The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-08
NOTES OF THE DAY.

PARTS OF northern Wisconsin, where LE- coie
weather has driven them 10 open crime IN order
to secure shelter in locErPs.
\ unique picnic is planned for Valentine Day
in Pasadena. Cal. where scores II not hundreds
OF former Iogans residents OF Southern Cali
tornia Uill hold Publication
An order vas recently issued in Oshkosh Wis.
that Ineiahees Of the FIRE department must wear
white shirts. collars and cuffs. The men complain
that blue shirts Is good enough attire foc them
Divers at Apis stin continue to search the
Samoan waters ior relics that may be found in
the s;inlen wrecks OF the American ships Teutou
and VaRdAiia. Whatever they End is their own
property
Probably 10 negro has ever been accorded such
distinction in music as $ Coleridge Taylor. His
production OF '-Iiawatha'' is rendered by many
OF the leading musicians n England and America.
lie is yet under thirty years OF age.
Three score and ten years IS the Psalmist-s
measure o. life but. in Caithness, Scotland, a
man Of seventy. unless married. is described as
a lad. by MS brother Of ninety a a boy. Nor
are the cases 50 few as to occasion any extra
ordinary comment.
The Pennsylvania state pharmaceutical boaru
proposes sofne proper legislation to restrict the
sale OF narcotic poisous- The opinion Is held that
certain drugs are too easily procured by per
Sons who have contracted unfortunate habits and
those who are cultiTatins vicious tastes
distinguished poet once wrote something
about men decaying as IuzuTies increased II
obesity can be considered sign Of decay OF
physical power he was right. It Is well known
that the multiplication Of cheap modes OF trans
p0TtdriOn fsyoCs the tendency 20 obesity.
soldier who recently returned from tie
Philippines and who has been in the hospital for
some time WAS twice laid out for dead Once the
attendants "a charge were about 70 begin the
baIning process when he regained consciousness,
after being y dcathlike trance FOR twelve hours
Black wooden cloth IN which absolutely no dye
has been used l. the result Of an experiment at
AlsterIitz. y. Y. c. W Peterson has a large
stock farm and conceived the idea OF raising a
fGck Of only black sheep Their wool has been
carefully saved spun and woven into cloth which
i rich brown-black in color.
The late Lord LilIord memoir Of whose life
work has Just been issued By his sister. owing
70 his physical infrnity. WAS never seen 1t
Westminster although he succeeded 10 the title
Is long ago IS 1861. He srent the whole OF his
time whenever sse able 70 get out OF doors IN
a bath cli1ir, surrounded by his birds, at Oundle
Hall
The Vermont system Of not hanging convicted
murderer until two years after the passing Of the
death sentence upon him Is founded the as
sumption that any possible doubt as to his guilt
viii be removed in that time. and all danger q
putting an innocent man to death Is thus elirnt-
mated st the same TINT it rather Pr0iongs the
agony
Dei.rssrc's whipping post IS going 20 be initial
cd Connecticut II a bill soon to be presented TO
the Legislature IS enacted into law. It provides
for the official aosgin OF ali criminals convicted;
OF assaults women girls all vile heaters,
and all young boys who can best be dealt with in
such way rather than by committal to the re-
form school
Colored people are still willing to brave the
disadvantages Of emigration TO Mongovia IN West
Africa Only recently sixteen adventurous men,
country. where land VIII be given them by the
Liberian Colonial Society OF Birmingham, Ala
More OF them contemplate going TO Liberia within
q few weeks.
The experiment made at Charleston, s c., with
negro labor Tor the Yezta Cotton mills Is aG-
IFilted to have been a failure. The mills wers
recognized two wears ago with NEGRO hands bus
stick to their work There Eas nearly always
short force on hand IN the mornings when tbs
hour for work arrived
Susan 3. Anthony intends to test the woman
ssifrage question by refusing TO pay taxes on
some property she owns in Rochester. \. Y,
basing her objection the point that taxation
Eito5't reFrcsentation Is Unconstitutional Tyven-
ty-fiye years ago Miss Anthony began a similar
effort, but 1t ended in a compromise Now she
proposes to fight to finish.
Queen Victoria was grandmother at forty
and A great grandmother at sixty. Her FIRST
great g=andehid Is the daughter Of the EInperar's
oldest sister. Il was 4 member Of Z famous Bog
ton military company visiting IN London who.
III to2SuuE Victoria, spoke OF the iIueenlineSs
OF the woman and the worlaniiness Of the Queen
Daniel r. 3iagruder, an ex-judge Of the Mary
land Court Of Appeals, Is a constable at AnHzpo-
lis To the protest Of the citizens that coIstables
had not been appointed the board in charge Of
the matter said that they could not find to
accept the Office When Judge Magruder stated
that plenty cf good men could be found II
hanteTln2ly suggested by a prominent politician
that the Judge should accept, and he did
At Caspar in Wyoming. Ross Lambert. owner Of
a sheep ranch and Miss Louisa Morrison were
married at midnight while seated In a sheep
wagon The ceremony was witnessed BIZ the
brides mother and a few friends. The groom
could veIl--a+EFo-d stylish conventional we'd
ding but he and his bride wanted something IN
usual. A4-s50n aS they were pronounced man
and wife they started for LambeTts ranch TWEEN
= miles away travelling in the sheep wagon.
a Stockholm letter says that about seventy years
ago fisherman discovered the presence Of coal n
the island of andre NordlaRd. but the discovery
was treated with Indifference. and only few
DAYS capitalists undertook TO investigate the
coal 6eldS In a thorough and systematic manner.
lie result OF the examination. which
Gently concluded. IS very encouraging. as It ID
understood that the coal IS Of the yeTy best de-
scrigtion and the supply Is almost ineZhaustibIe.
\ study has recently been made OF the dwarfs
who 1--we in the Congo forest in the vicinity g
,he scuIiki River in the Uganda protectorate-
These dvarfS are of twO types Those Of one ara
black skinned with considerable stiff. black haiS
on their bodies. those o. the other have red %
yellow SsinS with tendency 10 red hair ths
head and ye'lowish-gray hair on their bodies
They are quite intelligent and. though extremely
ugly are described As being usually Of ! vim
ming and cheerful diSss7Siti0n-'
Astronomers now agree that the markings On
the surface OF Mars form a complete network Of
narrow straight lines crossing the entire face Of
the planet in all directions aud are always visible
Two hundred os these so-caled canals have been
design Of the network that the inhabitants OF
Mars are under one government and highly
sEilliul IN the engineering demanded by the fact
that the planet IS en rely without. rainfall
Julius Heinz of New London. Wis. discovered
a bIacs, bear in its den near there and went home
for his rife- The animal was gone when he 70
turned but he tracked It for two DAYS. only to
ind at last that H Schroeder. another hunter had
killed and sold II to meat dealer for SO
Heinz claimed part OF the money. and on being
refused brought suit The iTT- brought IN the
somewhat remarkable verdict That the carcass
rightfUIIy belonged TO the man who discovered
the animal IN its den The other man his an
peIled
4 icreIer in UazIeton Mass. is reported TO
have invented telephone transmittcr. which Is
to be EtsraIy ''i.ttlc one Tor cent Tests
have been made AID show the instrument 70 be