The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-20
NOTES OF THE DAY.


Tic Fetdaas, or Wild hunters Of CeyIon. mingls
NE pounded hbres Of soft and dosIyct wood with
the honey on which they feed when meat is not
% De obtained.
An odd consignment from Italy. which reached
an Indian town the other day. consisted Of one
bee large queen insect which is % form TO
nucleus az an apiary.
During ths year no fewer than - roeEs and
shoals which were dangerous 90 navigation were
reported by the British Admiralty Survey De-
p@fllIent- Nine suuseu rocks Were discovered BY
vessels striking on them
The eastern Canadian sel-oast rom the Bay
o. FuHdy TO the Straits Of Belle I,le. covers a
distance o. 5.1op miieS and British Columbia.
SIN rs multitude 90 bays and mountainous ISL
ards, has a seacGast q $50 miles and a salt
water Inshgre area. not including minor linden
tatious q 100 square miles
Love az sight inspired the highest mutual re-
gard % Miss Mary Elliott. Of Harrisburg. Pa.
and Herman Tryon. % Monticello. y y. when
They hrst met each other. over thirty years ago
tr proposed marriage. but the Young Iaty's par
euts objected A short time ago hc again pro-
posed was accepted and their marriage iume-
tiately i7i0Sed- HIS age h htty-seven, and she
Is tour years his junior
The making o. sp0oIs and the saving Of wood
for them have assumed such immense proper
tons that they are CHASED among the leading in
Suz-ries o. Maine. Not all the spool bars saved
in Maine are made into sFo0ls within che State
Aa- -La EEl- 2. N-llaff -i.AA h1 Fff.'rF leeE
are sent across the water annually. chiefly 10
Scotland 0ne-naf - the total being shipped BY
one concern ia Bangor. almost all IN steamships
In the north Of England an influential con-
pauy IS being f0sted TO promote Temperance By
eliminating far possible the sale Of in
L1Klcating Liquors. The company seeks Do lease
~ purchase eNls--ug public houses. % acquire
new licenses 70 places where the growth 90 the
population induces the licensing magistrates ID
grant them. and 20 establish canteens and re-
HHH -0 rrr.a HH rrH IN
woras, shipyards, col.ieries. and elsewhere.
A fortune awaits the man who can find
substitute for sp0uges- NeE York dealers are
wondering what is % become Of their business.
Tor. while the supply Is not increasing. the de-
Inand Tor sponges grows larger every year Five
years ago the price began 20 60 up. and this
seasons quotations show an advance OF 100 DER
cent over those Of 1-55 and 1905 Many varieti-,
cost the buyers on the fishing grounds more
today than they formerly sold for in the local
markets.
There are portable churches. as well as school,
houses. and the Reformed Church in Pennsylva-
nis is thinking seriously q adopting them for
congregations not get financially able 90 erect
permanent buildings. Ihese movable churches are
made ot corrugated galvanized iron. fastened 70
a wooden framework which framework is COW
cred on the inside with a wainsc0ting. lining
the whole side and ceiling The churches can
De made any size and on any plan One SEATING
30 person, can be put up ready for use az a
cost Of $500
The zs-caIled foreign population Of the larger
cities Of New Yarz state Is increasing rapidly.
The new ceslsus shows that many Of the foreign
elements seem Co have singled out a u1r-icuIs-
city 90 settle In In Buffalo. for example. there
o. a large Polish colony uuu-herin. over IOGu.
Rochester has Russian population large enough
20 support Russian newspaper. Auburn has 4
population ~ native Engli-huen nearly as large
as the Russian colony Iu Rochester. Troy has a
large population II Irish-born citizens while o.
|HHHr H#H.H Har EuH- ~
paris has learned the art Of trlnspI1ntluy
large trees sgccessfuIly so that at the earliest
sings ct decay a street tree may De removed and
the symmetry o. the vista rot spoiled bv -
successor, SAYS a writer In Hlrper's Magazine"
-Eor these trees alone the expenses q Paris
amount g. about $1,000 a year The municipal
nurseries lncl1-e a hospital or cure. for the
tired trees where theg are restored Il possible
90 health and strength in soil that. IS richer
than the city's In spring and tan th=ze trees
on their way 90 OF from the hospital are not
uncommon features In the street scenes Of Paris
These are the days to be sbod in white
duck or canvas. % wear white frocls, white mats.
