The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-12
NOTES OF The DAY.

10000 for river steamers
When the ro-t7sfee london telephones are
r1 complete working order thev ufI embrace an
area at go squares miles
>h-ev s.r1ry. England. with population Of 90
on" boasts one ui the largest Horticultural shows
! ru -le world.
The Department % Fisheries is introducing in
Nova Scotia waters the rainbow tr51t fr5H Brit
is5 C1irHbia-
/ of The l177 towns in View England I0I manage
their schools under fha district system eighty
[ one % them being iu Connecticut.
Manitoba and Northwest farmers wiz have So
/ "l""0) distributed among them when their crops
I are marketed this fall
| Statistics collected IN Germany shovel that
[ more than - per cent 0f the cases % -ouslmp-
t.ou could be- traced 90 tEe hahirlal breathing 0f
I dust ts'E,ed with injurious sutstInces
/ Ants have been burroVing under the brick pave
I weuts 0t Council Bluffs Iowa. and removing the
Z sand one street. for distance o. several blocks.
L has thus been rendered UNIT for travel
( Elections have not produced the biggest bets.
/ Pm August, 1900 a NeU YORK. firm uaEer-5 So
/ o10 o. McKinIey's election. but in IsB Lord
/ George BentinCk bet $4,000 on one 81 his race
/ h0r--s iu England
/ The colored people Of Cuba have kind Of rat
de made Of Castillo cane. with hard seeds. about
the size Of marbles. placed inside 10 p-oduce the
( effect desired It j. used in dances ac-
| compartment Tor guitar
/ This seasons sea serpent story takes the form
/ Of sea Of snakes A ship just arrived in Fhi.s-
I 8eIphia reports a belt OF snakes fifteen miles
/ vide in the Indian Ocean. The snakes averaging
Z three trrt IN length. were of unknown species
I and are supposed % nave been brought D. Tire
I surface By a volcanic disturbance
/ John NacDone. who has been known as the
I -'Pltriarch Of Connemara.' has just died az the
axe Of rs in MS cottage a. Errslanin near Cliff
] . -|an aarHarn ne IA
( coast ~ Ireland lie was born In I776 and had
| a vivid recollection OF the landing OF the French
| auder General Humberr n KiIIals in I-gs-
! These 6gures have been gathered 10 show the
expense OF some large funerals Of the past Queen
yictoria's SI75 090- Lord Nelson's $685. 900. Duke
! OF Russia. $4,000, Emperor williams of Ger
! MANY. SI2j0J1. Thirty thousand dollars vas
/ spent on flowers alone AZ the funeral of the mur-
/ dervi Pvesideat Cannot
! Few as the saloons are in Mississippi they
pay nearly onc-third Of the states total income
! fror privileges. Mississippi is regarded as one
% tle most ultra ot Prohibition states, made 50
| 1y the auri-salo0u sentiment IN majority 90 the
I counties under the lolal option system Fourteen
/ OF the counties pay the bulk of she $1,000 re-
| CelEed annually trom this tax
/ The Young Queen Of Holland i. a total aIstainer
! and osteutatious!y refuses ou an public occa-
/ si1us to take wine Her most intimate friend
I Princess Pauline lf Wurteuberg. was 1E her won
Z over Co the ranks 0f the Ieet1f1Iers- NOW tEaC
I King Huubert Is dead it is said Queen Wilhs--
/ NINA IS The only teetotsl reisuing monarch i one
/ eNcepts the sultan of Turkey.
/ Liverpool has the biggest warehouse in ths
l world Il is built beside the docEs, and IS in
/ tended % house the Imports Of tobacco which
I form 80 important a part 0f Liverp50.'s trade
I The warehouse Is 7Z5iz feet iu length. 1d5 feet
l wide and I2i feet 10 inches high The ground
area IS 1880 square yards. and the area 0i the
[ several floors Ht.oe, square yards
! A singular competition is reported between tao
Italians who have devoted their existence 10 col
I T5ctiug editions OF the .-Divina Comedil." One
I had discovered 2lH editions and bis rival thr
D same number LEr determined not % b. beaten.
