The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-01
NOTES OF THE DAY.

American shoes.
The long strike among Belgian glsssbIowers
has been due 70 the refusal Of tie employers %
discharge non-1ni0n
Only citizens Of Canada VIII in future be en-
pIoyed on Government work or on Government
works BY contracts IN that country.
Kansas has potato field 20 miles long. Tais
years harvest from it viii come close TO 100
car lo2ds An average crop IS 2s9 bushels an
acre.
Houses which damp because OF proximity 10
UNFRAMED land may be rendered more habitable
by planting the laurel and the sunfouer near.
them
In arithmetic the Chinese we're the first to IN
vent the decimal systeIn-the way o. counting
by tens. which has been adopted BY all nations
except the English
Roscoe ConkIinz Bruce. the son Of the lsse
head Harvard debater this year in the debate
with Yale next MONTH
When a coal fire is in use for heating and the
electric light for lighting an inhabited room Che
ioT heating and lighting.
of the Royal Geographical society Of London has
arrived at Vancouver, 3. c. he proposes 10
eend all the notable mountain peaks ON the Pa
cihe Coast. not already climbed
curious official regulation demands that an
the old linen of the CeyIon Hospital shall be
burned every three months \ Government Of
Acial comes round a periodic Iinen iu-Pectiou
and condemns WORKOUT sheets, towels, ETC. 70 2
fiery fate.
Russia Is using every means TO promote the
colonization Of Siberia from Russia and wis greet
Direct aid Is given to .aTrnerg By small
loans continued during the first six years Of
eupyTHS new farm the loans 70 be repaid during
the ensuing ten years
Robert H. Brigham. the noted rcstaurantkecn.r
- d
praised at - 259G 90 Under his viii public char
ity VIII receive about ali OF his estate his
sisters DEATH The bulk goes TO found hospital
IN Boston for incurables-
Dr.. Charles F. H. WilgoIls. o. akron, Ohio has
just celebrated his Rinety-seyentb birthday. Tse
venerable physician still attends his patients.
eves visiting them 1T night wherl called upon to
do So He was born near kieI, Germany, and
came to this country IN IsS5-
Coming away from West Side frueFsi two
years ago Emporia Kan sid to "a
I porter: We'll there's just one wish h7Fs; when
Tn dead don't let that woman sing ever me.
| He died not long ago. and. aTthougn ali his
friends knew his wish N the natter the woman
came and sang at his funeral
At recent meeting Of the Royal Geographical
l Society n London Sir CIeinents Robert Mari
! ham, president Of tie oTganization referred TO
/ tile North Polar expedition projected by Captain
Bernier the Canadian and ex4l-,=Sz2d himself
I
| pIoTer ali possible encouragement
Baron Hruby's celebrated collection OF ORCHIDS
! at Petschl-au IN Bohemia, has been purchased for
the imperial gardens at Schonbrnn- Il consists
OF 9s4 varieties and s5si-FaTietes there being al
together more than 26o plants, OF which several
either unique very rare Schonl5rlznn
possesses 5000 orchids. including. the rsFeSs
! specimens.
John Burns, the EngIss. labor leader. celebrated
/ his forty-secona birssrlag on November H. VI
Burns who has been N Parliament since 1892. Is
Z engineer by profession and his early struggles
were Of the hardest kind In the House OF Com
moEs he said that he SHOULD knox some
thing about Iaundrics (the subject under discus
/ sion} for ms mother was wasiie--oHlan-
/ Nile. HenTiot The yotas actress VINO Iost her
/ life at the Theatre Fr2ncais, in Paris. NiH b
/ cosaalemorated BY very handsome monument il
! the Passey CeTnetery- TIE tomb has been d.
