The Washington Bee Newspaper, January 31, 1903, Page 3

THE WASHINGION bF ess of tion there bs ates who can : i with r. Bur- lie bas a clear, high- would nil a much he senate chamber, with a preci- mechanical, te is raised a laugh while t il. He had sub- tions with i i wien Foraker kept on les, the ven- i—he is ai tapped ply a e lere, ng to nd I i tor to make e, eith Foraker looked , but took his ¢ 1 nators called on ent toi bout some im- ition w was about to be they found Mr. Re velt more > Giscuss “Bill” Sewall, the Maine guide, from whom he b t received a letter. Finally one f senato aid; “Mr, President, y em very much interested in this ri " “Yes, senator, 1 am. ‘Bill’ is an nteresting man and a real friend. Heis the only man in the United States “ ing to the president about an oflice or anything else addresses Friend Theodore.’ ” tability of the United States pe gena s well illustrated by a musty r all discovered one day. It was u P 31, 1877, almost 26 years ag ll shows 75 names. Of the live are now members of on, Cockrell, Jones, of tchell and Teller. Allison Cockrell are the only ones who ved continuously since that On the roll call are the names aine, Burnside, Conkling, F Hamlin, Ingalls, Lo- ga McDonald, Morrill, Oglesby, ow 2 Sharon, Sherman, Thur- indom, \ Speaker Henderson’s e€ senger, has occupied his pre: »osition ever since his appoint- went by Mr. Randall. Then he said he hailed from Pennsylvania, and as suc- ceeding speakers were chosen he prompuly changed his birthplace to us states from which they rather stumped him when he rmed that Mr. Henderson was of Scotland, but he com- by declaring himself a resi- wa. On March 4 next he will transfer his allegiance to He has hardly ever been ston in his life. DICTATES OF FASHION. out of Wash The large rooping cape collars so fashions cloth coats are seen r coats. on many lo: Some of th the French and English lining henrietta cloth, mere, vigogne and the other ht wool skirts with plaided silks— | the clan tartans, but patterns g very novel and pretty color dix tailors are you want to bring an old-style tight sleeve up to date slash the back from the waist almost to the elbow, insert a goodly sized puff of silk or chiffon, pipe the slash and edge each side with tiny buttons and you have copied one of the most recent shapes. New Persian and oriental trim- mings are very vivid in coloring and striking in workmanship. Gold em- broidery, gold cord and gold applique flowers are stunning and freely used. Chenille fringes and passementeries in white, black and colors are very stylish and look well on light cloth and lace costumes. r eravats are new, and so few tthem are as yet worn that they ‘st a great deal of distinction. ‘ey are merely a straight fur crossing in front and held n ornament or bunch of tails. flat, not round, which makes like the little fur animals were so modish about six years FRENCH FACTS AND FANCIES. over 80,000 bacteria per liter were ind in the air of old houses ly six were to be found quantity of air cf the renchman died in a| years he used as ing room used to be spel built over his family iscovery was made by istoms officers at Ma the steamer S e furniture wa prodding a rold coins to] ,000 were dis- | | sale of the house-| Cambon, the retir at Wash- es exposed for wice Chairs 1 1 or rimony. high = netted 1 in re- even the effects of ' te caused such spirit- any ) HON. WILLIAM B. ALLIISON, OF IOWA. DR. J. E SHEPPARD OF NORTH “AROLINA. D. B. M’CARY. Anenterprising citizen. EX-SUPT. W. B. POWELL. 2 J. PARKERS A® leading politician from the State of Deleware. \ Fs ’ | Work on galy ELECTRIC FLASHES. Linen is a fair conductor of elee- tricity, but silk is an almost perfect insulator. The utmost distance from cloud te earth crossed by lightning flash is about four miles. Electric automatic stamp obliter- ing machines are now used at the Vienna post office. Berlin’s telephone radius now is cludes 43 towns the furthest being 126 miles distant. Twenty-five cents is the fee charged in each case More than 200 different types of cells are described by an English elee trician, Mr. S. R. Bottone, in a new ie batteries. An American firm is putting ina system of electrical fire alarm appa yatus for the city