The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-08
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The Philadelphia Academy Of Science owns
lock Of hair from the bead Of each President Of
the United States
Zinc is being discovered in large quantities IN
CFittendea county. by. and the men interested
in the mines think they WI develop no some
Of the richest in the United states
Edward Beaupre, an eight and one-hslf-ioot
Canadian giant, IS looking for seven-foot bride
IN order that ne can win prize left by a French
nobiemsn 10 be given TO the finest pair Of giants
married each year in France.
4 self-generatfng electric light buoy of Bun
sum on the North Sea is 50 sensitive and
so efficient that the slightest motion OF the waves
operates II This automatic light has been SUI
hciently tested 70 predict its general use
Canada still has Wild herd OF buffalo Traces
Of the existence of the animals were found ia
the woods 1t the west Of Slave River. II was
asceTtaincd that the buffalo was being merei-
lessly hunted and destroyed By the Indians
The oldest duls q,ssIifed physician in the world
resides at Carlsbad IL the person of GailUs Ritter
Won Hochbergcr, II D. Imperial and Royal
Counselor OF the Austrian Court He vas born
on october 10 1893, and therefore IS niRety-seven
years old
Col James C. Miner, once Assistant Secretary
Of the Confe!srate Navy. died at Milford, Ohio.
recently. a dependent upon the charity Of
sympathetic woman. He was eighty-tEO years
old. and before the civil war was on. Of the
Phillips Andover Academy has received life
size portrait Of the late Prof John v. Churchill
as a gift from his former pupils The picture,
which was painted by Jean Paul SeIingeT Wiu be
formally presented 70 the academy at the alumni
raeeti1g on the 18th instant
Andrew Carneg5e's first gift Of a public library
was TO his birthplace, DuEfsrmIine Scotland He
said at the time that It was a good place to be-
gin because 1.-THE first public library the little
had coli of Thrnn
ers Of whom was my father.
81 am Elijah. the prophet, who appeared first
as Elijah himself. second as John the Baptist.
and who now comes IN me, the rest0rer OF all
things" proclaims John Alexander Dowie. II
he keeps at this gait says the Boston Trans
criPt," he VIII wind up Dennis, and the pre-
diction IS probably correct one
The Mexican Government IS preparing to take
decided steps to improve the breed of horses IN
that country By a Law which has jus: been
passed President Diaz IS empowered to enter into
contracts with persons who VII establish horse
breeding farms. This Is hrSt-class chance for
MissOuTians and hentuckiars to extend their en-
terprises-
There IS no doubt, the National Magazine ssys,
But American children are given TOO much money
to spend; not because the handling OF money
makes them extravaeant. but because they are not
jUdiciousIy limited to the actual requirements
Of their Juvenile pleasures and profit and at the
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expenditures
Last year We consumed 2,219,S47 tons OF sugar,
which was III, 779 tons more zthaR we ate the
year before. This does not mean only that
sugar devouriug population had increased bzst
II means that while each nan. woman. and child
If he got his her TrCpOrtIon-c0n 81
pounds Of sugar IN 1879. he OF she consumed
little more than 651z pounds IN 1893
Stephen sInding. the Danish sculptor, Is the
1 st-- Il E-rff
unveiled at Bergen. Norway. The vioIiRist Is rep
resented a. listening 20 the music OF water
nix cascade falls over the strings OF the
harp held BIZ the nymph- and Is thus supposed to
give the keynote or inspiration tor which the 81
fist waits
A Danish butter maker has discovered a new
preservative, which, 1t IS claimed excels every
thing in that line heretofore known Be- means
Of the preparation It possible TO preserve but
ter. Ineats and all kinds Of peTIshdble me-cH2n-
disc Experiments show that butter for instance.
can be preserved. melted and cooled on AGAIN
without losing any OF is freshness
Mss Matte MaCIave. who has taught in Ia
diana schools for foTtT-fve successive years. and
who has among her present pupils grandchildren
Of some of those she taught in her youth, Is
about to resign and give Up the work she has
taught n but three toUEr-4iTeenburg- AtTifS,
and Cambridge City-snd ever since Isl his
taught one grade at Cambridge City
The New York Press discovers an old-fashion-
ed Texas remedy for rbesnatisrn- Here It IS
Find 4 yellow jacEet's nest. strip Of your upper
garments and attack It Wasps are good. toO,
and some sav that hornets and taTanrJlas
better This cure, the paper says, IS suggested
by the Cherokee Philosopher, who adds that
bee sting Is Is good for IBoeulatlon as Tascine
virus, and Is preventive OF rheumatism
The Galveston Daily News SAYS that fne
COW which WIS swept from Galveston Island a
~5rr On M F1r uIrlt
OF September 5 has been recovered alive on Deer
Island Deer Island Is the largest Of three small
Islands situated about two miles rom Galveston
Island IN Galveston BAY and : mile iOnS
and q haIf-uiIc wide The COW had beside her 4
calf born since the sU5merslOn Of Galveston
French engineers are about TO begin the COR
struction OF a vaduct which. It IS claimed. vii
be thrown higher into the ar than the lofty
causewav IN the Silans OF Laos Mountains N
Southeastern Asia or any other building OF the
kind in the world. This viii be known as the
Viaduct OF Fades and IS TO be flung over the
Valley ofsthe SiouIa- which the Orleans railway
line crosses between HuHtiucUH IN the AllieT and
ClerYnont-Ferrand IN the Puv-de-DoRae- The con
structioR Is TO be Of steel and the cest Is esti-
mated at &1l2,559-
The Duchess Of Cleveland the mother Of Lord
Rosbery. whose Roll OF Battle Abbey" pub
I5shed IN three volumes occupied her for many
wears was very fond OF the historic pile The
story Is told that she WAS day at the house
of an American millionaire who. pointing 10 ms
raIataI staircase reTuarked- 4 venture 20 think,
! your grace. that even Battle Abbey cannot show
| 4 finer staircase than this '-ph, no. answered
the Duchess Of Cleveland. the Battle Abbey
stairs are very shabby You see. those old Cru
saders wore them out 50 dreadfully-
According TO correspondence issued by the
London Foreign 0aice, IS per cent OF the slaves Of
/ Zanzibar and Pernba prefer to remain slaves, ="
says the New York Evening Post Fever
slaves applied for freedom IN 1890 than In 1892
because the British commissioner AYERS most Of
the slaves know they are not likely 10 gain much
present advantage seeing that those who were
thrown on their own resources have dI11cuiE
time to make living The masters have been
kinder since the slave legislation vas enacted,
and seek to make their service more attractive
There Is one little exhibit IN the postal museum
which illustrates the degree OF perfection TO which
the postal service o: Japan has been brought II
| IS 4 nissive pasted over many times with for
yyariinc slips showing the efforts made by the
| postal authorities to deliver the letter 10 the
af,ireSsee- There are about twenty-five OF the~s
forwarding slips on the envelope, and these
make 1t clear that the letter followed the adj
dreSSec all over the Islands OF Japan There Is
a law in Japan which directs that citizen. upon
reaching 4 determination Of changing his abode,
shah notify the postal authorities Of his new adj
dress
Mrs Lucinda Sampson, one of the very few
women who lived to see three centuries died
on Monday last at the home OF her son, in Cam
bridge Mass She was-I04 years Of age. and re-
! Tua-kablY clear IN mind and memory even up to
ehe hour OF her death. Mrs Sampson was born
! IN Nerport R /. July IT, 1896 and was the
! quot tribe af Indians Among the things plainly
I remembered by Mrs Sampson was the burial OF