The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
NOTES 0P THE DAY.

hay at the OF about 5000 q week
The University Of Berlin viii soon have three
ciairs Of anthropology and ethnoi0gJ-
German gas companies pay sls ton Tor Aus
'r~iian coal. and from SO 10 s952 for English
The Prince Of Wales still purspos his law stuG5-s
IIiosI Systematically lie was chosen bcnChcT Of
the mode Temple number II years ago
England longer furnishes the largest con-
tlA-ent o. tourists IN SWitzeTland- TIE dserzsals
-Lo french both surpass the English in num5ers-
Receipts nom shipping tolls at the saez Canal
IN the four fret months o. 1900 were s5..4600o.
$. 10000 in Is9s.
in county Donegal, ireland, the market price for
knitting a PAIR q sob used to be one renuv
and women worked C. sertc'Iy for that sum
The demand for oat-aeai throughout Enziaud il
Increasing every wear and the quantity used
among the mllloDs 81 i-1rdOn VIII s0oa exceed IA
rstio the consumption H. ''Auid Reekie" itself
Although Canadas situation among the prirci-
PAL wheaf-prOducing countries. with respect %
quantity, IS humble, with respect to quality Il
j. hisn lac output Is also Increasing steadily
Among the beggars and vagabonds Of Bresar.
S'Ili-shg- 20 per cent Of the men have been found
uzht ter military service ,zhiIe the figure for tLs.
population IN general docs not exceed . pr cent.
The Victoria Gross Is a Maltese cross snade
nom cannon captured from the enemy II taA
centre l. the royal crest below a scroll bearing
the words, For valor-" The reverse side e bare.
AbdurrhInan Kahn. the Amer Of Ai-hauistan.
VINO ! Low TRYING 10 get more money b. playing
the kussiaEs on against the English. l. alrsaSy
receiving from the latter people SI0J0.OOJ year
The -Beriner Tageblatt'' pleads for lower r1il-
way passenger rates, and points out that fer SD
one en- travel hye times a. far IN Russia d
Germany II Hungary the rats are tri.e
lower stiu
Pour miners were eutombed for twelve DAYS in
the Matsuyazu c0Iiery in japan lately They did
without food AL the tine ard for most Il tie
tme without light and were none the worse
when dug out
The stationery Of the woman Of flds Is aogg
stamped with her address enclosed in a circle
placed in one of The upper corners Of the r-te
sheet, instead Of srHH1as @eEo=s the top Of he
sheet As formerly
Suburban service between Paris and Versailles Is
70 be operated BY electricity. steam locomotives
are 10 be abandoned and electric notes sgbsyi-
tutcd- The power station VII De eqJltlst1nt be-
tween the tao pi1ces-
Prof. Martin Hartmann. Of Br=Iia. has written
book in watch he points oJt = noticeable intel
Iecr0al renaissance II the Not4IHHedan world,
Indicate, in the Increasing number and circuIa-
ton Of Arabic newspapers
Cups and sauceEs are ue7eT used for tea any
wh-re in Russia TIE teaelP Is Unknown AZ
ticle- The drinking vessel for tea Is tire -'stl-
kan" gas ruzsber In silver holder Ne
Russian ever drinks milk IN ms tea
The higher classes Of nl1chinery and tools used
in Russia are frcn Great Britain and the United
States Al pressnt there Is more demand for
common so.ts- The inner sort used in BIZ
cycle iactor-cs. marine machine shops, etc.
