The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-29
NOTES OF THE DAY.


ton.
There Is not rraeh show for Hawaii fer state
hood. The registered vote for the Islands IS only
Il escca
Russia purposes to make a heavy increase in the
auns,er Of it, troops on the German and Austrian
boundaries
Australians are trying hard to Obtain market
IN London for the passion fruit which Is 50 p0pu-
lar at the antipodes-
While the English law provides for the organi-
zat1on Of l@ber bodies it deprives them Of the
privilege OF incorporation.
In hurricane blowing at eighty miles an hour
the pressure On each square foot u. surface IS
thirty-onc and one-haif pounds
A twentieth of scotland's area Is forest land.
seven-teI1ths Is mountain heath and lake, and
only one-quarter cultivated land
Dead ancestors are said to occupy too much af
the arabic land in China Famines would be less
terry
corn-is 50 plentiful IN the vicinity Of Chelsea
l., that the farmers are letting IL rot in the
neids, Twenty cents busheI Is al they can get
There is I movement on foot IN Boston for the
erection Of monument TO Edgar Allan Poe TO
be put gp IN the Public Gardens, which adioia
the historic c0lEmOn-
Berlin is 10 have an Italian exposition IN the
geological Gardens. There VIII he imitation
streets Of Naples, Rome, Florence. P, npei, Ven
ice with canals etc.
{ provilion made in viii Of 4 St Louis wo-
man i that her remains be iHcfneTsted AID the
ashes mingled with those OF her husband IN the
urn y here his already TepOse
There Is curious Old custom still ext1nt in
the city Of York. St Luie's Day. October Is
Is known as Whip Dog DAY WHEN it Is allowed
the street
Rinston-Salem. \. G. Is tn have negro hos
pital. The building Is 10 cost $1,000. Of which
sun R. J. Reynolds. white citizen contributed
S901 while the negroes OF tina community raised
the remainder
The Vermont legislature has rejected the local
option bin. which has been under consideration
in both houses The vote IN the senate was L
against 70 y for. and in the house Il was I4e
against to % for
4 SIX niI in Charlotte y c, Is run with
nero labor entirely, a coloFed nan named TIufs-
ton being superintendent. De maintains disci-
Pine among The hands. male or female br whip
ping those who break rules.
Twenty four leading women Of Adriaa- Mich
have formed themselves into militia company.
and VIII receive weekly instruction IN drill from
the county clerk has been elected captain
The remnant Of the once great Penohscot tribe
OF Inaiians n0V living On island nea- OIdtown
Ne. have their own form OF government At their
recent election they chose ProhibIt50uIst chief
named Mitchell Attean. b a vote Of > TO D
ia SIX years the Prince Of Wales, famous cutter
Britannia which has been sold 10 SIR William
Bulkeley- started IT go races. winning 20 first
prizes and - other prizes Ct the aggregate vaiue
OF 69.s5s- This record has never been eC,IaIed
Governor Savers. Of Texas. Is said TO have con-
jrihuted to tire Galveston Relief Fund more
money n proportion to 5is private means than
any ether person interested: but MS gifts were
distributed secretly, and were not publicly ac-
klOwleiged
In New Zealand there exists brass band whose
members wholly mounted or bicycles This
band. which Is located at ChrStehurch. consists
OF ten players and these not merely ride their BIZ
cycles to practice. but fulfil their engagements
on the wheel.
The news Of The recent fight between Fitzsfm-
mons ard Slarkey seems 20 have only recently
reached japan. and several papers IN Toxic have
ps8nted long accounts OF the A~tie encounter Tae
names o. the principals appear II the JdVaEes-
accounts as '-FUitsEszIshiul0a'f and ->iliyaker.
An observing farmer In johnson county. No..
who has ben watching the insects hatch ont
this :aU. SAYS tae supply viii BE smaller thzz
usual next SIMMER Il Is his opinion that
viii be almost entirely free from the Injurious
insects and Ecrms which did 50 urreE damage
11rtr this SJl-Ler-
Tuberculosis has been placed among the dis
eases which are subject % quarantine Tfe CoH--
missioner Of Immigration has 50 decided in IT,
case Cd japanese Who arrived IN san FranciSaa
from Japan III with lung trouble. It vas decided
that the patient could net land but must retura
10 the port from which he sailed.
The openin, Of a new cigarette faetsry seems
10 be event q great importance n the City Of
Mexico. President Di2z attended such Al affair
last month. and addressed great throaa of die
tIugJlSHed guests OF the propTetGrS Of the eStaH-
iishuent- The police turned out in dress uni
4--f n -r~a--, ? Fz~r--- larl
Virginia j. e.spe-irnentiaS with the dispeusary
system OF selling liquor OF account OF the State
and town. Franklin having been selected for the
experiment The Commonwealth gets oHe-fourtk
OF the profits and the town the remainder Under
this system the liquor Is sold IN original pack
ages and must Eot be consumed on che premises
Advantages occurring from recent heavy rain.
iall IN Western Texas have been largely ofset By
the TACT that the unusual supply % moisture has
greatly increased the growth OF the loco weed
Many horses and cattle have died from eating this
insidio5lsly poisonous weed Exactly what the cle
meut Of poison IN this weed Is las never been
fully determined
The eastern portion 81 Australia Is rich IN cave
systems. mostly in limestone formations. several,
sslch As the JenoIan- 1zFrgngobillv. and Wora-
beyan being OF considerable extent. although
only partially explored. Nest Of tie caves. which
are generally q = hisLiy picturesque character
are in charge Of csTetakers appointed By the Co
lonial Government
\ despatch to the london Morning, Post from
Rome says tl.at tie Pope has ordered that abour
I53.e9a old swords hslIserJfs spears and battle
syes IN the Vatican arT20Tv BE- melted and the
iron sold \ furnace for the purpose has been
erected IN the Vatican gardens. The weapons are
useless except S. curios and cost & great deal to
keep tberl polished
The rise CT steam navigation vas SLOW Like
nos things ueT II had opposition. In the sly
teeath century an unsuccessful Italian genius
tried to apply steam to navigation II I-S6 L
British patent was taken out fer 4 steamboat. It
vas 1866 tiat witnessed Fulton sailing UP tse
Hudson in n beat driven BY steam In 1858
steamships crossed the Atlantic
At the West Tennessee conference OF the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, Bishop Tanner. IN
strong language. condemned the kissing habit and
told the preachers that they were not 90 20
around kissing silly women for that would osuse
their downfall quicker than anything else. save
rsrzr kisses for v+rr wife he said sand Sae yiII
appreciate them and you viii not set into troub-
le"
President Toubct, % Franco. has Just been left
legacy o. {59,G69 francs b. grateful old friend
N-rsc. Psrrct. For more than forty years "
LocIE.ot Kept up friendly relations with Vine
PcrTcis husband who his neiChhor 1t Mar
Same fTisere the President beTnl- IS a
lawyer the French executive bad managed 81 II
p,4rct's legal Affairs drawn his business deCu-
Tacats and acted a his lifelong counselor
TAerc was project on foot in CHARLESTON. s
c.. - hold a carnival this year. but the sub
scriptioas by the merchants were measre. AID the
promoters OF she AFFAIR, dfsregaTding the false
pride which afficts most cities under such cir
s1,7Y-S341ceS have abandoned the scheme Tia
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