The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-12
NOTES OF THE DAY.


ants, living tTeeS instead Of poles are u-ed in
~trIngIag the wres ~ the Telegraph line vhioh
is intended 10 connect Cairo and Cape Town
The salvation Army has secured 5000 acres q
Land in Australia AZ a settlement for coloniaIs-
The land is situated $50 miles from Perth AMI
must De cleared % timber before % can De us.d
for agriculture
English builders % locomotives are rc-1in-n-
/ uuch of the trade that az one time seemed IN
has just entered iat0 contrasts With Haliu- frns
fer 75 locomotives co freight. and - passenger
cars
A Toledo Judge has issued an injunction 70 re-
strain foek Of some forty ducks owned iy Louis
Could from qusosu- a. night. 40 tHey win not
disturb the siUubers % HaTry C. Teal. neigh
I hoT- II the ducks disregard the injunction they
I vii be punished for contempt 81 court
The lighting Of Paris is a work Of a magnitude
90 which the ordinary w4yfarer perhaps seldom
gives thought. There sre To Icss than 50.01o
lamps. and 10 takes 600 men % attend o. them
TIE cleaning alone occupies no fewer than 9.75L
men and the COS; g thts army q lamplghte-s,
cleaners. and attendants S nearly $500 600 francs
a year
A Sixtcen-yelr-0ld girl In the Yucca Nine near
BarstoV- Cal, is working the ~and and dirt from
a deserted claim with dry washer. and succeeds
Isl getting from e. 20 e worth % gold dust every
DAY She the washer edect1ally her
male companions who are also engaged iu the
same profitable occupation there She can sharp
IN and temper her pick as well As any exPe-
rienced miner.
A rose bush that has attained the age o. TOT
years Is one q the interesting sights AZ the old
Salem homestead in Middle Had6aT The bush
was planted in the year IapO by Mrs Luci.la
hurd. and Ia Is stated on good authority that 10
has borne roSes every year fc- 100 years- Mrs
Hurd- Who planted the rose bush. vas ninety-f0ur
years Of age when she died.
There would be. II all the London cabs were
put in a line total length Of - miles Of cab-
and yet in London there is only standing room
ior q miles Of cabs, leaving q miles
upward q 1900 licenses issued 10 cab drivyrs
every gear in London. although there are not
more than 1900 cabs in general Use
Ben De Lamos. a prisoner in the Columbus.
Ohio. poui;eHtiary. Is preparing unique request
20 the authorities He offers 20 give a bond in
$1,000 if permitted % attend the Grand Army
% the Republic enramDTneut AZ Cleveland. saving
De has never missed one DV Larnos
fenced for a technical violation Of she pension
laws He D. the man who slept in the Speakers
chair in the Alabama House a tramp. and
within two yeaus vas elected as member
" SoboIes. Russian writer. has published
pamphlet on the subject Of India which attracts
attention He SAYS confederation Of Indian
States under a Russian protcctorate would eK-
pose Rrlssla % the danger OF Organized Tebeiii0a
and repclted Efforts on the part q Eng4aEd % re-
establish her control lie predicts that Russia.
Il she ever should attempt the conquest q Ia
dia. viii fail. hut that her defeSt VIII IN the
end bring about rEi friendship and al alliance
which he adsoc4tes-
The Rev. " P. P Ferguson. Of Chicago. who
is opposed 20 the c4nteen. recently declsred that
the soldiers while az M0ntauk Point were filled
Up with beer secured n Illegal caEteens and that
this course q dissipation prepared them 20 be-
come easy victims Of disease al Santiago And
he said nat many army surgeons youched for
his statement upon which the 'ChicaEu Inter
Ocean remarks that the soldiers Of Skaters
army sailed from Florida. while ne soldiers 10
Montauk Point we're brought there from Santiago
az the close Of the campaign in Cuba
Sod, houses, or. as they are locally termed.
