The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-21
NOTES OF THE DAY.


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Des Aoiles, Iowa has more horses IN proper
non 70 her population than any ether eitT II the
country There IS about one horse ioF every ten
oi the hainan population.
There viii not. It is aanoune d. be number Of
Petty kingdoms IN South Afrfca. but the whole
district Hill be country ruled By one gov
ernor. England viii have Supervision
Russia Is veEy friendly to couples who celebrate
| their golden diamond weddings and makes
them present Of medal on each such nomeIi-
to7ls occasion Last yesT over coo eolpies received
! Gen Juan Luis Bueron, q Ciaternals. who IS
ia San Francisco on a visit IS one Of the Few
Survivors Of the STAFF Of Cen John C. Frersenr
when the Pathfinder made MS second trip across
the Rockies.
The Italian railways have accepted the proposal
Ct the Italian Touring Club 70 carry al beseies
rec. they are accompanied by their ovners-
when The latter arr returning 20 town after having
oeeis Fide N the country
IN the sfipysrds on the DsIswsre Rive seveTtz-
one vessels are being built The cost Of tbose
slips sin be about SS0OO1oo0. and the voFk IS
giving employment to 1900 men and Distributing
$4,000 IN wages each week
Jean de Re=zke undergoes the severest training.
to keep himself and his voice in e,nd;.;e4- lie
can consequently allow himself fees reIaxstiozs
but be owns, nevertheless one Of the largest and
best private racing stables in R0ss.a-
\ feE days since at FIint, Nica., United
States patent. dated April Il. 1887, was fled for
record 1t Is written OF sheepskin and bears the
| $ ssstGre Of President Van Buren, The value OF
the land patented at present Is only Si5e
At Cas- Lake. Mich, the other day a number os
] Chippewa indian women made raid on restsr-
rant md iniulged in pitched battle with the
h@ad waitress OF the establishment The Indians
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reservation
Certain scientists vho have been engaged IN fg-
uTing cut The age Of the world have reached the
conclusion thar this terrestrial planet has I'd 70
date achieved duration Of existence amounting
10 ZJ0-9 600 years This beats the record OF all
previous calculations.
TIE 1iz cotton mills OF Xexieo consumed last
year 57,OoO.O0 pounds Of cotton and prOdueed
nearly 100000 pieces Of woven and printed
goods These mills give employment 10 = coo op-
erstiyes and the sales for the year amounted %
mere than SIS. 0oo. 600.
Servants IN Germany hare their Character
books duly stz1Te5 by the police. and in these
written .sll particulars % thejF conduct ueft
in service The employer keeps the book until
the servant ieayes, WHEN Il IS ha.oea over, after
account Of the servants behavior and the rea-
s1n fer leaving have been uttered.
Harry J. Kemp, Of Reading. Pa. has orgzniz-
ed company which VIE establish at Meningitis
Gap, near the city named, isrn for the raising
a ftr-bearing animals Tils promoters believe
epossrHls foxes minks, muskrats and skunks, the
skins Of which find ready market.
Hoses weEe- the sole guests al a recent dinner
given by company Of English men and women
who journey nom London into the country Tor the
sole purpose q ensertaisiRg their fou--f00ted
aepeTcents he menu iIetudea chopped apples
sfd carrots and slices Of white brown b1e2c,
mixed with few handfuis q leaf sugar.
In Southwestern. Connecticut the trolley corpora
tons are planning to construct lines reaching
from ten fifteen miles INTO the interior. away
from the railway. They are 70 be 50 built q
make II possible for the farmers TO ship their
mix and farm produce over these trolley lines
bringing them 10 the freight yards Of the railroad
An original device for evsdiug the prohIbi,ory
law WAS recently unezTzhed By plumbers II =
hoyse IN Rutland TT The liquor, stored IN
secret nook, was conTeyeI b hif5eE pipes 10 a
radiator N one Of the principal rooms OF -he
house. A small faucet attached 70 the radiator
was the means By which TIE liquid WIS drawn CT
Tor use
4 writer IN lie Yacht Is advising his co7n-
trynen to take lessons in cable cutting. lie
points cut that in case OF war the ocean cables
are one Of EnglsBd.s vulnerable points and mat
the gentle art OF seyerEns the cables requires
ability which il would be TOO late 20 acquire by
he necessary practice when the war had actually
broken out
After working y locomotive engineer 90 the
Baltimore and Chic Railroad Tor Just half
t51ry, Joseph West. o. Cumberland, Nd. has been
retired o. a pension al the age OF sevenry-five.
In all the years Of his employment he never
ceived the slightest injury. never had wreck OF
any consequence, and at no tine was man Of
his ereW killed
Creigfa9n wsndreIl, a tazmer, seventy years
cid 1t Penfeld, Pa, ms fallen heir . s. soc co.
HIS fncle who ran svas nom home IN 1884 at
Tf..a3 ~ far-
shipoUaeT, zBd accumulated a fortune Of fifteen
millions he died IN New York N 1893, leaving
his millions - three brothers AID 10 his nephew,
Creighton wandreI-
The rieh copper deposits OF Alaska are begin
ming to be developed the first shipment from the
White Horse belt having been recently despatched
to Tacoma. This belt. which trzverses tFibu-
taTy OF the Yukon IS Twenty-Five miles long and
four miles wide. TSeTe IS from > 20 . per cent
OF copper n the re, and each ton carries froTG
IS to SO worth gold
New statistics regarding the greatness OF Great
or New York have Just been made public. 4 stu
dent Of municipal machinery says It Is costing
every man. woman, and ciIiid 1892 year 70
keep things moving The police department alone
costs Ss6I Der citizen. while the average debt
per head is s7321. On the ofhsr hand. the per
capita valuation Of every resident Is Sl,6lLel-
M ". L Peek, xeli-kElov-n cotton planter Of
Conyers, Ca, is quoted as authority for the state
ment that about nine planters in ten IN his
ton are unable TO hold their cotton, and II IS
his opinion that the proposed warehouse system
would prove of little advantage to large ma
iority Of the farmers and that the principal ad-
vantage would be 10 those who Own the ware
houses
One OF the oldest and most remarkable women
OF Western kentucky Is Mrs Nancy Mitchell. OF
livingston county Mrs Mitchell was born octo-
Der 8. 1916. in Livingston county. where she now
resides with her She Is the mother Of eleven
children. all of whom living but one The
grandchildren ninety-two IN number. while Of
great grandchildren she has hundred and
seventeen.
Between 500 and 400 men, all of them Jews, and
nearly ali Of them residents OF the East Side met
IL the sixty-ninth Regiment armory. New YORK
city. last Sunday evening for the purpose Of or
gsniziRg exclusively Jewish regiment-the first
to have admitted in due eozISe OF time con-
stituent part of the National Guard of the State
Of Sex York
Wind Cave. situated about twelve miles from
Hot Springs, s. D., promises to become as famous
as the Marorsoth Cave Of Kpatueky. The Com
ulissioser Of the General Land Once has received
orders rom the Secretary OF the Interior to have
the Wind Cave properly investigated By a special
agent s4fd geolegist. to determine whether not
il shall De set apart BY the Government ss M
tioBal resort
Prot George Adam sn it'll Of Glasgow. denies
the report that The chure Ies OF that CITY are los
ing their grip On The woTkingmen- He s5ys that
an eight years study OF social conditions In Glas-
gov HIS revealed TO him much activity among the
y.aSe-ear rsrs IN the East End churches for their
fellows, and that we're It not for the working
classes Of Glasgow the eva1eelicSl tone Of ro5-
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