The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-25
NOTES Of THE DAY.

fitIteT2EF among
said have decreased % per cent within the last
twenty years
An animal heretofore unknown, resembling beth
the horse and zebra. has been discovered IN the
Congo forests.
The women of the United states are great con-
sgTners Of rose water There are several factories
in the country devoted to manufacturing IT
Since the development Of the big gusher il
Texas la-d values IN all Eastern Texas have soar
ed skywsrd- The owners are dreaming goll-n
dreams.
The lowest human habitation Is said to be that
OF the coal miners IN Bohemia some Of whom
make their dwelling at point 2o99 feet below
the level OF the sea
Kentucky youth and maiden were receEe'y
married on a skif the Ohio River. which to say
the least was rather novel way Of entering upon
the voyage OF double biessedness-
To Chattanooga firm has been awarded the
contract for the manufacture Of 200 cast iron
artillery gun carriages Tor the Shiloh BATTLEFIELD
Park There were many competitors
It is said that in England the breeding Of mice
has reached high state Of Development and
that Manchester nan recently paid s125 for
black and tan OF distinguished ancestry
IN Louisville they have what IS called the
Young Boys Hebrew Association The object Of
the order Is defined to be e'to keep the boys of
the streets and to encourage patriotic seHti-
Tnents.' .
The manuscript OF novel. Ragged Edge
written by John T. Mcintyre of Kensington. Pa,
vas destroyed by train robbers. white on the way
20 the publisher The author had spent three
years on Il.
young eolored woman. Carrie E. Busly. OF ST.
Joseph, Mich. advocates race war as the only
solution Of the negro elestion- Miss BUSY Is
the daughter Of a former slave. and IS said 70 be
a woman Of good ability.
Some years ago Edward Conrad. a gateman at
Allegheny. Pa, suffered an injury which necessi-
tated amputatien Of his leg Since then he has
met with FIRE accidents. IN which Of which an
artificial leg was cut Of.
Hieeoughing is becoming OF late 4 very dis
agreeable as well as in some instances a fatal
nlalady and is always distressing Recently
IN Allegheny, Pa, hiccoughed twenty times
minute for 2 week 1t nearly kiiles him
A Chicago teacher settles accounts with his re-
fraetory pupils once a week He keeps the score
against them posted the blackboard There
are several Smikes in the West Side school. the
boys say. who have been whipped repeatedly and
with great severity
The isles Of sfoIes-' are ten miles south
southeast of Portsmouth. X H. end eight
small Islands Inhabited only By lighthouse
keepers and simmer visitors On White Island.
the fartnest west IS a TeT0lTing ESht, eighty
seven feet above the sea
Ex-Judge Logan Ess Bleckley. OF Georgia. who
Is now serenty-six years old. has decided TO take
4 special course in mathematics at the state
University He Is writing book IN which ne
treats OF mathematics. bat finds that he Is some
what rusty on the subject
a yotary of Carrie Nation opened FIRE On
South St Joseph No, saloon one day this week
by hurting a rock through glass door. The pro-
prietor protested 50 el0aue9ltly, however, that
elericaI-looking- gentleman, accompanying the
lady, promptI, paid for The damage.
A Welshuasn has established colony Of his
countrynen IN Southern Russia where they have
begun tAe manufacture Of iron and steel On i
large scale. The toxin has been named Hughes
Okla after its founder. whose name is John
Hughes. and eighteen iron works are IN operation
Street beggars complain that the long trailing
skirts xorn by women are inirnicabIe TO their
business The female sex are the best patrons Of
the uaendicants bat new when i takes enc hand
10 hold 10 their dresses and two 10 epen purse
the suppliaBt for aims Is made victim 10 pre-
Tailing fashion.
On the canal between Brussels and Charleroi
small electric road carriages haze taken the places
Of horses IN towing harges. and the speed has
been increased from one and oRe-feuTth miles
honr 70 seven miles An overhead wire is used
and 1t furnishes light and power to the Villages
along The roIite
The Mississippi pension rolls bear On their list
the names Of no few eolored people who served as
nurses and in other capacities IN the Confed-
crate army during the civil war When the state
Legislature passed the law it was provided that
there should be distinction Of race color in
the matter Of pensions
It is rare rSivilege 10 be permitted = visit
any Of the Kaiser's palaces He thinks he Is en-
titled 10 IT least as much privacy the lowest OF
his subjects and his orders in regard u visitors
are strict As the Aeues Palace Is regarded as
above ali Others a haven Of Test, few tourists
permitted within its precincts
In his last viii and testament Verdi directed
that two large antique boxes which he kept in
v5lrs Is
after he had been buried. His wishes were, Of
course, carried out. though with much reluctance
the part OF relatives. Il IS believed the boxes
contained the manuscripts Of several unpublished
operas
A reader Of the Scriptures emphasizes the If
teenth Psalm as the gentleman's Psalm, because
II describes as among the many who are entitled
10 he considered gentlemen -'one who leadeth
an incorTupt life, sPeaketh truth from his heart,
dOeth evil 70 his neighb0T. is ioWiy IN his OWH
eyes keepeth his word even It be 10 his own
hindrance.
Miss Mabel Schiller Kansas school teacher has
been on trial for assauIting one of her pupils The
Jury disagreed. eight for acquittal and four for
conviction The boy whom she whipped is four
teen years old and large for his age he tried 70
strike the teacher, but she vas too quick for
him. and struck him q blow on the head With
heavy bell
According to a letter from Dawson, IN Yukon
Territory. the temperature there from JgDEary s
TO January Is was the lowest known even IN the
Frigid region The lowest temperature that
reached prior to that time was S. degrees below
zero. and the thermometer dropped day By day
and finally broke all records. On the 18th ulti-
mo it was 3 below zero
To determine whether the shore line has not
been shrinking corps Of engineers belonging to
the United states Coast and Geodetic Survey De-
partIlent has been at work on the Pacific Coast
1t Is believed that the results Of their lahors VIII
show the Pacific TO have sunk several inches
within the century and TO be going down now
DR. 8nyd Carpenter, the Bishop OF Ripon. was
called upon to lay the cornerstone Of a new
Sic4rage at Wakefield not long ago. and in
WED BY the master Of ceremonies (wiso handed
ban the troyyef and the line and plunrnetl TO
become an operative Tor a few moments
4 cannot answered the Bishop ''lay claim to
the title of operative mason, but I certainly
4 working carpenter
4 Chicago electrician Is maturing a plan
Whereby aldermen may vote By wire. The plan
Is that each alderulan's desk be wired and fur
nishcd with 2 yea and may hutton. When
the roll IS called the alderman would simply
press the button he wishes and MS vote would
be recorded an electrical register on the
ever. Is hardly innovation.
Thomas R. Jones, OF Wilkesbarre. Pa. has fled
al application Tor divorce on the ground Of cold
feet. The husband says his 'fe Is rade miserable
By reason of his zie's cold feet and that he can
not sleep IN Consequence Hos water bags bricEs
etu have been used h.lt frhnglts effect The