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

+ come rronelent in knitting. baking. and spin
ming before they are eligible for matrimony.
H was on the day Of Queen yictorias bir.h.
+ haF ~ lNls. that the FIRST trans Atlantic
steamer started from savannah ior Liverpool
/ The Aztec Ianruage in use in Mexico. az thu
discovery oi america. lacked tir- sounds futii-
Z Gated ~ or letters o.. @. e. < r. J. j. sud ".
! Bicycles are generally considered very rss.r,
+ invention. tur some ~ the Egyptian 1br1IsLs.
it is said basr figures mounted on tza-vbeel
+ vehicles resembling the old yelocipejes
/ Frank farrahee. Of Belfast. Me- has a pipe
I THAT hls father bought u Augusta before START
lu- t'r che front lH 1901. 10 8. OF red e-ay.
with q mans face on che 'FRONT.' ~ the bowl
/ The city % Pensacola. F1a-. nog- claims to b.,
the third in commercial imDCrt1ura on the Cu-F
~ Mexico. being ev-rlfc6 in exports ou'v hv
NCw Orleans and Galveston
A passenger on street railway in Vienna
claimed damages. which were awarded him. for
shock to bis nerves. caused by the cCndGctor
shouting out Co the passengers 90 jump on the
car as ne feared a collision
The woman as porter and guard already IS
known on French railways. but now Geznan
railroad has opened larger field r0 women
and IS employing them as booking clerks. te}-
egraph, and sigma, operators, and in other posts
Russia's best-knovu newspaper. the Nova
Eremya." Of 80. Petersburg. has been Suspend
"a for a week by the Minister OF TIE Interior
for Publishing article Oh strikes IN which
the present Wrrtched condition OF the Russian
NorNingnen Is shown up
Unable 20 find the proper tools with which 70
bore holes through an iroR bar. an opersuoa
made Necessary by a breakdown Al sea. ma
rlue englnee- marked the spots 20 BE- bored with
chalk and then fred a 3o-Calibre bullet through
each from rae-
A Portland. Ne. liquor dealer, Who COM
planned that a carload Of beer belonging 20 a
party alleged 60 be immune from seizure was
untouched. while that belonging to him Was
seized. had the satisfaction Of directing the Of
hcers Co a car that TUNED out 10 be another
one belonging 70 the klcker-
The recent innovation in Germany where
by two women were appointed assistants on the
Board Of Factory Inspectors has proved great
success. The budget commission Of the Prus-
sian House % Representarivcs has lately
commended the consideration Of more such ap-
pointments
In Paris the getting out Of artistic menu cards
is generally entrusted TO young Wom,n- One
Young lady has beea particularly successful in
this work; her last unique idea was the decora-
tion Of Gnu cards with insects. cut out IN
different shades o. cotton, with their wings sil-
ve-ed and gilded.
curious old custom was revived at Great
Oakley. England. where parish lands were let By
pin in candle" The local clergyman presided
A pin IS inserted in a burning candle and 10
long as Il remains "a IL tal-0W resting place
bids are taken The last bidder before the pm
drops is declared the tenant FOR the year
Mrs. Milford Brady operates an old-iashioned
vater-pover mill in Morrow county. Ohio, her
only assistant being boy She lives in loz
hut adjoining the MILL and has no intercourse
with her neighbors except in a business way.
The mill. built q century azo. was owned hT
here father and she has kept Il going since his
death
great firm Of periumers in London. which
tai now has for centuries employed men en-
tirely. coutenplates taking on girls Tor cap
ping" the bottles of scent The work is essen-
TALLY that which small. neat fingers can accom-
piish quickly and vel. but. alas, the ply the
women VIII earn at it wili be one-third what The
men received
Eleanora Duse was born in a wagon near
Venice. and was being taken 70 a church for
baptism. according 70 local custom. in glass
cradle ornameated with gold. when a detachment
Of Austrian soldiers came aions- Regarding this
slInptuous cradle as shrine full % holy relies,
they especially presented arms This mistake
delighted the father.
II has been known for some years that the
arc Of an electric arc light may. under certain
conditions, comport ITSELF Ike a telephone A.
soon as the conductors are exposed 20 the in
duetive Effects u nearby conduetars the arc IS
so modified 90 produe- clear sound By
suitable arrangements IL IS pCzsi1le % make
the are 81 sensitive that speech can p &C.
curately repeated
Roscoe Harding. % Neuburg. Ne. Is she fourth
generation OF his family who now reside the
same pace that members OF his family have oc-
cupied for I1I years During all that time the
Harjinss have kept bees and have never lost
swarm. To goes without SAYING that they are
pesceabIe family. and have always told the bees
and draped their hives with black whenever a
death occurred in the family
An Englishmau STAYING at an English inn. or
dered a bottle Of wine for luncheon. hut ozly
consumed a third u it at the meal. When ne
asked for the remainder at dinner be was told
that an wine left al table went % the waiter
as perquisite- The NIord supported this
statement. but when a summons VAS issued for
the value 81 the missing VINE the claim and costs
were paid
An old deed was recorded az the Waldo county.
Maine. registry Of deeds recently. T. was dated
December 90 IS1z. and was the paper convey
ing a small parcel OF land IN Is.esbor1. which
has since become of some value T-lesb1-o thaa
was In the county of Hlnclcs. OF the -r1TIn-8
Of Maine, Commonwealth ot Mlssachusetrs The
deed had never been recorded. and tLe paper On
which DO was made was much worn thlt 10
had tr be pasted gn another sheet of paper but
the writing was perfectly leEiaIe. though nearly
q century ODD
A new process now used la Germany q inn
tatiug wood carvings. etc. IN plaster. bronze.
and other materials. IS said % sspsrsede the
old way Of painting and Iacquerng. IN So FAR
as it repr0juces perfectly the fbers and 9,ores
% The wood models The model. which Is best
made nom porous OAK Is covered pretty The
j. with q solution ut per cent -0LlLI1l. and
when this is dried up ir leaves the usual dun
and porous appearance ~ Jhr wood u-IirartG.
but the model !, perfectly oh proof aud the
casting Is proceeded with IN the Usual way
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