The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-15
NOTES OF The DAY.


wall and York over the Canadian Governments
ANYWAY IS Co come from J1.ted states car fac
tory
~ i2 har7es purchased last week I'm CanaIa s7r
British army uses. an ha. fifty were rejected on
examination En- Toronto lecau-. they exceeded If
teen hands rE1 and half inches in height the
hinit which new orders from the War Csl-e have
placed for acceptance
a curious decd is on fIe in Northumberland
county. Pennsy Isauia. 70 bears date Of october
q, 1853. In series OF Whereas 10 traces the
ownership NJ the land conveyed from the C~rat1r
q the earth. who -'hy parole and livery o. seizin
lrd cutepn the parents % mankind. % Wit Adam
and I've. o. al that certain tract % land called
and known m the planetary system a. the earth %
down through the ages 20 the maker q the deed.
The appropriations f7r the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition are as follows United states Govern
-ent, $500 on. city % Sc Louis 10000;
corporatioas. companies. and individuals. 500
600: Missouri. $1,000 O09- Illinois s25aO10: Con-
gres for Government Building. 5000 EanszS
$500; Colorado. so 600, Arkansas. 5000; Wis-
c0nsin. $500, Pennsylvania. s35 90; Arkan-as
tc1ntitiouail. $500. New Mexico. 5000; IA
vaii, $1,000, total $4,000.
In the village OF Hi-zbach. near Ash5ach. Ger
many there IS a peculiar gardcn gate. In tire
year Is20 Ludwig Harenbach a farmer. planted
az the entrance o. his garden two beech trees.
which he united In one arch. over this arch the
c-lrator made several more small arches with all
AAAl.-a ~ Win some -fl-al4 DEauc1e1 AnlIF
th- whole IN ITS blooming green dress saenrs Ike
living trlumphal arch The many years il has
existed makes q look more like a work % nature
than the work o. a human hand.
St. Louis has new roofezs street car which
STATS los passengers asd which runs in the even
ing during the summer The car Is known e. the
Moonlight, and IS built after the plans Of
ordinary car. except that the roof Is lacking and
the bell and lre-recorier ropes run along the
footboard- The car Is designed for comfort pr;n-
cipaily- Light Is provided By q cluster u eicc-
the lamps IN front Of powerful reflector a. the
rear % the car The car IS experiment and u
t proves a success the Transit Company viii
equip al lines with them
Philadelphia was the nzne % the hrst Bible So
cicty in Americs- Il vas started in this city IN
l70s. but as the work extended over the state and
into other lands the name was changed % Penn
sylTanfa- IN lo38 the present eirv society was
formed, So that once more the name PhladsInhil
appeared, and At cnce took the foremost place
among the auxiliaries Of the State society. When
the first Bible Society in this country was organ
zed the English language was spoken BY only
100000 people Vow 130.002Oo0 people SPEAK
IT, Then the Bible was printed in % ianguazes-
now 10 is printed in 40 languages
Prof Marsh. Of Wisconsin. in speaking recently
Of the pecuIiarities o. Lake Winnebazo said that
il is remarkable for its shaIIoxness. Although II
Is about = miles in length and 10 or y miles in
width. DO has a depth q ONLY = feet THIS IS
due 90 the fact that the lakes outlet IS constantly
bottom with a sandy CT earthly Ceposit- But Win
nebl-o's sh4l-ovness makes il rruarzabfy Tich II
fish; indeed 10 is one q the most productive
known Shallow lakes always have more Ssh than
deep ones chiefly. perhaps, because there Is more
vegetation the bottom Of the shallow one
Vegetation does not flourish IN deep water
Il IS said that the worlds almond crop. ex-
elusive % California and Arizona. uiu amount
this year % about - 600 tons They cone from
Italy, Sicily. Nai1rca, spain. France. Portugal.
Aorocco, and A.glers The highly prILed jordan
almonds come from Malaga, spain. and nos nom
the Jordan river, az many people suppose he
common almond Is the most indigesttblc % all
the nuts and contains very little nC-risl11e-t.
There are many wEys. however. in which % e sd-
van-ageously used desert a 1avo-ing-
One popularity about the almond tree Is that rs
leaves contain prEsic acid and are Therefore.
poisonous, while the fruit may be eaten with
iEpunity.
