The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-05
NOTES OF THE DAY.


The city of strazsburg, whose public deht
100000 more
Colored globes in the windows Of drug stores
were first displayed by the Moorish druggists et
Arabia and Spain.
There i potato field in Kansas. forty miles
long This years crop Of tubeFs nom Il vii
reach i,Gg1 cart ioaGs.
Tor. The Japanese wife Of Sir Edwin Arnold,
has become oHe OF the most popular hostesses in
London She speaks English perfectly
Four Mormon elders are hard at work al EN-
por;a. Kan. making effort to convert citizens
q that town 70 the faith OF the Latter Day
Saints
The SEA hedgehog, or globe fish can infiate
his body with air In this state il looks ike u
balloon covered with spikes and Is quite safe
fioin any enemy
Alexander Jester, vho was recently acquitted
OF the charge OF H,urdei.nS Gates, i about L.
make toer OF Kansas wish lecture on his trisl
| for the alleged crime.
| The Canadian. French are said to comprise oyeI
% per cent Of the population Of Rhode Island anc
from I6 10 u per cent Of the population OF JAs
| other New England States
Switzerland, in proportion 10 its size. mas more
| hotels than any other country IN the world The
bOnifaces OF that beautiful country reap harvest
OF about S25,000,0O0 each year.
When electricity becomes general in the mall-
ufacture 6f cigars and cigarettes as now APPEARS
probable, many thousands OF industrious workmeH
VIII be thrown out Of employment.
Several societies in Germany amiuse themselves
by despatching carrier pigeons TO and from ysri-
Gus points About 80 900 birds are thus employ
ed II i said that the amy uses S,01e Of them
Since its inception. FIVE months ago, the speyer
Germany automobile stage coach and mail line
has carried 40,GOJ passengers. Each coach car
rles Is passengers. and the route Is ten miles IN
| length.
| Tawkiao IS the name of native king IN New
| Zealand who edits little eight-page paper with
three columns to page, printed in both the
| English and the native tongue, and called the
! ''Pleiades Of Seven Stars"
In the seventh century beer had become so gen
eral beverage in England that Ina, King of wes-
sex, levied tax TO be paid in ale. and early in
| the fifteenth century : brewers company was
| formed IN London
| 4 New York woman, twenty three years old in
| duleed IN a tyelve-n1iie swim IN the Hudson
| River on Sunday last She made the distance IN
| seven iieurs and cane out OF the water showing
| few signs Of fatigue
The Prussian railways have instituted hospital
fitted up with spring bed stretehers, iHvaIds'
| chairs and all other regular equipment OF a
! hospital! The cars be hired in advance for
I any railroad journey
\ Maine man said Wednesday that he has been
engaged Tor twenty years in what VIZ! strike most
people IS a fanatical search He has been trying
| TO md Of that has odd number OF
rows Of kernels, but far has been unable to d.
All saIutes from foreign ships OF 70 Her
| Maiesty's forts ships of are returned gun
for guR When British or foreign merchantmen
! salute ships Of war the salute IS returned with
| FIVE guns Tor one ship and seven guns Tor more
/ than one,
The little son OF farmer named Williamson,
living near White lake, : D. was bitten By d
ratriesnake. The father promptly cut open The
wound, and he and the mother took turns sucking
/ out the poison. The little fellow was Ettle the
| worse next day
The NIkado's palace Is connected by telephone
| with all the Government offices in the land tie
electric light has been established there. and. to
the immense satisfaction OF. the japanese there
| are dynamOs At work IN the Imperial house that
were made by japanese woTkHnen-
Women can now vote in New Zealand and South
| Australia. They viii probably be allowed TO do
so at the next elections il West Australia and
Queensland and have been promised tile franchise
| III New South Wales. In Victoria the Government
| Is opposed but gradually weakening
The sparrow bird Is content with almost am
old place for nest. ! pair actually built nest
| in the letter rack of Great Western train which
| performed q Tip OF 200 300 miles daily; while
another pair attacked their home 10 a busy Liver
! pool fsrlyboat- IN both instances brood was
successfully reared.
4 pastoralist Of Hargreaves. near Nudge. y.
!
success. He had a valuable American ram. which
| found great difficulty in masJiCatiug is food
| owing TO the les Of teeth Artificial teeth were
| inserted and the animal has since vigorously
| attacked the ieccer-
For over a year one Of the best organized gangs
Of horse thieves that ever operated in the Middle
| West has been at work in the region al Iowa
tributary 10 Cedar Rapids More than leo fine
as'irHais have been stolen in thar time hesldes.
buggles- harness. etc ard uCt hogf, hub u
buckle las been recovered.
Many thousands of FISH are being found dead
in the lakes contiguous TO Fergus Falls. Mimi
chiefly il otter Tail Lake. from which tie city
named gels it water supply through the REQ
kiTer- This : serious feature a. the s'tl2-
ton General belief has II that severe electrical
disturbances have killed The Ssh
Milton. y j, owes its existence to rubber
factory which was recently shut down by the
rubber trust Almost 70 a nan tie residents
have Joined IL cooperative enterprise to TuE tn
abandoned mill. Nearly everybody IN JoWH Iss
taken stock and the works have been started again
under the management Of the mayor.
Boats and trains returning from mountains. sea
shore and the various summer resorts are ali over
crowded with Passengers whose vacations end
| with The coming OF September. The sound ri
| gayety and pleasure VIII be kept up in the biz
cities, however. and the returning crowd will
find themselves happy again in the enjoyment OF
all the comforts Of home
CrIzadez have been legion in Boston and New
York against unSlghtly advertisements, both IN
town and country. A Boston club offers prize
for the set Of twelve photographs which VIII best
Illustrate the Disagreement OF landscapes IN the
way indicated. The New York Central Railroad
has taken mp the matter with the object OF pro
tectng the scenery along lis route
Certain folk in New Brunswick, Y ]. who
were ccnsta ntly annoyed and deprived OF their
sleep by tie persistent growing of 4 pet rooster
owned by chicken fancier Of that town took
| heroic means 10 relieve themselves from the tor
| ture. Some OF the sufferers got hold Of the bird
| and eut its vocal organs Now the rooster fIps
| its wings and goes through all the motions OF
growing, but no sound escapes
One of the best methods of clearing the room Of
mosquitoes is likewise efFcacious with regard 10
rnoth-miliers, ard this is it: Put piece OF gum
camphor on a fire shovel ard hold il Over the
| lighted gas until il smokes. il should not blaze
| Up but blaze slowly enough To form a good
| sraudce The doors of closets and the bureau
drawers should be opened il fears that The
rnoth-nliliers have found their way in
There are four widows in kentucky, near neigh
bors to each other. whose combined ages aggre-
| gate $50 years These are Mrs Mary Ann Million
| near Hayden, aged ninety eight perhaps the old
| est woman in Madison county; Mrs. Fannie Mil
| lion, OF Forrest Hill, aged ninety-six Mrs. Eliza
! beth Cooper of Syl0Iue, aged eighty-fiye- and
| Mrs. Ada Sewers. OF Bethel, aged eighty. All
are well preserved ard bid fair To round cut tle
| century mark
It seems as If the outside world VIII be re-
called for years with stories Of wonders in China
such as have never been told before. All that
is needed is that some Oh. stian nation get he
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