionai Railway az -. Johns.
[ weighing nine tons.
/ In nearly every street in the towns Of Jsp,n
! ,nae Is public oven where upon paving a
! trih.ng sum Of money houseovners may have their
/ oiilefs and supptrs cooked for them.
Lying side by side in specially prepared graves
I on the farm Of the late Robert Bonner. in New
/ A"fk, are the remains Of Dexter and Maud s. two
( OF the greatest horses the world ever saw.
Numerous curios from the Philippines brought
I nome br General Wheeler attract great interest
-. We have had the privilege Of seeing them
I Pi'"ouhce the collection as one Of great value
Philadelphia continues 70 have trouble concern.
ing 81, supply Of water There j. not enough .
/ the liquid icT needed purposes and o. what there
/ is TIE conditions are such that il is Of little
use either for bathing drinking purposes.
/ The W. C. T. L. Of Waterloo. Ind. have pur-
chased a crrirw bell and have had il placed in an
( Oh fine engine house, where it is sounded every
4 evening as a warniug 70 BOYS and eirls under
/ the age 81 fourteen yesrs 90 go home. under a
: penalty Ut = tine
/ The Kiag Of Denmark viii reach hi. eighty
/ second birthday the STD Of April next and has
asked that All his children De with him on th.
occasion The Princes Of Walcs Is making pre-
J frlratious 60 be present. and intends 20 remain
! with him as loUg as possible
/ Excellent results have been obtained with the
rse OF OH iu blast furnaces. % is ilteposed be-
/ tween the hotair stoves ard the tuyercs Of yi..
blast furnace. The oil Sc drawn bv tie blast into
{ the furnace. whore 10 increases the tsmperatur.
aid als' facilitates the reduction OF the ore.
! OF thirty-three bishops Of the Church q Eng
/ land. three are the sons Of temporal peers Two
Of bishops. eleven Of clergyman three Of lawyers.
1 one 81 a doctor, two Of bankers. five ct country
zeiiirrs, one OF tr1dcsrnan. three q farmer
and two. the Archbishops Of Canterbury and OF
York, Of army officers.
J party Of women Organized themselves into q
band Of llborers at Marmatou. Kan the other day.
Twelve q them put on old clothing and began the
work of exeavatiug for the foundations % the new
church bHildirg 40 that place. Enough money b.
! build the churrh could not Do raised 20 The Wo-
men determined 10 take nap tie work and do it
4 theu-elycs-
/ The man who &. said 90 have the largest heal
I IN the world s. now IN tbc New York CITY Hos
! p.t1i BilrksvcIT Island. Ills name IS Janes
MenEi III. head Is ffty-oue and one-eighth inches
I in ciIcumirrance. against twenty-five Tor thc
average Yet Bee is only four feet one inch iu
.
1 Ai- legs ere very short alc taia-
! Elward Hickov. the father Of FreeInasonrv IN
/ Illinois. died teu dsys ago al the county in
hrmlry. 40 Moline. I'm that state of old age De
. Was Tire oldest living member 40 Che order iu
l-inel-, and IS credited with having been sire
. oldest living member 40 tLc Masonic Association.
F. having az the time OF bis death lacked but one
} month ~ completing OBJ, Eiusty-uiurh year.
/ The present shah OF Persia is forty years az
sSe- s-lle Ls accession 20 power De las found
4. ~ O. number q elementary schools an over DID,,
dominion he las put end Co the vicious So
. l-I % farming tic taxes aud made the COLLECTION
. -i tae revenue state affair lie has rtorgluizcd
iHe postal system CD the same basis. and iu time
. ilts lack u railways in The country Viii be- nm
. .ois5
The last remaining relic Of tae first railway in
/ London has iust disappeared Do IsJI au act vas
I PASSED authorizing The construction of railway
{ from Wzud-UoitG 90 Croydon. the sieeper- beirz
of stone. Motor power was provided By horse
The scheme included dock gt WaHd>E0rth, and
% Is the ancient wooden connected tIerevifH
/ which has just fallen into the waters oi Jls
3 NlEdle
il costs 20 cents Co get 40 article 71sHed in DIV
-rn. L. sou urtoy-t Cd the Laundry 1sa,sS yOl eau
/ judge t.r yourself what chance you would have
I i- town Oi from 1000 TO 90 go men and women,
I al TOO busy Geo go tlei1 Own washing. Tobacco
l sll- f.y - pound In Alaska : Archibald
brought les than $1,000 % Dlw-oE CITY iu March.
tCmbCr. -, De had ~. 0l0 All made IN trading.
