The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
NOTES OF THE DAY.

According to the Supreme Court Of Ohio Il viii
cost county 5000 every time II pulls on
lynChing.
Some wise man has calculated that IT setting
and distributing type Cowposit5r's hand travels
on an average OF eleven miles day
Hendrjk van ziiI a Boer by birth and SYM
pathy- has just beer elected president OF the
Cambridge England University Union
Russian authorities begin 70 entertain the idea
that there are too m2uy students IN the empire
and nay take steps TO reduce the HuFabcT.
The mammoth drrzSc- Samson has had an off,
cial trial IN Brisbane hzrlsor in which II broke
the worlds record by bringing up 100 cubic
yards OF stuff per hour
The ezra Of Julius Caesar began with the re-
formation Of the calendar in IS B. G. IT prevailed
in England for civil purposes until I752 then
. being superseded by the Gregorian.
In the Mountain OF the Monks on the
coast Of Naccdou5a, there are twenty monas--
teries- The place Is sacred to the male sex and
no woman IS allowed TO cross its borders.
One OF the latest changes in the service OF
King Edward Is the abolition Of kings usessen--
ge-z-that Is 60 say. these public servants viii
not be renewed as they retire or pass away
Milan is ADOPTING American and English ideas in
the matter Of model houses. large hotel was
recently completed II Milan where good rOgTls
can be obtained At cost Of : cents per day
Cole county. No, has always been considered
Wild country and the fact that farmer living
near jefferson City was attacked and nearly XII
ed by Wild boar the other day VIII accentuate
the belief
The police department Of the New York Central
Railroad in its last annual report, shows that
300 men have beer arrested on the premises OF
the company OF whom I-7G5 were sent 70 prison
for terms OF one to six months
The British Government holds land n Chatham
by paving the heirs Of the man rom whom 1t
was bought two pepper corus. The mans descend
are annually ssnt thither IN gold box
There is new asf,irsns For dying, bridge
hono=s- a young Canadian who has performed
several feats Of diving from great heights an
HoUECes his determination 70 attempt a plunge
IRON Brooklyn Bridge into the East River
Germans are gradually edging n everywhere
in the French capital. They are in finance, bank
ing, exploitation commercial houses professional
houses and are gradually oustinz Frenchmen from
some OF the best investments and employments
right in the centre Of France
4 complete set Of thirteen Js.ses silver apostle
spoons belonging to Lord Do-.ner was sold IN
London recently OF 800 Only two other sets
are EEcVr one IN Corpus Christi College. Cam
bridge the other IN Go!ds7uith'z Hall in Lon
don. An EIizbethan standing salt cellar weigh
ing BOZ ounces was sold for $500, near 500
al ounce.
4 monument TO Ole Bull. designed by the Dan
ish seulptT stephen Sindiug- was recently IN
vciIed at Bergen. in Norway The vioIinist IS
shown listening % the music OF wateT-nix or
spirit. 4 cascade falls over the strings Of the
harp held BIZ che NIX. and = thus supposed 20
give the keynote OF inspiration Tor which the
artist waits
Every dc.i5e-ative civil body II England, ever
down to the town councils is provided with
mace which IS brought forth with solemn ceTe-
IBouy and placed on the table before the deIIhera-
tons begin IN one OF two CITY councils candle
stick OF silver Is ad5ed 70 the mace, and acts
passed IN the absence Of the objects are supposed
to be Illegal
Kansas has developed new Industry At Con-
co-dia Mrs L5ttie Clark has for four months
been undergoing a process Of tattooin- which
makes her the most t2tJoced woman IN the world
She has IS designs on her 5ody. inc3E1lns pic
tuTa o. the batIleshi9 Maine and picture OF the
/ head Of Christ. She hopes 10 make fortune as
4 living curiosity
It Is not On uncommon thing. SAYS an observer.