] the latter had a two hundred and fifteenth eii-
ton specially set mp and Trated IN fa-is taxing
/ care that only one COPY ci lt was printed
| Another viking ship has been found iHbeIieI
| r. Jlr mud % the harbos u the old I4use town
of Wisely in the Swedish island OF Go-alsnd- Tia
vessel t. exceedingly yell preserved, In spite OF
[ ITS antiquity lt vas found uu1e- quay built
| I'm The eleventh century and Is 1t rer-arsa1ie
Z construction. wooden nails showing manner
/ of lZil- boards nos unknown
! The feat Of the German scientist in measuring
I the duration Of q sink calls 90 mind the story
/ Of Lionel B-rrym0-e. who has inherited some
I thing Of his fathers Uit as ven as his ability
/ a, al altor. Eheu Lionel hrst went on th.
stage Le got ErrF small part I'm PLAY lie
D sa7 greatly Disappointed, Of course. but vas glad
I -o be there nc an >Ise-ain- q hrs appearance
I t0 a friend next day the friend said- RhE-
/ 2 saw the play, but 7 didn't see yol-'f you
I mus, have EiEsed.' replied Li9uei-
| Tie inability o. the Filipino to understand that
| accuracy Of bullet flight is the fist thing % be-
/ sought iu rife FIRE may account for the many
/ weird inventions by which the insurgents At
| tempt 90 increase the dca6lne-s 0i their welp-
| ouS az the expense % unerTIuluess- They VIII,
| In a tsudi-h desire 90 secure bullet thar VIII
| cruelty tear victims body produce missile
that can nearly always De counted on 90 miss rs
/ target Instead al aiming AZ accuracy Ct Sight
! they waste their energies IN efforts TO add pc
I Culilr llcerating powers 90 their bullets
Ez-UHirei states Senator Arthur Pue Co-man.
[ Of Maryland, was in Ia corridor OF the FIilb
Avenue Hotel after breakfast the other morning
/ when a street gamin who had been on an errlEd
I for some one came up 20 him and said say,
I llkey. change a quarter t1r me, WIZ you- Dem
] guys az b. desk is too stuck up % Do business
4 via me- The senator looked uonpiussed az
I arst 5ur gave the lad the change To a friend
/ standing with him Do slid- What a shocking
place To- live In NeU YORK must be % a man OF
/ extreme esJlsul-
| Dr. WurlSami. Of Tokyo University. vas CON-
/ ui-si5ned rs the japanese Government two years
/ a-o 10 sgarch in Europe for evidence oi the re-
I Iari1us between Japan and the European Powers
before the former country Els close rl foreign
I rr-. Dr. S~Irgkami has accordingly searched the
/ archives % the Aetican, the l,a.iGL and bFrCu
Governments and those oi every l-tF AZ All Ike
/ D. rr contain Documents relating ODD japan lie
BIAS ht-n for severa. months, past wur1IuZ m Lon
I don. and has been especially pleased 90 In1 at
| the India office two JITaue-a ullu-s---lr Li~u-
| uru-s OF r.-e Ji-e % james
/ The Yale News SAYS OF the nov practice Of
| -ipuiug iu the university dining halls Men, As
/ a rule. - % the dining han % procure good
/ board % snail cost. IHI the university makes
/ 10 possible % Do SD vitIout asking OF expecting
( helm from those who are served Men at some
tables who able 90 pay az extra prlee tlr ser
vice fc. their walters while the majority of the
others cannot afford o. DO So and refuse This
financial help fer and lack ed. DO -a- others
| % continued Is bound Co create Dissatisfaction
| among rle winters In addition CD tins. walters
are raid auuu.h by the diulu- Ha-i management
anal Do NOT need further assistance students
/ service nor should they SD Co men who are
/ thus employed to wait on them l- r1.-e-c- u
/ rHa service 5u some instances ls poor the cure
Tor il IS nor iu tipping hur iu reporting Be- ru the
! management. wE1 invite --lh i1;a--latian-
/ Tho Belgian royal Meteorological Observatory
/ has published the e,tiu-tes made hy various
| usflsr.ff.saus and physicists regarding the
/ s.-.,a of the atmosphere surrounding The earth
Tie Calculations af tle various -avsuts upon this
/ r.Hr-at are widely divergent Blot estimated
.r-r the depth was about 30 EslI-s, Bra
/ sl5- Cd miles, laul- 81 miles, t1.i-1-
/ Lru. IHH miles ~g-Hu-rll.l I'D miles Ma
I ole IsagF. f-7 IHs.,-. Ha kr-re- stated THAI Do
1 -.. heed rr n height af -I5 miles Iu Great Brit
u during .Ee carly pare ef the 'a7- century the
| GausI ut r.. atmosphere was generally f..-i.
I us being -rr-v--eyH- miles alr the -l.r t.--t
Z rU.n.rr became Iv.EE...-eIr- &c a 'I.E greater