! Tire Queen OF England takes vivid interest ia
I the wounded vino have lately been accommodated
\ in rlc splendid wards OF ROYAL Victoria Hospital
at NeiIcy. During the last few weeks each Of the
I Princess who have b.,n staying az Osborn has
. been sent a,ress the >2lcnt from time GO time.
bearing not only Kind messages. bat also gifts II
more substantial kind from the sovereign t0 tho-c
! OF her soldiers VITO have lately suffered iu her
! service
I AccJrliE. 20 an article recently published con
/ cssuirg energy boz plants DO is shown that I've
I plants are plants vita their PARTICLES in m0G1a
I building Up the plants structure add known iI
botany as vital energy Tie material cue q which
Q plan. structure f. formed IS kuCgD qr0tuQasu.
4 TIE forms Of flowers result from VARYING degrees
and directions Of vital energy-5ut what starts The
/ mctica % prCtCpllSm, and 30 directs tlr energy
that a little cell may develop .a ere instance Jo
] an ,lk nm another 10 q lLItlre-p, has ROO sccu
! demonstrated.
An interesting relic Of the sgi-e Of Ls5.-Iujsi-
/ one Of the first to reach tais country has ir,y
I been placed on exhibition iu The Museum Of tie
I ROYAL United Service Institution In Wai-5ill.
/ saws tle London Chronicle This consists of a
I diminutivc letter which ra~ written iH tle town
Z by a trooper in the Natal tJThIuCel~ and carried
/ ont by a native runner. The messenger was cap
tured by the Beers and while they were iu the
see Of iEteu1s4tiug him he concealed the tiny
missiyc H az his HC>triis. and being released,
Z lie WAS enabled tu deliver DO tl The at1rlsseg,
3 capt L \ Montgomery, Magistrate. Natal
The letter f. about inch In length. and hJ, beer
folded several times over ir order that DO mig
I he contained within tLe smallest possible c-u-
/ pas.
/ a despatch from Eosono, IND. TO the India
/ rapoIis News says: TIE mGca-,alked-oi exodus
| OF German farmers began on Monday last. when
I 500 Isft i5r Condo Grand Forks and &aEet;c. y.
! d. One hundred and seventy I'VE viii leave NsE.a
/ p foI lrg same points. and about the Hlitdie %
: April 100 mechanic, VIII 90 via Jbe Northern F.
I ciEc 90 Condo ID is CstMatet that 200, all told,
viii leave fGr the Northwest. members II this
( roi0uy, dWiuE yhe spring TEey ale iu the NAN
Z sturdy Young German farmers, brought mp in ths
/ Duukard OF the German Baptist Church. Ihry
/ come from the vicinity Of hohlmo. Burlington,
( Niamit1Un. Buukerbiii, and NaUnecCng- lEfy
] have ample means 90 make q StJit IN lfe. Lad
1 viii develop into eiizers oi che best type IN the
| new country.
! In Korea a bride must be entirely silent on Ter
marriage day. u she utter O. word OF even make
sign she becomes al once au object oi Iid,erle
Her silence must he absolute. even iu her lFn
I room though her husband may tempt her 20
break il by cOaXing, OF hy tluats ana repro aches
I for she knows thar an the woman servants 5r-
/ lurking about and listening, aud even the utter
I auce al q single word would De reported 10y them,
and she would lose caste forever. Among the Aiz'-
| esq classes the custom At silence n most rl-it E
before a husband ever hears his wifc's voice aai
| even then she speaks 10 more than Is absolute y
necessary. With her iathcr-iu-law her silence IS
even s,rictgr. and very often years VIII rz-s D.
fore she raises her eyes TO his, or spcaks 10 HIN
[ a single word
at seems impossible TO build too many hats IN
Now York " eaid a real estate man. according DO