The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-21
NOTES OF THE DAY.


eight Others under w3y-
\ kioneiIe baker who has been burned ont thres
times and lost a whole cargo Of eo@s has never
theIess cleared SO. 600 in three Yeas
Beaver have become 50 nunerCus in the ~outh-
part OF Colorado that the rauchIren wdus
them killed Of 10 save their property
Last year Mexico manufactured s7f.o o0-ooa pack
ages Of cigarettes and lI9,oo0Go9 cigars THIS .
an increase Of 10 per cent over the previous year
Tho women Of toe pretty little city Of Usage,
han, are maintaining three nice little PARIS
Their existence adds much to the beauty Of tho
town.
street sign>-rhe Kind that c<rcai out over
the street-are in danger Of being called down IN
Cincinnati There IS Il var on them in the City
Council
Members Of 4 church in Buffalo WI take ROOM
ers and boariers during the pan-AmeFicsu expo
siticn and apply part OF the proceeds TO clearing
up the church debt.
band OF ruffians at Basic Switzerland armed
with scissors, rushed through the streets Of that
town recently. cutting on the hanging plait- Of
all the women they met
At the primary election Tor mayor IN Topeka,
Kan. the nomination Of J. " :. Ilu=ls5s yyas iua
to The wOmen's vote. he Is the law and order
and Temperance candidate.
Cape Colony Justice deals sunlma. iy with train
vreckers- As illustration Of the .act two men
who were found guilty OF deraIllg train vera
promptly tried and executed
Inc Supply % lemons IN >GufHerD ta3EorEl1
mas never been greater than II viii be this season.
The demand for them is also very great. Crow
ers expect 70 make great profits.
The strongest paper vet produced is made u
Manila hemp \ sheet Of legal cap viii sustain
a weight Of 800 pounds. and a nan Of ordinary
muscular power cannot tear Il across.
Girls have shown themselves 50 superior TO bows
as telegraph messengers at 81 AnTG-s-on-tae-Sea.
England thar the local postmaster ~ontemplatss
employing only girls in that caracity-
Neye York's great underground railway VIII be
completed IN the fail o; 1898. and by Christmas
time Of that year trains viii be running from the
City Hall 70 the northern limits Of the city
The most durable paper Is made by i guild
Marking China which supplies the Government
Of that Empire the leaves Of its official DOCUMENTS.
some of these are over thog.ssnd years old.
physician who has served in the army. says
the modern long range military rife tends to
develop near-sighted soldiers The strain in try
ing 10 distinguish faT-istant objects Is TOO great
It seems singular that an ice wagon should be
on FIRE. but such a thing happened the other day
in Milwaukee. Spontaneous combustion has been
suggested As the cause Of the singular conflsra-
ton
4 wine bottle which : Louisville girl threw
into the ocean from the ship Hanover on June
% WIS picked up on the coast of France. Deem
Der 81 The young lady mas been notified Of the
find
Ten inspectors on the London police force ac-
cepted Christmas boxes from riverside Hr1ns. and
after Investigation By the heads II the police de-
paFtrnenr have been punished bF reduction 20 the
rank Of c0HSlabies-
Nearly 10000 pairs Of American shoes are
now sold yearly on the British market. in spite
Of the tax on hides with which Manufacturer on
this side have TO ccRtend and from which British
makers are exempt.
The steamship Celtic. to be finished and Iauneh-
ed this SUMMER VIII be The largest vessel Tie
ocean It VIII have displacement OF 5000
tons nearly $3.50 tons greater than the largest
steamship now af9at-
When William " vas Crowned the expense to
the English nation was in the neigEborhood Of
sg0.eo0 about $4,000 IN American money The
expenses OF thu present kings coronation IL IS
expected vii be much heavier
Inill5fons Of American products are being sold
in sweden IN large quantities One wholesale
hardware dealer has disposed Of a big Tot Of forks
which are represented OF American uauutac-
ture, and which sold al a very l0w price
This advertisements Is being printed II several
Kansas papers, Make your own whisky or beer;
pure whisky made in tea kettle or boiler for ,
cents gallon: beer for = a harrel- Is not
lIgfsiI 20 make for ases iulI Instructions for
81 Address, etc
some $1,000 has been subscribed IN Syftze--
land To- a flnd which Is being raised for supply
ing = home IN thar country for destitute Boer
men women and children and those who
would like come tc Europe and settle there
until the war l. over
The employment OF women IN Europe Is grow
ing in favor. In the PrJIssiau mail service the
minister IN charge OF that department has or
dered that they shall De engaged more extensive
y. He thinks they would make good booking
clerks and ticket sellers
T1l= salmon fishing season opened the other day
at Norhanl-C -tne-Tweed and while the fishermen
were preparing IN the morning 10 make the first
east Uf the net the Rev. VI Green, vicar OF Nor
ham. appeared on the scene, and offered NJ
prayer for the success Of the seasons fishing
Another piece OF the great plan Of the City OF
Rome in marble. the '-FOrna Urbis' OF the time
OF SuIpicius SeveruS. has been discovered in the
Roman Forum where II was used 70 stop drain
Il has engraved II the plan Of the greater pacr
OF the Baths OF AsriPpa- together WITH the Pan
rhe0n-
The largest sturgeon ever landed the east
coast OF England his been brought into Lowestoft
by the smack Moss Rose. It's measurements being
nine feet from tip tail. and over three feet
obtained that market for a h~h of that de-
scription-
certain British pickle-maker has his pint bot
ties made 20 hold just pinJ, be
the safe side OF English lavs. His caution met
with Door reward WHEN Sa.sIe of these bottles a.
rived in Canada where the law provides that any
measure holding more than pint must pay 6uty
quart
Baron Wilhelm Won RoJhSchild. Who recently
died AT Frankfort, 4 sorl OF European Carne-
gle He made 1t a rule always to give away one
tenth his income IN charity. Baron WIIheIu's
regular gifts TO religious and charitable objects
must have amounted To a Frodigl0us sum, he
had an IN menSe fortune
A girl OF fourteen years At solomon Kan, dis
appointed because her parents would not let her
marry Il man OF iorry-five drank q via OF car
bolic acid, ate an assortment Of morphine tab
lets and then washed the EepaSt down with
slug OF joint whisky And Yet her life saved
It has been found out that the tramp fraternity
have a regular secret organization with signs,
passwords. and other mystic rites. r. Penn
sylvania police station 4 few nights ago IN which
several Egbaes mad been rounded up the knights
Il the road were discovered performing an elab-
crate iniation and w0r5iHs the first degree upon !
new candidate.
Mrs. Nancy Mckinney. Who died recently near
Cadiz Ohio. at the age OF leo, had tie unique
experience in her infancy Of being carried Of by
4 bear The incident occurred IN the tall OF 1904
Alter several hours curing Of the woods the
CRYING OF an infant dire gted the searCers 10 some
undar5-ush where the child was discovered The
bear ran away VIXEN the party approached Il,
leaving r4e infant unhurJ
The prospects of the rise OF the Nile this year
are SO poor tilat. As the sequel To Z, conference
OF the Aludirs of the different riveraia Provinces
held recently says 4 Cairo correspondent, the
Government has decided To prohibit the sowing
or rice crops yhiS year Should the situation be-