The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-11
NOTES OF THE DAY.


u iAstt CSu3sif gus bAta> -F-1' ~ NN-@'
The golden eagle has great strength 1t lifts
and carries of with case weight OF elehty
pounds.
Two British ships, each of them over een-
tury old, still afoat and sailing the seas
over last year.
Among the numerous thieves arrested during The
last year IN Paris were a princess, dutehess'
and a countess.
To widen business street, the round tower in
Copenhagen, $50 feet IN height, IS TO be bodily
moved distance of fifty yards.
Before Christianity was introduced into India
lepers were inhUnanly treated Food denied
them and many of them were buried alive.
A Chicago physictln Is OF the opinion that,
under proper and fitting climatic conditions 80
per cent Of all cases OF consumption can be
/ cured
The city Of Lafayette Ind. has presented to
Purdue University 100000 gallon water works
pumping engine for use in the laboratory OF the
university
/ Catholic church IL being erected az
t Vancouver, b. C., at cost of Sl50.0g3. 1t "iil
7 be finished in October and will be the most mag
/ ihhcent edifee On the Pacific coast
Australia is fine place for poor people. 81
kinds OF meats are inexpensive in that country a.
j there is abundance OF them. Mutton sells .
low as penny pound Fish costs even less
The University of Edinburg has decided to dis
! continue its local examinations after the sum
mer of 1851. There has been steady decrease II
Inc HGiiBtI u tdLuitdst5 iJi STtfiai Ss4ts Pes'-
4 Chicago man was recently fined for burning
I a rat, the decision Of the court being that raj
was an animal and consequently the offence
IN der the statute fof preventing cruelty TO AM
! mails
Last month the railway town Of Crewe, in
England, enjoyed a holiday and festival, tie
occasion beiHg the completion OF the four thous
andth locomotive built the great railway shop=
! there
Beer drinkers is German, ard their name i
| legion, are protected by LAW from being sFindled
by the publieans The ordinary glass is regulated
/ ny law and must hold certain measure Of th'
foamiag beverage.
Three electric light plants being built il
New York for shipment 10 Russia One Is Tor az
| American concern at Ikutsk, sberiai another foi
the Siberian mine ChIta, and The other plant
| i Tor mine in Aaneburia
Baron Adolph Won stuengmilIer went broke
| in Cincinnati. He got position in hotel shin,
| ing silver but lost il because he would not have
/ his luxuriant blonde mustache cut Of. All The
! servants have eiesn-shaven faces
The married and unmarried women of the United
States OF Colombia, South America, are desig-
nxtod by the manner III which they wear howers
I in their hair, the seneFas wearing them on the
night side and The senOritas on the left
Two thousand ,vgo hundred and fou. teen negroes
including z35 w5nen, have taken degrees from
Institutions OF every sort. All have been seit-
/ supporting, and letters from half OF them report
s ss 55 5SeF'se assessed valuation" o. ''- ''-''
Father Donahue, assistant rector OF St. Joseph )
church. Hoboken, y. J., sca-hiHgIy criticised no
: Icy parties. which he characterized as devil
! parties ard rebuked the Young members q the
! congregation Tor having made arrangements ioI
: trolley party
Mitsuziro Harada, Of Japan, Who IS studying
; 81. rTta
New Orleans Times Democrat thai LaicIdio
Hearn. now professor Of English literature in
| Kobe University. Is the best-lIked American
| scholar III japan.
/ The largest electrical display at Paris Is made
| by Sienlens Brothers OF a 2.4e9 horsepower en-
| CINE. which. with direct current dynamo, VII
give of , 700 amperes 800 volts. The aggregate
| output OF English dynanos Is 900 klowatts- The
| French generate s5UVt
| dictionary Of foreign words and phrases, re-
Gently published in France, endeavors 10 convey
through the eye the pronunciation Of English
words The sound OF the title OF familiar
| SfakespesTean play Is represented thus: AeuteI
a-dou about neuth-igne-'
| In Paris gentlemen keep their hats IN their
hands longer when speaking TO ladies Paris IS
| the most haU-lifting city in the world But IN
the United States young wonlen have toe com
! Try their feet. Society seeHs 20 rave been
specially organized for them
oxford has among is undergraduates marrie
Lancashire Midland, twenty -three years OF az,
who worked his way into the university By study
! ing after factory hours. with the help Of iree
libraries and university extension lectures lie
| has a scholarship worth SO year
China has stiH the oId-fashioned system =
! private letter carrying. Letter shops are 10 be
found in every town. Ii he has letter 10 send l
Cisiuaman goes to letter shop and bargains WIN
the KEEPER thereof He pays two-thirds OF ihe
cost leaving the receiver 10 pay the rest N DC
/ livery
Recently in Paris the police arrested man Y no
| boldly advertised in the press I preparation #
rirriol for tie use Of discarded GeethearIs. The
advertisement read something Ike this Attes'-
! ton, disappointed ones. Speei3l preparation Of
vit1iol III secure TASKS. Swift. sure and causJlc
| Satisfaction guaranteed
Farm hands are so scarce in South Dakota tilat
5he farmers about Sioux Falls raided i circus
the other day and aiEed away most OF the canvas
men and other rousIabouts for harvesting Aa'i
| in North Dakota. where there is a shortage IN
some crops 1t IS Difficult; 10 get sufficient help 10
/! handle the large residue
Some mystery attaches TO The discharge IA
London OF all district messenger girls They wee
/ onlv recently employed 10 fiji shortage caused
, by the strike OF the messenger boys, but j WAS
! thought the change would he permanent .
Whether a leakage OF secrets has caused return
| to the old order is moi known
Ex-PTesidenV Zaldwar- 81 Salvador. who IT,
Gently came to Washington minister OF taa5
country says the people down there want an
| nteroceanic canal as badly as the United states,
and they prefer the Nicaragua route. because II
would give Salvador Atlantic port for Its mar
| keis, something which il has net at present.
Most bald people are found 10 lead indoor lives
and almost all of them belong 10 the intellee-
| tual class Unusually the loss OF hair begins be-
| fore the thiTtieth year. In IL usually
| constitutes general thinning; in It affects
the top OF the head. Diseases That affect the gen
| erai nutrition OF the body are likely TO thin the
| hair.
There is more melody in Andreasburg, Prussia.
| in the Hartz Mountains, than in any et9.e- town
| in the world There $4,000 canaries are annually
| reared and four-hiths OF them are sent TO the
United States. Professor BIRDS perfect singers.
| are placed among the Young birds, that the
latter may initiate the trlls of the experienced
! warbleTs.
school of practical agriculture has been
opcned at BriafcIif manor the New YORK and
Putnam division OF the New York Central Rail
| road The aim viii be 10 raise the standard Of
| agricultural methods and practical instTuc ,ioi.
poultry yard. and dairy. The idea is to Ter
first the quality and afteFward the quantity of the
| article produced.
In jersey City the other da- big horse. with
a solemn and ghastly-looking white faes mi-tooG
| the bedroom Of shoemaker's wife for his stable
| and calmly walked into The apartment. He soon
| found out from the sIricks OF terror emitted by
the cobblers' wife that he in the wrong quart
| ers and calmly walked cut escorted sy police
! man who made his appearance in response 70 the
woman's howl Of terror.
Chinese dragon fsovued upon Chicago Suli-
| day night. Ii was phenomenon Of the sky A
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