The pitfalls Of the English tongue % a for
eigner are many A French woman who has IN
dertaken Housekeeping IN New York thought she
had good Working knowledge % the language,
but soon discovered her mistake one day this
SIMMER she called carpenter and planned with
nm 20 have some work done about TIE house n
the way % putting up shelves etc, and she Ereat
over the ground with him rs carefllIy as Possihge
TO get from him estimate Of what Il would
cost After the WORK WIS done - hsll submitted
was considerably in excess o. the sum first named
The French woman en6eavOred 70 re-Onst-arc.
but only succeeded N mailing the following re-
7Ir
Co me than when We were hrst engaged
southampton. England has a new monument.
= fine drinking fountain recently unveiled As 3
memorial 20 Mrs Mary Ana Rogers. the heroic
stevardness o. the Stella whose wreck on the
Casgucrs on March 50. 1870, VIII be remembered
After the stella struck. Mrs Rogers Helped al
the ladies' IN Der charge % iasegu on their life
belts and finally. finding young girl without
a Ete-1elt. Mrs Rogers took OF her own belt
and tied DC round the girl. When the last beat
leaving. the sinking vessel the sailors shouted
10 her To- jump iE, but she refused because sh8
thought there was no room. and went down with
the ship. Subscriptions were taken up. this non
.IUulCur was erected. and some provision wzs
made for the aeroine's family.
California Is 70 have a unique phIlanthr0pic IN
sJ.-uton in the girls homes which are being built
by Mrs p NJ Smith, wife Of the .'boraz king
and IS a mulrI-ull l0uaIre- Mrs smith has re-
solved o. provide for 100 girls. housing then IN
ten cottages These VIII De built Ia a rhirrv-sve-
acre para IN the rolling uplaEds % East Oakland.
not far irom Arbor }ili.a. the smith home H1mc-
less girls % an ages wiz compose the co ouy-
Zach cottage VIII be run on the family plan By
the mlrrCn. who Ull be hOuss-mother- AL the
luC-eEora Is 20 be divided among the girls Edu-
Car5araL advantages VIII come from the public
schools Cf the ugi-hb0rEcod- As each girl gr3ws
90 ssl--sgporting axe she viii be given the in
sJrucJ-on required % start her on her career
whether IS teacher, mii-lner. artist, musician
-trn0graUle r.Or what she decides for herself The
cottage Is intended 90 remain home. 20 which
one may return al ans time
The humorous side Of the subscription book
business is frequently in evidence but it IS only
now and again that II presents a fresh side. The
following letter was received hy a firm % FlsrEru
publishers the other dag from New England
physician. who had Just examined a subscription
SIT 90 Mark lTsiu's books These books have u1-
cut eice+-ths uncut edge being a feature which
il IS dE-rlulr 90 get the average man 20 aDrre-
crate. Thereby hangs this correspondents tale OF
woe Gentlemen You DO not ind enclosed the
payment you are expecting. but you are NJ more
Disappointed than We were When we opened our
h0u-ht-viz-. set 0f nice finished bo0Es-We md
books with edges CAN except the top e,ige) which
looked a, though they had been cheved a By
rats instead of being cut smooth. only they were
not cte@ci deep enough There were left in2u-
werab-e leaves stiL uuchewei which the reader
must discuuncct ere he could pursue his nara
tive"
Two eate-rriSinS Americans named Darnhr0uzh
and Adams who are convinced they have hit upon
an aTa-cSt iuia.libie system. arc on their Uly
o. break the bank no Monte CARO-. They are said
TO have won great sums in different parts %
America Here Is their manner % operation
DamhrCuEh pays the chips betting heavily
as the g3ueEeeper VIII allow. Adams sits be-
side the wheel and watches ITS movement and
that OF q the clrc-InZ IVORY ball As the tao
SOW down and the bail Is about ready Co drop
into socket Adams gHrrriEg eve picks It's
dropping place and by signal, percsptible 0aly
% Darraruu-b- he notifies the player. and ba-lre
the bali drops into place. Darubrlugh quick as
a flash. covers the numbers in Che bunch Inli-
Gated Or Adams There Is rarely mistake, both
men being perfect from constant practice, and the
winnings reach amount which Is only limited
ly the size Of the keepers bank account About
one in ten times the PLAYERS miss their ca-cu-a-
ton. but their LOSES are. % course cIulra-arlveV