70 see on pleasant days when the fish are run
ming at East Taunton Mass, hundreds Of men,
women aad Children clustered around the fish
v-av watching the Ssh struggling ~ against the
strong current and irving 70 Eetinto tina smoother
waters above the dam where they NAV shoot of
at tIfeir leisure 10 the spawning place IN the
Ncrasket River
Certain pravns- common along the coasts Of
England change their color 81 least every
tzrea-v-so1-r hours n order 10 harmonic with
TIE stronger or weaker Light prevailing n the
g5roaees these fish lose their distinctive day eci
ors and al assume 2 transparent azure hue The
change begins with a reddish glow followed By
green tinge, which gradually NETS INTO blue
some OF the English teaurez are exceeding Curl
Gus \ farm near Braadh7use in Yorkshire, pays
annually to the landlord SNOWFALL n miisuH-
f77e- and 3 red rose al Christmas. The raa5r OF
Foston i held by rental OF two arrows and 4
loaf OF bread An estate n the north Of England
Is he'd by the exhibition before a court every
= DIS m
Nv, smother. n Suffolk, by annual rental o.
two white doves
Every wear at Tunis solemn religious service
Is held IN memory OF the early Christian martyrs,
Viva Perpetua and Felicia The ceremony vas
conducted this year a few weeks ago by Mgr
Cou5b5s Archbishop OF Carthage One Of the most
picturesque incidents in the celebration vas the
procession 10 the sU5te-TaueaH chambers attached
To the ancient arena Of Cartilage, the very splace
where IN the third century the Two martyrs were
delivered 10 the Wild beasts
In the British Museum Library there are thirty
/ nine mites Of books. Their value tie London
Mali SAYS. ranges nom $5603}-thgre IS sPlen-
: did Mazarin Bible in the caIecticn-t0 q ''Shill-
( 5ng-a-thousand' leaflets Their age dates from
/ the tine of Ptah-HoteP-a few odd thousand years
before the C.lTsJiau er3-rzght down 70 Yesterday
and the wonder OF 1t Is that the officials can
{ glide along the centuries and pick our OF the
thirty nine miles any book wanted At 1eES nm
! UtCs' notice
! Women make nearly all the Tos1rIeS N use
+ throughout tie world. At Lo-eto, Italy. an Is
Enlistment FOR the manufacture Of T5Sarie5 &C
cauias th5rtv-tive female Adults for average OF
/ go days year The annual production amounts
TO S50-f dozen ToSavIES which are disposed o. At
Ic-eto and other places IN Italy At tastel-
fdardo and IGreto l5D women are employed n
three establishments ter the r1aJllactIlre Of &C
corlioTs vvl.ch largely exported 10 the INIT
! ed states OF America
/ The Rev George GrerfeII has Feen commissioned
/ By Robert Arlington a wealthy man Of Leeds
{ ENGLAND to establish a chain Of Christian mis-
sons across Africa Nj treenfeI has long been
the friend and Cc7r73aat q Leopold King of the
/ RaIgiaus by whom he WAS created q commander
/ OF the ROYAL order OF the lion He was selected
( BY the King OF the BeIcians To act rs n special
commissioner for the tCliuiJatIOu rf the Congo
! frontier and Travelled thousand miles on OK
back dUTIREs his Journey iHgs, which occupied two
years
In Russia, a curious custom prevails, It being
i that If girl desires to study at either Of the
universities etiquette requires that she should
( be married Accordingly she goes through the
( civil form OF marriage with Of the men stud
! eHts. whom she may never have seen aotare- and
perhaps may nevgT speak % again These mar
ria-cs are perfectly legal and II the ractius
parties like each other they united for lite.
! but otherwise their marriage Is dissolved when
their university course l. finished, and both are
( free 10 marry again
Joseph I. Ray, a negro and a graduate a How
ard University in tins cItv Who IS the head Of rhe
/ information bureau OF the Carengic Steel Works
{ and the confidential clerk Of Charles NJ Schwag.
+ Is "a Chicago examining models Ter private car
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