The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-07
NOTES OF THE DAY.


a woman.
Persian lilac bush in Kansas City, No., is
twenty feet in diameter.
There are at present thirteen incorporated au-
tomobile clubs in the United States
A island has been formed out at sea, about
ten miles from the mouth Of the Rhone.
The game laws are being evaded in the West
by sending birds through the mail else IN
cheese boxes.
:, The New Zealand Parliament is about to
thorize the expenditure of Ell 03o 600 fer the ex-
tension CT he railways Of that colony.
Paper money is at premium at Nome Miners
find 1t more convenient than gold and pay as
much as per cent in excess OF its face value
for IL.
mint is to be established in Canada for the
coinage Of gold Heretofore the coinage of the
metallic currency Of Canada has been done in
England.
One of the best ads for book, Boston paper
intimates is that of novel recently brought cut
in London, which is described possibly book
for men rather than for Women.
curious incident of the recent floods in CAL
cutta was the stopping of tram in Dalhousie
Square, the very heart of the city, by a large
nsh which was swimming in the street and got
caught in the wheel.
The quality c. the tea depends largely upon
= the age OF the leaves at tine Of picking: the
There are as many three four, and sometimes
more pickinGs during season.
A notice which was recently posted in West
kensington (-ondon) church informed the public
that five Pe'ys Were for sale, and that said pews
were specially desirable because 1.-THE contrbu-
tI2p plate Is not passed to them
DR.. Edward A. Ross, who has been at the head
of the department Of economies and sociology at
the Leland Stanford University since 1885, has just
L fltP Thor fzt h. Er-a-
tohal Sociological Institute at Paris
The late Charles Dudley Warner, while sitting
on the balcony of club in New York three years
ago made prediction about something ten
years from then and quickly continued with these
words: Hold on. No. shant, for l shall be
dead''
The wife of Bishop NiIlspugh, says the ''Kanzas
City Times sent an old party gown to a rum
mage sale in Topeka the other day, and while
showing the dress to q customer the clerk found
in its folds 4 valuable pearl ornament lost ten
wears ago.
Excavations at Pompeii now being made on
a scale hitherto unprecedented. new section
Of the ll-fated city has been discovered contain
ing many hClses OF greater beauty than zny before
Enearthed. ard full Of antique ornaments and
treasures Of art
New York pawnbroker asserts that his bust
ness always improves Just before Presidential
election owing 70 the fact that many so-ealled
''sports' pledge their personal effects toward the
close OF the campaign in order to raise money TO
bet on the result.
The Bishop Of liverpool has issued a new code
of rules FOR confirmation. He desires that girls
should refrain from the use Of long pins in the
hair, rs the presence Of such pins frequently re-
suits in the bishops fingers being Iace-ated during
the laying on OF hands
Some Of the country newspapers say that many
OF the juveniles who INDUCED in the recent
Halloween festivities N their respective localities
that IS the male eIc-neat-have been busiIv en-
gagged since then in picking bird shot and rock
salt CUT OF their anat0uies.
The London Daily MaiI'' says that the DAYS OF
the banjo are numbered in England, and that that
instrument viii soon be included in the same
category with the nouthorgan and the accordion.
The zither viii probably be the fav0.ite iastru-
Eaens during the coming winter
Women should not put pins in their mouths
lady in Arlington, while assisting companion
to Try on hat attempted to talk with small
hat pin n her mouth, which she accidentally
swallowed. She was operated upon twice but
she did not obtain relief, and the result was
fatal.
R. j. Seldom, the premier Of New Zealand, has
proposed that the postofiee of the island establish
discount stamp department, at =shicli stamps
dealers rs discount on purchases for which cash
was paid could be redeemed their face value
in cash.
While Ar old Paris hawker named Nine Jean
Jacques was trying the other day 10 dislodge
mouse which bad sought refuge IN the chimney
she disturbed seTne bricks and discovered hiding
place containing bills to the value OF s6.05J
which had belonged TO 4 former tenant o. MS
ly habits.
The Beer prisoners at ST Helena have REFINED
their conservatism and their love OF home 10
such extent that they have built a number OF
little nuts out OF biscuit tins each man who
secure sufficient number OF boxes mixing 4
residence Tor himself. into which he crawls TO
sleep pretsrEiRg this humble domiciie 10 oc-
Copying tent wiki zen or twelve Others.
The three great Injuries in Siberia are churches,
theatres and museums. Even the smaller vii
lagos can be sighted from afar BY means OF the
white walls and the towering donle-shsped cipo-
piled with bells, whose rich tones roll in ma
jestic harmony over distant hill and vale and
break the monotony OF the peasants daily toll
Though Bryn Aawr College is only sixteen
years old four OF its graduates have been heads
OF other colleges. Miss j. c. Emery is deaa Of
the women's department Of Brown University.
Mrs. q Il Putnam is dean OF Barnard, Mrs 4.
p Saunders was recently ihe head OF Sage Col
lese, Cornell University. and Miss Helen Bartlett
Is dean OF the Women at Bradley Polytecauia
Institute.
A journalist who has often been called upon
20 MAKE StfhoSTaphic report OF A speech DY
Emperor William declares that the Kaiser speaks
slowly at first, bat gradually gets faster and
faster, until It Is impossible 20 follow him Eer-
batlm The reporters, he says, generally write
down what they can, and, by comparing notes
afterwards. concoct a tolerably accurate report
OF what he said
Lord Rozebe1y is an ardent adrnirer of the ge-
MUS OF Napoleon For twelve months lie has
been writing study OF the great Frenchi1an.
He gave especial attention to Napoleon while he
at St Helena with his hands behind him and
his eyes looking UP the stars ard cut
the sea Il was there in confinement On the
lonely island that Lord Roseberry finds this
grand, gloomy and peculiar" character most
interesting
Harvard University has sent an astronomical
expedition Jamaica. where temporary quart
ers have been established at MUnderviIle. 0bser-
vations are TO be made with telescope which
is said to BE- the longest IN the world. il Is IS5
feet long but has j comparatively small diameter.
Among other work an atterlPt is to be made TO
obtain q series OF Photographic records CT the
moon, which. il satisfactory, a.e to BE- published
lunar atlas
There are some fears that 4 general strike Of
machinists throughout the United States may take
place en- November 10 unless the employers grant
an increase of 10 Per cent, and overtime pay for
more than 81 hours per week There are abou.
60 go active members of the international Asso-
citation OF Maciiinists IN this country, about
900 of whom are in Philadelphia The present
movement is directed against the National Metal
Trades Association, composed OF about 80
ployers-
The fact that the pretty little Dutch maiden
Queen is actually in lore with the youth whom she