+ signed by architect, anc on it there Is mar
+ bic bust Of Nile HenIiot 5y " Preeh- On the
s pedestal i an inscription. which TyEls- -sfe
cane she smiled and passed ls.s-l4ae'
A interesting relic IN ;Ie shape oi a piece Of
granite boulder, containing what appear to Te
! two human Footprints has been loaned to the
( museum at 81 JoIEsbuFy Vt by HiIli.Au 4
{ Chase OF MoFTisville. The rock from which the
piece WIS qarried he's been curiosity IL Cranky
! for q eeEstsuy- Il granite houlder Weighing
+ several tons. situated one and one-iiaif miles
froEs GaIiups Mills
4 pyt1nmsker n Metz + said 10 haze invented
remarkable new cartridge Tor snail q ali
kinds The case Is composed OF a transparent
esIil-loid material and the contents can there
fore eSiiv be examined from the outside Il =
also gas-tight and causes no Tecoil- Some g.
toHlsting results were obtained at some recent
trials and the military authorities ere giving the
matter their attention
John Buncl. a pioneer citizen OF Macon eoaTjy-
No. Is suing the town Of La PLATA fog injuries
alleged to have been received While IN the Gala
IL q
for some trivial C1Tse and iS1Tnd being l0Cked
uD that ne had for ceiimstcs al active and eS-
eeedingIy indignant hive Of bees The insects
regarded him intrJsier and Stung nm So
vereI- during his SIX hours Of coy ineFnent-
The ..oskaloosa (kan} IHaepe-d mt recently
reported former eitizea DR.. " L RidgeW2v
as dead at Topeka. uheTeupoR the uz.R wrote an.
said: i went home and told NY vie vas dead
and produced copy OF your paper III proof
While she Is good woman sa,i al that ssls
thinks your paper lied And she slowed the cour-
age Of her convictions BY making carry IN 4
lot % CeaI and water. 50, Ar- EDITOR nay
say that ! am not dead but l am mad
Maltese cat Of slsehosgsn. Wis took tva
and oue-haH hour ride inside the rim OF a II
wheel and lives to witness the truth Ct the tale
II jumped IN the wheel at the Plymouth RefT7s
e-1-incs Car.,uanv's plaHt y hen the-=saazlHs=
were stopped she was alike and veil except ioi
a little lameness- The Ehe4ei-=tz feeEz II til-
meter and makes s. revolutions a minute con
seotIer,tIv. during Two end one-h5if hours til
cat covered distance OF about 10 miles
There Is new distiIIins process which wa
shown recently at the Paris Exhibition, fita
process depends ufsn II Enjoyment OF i ms
Crefe which viii convert starch first into stI2a
and next into alcohol T!ae whole oI'efatieh J.
carried on IN closed yIts, every IHateFiat Desis
sterTlized so that there be no microbes pre-
emf EXCEPT those specially bred IN the laboratory
for the purpose These microbes we're nTst totn'
IN Chinese yeast and have been taken 70 Europe
, 4 man IN Pratt, Kan, was convicted OF seliiH;
Eduer without . license and sentenced TO jan
The sheriff, however permitted the prisoner Z
remain ,gitll his family most OF the time and d
not loek him up At the expiration OF the prison
errs term the prisoners sued the slerlI 10
the price Of board and lodging fer her spouse
alleging that the sieTiG Vas drawing pay IRON
the county for the prs keep- Sie va
awarded s21-e6, but the sheriff has arpeaied L
the district court
Iohn 4 johnson. manufacturer OF Madison
Wis has offered Sle.0f5 10 the beard Of supervisor
!, OF Dane county Wis. for the purpose Of erectin
5 ard maintaining home for aged people. In add
SON to the regular method q entering the home
nv fisa FlaFEnent OF not less than 500 Mr.. John
son has conceived the idea o. issuing adnflzslol
; policies which msy be taken cut by people j
youth or middle age, 20 provide for their slppeF
> and comfeTt IN old age, OF which may DC taSei
out BY anyone for the support OF friend
The ponip and splcndof with which wedding
are invested by German peasants have recent
been illustrated in the village u NeiInlke- on th
u occasion OF the marriage OF ! rich farmer aa
the daughter Of a neislii5orizes laTdoyEneE y
hundred quests were Invited the welding brek
E3st 10 provide which feur oxen, Iour pigs, els
I ySlvsy and many dozens OF fIwls were s1alISttei
FL 4i,e,,,s.r4 large cakes searA eaten and 81