The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-05
NOTES OF THE DAY.


word Chariyt. which means dish OF custard, and
charlotte russo is Il Russian charlotte
Lord Roberts has been mentioned IS 4 r1s-
5ibe purchaser of Nine Adelina PATHS famous
'raiE-J-Nos estate in Wales, which has been ad-
Tertised for sale
Some German soldiers who have returned to
hiel iron; China brought vith them POS tiny
Chinese guns OF ancient make, also a number Of
temple inscriptions
Lake fishing through the ice is a great sF,67r
at Buffalo. y. Y. Recently 300 and boys
were couEted on Lake Erie The highest catch
was eighty pounds
Seattle proposes to build a canal EIGHT miles
long from Puget Sound to Lake Washington,
which IS twenty miles long to 200 feet deep and
VIII make an ideal harbor
Municipal ownership Of electric plants is on the
increase IN Canada Woodstock and Kingston.
Ontario. are the latest to acquire the electric
plants as municipal property.
One Matador was badly hurt IN recent bull
fight in the City Of Mexico and another escaped
serious injury The fight is described in the
Mexican papers as brilliant spectacle.
Norwegian legislators propose that girls who do
not know how 70 knit. sew, wash and cook
snail i'e refused permission 10 marry. Daughters
Of wealthy men are not TO be excepted
Thirty Dresden sculptors have entered protest
against the policy OF spending most OF tie
5000 marks assigned by the city for the annual
purchase Of statutary on the works Of foreigners
The blood Is a coIorless liquid. in which little
red globules are floating. Every drop Of its con-
tains about q million Of the gIobules. and they
are susceptible Of division into smaller globulcs
still
There IS still IN existence an unrepealed law in
Switzerland which forbds the wearing of hats
more than thirteen inches in diameter artificial
flowers and foreign feathers, under heavy pen
atty.
The first royal speech transmitted by telegraph
was that delivered BY the late Queen Victoria
when she opened Parliament on November Is,
1881 The speed Of transmission - words
minute.
Col Merritt Barber. former AdJutant General
in the Philippines. IS visiting at his old home in
Pownal. vt. where the townspeople are 70 pre-
sent him with a sword q mark Of their ap-
probation
The discovery of marble near Mason, Bayfield,
county. Wis. has started quite boom in land
IN that region An expert from New York viii
soon arrive TO make an exhaustive examination Of
the situation
The Safe Government OF Pueblo Mex has
prohibited fairs. and local newspapers applaud
its action One Of them says that the old Jolly
festas have degenerated into mere drinking and
gambling Sprees-''a public repr0ach.
-.Porch-climbing' robbery IS profession The
men engaged IL It are said to look down on the
or disgust Having done Chicago for a time,
the climbers are now active in New York
Denmark has passed law establishing the sec
ret ballot system at Parliamentary elections
The Radical party proposes to agitate for an ex-
tension Of the law, whereby this system may be
used at al elections whether political or mu-
nicipal
California visitors to the Buffalo Exposition
next summer will register in the largest book
Angeles The book Is % inches long IS inches
wide. and IS inches thick, Is Of 400 pages and
weighs 800 pounds
The steamer Madiana. that recently sailed for
the United states from British Guiana has on
board q land camudie-a snake eighteen feet long
and seven inches IN girtil- The snake was found
IN Berblee. and has been sent 70 the New York
Geological Gardens
The sum Of S7.5o9,09o is to be expended by the
county council OF London in improving, the
dwellings of the poorer classes. There viii be i
rebuilding - sanitary conditions. The King Il
greatly interested IN the project, which has long
been under consideration.
". J White inspector OF Canadian immigrant
agencies. states that the American settlers who
went into the Canadian Northvrnzt last vna- took
with them cash and effects valued at $500, 900.
Between HOO and 1900 settlers frp.l me
United States crossed the border
\ scheme Is proposed for a service of trolley
automobiles along the Cornice road from Nice
10 Ia T,rbi- consisting Of motor ears running,
without rliL. but fed with electric current from
wires at the side Of the road. similar proposal
had been made for the roads around ChamOnix-
The city OF St Petersburg has assumed control
Of three OF the street lines within its limits
and expects soon 30 take possession Of the re-
naming 'ineS. When al the roads shall have
been secured the city VIII advertise for proPo-
sails 10 convert them to the electrical system
The Bukhara branch of the Central Asia rail-
way which has been constructed at She expense
Of the Amir. from Bukhara station on that line
10 the capital Of his doninions VIII be opened
for traffic N Ma next The total cost Of the line
which ) twelve kilometers long, amounted to
about G04.Gl1 roubieS-
The Ge=-lan Government has purchased for the
sum of $4,000 the collection Of manuscripts be-
longing to the musical firm Of Artaria Vienna.
whose ancient home Is being demolished The
collection comprises. among Others. 200 pages
Of Mss mostly unedited, OF Beethoven and 10
unedited compositions Of Haydn
The spool mills use about 200 cords or I6-
100000 feet. Of birth annually. turning out
soO.Cao.Oro spoeIs, each spool large enough to
carry go wards OF thread The amount of thread
that could be wound upon these Sl0.O000H0
SpooIs would reach 5000 times around the world
at the Equator and leave little for mending-
Every robe-maker in London always keeps some
of the most expensive robes of state-those of
Z Registrar. for instance-ready and lends them
out when officials have 10 them at any great
ceremony Many peer. when his portrait Is to
be added TO the family picture gallery. has oh
tanned the crimson and ermine from his tailor
for a small consideration
All Chinese clothes are built on the same pat
tern This Is economical The clothing that the
grelt-great- grear-grandfather wore Is thus avail
able for I'll son. the grandson, the great-grand-
som the -Zreat-sTandSOn. and down
the generation 10 the day that there Is 4
thread Of IL lett The difference in the clothing
OF a Chinaman is n the material and never IN
the cut
At the present rate OF the manufacture Of
Spools and other articles the immense white birch
forests Of Maine cannot last many years. Al
though The birch forests are extensive the fact
that seventeen spool mills and a large number Of
S0-called novelty mills are eating up the timber
at the rate of from 100000 20 5000 coo feet
annually excites the apprehension Of foresters
and manufacturers.
The municipal council OF the little French
town OF Courteuil IS discussing an ordinance for
bidding the wearing OF tail silk hats within its
borders The -'stovepipe' Is condemned in the
argument of the advocates OF the ordinance IS
4 ridiculous headgear' which BY reason OF its
costumes constitutes 4 badge Of social srne-
rioritv. and IS therefore. hrIrniIiating to those
who never wear 1t The tall hat, refOTmers de-
clare. lis used only by aristccrats who live and
grow fat on the sweat of the poor
Commenting on the origin OF the name of Half
Rock, 4 Missouri postofice. the kansas City
Journal says that is not TO be accounted for