The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-27
NOTES OF THE DAY.

/ Tie Chilean training ship General Bsru.a-n7.
I Nl-s- arrived IN Hl.itaN, Nova Scotia. has On
[ le-r4 large gold plaque sent hy tho Republic
/ ment.
I George 2 NeCrady, Chicago man. n5thia-
I cluuiet b. tAe perpetual motion "discovcrer's-'
tate SAYS be has invented a device fl- rr5fue5a.
perpetual Light His scheme is bricHy c1ruiins-
-i'A tl e.-tlleA -n vacuum. Re has nos tlaei-
Z dated IL further.
The bedroom OUTFIT % man in lola. kan. com
Triss Just two articles. a Quilt and an alarm
clock On recent s-ltvy ngst. with this o,stst
glcer rs ARA. De went % the park. spread out
MS gult on che grass, put the clock near tie
sl.ot selected for has head and deIslsrlteIv yre1t
90 bed.
r A Suvirlrop. Of PhHadslpiia. is sad % have
discovered In south America an orchid which
taxes drink whenever IL feels Thirsty By letting
down tube into the water. the tube. Ehen Mt
ln Use being cuiled up on the plant Mr. S-svrr-
Aror came across che plant by the side ii q Ia
goon on the Rio De "a Plata
There was an explosion 1t the railway Ss-
tion in Santa Cruz one day recently uHieb
badly frightened the people waiting f5r On. train
The entire bottom 81 4 rlif-e vas blown 5-.t
The owner, Who feared that De would De- suspected
as an anarchist. explained that two years ago he
had placed dynamite caps IN the vaIl-e uhIe
pruning trees and had neglected % take them
out
IT, T. Mathevson. Of Brookfeld. has on ex-
hibition in his store an immense suna0uer. vaiel
De grew on has farm. It weighs seven pounds
and seven ounces and is seventeen inches across
The stalk is tive and one-Eai inches thick four
inches below The blossom. and gradually Nlie7s
out % four and CHe-hlU inches Mr.. Mathew
son also has Slnf3Wcr tElt has thi1ty-f0-r
blossoms on one stalk
A grandmother az tueutv-sfx is the unique dis
tincti0n o. Mrs Mary Campbell. Who lives in
the mountain district 20 western North Caro-
Ina, and IS about a. far from civilization As one
can get m tais part Of the world Mrs Camp
bell married when eleven years old. She was the
neither az a daughter when but twelve and hey
eldest child nov has become mother. Mr.
Campbell has lad u;He children
A strange craft with strange cargo arrived in
Ia Crvse. Wis. recently II was a small open
boat. manned % tW0 men. who say thcy follow
tie river for their living. and the cargo vas A
large collection ot Ave rlrrlesrakes. They ssId
they secured the collection In Minnesota and sue
ceeded IN selling tle snakes in river towns
Though they claim Jie fangs were not drawn. one
o. the men handled the snakes with iupunitg.
The Finlazd Co-uet Band Of Q,.skertozn. Pa,
which has gained reputation in upper Bucks
county a crack musical organization. has a
Young woman. eighteen years old. as an in
struCtor and leader the only one % me kind IN
the State. Her name + Miss Sallie Pf1H. WIN.
since the death of her father. over a year zz1.
has directed suree-tlI-y the fortunes 90 the hand
She plays tLc leading c0un-t with tie s-iu Of a
veteran.
can exciting scene vas witnessed IN the Ronita
ring during a bun eight on bicycles" says Oh,
Mex can Herald" Two az the chuIos placed
the bander5llos. or short stabbiug sticks. into
the neck of tLe bulls When the second hul en-
tered the ring jose BIsIIrr0 uzneIvring his ti-
cycle cieverlv. placed the sticks with --oat dr.
Ing, while bis comrlde Co1lly sat on bis wheel
which pruUUed 20 stand upright in the
ring LrrEily the tul paid 10 attention t1 him.
