The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-15
NOTES OF THE DAY.

/ which RANK Is IS che largest Of the worlds city
telephone systems
/ Kansas City papers contain an account Of three
! farmers being arrested there while fighting over
/ the possession Of an idle man, whom each wanted
| for tarm hand
| Ohio was early called the Buckeye State. the
name being derived from the presence Of great
| forests Of buckeye trees when the country was
| first invaded By the whites
/ The trauvsy company which is responsible isr
affecting the accuracy Of delicate instruments At
/ Kew. England Is going 10 bear part Of the Gust
/ Of removing the observatory
/ The Rogues' Album Seventeen vol1Tues} of the
! Berlin police contained in 1890 the photographs
Of Il $50 criminals In ISIS the number of crisn-
/ mails captured with the aid Of these photographs
| vas $50
/ Duriue, his speech in introducing The British
| Army proposals Of the Government siF Broder-
lex stated that the families with three sew
| ing in the army number fewer than 300; toHr
| sons, 175; FIVE sons, I4z; six sons. p seven
sons, %; eight soE, 2, nine sons, I; zen sons, /
An English organization known the ''Deci-
nal Association With headquarters at Botolpb
| House East-C hespside London, England. IS pro
/ noting, by of distributed literature the
/ adoption Of the metric as the legal system Of
/ England The matter which they sent out Is
| interesting and may be mad for the asking
The hessian fy was brought to this country in
straw or hay imported by the Hessian troops
! during the Revolutionary war. Il first made is
! appearance IN I776 Staten Island, whence It
! spread 20 Long Island. over New England. then
: came West. The hessian fly has Travelled from
| New England West at the rate Of about twenty
/ miles year
| Among British newspapers there are 100 Adj
| vertisers 80 Timesss, I59 Newses, I2s GazetteS
! 10 Chronicles. Il9 HeraIds, IO4 Journals .
Expresses. 20 Guardians o Observers. IS otansi-
ards, and y MercUTys There are 20 Free
| Presses. % Telegraphs. 81 Mails, 80 Posts. p
| independents, p CouricTS and as many tx
sminers and - Echoes
There Is much complaint Of the emptiness Of
/ the churches in Presbyterian Scotland. census
! taken by the Dundee Advertiser shows these
/ results. 1881 sittinss 6J054 attendance, % 6ff;
! 1921, siEtings. $3.50. attendance, 1850; Hol,
/ sittings, 63,053. attendance, z6,IS3- There are
/ Iel churches IN and around Dundee nov, and tie
! average attendance Is only foFty-oHe-
| The first Boston ferryboat began to ply over
/ the line taat IS now followed by the Chelsea
/ ferry two hundred and sixty years ago Since
/ that time IN fair weather and foul, through iee
( and fogs and storms. the boats have regularly
I continued to cross the EaTb0r- None OF them -
ever raet with 4 serious disaster. such happens
! not infrequently IN New York harbor-
| The number Of retail liquor dealers IN the
| United States At the close Of the last year vas
/ 2O699O. The total vote Of The Prohibition party
! IN the election OF the same year vas $4,000
! New York has the largest number al liquor
{ dealers Illinois second and Ohio third Penn
( sylvsHia has the largest number Of Prohibition
I ISIS. New York IS second and Illinois third
The Paris Are department has adopted auto
mobile fire engines and hook and ladder trucks
! and they are notably superior 20 the old appa-
+ ratls The engines are run By storage batteries
/ and can cover 4 distance OF thirty-fiys niles
/ The electricity Is used not only to pTope! the
( engine but TO work the pumps also. There IS
/ no delay getting I'D steam and one charge Of the
/ accumuIators viii keep the pumps gong i've
! hours
In Lake AfinnetoRka, MINI. there IS pic
turesgue island which takes its name from the
! fact that 1t Is unin, affiliated by man and given
ever to the cranes. Generations back these birds
. decided mon this spot for q summer resort As
I line vert on anf the surrounding Islands popu-
/ lated no man rad the heat TO disturb theTH.