white gloves. and carry white par1s0is on the
way % tennis That new fabric called bur.ap,
a Ereyi~h white coarse canvas, is To- be seen on
smart f0lL, forenoon wear A clever taii0r
can give % a cschets tlr severely PLAIN o. mus
be-, but wanting that finish. 60 has a J0Edy
2ir- There are shirt waists made uD Of the
same material, which have the diaadvlurage u
are very coe- As suit. IfEis material could
stand a touch q Russian embroidery in col0rs
the fabric color being such good foil IN is
cold neutral tone
u is reported that Buffalo has nearly go ho-
tels, af1riing acc0En1tIrions 20 more than i0-
90 people There are about 20 boarding and
lodging houses. that can easily take care Of %
p.r more Nearly 5000 h0usel0Iders have opened
thei- homes 90 the public. providing sleeping
roou fog some l2l-=eo visitors IH addition the
the grounds for uniformed bodies 20 the number
Of 20. and speculative organizations managing
tent pans "li take care 90 leo more lr Is
believed that Buffalo can now provide ample en-
tertlinment in the shape % ordinary bed and
1olrG for Z-U.auD strangers daily Every Effort
is making o. Keep down prizes
A photographic fake Is working successfully az
many o. the seaside resorts this sumner AMI
the patrons 81 ir are Young mcn and women
who want swimming reputlri0ns % which they
not entitled. For instance. q girl wiz stand
on post not two feet above the Wate- line
posed a. for O dive The photographer pro-
tuCei a picture in which the post IS So high
that 70 makes one dizzy 20 look AZ IT, This IS
No 4 Of the SET In the second picture the
Eir IS represented IN The act Of diving from
the post into the water tHrty forty feet below.
Is a matter Of fact she makes ordinary
dive from the low post and the photograpL~-
adds the distance The two pictures are proof
enough of skill in high diving for 70 is generally
believed that The cLue-l does not lie The
FLatogra pliers who devised the scheme are reIping
a Tich harvest but the pietures Do not pass for
their face value az the swimming beaches
Hindu dancing bears no similarity 70 that q
tie European Stage acting Ia the shape Of
comedies and tragedies is hardly 20 b. found
among the Hindas- The chief Characteristic %
their dancing IS lLeir d-ess. which very often *
horrible ard --ute~TG- Co look at. Their dances
consist lu wrestling. jumping. and moving the
shoulders heads. hands legs. aEl-lrei
hy violent CCuvuI-i ms. o. the sound % musical
instruments Tie Hindu taste for music Is sd
mlr-ei tHl- there IS nor single gathering. how
ever small. which has not some mu-iciIus az i-s
head The instruments on vhich they play arr.
For the most part ciarintls and rrIuprT-- rl1r
have also ey.rda-s and several kinds oi small
ueUrs are far from pleasing. and mar even a7-
TrlT hilerus Co European ears The ma-rIva. ~
conductor. Is tle most remarkable % an tle
musicians In -t-il- time Lr fl@s with his
fingers ON a rErr1F drum. As he beats his
shoulders. head arms. thighs and iu fact all
the parts 0t his body perform successive move
uenrs- and ~lu-u.r4us1u-ly be utt-r- inaE-ieu.l-e
cries, thus aniIlrl-E the musicians both By
voice and gesture.
Alabama increased between $50 and 1900 IN
the production of coal from s5-3-=1 tons CD
s213.252 tons. Il 1850 there we're bEr G.-5E.-
I4f tons produced in III the south Of this
areuut North Carolina had 5jr tons In 800
one state Alabama, has "a product af nearly three
TINES tn total tEgn produced I'm IatE -Hs
eight -lG-hera States concerned IN CuEl rrn.r--
ing namely AiEhama. Ara1nsls. Georgia ken
lucky, North Carolina. Tennessee. Virginia. AMI
West Virginia. bad an output az 1f-=-l times
uueh. coal ri-- had twenty Yeas before
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