For p-sserving timber from decay an Austrian
has patented A new Treatment consisting OF in
Hrrsi1g the timber in a solution Of aFseE91s acid
and aikaI until thoroughly iInprsgn4ted. after
which costing o. sllPhzte q copper Is applet
Onions one Of the haess nerve TONES ne
have. and Il spring onions are chopped nd
spread between slices Of bread and butter thy
form a sauCWich that If eaten al supper tine
Viii o. a great deal toward insuriug = good
nights sleep
During the past few years the book publishing
indIStry has increased. like al others IT Is97
and Isss The industry Was ID q low ebb. les thaa
$3.50 new books bsTE put On the market n either
year, but iu ISIS ~ fewer than Goo books were
published IN this country
1 The postmaster Ct 81 Louis has discovered ,hat
q sack OF nail received a. that Once under 4
CouSressionaI frank As Pub Dos l. composed
largely o. wearing apparel C0nsre-Ssnen used .
send their laundry home under frank, but the
privilege VAS eut OF b. Jaw
To commemorate the patriotic action in equip
ping the SPLENDID lssimsnt oi horse for service
20 the Erpi1c IL south Africa, and his many
u-uu.fcsut gifts % Cluada, il Is proposed TO have
a u
bic tor tie capital q the DUmini0u
\ uu-get taken from the Connecticut Zinc Com
pany's property. A. joplin No. a day or two
ago, which ranks - one Of the hzud-7nl@st speci-
mcEs ever mined there. weighs Al even Ton. IL
j, principally ZEc ore. prettiiy trimmed II cal
/ cite. piuS spar AID cubes Of s4leHa-
I The second letting Of the Chicago contracts fox
street improvements for 1919 involves wOrk esti-
T mated TO cost S5s0.O00- When they are let there
/ VIII he S2.5I0O09 worth OF work contracted f1r-
IN lsq9 the cost Of the work done w2S Sl.fso,Vo0-
{ The streets UuLer contract aggregate seventy
I eight miles
l A woman passenger who rode on one OF the cars
Of the Nassau Electric Railway Company OF
Brooklyn has been awarded 900 damages for
+ injuries received by being sat upoa by very
I fat man" The fat man had been standing and
I lest hiS balance - q result Of 4 sudden apQuc1-
! J0u OF brakes
Z IN interesting calculation has recently been
/ made BY an Englizh statistician. in which he
slows that when the electric light has entirely
, displaced gas oIi lamps and candles IN the init
7 Cd Kingdom there viii be :8C33 les deaths an
Z nulIy. these ilUminduts being 30 much more TN
I heaithtUl than electricity
To get into the interior OF south africa nom
any Of the five east coast landing places. DeiagO1
Bay and Beira. one must frs cross a short extent
1 q IoWland. and ;hen ascend steep mountains
Having arrived there. the traveller conscious OF
/ little or 10 descent fve-sixths OF tire whole IN
Z terror being a vast plateau that extends % the
Zambe>i the north. the Atlantic Ocean on t1H
west and varies IN altitude rom 800 20 6.lau
feet above the STA level
Few houses in U-ucUay are provided with stoves
for heating purposes No chimneys or hrepl4ccS
are provided As a rule one house recently buit Al
= cost q SIf,G1e having fer It's only chimney a
stovepipe from the kitchen Cattle grazr IN the
ofea all the year round but during the winter
] season fruIn April 20 uctUoer. the d1mpaeSs =
[ conducive 10 the spread 0f pulmonary troubles
Only ore dealer IN A0ntevidcO sells he1Jln-
! stoves. and Jhtse are II American make Oh
1 stoves find some fJyor. Is coal sells II iron SO
% STA per ton
The Pilgrims Progress translated into TIE
Chinese language. with illustrations by native
/ artists, Is the latest novelty in the literary
world Of Pek;n- and the volume bears unu'is-
taxable traces Of ITS Celestial origin. Christian
Is depicted with ample 7igtail, the duaseo a
| OF the Cant Desnair ) one Of the large wooden
! cages well known 10 Oriental criminals. AID the
I 1rleIS waiting IN the other side OF the
! receive tkc pilgrims arTzyed N the Latest
| Pekin fashions NfletAcr the Translation i A
| faithful reproduction 81 the original may be
/ doubted if the illustrations are typical Of the
! vo-S-
! 4 German authority has recently announced The
discovery Of tree in the forest Of Central India
which has 1rcst curious characteristics The
leaves Of the tree are of a highly sensitive IA
ture. ard 50 full Of electricity that whoevc:
touches ore Of them receives an electric shock. =
Las a very singular eject upon magnetic needle.