The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-16
NOTES OF THE DAY.

ST Petersburg is soon 10 have home FOR sell
/ supporting working women
In Switzerland no one under the age Of four
/ teen IS allowed to become wsSe-earrer-
In the State Of Montana there are sbou. =.
$4,000 acres Of uRoccuPied public lands.
There Is 100000 worth of champagne N
notties stored in the vaults Of wine producers in
Russia began her New Year Day on Nondsr.
/ me Gar was fevv days behind IN entering upsD
( the new century.
/ Thieves entered church at Columbus. OHIO.
! few nights aSo and stole big stove. which gas
! used Tor heating the structure
Great BFjtain'z public income for the fiscal
( expenditure has increased S236 902,551
The Cane 10 Cairo TELEGRAPH has now been laid
( 70 point hity miles beyond Kaslnga II German
J East Africa. and 100 miles bayo1d the southern
/ end Of Lake Tansanyika.
California newspapers are rejoicing over the
discovery that while 300 Mediterranean lemons
yieid only 1870 ounces Of ct5ria acid 800 Cali
toFnia lemons yield 25.G4 ounce,
Eugene r smith. fulIblooded Oneida Iadiau.
has entered a medical college in Milwaukee and
VIII vhen graduated lie one Of tine very few red
men va" have fitted themselves 10 practice mcdi-
( cine
Astronomers are discussing the theory thar the
moon is In is glacial epoch. One telescope expert
calls the ''craters'' ice cups. and the streams
along their sides glacial weather Another insists
that the signs Of volcanic action are unznistaka-
BILE
The distribution of Congressional garden seeds
this year VIII be the largest ever made 1t i said
the appropriation for this purpose having in
creased from $50 600 to SI75.5GJ which sill sdd
800 packages Of seeds to each Congressional
quota.
The Countess Of Warwick, one Of the BEAUTIES
he isf has .fr, i
keeping and has sold her establishment in Bond
street TO Z rich comBoner named Forester whose
vie wants to try the business Tor the fun OF the
thing.
Chicago papers print story of an Irish setter
owned by policeman Of the Rogers Park station
that Travelled over thousand miles rom the
home OF an Indian in North Dakota, where it had
been left
Certain doctors in New York attribute the grip
partly TO the great amount Of dust whirEing about
the streets. Doctors in other cities have din-
erent theory and none Of them seems 70 be
certain Of their premises All, however agree that
the grip Is epidemic.
In Philadelphia charitable society that has
been IN operation cighty-tilree years has given
away every day for fourteen weeks during each
cold season - gallons OF soup and so loayes Of
bread The superintendent has been connected
WITH the work sixty-four years
The town Of Beebe Plain is on the border line
Quebec. the line running through the middle 81
rhe prlncipal street. The pestofice for both
countries Is IN the same building. which vas
buiiJ some seTenty-fye years ago
The new electric railway al Paris has proved
great success. From the date OF it opening.
on july TO- until October 81 l3 G01099 passengers
We're carried II was originally intended 10 run
enig 30 trains per day. but this number has been
considerably increased, and further trains are TO
be added
The main gateway OF the Paris Exposition
grounds and the statue la Parisieane'' which
=lI-EouHted it have been sold TO dealer IN
scrap IRON for 1900 francs The lot CUIprIsas
2I59j3 illloraullz.cs OF iron. I33 cubic meters %
wood. $50 cOlored glass ornaments ard a aI.sri-
Fity OF bricks AID ballast
penny luncheon opened in Chicago b. the
ST. Luke Society, has been 50 successful that it i
10 be followed By nineteen others Every article
on the cIenu Is cent and the bill includes
coffee with sugar and cream; d5ughnucs. sogip.
7FelHerTlrsr. pork and beans. IN one day no less
than 200 were Ted at this TOom-
Notwithstanding the warnings repeatedly given
those intending to emisrate 10 South Africa
many are anxious 70 try their luck there. It i
said that considerable number Of families from
the vicinity Of london have arranged to sail for
tie Cape in January Ia yieE Of the unsettled
state OF affairs this Is rather surprising.
collection of biotting papers in the possession
Of an Anerieau citizen IS estimated 70 be q great
ysiae- Each zheet confirms the 5Iotted impression
OF TIE handwriting OF President and al the
chiefs OF the Republic since 1911 are represented
One sheet l. that or which President LiHcoin
blotted letter on the day of his murder
The Canadian authorities are seeking TO encour-
age immigration. and have issued an alIuriIzs
pamphlet the climate of canada- Is m
answer 10 she representation OF canada BIZ Polar
bear n one OF the London Ierd Mayors shows
The emblem has been ranking the popular mind
almost Is deeply Is hipIing's poem, Our Lads
Of the SHOWS
N a wood near Polnora. on the edge OF the
NofChern Carpathians woman went to gather
sticks leaving the baby IN a secluded spot Upon
her return she saW two great eagles bearing = say
her child. which they had liisIneIEbercti I .,oFl
a hunt being made b. the Inhabitants, tbe bones
OF The baby were found IN the eagles nest on
the rocks amid the snow.
Indians living on the eastern end OF the Kes.-
ena Reservation. near OcUHto- Mis- have hen
holding their annual dog feast In old DAYS
dogs were fattened specially Tor thasc feaSls,
roasted and eaten with relish. but nov p0rs
chicken, tur6ey. and WHISKY (if the alcoholic
item IN the MEM can he obtliEed) for prefer
able 70 cooked dogs Of any degree Of excellence
Abraa Rothmyer. and aged and eccentric citi-
zen OF Sharon. Pa-. became impressed sikh fear
that after his death grave robbers would steal his
body and sell IL TO some medical college There
fgre Be had strong metal caSket made and kept
II IN his house ready Tor the funeral The other
evening Ii WAS trying 10 move the heavy oslszzr-
EceI II -eii Ulon nm, and Ee was fatally m
jurei-
A large deer walked into the d0oryard Of 1Ir
Nr. Hartuen Auburn. Mc. Tuesday morning. and
remained there Il fuIl hour. The inmates Of the
house AZ came oct and locked az HIM aad il
WAS not Until a crowd began 10 gather thar the
animal made any signs Of leaving. The deer
seemed extremely tame and apparently Was noe
suffering fgcm hunger lie simply wanted to be
sooiabIe.
busting exprassran was ordered 70 deliver
nine cases Of canned goods at the house Of F. A
Woltmana. n PlafuflcId y J Instead he bundled
into his wagon nine cases ~ d=Eaufse and Ire
dropped them N Mr. NCituauU's house ~ a great
harry. The dynamite was intended for John T
The h-lud5r was discovered IN time - prevent
Incident.
The science of astronomy, the Oldest IN the
world. j. mating great strides 1T the present
epoch IN the earths history \ muititude OF OBJ
s-rvatcrie= are new cooperating IN j great pro-
Srauu-e ui observation for improving our 5uovI-
edge az the distance between the earth and san
Fully half the resources Of the Lick Observatory
have been devoted 70 this work for two months
past and the observations VIII rot be cGncluIe-I
icE some time IN the future
During lie Illness of Max Mailer At the end OF
last year public prayers were offered in HIndoo
tempe at Madras for his recovery. a distinction
never before accorded to European. Similar
services were also performed in other towns &C
India including BenareS the centre Of b. iI1ani-
last Illness arrived ali tie priests and puudit>
and 10 ofrz4