until noyz Crane -sland Is pointed out fron pass
ing boats Is one o. the curioSities Of the North
! west
! \ railroad who forks IN one OF the switch
I towers on the line TO Atlantic City, surrounded
by 2 mosquito-infested swamp has plan Of bis
. own for keePng them out Of the tower He
/ make ball out Of newspapers and soaE5 u n
coal oil just enough 80 that il "'3 not GRIP
lie hangs this midway between Two WINDOWS ana
keeps It swinging all the time he SAYS that no
matter how thick the mosquitoes FnaF De outside
. they never care 70 pass It
Egg shells nay be used to advantage in start
ing delicate plants for trsnsPlanting- The half
shells are SLED with earth and set N box also
containing dsmpened earth hole IS made IN
/ the point Of the she'll to allow drainage /
single seed then planted IN each she'll WINCH
! y easily broken WHEN tTansplaItiug : done
. without the slightest disturbance Of roots fhls
/ use 81 egg shells Is the discovery OF tTe=feA
gardener who claims that they vastly su-
perior to the little pots generally used Tor the
/ purpose BY florists
A the result Of thirty-fve years work. said
General Booth recently, the salvation Army vas
TO be so1ud in forty-seven countries. and had
/ literature in thirty different languages The
yrfFf
II 900 officers and 5000 lady officers, 69 50
ciai institutions, With leo officers; labor hi-
reau, giving employment Ia 500 people, lV9
rescue places. 2 workshops and ISetoF3es ana =
/ fsrra colonies The army also sheltered 300
outcasts every evening and had given away
millions OF breakfasts
At Kingrnan. Kan, one OF the churches has Just
been refarbislled and the Pevs covered with a
hne coat Of vanish The v2Tn[sh Eas supposed
to be dry. but on Sunday the whole congrega-
ton found itself glued to the seats When the
people arose It sounded Ike bgncn O. cattle
/ pulling their feet out Of stIf usud, and on each
/ seat there was lef5 lot Of lint pulled from the
/ garments. SO muca OF this lint was lei thaI
/ il Is easy TO distinguish the sitting place &
each person. ana all OF the pews must be sand
( psPered and vanished over.
California adopted its present primary Jaw in
/ 1885. after the previous Law, adopted n 1897,
I had been declared unconstitutional Illinois has
primary law for counties OF less than l25099
population and NetraSsa. North Dakota Rhode
/ Island Utah south Carolina, Massachusetts,, and
/ Tennessee adopted primary Laws IN ISIS, the
Tennessee law applying TO counties OF more than
! lGp900 population In 1893 louisiana adopted =
general primary law. New York and &sSsachu-
sets made sun5lry amendments and Iowa adopt
ed additional legislation 10 contests arising
over public Offices
\ car-Tehtting company II New York city buys
old Pullman coaches, tears the inside furnish
ings out and refts them according To the wishes
! IND o. 5r-4ta car
/ a man may wish he may order-parlors. hand
/ sorlely carpeted. sitting roouls dining rooms
! al with equipment more OF less perfect according
/ 10 the price. And cars are Teftted II this way
and sold Cor prices varying from HlJoO 20 Sl5.uJl
/ VERY handsome and seTyiCeable cars have been
I built from the old ''cIStaWayS-' and the nan NJ
moderate means can travel privately and comfort
! ably in home Of his own. II Is al interesting
! evidence Of American manufacturing thrift and CT
] the growth OF wealth
The following IS copy % warrant recently
issued by an Alabama justice Of the pelce- to
| any lawful officer of the State Complaint oath
| having Bene made before IRE that the offence Of
/ B,sfng E ! WheIar BY Coming IN Hear Hous
/ CJIrSTnC Hear and Treating KnOc her down
/ & for her to sheat her mouth & dTavcd Back his
/ arm and Sead he would Knock he'll out o. her K
/ then Jump on Chapel and got out DUTs Dis ap-
! pearcd Tor one hour and Come Back CINE & did
! Kick her Dor & Brock the IOc5 & Busted the
/ DoTe in 100 Places & Sead If She did not open
| the dorc he void Brake hit Down to any lawful
| officer 81: the state you Commanded to Bring
/ frank Stevcans Before me this April the IS 1873.
| + VI. Price Justice OF the Peace"
Experts appointed to investigate the workings