The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-02
NOTES OF THE DAY.

langer's friends.
When sleet and snow covers the asphalt streets
IN Hartford, Conn. the authorities have them
/ sprinkled with sand
] Out in Kansas they are stin paving claims for
/ damages sustained in the celebrated QuantTell
/ paid.
Emperor Francis Joseph is believer in the pos
I sIbilltieS OF the airship. As earnest of his
confidence ne has given Kress 81 coo 10 aid him
/ IN his work.
! The British cruiser Terrible established an ex-
/ eePtShat record at the recent prize firing b its
/ crew with the six-inch guns Eighty hits were
scored out OF the Io4 rounds fired.
Some Of the finest sugar mills in the world.
costing 100000 each, are found IN Hawaii. and
there planters in the islands who produce $50
! worth Of sugar and 500 worth Of rice to the
! acre
A Neur Jersey baker. who was aned for selling
! bread Sunday demonstrated the absJr,iity Of
| the blue laws by buying on SUNDAY 4 cigar at
him
The French Chamber. BY a majority of two has
voted the abolition Of the Red Mass. or Mass Of
the Holy Spirit. which Is celebrated every year
on the opening Of lie law courts after she long
The total value Of trade IN toys has grown to
| tremendous proportions. Accurate figures are not
I
can people buy annually between Si5.99ooG9 and
| The services Of window dressers are in great
demand in Brussels just now, the city having de-
/ cided 70 mark the opening Of the new century
/ By awarding prizes for the best dressed show
/ windows among the stores
/ Delaware. Ohio, Is heated. lighted, and far-
nished with power from one plant The heating is
| BY hot va=er, and the system Is novel one
/ heated b the new process.
Steps have been taken by the Greek Government
with a view to The periodical meeting Of an
I International Archaeological Congress in Athens
he congress, II Is suggested should assemble
every other year and later annually.
An experiment farm Is 70 be started 200 miles
from Manila by the United States Philippine
Commission for tfe purpose Of azcertaining what
seeds and plants from this country can be success
fully cultivated OF the far eastern islands
Dr. Halstead, Of the Texas University, who Is
on a scientific mission 70 Mexico. VIII visit the
ancient mes Table Mountain IN NueYo Leon,
NLere vast amount OF treasure Is supposed 10
have been burned By brigands many years ago
The year that has Just ended is declared by
whisky dealers TO have been very profitable one
for the business. This VIII not be pleasant news
tcr the Prohib;tio.ists though II NAV yoad them
cause.
Emery o PeHdIeton has two interesting relies
at his farm in East Belfast. Ne The old well
sweep in the siooryard has stood there lust 100
years and he has sign which was in use when
The place vas tavern kept b. J. Stephenson in
the year 1874.
NiHe families, embracing -foTty-four persons IN
all, have started from the neighborhood of Ode
beiE, Iowa, Tor Oklahoma, where they VIII take
Up farm land All were prosperous farm people
IN Iowa bat sold out II that state in order 70
20 where land Is cheaper.
In the latest report OF the London School OF
Medicine which claims 70 have trained 254 uedf-
cal women, It IS stated that nearly every town
OF importance in India has d qualified wous4n
doctor There are also several II China and South
Africa, and even one N Persia.
Russia can now send a consul 70 Bombay On
official proceedings, which for 4 long time has
been refused by the English Government on the
ground th1t the cars commercial interests in
the Bombay region were not sufficiently import.
ant 10 admit OF consular department there
One OF the most interesting sights seen on the
Sfroud"ater River IN recent afternoon was
Major BUCK OF y aidohoro. Me- on skates exc
eL5lng spread eagle and-0ther fancy movements
SiaJ BUCK - seyentE-three years old This Is the
hrst tine he ilas had skates On for sixty y4lrs
\ smallpox scare gave zest to life in Cadillac,
Mich. recently, and while II was at its height
TWO hobos claiming 20 be from an infected dis
trict walked into town They were pennies Of
course. but the alarmed CzdiIIacianS soon sub
scElOed enough 70 send them 100 niles south by
Tail
The F1;rring household pei Is coming under the
ban Of germ experts Cats, 1t is asserted are
means OF generating dIphthe-ia Whether the
chance OF catching sore throat nom eats OF z
llestllence from rats IS. however question that
many people would not hesitate long to decide
upon
The recent census taken Throughout SUitzer-
land has shown remarkable increase in the
number Of inhabitants Perhaps the most extraor-
binary growth Is IN the Canton Of Zurich, whose
population IN 1855 numbered 3S7, 49, but now It
Is 42S-03O, An increase Of &C, 81 Inhabitants IN
twelve years
The Oregon Historical Society prU poses 4 com
neIEoratve celebration 1t Portland IN 1905 Of the
centenary OF the Lewis and Clarke expedition 20
the Pacific Coast Invitations viii be extended TO
the Governors of Oregon Washington. Idaho Non
cana, and wyoming share IN the interesting
historical festival
There Is q woman IN Lincolnshire, England. who
although ninety years Of age acts as parish clerk.
attends all weddings, christenings and funerals,
keeps the church in order, performs the duties Of
The church warden when that official Is absent
and occasionally undertakes the work OF the organ
blower and the beliClngeE-
The Rev Frank =. Gregory, son OF the dean
OF St PauTs London : the Oldest missionary Of
the Society Tor the Propagation of the Gospel IN
ty-six years he has Just received the cross Of
the Legion OF Honor a re 'ognitiOn OF his
services to the natives and French soldiers Of
that island
irving W Barker. member OF the Improved
Order of Red Men, who lives near Sebago Lake,
Maine, intends TO erect in that vicinity 4 large
house Ito contain at least 800 rooms) in which
members OF the order may spend their vacations
II Is also his intention 10 have great auditorium
on the first floor OF the building 70 be used as
q meeting place for national conventions OF the
organization.
Learned women as university lecturers in
science and literature have been known from old
times in Italy. Nov = woman renews the tradi-
Jions of Portia- Sign0riRa I-abrioIa daughter oF
the Socialist Prof antonio L2briola. through her
appointment as decent u the philosophy OF law
becomes the first woman 20 serve the faculty
of the University Of Rome, and The first to lee
ture on jurisprudence in Italy
sco~ograph pictures of the JohnstoUn food will
DC Of the attractions OF the Pan-American
Exposition in Buffalo next summer. Eye-wit-
nesses Of the food have furnished the painter Ed
w-rd J. Austen. OF Newark y J. with material
Tor IN effective series OF pictures of the disaster
Methods used which irnpart an element Of
from any other spectacular production
It has been determined by tae two houses OF
the Swiss Parliament that national hank shall
be estal Iished and that the funds Of the aiore-
said bank be guaranteed by the st-te- By
small majority It has been decided that the
,F he hon oil 10 .-.f