''-oGdies," are nou being built in large numbers
In eastern Colorado. They are made Of oblozS
pieces Of sod cut from the prairie. about eight
zen inches IN length. seven inches broad. and
from three 70 f0ur inches thick No Foundation
Is required. the s0ds being simply laid the
prairie, and up goes the structure ''s1ddies''
are cool IN summer and warm in winter. and
when the suov-iadrn wind IS whistli1c without
a coy sod house, IN which there Is good corn
cob IRE. II Is not 20 be despised
The states, SAYS the kansas City Journal
ought 90 send arnhassadors 20 each other. with
power % negotiate treaties through which uni
forrlity in marriage laws might be accomplished
Prom HuteHinsoa. the other day. pair went 70
which forhids the marriage o. first cousins And
a. Goodland. the same dzy. a couple were
welded who came down from Colorado 20 take
advantage q the Kansas law which permits q
divorced person % marry after the lapse u siZ
months. Iu Colorado a year must elapse-
The Third Party Barge Of Sheriff Psarson-"
saws ths Lewiston Gle) Journal will be ruu
by Par~on Pierson in Cumberland, and It's pie
tu-esqueness wiz repeat the glory Of Them Steers
Tie Gospel Barge. with sheriff Pearson ia t.
starts lis tour Of the County q Cumberland
SUNDAY afternoon II Is anticipated that THIS
nip Viii become historical. II practically
means the commencement Of campaign for the
third party pruhihitive schedule IN this state The
barge VIII have. besides the tirelesS Sheriff. MS
right hand liquor seller and exhorter, the Rev.
Henry Skillius. and quartette Of signers-''
Those who have studieT the art Of preparing
Cup defenders for their wo-S aware q the
immense amount Of care needed % properly
tune the yacht long after she has sailed her
first race The most scientific part q the work
al the handlers % Cup defender IS IN the per-
ie,tiuS q her rigging and her various gear 50
that everything viii carry tremendously uuon the
big g0-footer- Here Is where the really fine dis
tiEetiou~ - Yachting OCCUR. and there aCtutl-
" but few men lE the world who are capable
81 handling such problems successfully Certainly
not zst men on earth are able 20 decide these
matters with accuracy and success
some interesting surprises are noted in glancinS
AZ the figures showing the number % prohibition
counties IN the southern states Kentucky Is a
standing target for jokes about liquor drinking.
because % its immense production % whisky
Hut 70 - a fact that % the riuevy-t0uT counties
az KENTUCKY only four per11't the sale 1f liquor
except on PHYSICIANS Prescriptions Ine biS
State . Texas. which has a -'vIde-oueu'' repu-
tati1n in the Worth. has - prohibition COUNTIES
Georgia leads all ot It's sister States % the south
with Isl; Mississippi has So Tennessee 20 S9rJh
Carolina af. Virginia S.. Alabama - Arkansas
- West Virginia 81, Fiorid1 81 and 50 on.
Among the historical big gold nuggets i5ysnd
I'D various parts o. tile world there have been
some wonderful yellow humps In Caazrrus
county. North Carolina. one vas found in 1910
which weighed s. pounds troy. IN lss2 the
gold 6elds % Zlatou-t, IN the UraL gave
nugget ~ 20. pounds trov- The Victoria lAUstrl-
Il1 nugget weighed I+f pounds and penny
Weights. OF which only oulc-~ were foreign
rock and the Rllla-Ir australia nugget was
gg pounds heavier vet The largest nugget ever
found was also dug In Au~traIia-tle sarah
reached thr astonishing wright Of - pounds
and ounces troy-
The bulk ~ The; is the Chang. or Great
rhctau Plateau, the highest a. well as the
largest tabIeIsad ON the GARTH SAYS 4 So Pc
tsr-burg correspondent. An idea Of its elevation
nav hest De- obtained from che statement Of Gaps.
Hamilton Bower, one 90 she most highly regarded
of recent auJAuriJiy~- Prom tie end Of June
t.rtiI thc rliLdIc Of November the average lIti-
Jude % our camps was over is 90 feet the low
g~J being a OBJ and the highest 4. 100 feet
During the period already referred % the euor-
nous stretch ~ country crossed BY Captain
Bowers party did not snow single tree. and
only HH-H 20 =. and