The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-28
NOTES OF The DAY

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A wealthy resident Of a toau in Miller county.
and Is building for himself with hts own h1n,is
: an elaborate tomb.
Within twenty miles % City Han Park. Ner
YORK cry there are more than 10000 ue11le
OF na'rr iaan onc-tTcntic-E Of the C0uutry-s en-
tire population
IT. is an extraordinary fact that men buried in
an avalanche o. snow hear distinctly every word
uttered by those who are seeking f5r them. While
their most strenuous shouts fail 20 Derat-.rs even
a few feet % the snow.
A wonderful nugget o. tin has been discovered
In the mines q North Dundas. Tasmania. Il Is
| estimated 90 weigh 8. SOD pounds The assay
Of a small piece shows that the large mas %
I ore contains 90 per cent % metallic tin
In the chief room o. every japanese house there
is slightly raised dias. which is arranged 30
that u can be shut OF from the rest % che room
/ This Is a place for the Emperor % sit shou-d
. be ever visit that home.
A recent reuslls shows that Paris contains l. 2-s
/ ciasse5 Of worEmen. metals. and kindred indus
| tries claiming $40. textiles 81. the chemical
l trade 49, and building eos. The total number q
sorAmen Is estimated az over 5000
Among the applicants Tor the renewal o. l.
eonses at Scarborough. Eng, vas r. Humphreys,
/ Of the White Horse Inn. who applied for The
I u1ly-siEth year ln succession. He has been
4 teetot4lor during the whole Of the time he has
y held the license.
| At Gotta, In Saxony, persons who did not pay
| Their taxes last year published in a list
4 which hangs up in al restaurants and saloons
I Of the city Those that are on the list can get
| neither meat nor drink AZ these places under
/ the penalty o. loss Of license.
I new scotch lightship viii have no crew.
I Gas stored in a tank viii supply a masthead
I lamp By a pipe in the hollow mast. and a fog
I bell viii De rung by the rolling Of the vessel
il rough weather. and, failing that, BY the
! current o gas
This is portion Of an ofsciaI notice iszled
in Cape Colony. For obvious reasons the present
cock growing by night must cease Residents o.
have more than one male fowl Of q crouable age
IN their possession after the 18th Instant
Presently formerly meant instantly. immediate
". and Is used in this sense in scores Of places
5y Shakespeare and other writers Of his time. u
a curious illustration Of the dilat0riness q hu-
man nature that word which once meant in
st4u-ly should come % be universally considered
as meaning after a time
The sum Of $50 in a roll o. bills, held By a
stout elastic band, vas accidentally dropped rom
the pocket Of Elwyn Phillips in Southampton.
\. Y few days later his horse had a cough
ing 1T and cOughed Up the rou intact It s
supposed the horse picked up and swallowed the
cash
A wedding at Tuscumbia, Ala. has been post
pOned for a novel reason. The groom retired on
the wedding eve and fell into a sound sleep. from
which the most strenuous Efforts failed % arouse
hin Weeks have passed and the young nan
Srill slumbers, while his bride-tO-be Is disconSo-
late.
While windmill roof was being 0verhauled near
Besancon. the mummifed body Of a pigeon
was found Attached 70 a wing was a Quill
containing missive dated 1870. which read:
Darling. all we'll but starving 2. P G. The
pigeon vas most likely one Of the h0mers re-
leased in Paris during the siege
When you get away from the shop and look
into the great stores where dresses are made
you are likely 70 find that department directed
By men, Not only IS this the Csc in Paris but
m NeW 1orE a well women tallor4 rapidly
becoming thick sparr0vs, are invariably
men. Most Of the tsii0r-made dresses are manu-
featured BY men
The lighting Of Paris IS a work Of = magnitude
70 which the ordinary Wayfarer perhaps seldom
gives a thought. There are no fewer than 90
90 lamps. and il takes 600 men 10 attend
them The cleaning alone occupies no fewer
than 3,l53 men. and the cost % this army %
l4E-pllghters, cleaners. a. attendants IS nearly
s25.eloOoo year
It is said that more newspapers are published
in Iowa, in proportion 20 the population, than
in any other state Of the Union. Massachusetts,.
So long at the head OF the list. viii have 70
give the first place 20 the Hawkeye state. for,
in proportion 70 its population, Iowa has more
than twice as many newspaper publications IS
AlsslclusetLs-
Henry Lane. Of Lunenburg county Virginia, re-
Gently met a sister from whom he had been
separated eighteen years The two weat 70 Sevea
Pines outing While there the young mn
was struck By the face OF a lady II the crowd
Explanations resulted IN proving that she was
Miss Lena lane, sister whom the young man
had not seen since early childhood
New Orleans Is capturing much o. such trade
we have with the Central American countries
This is natural result Of the growing trade
Of the Louisiana city in tropical fruits The
fruit boats Of that city 20 % Port LIm0n. Port
Blrrios, Cei5a. Bocas del Toro, and other ports,
making the merchants % those places familiar
with New Orleans, and leading % Sl interchange
% products 90 the advantage Of the dealers az
each end OF the route
r. T. MansseId. United States Consul AZ VAL
-a-lis5. writes that vine culture and the produc-
riCr o. wines has in recent years become an in
r1-taut industry in the Republic OF Chile Lying
as 10 does between the Andes Mountains and the
Pacific Ocean and extending north and south for
a distance o. ?. 800 miles Chile possesses cOnoi-
adapted 20 horticulture. and especially % the
-I0us 0f SOL and climate that are admirably
cultivation e a variety of WIne-prcducins grapes
There is now being observed al Drifdeld. Eng.
a custom which has prevailed time out q mind.
and the origin Of which is lost in the mist Of
sutiuqlity-th1J Of the ringing Of what is known
as the harvest belL' During the harvest month
O'Clock IN the morning. and AZ O'Clock in
the evening the object being % summon the
people 20 u0TS IN the harvest fields and 20 call
them from work az night.
There are duck ranches on Long Island where
as many as 5000 tuckliHss are raised annually
for New York's RAW. and Pennsylvania and Viz
zinia are dotted with ranches having capacities
% from 600 % l2VG1. all incuh1-or-.E4rched-
There Is an enormous duck ranch az Allentown,
Pa, and Al RivinEton. Va, each nearly
IarCe as the ranch 40 SVe5nk T. !. Geese
come from 81 over. most ot the duck ranches
supplying them squads raise themselves, for
pigeons reilly require no attention
Workruen near Braddocs Pa. recently IN
sarthed au Indian burial place - considerable in
tere-t- The skeletons found were surrounded By
uussel shells n such a manner % indicate that
the bodies had been covered By the shells when
they were buried When the bones we're taken
aEU some Jitel arrow points were found With
them. The bones vt-e In such condition that
they C-Emblgd readily when handled and only
small portions were So hard that they could
be- carried away as relics
Is the COW 20 be altogether eliminated from the
5a5-y3 The British Consul General az NzrseiIes
hears that "a new fatty substance, for con
sumption in the United Kingdom o. take the
sar Do E. called Ee-e-lLIue. and is nothing else
than the oil extracted from carTah tir.ri C1c0a-
u-tf. refined, and with all srrsl. and taste neu-
t-8ilzci HF patented process DO becomes IKE
sweet lard. and is intended %. compete With
margarine ca the breakfast table. q Sulsti-
2iU this year help IN an effort o. plgl-lrizc the
stuff
The latest application Of COMPRESSED air TO