of Hanover and hes cludes 43 towns, the furthest being 128 stallation in other German cities A French inventor has communicat ed to the Academie des Sciences a pro eess by which, he asserts, the features of a person telephoning can be con veyed through the instrument to the person with whom be is in communica tion. Anaesthesia has been brought on by electricity on animals, according to M. Ludue’s report to the Academie dee Sciences. He uses a current of ten to 30 volts, interrupted from 156 to 30¢ times per second, and intends to try it on human beings. Electricity is to be used in agricul- tare as a fertilizer as well as for me- chanical power. The novel battery. just perfected by two Russians, is to be buried in’ the soil, which is thus magnetized, and yields increased and earlier crops, as proven by teste with potatoes, beets, barley, ete. PERSONAL PARTICULARS. Lord Wolverton, recently appointed parliamentary secretary of the British board of trade, was at one time aclerk in a Wall street broker's office. He was then plain Frederick Glyn. His lordship is an admiral’s son, married to the only sister of Lord Dudley. viceroy of Ireland, and stands high with King Edward. Archdeacon Kirby, of New York, who recently celebrated his golden wed- ding, was the first missionary to pene- trate within the American arctic circle. He crossed the Rocky mountains on foot to visit the Indians of Alaska, He translated the New Testament, a prayer book, a hymnal and other books into the Chippewa language. During his 25 years of missionary service he built six churches. B. L. Winchell, vice president and general manager of the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad, has sent out an un- conventional! bulletin to the company’s employes headed “Motion Means Money.” The circular says: “Presi dent Yoakum in a recent interview \gave utterance to these significent and forceful words. The sentimént could not have been better covered or made plainer by the use of a thousand sentences. Let us impress this idea upon every official and employe of the system and make it our watchword: ‘Motion Means Money.’ Standing around doesn’t earn us a cent.” TOLD IN NUMBERS. Sixty-one ships clear from London daily. Many watches tick five times to the second. This means 157,788,000 ticks ‘in the course of a year. Emigration from Hungary is in creasing rapidly. In 1900 there were 38,888 emigrants, in 1901 55,377. Of the 279 restaurant kitchens in London 211 are underground. They employ 553 men and 3,041 women. It is calculated that every day near ly 2,500 pounds of shoe leather i worn from the soles of London's fooi passengers. Of 575 plants, a goat was found to eat 449, and refuse 126. A pig, on the other hand, would only eat 72 out of 243 offered it. Caleulating the annual industria! value of a workman’s life at $700, the Ttalian office of statistics finds that Sicily lost $250,000 last year throug! deaths from malaria. Hawaii's population is one of the most mixed on earth. Of its 160,00/ people, 60,000 are Japanese, 30,00° Chinese, and another 15,000 foreigu ers from Europe and erica. In 1730 Philadelphia had a popula- tion of 12,000, Boston 11,500, and New York 8,600. Twenty years later Phil adelphia’s population had risen to 18,000, Boston’s to 14,000 and New York’s to 10,000. INDUSTRIAL ITEMS. Of the 600 known vari: ton, 400 are Asiatic, 200 Afri One-half of the im country are of materia turers. Germany now produce: out of the 6,825 grown in the worl Vv. o, Tex., mill, 60x350 feet, with 72 inches in diameter orts for manufa 000 tor 00 tons of beet sugu« to have a sugi ten boilers, eac Thick blotting paper which Ca | formerly got from England she n« } gets from thi: country. Dundee supplies most of the canvz used in making pantomime form ation scenes in the United Kingdom. The irrigated area of the Unite States is 7,510,598 acres, of which Cc orado contains 1,611,271, and Califor nia 1,446,119. A quarter-inch bar of steel did n« break till 8,332 pounds were put uper it; but a bar of iron of the san diameter bore 4,500 pounds only. After leaving Calcutta practically at the same time five large vessels carry- ing close on 180,000 bales of jute re- cently arrived together at Dundee - —w _——e