How mlug persons who daily cat sandwiches are
aware that ir 8, to an ancestors OF the Earl o.
sandwich thar that popular form Of food owes
its Nance Tie story runs thar the earl in
question was very fond % PLAYING cards and in
order OBJ vent having t1 sop Co ear De used 20
Rave slice ~ meat put between two slices az
bread and cat these as De PLAYED. Ths- got to
he called '-zand-ilA.'' bu- gradually tae IN
Fcr-tl commas were dropped the word De-
came an accepted one iu the language
John Wa-aum. a farmer IN Ia CrlS--. VS..
found in a haE Of wheat 4 sack OF saId.
notes. and securities placed There by his father.
who died over TAO years ago Ever since tie
death pi his father Mr. ~ slaum las been looking
for money which be convinced his father
had concealed somewhere on tle farm Whsle
measuring wheat, preparatory 20 tlSi-- j.
% market, the son ioUnd the sack % money
ed securities the value Of which run, oF-r
$500
United States CoHsgl Warner reports from LeIp-
SIC that work has been begun on the electric rail-
road between Halle and NersebuIg. permission
for the construction of which was granted by the
Prussilu Government several months ago It a
expected that the Halle Au---cld0rf section viii
De completed before the beginning q the winter.
7 be- total length VIII De ten miles Power uiu
De obtained from the River Saalc. The Consul
tween Lelpsie and Halle has been abandoned, the
Frsssilu and ~aZua Governments having refused
% grant the necessity trLncAl,es-
Tie report on savings banks for Paris. Iq9
has leea published. u shows inst At he end o.
that year the number OF deposirors was 10
$1,000 dogozir1rs. the amount Ct deposits
being 4.s3sooo.Oo0 francs IL lss2 there
amounting % T. -l2.013051 francs. and
the increase las been uninterrupted In lSs2
- FreucLrlen our OF every 1000 vere denosit1rs-
The proportion j. uoly -G1 per luD1 az le
artisans. j. per cent owners % land Cr persons
without a profession, II per cent day s-rlcul-
.u.l. ll51rer5 and ID pc cent domestic
The residents OF West Forks" says the Ken
lebec Gie) Journal. '-Were startled last week
by the sudden appearance Of a crew OF woodrura
which came o-t from che Spencer tract They
bad heard % tha asslssirati5n o5 President No
lin-ey through Cllzi-ll- who reached the camp
% nisEt, and Eh1 told taln the Country was 60
ms 90 var as soon al sufficient number 1t men
could De raised. Tie next morning ezrly
breakfast Was eaten and the crew started il- the
5l---aUaur with al possible speed % C1er taalr
services When they learned that there VS.
.lsslH-iitv o.; war they quietcd down and returned
10 camp"
Accredited Russian Officials have jus. made
lyertur-s 20 PEiiaG-nh5a firm TO establish a
r,ant 90 the line Of the T-aus-S.5eriau Railway
or the making % steel auG the construction q
aEs and lac.m1tIyes- free site has been Of
cred. lumber. COAL and iron privileges are %
Pc granted while the Government -uar1rtaes
20 purchase q certain number OF cars and
1cl--1-ivCs annually The capital OF SIIu11U]0
IS -0 De raised - United States and the
.I-s l-- ls but one 1t tIe many -1---llll13
hat the Russian Government is willing %
.-Ee any concession % those Who can and VII
.eTrl0D Siberian industries.
Ga che coast % Africa, opposite tie mouth %
me- River Co--o and continuous with the course
q that river. lies a submerged valley. the cz-
,,erec and shape g which have been a--er-a-uef
q means o5 S1uutlu-s made hv the British Ad-
lIIa-tE. SAYS Che Youths Companion This
alley, through which the Congo probably f1sed
c time when the western course cl AREA
las more elevated rlll 20 is no present IS l2
piles ia IerSth. extending 90 The edge OF tr-
a-igru Of submerged land which borders the
.nt.aalt- It's sides are steep. pr--ipiLcus, and
.eI defined. indicating that thev are formed Il
.ala GA the western e-as, ~ Europe. and SIM
lr ullGuu--ul exist IN various parts gf the world
as-e The edges Of continents have sunk
TIE sliPsraek in which the Ercatest number
-Fls We-C lost WAS tlat Of the ROYAL George
Jos E--s}. OF PCrr---u-h, on August ~, I-S2,
ben nearly l.0.t lives were lost Iu the case
The wrers Of he t--el Charlotte. a f----rlre
Hlr at che G.a, y.s a was Destroyed hr FIRE n
i-rcl I-. IS1. uT Oh, E-rbor Of Lcghr-u- 20
s-f-s as guns Defense ga -uusl asE the
Zero we've, ul December -. ISL. stranded 1a